Constructive notice and actual notice

Pete Buttigieg , the man now responsible for managing the means by which Americans travel trillions of miles per year, can’t leave his house. Just days after he was confirmed as secretary of transportation, a member of his security detail tested positive for Covid-19, forcing the newly minted Cabinet member to start turning the wheels on his agenda from quarantine. “We’re trying to practice what we preach, right?” he says of the decision to stay home. He’s trying his best to hide his exasperation. A little frustration is understandable. The Covid scare meant Buttigieg had to attend his first Oval Office meeting via flatscreen, and as far as getting a revamped, eco-centric approach to transportation in gear, it was a big one. Biden and a virtual Secretary Pete sat down with a bipartisan group of senators to discuss a new — and hopefully very green — infrastructure bill. Passing one under Trump became a joke (remember “Infrastructure Week”?), but with coastal highways collapsing and … [Read more...] about Pete Buttigieg Has Some Ideas for Overhauling How America Moves Around

After wooing audience as Bulbul in Ekta Kapoor's popular TV soap Kumkum Bhagya , Mrunal Thakur made a successful transition into films with Tabrez Noorani's 2018 drama, Love Sonia . As a village girl who gets entrapped in the world of flesh trade, the actress delivered a powerful performance in this film, and went on to bag John Abraham's Batla House and Hrithik Roshan's Super 30 . Both the films performed well at the box office, and the actress now has some interesting projects in the pipeline. But, Mrunal admits that the journey wasn't easy for her. Recently, in a tete-a-tee with Pinkvilla, the actress opened up about how she took every criticism in a constructive way when she was making her transition from television to films. Mrunal told the news portal, "There were times when I would go for film auditions and they would say that this is not meant for you, but I would still be like 'ek audition leke rakh do' (just take one audition and keep). … [Read more...] about Mrunal Thakur Recalls Being Told She Can’t Make It In Bollywood; ‘They Said You Are Only Good For Television’

The new crop of films that screened at the Sundance and Berlin film festivals are evidence that the global pandemic is having an impact on the stories filmmakers want to tell: "The pandemic has just exposed and revealed so many issues that were in our society." The coronavirus pandemic has obviously changed how movies are being made, with the extra costs involved in testing and implementing strict hygienic regimes, and the constant threat hanging over every shoot that a local outbreak or lockdown could shut things down. But what impact has the once-in-a-lifetime, global experience of the Corona crisis had on what stories filmmakers want to tell? The Sundance and Berlin film festivals provided a glimpse at the first crop of films either shot or edited — or both — during the pandemic. While some — such as Nanfu Wang's Sundance doc In the Same Breath and Ben Wheatley's viral isolation thriller In the Earth — directly reference the outbreak, all in some ways … [Read more...] about Berlin: How COVID-19 Has Changed Onscreen Storytelling