…involved at every stage from storyboard to final script. the wit, fun and sheer audacity left us speechless.” The recorded sequence opened at Buckingham Palace, where a tuxedo-wearing Daniel Craig as 007 was presented to the Queen by her personal footman as she was writing a letter and training her corgis Monty, Willow and Holly to roll over. Greeting him with an “Evening, Mr. Bond”, the Queen, i…
Oct 30 2012 | Posted in
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A freight train in Texas has crashed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans en route to a charity benefit in Midland, Texas, killing four people and injuring 16 others. The crash happened at a railroad crossing in the city of Midland, as the flat-bed truck was on its way to an event honoring wounded US veterans. The crossing gate and lights were reportedly working and an investigation is u…
…Astrophysical journal and another yet to appear – focussed on extremely hot, bright galaxies that have until now remained hidden: hot dust-obscured galaxies, or hot-Dogs. There are so far about 1,000 candidate galaxies, some of which can out-shine our Sun by a factor of 100 trillion. “These dusty, cataclysmically forming galaxies are so rare WISE had to scan the entire sky to find the…
…le for US tax. The US is right up there in the medals table, and has produced some of the finest displays in the Olympics so far. Michael Phelps has broken the record for most Olympic medals ever, and 16-year-old rising star Gabby Douglas has won the all-round gold in the gymnastics – the first African-American woman to do so. So the US is feeling pretty proud of its athletes right now. But…
Aug 4 2012 | Posted in
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A legal complaint has been filed against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which published obscene cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The complaint accuses the magazine of inciting hatred. A little-known Syrian organization lodged the complaint with prosecutors in Paris, who will decide if action should be taken against Charlie Hebdo. France is braced for protests, with plans to close some…
…a Fernandez de Kirchner, which was printed in two British papers. Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron has insisted the islanders must decide their own future. Argentina invaded the islands in 1982 but was driven out by British forces. A referendum on the islands’ political status is to be held in March. On Thursday, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner published an open letter t…
Dannielynn Birkhead was the spitting image of her mother Anna Nicole Smith as she and her father Larry Birkhead attended the 139th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs held in Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday. Anna Nicole Smith famously stole the show when she attended the Kentucky Derby in May 2004. Since that moment and her tragic death in 2007, Larry Birkhead has often taken their daughter Danni…
May 4 2013 | Posted in
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Queen Elizabeth II has received an honorary BAFTA award for her lifelong support of the British film and television industry. Sir Kenneth Branagh presented the Queen with the award in a star-studded gala at Windsor Castle. BAFTA chairman John Willis described Queen Elizabeth as “the most memorable Bond girl yet” – a reference to her cameo in the London Olympics opening ceremony….
Apr 5 2013 | Posted in
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With a month to go before Christmas, there is still time to make sure you look and feel fabulous this festive season. See experts’ recommendations here: GOAL: Radiant, glowing skin Expert: Sarah Chapman, whose High Definition Facial is almost as famous as her client list, which includes Queen Rania of Jordan, Naomi Watts and Jemma Kidd. Recommendation: Facial massage every other day is unbeatable…
Nov 24 2012 | Posted in
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…220;We use gravity and vibration to get things into little parts of Chimra that make very controlled volumes of portions for us to drop off.” The rover has now driven at total of 484 m (of about 1,590 ft) since its 6 August landing on the floor of Gale Crater, a huge depression on Mars’ equator. It still has about 176 m to travel to get to a location dubbed Glenelg, a place satellite i…
A bizarre never-seen-before photo shoot shows a naked, pregnant and painted in gold Anna Nicole Smith just before her tragic passing in 2007. The photo shoot was taken while Anna Nicole Smith was pregnant with her now five-year-old daughter Danielynn. In the pictures, Anna Nicole Smith’s modesty is merely covered by her arm and a thick veil of the metallic paint. The logo of the company is…
The 11th edition of the Golden Child of free music festivals, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2011, has the theme Hazel Dickens: in loving memory. Hazel Dickens, bluegrass singer, born on June 1, 1935, died at 75 on April 22, 2011 from pneumonia. Hazel Dickens and Doc Watson, 88, were two usual appearances at the festival, but this year Watson did not feel so well. Hardly Strictly Bluegr…
MTV MOVIE AWARDS 2012 WINNERS MOVIE OF THE YEAR: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE: Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games BEST MALE PERFORMANCE: Josh Hutcherson – The Hunger Games BEST GUT-WRENCHING PERFORMANCE: Bridesmaids – Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Ellie Kemper Twilight took home th…
