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Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, attends The Australian Geographic Awards in Sydney, Australia, on Friday. — Reuters
Harry and Meghan back in Sydney from Pacific after landing hiccup
SYDNEY — Prince Harry and his wife Meghan returned to Australia on Friday from a tour of Pacific islands after their plane was forced to abort a first landing because another aircraft was in the way.Their Qantas plane charter flight QF6031, approaching Sydney, dropped to 125 feet before performing a “go-around”, according to FlightRadar24.In aviation terminology, a go-around is a when a pilot pulls out of a landing and makes another attempt after circling the airport. According to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority a go-around is a “common and very safe practice”.A Reuters witness on the plane said the episode was calm.The pilot explained that a plane had been slower than anticipated rolling off the runway so they were going around and everyone would get another chance for a...
October 26, 2018

Harry and Meghan back in Sydney from Pacific after landing hiccup

Chairman of Arcadia Group, Philip Green, is pictured before the start of the Topshop catwalk show for the Spring/Summer 2018 collection on the third day of The London Fashion Week Women’s in London in this September 17, 2017 file photo. — AFP
Topshop billionaire named in ‘Brit #MeToo’ scandal
LONDON — British fashion industry billionaire Philip Green was named by a member of the House of Lords on Thursday as the businessman who used an injunction to suppress the publication of sexual harassment allegations by five employees.The allegation against 66-year-old Green — whose international clothing empire includes the popular Topshop and Topman brands — was made after media cried foul about being “gagged” by rich and powerful tycoons.The emerging scandal has also prompted Prime Minister Theresa May to accuse unnamed employers of abusing non-disclosure agreements (NDAs).Several members of parliament threatened to reveal the company boss’s name after The Daily Telegraph gave its entire front page on Wednesday to a story headlined: “The British #MeToo scandal which...
October 25, 2018

Topshop billionaire named in ‘Brit #MeToo’ scandal

Indian girls pose for photographers with copies of J.K. Rowling’s new book ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ during an event to mark the book launch at a mall in Chennai in this July 31, 2016 file photo. — AFP
Muggles, magic and mudbloods to spellbind Indian law students
NEW DELHI — A die-hard Harry Potter fan has designed a spellbinding course for aspiring lawyers in India, offering classes on the legality of curses and ethics of house-elves at a top university.The course starting December at the National University of Juridical Sciences in Kolkata includes subjects such as ‘Unbreakable Vows’, ‘Agents of Good or Servants of Evil’ and ‘Snape and the Order of the Phoenix’.The wizard behind it all, assistant law professor Shouvik Kumar Guha, expects students to have read the J.K. Rowling series at least twice — or leave their wands in Diagon Alley.Guha said the university already offered more than 50 traditional law courses but felt the Potterverse inspired students to apply their wizardry knowledge to the everyday problems of India’s...
October 25, 2018

Muggles, magic and mudbloods to spellbind Indian law students




Freddie Mercury
Mercury biopic crowns enduring majesty of Queen
London —The Freddie Mercury biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” premieres in London in grand style on Tuesday, reflecting the enduring appeal of Queen and their legendary frontman 27 years on from his death.Fans are set to watch the film in the 12,500-capacity Wembley Arena -- opposite the stadium where the iconic British rock band staged a famous performance at the 1985 Live Aid concert.Appreciation of the group’s legacy and Mercury’s unique talent has only grown since his death in 1991 of bronchial pneumonia, brought on by AIDS.Among the world’s best-selling artist’s ever, most of the band’s sales have come since the singer’s passing at the age of 45.And Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor, now 71 and 69, are still rocking arenas worldwide, resurgent as a live act...
October 23, 2018

Mercury biopic crowns enduring majesty of Queen




Terri, wife of the late Steve Irwin, her daughter Bindi and son Robert, pose together at the launch of their new family show on the Animal Planet television channel in London, Britain. — Reuters
‘Crocodile hunter’ Steve Irwin’s family launch new show
LONDON — The family of late Australian conservationist and “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin are following in his footsteps with a new television show dedicated to their wildlife conservation work.“Crikey! It’s the Irwins” will follow Irwin’s wife Terri and their two children, Bindi and Robert, looking after animals at their Australia Zoo in Queensland as well as heading out on various expeditions.Irwin, who was watched by audiences around the world in his popular television programs, died in 2006 after a stingray’s serrated barb pierced his heart while filming off Australia’s northern Great Barrier Reef.“We are continuing on in dad’s footsteps and everything that we do today at Australia Zoo and with our Wildlife Warriors work is exactly what he started,” Bindi Irwin...
October 22, 2018

