Casting problems have beset ‘La Traviata’ since its first performance in March 1853 at Venice’s La Fenice opera house. Sadly, Saturday night’s premiere at Wellington’s newly-restored St James Theatre proved no different. NZ Opera’s new production ...
Elon Musk’s effort to terminate his Twitter deal sent shares of the social-media company tumbling 11%, ahead of what is expected to be a messy courtroom battle.
The Florida Democrat who promised to "legalize weed" if elected governor held thousands of dollars of stake in a marijuana dispensary when she announced her campaign.
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The paparazzi leaped from their beds this morning and scrambled for their cameras and notebooks when they heard royal trumpets sounding over the grounds of Eldora Speedway. Sir Smoke had summoned them and the royal crier, who announced to the kingdom and the world beyond that Jac Haudenschild, one of the most popular drivers in sprint car history, has been chosen as the Royal Sovereign for the 39th running of the Kings Royal this Saturday, July 16. [...]
COMMENT BY CRAIG HOPE: It is not so much that he is at the start of his managerial career, more that his stock is high enough to do better than what others consider a semi-retirement home.
The union represents some 1,500 servers, bartenders, suite attendants, cooks and dishwashers at Dodger Stadium and authorized a strike Sunday.
The thing about free and open source apps is that anyone can take the source code and make their own version of an app with few (or no) changes. Many open source licenses even allow you to redistribute your version of an app. So it’s unsurprising that app stores are sometimes litters with unofficial versions […]
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Americans typically get enough vitamin C in their diets. Even if they don't, dietitians say supplements are not the best way to up your levels.
How does weather impact costumes at The Henry Ford Museum? Meteorologist Kylee Miller explains in this Science of Weather segment.
Twitter demanded Monday that Elon Musk complete a proposed $44 takeover of the social media company, slamming the Tesla chief's withdrawal of his offer as "invalid and wrongful."
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It’s still unclear whether the Penguins will re-sign Malkin or not.
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The Tottenham squad were made to run 42 lengths of the pitch by Antonio Conte at the end of a brutal two-hour training session in South Korea, according to the Daily Mail. Spurs hosted an open-air practice at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on Monday in front of 6,000 fans in preparation for their pre-season […]
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It’s been more than a year since New York state OK’d what promised to be a positive response to the COVID pandemic: funding to convert empty hotels into housing for the street homeless. But unions and red tape seem set to kill the idea.
Filmmaker Todd Schramke spent six years documenting how the movement turned chaotic and deadly, especially around the yearly conference called Anarchapulco.
The film location manager, Gregg Rocky Brooks, claimed in his lawsuit that he was fired for refusing to stay silent after Depp assaulted him on set.
The retailer's executive chairman, Bob Martin, will fill in temporarily while the company finds a replacement.
As the Roe v. Wade reversal has materialised in the US, the right to abortion for women has become a hot topic worldwide. Pro-life and pro-choice camps have defended their opinions in both the social media and street demonstrations in several countries.
Читать дальше...France move up to the number one spot in the men's rugby union world rankings for the first time in history.
MICHAEL BALL has been left "absolutely devastated" as he was forced to cancel his upcoming show with Alfie Boe.
French President Emmanuel Macron signs a condolences book for late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the residence of Japan's ambassador to France in Paris on Monday.
Wish I'd been on that plane to Australia, might be a bit bloody colder down there!
Olney Theatre is offering another slate of outdoor performances this summer after last year’s successful programming lured thousands of people to the center’s impressive and historically rich campus in Maryland. Naturally, the chief appeal of Olney Outdoors is the strong lineup of shows featuring celebrated regional talent, all of it performed in the great outdoors […]
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SAO PAULO, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's financial market lowered the country's inflation forecast for 2022 from 7.96 percent to 7.67 percent, the Central Bank of Brazil said Monday.
Читать дальше...No agency wants to find out in the trade press the results of a pitch they invested five or six figures in. But as Tom Denford, CEO of pitch consultancy ID Comms, lamented, it happens far too often. Sometimes that's because trade publications circle like sharks at the end of a review. But more often...