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Some of them, like “Dune: Part Two," have been postponed until next year due to the ongoing actors and writers strikes. Gillespie’s film features a freewheeling ensemble including Pete Davidson, Anthony Ramos, Seth Rogen, Shailene Woodley, America Ferrera and Nick Offerman. “Fair Play” (in theaters Sept. 29, on Netflix Oct. 13)Hedge funds also play a role in writer-director Chloe Domont’s drama about sexual politics and gender dynamics in the high-charged, male-dominated world of finance. Eight years after the last “Hunger Games” movie (“Mockingjay – Part 2”) a prequel is returning to the science fiction dystopia of Panem. Francis Lawrence’s film, set 64 years before the events of the first “Hunger Games” film, introduces a host of new characters in the lead-up to the 10th Hunger Games.

Persons: ”, Expendables, Gael García Bernal, Roger Ross Williams, Saúl Armendáriz, Williams, Bunny, Craig Gillespie’s, ” Paul Dano, Keith Gill, Pete Davidson, Anthony Ramos, Seth Rogen, Shailene, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Chloe Domont’s, Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich, Aristotle, Dante, “ El Conde ”, Flora, Son ”, Henry Sugar ”, “ Carlos ”, “ Dicks, Justine Triet’s, Palme, Sandra Hüller, Martin Scorsese’s, David Grann's, Lily Gladstone, Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Robbie Robertson, Baz Luhrmann’s, Elvis Presley, Sofia Coppola, Priscilla Presley, “ Elvis, ” Jacob Elordi, “ Joan Baez, “ Taylor Swift, Nyad, “ Rustin ”, Colman Domingo, Bayard Rustin, George C, Martin Luther King Jr, Panem, Francis Lawrence’s, Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Peter Dinklage, Viola Davis, ” Ridley Scott, Joaquin Phoenix, Napoleon Bonaparte, Vanessa Kirby, Joséphine Bonaparte, Sly ”, “ Orlando, Maestro ”, “ Leo ” Organizations: GameStop, America, Netflix, Sundance Film, Paramount, Apple, Cannes Film, Hüller, Hunger Locations: Shailene Woodley, Venice, Osage, Washington

☆ Musk Studied Napoleon to Take 'Battlefield' Lessons: Biographer
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk has taken leadership notes from Napoleon Bonaparte, Walter Isaacson told Axios. Isaacson said Musk has likened Tesla and SpaceX factories to a "battlefield." Elon Musk has analyzed the leadership tactics of the French dictator Napoleon Bonaparte for use in his role as CEO of Tesla, Walter Isaacson told Axios. So he liked to show up late at night on the assembly lines at Tesla and SpaceX," Isaacson told Axios. The biographer said that Musk likened Tesla and SpaceX factories to "battlefields" and also liked to listen to Dan Carlin's "Hardcore History" podcast.

Persons: Elon Musk, Napoleon Bonaparte, Walter Isaacson, Axios, Napoleon, Isaacson, Musk, Tesla, that's, Dan Carlin's, Mai, Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Bruce Lee Organizations: SpaceX, Tesla, Napoleonic, Twitter, Meta Locations: Europe, France, Russia, Tesla's Fremont , California, Sparks , Nevada

MOSCOW, Aug 10 (Reuters) - In Vladimir Putin's Russia, the Kremlin even writes the history textbooks. Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky has published four history textbooks for 16- to 18-year-old schoolchildren giving a completely revised interpretation of the fall of the Soviet Union, the Putin era and the causes of the Ukraine war. The final chapter of the 447-page "History of Russia 1945 - the start of 21st Century" focuses on the causes of the biggest land war in Europe since World War Two - the Ukraine war that has left several hundred thousand soldiers injured or dead. "This is propaganda - it’s not a textbook," Mikhail Kopitsa, a Russian history teacher who left Russia after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, told Reuters of the book. It ends with small biographies of some of the Russians who have fallen in the Ukraine war - which it does not call a war.

Persons: Vladimir Putin's, Vladimir Medinsky, Putin, Josef Stalin, Mikhail Kopitsa, Anatoly Torkunov, Napoleon Bonaparte, Guy Faulconbridge, Nick Macfie Organizations: KGB, Reuters, Kremlin, NATO, West, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Continental, Britain, Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, Vladimir Putin's Russia, Soviet Union, Ukraine, Soviet, Russia, Europe, United States, Russian, Moscow, The, Georgia, Montenegro, Ukrainian, Ukraine's, Crimea

☆ Why Monumental Cream Puff Towers Are on the Rise
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Ella Riley-Adams | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

THE CHEF MOST often credited with inventing the croquembouche, the French-born confection that towers haughtily over any table it graces, was, unsurprisingly, an architecture enthusiast. He’d spend his afternoons in the national library across the street, mesmerized by images of architectural marvels. But it was the croquembouche in particular — a conical tower typically rising several feet high and constructed out of cream puffs (a.k.a. choux à la crème) bound together with caramel — that became a staple of French wedding banquets and, eventually, his legacy. Its name translated as “crunch in the mouth,” the pastry, when made properly, should deliver a gratifying crackle with every bite.

☆ A 17th-century mansion that once housed JP Morgan and Napoleon Bonaparte's brothers is on sale for $93 million. Take a look inside.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

It's being sold by Mike Jatania, a multimillionaire cosmetics tycoon who made about $200 million when he sold Lornamead a decade ago. Mel Yates PhotographySource: Bloomberg"In central London, the likes of Ken Griffin and other hedge fund managers have bought properties, so I'm sure the Americans will look at it," Jatania told Bloomberg. "There's also been a lot of wealth created in the Middle East recently, and we know families there have a tradition of owning London homes."

