Month: March 2020

Tremors (1990) Whenever you have played the “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” game, you might not have thought to cite Tremors when connecting the Footloose star to another actor, considering he is the most easily recognizable name in the film – excluding Reba McEntire, perhaps. Furthermore, this creature feature, about a small Nevada town plagued
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“The Louvre cannot open this Sunday, March 1,” a statement from the Louvre said. “Museum staff met to discuss the health situation and the Covid-19 prevention measures taken by the museum following instructions from the competent authorities.” It’s not clear when the home of Leonardo DaVinci’s “Mona Lisa” and a half million other pieces of
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People wearing face masks walk on the promenade of the Bund along the Huangpu River in Shanghai on February 28, 2020. Hector Retamal | AFP | Getty Images 8:30 am: Australia, Thailand and U.S. report first virus-related deaths over weekend  Australia, Thailand and the U.S. all reported their first deaths from the coronavirus over the weekend
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A man’s hair has always been an important identifier of success; historically, it would denote class, wealth and masculinity. Now? Well, not much has changed. And despite some tweaks to length and texture, nor have the styles. What looked good on Roman emperors still has the potential to flatter a modern mug. So take a
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Competitive behaviours between service-providing charities can lead to poorer outcomes for the people they serve, the interim findings of a research project indicate. The Rebalancing the Relationship project, which is being conducted by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, the charity leaders body Acevo and the Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales, is looking
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The Cumbrian cake business, Ginger Bakers, is celebrating supplying Liberty of London for the first time. Ginger Bakers, of Kendal, whose customers include Selfridges, Victoria & Albert Museum, and Booths, is now supplying Liberty with its award-winning Damson Brandy Fruit Cake featuring local Cumbrian damsons. “It’s a good British cake, a rich, moist fruit cake
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Universal–Blumhouse’s The Invisible Man made its first appearance last night at 7PM shows nationwide with $1.65M, an an amount of cash that’s near both studios’ previous collaborations, Get Out ($1.8M Thursday) and Split ($2M). Both 2017 titles overperformed their $20M-predicted tracking at the time, with Split posting a $40M start, and Get Out taking $33.3M. Invisible Man, directed and written by Leigh
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