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Oct22020 by adminNo Comments

Bond pushed back again – No Time To Die delayed until April

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New Bond movie No Time To Die has been delayed again - this time until April.The film - number 25 in the series - had been due in cinemas next month. A message on the official James Bond Twitter feed said it would now be released on 2 April 2021 "in order to be seen by a worldwide theatrical audience". Image: Daniel Craig, Lea Seydoux and director Cary Joji Fukunaga on set in Italy last year It was originally due out in April this year, but that coincided with the coronavirus lockdown.There are concerns about rising cases in many countries, making a November release less than ideal. ...

Jun162020 by adminNo Comments

Oscars pushed back two months due to coronavirus

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The Oscars ceremony has been pushed back two months due to the coronavirus pandemic. It will now take place on 25 April next year, instead of 28 February. It's only the fourth time in more than 90 years that Hollywood's big night has been postponed.In a joint statement, Academy president David Rubin and chief executive Dawn Hudson said the delay would give filmmakers flexibility to complete and release their movies after COVID-19 halted projects around the world.They said they hoped the extension would also avoid filmmakers being "penalised for something beyond anyone's control". ...

May82020 by adminNo Comments

Arsene Wenger reveals why he loved ‘special’ Highbury but also why he ‘pushed’ Arsenal to leave their beloved home for the Emirates Stadium

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Arsene Wenger has told talkSPORT he loved Highbury so much he would take a detour on his drive home just to see the ‘special stadium’. But he has also explained why he ‘pushed’ Arsenal to leave their beloved home for the Emirates Stadium in 2006. The legendary former Gunners boss joined talkSPORT host Jim White and Gunners legend Martin Keown on Friday for a very special interview, on the anniversary of Arsenal’s final game at Highbury 14 years ago. getty Arsene Wenger steered Arsenal to three Premier League titles during their Highbury days, but silverware dried up following their exit to the Emirates Stadium The Arsenal Stadium, as it was officially known, was home to the north London club for 93 years, from 1913 until 2006, when it was partly demo...

Apr152020 by adminNo Comments

Climate change: Blue skies pushed Greenland ‘into the red’

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While high temperatures were critical to the melting seen in Greenland last year, scientists say that clear blue skies also played a key role. In a study, they found that a record number of cloud free days saw more sunlight hit the surface while snowfall was also reduced.These conditions were due to wobbles in the fast moving jet stream air current that also trapped heat over Europe. As a result, Greenland's ice sheet lost an estimated 600 billion tonnes.Current climate models don't include the impact of the wandering jet stream say the authors, and may be underestimating the impact of warming.Greenland's ice sheet is seven times the area of the UK and up to 2-3km thick in places. It stores so much frozen water that if the whole...

Jul22019 by adminNo Comments

Dispute over Idris Elba play Tree as writers claim they were ‘pushed off’

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A row has arisen over a play created by Idris Elba after two writers who worked on it claimed they were shut out and suffered "intimidation and disrespect".Tree, which will premiere at the Manchester International Festival, is credited to Elba and Kwame Kwei-Armah.Tori Allen-Martin and Sarah Henley said they worked on it for four years but were "pushed off" and got no credit.In response, the producers said Tree "needed to go in a very different direction with a new writer attached".Manchester International Festival and London's Young Vic theatre, along with Elba's production company Green Door Pictures, acknowledged that Allen-Martin and Henley were "involved in exploring ideas" for the show.They said they were "grateful" to the ...