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Disney Actor Rachel Zegler in Disney's live action Snow White film. She is wearing a red cape and silver necklace

Disney's Snow White film tops box office despite bad reviews

LOS ANGELES — Disney's live-action version of the classic fairy-tale Snow White has topped the North American box office chart despite a slew of underwhelming reviews.The movie has taken an estimated $87.3m (£67.5m) globally during its opening weekend, according to Box Office Mojo. Almost half of that figure came from North America.But that is below expectations for a film which reportedly cost more than $270m.The reworking of the 1937 feature length animation had seemed like a surefire hit before running into a series of controversies ahead of its release.The revamp of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs became a flashpoint for social and political divisions, even before it reached cinemas around the world.That included some criticism of the casting of Rachel Zegler, who is of...

March 24, 2025

Disney's Snow White film tops box office despite bad reviews

South Korean K-pop group NewJeans say they are pausing all future activities

NewJeans announces hiatus after setback in court battle

SEOUL — South Korean K-pop group NewJeans have announced they are taking a break from all activities, after a court ruled against them in their ongoing dispute with their record label Ador.The five-piece, who have attempted to rebrand as NJZ, announced during a show at ComplexCon Hong Kong on Sunday that "this will be our last performance for a little while", after debuting their new song Pit Stop.The court ruling on Friday forbade the group from organizing their own appearances, making music or signing advertising deals during their dispute with Ardor.NewJeans are seeking to cut ties with Ador after accusing them of mistreatment, and have said they will challenge the court's ruling.The Hong Kong concert on Sunday night marked the group's first public appearance since...

March 24, 2025

NewJeans announces hiatus after setback in court battle

Hyein, Haerin, Hanni, Danielle and Minji of girl group NewJeans pose at the UL KIN show at Seoul Fashion Week SS 24

Court rules against K-pop group NewJeans in record label dispute

SEOUL — A South Korean court has ruled against chart-topping K-pop group NewJeans which had sought to cut ties with its record label Ador.The court said the band, which had renamed themselves NJZ and began organizing their own appearances, must not conduct any independent activities — from making music to signing advertising deals.Earlier last year, NewJeans said that they were leaving Ador, after accusing them of mistreatment. Ador subsequently sued to have NewJeans' contracts upheld and, after accusing the group of trying to sign independent deals without its approval, filed an injunction against them in January.The group has said that they will challenge Friday's decision.The court's ruling casts some uncertainty around the release of the group's new song, slated for...

March 21, 2025

Court rules against K-pop group NewJeans in record label dispute

Triumphant — Suni Williams exits the capsule

Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams finally return to Earth

MIAMI — After nine months in space, Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have finally arrived back on Earth.Their SpaceX capsule made a fast and fiery re-entry through the Earth's atmosphere before four parachutes opened to take them to a gentle splashdown off the coast of Florida.A pod of dolphins circled the craft.After a recovery ship lifted it out of the water, the astronauts beamed and waved as they were helped out of the hatch, along with fellow crew members astronaut Nick Hague and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov."The crew's doing great," Steve Stich, manager, Nasa's Commercial Crew Program, said at a news conference.It brings to an end a mission that was supposed to last for just eight days.It was dramatically extended after the spacecraft Wilmore...

March 19, 2025

Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams finally return to Earth

Émilie Dequenne looking over her shoulder in front of a bank of photographers at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023

Cannes award-winning actress Dequenne dies at 43

BRUSSELS — Award-winning Belgian actress Émilie Dequenne has died from cancer at the age of 43.Dequenne shot to fame when she won the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival at the age of 18 for the film Rosetta in 1999.She won another Cannes award for À Perdre la Raison (Our Children) in 2012, and received a Cesar, one of France's top film honours, for Les Choses Qu'on Dit, les Choses Qu'on Fait (The Things We Say, the Things We Do) in 2021.She mainly acted in French-language films but also appeared as police officer Laurence Relaud in 2014 BBC TV drama The Missing.Rosetta, a poignant tale about a teenager's struggle to overcome a life of misery, was Dequenne's first screen role.She had been unemployed after losing her job in a food factory when she was...

