Month: August 2021

New rumors surrounding NetherRealm Studios’ next game seem to suggest that they’re currently hard at work at yet another Mortal Kombat game. If true, this would be a break from the studio’s pattern, which has alternated between Mortal Kombat and Injustice for close to a decade. Fighting game fans have been expecting the announcement of a new Injustice for some time now,
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Bad Education premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in the fall of 2019 and swiftly earned raves and awards buzz for Hugh Jackman’s career-best performance. A year later, it won the Emmy for best TV movie, but maybe only by default—the other 2020 nominees were an episode of the anthology series Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings,
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Image: Chuck Close Chuck Close, the prolific artist known for his photorealist portraits, died of congestive heart failure resulting from a long illness. He was 81 years old.  Pace Gallery, which represents him announced his passing last Thursday (August 19) and Arne Glimcher, the Pace chairman, said losing Close is a loss for the world
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Editor’s Note — CNN Travel series often carry sponsorship originating from the countries and regions we profile. However, CNN retains full editorial control over all of its reports. Read the policy. (CNN) — One of the world’s highest capital cities, Bogotá is touted as “2,600 meters closer to the stars.” While that elevation (8,530 feet)
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I love shopping online with the best of them—it’s my preferred method of hunting—yet there’s no denying you lose something when you can’t touch and feel. It’s kind of like real estate, where great photography and styling can go a long way to gussying up something that’s subpar. The shopping trick that I’m surprised more
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Of course, any kind of day and date release puts exhibitors in competition with the studios’ streaming services, and no doubt there’s a loss of cash in the collapse of the theatrical and PVOD window. However, the worst takeaway from dynamic windows is piracy, plain and simple. Such was the message from CinemaCon’s first panel
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In the past several weeks, the world has watched as the Taliban have once again seized control of Afghanistan. In a rapid-fire coup that culminated with the takeover of major cities, up to and including Kabul, and with President Ashraf Ghani fleeing the country, this terrorist group has accomplished what experts have dubbed a “masterpiece,”
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Image: Louis Vuitton Summer has arrived! In fact, we are already in the midst of the season because the heat is starting to get to us. Compared to last year, where summertime was spent in the confines of our homes because of the ongoing pandemic, this year is starkly different. Greater vaccination rates across the
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Grants of up to £50,000 are available for charities in London aiming to tackle unemployment among blind and partially sighted people. The Vision Foundation’s 2021 fund is inviting applications that will help to tackle barriers that prevent visually impaired people from getting into work. These may include negative perceptions among employers or the public, delivering
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Hero Images | Getty Images At some point, individuals who are charitably inclined might determine that writing checks here and there to various nonprofits is no longer cutting it. For those who want a more permanent way to help the greater good during their lifetime, and perhaps beyond, options include either a private foundation or
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Why go? Heraklion is Greece’s fourth-largest city, the capital of the island of Crete, and at first glance appears a busy modern metropolis. Look closer, however, and you’ll find a place that retains much character and many historical treasures, as well as providing access for cruise passengers and other visitors to the ruins of the Minoan
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5. A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) Starring Jai Courtney, Cole Hauser, Yulia Snigir, and Sebastian Koch (and Bruce Willis, of course), and directed by John Moore, A Good Day To Die Hard finds John McClane in Russia — the tagline was even, Yippee Ki-yay Mother Russia — as he’s trying to locate his
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The Charity Commission has confirmed it did not identify any issues of concern regarding the actions of an ME charity, after investigating a complaint that the organisation endorsed a clinical trial described as a “scandal”. Action for ME supports people living with myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome. The debilitating condition, which can
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