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AP Business SummaryBrief at 4:35 p.m. ESTBashar al-Assad, 59, is the third of five children of Hafez al-Assad, a member of Syria’s minority Alawite sect who become the nation’s leader in 1971 after ruthlessly rising up the ranks of the Baath Party. Bashar initially held no political ambitions and studied medicine at Damascus University before moving to the UK in the early 1990s to specialise in ophthalmology at the Western Eye Hospital in London. Contemporaries described him as the “geeky IT guy”. When his older brother, Bassel, died in a car accident in 1994, Bashar was summoned back to Syria to replace him as heir apparent to the presidency. Assad came to power in July 2000 after the death of his father. Within months he married his British-born wife, Asma Akhras, now 49, whose parents were family friends.
A title that was on my most-anticipated upcoming horror movies list is finally here, and it’s both funny and (very) gory. Y2K is an A24 movie from SNL alum Kyle Mooney that imagines if the titular event had actually happened when the public at large ushered in the year 2000. While I was never personally afraid of that event, the movie does have a scene that actually taps into my nightmares: falling while inside a porta potty. Kyle Mooney and more spoke with CinemaBlend about filming it, and I get why co-lead Rachel Zegler wasn't into it. In the latest scary entry in the schedule of 2024 movie releases , Jaeden Martell’s Eli finds himself trying to survive an apocalypse alongside his crush, Laura, played by Rachel Zegler. At one point, Eli and Laura hilariously and romantically lock eyes for the first time while inside a falling porta potty, after using it to hide from the technological-based monsters out to get them. Here’s what Martell had to say to me about filming the scene: To clarify, it was mostly chocolate, which is pretty great. It was really cold though, and they kind of set this porta potty up on hydraulics and they were just shaking us around, getting the camera in from different angles. It was a pretty good time. Martell, who famously starred in the It movies, said he had a blast performing the porta potty scene, while it makes me personally shudder every time I think about it. Director/co-writer Kyle Mooney then jumped in, saying this: Yeah. I don't like throwing people under the bus, but I feel like Rachel really did not enjoy it... I think there were only two takes ultimately of like the interior porta potty. While I’m happy Martell had a fun time shooting the porta potty scene, I totally get why Zegler would not be having the same reaction to shooting the scene. Even if it was in fact chocolate, getting into character to pretend poop and such is getting all over you is actually horrifying to me. Further discussing his experience shooting the sequence with me, Martell explained: Then, what was really fun was getting in, shooting that. With the camera rig on top and then you just pop the top off. Yep. And then we had to kind of like all be in sync. We had to fake falling while the camera was going this way. But, that was really funny. I’m happy to hear the filmmakers didn’t simply throw the cast down a hill in a porta potty. But his comments are really interesting in regard to how the scene was shot practically. Kyle Mooney also gave some major props to the movie’s cinematographer, Bill Pope, who has shot iconic movies like The Matrix and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World . In Mooney’s words: Bill Pope who shot the movie, he at some early point in the process, I didn't even remember exactly what I feel like he took like a milk carton. He like, kind of like made his own, like, 'We gotta do this.' Y2K Trailer Delivers A Blend Of Superbad And Maximum Overdrive, And The 1999 Vibes Are Da Bomb And that’s just one scene in Y2K . Considering the other wild scenes in the film, it's reasonable to wonder how the crew accomplished other feats like making a monstrous Tamagatchi and getting Fred Durst on board. All of those creative choices, though, contribute to a flick that's as scary as it is funny. Kyle Mooney's directorial debut has been lauded for its "painfully accurate" portrayal of the '90s teen experience , yet it's mostly been met with mixed responses from critics. Nevertheless, CinemaBlend’s Y2K review awarded it a 4 out of 5 stars. Believe me when I say, the movie is fun, and the the porta potty scene alone still makes it worth the price of admission. So check it out in theaters now and also dream about this amazingly nostalgic popcorn bucket idea from A24 with us. CINEMABLEND NEWSLETTER Your Daily Blend of Entertainment News
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Beirut: Insurgents’ stunning march across Syria gained speed on Saturday (Sunday AEDT) with news that they had reached the suburbs of the capital Damascus and with the government forced to deny rumours that President Bashar al-Assad had fled the country. The lightning rebel advance suggests that Assad’s government could fall within the next week, US and other Western officials said. A giant portrait of Syrian president Bashar Assad sets on a building, as empty streets seen in Damascus, Syria, on Saturday. Credit: AP Since the rebels’ sweep into Aleppo a week ago, government defences have crumbled at a dizzying speed as insurgents seized a string of major cities and rose up in places where the rebellion had long seemed over. The twin threats to the strategically vital city of Homs and the capital, Damascus, now pose an existential danger to the Assad dynasty’s five-decade reign over Syria and the continued influence there of its main regional backer, Iran. The rebels’ moves around Damascus, reported by an opposition war monitor and a rebel commander, came after the Syrian army withdrew from much of the southern part of the country, leaving more areas, including several provincial capitals, under the control of opposition fighters. If the insurgents capture Homs, they would cut the link between Damascus, Assad’s seat of power, and the coastal region where the president enjoys wide support. The advances in the past week were among the largest in recent years by opposition factions led by a group that has its origins in al-Qaeda and is considered a terrorist organisation by the US and the United Nations. In their push to overthrow Assad’s government, the insurgents, led by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, or HTS, have met little resistance from the Syrian army. For the first time in the country’s long-running civil war, the government now has control of only four of 14 provincial capitals: Damascus, Homs, Latakia and Tartus. People arrive at the Jordanian side of the border as others wait in their cars, after a ban on crossings into Syria, on December 7, 2024 in Jaber, Jordan. Credit: Getty ImagesSyrian insurgents reach the capital as worried residents flee and stock up on supplies
Photos: Notre Dame Cathedral reopens, with its first service since a devastating fireCeeDee Lamb injury update: Dallas Cowboys announce star WR is out for the seasonLike Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne on a shopping spree, the Los Angeles Dodgers are racking up quite a few IOUs. According to the Associated Press , the team has accumulated over $1 billion in deferred payments to seven players between the years of 2028-46 after the contracts this offseason to Blake Snell (five years, $182 million, with $66 million in deferred money through July 1, 2046) and Tommy Edman (five years, $74 million, with $25 million in deferred money through July 1, 2044). This article will be updated soon to provide more information and analysis. For more from Bleacher Report on this topic and from around the sports world, check out our B/R app , homepage and social feeds—including Twitter , Instagram , Facebook and TikTok .
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