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Kevin Spacey
Ridley Scott hasn't heard from Spacey after film replacement
LOS ANGELES - Director Ridley Scott says he hasn't heard from Kevin Spacey since the decision was made to cut the actor from "All the Money in the World.""I don't know where he is," Scott said in a recent interview. "He's gone down underground.""All the Money in the World" is about the kidnapping of the teenage grandson of wealthy American industrialist J. Paul Getty.The film was completed in October, with Spacey cast as Getty. After sexual misconduct allegations were made against the actor, Spacey was cut from the movie. Christopher Plummer stepped into the role. Reshoots began almost immediately.While promoting the movie over the weekend, Scott said "it would have been nice to have some kind of call, even if it was from his...
December 20, 2017

Ridley Scott hasn't heard from Spacey after film replacement

A staff member displays napkins made from panda feces and food debris in Chengdu in China's southwestern Sichuan province on Wednesday. - AFP
Chinese firm turns panda poop into toilet paper
BEIJING - When life gave one Chinese company giant panda poop, it decided to make paper - and profits. The Qianwei Fengsheng Paper Company in southwest Sichuan province has teamed up with the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda to recycle the animal's feces and food debris into toilet paper, napkins and other household products, state media reported Wednesday. The goods, soon to be released on the Chinese market, will be marketed as part of a "panda poo" product line decorated with a picture of the bamboo-eating, black-and-white bear. "They're taking care of our garbage for us," Huang Yan, a researcher at the giant panda center, told the Chengdu Business Daily. Huang told Xinhua state news agency that the 10 kilograms of bamboo poo that...
December 20, 2017

Chinese firm turns panda poop into toilet paper

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BBC drama 'McMafia' explores depths of global crime
LONDON - New BBC drama "McMafia" will delve into the murky depths of global crime when it airs in January, exploring the ties between the corporate world and well-heeled mobsters."The gangsters have changed, they are not in the shadows anymore. They can be bankers, lawyers, government ministers," said Hossein Amini, co-creator of the series with director James Watkins.Based in London but taking in cities including Moscow and Tel Aviv, "McMafia" follows the criminal classes who appear far from mobster stereotypes.The luxurious lifestyles of the well-dressed polyglots are on show, complete with champagne and caviar."The line between the underworld and the overworld does not exist any longer," Amini said at a London screening, noting that these days it...
December 19, 2017

BBC drama 'McMafia' explores depths of global crime

A portrait of Kim Jong-Hyun, the 27-year-old lead singer of the massively popular K-pop boyband SHINee, is seen on a mourning altar at a hospital in Seoul on Tuesday. - AFP
K-pop star reveals loneliness in suicide note
SEOUL - A top K-pop star wrote in a suicide note that he was "broken from inside" and "engulfed" by depression, it emerged Tuesday as his death sent shockwaves among fans worldwide.Kim Jong-Hyun, 27-year-old lead singer of the hugely popular K-pop boyband SHINee, was found in a hotel room in the South Korean capital Seoul in what police said was suicide.A coal briquette was burning on a frying pan - a common method of self-killing in South Korea, an ultra-competitive society with one of the world's highest suicide rates.Kim's close friend, musician Nain9, released a suicide note on her Instagram account, saying he had asked her to publish the message in the event of his death."I am broken from inside. The depression that gnawed on me slowly has finally...
December 19, 2017

K-pop star reveals loneliness in suicide note

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Emirati film ‘Shebab Sheyab’ to premiere at California festival
DUBAI - "Shebab Sheyab," an Arabic comedy that follows four elderly men who live in a senior home until one of them inherits Dh50 million, will premiere at the Palm Springs International Film Festival 2018, reports Gulf News.The Image Nation Abu Dhabi film stars Emirati actors Mansour Al Feeli and Marie Al Halyan, Syrian actor Salloum Haddad and Kuwaiti actor Sa’ad Al Faraj.“After months of hard work, dedication and passion, it is amazing to see 'Shebab Sheyab' debut on the international stage. I hope audiences enjoy watching it as much as we did making it,” said Al Feeli in a statement.The Palm Springs International Film Festival takes place in California from Jan. 2 to Jan. 15.“'Shebab Sheyab' clearly demonstrates the wealth of talent we have in this...
December 19, 2017

