Home
Business Insider •

I've been to North Korea more than 180 times. Here's how tourists can stay out of trouble.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Simon Cockerell, a manager at the travel agency Koryo Tours. It has been edited for length and clarity.The first time I went to North Korea, I thought I knew what to expect.I was living in Beijing at the time, which was near North Korea. I figured it would be a bit like China or a bit like Russia.There are definitely those elements, especially if you look for them; but the reality is that it is its own place.In the two decades since then, I'v...
Business Insider •

A Russian warlord's new Cybertruck shows how Western sanctions are full of holes

Tesla doesn't ship Cybertrucks to Russia, but that doesn't seem to have stopped Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov from getting his hands on one.Kadyrov, a self-styled warlord and head of the Chechen Republic, posted a video on Telegram over the weekend, showing a Tesla Cybertruck being driven through an empty street with what appeared to be a machine gun mounted on it."The Cybertruck will soon be sent to the special military operation zone," he said, referring to Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine...
Business Insider •

Joe Biden's exit could be a tricky subject for authoritarian leaders in Russia, China, and Saudi Arabia, analysts say

In a dramatic but increasingly expected turn of events, Joe Biden exited the presidential race on Sunday via a letter posted on social media.Biden stepped aside less than a month before the Democratic National Convention after mounting pressure in his party to give way.He endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who has no serious rivals to succeed him as the nominee.Analysts have told BI that this peaceful — albeit reluctant — changing of the guard could be awkward for autocratic leaders like Vla...
Business Insider •

A photo of a bloodied Trump raising his fist after being shot has already become the defining image of his reelection bid

A photograph of President Donald Trump raising his fist in defiance after he was shot at his rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday has already become the most iconic image of his reelection among Republicans. The picture, taken by Associated Press photographer Evan Vucci, shows a blood-covered Trump holding up his fist against a backdrop of the American flag while being shielded by Secret Service agents. Donald Trump Jr. posted the image on X with the caption, "He'll never stop fighting to Save Americ...
Business Insider •

Biden's bad week just got worse after he said he was the 'first Black woman to serve with a Black president'

Joe Biden's argument that his disastrous debate performance last week was a one-off is seemingly falling apart.In his latest verbal slipup, the president said he was "proud" to be the "first Black woman to serve with a Black president."The 81-year-old president mixed up his words during an interview with Philadelphia's Wurd radio station when referring to his vice president, Kamala Harris, and former President Barack Obama."By the way, I'm proud to be, as I said, the first vice president, first...
Deadline •

‘Munjya’ Star Sharvari On Finding Success In Bollywood With A Supernatural Horror-Comedy & Her Desire To Work With Greta Gerwig

EXCLUSIVE: Supernatural horror-comedy is not a genre one necessarily associates with Bollywood, but Munjya, starring Sharvari and Abhay Verma, looks set to topple those expectations, and the pic has now entered the hallowed ‘100-crore (1 billion rupees) club’. The sleeper hit is the latest instalment in the Maddock Supernatural Universe (previous films are Stree, Roohi, Bhediya) and focuses on the legend of ‘munjya’, an evil spirit from Indian folklore. Sharvari plays Bela, the love interest of...
Deadline •

Taha Shah Badussha On Ambition To Be The First Indian James Bond & Whether Sanjay Leela Bhansali Will Helm ‘Heeramandi’ Season 2

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off of Netflix’s noisy Indian series Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, Taha Shah Badussha has set his sights on Hollywood — and he has a specific, seismic role in mind.

“Let’s put it out there, I want to be the first Indian James Bond. Why not?” he tells Deadline in an interview. With the iconic role still wide open as Bond‘s producers continue to sketch out the post-Daniel Craig era, there’s no harm in harboring the ambition.

Currently managed by Steven Adams’ Alta Global Media
Deadline •

DNEG Magnate Namit Malhotra On Navigating Hollywood, Success Of ‘The Garfield Movie’ & Controversy Around Employee ‘Loan’ Scheme

EXCLUSIVE: You might not be familiar with Namit Malhotra’s name, but the world certainly knows his work. Malhotra founded Indian production services company Prime Focus Technologies in 1997, and is currently CEO of VFX company DNEG, which has won seven Academy Awards for films such Inception,Interstellar, Blade Runner 2049, and Dune. Hailing from a filmmaking family in India’s Mumbai, Malhotra holds immense influence in both Hollywood and Bollywood, where he is currently in production on Nitesh
Deadline •

‘One Day’ Star Ambika Mod On Her Crazy Year, How Comedy Has Helped Her Career & Details Of Her Upcoming ‘Playdate’

Ambika Mod is not prepared to be a footnote in 2024. After hustling through improv and a breakout turn in BBC miniseries This Is Going to Hurt, this year saw her biggest hit yet — the lead role of Emma Morley in Netflix’s adaptation of David Nicholls’ novel One Day. Paired with Leo Woodall’s Dexter Mayhew, Mod sensitively plays Emma’s loves, wins and failures over 20 years. As a twenty-something figuring out her place in the world, Mod’s own journey has overlapped with Emma’s more than once. Her
Deadline •

‘Kalki 2898 AD’: Inside The Prabhas-Starring Sci-Fi Epic That Is One Of India’s Most Expensive Movies Of All Time

EXCLUSIVE: “I’m not so good at this part, you know,” Indian megastar Prabhas tells Deadline on the set of upcoming mythological sci-fi movie Kalki 2898 AD.

He is referring to his inability to push his work “into the international level,” but this might all be about to change. For Deadline is speaking to Prabhas in the late evening about a movie which, at a reported budget topping 600 crore rupees ($72M), is estimated to be one of the most expensive Indian movies ever made, potentially the most.