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CBS is officially confirmed to air two repeat episodes of 60 Minutes tonight, June 22, 2025, and they will feature repeat segments about social security debt and more. According to CBS' official press release information, these two episodes will feature a total of three repeat segments that have appeared in previous episodes. The first repeat segment for the first episode is titled, "Navalny." CBS' official description for it reads like this, "Months after anti-Putin activist Alexei Navalny died in a Russian prison, his wife, Yulia Navalnaya, now the leading figure of his political movement, spoke with correspondent Lesley Stahl in Navalnaya’s first U.S. interview about her late husband’s posthumous memoir. Navalnaya discussed the book – Navalny’s last act of defiance against the Kremlin, which chronicles his final three years behind bars under often brutal conditions – and his death, which she blames on Russian president Vladimir Putin.

The latest episode of 60 Minutes brings an impactful mix of political depth and personal stories with segments that explore both human perseverance and the mysteries of the animal kingdom.

Navalny: A Last Act of Defiance

In a gripping segment, 60 Minutes revisits the life and legacy of Alexei Navalny, the Russian anti-Putin activist who tragically died in a prison cell under suspicious circumstances. Months after his passing, his wife, Yulia Navalnaya, steps into the spotlight for her first-ever U.S. interview, offering rare insights into her husband’s posthumous memoir. The memoir chronicles Navalny’s final years in a Russian high-security prison, where he continued his fight against the Kremlin despite enduring brutal conditions. Yulia, now leading the political movement in his honor, speaks candidly with correspondent Lesley Stahl about the circumstances leading to his death, her decision to return to Russia after Navalny’s poisoning, and her ongoing campaign for justice.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is closing up the Ed Sullivan Theater. But the CBS late-night TV show won't be on hiatus for too long.

2024 marked another milestone year for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. It remains the go-to option for political commentary as fans tune in to hear host Stephen Colbert mix punchlines with an honest reaction to the day's news.

But the holiday season is a time for rest and relaxation, and that's exactly what Colbert and company plan to do. CBS has put The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on hiatus until 2025.

Beginning on Monday, December 23, the network will reair old episodes during the Late Show's typical timeslot. First up is revisiting the December 12 show featuring appearances by Timothée Chalamet and Sabrina Carpenter.

The rest of the week will reair episodes with Mindy Kaling, Saul Trujillo, Nicole Kidman, Bill Skarsgård, Evie McGee Colbert, Brian Cox,...

It seems like no matter what she does or how hard she tries, it seems like she just can’t get out of her shadow at all. It seems like Meghan Markle has yet another reason to be jealous of Kate Middleton once again. Keep reading below for everything you need to know.

Royal Family News – Meghan Markle Has A Reason To Be Jealous Of Kate Middleton Again

According to the latest reports, Princess Kate has been shortlisted for a major award following her very incredibly tough year with her cancer battle.

In fact, the Princess of Wales is on the list to possibly become this year’s Time Magazine Person of the Year. Other people on the list include Kamala Harris, Joe Rogan, Elon Musk, Yulia Navalnaya, Benjamin Netanyahu, Jerome Powell, Claudia Sheinbaum, Donald Trump and Mark Zuckerberg.

For Meghan Markle, this is something that she’s always dreamed of,...

Kate Middleton could receive a rare, controversial honor from Time magazine.

Considering Kate’s cancer battle and the scandal surrounding the initial cover-up, you’d think that 2024 is a year that she’d rather forget.

Instead, there’s a chance that the Princess of Wales’ name will be forever linked with this year.

Time‘s Person of the Year is one of the most polarizing magazine honors short of People‘s Sexiest Man Alive. But could Kate be the best choice?

Catherine Princess of Wales attends the ‘Together At Christmas’ Carol Service at Westminster Abbey on December 06, 2024. (Photo Credit: Chris Jackson/Getty Images) Kate Middleton is on the short list for ‘Time’ magazine’s Person of the Year

On Monday, December 9, Today announced the short-list for the dubious Time Person of the Year honor.

As Princess of Wales, Kate has engaged in numerous charitable projects. By marrying William, she became...

Kate Middleton may have a new title to add to her list, which includes Princess and Duchess of Cornwall, if she wins an award she is now nominated for from Time.

Time Magazine has announced its annual Person of the Year 2024 shortlist, which includes ten influential people. Happily, Kate is on the revered list.

