The Golden Globes honor Emilia Pérez. The unclassifiable work of Jacques Audiard has known “a golden night”Sunday in Hollywood, sums up the daily The Country. The French filmmaker’s musical odyssey about the gender transition of a Mexican drug trafficker won four statuettes: the Golden Globe for best supporting actress, awarded to Zoe Saldaña, the prize for best international film, and that of best song, written by the French artists Camille and Clément Ducol, who composed the original soundtrack, and that of the best comedy or musical. Jacques Audiard dedicated his Globe for best international film “to all those who feel worried today”. With 10 nominations, his film, awarded at Cannes and promoted by Netflix, however, did not succeed in being a hit, two months before the Oscars. The award for best direction went to Brady Corbet for “The Brutalist”a long portrait of a Holocaust survivor architect trying to rebuild his life in the United States. Its lead actor Adrian Brody was also rewarded. Finally, the American Demi Moore was crowned best actress for her performance in the French film “The Substance”.
Austria: conservatives ready to negotiate with the far right to form a government. After the failure of talks aimed at building a centrist coalition excluding the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), the ÖVP announced on Sunday that it finally intended to begin discussions with the party founded by former Nazis. Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen also indicated earlier that he would meet the leader of the far-right party, Herbert Kickl, on Monday. “The path to a blue-black coalition with Chancellor Kickl at its head seems clear. But even though the two parties’ programs overlap to a large extent and they are motivated to cooperate, the coalition is not yet a done deal and these negotiations may also fail.notes the Austrian daily The standard.
Gaza: Hamas says it is ready to release hostages. The Palestinian movement said on Sunday that it had accepted the release of 34 Israelis “from a list provided” by the Hebrew State “in the first phase of a prisoner exchange agreement”. This list, said a Hamas official, includes “all women, the sick, children and the elderly” among the hostages. The Islamist group has “need about a week of calm to communicate with the kidnappers and identify the (hostages) dead or alive”added this man, who requested anonymity. Israel, for its part, stressed that it has still not received a list from the Palestinian movement. Indirect negotiations between Hamas and the Jewish state resumed this weekend in Qatar with a view to reaching an agreement on a ceasefire and the release of hostages. “We are progressing slowly”a source close to the matter said on Sunday at Jerusalem Post.
Canada: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could resign this week, according to the press. Under pressure for weeks, the head of the Canadian government could announce that he is leaving office in the coming days, the newspaper reported on Sunday The Globe and Mail. Citing three anonymous sources familiar with the party’s internal affairs, the daily indicates that Justin Trudeau’s announcement could come as early as Monday. The announcement would be made ahead of a national meeting of his party scheduled for Wednesday, according to sources in the Globe and Mail. The departure of Justin Trudeau would leave the party without a leader a few months before the next legislative elections which must be held by the end of October. Questioned by AFP, the Prime Minister’s office refused to comment on this information. A minority in Parliament, weakened by the withdrawal of his left-wing ally and the growing discontent within his own party, Trudeau is facing the most serious political crisis since he came to power nine years ago.
