Although “The Room Next Door” is Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature, Tilda Swinton says it’s in the director’s inimitable style. Set in New York, Tilda Swinton stars as Martha, a terminally ill woman who chooses to end her life on her own terms. After reconnecting with her friend Ingrid, played by Julianne Moore, Martha persuades her to stay and keep her company before she goes through with her decision. Swinton says she believes individuals should have a say in their own living and dying. She says she has personally witnessed a friend’s compassionate departure and says that experience shaped her attitude about life and death.

The Onondaga Nation has regained 1,000 acres of its ancestral land in upstate New York. The heavily forested land is south of Syracuse and near the Onondaga’s federally recognized territory. The Onondagas say the land was transferred by Honeywell International on Friday under a federal Superfund settlement related to the contamination of the environment. It’s a sliver of the 2.5 million acres in central New York the Onondagas say was taken over decades by New York beginning in 1788 through deceitful maneuvers that violated treaties and federal law.

Mariel Colón spent years working as a defense lawyer for Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán while he faced trial in U.S. court. Now, at a time when regional Mexican is becoming a global phenomenon, the 31-year-old is leveraging her association with the former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel to launch her musical career under the stage name of “Mariel La Abogada” (Mariel the Lawyer). Last month, she dropped a music video called “La Señora” with Guzmán’s wife – who was released from prison last year and looking for work – based on Emma Coronel’s life. The video paved the way for the two to model together during Milan Fashion Week, raising eyebrows in Italy and beyond.

Canadian rapper K’naan who is known for the global hit “Wavin’ Flag” has been charged over an alleged sexual assault in Quebec City dating back more than 14 years. A charge sheet filed at the courthouse in Quebec City on Thursday said the rapper is charged with one count of sexual assault from July 2010. The arrest warrant alleges the assault took place between July 16 and July 17, 2010. Those are dates that coincide with the musician’s appearance at Quebec City’s popular Festival d’été de Québec. The rapper's given name is Keinan Abdi Warsame. His lawyers weren’t immediately available for comment.

Canadian rapper K’naan who is known for the global hit “Wavin’ Flag” has been charged over an alleged sexual assault in Quebec City dating back more than 14 years. A charge sheet filed at the courthouse in Quebec City on Thursday said the rapper is charged with one count of sexual assault from July 2010. The arrest warrant alleges the assault took place between July 16 and July 17, 2010. Those are dates that coincide with the musician’s appearance at Quebec City’s popular Festival d’été de Québec. The rapper's given name is Keinan Abdi Warsame. His lawyers weren’t immediately available for comment.

“Joker” is a hard act to follow. Todd Phillips’ dark, Scorsese-inspired character study about the Batman villain made over a billion dollars at the box office, won Joaquin Phoenix his first Oscar, dominated the cultural discourse for months and created a new movie landmark. Knowing that it was a fool’s errand to try to do it again, Phillips and Phoenix pivoted to “Joker: Folie à Deux," a dark and fantastical musical journey that goes deeper into the mind of Arthur Fleck as he awaits trial for murder and falls in love with a fellow Arkham inmate, Lee, played by Lady Gaga. It hits theaters Oct. 4.

You have by now probably heard a few things about “Megalopolis.” Maybe you know that Coppola financed the $120 million budget himself, using his lucrative wine empire to realize a long-held vision of Roman epic set in a modern New York. You might be familiar with the film’s clamorous reception from critics, some of whom have seen a grand folly, others a wild ambition to admire. “Megalopolis,” a movie Coppola first began mulling in the aftermath of “Apocalypse Now,” has been a subject of intrigue, anticipation, gossip and sheer disbelief for years. What you might not have heard about “Megalopolis,” though, is that it’s an extraordinarily sincere message from a master filmmaker nearing the end of his life.

Jordi Zonneveld says his first decade in the oil and gas industry was great. His company in the Netherlands did well and he was promoted every few years. But for many people in the oil and gas industry, him included, 2015 was a turning point. The price of a barrel of oil plummeted and the Paris Agreement was signed. Zonneveld realized he could pull his company toward a greener future by working on hydrogen to replace fossil fuels for heavy industries and transportation. U.S.-based Plug Power acquired Zonnefeld's company in 2021 as he was shifting it into renewable energy. Zonneveld says he doesn't want his daughters to live in a world reliant on fossil fuels.

Next week’s high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly is bringing more than 140 world leaders to New York City, including the leaders of Israel, the Palestinians and Ukraine. Keeping them safe is the U.S. Secret Service’s next big challenge. The agency, under a cloud after a July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, is confident in its multi-layer, multi-agency plan to protect the U.N. General Assembly. The plan — developed with New York City police and the U.N. Security and Safety Service, among other agencies — includes not just motorcades and protective details, but NYPD helicopters and patrol boats, a dozen U.N. security K-9 teams sweeping for explosives, road closures and traffic diversions.