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Thanatotheristes degrootorum — Greek for
Meet T-Rex's older cousin: The Reaper of Death
PARIS — Scientists said Monday they had discovered a new species of dinosaur closely related to Tyrannosaurus rex that strode the plain of North America some 80 million years ago.Thanatotheristes degrootorum — Greek for "Reaper of Death" — is thought to be the oldest member of the T-Rex family yet discovered in northern North America, and would have grown to around eight meters (26 feet) in length."We chose a name that embodies what this tyrannosaur was as the only known large apex predator of its time in Canada, the reaper of death," Darla Zelenitsky, assistant professor of Dinosaur Palaeobiology at Canada's University of Calgary."The nickname has come to be Thanatos," she told AFP.Whereas T-Rex — the most famous of all dinosaur species,...
February 10, 2020

Meet T-Rex's older cousin: The Reaper of Death

A film about international charity Skateistan's bid to teach young Afghan girls how to skateboard in Kabul won best documentary short at the Academy Awards. — AFP
Afghans celebrate 'Skateistan' victory at the Oscars
KABUL — Afghans took to social media Monday to celebrate a rare piece of good news for the war-torn country, after a film about girls skateboarding took home an Oscar for best documentary short at the Academy Awards."Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)" tracks international charity Skateistan's bid to teach young Afghan girls how to skateboard in the ultraconservative country, where few women are encouraged to participate in sport.The film follows a group of young girls enrolled at the nonprofit who gain confidence and courage as they learn to skate on ramps and quarter pipes in Kabul amid frequent militant attacks and suicide bombings."Proud of them. We feel proud for my sisters. Wish further success for our champs," wrote Afghan Facebook...
February 10, 2020

Afghans celebrate 'Skateistan' victory at the Oscars

South Korean director Bong Joon-ho accepts the award for Best International Feature Film for
Bong Joon-ho: South Korea's boundary-pushing satirist
SEOUL — South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho has been on quite a wild ride this awards season.That trip reached its climax on Sunday when he made history with "Parasite," the first non-English-language film ever to win a best picture Oscar.The film, a vicious satire about the widening gap between rich and poor, took home four Academy Awards — for best picture, best director, best original screenplay and best international feature after winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes, a Golden Globe and two Baftas."We never write to represent our countries," said the 50-year-old Bong. "But this is (the) very first Oscar to South Korea. Thank you."Later, as he accepted the prize for best international feature, he said in English, eliciting laughs from the audience:...
February 10, 2020

Bong Joon-ho: South Korea's boundary-pushing satirist

Joaquin Phoenix got emotional as he accepted the best actor Oscar for
Phoenix: Hollywood's anti-hero seals stardom with 'Joker'
LOS ANGELES — Enigmatic A-lister Joaquin Phoenix won the best actor Oscar on Sunday for his anti-hero role in dark comic book tale "Joker," capping an unpredictable and often uncomfortable rise to Hollywood stardom.His first Academy Award follows months of controversy over the arthouse origin story about Batman's nemesis, which stoked fears of inciting violence even as it hoarded awards and nominations."I've been a scoundrel in my life," an emotional Phoenix told the audience."But so many of you in this room have given me a second chance and I think that's when we're at our best, when we support each other — not when we cancel each other out for past mistakes, but when we help each other to grow," he said.The 45-year-old Phoenix paid...
February 10, 2020

Phoenix: Hollywood's anti-hero seals stardom with 'Joker'

US directors Steven Bognar, center, and Julia Reichert, left, accept the Oscar for best documentary feature for 'American Factory.' — AFP
Obamas' first film wins best documentary Oscar
LOS ANGELES — The Barack and Michelle Obama-produced film "American Factory" snagged an Oscar on Sunday for best documentary — a win for Netflix, which backed the story of a manufacturing plant in the US Midwest reopened by a Chinese billionaire.The film charts a Rust Belt community's journey from optimism at the giant plant's reopening, which brought back vital jobs, toward creeping anger and disillusionment, as the Chinese management imposed strict, exhausting demands on workers — and sacked those who did not comply."Our film is from Ohio and China," director Julia Reichert said. "But it really could be from anywhere that people put on a uniform, punch a clock, trying to make their families have a better life.""Working people have it...
February 10, 2020

