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Carrie-Anne Moss, star of The Matrix franchise, has spoken out about ageism in Hollywood that she experienced after turning 40. Moss shared the anecdote while in conversation with actor-turned-filmmaker and author Justine Bateman to mark the release of Bateman's new book, Face: One Square Foot of Skin, about the ways in which society responds to women as they age. "I had heard that at 40 everything changed," Moss said. "I didn't believe in that because I don't believe in just jumping on a thought system that I don't really align with. But literally the day after my 40th birthday, I was reading a script that had come to me and I was talking to my manager about it. She was like, 'Oh, no, no, no, it's not that role [you're reading for], it's the grandmother.' I may be exaggerating a bit, but it happened overnight. I went from being a girl to the mother to beyond the mother." She added: "I would look at these French and European actresses and they just had something about them … [Read more...] about The Matrix star Carrie-Anne Moss says she was offered a grandma role the day after her 40th birthday

The state parties of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) stood behind their party's national leader, Armin Laschet , to stand as candidate for chancellor in national elections set for September, it emerged on Monday following a meeting in Berlin. Hesse state premier Volker Bouffier, who attended the meeting of major CDU figures, told Germany's dpa news agency that Laschet has the support of majority of leading CDU figures. The news gives Laschet an important boost, but the final decision on the candidacy has not yet been made, as Laschet's rival, Markus Söder, Bavarian state premier and leader of the CDU's sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), on Sunday declared his interest in the candidacy. That set the scene for a week of uncertainty for the CDU/CSU alliance since Söder currently enjoys more popularity than Laschet among the German population at large — and among CDU voters. On Monday afternoon, Laschet told reporters that he would speak to Söder during … [Read more...] about Germany: CDU’s Armin Laschet reportedly has majority support for chancellor candidacy

Kindly Share This Story: *To Carry out a holistic Revalidation Exercise, Says Party has no Authentic Register in 36 States, FCT *Urges Party members to work for four terms in Office By Henry Umoru— ABUJA THE National Leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC has threatened Nigerians that the party will soon shock Nigeria’s political space with what it described as the massive and unprecedented defections ever witnessed in the political history of Nigeria as a country. Speaking yesterday at the National Assembly when he met with the Senate Caucus of the APC at Senate Hearing Room 1, Caretaker Committee Chairman of APC and Governor of Yobe Srate, Mai Mala Buni has also boasted that the party will remain the country’s leading political party. READ ALSO: #EndSARS Sanction threat: FG reaches out to U.K. govt The Chairman said, “In fact, I want to assure you all that APC will soon shock Nigeria’s political space with massive and … [Read more...] about We’ll shock political space with unprecedented defections, APC threatens

The regional parties of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) stood behind their national leader, Armin Laschet , as candidate for chancellor in elections set for September, the party decided on Monday following a meeting in Berlin. At a press conference, CDU General Secretary Paul Ziemiak confirmed what many expected: That Laschet enjoyed "broad support" among the regional CDU parties. The news gives Laschet an important boost, but the final decision on the candidacy has not yet been made, as Laschet's rival, Markus Söder, Bavarian state premier and leader of the CDU's sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), refused to give up his own potential claim to the candidacy, which he had declared on Sunday. After its own meeting on Monday afternoon, the CSU declared unanimously that they would back their leader for the candidacy. According to the Reuters agency, Söder said that the support of the CDU regional parties was not an adequate mandate: One had to "go wider … [Read more...] about Germany: CDU’s Armin Laschet has party support for chancellor candidacy

The event was co-chaired by head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung and head of the CPC’s International Liaison Department Song Tao. Trung thanked the CPC’s Central Committee, Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders, agencies and organisations for sending congratulations on the success of the Congress and the re-election of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. He briefed on the results of the 13th National CPV Congress and major contents of its documents regarding socio-economic development, Party and political system building, Vietnam’s foreign policy and future orientations. Hailing the significance of the Congress amid the complicated developments in the world, Trung said it set the goal of developing the country till 2020 with a vision to 2045, with the 100th anniversary of the CPV and the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the country as two major milestones. About the foreign … [Read more...] about Teleconference informs outcomes of 13th CPV Congress to Chinese party