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The article discusses Sydney Sweeney's role as Christy Martin in the film That's Why the Lady Is a Champ and compares it to previous transformations of actresses such as Demi Moore, Charlize Theron and Nicole Kidman for serious roles. He also mentions Sweeney's controversial promotional video for American Eagle, which used a pun between "Genes" and "Jeans" and provoked political backlash.
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Sydney Sweeney receives an Oscar nomination for her role as Christy Martin.
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The American Eagle promotional video controversy will continue to be discussed over the next few weeks, particularly in the context of racism and genetic determinism.
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Giorgia Meloni will become Italy's longest-serving prime minister since the end of World War II on Friday. In a country with frequent changes of government, it has ensured stability in four years. She is also the first woman to hold this office and comes from a party with post-fascist roots.

The closure of the Goethe Institutes in Russia is seen as bad news for cultural freedom, but justified as a necessary reaction to the continued propaganda of the Russian House in Berlin and the Putin regime's arbitrariness towards cultural institutions.
After a fire with 800,000 euros worth of damage on the Heidelberg Materials premises in Rosbach vor der Höhe, the police are examining a letter of responsibility published on Indymedia in which communists claim responsibility for the attack and indicate anti-Israel motivation. The investigation is ongoing and no suspects have been arrested so far.

Thousands of people demonstrated in Madrid and the Spanish exclave of Ceuta against the Sánchez government's migration policy. They accuse the central government of failing to deal with the crisis around Ceuta after over 70,000 people crossed the border from Morocco.
The resigned Union parliamentary group leader Jens Spahn (CDU) remains in the Bundestag and is to become a member of the budget committee. The opposition criticizes his previous role in controversial mask purchases during the corona pandemic and sees a conflict of interest.
The IFA in Berlin opens its doors to private visitors from Friday at 12:00 p.m. Around 2,000 exhibitors present products, including AI applications and humanoid robots. The organizers expect around 220,000 visitors. Politicians such as Federal Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger, Berlin's Governing Mayor Kai Wegner and Senator for Economic Affairs Franziska Giffey take part in the opening tour.