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Yahoo
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Cockapoo Can't Contain Her Joy When Reuniting With Her College ‘Roommates'
Cockapoo Can't Contain Her Joy When Reuniting With Her College 'Roommates' originally appeared on PetHelpful. It's reunion time! No, we aren't talking about your typical college reunion, we're talking about one Cockapoo reuniting with her college besties. Seeing the group meet up for the first time in so long is so heartwarming! Dog mom Liat was so happy with the reaction her Cockapoo had to her old 'roommates.' The dog was so excited to see them! No matter how much time had passed, the dog didn't forget them one bit. There's nothing like being loved by a dog. It's simply the best. Just take a look at the way the Cockapoo carried on when she realized that all her besties were back. The gang was together once again! We can only imagine the ensuing gossip sesh that happened after the video ended. There was so much to catch up on!'When the dog you got in college reunites with her college roommates,' the video's text overlay reads. 'The band is back together,' Liat joked in the caption. Commenters were totally loving this little get together. There's nothing like getting a group of your girls together — absolutely nothing! 'She's like 'MOTHERS I HAVE SO MUCH TO CATCH YOU ALL UP ON,'' joked one person in the comments section. 'Stop, I'm gonna cry. All her girls are together again,' someone else added. 'So obviously y'all have to live together again now,' teased another commenter. 'I just know she was there holding a paw out through every heartbreak,' quipped one person. Deciding to get a dog can be a personal decision, but there are some important things to consider if you want to get a dog in college. First, consider how much time and financial resources you have. Dogs require time and attention, which you may not be able to give them if you're in school. There are some real positives, however. Dogs are a huge source of stress relief and can be a good way to get some exercise during your study breaks. Again, it's personal. But your pup could totally end up like this happy Cockapoo right here. Looking for more PetHelpful updates? Follow us on YouTube for more entertaining videos. Or, share your own adorable pet by submitting a video, and sign up for our newsletter for the latest pet updates and tips. Cockapoo Can't Contain Her Joy When Reuniting With Her College 'Roommates' first appeared on PetHelpful on Jul 3, 2025 This story was originally reported by PetHelpful on Jul 3, 2025, where it first appeared.
The Guardian
23-06-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
‘It's non-stop': residents of Ramat Aviv describe life amid Iranian bomb strikes
A day after Iranian missiles struck, workers were still clearing rubble from the charred remains of an apartment block in Ramat Aviv, a quiet suburb in north-west Tel Aviv. Bystanders stopped and stared at the destruction, some posing for selfies in front of the impact site, other flipping through a diary belonging to one of the building's residents, which had been thrown on the pavement. 'This feels like one long day, it's non-stop,' said Liat, the CFO of an entertainment firm in Tel Aviv, as she surveyed the destruction. 'You have to go to the shelter three or four times in a day. We want to go back to regular life, to have fun again.' The neighbourhood in Tel Aviv was one of 10 sites hit across Israel on Sunday, in the most intense Iranian barrage yet, which left 23 people injured. It came just a few hours after the US military attacked three nuclear sites in Iran, which it said 'devastated' Iran's nuclear capabilities. A day after the strike, Israelis were wondering how long the war with Iran would last, as Israeli officials issued contradictory statements. Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, said on Sunday night: 'Once we achieve the goals, we will not continue beyond what is necessary. But we won't end it prematurely either. We will not be drawn into a war of attrition. But nor will we end this action, this historic operation, before we achieve all its goals.' Fighting started on 13 June after Israel launched hundreds of airstrikes on Iran in what it said was a military operation designed to prevent the country from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Iran quickly responded with a barrage of missiles and drones, kicking off a steadily escalating war now in its second week. Previously, the Israeli military said its goals were to cripple Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programme, as well as stop what they said was an Iranian plan to destroy Israel. On Monday, it seemed unclear if Israel's goals had expanded, with Donald Trump floating the idea of regime change in a social media post and Israeli strikes on internal security forces' headquarters in Tehran. In Israeli media, senior defence officials were cited arguing that Israel should seize the opportunity and forge a rigid deal with Iran while it was on the back foot. To Liat, the prospect of a prolonged war was daunting. Iran, unlike Hamas or Yeman's Houthi rebels, she said, was a proper state with proper missiles. Israel is still fighting in Gaza, where nearly 60,000 people have been killed in its military campaign over the