According to Time, Kate Middleton is a nominee, among other newsworthy individuals such as Kamala Harris, Elon Musk, Yulia Navalnaya, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Joe Rogan.

Kate made the list, presumably because of her tumultuous year with her health and public outcry over her wellbeing.

For months, the public worried about her and her health, as well as that of King Charles, as they both battled cancer news and were ecstatic when news was released that they were both doing well.

Now, fans are weighing in over the news that Time has nominated Kate as a potential Person of the Year 2024 winner.

On Thursday’s episode of The View, comedian Hasan Minhaj will join the panel to discuss his latest stand-up special, Off With His Head. Minhaj is known for his sharp political commentary and unique comedic style. Following Minhaj, Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, will appear to speak about her husband’s book, […]

The View: Hasan Minhaj, Yulia Navalnaya...

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Following an assassination attempt on his life in 2020, former Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny recuperated in Germany and made a decision that stunned many — he would return to Russia, despite the near-certainty of detainment and the likelihood of death under the regime of Vladimir Putin.

Navalny died in a remote penal colony north of the Arctic Circle in February. But he had been working on drafts for a memoir prior to his death.

This Sunday, October 20, 2024, at 7:00 Pm, 60 Minutes returns with another compelling episode that delves into the stories shaping our world. Known for its in-depth reporting and investigative journalism, the show continues to provide viewers with a closer look at the people and events that dominate the headlines.

Relief, N.C. – Reporting from the Appalachian Mountains, correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi surveys one of the hardest hit areas of Hurricane Helene, a category four storm that tore through six states more than three weeks ago. Alfonsi visits communities in rural western North Carolina where the search for the missing goes on as most residents endure life without water, electricity, communications and passable roads. All are attempting to rebuild – most have no insurance. Ashley Velie is the producer.

Navalny – Months after anti-Putin activist Alexei Navalny died in a Russian prison, his wife, Yulia Navalnaya, now the leading figure of his political movement, speaks with...

Updated: President Joe Biden celebrated the release of Americans held in Russia, including journalist Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine and security director Paul Whelan, calling the deal that made it possible “a feat of diplomacy and friendship.”

“Multiple countries helped get this done,” Biden said in remarks at the White House. “They joined a difficult, complex negotiation at my request.” He cited Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway and Turkey.

“They all stepped up,” he said.

Also freed were Alsu Kurmasheva, and columnist and dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza.

His remarks were carried across major news networks as well as CBS and ABC, while NBC was in the midst of Olympics coverage.

Biden said that Russia released a total of 16 prisoners — including four Americans, five Germans and seven Russian citizens who are political prisoners — in exchange for eight Russians being held in the west.

“Anyone who questions whether allies matter — they do.

The 2024 Time100 is here!

Time Magazine‘s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world was revealed on Wednesday (April 17), featuring a ton of our favorite stars, including Patrick Mahomes, with a tribute written by Alex Rodriguez, Taraji P. Henson (written by Mary J. Blige), America Ferrera (by Blake Lively) and Kylie Minogue (by Chris Martin).

More stars include Elliot Page, written by Raquel Willis, Fantasia Barrino (by Taraji) and Colman Domingo (by Lenny Kravitz).

Keep reading to find out more…

This year’s list comes with four worldwide covers featuring Patrick Mahomes, Dua Lipa, Taraji P. Henson, and Yulia Navalnaya, a leader of Russia’s opposition movement.

The New York City gala celebrating the issue is set for April 25, with a primetime TV special airing May 12 on ABC. For the full list of the 100 most influential of 2024, head to time.com.

Find out who made the list...

Time100, Time Magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, includes some notable show business figures, including Taraji P. Henson, Michael J. Fox, Fantasia Barrino, Alia Bhatt, Sofia Coppola, Colman Domingo, and America Ferrera.

Also on the list: Ynon Kreiz, Donna Langley, Dua Lipa, Hayao Miyazaki, Leslie Odom Jr., Elliot Page, Dev Patel, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Maya Rudolph, and Jeffrey Wright.

The Time100 issue has four worldwide covers featuring singer-songwriter Lipa, football quarterback Patrick Mahomes, actor Henson, and Yulia Navalnaya, a leader of Russia’s opposition movement.

A New York City gala celebrating the issue is set for April 25, with a primetime TV special airing May 12 on ABC.