March 17, 2025

Cannes award-winning actress Dequenne dies at 43

The BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart has a single moving part – a levitated rotor that’s held in place by magnets

Man lives for 100 days with titanium heart in successful new trial

BRISBANE — An Australian man lived for 100 days with an artificial titanium heart while he awaited a donor transplant, the longest period to date of someone with the technology.The patient, a man in his 40s who declined to be identified, received the implant during surgery at St. Vincent’s Hospital Sydney last November.In February, he became the first person worldwide to leave hospital with the device, which kept him alive until a heart donor became available earlier this month.According to a statement issued Wednesday by St Vincent’s Hospital, Monash University and BiVACOR, the US-Australian company behind the device, the man, who had severe heart failure, was “recovering well.”The ability of the device to sustain him for so long is being celebrated as a sign the artificial...

March 12, 2025

Man lives for 100 days with titanium heart in successful new trial

The buildings contain various elements of European architecture, including gabled roofs, pilasters and columns

Indian town’s abandoned European-style mansions are a throwback to its opulent past

SIDHPUR, India — The dusty highway leading to Sidhpur, in western India’s Gujarat state, winds through arid landscapes past roadside eateries and herds of lumbering camel, offering little hint of what the historic town holds.In the heart of Sidhpur lies a street lined with stately three- and four-story mansions, known as “havelis,” in a fading palette of rainbow pastel shades, from teal and baby pink to pistachio green. Known locally as Paris Galli, or Paris Street, it transports visitors to a European city with grand Neoclassical architecture and a harmonious melange of Art Deco, Baroque and hybrid Indian styles.Sidhpur is less than three hours’ drive from Gujarat’s capital Ahmedabad, but it remains under the radar of travelers and architecture enthusiasts. On the day of my...

March 11, 2025

Indian town’s abandoned European-style mansions are a throwback to its opulent past

South Korean singer Wheesung

Singer Wheesung who wooed Korea with his ballads, found dead at 43

SEOUL — South Korean singer Wheesung was found dead on Monday at his home in Seoul. He was 43.The singer was found in a state of a cardiac arrest, authorities said, adding that a "significant amount of time" had passed before his body had been discovered.They noted that there were no signs of foul play at the scene.Wheesung, whose real name is Choi Whee-sung, debuted in 2002 and quickly made a name for himself with his soulful vocals. He was massively popular in the 2000s and has been credited with popularising R&B in South Korea.Over the years Wheesung established himself as a mentor and vocal coach to K-pop stars, even writing songs for some of them. He collaborated with many artists and also performed in K-pop concerts across the world, including in Hollywood.He was...

March 11, 2025

Singer Wheesung who wooed Korea with his ballads, found dead at 43

Intuitive Machines's Athena spacecraft blasted off from Earth on 26 February

Private spacecraft lands on Moon — but may be on its side

WASHINGTON — A private US company says it has landed a spacecraft close to the Moon's South Pole but fears the machine is not upright.The Athena spacecraft is communicating with Earth, but is not in the "correct attitude", Intuitive Machines chief executive said in a press conference.The company hopes the scientific instruments on board can still be deployed, including a hopping robot designed to explore a nearby crater and the first lunar mobile communications antenna.It is the second time an Intuitive Machines spacecraft has landed in an irregular position on the Moon.The company is partnering with US space agency Nasa to look for evidence of water and ice on the lunar surface, as Nasa aims to send humans back to the Moon.Athena landed shortly after 1730GMT (1230EST)...

March 07, 2025

Private spacecraft lands on Moon — but may be on its side

Maralyn and Maurice Bailey, pictured back on the water the year after their ordeal

Real-life shipwreck story wins major book award

LONDON — The true story of a British couple who spent four months adrift on a life raft in the Pacific Ocean, after their boat was sunk by a whale, has been named the best book of last year at a prestigious ceremony. Maurice and Maralyn: An Extraordinary True Story of Shipwreck, Survival and Love, by Sophie Elmhirst, won the £30,000 Gold Prize at the Nero Book Awards, on Wednesday.It tells the story of Maurice and Maralyn Bailey, who sold their Derbyshire bungalow to build a boat and set sail for New Zealand, in 1972, but had to survive at sea for 118 days after it sank.Author Bill Bryson, who chaired the judges, called it "an enthralling, engrossing story of survival and the resilience of the human spirit".The Baileys set off in search of adventure in 1972 but struck disaster...

March 06, 2025

Real-life shipwreck story wins major book award

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