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Stormy the dog is seen running in the Goldfields Pipeline marathon with other marathon runner near Kalgoorlie, Australia. - AFP
Dog finishes Australia half-marathon, wins medal
SYDNEY - A dog called Stormy has been awarded a medal after completing a half-marathon in outback Australia and winning the hearts of its human competitors. The crossbreed diligently ran the 21-kilometer Goldfields Pipeline Marathon near the West Australian town of Kalgoorlie this month in two-and-a-half hours, the average time of participants. "People were amused. It was a very friendly dog, and prior to the half-marathon, he was going around saying hello to a lot of people and when the race started, he took off with them," race organizer Grant Wholey said Tuesday. "At the race stations he was having a little runaround and saying hello to the volunteers and participants, and then he would team up with another runner and keep on following the crowd. "He was just out...
July 31, 2018

Dog finishes Australia half-marathon, wins medal

Thomas Tramaglini
Superintendent accused of going No. 2 on track resigns
KENILWORTH, N.J. - The school superintendent accused of repeatedly defecating on another high school's track has resigned. The Star-Ledger of Newark reports the Kenilworth school board accepted Thomas Tramaglini's resignation Thursday. In an e-mail and voicemail sent to staff, the board said it became clear his continued service became "too much of a distraction." Tramaglini is charged with public defecation, lewdness and littering. A court hearing is pending. Authorities say surveillance video caught Tramaglini in late April following an early morning run at Holmdel High School. Police said staff members were watching to see who had been leaving human feces on the property. His lawyer, Matthew Adams, issued a statement saying that Tramaglini will continue to fight the...
July 31, 2018

Superintendent accused of going No. 2 on track resigns

Kendrick Lamar is seen portraying a homeless drug addict in season 5 of
Kendrick Lamar wins raves for his 'Power' appearance
LOS ANGELES - Kendrick Lamar has already won multiple Grammy Awards and a Pulitzer. Now there is speculation that an Emmy could be in his future following the rapper's primetime acting debut Monday on the Starz drama "Power."Lamar portrayed a homeless drug addict named Laces who assists 50 Cent's character in the episode.Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith, the president of Lamar's record label, dubbed the rapper "Kenzel," merging his name with esteemed actor Denzel Washington, reports CNN.That led to Lamar jokingly being called "Kenzel Comptington" - as he is famously from Compton, California.The Wrap reported that "Power" showrunner Courtney Kemp said Lamar told his friend 50 Cent - who is also one of the show's producers - he was...
July 30, 2018

Kendrick Lamar wins raves for his 'Power' appearance

A scene from a music video that sees K-Pop star Seungri invading a summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Big Bang's Seungri takes on Trump-Kim summit with new video
SEOUL - One of South Korea's biggest stars has taken on the peninsula's biggest news story in years: The historic summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.In a new video from Lee Seung-hyun, better known as Big Bang's Seungri, the K-Pop star invades a meeting of the world leaders and sits down alongside not-really-look-a-likes of Trump and Kim, reports CNN.At one point, "Kim" performs a choreographed dance and drinks champagne arm-in-arm with "Trump" as the chorus pumps "where are you from?"To audiences not up on K-Pop, the video shares a number of similarities with Psy's colossal hit "Gangnam Style," with a similar tone, simple chorus and choreography.Seungri's video seems destined for a...
July 30, 2018

Big Bang's Seungri takes on Trump-Kim summit with new video

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Better with age? Cruise's latest 'Impossible' tops box office
LOS ANGELES - Improbable? Maybe, but "Mission Impossible - Fallout," the sixth and latest stunt-filled edition of the Tom Cruise action franchise has topped the weekend box office in North America, outperforming the five earlier "Impossibles."The Paramount/Skydance production took in an estimated $61.5 million for the three-day weekend, according to industry tracker Exhibitor Relations, more than quadrupling the $15 million earned by second-place "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.""Impossible" has 56-year-old Cruise, who famously still does his own cliff-hanging, car-rolling stunts, ordered to track down some missing plutonium and find a terror-minded villain. Critics seem to like the film despite its evident weaknesses: Though "often...
July 30, 2018