The new issue pairs well known personalities writing about the roster’s subjects. Taraji P. Henson, herself on the list, writes about Fantasia Barrino. Other pairings include Tom Harper on Alia Bhatt, Rashida Jones on Sofia Coppola, Lenny Kravitz on Colman Domingo,...

With the industry names signing on to a letter growing to reportedly near 1,000 (and counting) condemning The Zone of Interest director Jonathan Glazer’s very controversial Oscar acceptance speech, it looks to be taking on a life of its own since the March 10 Academy Awards, where his universally praised movie won the Best International Film Oscar and was nominated for four others including Best Picture.

The speech — in which he seemed, to many at least, to compare Israel’s war on Gaza and the deaths of thousands of Palestinians with the Nazis’ extermination of Jews during World War II — certainly made some in the audience uncomfortable, even uncertain just how to interpret it at the time. It has ignited a firestorm of protest by many, including big names and Academy members like Amy Pascal, Sherry Lansing, Eli Roth, Jennifer Jason Leigh and more. What appears to be the most offending...

Exclusive: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences plans to recut the 90-minute version of the Oscars broadcast it provided to international licensees, Deadline has learned, in order to restore a key moment it had left out of the original package: the Best Documentary Feature category won by the Ukraine war-themed film 20 Days in Mariupol.

Deadline has learned the move comes after Suspilne TV, the broadcaster that holds rights to air the Oscar show in Ukraine, protested the omission of the category from the 90-minute version, saying it was “shocked and deeply disappointed” by the decision that also left the moving acceptance speech by Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov on the cutting-room floor.

In that speech, Chernov mourned the devastating loss of civilian life that has resulted from Russia’s invasion and urged the film community to ensure “the history record is set straight, and that the truth will...

Leonid Volkov, the former chief of staff of late Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny, was attacked on Tuesday outside his house in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Navalny’s former press person and assistant Kira Yarmysh reported the attack on social media.

“Leonid Volkov has just been attacked near his home. They broke the window in his car and sprayed tear gas in his eyes, after which the attacker began to beat Leonid with a hammer. Now Leonid is at home, the police and an ambulance are on their way to him,” she wrote in a post on X.

A later post on the Team Navalny X handle showed a photo of Volkov being wheeled out of an ambulance.

Сейчас Леонид Волков в больнице

Фото от Ивана Жданова (https://t.co/qaoYuCGYlg) pic.twitter.com/4d0llz0ozK

— Команда Навального (@teamnavalny) March 12, 2024

Volkov, 43, served as Navalny’s chief of staff for his 2018 presidential...

Alexei Navalny’s sacrifice for democracy is being recognized in the place where the concept of government by the people first flourished.

Greece’s Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival programmed the documentary Navalny in honor of the Russian opposition leader and democratic reformer, who died in an Arctic prison in northern Russia on February 16. The film directed by Daniel Roher won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature almost exactly a year ago.

Navalny examines the anti-corruption crusader’s effort to investigate an incident in 2020 in which he fell grievously ill after being secretly dosed with the neurotoxin Novichok. With help from a Bulgarian investigative journalist, Navalny determined the assassination plot had been implemented by Kremlin agents. After recuperating in Germany, Navalny made the fateful decision to return to Russia in 2021, whereupon he was immediately arrested and later tried and imprisoned.

Alexei Navalny in Moscow’s City Court on May 24, 2022

The TiDF program writes,...

On Thursday, President Joe Biden met with the family of Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader.

Biden met with Navalny’s wife Yulia Navalnaya and one of the couple’s children, daughter Dasha Navalnaya. During their meeting in California, Biden said he would pledge new sanctions against Putin who is “responsible for [Navalny’s] death.”

This week, the Biden administration imposed 500 new sanctions amidst the Russian-Ukrainian war and Navalny’s death. Navalny’s death was met with criticism and outrage due to the mysterious circumstances of his death. It was reported that Navalny allegedly fell ill and died during imprisonment.

“Putin is responsible, whether he ordered it or he is responsible for the circumstances he put that man in,” Biden said regarding the death.

Biden has also criticized former President Donald Trump for comparing his ongoing legal battles to Navalny’s death. Trump was also slammed by fellow Republican presidential opponent Nikki Haley.

X/Twitter temporarily suspended the account of Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, in what the platform said was a mistake.

“Our platform’s defense mechanism against manipulation and spam mistakenly flagged @yulia_navalnaya as violating our rules. We unsuspended the account as soon as we became aware of the error, and will be updating the defense,” according to X.

