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All the rage: Beijingers vent their stress in 'anger room'
BEIJING — It took Smash customer Qiu Siyu just a few sharp blows with a baseball bat to wreck what looked like an old car radio, after which two friends battered telephones, audio speakers, rice cookers and even a mannequin. All three paid 158 yuan ($23) to spend half an hour in an "anger room" in Beijing, where patrons wearing protective gear use hammers and bats to vent their frustration on household objects while staff play music of their choice in the background. All three paid 158 yuan ($23) to spend half an hour in an “anger room” in Beijing, where patrons wearing protective gear use hammers and bats to vent their frustration on household objects while staff play music of their choice in the background. Qiu, a bespectacled 16-year-old high school student with braces,...
January 14, 2019

All the rage: Beijingers vent their stress in 'anger room'

SANTA MONICA, CA - JANUARY 13: Glenn Close (L), winner of Best Actress for 'The Wife', and Lady Gaga, winner of Best Actress for 'A Star Is Born,' pose in the press room during the 24th annual Critics' Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on January 13, 2019 in Santa Monica, California.   Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP
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Cuaron's 'Roma' a top winner at the Critics' Choice Awards
SANTA MONICA, United States — Hollywood's award season was in full swing late Sunday, with Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma" — an ode to the director's childhood in 1970s Mexico City — the big winner at the Critics' Choice Awards."Roma" won trophies for best picture, best foreign-language film, and for both director and cinematography for Cuaron."This bunch of Mexicans are not as bad as sometimes they are portrayed," said Cuaron said, a reference to President Donald Trump's hardline rhetoric on immigration.Shot in black and white, and filmed in Spanish and the indigenous Mixtec language, "Roma" is a semi-autobiographical chronicle of a year in the life of Cuaron's family and his childhood nanny."Roma" — the title a...
January 14, 2019

Cuaron's 'Roma' a top winner at the Critics' Choice Awards

Spears
Spears marks 20 years since release of her first album
NEW YORK — Prepare to feel very old, because iconic singer Britney Spears is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of ...Baby One More Time.Her first album was released on Jan. 12, 1999 and gave us solid gems like the title single, '(You Drive Me) Crazy' and 'Born To Make You Happy'.To mark this momentous milestone, Britney has shared an update on social media to reflect on the "journey of a lifetime"."Can you believe that this album was released 20 years ago today?! I can’t," Britney wrote alongside a picture of the album's cover."It’s been the journey of a lifetime, but I’m grateful for every moment. Getting to know you all over the years has been such an incredible experience. Thank you for all your support."Britney...
January 14, 2019

Spears marks 20 years since release of her first album

Singer Katy Perry and actor Orlando Bloom pose upon their arrival for the Monte-Carlo Gala for the Global Ocean in Monaco, September 26, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
Katy Perry pens sweet birthday message
LONDON — Katy Perry made a rare public statement about her boyfriend Orlando Bloom on the actor’s birthday.The Roar singer called Bloom the “kindest and cutest man” she had spent time with as he celebrated his 42nd birthday on Jan. 13.Sharing a picture of the British actor on her Instagram, US star Perry wrote: “Happiest 42nd birthday to the kindest and cutest man I’ve had the pleasure of spending time with.”She added some heart emojis. Perry, 34, and Bloom have been romantically linked since 2016, but do not often discuss their relationship publicly.The pair called it quits in early 2017 after a year of dating but rekindled their romance in January last year. They most recently spent New Year’s together on a romantic holiday in Aspen. — Yahoo News
January 14, 2019

Katy Perry pens sweet birthday message

Andy Murray
Murray likely to have statue erected — Wimbledon CEO
LONDON — Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray is likely to be honored with a statue at the historic Grand Slam venue, the All England Club's chief executive told the BBC.The 31-year-old Scot — who won the grasscourt Grand Slam in 2013 and 2016 — announced last Friday retirement was on the cards due to a chronic hip injury.Richard Lewis, chief executive of the All England Club, said Murray could well be honored in the same manner as fellow Briton and multiple Wimbledon men's singles champion Fred Perry.Perry — who won three successive Wimbledon titles from 1934-36 — had a statue unveiled in 1984."We always felt that when Andy retired, that would be the appropriate time to recognize his extraordinary career," said Lewis."I am sure something like (a statue)...
January 14, 2019