Jun 4 2012 | Posted in
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…rried out by Unilever, the company which produces the anti-wrinkle pill, tests on 480 women in the UK, France and Germany, showed that it was able to reduce crow’s feet around the eyes by up to 30% in 14 weeks. Unilever claims that the anti-wrinkle tablet, designed to be taken three times a day, “kick-starts old skin cells into behaving like younger skin cells”. While the key ingredients of the ne…
13-year-old Chloe Symington from Detroit, Michigan, was home alone when two burglars began ransacking her home, but she remembered what her father always said: “Think now, react or panic later.” Her father’s advice saved Chloe Symington from harm after two men broke into her home when she was off school feeling ill. Aware the burglars did not know she was in the house, the girl grabbed her cat an…
Dec 18 2011 | Posted in
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…t at the Occupy Wall Street camp, which organizers have warned is attracting prisoners straight out of Rikers, but have refused to call police. It was reported that the woman was in her tent at around 06:00 a.m. yesterday when the man burst into her tent and attacked her. After few moments, fellow protesters surrounded the attacker and shone flashlights in his face before chasing him out of Zuccot…
An arsonist struck across Hollywood on Friday early in the morning, torching vehicles and setting homes ablaze in 19 separate fires over a four-hour period. Firemen in Los Angeles, California, were scrambling to put out the fires that lit up parked cars and then spread to nearby homes and flats. Dozens of Hollywood residents were forced out of their homes and power was disrupted in several neighb…
…8221; Colson had a reputation as a hard-nosed political operator and was once described by President Richard Nixon as the son he never had. He helped the Republican candidate to a landslide victory in 1972, saying he would “walk over his own grandmother” to ensure Richard Nixon’s re-election. Charles Colson, President Richard Nixon’s aide who was involved in the Watergate scanda…
…e also found that fewer patients on antipsychotic drugs were readmitted to hospital – one of the highest costs associated with mental illnesses. David Strange says taking antipsychotic drugs for 14 years has helped him deal with his hallucinations and the voices he hears. They are still present but they no longer dominate his life. One of the many drugs David Strange was given was thioridazi…
May 6 2012 | Posted in
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…at a time when the media was expanding rapidly, so photography images could travel around the world.” So who was Eugen Sandow, and would his perfect body still impress today? Born in Prussia in 1867, David Waller says the man who became a symbol of physical perfection spent his early years travelling Europe as a wrestler, living like a poor circus tumbler. His big break came in the UK, in a…
Wreck-It Ralph has scored an impressive weekend at the US box office with $49.1 million in ticket sales. Disney animated film Wreck-It Ralph, about a video game villain who tries to become a hero, earned almost twice as much as the number two movie, Denzel Washington’s Flight. Ben Affleck’s Argo, based on the true story of a 1979 hostage crisis in Iran, came third with $10.2 million….
Nov 5 2012 | Posted in
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These are the 10 most expensive burgers in the world; culinary works of gastronomic excellence with an astronomical price tag to match. Eight of the patties can be found in upmarket restaurants in the U.S., while a ninth is on offer in London and a tenth in Indonesia. One of them even comes with a diamond-encrusted solid gold toothpick. However – with the cheapest on sale for $155 and the m…
Oct 22 2012 | Posted in
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…so required that they adhere to the doping programme outlined for them or be replaced.” It wasn’t only US Postal that was doping, of course. More than half the Tour de France winners since 1980 have either tested positive, been sanctioned for doping, or admitted it. Tyler Hamilton said this week that it was “a dark period of cycling that we all went through”. “None of…
Oct 12 2012 | Posted in
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Ten of lesser-spotted things about American presidential politics and about 2012 campaign. 1. Why is Election Day always a Tuesday? Even though America’s voter turnout is among the lowest in mature democracies and more than a quarter of people who do not vote claim they are too busy, efforts to move elections to weekends have failed. The Tuesday after the first Monday in November was set as…
Actor Russell Means, who played a leading role in The Last of the Mohicans, has died at the age of 72. Russell Means played Chingachgook, the adopted father of Daniel Day Lewis’s character Hawkeye, in the 1992 film. He was also a former American Indian Movement (AIM) activist, who helped lead a 1973 uprising at Wounded Knee. Russell Means died on Monday at his ranch in Porcupine, South Dako…
Oct 23 2012 | Posted in
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