Obamas' first film wins best documentary Oscar

The exhibition, which opened in late October, marks 500 years since the death of Leonardo in the historic town of Amboise in the Loire Valley on May 2, 1519. — AFP
Louvre throws open blockbuster Leonardo show for all-night viewing
PARIS — Short of something to do at around 4 a.m. on a weekend in Paris late in February?How about a (free) visit to the Paris Louvre museum's show-stopping exhibition of the Italian Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci, hailed by critics as the most significant display of his works in years?The Louvre announced on Sunday that for its final days of opening on Friday Feb. 21, Saturday 22 and Sunday 23, the exhibition would be open all night as well as for its regular daytime hours."For visitors it will be a unique chance to see or see again all these works by this genius of the Renaissance and in a particular atmosphere at night," the head of the Louvre, Jean-Luc Martinez, told the Journal du dimanche newspaper.Entry will be a free but a reservation made online from this...
February 09, 2020

Louvre throws open blockbuster Leonardo show for all-night viewing

US singer Taylor Swift arrives for the world premiere of
'Cats' gets creamed at the Razzies
LOS ANGELES — It's the one award no Hollywood star wants to win.The Razzies unveiled their annual list of the year's most dreadful movies on Saturday, with the critically slated musical "Cats" at the top — or arguably rock bottom — of the charts.Among its nine unwanted nominations, "Cats" landed acting nods for Judi Dench, James Corden, and Rebel Wilson.The film — an adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical — used computer-generated effects to morph its all-star cast into deeply unnerving half-human, half-cat hybrids.It received stunningly bad reviews. The Guardian called it a "dreadful hairball of woe," while for the Wall Street Journal it was "a confusing litter box of intentions"."Cats" received a further two...
February 09, 2020

'Cats' gets creamed at the Razzies

Robert Conrad
'The Wild Wild West' star Robert Conrad dead at 84
WASHINGTON — Robert Conrad, an American actor known for starring in the 1960s sci-fi western TV series "The Wild Wild West," died aged 84, US media reported on Saturday."He lived a wonderfully long life and while the family is saddened by his passing, he will live forever in their hearts," Jeff Ballard, a spokesman for Conrad's family, told People magazine.After working as a milkman and attempting to hit it big as a nightclub singer, Conrad's career took off in 1959 when he joined the cast of the TV show "Hawaiian Eye" after moving to Los Angeles, People reported.Between 1965 and 1969, he was cast as Secret Service agent James T. West on "The Wild Wild West," in which he, along with his partner Artemus Gordon, explored the western United...
February 09, 2020

'The Wild Wild West' star Robert Conrad dead at 84

The front-runner for multiple prizes including best picture is Sam Mendes's
Oscars battle set to begin amid crystals and controversy
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood's awards season comes to a close Sunday at the Oscars, with war epic "1917" battling a South Korean thriller for glory as a row swirls over the lack of minorities on the night's star-studded nominee list.A lavish, spiral stage featuring 40,000 crystals at Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre will be the glittering setting as the 24 golden statuettes are handed out on Tinseltown's biggest night.The front-runner for multiple prizes including best picture is Sam Mendes's "1917," an innovative and personal World War I film that swept up trophies in the build-up to Sunday.But the movie about two soldiers crossing no-man's-land — filmed to appear like one continuous shot — could find itself in a pitched battle with a movie...
February 09, 2020

Oscars battle set to begin amid crystals and controversy

Adam Sandler won best male lead for his portrayal of a gambling addict in
'Farewell' rebukes Oscars with Spirit Award win
LOS ANGELES — Chinese-American film "The Farewell" delivered a rebuke to its Oscars snub at the Spirit Awards on Saturday, as South Korea's "Parasite" added a final burst of momentum to its much-hyped Academy Award challenge.The awards, held on a beach outside Los Angeles a day before the Oscars, honor films with smaller budgets, and are often held up as an antidote to the Academy's more mainstream — and less diverse — tastes."The Farewell," about a family which reunites to visit a grandmother in China who doesn't know she's dying, won best picture, having missed out on any Oscars nominations.Lulu Wang, the film's director, said that "so many people said nobody is going to want to see the film (because) it's not Chinese...
February 09, 2020

'Farewell' rebukes Oscars with Spirit Award win

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