last 20 months – a war launched after the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, which killed 1,200. Liat said: 'This war has to end. It's been almost a week and a half and its enough. When the Houthis would strike us, we would stay in bed, it wasn't scary. But buildings are collapsing, you think, 'it could be me'.' Iranian strikes have killed 24 people in Israel and wounded hundreds more. Israeli strikes have killed at least 430 and wounded more than 3,500 in Iran. Thousands have been displaced across Iran, particularly from the nation's capital, Tehran, which has experienced heavy bombing over the last 10 days. On Monday, the effects of Sunday's strikes in Israel were still plain to see, with broken glass still littering the promenade of a nearby mall. Many businesses across the country were closed as the Israeli home front limited large gatherings so as to ensure adequate space in bomb shelters distributed across the country. Life seemed to continue with some sort of normalcy. Across the street from the blast site, people sipped coffee at a cafe, stickers still affixed to the newly installed windowpanes. People jogged on the streets of Tel Aviv as the Israeli military announced that it had just completed a series of strikes in western Iran. Despite Iran launching missiles at Israel in the morning, there were no injuries from that salvo. The war with Iran has widespread support in Israel, even among the country's opposition, with Yair Lapid, Israel's opposition leader, praising Israel's strikes as 'justified and necessary'. There have been very few protests against the war within Israel, particularly as the home office's restrictions prohibited gatherings. Gil, a 32-year-old tech worker who lives near the strike site in Ramat Aviv, said: 'I think there is a broad understanding that it's absolutely necessary, I don't think any civilian is in any position to say when and how the war should end – we just don't have the data.'
Scottish Sun
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Beachfront Haven holiday park reveals plans for huge new adventure attraction and Wetherspoons pub
IF you are struggling with the six week summer holidays, you've come to the right place... BATTLING BOREDOM: Despite hours of activities and playdates, if your kids are already complaining there's nothing to do, parenting expert Liat Hughes Joshi says: 'Don't feel you have to organise every second of the holidays. Kids benefit from boredom and learn to make their own fun. 'Boredom can trigger creative and imaginative play but you need to encourage kids to get used to not being told how to spend their time. 'Ride out the pleas of boredom. Counter it with comments such as, 'What do you think you could do?' and maybe have a list of 'I'm bored' activity ideas on the fridge.' SCREEN OVERLOAD: It's tempting during the holidays to rely on a digital babysitter but don't let them gawp their whole summer away in front of a screen. Liat says: 'It's unfair to expect older kids to power down but it's important to set some ground rules. 'Set family tech rules together. If you're often distracted by your phone, follow the rules too. Maybe tell the kids they aren't allowed any screen time until they've done set chores, some exercise, or a board game. 'Are there times when you'd like to ban screens completely? Perhaps during dinner or when they have friends over to visit. 'Tech is a battleground for parents, but you have to set boundaries. Stand firm and be prepared to be unpopular.' TOO MUCH TOGETHERNESS: You love your kids, but being with them 24/7 can be exhausting. Do not feel guilty if you need a bit of downtime. Liat says: 'If you're juggling work and household tasks as well as occupying the kids, it's normal to start feeling overwhelmed or jaded and in need of some peace. 'If you can't afford or don't want to send your kids to all-day camps, look for free kids' workshops so you can get on with jobs or have a break for a couple of hours. 'Seeking a spell of quiet every now and then doesn't make you a bad parent — in fact it will probably make you more positive and enthusiastic when you are with the kids.' SCHEDULING CONFLICT: Schedules can go out the window during holidays, but late nights and early mornings can mean tired and unhappy children. Dr Tamara Bugembe, paediatrician and founder of says: 'Children get grumpy, test boundaries and become challenging when routines are broken. 'Sticking to some kind of routine during the holidays is a good idea. 'We release hormones at different times of the day and when regular meal times and bed times are broken, it causes dips and peaks in mood. 'Holidays are about having fun but an early night once or twice a week will make everyone happier.' EXCESS ENERGY: Make sure kids get out in the fresh air to tire them out — and make them healthier and happier. Dr Bugembe says: 'Sunshine also tops up vital vitamin D levels which helps improve bone strength and energy levels in children. Our levels run low in winter so let the kids stock up in warmer weather. 'Letting them run around in shorts and a T-shirt is the best way to top up. Make sure they're wearing sun cream, get outside and have fun. 'Encourage them to try healthy habits such as cycling and walking. They'll hopefully get hooked and want to carry them on when the weather gets colder.'
