Even before “The Dissident” made its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, director Bryan Fogel had a sense that his explosive Jamal Khashoggi documentary was going to be a tough sell.
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Also on this day: The 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery, is declared in effect by Secretary of State William H. Seward.
(Months earlier, he had survived an assassination attempt on the same night that President Abraham Lincoln was killed.) Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker” publicly premieres in St. Petersburg, Russia.During World War I, the 10-month Battle of Verdun ends with French troops succeeding in repulsing a major German offensive.Congress passes the
.Even before “The Dissident” made its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, director Bryan Fogel had a sense that his explosive Jamal Khashoggi documentary was going to be a tough sell.
host Shaun Robinson told ET last month that the new Discovery+ spinoff was going to show footage that was too racy for TV, she wasn't exaggerating.
Also on this day: Edward the Confessor, King of England, dies after a reign of nearly 24 years. Catherine de Medici of France dies at age 69.
her fiancé, Brandon's, parents on Sunday's episode of .Julia, who hails from Russia, moved to Dunwiddie, Virginia, to be with Brandon, but in order to save money, the couple has to live with his parents on their farm. Julia has already clashed with Brandon's mom, Betty, over her not letting the two sleep in the same room together since they're not married yet.
Also on this day: British troops burn Buffalo, N.Y., during the War of 1812.The United States and Mexico sign a treaty under which the U.S. agrees to buy some 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico for $10 million in a deal known as the Gadsden Purchase.
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Also on this day: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is convicted of treason in a court-martial that triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism. (Dreyfus would be vindicated eventually.) Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, who would brcome the first naturalized U.S.
Also on this day: During the American Revolutionary War, Gen. George Washington leads his army of about 11,000 men to Valley Forge, Pa., to camp for the winter.A coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Pa.
coronavirus pandemic and split into two parts later in 2021, organizers said Friday.The “Berlinale” had been scheduled for February in the German capital but cannot go ahead due to the likelihood that coronavirus restrictions on large gatherings will continue, organizers said.To give the film industry a venue to market their products in the first quarter, however, a virtual Berlinale will be held online in March.
Also on this day: France recognizes American independence. Franz Schubert’s Symphony No.
season 8 couple Brandon and Julia are opening up about his much-talked-about relationship with his parents.