‘Crocodile hunter’ Steve Irwin’s family launch new show




Comedian and actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus acknowledges applause as she arrives to be awarded the Kennedy Center’s 21st annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, in Washington. — Reuters
Julia Louis-Dreyfus awarded US humor prize
WASHINGTON, — Julia Louis-Dreyfus, an American comedian whose career on the improv stage led to iconic roles on shows such as Seinfeld, was honored on Sunday for contributing to the national culture.Louis-Dreyfus gained fame as Elaine — the perpetually single neurotic in Jerry Seinfeld’s ensemble sitcom — but her role as a blundering politician on the HBO show Veep has brought more acclaim.On Sunday evening, Louis-Dreyfus was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center, the national showcase for arts. Dreyfus, 57, was praised as an actor who could nail a farcical role and then deliver a satire with smarts.Sunday night’s ceremony will be broadcast on PBS on Nov. 19.Louis-Dreyfus has earned six consecutive Emmy awards portraying Vice President Selina Meyer...
October 22, 2018

Julia Louis-Dreyfus awarded US humor prize




Actors John C. Reilly and Steve Coogan arrive at the world premiere of “Stan and Ollie” during the London Film Festival, in London. — Reuters
London film fest closes with flash of ‘Stan & Ollie’ comic genius
LONDON — Laurel and Hardy, perhaps the greatest comedy double act in cinema history, returned to London on Sunday, twiddling their bowler hats to a delighted West End crowd as they arrived for the world premiere of the biopic “Stan & Ollie”.The closing film of the London Film Festival covers the twilight years of a couple who made more than 100 films spanning the silent and talkie era, with John C. Reilly as Oliver Hardy, the lovably oafish Southern gent, and Steve Coogan playing the idiot-savant Stan Laurel.“It’s a labor of love, this whole movie,” Reilly told Reuters on the red carpet with Coogan in Leicester Square.Almost a century after they started making movies together, Laurel and Hardy’s comedy retains a freshness and universality, even if younger generations may not...
October 22, 2018

London film fest closes with flash of ‘Stan & Ollie’ comic genius




Cast member Amy Schumer poses at the premiere of “I Feel Pretty” in Los Angeles, California. — Reuters file photo
Schumer won’t do Super Bowl ads
Los Angeles — US comedian and actress Amy Schumer has said she will not appear in any commercials during the 2019 Super Bowl in support of National Football League quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s protests against racial injustice.“I personally told my reps I wouldn’t do a Super Bowl commercial this year,” Schumer wrote in an Instagram post on Friday. “Hitting the NFL with the advertisers is the only way to really hurt them.”The “Trainwreck” star also urged members of the band Maroon 5, who are scheduled to play during the Super Bowl halftime show, to back out. US media reported on Friday that singer Rihanna had declined an offer to perform during the halftime show in support of Kaepernick, who in 2016 began kneeling to protest multiple police shootings of unarmed black...
October 21, 2018

Schumer won’t do Super Bowl ads




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Dafna Ben Nun shows the incredible 
real life Lion King scene.
Monkey reenacts The Lion King scene in real
The famous ‘Circle of Life’ Lion King scene, where Simba is lifted above the African planes, has been reenacted in real life by a monkey. Life imitated art when the mother was seen lifting up her baby aloft to recreate the iconic cinematic spectacle. Photographer Dafna Ben Nun captured the moment the baboon and her infant recreated the much-imitated scene. The 38-year-old captured the incredible real-life ‘Lion King’ moment whilst on a trip to Zimbabwe. — MailonlineDafna was instantly surprised to see the two monkeys recreating such a well-known moment.The animals, that are native to South Africa, are often found in open savannah and open hills around Africa. — Mailonline
October 21, 2018

Monkey reenacts The Lion King scene in real




A still from “A Private War”.
‘A Private War’ goes to frontline to tell reporter Marie Colvin’s story
LONDON — Award-winning American war reporter Marie Colvin was known for her dispatches from some of the world’s most brutal conflicts. Now a new film starring “Gone Girl” actress Rosamund Pike tells her story about being fearless on the battlefront.Focusing on the last decade of her life, “A Private War” takes audiences to the frontlines of fighting in Sri Lanka, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria. Colvin, reporting for Britain’s Sunday Times, was killed in Syria in 2012.Based on an article about Colvin in Vanity Fair, the film for which Pike wears a patch to cover the eye the journalist lost in a blast in Sri Lanka in 2001, follows her evading gunfire and digging for the truth as well as the effects her war zone trips had on her personally.“I just thought ‘My gosh, this...
October 21, 2018

‘A Private War’ goes to frontline to tell reporter Marie Colvin’s story

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