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Darren Aronofsky Produces Award-Winning Hamas Documentary ‘Holding Liat' — Watch Sneak Peek
Darren Aronofsky is supporting the documentation of the Israel-Palestine conflict: The auteur produces award-winning feature 'Holding Liat,' directed by Brandon Kramer. 'Holding Liat' tells the story of Liat Beinin-Atzili, an Israeli-American woman who was taken hostage by Hamas alongside her husband Aviv on October 7, 2023. Liat and Aviv have been held captive in Gaza with 250 other people, 12 of whom, like Liat, are American citizens. The film details how Liat's parents, sister, and children had to navigate the American political landscape to try to get her released. The official synopsis reads: 'Caught between international diplomacy and a rapidly escalating war, their family must face their own uncertainty and conflicting perspectives in the pursuit of Liat and Aviv's release. This agonizing process, and the ultimate fate of their loved ones, challenges how the members of the family understand themselves and their place in the the intimate lens of a family's experience, 'Holding Liat' poses complex questions of identity across generations, as the family is thrust into the epicenter of a global conflict rapidly unfolding in real-time.' More from IndieWire 'The Life of Chuck' Review: Mike Flanagan Lifts Audiences Up (for Once!) in Sentimental Drama Comedian Isabel Hagen Revisits Her Roots Playing the Viola in 'On a String' First Look 'Holding Liat' is an independent production of Aronofsky's Protozoa and Meridian Hill Pictures. The film was a Berlinale documentary award winner and will make its North American premiere at Tribeca 2025. Liat and her family will attend Tribeca screenings and answer audiences questions during the festival. Director Kramer is actually related to Liat, and knew he had to tell her story onscreen. 'This film represents the greatest challenge of my career: it's a deeply personal chronicle of my extended family's intimate experiences, set against the larger Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which continues to impact so many people's lives,' Kramer told IndieWire. 'Our team carefully considered the film's rollout, which kicked off with sold-out screenings at the Berlinale – where it was recognized with the Documentary Film Award – and subsequent international premieres in Hong Kong, Brazil, Croatia, Poland, and Israel.' Kramer continued, 'As American filmmakers, with a film largely shot in the U.S., the North American premiere is a significant opportunity to reach audiences who are yearning for humane and nuanced storytelling, especially around the complex issues explored in the film. After premiering our last film 'The First Step' at Tribeca in 2021, it's an honor to return this year with 'Holding Liat.' We are deeply grateful to Tribeca and our subsequent hometown premiere at DC/DOX for bringing this story to American audiences in a moment that feels more urgent than ever.' In a director's statement, Kramer cited how the international conflict is still sadly enduring. 'More than a year after October 7, lives are still imperiled: with hostages still held, tens of thousands of Palestinians killed, and people across the region suffering,' he said. 'Our conversations about all these issues have only become more polarized, even within communities and families. By telling an intimate story of one directly impacted family, and the way they navigated differences amongst each other, we hope to open up new possibilities for understanding this conflict, and contribute to an end to the unrelenting violence in the region. We are keenly aware that this film is just one family's story out of countless others, and that many important stories may tragically never be told. We hope through the family's resilience and openness, alongside other Israeli and Palestinian films that seek to broaden understanding, audiences will find room to ask deeper questions that help mark a path toward healing and reconciliation.' 'Holding Liat' is produced by Aronofsky, Justin A. Gonçalves, Lance Kramer, Ari Handel, and Yoni Brook. Aronofsky also has his 'Underland' nature documentary, directed by Robert Petit, at Tribeca. 'Holding Liat' will have its North American premiere at Tribeca 2025 as a sales title. Check out a sneak peek below. Best of IndieWire Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 56 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Song of the South': 14 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movie Nicolas Winding Refn's Favorite Films: 37 Movies the Director Wants You to See
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Holding Liat' Review: A Hostage Documentary Confronts the Limits of Empathy
The contradiction between acknowledgment and difficult acceptance lies at the heart of Brandon Kramer's documentary — about his elderly relative Yehuda Beinin dealing with his daughter Liat's Oct. 7 abduction — which establishes numerous political parameters through observation, in an effort to conjure sentiment. It succeeds on occasion, though given its thorny subject matter, your mileage may vary. The winner of the Berlin Film Festival's Documentary Award, 'Holding Liat' isn't quite as revelatory or forceful as last year's recipient (the West Bank land-grab exposé 'No Other Land,' which is currently nominated for an Academy Award). However, it wrestles even with its own place as a chronicle of an Israeli hostage family — one of two such films in this year's lineup; the other is the much more blinkered 'A Letter to David.' Kramer, by comparison, reveals