Emirati film ‘Shebab Sheyab’ to premiere at California festival

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‘The Office’ may come back for a revival
LOS ANGELES - Sitcom fanatics can keep their fingers crossed for the possible return of the Dunder Mifflin staff with reports saying “The Office” could come back for a revival.TV Line first reported that NBC is eyeing a return of the series sometime next year. The possible continuation of the series will feature old and new faces, with executive producer Greg Daniels coming back for the project.However, Steve Carrell, who played manager Michael Scott for the show’s seven seasons, will not participate in the new series. A new manager will head the planned revival.Speculations about a revival previously surfaced, but these were initially dismissed by actress Jenna Fischer, who played Pam in the series.“I would do it if there was some circumstance where everybody got back together,...
December 19, 2017

‘The Office’ may come back for a revival

Jay-Z
Rapper Jay-Z receives death threat from George Zimmerman
LOS ANGELES - Rapper Jay-Z has received a death threat from gunman George Zimmerman.Zimmerman apparently threatened to "beat Jay-Z" and feed him to "an alligator" after claiming that a production team of the upcoming Trayvon Martin documentary - produced by Jay-Z - "harassed" his family, reports Ace Showbiz.Zimmerman, who gunned down 17-year-old Martin in February 2012, said he has a score to settle with Jay-Z, since the rapper’s production team began filming a new documentary on the case.He said the film crew made unannounced visits to the homes of his parents and an uncle in Florida, noting Jay-Z and executive producer Michael Gasparro indirectly "harassed" his family.Fellow rapper Snoop Dogg jumped to Jay-Z's defense. Snoop wrote on...
December 19, 2017

Rapper Jay-Z receives death threat from George Zimmerman

Shah Rukh Khan
We should respect women for being so brave: Shah Rukh Khan
MUMBAI - Following in the footsteps of its Western counterparts, Bollywood has been encouraging women to speak up against any sexual misconduct as well. Just recently, actress Kangana Ranaut opened up about being a victim to harassment and how it is the skepticism of society that stops victims from coming out with their experiences in the open.Now, Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar have expressed their views on the matter as well, reported The Indian Express.In an interview with Business Insider, Kumar said sexual misconduct is “everywhere” and that the allegations against entertainment stars in the US may encourage other women around the world to speak up. “It’s just that when [sexual misconduct] happens in Hollywood, it comes out so big. Everybody knows about it, but it’s...
December 18, 2017

We should respect women for being so brave: Shah Rukh Khan

The garage where the Russell Stover Candies bear statue was discovered by police in Salina, Kansas.
Beloved chocolate bear statue found one year after theft
TOPEKA - Police in Kansas announced they have recovered the locally-beloved Russell Stover Candies bear statue more than a year after it was stolen. The Abilene Police Department announced in a Facebook post that the 150-pound, 4-foot-tall statue of a bear being covered in chocolate was recovered over the weekend after being stolen on the evening of Nov. 4, 2016, from outside the Russell Stover factory and candy store in Abilene. "This had become a running joke," Abilene Police Department Assistant Chief Jason Wilkins told the Wichita Eagle. "We followed several leads and it never worked out, so we are extremely pleased to return it." Police said a deputy with Dickinson County Sheriff's Office received a tip that led to the bear being discovered in a garage in...
December 18, 2017

Beloved chocolate bear statue found one year after theft

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in an iconic scene from
'Titanic' keeps that sinking feeling alive, 20 years on
LOS ANGELES - Part saturnine elegy to doomed youth, part exaltation of the transcendent power of love, blockbuster disaster movie "Titanic" is delivering that sinking feeling to a whole new generation of fans.Tuesday marks two decades since Rose vowed to Jack she'd "never let go" - before spectacularly reneging on her promise, sending her frozen-to-death paramour to a watery grave and leaving "Titaniacs" worldwide sobbing into their popcorn.The anniversary has been celebrated with screenings across the United States, and audiences are still swooning over the young lovers played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet - now both Oscar winners and Hollywood A-listers."The Titanic story itself has a timeless quality. It seems to exist outside our daily...
December 17, 2017

'Titanic' keeps that sinking feeling alive, 20 years on

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