Murray likely to have statue erected — Wimbledon CEO

Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley
Hardy and Riley welcome their second child together
LONDON — Congratulations are in order for the couple! Tom Hardy and his wife Charlotte Riley are celebrating the birth of their second child together.Digital Spy has learned that the Peaky Blinders stars have recently welcomed a new baby, although the child's sex and name are being kept private at this time.The couple met while playing Heathcliff and Cathy for an ITV adaptation of Wuthering Heights in 2009 and married in July 2014 in France.They welcomed their first child together in 2015, with Tom also being dad to a 10-year-old son Louis, who he shares with former girlfriend Rachael Speed.Hardy will certainly be kept very busy this year, as a sequel to his surprise box office hit Venom is reportedly in the works. — Yahoo News
January 13, 2019

Hardy and Riley welcome their second child together

(CUTOUT) Dua Lipa poses on the red carpet before the Bambi 2018 Awards ceremony in Berlin, Germany, in this file photo — Reuters
Anne-Marie, Dua Lipa and George Ezra among BRIT Awards nominees
LONDON — Singers Anne-Marie, Dua Lipa, Jess Glynne and George Ezra are among the nominees for next month's BRIT Awards, Britain's annual pop music honors, in a list dominated by young talent.Anne-Marie is in the running for four prizes — British Female Solo Artist, Mastercard British Album of the Year for "Speak Your Mind", British Single and British Artist Video of the Year for "2002" at the British Record Industry Trust (BRIT) awards, to be held on Feb. 20 in London.Lipa, who triumphed with two wins at last year's event, is nominated in the British Single category for "IDGAF" as well as her "One Kiss" collaboration with DJ Calvin Harris. The two songs are also in the running for British Artist Video of the Year.Glynne's name...
January 13, 2019

Anne-Marie, Dua Lipa and George Ezra among BRIT Awards nominees

Fireworks light the sky during the European Capital of Culture 2019 opening ceremony in the south-central Bulgarian town of Plovdiv, on Saturday. Plovdiv and Italian southern city of Matera have been selected as the 2019 European Capitals of Culture. — AFP
Bulgaria's ancient Plovdiv celebrates as European culture capital
PLOVDIV, Bulgaria — Bulgaria's southern city of Plovdiv kicked off its year as an European Capital of Culture with a lights and music show on a 30-meter high tower in the city center and fireworks that attracted hundreds late on Saturday despite chilly weather.One of the oldest inhabited cities in Europe with pre-historic settlements that archaeologists date back over 8,000 years, ancient Plovdiv is the first Bulgarian city to hold the title.Since it was selected in 2014 along with Italy's Matera, the Balkan country's second largest city has seen a rise in tourist visits and hopes for a further jump in 2019, betting on its rich history.Plovdiv, also known as the City of the Seven Hills, was held by Thracians, conquered by Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great,...
January 13, 2019

Bulgaria's ancient Plovdiv celebrates as European culture capital

Anne Hathaway
Hathaway reveals the hardest part of hosting the Oscars
LOS ANGELES — Landing the gig to host the Oscars might sound like the stuff of dreams but it's certainly not for the faint-hearted, considering how many eyes will be on you.Now former host Anne Hathaway has revealed what the worst thing about the job actually is and it's got nothing to do with the big night itself."The next day. Finding out how you actually did," she told ET. "Because it feels nice, everybody tells you it's going well while you’re doing it. While you're doing it, it's like doing anything, you know?"Hathaway, who hosted the Academy Awards ceremony in 2011 alongside James Franco, also revealed that despite the pressures and potential pitfalls of the job, she's grateful to have had the chance to take it on."My approach to...
January 13, 2019

Hathaway reveals the hardest part of hosting the Oscars

The 100 kg (220 pound) Canadian
Four men go on trial for theft of giant gold coin from Berlin museum
BERLIN — Four men went on trial recently for stealing a gold coin the size of a manhole cover from one of Germany's flagship museums in a daring night-time heist using a ladder and a wheelbarrow. German authorities believe the 100 kg (220 pound) Canadian "Big Maple Leaf" — once recognized as the biggest gold coin in the world — has been melted down since its theft from Berlin's Bode Museum in March 2017. Prosecutors say three of the suspects broke into the museum through an upstairs window and used a ladder, wheelbarrow and rope to extract the coin from a bullet-proof glass. The fourth suspect was a museum guard accused of helping them. The coin, more than half a meter (yard) in diameter, three cm (1.2 inches) thick and made from ultra-pure gold, is one of just six...
January 13, 2019

Four men go on trial for theft of giant gold coin from Berlin museum

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