a greater awareness of the political mechanics at play, and the place his movie occupies, by touching on how the pain of hostage families can be weaponized. More from Variety 'Ancestral Visions of the Future' Review: Lemohang Mosese's Heavy-Hearted but Fiercely Imaginative Homecoming 'Dreams (Sex Love)' Wins the Berlin Film Festival, While 'The Blue Trail' Earns Grand Jury Prize Family Dramas, Queer, Horror Themes Among Spanish Pics at Berlinale's Co-Production Market Underscore the Breadth of Spanish Filmmaking Yehuda gradually confronts this reality too. He speaks on it as much as his political sponsors will allow on his trip to the United States, where he meets with various senators while trying to sputter out objections to Netanyahu's bombing campaigns, and to the numerous Palestinians held in captivity by the IDF. He occupies a precarious position, as his other family members note. The resultant cognitive dissonance has great aesthetic value, though how much ethical value it holds for any viewer will likely depend on their political outlook. This manner of reading the film is inherent to its making: Kramer seldom interviews his subjects, and seeks mostly to capture a delicate reality unfolding in the moment with handheld intimacy — while also attempting to contextualize that reality, using as light and unobtrusive a touch as cinematically possible. Its hands-off approach comes to no real conclusions; a documentary needn't, but 'Holding Liat's' focus is people searching for solutions in the first place. It can't help but feel the film is missing some kind of emphasis or statement on the numerous viewpoints it captures. On one hand, Liat's teenage son, still reeling from the trauma of Oct. 7, demands blood. On the other, Yehuda attempts to walk a fragile moral line as a knowing political pawn in a greater chess game — whose intended outcome is war — while attempting to retain his pacifist beliefs by holding bad apples to account, if not the greater structures at play. His face is also a particularly potent canvas for the movie's drama. Liat's abduction (alongside her husband) appears to have left Yehuda frozen in stasis, unable to find an answer beyond broad gestures toward 'peace' in the abstract. It's an understandable conundrum, given the shattering pain he feels, but even his attempts to convince American politicians to scale back war efforts hit an emotional blockade when he first comes face to face with a Palestinian spokesperson in Washington, D.C. They find common ground while speaking in whispers, lest Yehuda's chaperones listen in. However, the reality of the situation comes crashing down on Yehuda in a complex moment of mutual recognition — of acknowledging familiar loss, and all that implies about his similarity to those who took his daughter during the Al-Aqsa Flood. Here, the film starts to pivot in intriguing ways, as Yehuda practically experiences real-time whiplash. This transition from theoretical to practical confrontation is all but debilitating, as the grieving father reaches the limits of his empathy. This is when Kramer makes the key decision to expand his lens, capturing not only a wider array of protests against the U.S. government, but a greater cross-section of opinions and approaches within Yehuda's own family. Among them, his brother Joel, a professor of Middle Eastern history who left Israel long ago, speaks at a conference in support of Gaza, where numerous members sport both Jewish yarmulkes and Palestinian keffiyeh. Although Joel doesn't feature for more than a few scenes, his presence sets a vital framework for 'Holding Liat,' via his recognition that the Kibbutz on which he lived (the kind from which many Israelis were abducted) was built on stolen land. As a member of the family and a student of history, Joel remains similarly torn in his emotional obligations, but his disagreements with Yehuda on possible solutions practically send the latter packing. There's only so much broader culpability Yehuda is willing to accept, and only so much compassion he's willing to show as he tries to secure his daughter's release. This emotional deadlock is key to the overall form the movie takes — in part, because there's only so far Kramer can scrutinize this stalemate without directly impacting the ongoing narrative. However, the camera's non-interventionist nature becomes vital. The visual approach embodies the Beinin family's loss of control, and the growing uncertainty around them and what they believe. For instance, the surprising details of Liat's capture fly in the face of the tales of barbarism the subjects have been told. At one point, Liat's own background as a historian becomes briefly central, if only for how one character comes agonizingly close to recognizing how the Holocaust can be used to justify further atrocity. The mere acknowledgment of a greater context — of a history of Palestinian oppression pre-dating Oct. 7 — is a major sociological blockade that 'Holding Liat' at least recognizes, regardless of whether it fully confronts it. The difficulty of doing so from within Israel's borders becomes, by the movie's closing moments, a central fixture of its emotional impact, even though its scrutiny of this personal and political compartmentalization only goes so far. The film is, in a way, tethered by its subject matter, unable to look beyond the peripheral vision of its characters in order to provide a more dynamic and multifaceted view of them and the world they occupy. However, as a work aimed at capturing a thorny perspective, it's an adequately thorny match. Best of Variety The Best Albums of the Decade