The suspension quickly led to an outcry online, with some calling out X’s owner, Elon Musk, who has expressed opposition to further funding for Ukraine, concluding that Russia won’t lose the war with its neighboring country.

Earlier today, Navalnaya had called out Russian President Vladimir Putin for her husband’s death, including a message, “I don’t care how the killer’s press secretary comments on my words. Give back Alexei’s body and let him be buried with dignity, don’t stop people from saying goodbye to him,...

The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was temporarily suspended from X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday after announcing she would continue her dead husband’s fight against Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian government.

Since Navalny’s death on Friday, Yulia Navalnaya has led a public campaign to pressure the Russian government for the return of her husband’s body, and for cooperation from the international community in holding the Putin government accountable for his death. Russian authorities claim the imprisoned dissident died after a sudden collapse on Friday while serving...

Russian Pussy Riot dissident Nadya Tolokonnikova has welcomed a pledge by Alexei Navalny’s widow Yulia Navalnaya to carry on his fight for democracy, following his death in an Arctic penal colony last week.

Speaking just hours after Navalnaya released a video statement vowing to continue her late husband’s political campaign, Tolokonnikova said she would be “an amazing figure to unite Russian opposition.”

“Today Yulia Navalnaya came out with a really beautiful statement and I was hoping she was going to make this statement because in my mind she only had two choices to retreat into depression or to continue fighting,” Tolokonnikova told Deadline at the Cinema for Peace gala dinner in Berlin on Monday evening.

Pussy Riot cofounder and activist @Nadyariot welcomes pledge by Alexei Navalny’s widow to continue her husband’s message at the Cinema for Peace Gala in Berlin. pic.twitter.com/RV3rVsA0CU...

Hillary Clinton and Sharon Stone shared the stage at the annual Cinema for Peace funder raiser in Berlin on Monday night with the latter presenting the former U.S. secretary of state with the Ngo’s Cinema for Peace Award.

Stone described Clinton as an inspirational figure in her life: “The things you’ve said have changed my life, changed the direction and changed the course of the things I’ve chosen to do.”

Clinton gently ribbed Stone about her gala gown, a tie at the front robe covered in mauve spots.

“To my friend Sharon Stone who can look amazingly beautiful in anything. When she walked in, I was like, ‘Wow, who besides Sharon Stone could wear a gigantic bath robe and look stunning… you are one of a kind my friend, one of kind,” she said.

Further honorees included Pope Francis, who was seen receiving the award on taped recording,...

Russia has arrested at least 400 people across the country for protesting the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was imprisoned in a Russian penal colony when he died suddenly on Friday. Among those detained is a priest, Father Grigory Mikhnov-Vaitenko, who was planning to lead a St. Petersberg memorial service in tribute to Navalny.

Human rights group Ovd-Info said that by Saturday night, police had detained at least 401 people across the country. More than 200 of those arrests took place in St. Petersberg, Russia’s second largest city. Mikhnov-Vaitenko, the...

Director Daniel Roher is making no secret who he blames for the death behind bars of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, focus of his 2023 Oscar-winning documentary Navalny.

“[Russian President Vladimir] Putin is responsible for his death. That much is clear,” he told Deadline. “The particulars of how and those sorts of questions I don’t think we know yet, but to me, it’s obvious who is responsible.”

Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service announced Friday that Navalny, 47, had died in a prison in the Arctic Circle, saying he fell ill after taking a walk in the facility. Navalny had been under lock and key at various prisons in Russia after he returned to his homeland in 2021 from Germany, where he had undergone emergency treatment after a near-fatal poisoning attack (an assassination attempt also widely blamed on the Kremlin). Just a day earlier, Navalny had made a court appearance by video from prison, appearing...

Kyiv — Russian President Vladimir Putin is on a decades-long quest to restore his country to what he views as its rightful place in world affairs, and he is willing to crush anyone who stands in his way. Putin’s regime has ruthlessly consolidated power through murder and oppression, while using unfettered militancy abroad to expand the Kremlin’s reach.

Until recently, the West has largely accommodated Putin, deluding itself that engagement and dialogue would temper his remorseless thirst for control and appetite for conquest. Western inaction, infirmity, and addiction to...

Alexei Navalny is dead at the age of 47, following three years of incarceration in Russia. He was the most prominent opposition leader to stand against Vladimir Putin during his 24-year dictatorship.

