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Academy Foundation ends Oral History Project and lays off its staff

Academy Foundation ends Oral History Project and lays off its staff

The Academy Foundation earlier this month laid off all five staffers with its Oral History Projects team, effectively dissolving the department responsible for conducting and preserving interviews with notable members of the film industry. Two of those laid off were transitioned into different union roles within the Academy Foundation, the organization confirmed, Friday. The layoffs…

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Tories claim government in retreat on Chagos ‘surrender’ after Donald Trump broadside | Politics News

Tories claim government in retreat on Chagos ‘surrender’ after Donald Trump broadside | Politics News

Senior Tories claim the government is in retreat on its controversial Chagos Islands handover, after the latest showdown in parliament was unexpectedly postponed. The government has withdrawn a debate and votes in the House of Lords due on Monday in the latest round of parliamentary “ping pong” on the Chagos legislation. Welcoming the move, a…

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Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch accuse each other of lying over ‘special place in hell’ message | Politics News

Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch accuse each other of lying over ‘special place in hell’ message | Politics News

Robert Jenrick has published private texts allegedly from a Tory official after the party’s leader, Kemi Badenoch, accused him of lying. It comes after the MP, who defected from the Conservatives to Reform UK last week, claimed Tory chief whip Rebecca Harris contacted him in 2024 to say there was “a special place in hell”…

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