Better with age? Cruise's latest 'Impossible' tops box office

A singer waves to supporters during a farewell performance in the pedestrian zone of Sai Yeung Choi Street South in Mong Kok, Hong Kong on Sunday night. - AFP
Hong Kong buskers take a bow in final show before shutdown
HONG KONG - The rumbustious street performers who have long claimed one of Hong Kong's busiest shopping districts as their informal stage took their final bow Sunday night after local authorities caved to noise complaints over their legendary cacophony.Under the glow of Mong Kok's famous neon signs, buskers have been entertaining crowds - and irking neighbors - for nearly two decades in Sai Yeung Choi Street South, an area which has been regularly closed to traffic to make way for pedestrians and performers since 2000.Over the years, a motley line-up including an acrobat in his sixties performing stunts to Michael Jackson and karaoke bands surrounded by fans clapping along on plastic stools gave ear-splitting shows to tinny music blasted from amplifiers.Drawing cheers and...
July 30, 2018

Hong Kong buskers take a bow in final show before shutdown

Brian Christopher
Former WWE stars Nikolai Volkoff, Brian Christopher dead
LOS ANGELES - Former WWE stars Nikolai Volkoff and Brian Christopher both died Monday, the company confirmed.Volkoff, real name Josip Nikolai Peruzovic, died at the age of 70. No cause of death was announced.Volkoff, who was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005, was best known for teaming up with The Iron Sheik which led to the pair becoming WWE Tag Team Champions at the first WrestleMania in 1985, reports UPI.Volkoff would sing the Soviet National Anthem before his matches, making him one of WWE's most memorable villains. He enjoyed battles against the likes of Hulk Hogan, Bruno Sammartino and Sgt. Slaughter.Christopher, full name Brian Christopher Lawler, died at the age of 46. He was best known as Too Cool member Grandmaster Sexay during WWE's lucrative Attitude...
July 30, 2018

Former WWE stars Nikolai Volkoff, Brian Christopher dead

Baby Chanco, the nickname of a 6-month-old girl in Japan, is famous for her mesmerizing head of hair.
Japanese baby's full head of hair goes viral on Instagram
OSAKA - A 6-month-old baby in Japan is already a full-fledged social media celebrity thanks to her impressively large and thick head of hair. The infant girl, known as "Baby Chanco" on Instagram, has amassed more than 140,000 followers on the photo-sharing site thanks to her mesmerizing head of hair. Baby Chanco's mother, who started the account when the girl was only 4 months old, said the child is already getting haircuts to thin out her somewhat unwieldy and heavy locks. A British baby went viral at the age of just 2 months old in 2016 when his parents revealed his similarly full head of hair to the world. Junior Cox-Noon's mother said he was born with hair on his head, but she didn't realize how long and thick his hair was until his first bath. - Agencies
July 30, 2018

Japanese baby's full head of hair goes viral on Instagram

Mahmoud Sarhan is seen posing with a zebra whose stripes appear to be smudging at the Garden Municipal Park in Cairo, Egypt.
Egyptian zoo accused of painting donkeys to look like zebras
CAIRO - Officials at an Egyptian zoo are denying allegations that two zebras on display are in fact donkeys painted with black and white stripes. Mahmoud Sarhan snapped photos at the International Garden Municipal Park in Cairo after he noticed the two zebras on display appeared to be donkeys painted to look like zebras. The photos, which went viral, show the animals' stripes appear to be smudging. A veterinarian who analyzed the photos said the coloring of the faces do not align with a normal zebra's appearance, and their stripes do not appear to be consistent. Mohamed Sultan, the zoo's director, told a local radio station that none of the animals in the facility are fraudulent. A Chinese zoo came under fire in 2013 when sharp-eyed visitors noticed an animal labeled as a...
July 30, 2018

Egyptian zoo accused of painting donkeys to look like zebras

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Netflix acquires rights to Andy Serkis' 'Mowgli'
LOS ANGELES - Netflix is to release director Andy Serkis' film "Mowgli" via its streaming service and in theaters next year.The motion-capture performance and live-action adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic story collection The Jungle Book is set in 19th-century India and stars Serkis as Baloo, Christian Bale as Bagheera, Cate Blanchett as Kaa, Benedict Cumberbatch as Shere Khan, Freida Pinto as Messua and Rohan Chand as the title character.The Hollywood Reporter said Sunday that Netflix picked up the distribution rights to the film from Warner Bros., which had intended to open it in theaters this October.A Disney version of The Jungle Book, which mixed animation and live action, was released in 2016 to critical acclaim and became a blockbuster.Serkis' film will...
July 29, 2018

Netflix acquires rights to Andy Serkis' 'Mowgli'

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