Navalny was also a documentary filmmaker, directing and producing videos on behalf of the organization he founded in 2011, the Anti-Corruption Foundation. His last work before being imprisoned, and arguably his magnum opus, is “Putin’s Palace,” a 112-minute takedown of the leader’s corruption, written, narrated, and directed (though uncredited) by Navalny, which has received over 129 million views on his YouTube channel.

The opposition leader was also the subject of the Oscar-winning CNN Films documentary, “Navalny,” directed by Daniel Roher. It’s a clip from that film that’s gone viral in the hours after the Russian prison where he was being held announced Navalny’s death. (Russian officials attributed his death to a blood clot.) The prison is a...

Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader and fierce critic of Vladimir Putin, died on Friday while imprisoned in Russia. Navalny’s death comes as the American conservative movement has grown sympathetic toward Putin, an autocrat whose political enemies have a long history of dying under mysterious circumstances. Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson is at the forefront of the right’s adulation of the Russian president, and just days before Navalny’s death he defended the nation’s alleged political assassinations.

Calrson did so while speaking with Egyptian journalist Emad El Din Adeeb...

Yulia Navalnaya, now the widow of Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Navalny, demanded after her husband’s death on Friday that the Russian autocrat and his government “be personally held responsible for all of the atrocities they have committed.”

Russian correctional authorities announced earlier on Friday that Alexei Navalny, who was serving a 19-year prison sentence in an Arctic penal colony, died after experiencing a sudden collapse. Given the cloud of suspicious deaths surrounding vocal Putin critics — and the fact that Navalny had survived two previous assassination attempts — Russia’s description...

Alexei Navalny, the Russia opposition leader and fierce critic of Vladimir Putin, died in prison, Russian authorities announced on Friday. He was 47.

Russia’s prison service said Navalny felt unwell after taking a walk and lost consciousness. He was service a 19-year sentence on controversial, extremism-related charges. “The facility’s medical staff immediately arrived and an ambulance brigade was called,” the prison service said in a statement. “All necessary resuscitation measures were taken, which did not lead to positive results. The ambulance doctors confirmed the death of the convict.”

Navalny...

Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader and subject of the Oscar-winning 2022 documentary “Navalny,” died in jail on Friday, according to Russia’s state prison service. He was 47.

The Associated Press reported that Russia’s Federal Prison Service said in a statement that Navalny “felt unwell after a walk on Friday and lost consciousness.” Emergency services arrived and tried to revive him, but he had died.

Navalny’s spokesperson, Kira Yarmysh, said on X (formerly known as Twitter) that she had not received confirmation of his death yet. “Alexey’s lawyer is currently on his way to Kharp,” she wrote. “As soon as we have some information, we will report on it.”

Considered one of Putin’s harshest critics, Navalny was moved late last year to an Arctic penal colony, one of Russia’s toughest jails. He was serving a 19-year sentence on charges of extremism.

Navalny had been imprisoned since...

Updated from 10:43 a.m. story with quotes from Navalny director Daniel Roher: Exclusive: Oscar-winning filmmaker Daniel Roher, director of Navalny, is reacting to the 19-year prison sentence against the Russian opposition leader rendered by a court outside Moscow today.

“It’s very upsetting, but very unsurprising,” Roher tells Deadline. “The regime has taken the approach of what I like to call ‘boiling the frog.’ Instead of just throwing a life sentence at Navalny right out of the gate, they have been systematically giving him additional sentences over the course of many years — this latest sentence, which is coming in at 19 years, being the longest and what I think is the most laughable in terms of what they’re accusing him of.

Earlier: The fate of Alexei Navalny, the jailed Russian opposition leader whose story was told in the Oscar-winning documentary Navalny, has become even more grim.

A court...

Exclusive and Updated: Brittney Griner will attend tonight’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, which draws a list of sports and entertainment celebrities, media figures and politicos.

The WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist, whose arrest and detention in Russia last year led to a high stakes State Department diplomatic effort to secure her release, will be a guest of CBS News, per the network. She will attend along with her wife, Cherelle.

In her speech, Tamara Keith, the president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, plans to speak about the current detention of another figure in Russia: The Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich, who has been held since last month. Members of his family are expected at the event. Griner spoke to reporters earlier this week about his arrest. “No one should be in those conditions, hands down,” she said, per The New York Times.

