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What once was a pipe dream has now become a reality, Walt Disney Co. has decided to purchase Fox's entertainment division, 21st Century Fox for an incredible $52.4 billion! Read the full details inside.

A few weeks back, we started hearing mutterings that the Walt Disney Co. and Fox were in talks for Disney to purchase the movie and TV side of 21st Century Fox. At that time, the deal seemed so far away from happening, due to the talks going quiet. However, it appears that it was all part of the plan as Disney announced today that they have decided to acquire 21st Century Fox for a cool $52.4 billion!

The deal will include ownership of all film and TV assets, but will not include any of the premiere sports, news, or the Fox channels, as that would become a monopoly. Instead, those channels under 21st Century Fox (Fox Broadcasting network and stations,...

What once was a traditional rite of passage for Icelandic children has now become punishment. Whereas her mother probably visited her Aunt Ólöf’s (Katla M. Þorgeirsdóttir) farmland to learn responsibility and work ethic away from the allure of her ocean-side city, young Sól (Gríma Valsdóttir) makes the trek as penance for shoplifting — itself a byproduct more or less attributed to her life’s upheaval upon her parents’ separation. Gone are her friends (although she states she has few), her sisters, her mother (besides the oft letter), and her phone (poor rural reception). It is time for Sól to learn independence by being thrown into the deep end. But while Asa Hjorleifsdottir’s debut The Swan is mostly from her perspective, she’s not the only character unlocking her unfiltered identity.

This film — based on Guðbergur Bergsson’s novel — instead shows how its farm is an unwitting locale for purposeful...