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Old habits die hard. That's a polite way of saying that Hollywood — even in the face of continued calls to diversify the faces we see on-screen — hasn't really changed at all. Whitewashing is an issue that seems to pop up one or twice a year (see the chatter surrounding Emma Stone in "Aloha" last summer), and DreamWorks and Paramount are currently battling bad buzz about the decision to cast Scarlett Johansson in the lead role in their live-action remake of the anime "Ghost In The Shell." And while this might seem like a passing controversy... Читать дальше...

KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) — A solar-powered plane on an around-the-world journey was about a third of the way to California early Friday after taking off from Hawaii, the project's mission control said.

Here's a basic rule: if you're reading or watching a Shakespeare play, and you're not imagining the actors standing in front of a mosh pit of jeering Londoners waiting to throw vegetables at the stage, you're doing it wrong. Shakespeare might have written the best works in the English language, or given us profound insight into the nature of humanity, or whatever — but his works wouldn't have survived to our day if he hadn't been popular when he was alive, and he wouldn't have been popular when... Читать дальше...

The Paris Agreement may help find a sulution to the global warming issue.

Within the first minute or two of “The Heir Apparent” at Berkeley’s Aurora Theatre, there’s a sex joke and a scatological laugh line. Freely translated and adapted by David Ives — he refers to his work as “transladaptation” — Jean-François Regnard’s 1708 comedy “Le Légataire universel” has become a crude but clever sitcom on a theme of “greed is gross.” Ives pays tribute to Regnard, who is something of a runner-up to Molière’s reigning champion of French satire and hilarity, by keeping the play in rhymed verse. Читать дальше...

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Eric DuVall
WASHINGTON, April 22 (UPI) -- Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said he would like to bring Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who he called "Little Marco," into his Cabinet.

Complaints from patient groups and increased regulatory oversight appear to be leading to changes in the way some marketplace health plans cover expensive drugs.

SecureWorks' stock whipsawed Friday on its first day of trading as a public company.

One trader believes stocks are rallying because of Janet Yellen.

Hayley Atwell gets into costume as Lady Gaga while performing the song “Bad Romance” on the latest episode of Lip Sync Battle, which aired on Thursday (April 21). The 34-year-old Agent Carter actress battled against fellow Marvel actor Clark Gregg, the star of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Clark did an amazing performance of Britney Spears‘ “Toxic” [...]

LONDEN (ANP) - Kredietbeoordelaar Standard & Poor's (S&P) handhaaft de allerhoogste kredietstatus van Noorwegen, ondanks de uitdagingen voor de Noorse economie door de sterk gedaalde olieprijzen.

Barack Obama urges Britain to remain in the EU in a joint press conference with David Cameron, after lunch with the Queen.

Sept. 16, 1932 — April 1, 2016

The New York Red Bulls are in desperation mode after losing six of seven, as Orlando City stands in the way.

Aston Villa defender Jores Okore is refusing to play for the club, according to caretaker boss Eric Black.

Daniel Uria
WESTFORD , Mass., April 22 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts woman narrowly avoided injury after a metal bar came crashing through her windshield while she was driving on a local highway.

– Mrs Ogunlade was kidnapped alongside her driver, Mr Oladapo Arogundade Ajani and a director from the ministry, Mr Tajudeen Badejoko at Obajana along Lokoja-Okene – Osun state police command said they are working with the Kogi state police command to ensured that the abducted officials were rescued Mrs Adebimpe Ogunlumade, the Permanent Secretary of […]

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse school of education will honor 10 local educators on Sunday. The school of education will also recognize more than 100 scholarship recipients and donors. Teachers from La Crosse and surrounding school districts will be awarded…

At least seven people have been shot to death in "what appears to be execution-style killings" in Ohio, according to a press release from Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine.

Film star Leonardo DiCaprio tells the United Nations that a "massive change" is required to save the planet

LONDON - Claudio Ranieri shed his coy and cautious demeanor on Friday to flaunt his euphoria about Leicester being on the brink of the Premier League title in the most stunning season in the club's 132-year history.

(Prince in 1999 at the VMAs. Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage)