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It’s here? TX68

from the Daily Express THREE DAYS LEFT: Freak supermoon, eclipse and asteroid on SAME DAY ‘signal end of world’ CONSPIRACY theorists are stocking up on food supplies amid fears the world could end in just THREE days when a total eclipse of the sun, super full moon and staggeringly close asteroid pass of earth are […]

Bud Collins Gone

from The Washington Post Legendary tennis commentator Bud Collins dies at 86 By Kelyn Soong Tennis commentator Bud Collins, seen here in 1993, has died at age 86. (AP photo/Gill Allen) Bud Collins, a passionate advocate for tennis whose relationship with the sport began more than a half-century ago, died Friday in his home in Brookline, Mass., […]

Thanks, Ricki Hall

from the Express and Star World Book Day: What are the stars reading? Ricki Hall recommended James Frey’s novel From a biography of a Second World War hero to a literary thriller about a man born out of wedlock to a feminist leader – the favourite reads of Black Country stars are revealed as World Book […]

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Fast Radio Bursts

from International Business Times FRBs: Mystery repeating radio signals discovered emanating from unknown cosmic source By Hannah Osborne Arecibo telescope / Danielle Futselaar Repeating radio signals coming from a mystery source far beyond the Milky Way have been discovered by scientists. While one-off fast radio bursts (FRBs) have been detected in the past, this is the […]

Morricone Finally Scores

from Variety Italy Cheers Ennio Morricone’s Oscar Win for ‘The Hateful Eight’ Score by Nick Vivarelli A.M.P.A.S./REX SHUTTERSTOCK ROME – Italy on Monday cheered Ennio Morricone’s Oscar victory for composing the original score for Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight,” which marks the first competitive Oscar won by the 87-year old maestro with more than 500 movie credits […]

George Kennedy Gone

from Deadline Hollywood George Kennedy Dies: ‘Cool Hand Luke’ Oscar Winner Was 91 by Erik Pedersen Warner Bros. George Kennedy, a versatile actor whose long list of credits includes the Airport and Naked Gun films and an Oscar for his supporting role in Cool Hand Luke, has died in Middleton, ID. He was 91. Canyon County […]

Cleveland Avengers

from Fresh Water Cleveland Russo brothers ignite rumors about next “Avengers” effort to film in CLE by Tom Tenant Didn’t Fresh Water just report on the benefits of the Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit? Why, yes, we did. And then this pops into our feed from MoviePilot: “They didn’t share any ‘Captain America: Civil War’ […]

Big Wave Year

from AP News SURFERS GET ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME 60 FOOT SWELLS OFF HAWAII BY CALEB JONES HALIEWA, Hawaii (AP) — There are two sayings that come along with the Eddie Aikau big-wave surfing invitational: “The bay calls the day” and “Eddie would go.” For the first time in six years, the bay – and event organizers – […]

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