Others expected to attend the Whca: Benjamin Hall,...

Any fan of tearjerkers could do worse than replay highlights from the first hour of Sunday night’s 95th Oscars telecast. Euphoria filled the cavernous Dolby Theatre as the jubilant Ke Huy Quan accepted the first of many awards for the night’s favorite, Everything Everywhere All at Once. “They say stories like this only happen in the movies,” said the son of Vietnamese refugees, tearfully declaring, “This is the American dream.” He was immediately followed by a child of Hollywood royalty, Jamie Lee Curtis, winning for the same movie and addressing the spirits of her late parents, Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, each previous Oscar nominees. “I just won an Oscar,” she wept, looking toward heaven. Shortly thereafter, even the documentary feature prize (for Navalny) galvanized the audience when Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, took the stage to address her husband: “I’m...

Now this was a damn good Oscar Night.

The 95th Academy Awards show sure helped dispel the bad odor of the past few years. Watching the In Memoriam interlude last year, as a cheerleader squad honored dead people by singing “Spirit in the Sky,” I said aloud, “This show can’t possibly get any worse.” But saying this on Oscar Night is like a Mel Brooks movie where someone says, “At least it’s not raining.” Reader, it got worse. But this year was the zippiest, most fun Oscar bash in ages.

The 2023 Oscars were full of laughs, tears and cheers throughout the night from the presenters, winners, host and Hollywood audience. From host Jimmy Kimmel‘s slapgate jokes to Michelle Yeoh making history with her best actress win amid a big night for best picture Everything Everywhere All at Once, here are some of the night’s most memorable moments.

Host Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Will Smith’s Oscars Slap

Host Jimmy Kimmel had a lot to say about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock during last year’s Academy Awards ceremony. His jokes started during the opening monologue of the Oscars telecast, with Kimmel alluding to the infamous moment while recognizing the Irish performers who were attending. “Five Irish actors are nominated tonight, which means the odds of another fight on stage went way up,” Kimmel quipped. The host went on to poke fun at the fact that Smith was given the...

Political comments were not off-limits during the 2023 Oscars Sunday night, including a Joe and Hunter Biden reference and award dedications to political prisoners.

During the opening monologue of Hollywood’s biggest night, host Jimmy Kimmel called Steven Spielberg and Seth Rogen the “Joe and Hunter Biden of Hollywood.” Rogan starred as Bennie Loewy in the director’s film, The Fabelmans.

“This is my favorite duo of the year,” the host added. “What a pair.”

Later in the ceremony, while accepting the Oscar for best documentary feature, Navalny director Daniel Roher dedicated the award to Russian political opposition leader and Putin critic Alexei Navalny. He said the film’s namesake, who has been imprisoned in Russia since March 2021, “remains in solitary confinement for what he [Navalny] calls, ‘Vladimir Putin’s unjust war of aggression in Ukraine.'”

“I would like to dedicate this award to Navalny, to all political prisoners around the world,...

Los Angeles, March 13 (Ians) CNN has scored its first Oscars win: ‘Navalny’, the harrowing film that follows the Russian dissident and former presidential candidate, Alexei Navalny. It took the prize for documentary feature film at the 95th Academy Awards, reports ‘Variety’.

The documentary, directed by Daniel Roher, gained new relevance after Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

The CNN Films/Warner Bros. documentary, according to ‘Variety’, is a fly-on-the-wall account of the rousing populist who was once a presidential candidate — and posed such a threat to Putin that he was poisoned in a botched assassination plot ordered by the Kremlin in 2020.

Navalny was detained in January 2021 and is serving a nine-year sentence in a Russian gulag. He has spent much of the sentence in solitary confinement.

Roher, while accepting the award, dedicated the Oscar win to Navalny and “to all political prisoners around the world”, notes ‘Variety’.

He said: “Alexei,...

As Navalny won best documentary feature film at the 2023 Oscars, filmmaker Daniel Roher dedicated the award to the film’s namesake political prisoner and Putin critic while Navalny’s wife told her husband to “stay strong.”

After director Roher took to the Dolby Theatre stage with Alexei Navalny’s wife Yulia and his children Dasha and Zakhar on Sunday, he noted to the audience that the Russian opposition leader could not be present at the ceremony. (Navlany, a prominent critic of Vladimir Putin, has been imprisoned in Russia since March 2021 and has said he is in solitary confinement.) “I would like to dedicate this award to Navalny, to all political prisoners around the world,” said Roher in his speech. “Alexei, the world has not forgotten your vital message to us all. We cannot, we must not be afraid to oppose dictators and authoritarianism wherever it rears its head.”