☆ The 7 best military commanders of all time, according to Napoleon Bonaparte
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Daniel Brown | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Napoleon, one of history's great military commanders, encouraged his officers to study these leaders. You won't find the Duke of Wellington, who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo, on the French emperor's list. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyNapoleon Bonaparte is recognized as one of the greatest military commanders of all time. "Your own genius will be enlightened and improved by this study, and you will learn to reject all maxims foreign to the principles of these great commanders," Napoleon said. We've ranked the commanders based on Napoleon's comments and their own achievements:

☆ Russia tells Macron: Don't forget Napoleon when you talk of regime change
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Macron told paper Le Journal du Dimanche France wanted Russia to be defeated in Ukraine but had never wanted to "crush" it. "About 'Never': France did not begin with Macron, and the remains of Napoleon, revered at the state level, rest in the centre of Paris. "In general, Macron is priceless," she said, adding that his remarks showed the West had engaged in discussions about regime change in Russia while Macron had repeatedly sought meetings with the Russian leadership. On Friday, Macron urged allies to step up military support for Ukraine, but also said he did not believe in regime change and that there would have to be negotiations at some point. "Let’s be clear, I don't believe for one second in regime change, and when I hear a lot of people calling for regime change I ask them, 'For which change?

☆ Russia is expected to launch a new Ukraine offensive, but it faces a familiar obstacle: Mud
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Global Images Ukraine | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesUkraine and many Western analysts believe Russia is on the precipice of launching a new, large-scale offensive but it's likely to encounter a familiar obstacle: mud. Ukrainian servicemen push a car stuck in mud on a field road on the frontline in Donetsk region, on December 17, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Global Images Ukraine | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesUkraine has urgent, pressing problems to contend with before the mud arrives with its forces observing Russian forces slowly but surely approaching and encircling the Donetsk city of Bakhmut. Ukrainian tankers near an undisclosed front line position in eastern Ukraine on Nov. 28, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Yevhen Titov | Afp | Getty Images

☆ ‘I have Prussians in my attic’: Surprise revelation leads to rare Battle of Waterloo discovery
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Aina J. Khan | Aina Is A Freelance Reporter With Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

When the elderly man approached after Bernard Wilkin had given a speech on battlefield bones, it's safe to say that Wilkin was not expecting the man's opening gambit. “You should know that I have Prussians in my attic,” the man told him, recalled Wilkin, an author and researcher, in an interview Thursday with NBC News. The skull of a Prussian soldier who fought at the Battle of Waterloo. Estimates vary on how many died at the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815, but the number runs into the thousands. Only two complete human skeletons have ever been formally excavated from the Waterloo battlefield, according to the British charity Waterloo Uncovered.

☆ French baguette makes it onto World Cultural Heritage list
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

PARIS, Nov 30 (Reuters) - The humble baguette, France's staple bread, has made it onto the United Nation's cultural heritage list. Paris-based U.N. heritage body UNESCO on Wednesday voted to include the "artisanal know-how and culture of baguette bread" on its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage, which already includes around 600 traditions from over 130 countries. This "celebrates the French way of life: the baguette is a daily ritual, a structuring element of the meal, synonymous with sharing and conviviality," said UNESCO chief Audrey Azoulay. These days a baguette - which means "wand" or "baton" - is sold for around 1 euro ($1.04) each. ($1 = 0.9645 euros)Reporting by Geert De Clercq and Elizabeth Pineau; Editing by Ingrid Melander and Raissa KasolowskyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ BNP defies French banks’ interest-rate malaise
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Liam Proud | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A regulated savings rate, with roots tracing back to the French Emperor’s wars of conquest, is one reason why Gallic retail lenders could miss out on an interest-rate windfall that is boosting banks elsewhere. Ironically, 60 billion euro BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA) looks set to escape the curse because of some international expansion of its own. One-third of Gallic lenders’ deposits sit in savings vehicles with regulated interest rates, Jefferies analysts reckon. Combined with other interest-rate regulations and the fact that many French mortgage borrowers are on fixed rates, the upshot is that Gallic retail lending margins don’t rise as quickly as they might in Spain or Britain. Chief Executive Jean-Laurent Bonnafé, who is approaching his 11-year anniversary in the role, deserves credit for helping BNP to defy the lending malaise at home.

☆ (foto) Ilustrații înfricoșătoare cu lideri renumiți din întreaga lume
▼ + stars: | 2015-08-13 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: 1 min

Pictorul Gunduz Agayev a creat o serie de ilustrații pe care a numit-o „Just leaders”, ceea ce înseamnă „Doar lideri”. Imaginile sale înfricoșătoare prezintă chipurile celor mai recunoscuți conducători care s-au remarcat în istorie. Ilustratorul este renumit și pentru alte două serii ingenioase, despre cum arată ofițerii de poliție în diferite țări ale lumii și cum arată fenomenul selfie în ilustrații religioase. Augusto Pinochet (Chile)Kim Jong-Un (Korea de Nord)Vladimir Putin (Rusia)Iosif Stalin (Uniunea Sovietică)Saddam Hussein (Irak)Mobutu Sese Seko (Kongo)Benito Mussolini (Italia)Amin Dada (Uganda)Napoléon Bonaparte (Franța)Muammar Gaddafi (Libia)Adolf Hitler (Germania)Ilham Aliyev (Azerbaijan)Fidel Castro (Cuba)

Persons: Agayev, Ilustratorul, Augusto Pinochet, Kim Jong, Vladimir Putin, Iosif Stalin, Saddam Hussein, Mobutu, Seko, Benito Mussolini, Amin, Napoléon Bonaparte, Muammar Gaddafi, Adolf Hitler, Fidel Castro Locations: Chile, Korea de Nord, Rusia, Uniunea Sovietică, Irak, Kongo, Italia, Uganda, Franța, Libia, Germania, Azerbaijan, Cuba

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