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by Frankie Taggart Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Three decades after “Stand by Me” cast its long shadow over coming-of-age storytelling, Stephen King’s influence continues to resonate with theater-goers and TV audiences. Based on King’s novella “The Body,” Rob Reiner’s 1986 cult hit spawned its own genre, typically featuring a group of wise-cracking, cursing kids, often on bikes, facing up to teenage trauma in Anytown, USA. Several Steven Spielberg movies fit the […]
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — A museum dedicated to telling the story of the Hollywood film industry, an endeavor that has been in the works since the 1920s when the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences was founded, came one stop closer to a reality on Wednesday (Sep. 27) after philanthropists Cheryl and Haim Saban donated $50 million to the project. The donation was announced at the construction site for The Academy Museum of Motion […]
by Yemeli Ortega Agence France-Presse MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) – “Lights! Cameras! Action!” laughingly orders Adela Peralta, an eccentric 87-year-old actress, from her hospital bed as she recounts the incredible ordeal she suffered under the rubble of Mexico’s quake. The painful injuries she sustained while trapped for 32 hours before being pulled to safety have done nothing to dent her natural exuberance. “I’m alive and lively,” she assured AFP, as she recovers from two spinal fractures and […]
PARIS, France (Reuters) — A post office sorting depot in the heart of Paris has turned its rooftop into a farm for staff who can grow their own crops and breed chickens. Around 30 employees volunteer to tend the tomato plants, feed the hens and harvest the fruits of their labors on the 900 square meter roof. Post office staff from other offices come to participate in the sustainable project which organizers say helps reconnect […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Rock band Aerosmith announced Tuesday it was cutting short its tour of South America after frontman Steven Tyler flew back to the US due to “unexpected medical issues.” “To everybody in South America – Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Mexico – I’m very sorry and feel like I’ve let you down,” the 69-year-old wrote in a statement posted on Twitter, which did not specify the nature of the illness. “I […]
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AFP) — Czech-American actor Jan Triska has died at the age of 80 after falling off Prague’s historic Charles Bridge, Czech media reported on Monday. Triska fell off the bridge on Saturday and was rescued from the Vltava river by two tourists on a boat but died in hospital on Sunday, according to the website of the DNES daily. Czech firefighters said he had jumped while emergency services said the fall was […]
MILAN, Italy (Reuters) — Dolce & Gabbana, Italian fashion’s most famous duo, played their trump card on Sunday (September 24) with their Spring/Summer 2018 collection themed around the queen of hearts in one of the final shows at Milan’s Fashion Week. Wearing glittered, embroidered or chiffon dresses, with eye-catching crowns on their heads or red roses in their hair, Dolce & Gabbana’s queens of hearts came in all colours, shapes and textures. Models opened the […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Pop star and actress Jennifer Lopez on Sunday offered $1 million for Puerto Rico as she helped launch an effort by New York state to support the hurricane-battered US island. Lopez, born in New York City to Puerto Rican parents, said she was donating the money to assorted charities and would work with fellow Latin stars to do more after Hurricane Maria killed at least 33 people in Puerto […]
(Reuters) — Director Matthew Vaughn’s ‘Kingsman: Golden Circle’ is expected to dominate this weekend’s North American box office with takings of more than $41 million, according to www.boxofficepro.com. The movie, which stars Oscar winners Colin Firth, Julianne Moore and Halle Berry, is the second film in the ‘Kingsman’ franchise, and follows 2014’s ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service.” New in at two is “The LEGO Ninjago Movie,” with the animated flick expected to take $38 million through […]
BRUGELETTE, Belgium (Reuters) — It took 22 months of gestation and 10 hours of labor, but Belgian zoo resident Khaing Hnin Hnin, a 35-year old female Asian elephant, finally gave birth on Tuesday (September 19) to her sixth calf. The young elephant, the first male calf born to his mother, was seen standing up and toddling on CCTV video just minutes after being born in the early hours of Tuesday, at 02h26, the zoo said. The […]
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Actress Kirsten Dunst turned up for the premiere of ‘Woodshock’ in Hollywood on Monday (September 18). The film, about a girl called Theresa, who uses her position at a medical marijuana dispensary to euthanize her mother and self-medicate herself, is directed and written by Kate and Laura Mulleavy, the designers of fashion label Rodarte. Although Dunst has been put through her acting paces by the likes of Lars Von Trier, she […]
BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) — Hollywood actors Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling kicked off their promotion tour for “Bladerunner 2049” in Berlin on Monday (September 18), more than 35 years after the original neo-noir science fiction classic by director Ridley Scott debuted. After a ‘director’s cut’, which was released in 1992′ and a ‘Final Cut’ in 2007, the sequel by Canadian director Denis Villeneuve is scheduled to be released globally on October 6. It stars Gosling […]