Yulia Navalnaya...

Updated with statement from CNN Films from original 6:31 p.m. story: Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny got a loving message from his wife from the Oscar stage after the film about him won Best Documentary Feature.

“Thank you to everybody here,” Yulia Navalnaya said when director Daniel Roher summoned her to the microphone after making his acceptance remarks. “My husband is in prison just for telling the truth. My husband is in prison just for defending democracy. Alexei, I’m dreaming of the day when you will be free and our country will be free. Stay strong.”

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Roher’s documentary Navalny, from CNN Films, chronicles the poisoning plot that nearly took Alexei Navalny’s life. He was flying from Siberia to Moscow in August 2020 when he became deathly ill. Russian doctors who initially treated him claimed he was suffering from a metabolic disorder. But...

With the war still raging in Ukraine, the membership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made their feelings on the matter one for the history books. In a year of incredible documentaries, the Oscars handed their Best Documentary prize to “Navalny,” a portrait of Russian opposition leader Alexi Navalny. Currently imprisoned by the Russian government, the Oscar was accepted by director Daniel Roher and Navalny’s wife, Yulia Navalny.

Continue reading ‘Navalny’ Gives Sundance Yet Another Documentary Film Oscar Winner at The Playlist.

CNN has scored its first Oscars win: “Navalny,” the harrowing film following Russian dissident and former presidential candidate Alexei Navalny, took the prize for documentary feature film at Sunday’s Academy Awards.

The documentary, directed by Daniel Roher, gained new relevance after Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The CNN Films/Warner Bros. documentary is a fly-on-the-wall account of the rousing populist who was once a presidential candidate — and posed such a threat to Putin that Navalny was poisoned in a botched assassination plot ordered by the Kremlin in 2020. Navalny was detained in January 2021 and currently is serving a nine-year sentence in a Russian gulag. He has spent much of the sentence in solitary confinement.

Roher, in accepting the award, dedicated the Oscar win to Navalny and “to all political prisoners around the world”: “Alexei, the world has not forgotten your vital message to us all… We must...

Nicole Kidman arrives at the Chanel/Charles Finch Pre Oscars soirée and dinner at the Polo Lounge in Beverly Hills and makes clear that she’s just stopping by to say hello. ”I have two daughters at home, and they’ll be up all night unless I put them to bed!”

Kidman was referring to Sunday Rose, 14, and Faith Margaret, 12.

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“The 14-year-old wants to accompany me to parties, but I have to be strict about that,” Kidman tells me as we chat in the Polo Lounge garden.

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary that bears his name, remains imprisoned outside Moscow, and thus unable to attend the Academy Awards tonight. But he will be represented at the ceremony by his closest family members.

Deadline has learned his wife Yulia Navalnaya, who also occupies a prominent place in the film directed by Daniel Roher, will attend the Oscars along with the couple’s children, daughter Dasha and son Zahar. Navalny, from CNN Films, is considered one of the favorites to win the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.

A screen grab of Alexei Navalny and Yulia Navalnaya taken from a video posted on the Instagram account @navalny shows Russian opposition Leader Alexei Navalny before from Berlin to Moscow on January 17, 2021.

Roher’s film documents how Navalny emerged as a serious rival to Vladimir Putin, attracting significant support from the Russia public for his campaign against...

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Navalny came out of nowhere during the 2022 Sundance film festival, garnering the audience choice for best documentary and the Festival favorite awards.

The documentary follows Alexei Navalny (sometimes spelled Alexey Navalny), the now-imprisoned Russian opposition leader.

After a limited release in theaters, CNN premiered the documentary on television across the country.

Navalny is a fascinating man and one that the leaders in Russia do not want anywhere near any sort of power.

He has led many political rallies against the Kremlin, and the documentary depicts these wonderfully.

But getting to see his political campaigning and ideas is not this documentary's highlights.

The highlights come from the filmmaking, the poisoning story, and a shocking phone call.

Director Daniel Roher captured some of the tensest moments of Navalny's life: the assassination attempt on his life.

Alexei Navalny gets colloquially called "The man Putin couldn't kill" due to the failed poisoning attempt on his life.