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Oct292020 by adminNo Comments

Watch: ‘Songbird’: KJ Apa, Sofia Carson deal with mutated virus in new trailer

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Oct. 29 (UPI) -- KJ Apa and Sofia Carson are four years into a quarantine due to a new COVID-23 virus that has mutated in the trailer for upcoming pandemic thriller, Songbird. The film, from director Adam Mason and producer Michael Bay, takes place in a world where infected Americans are forcefully placed into quarantine camps after the COVID-23 virus has killed millions. Advertisement Apa, of Riverdale fame, plays courier Nico who is immune to the virus and falls in love with Sara (Carson) despite the couple being unable to see each other. Sara is suspected to have become infected, leading Nico to race across a dystopian Los Angeles in order to save her before she is placed into quarantine or worse. Craig Robinson, Bradley Whitford, Peter Stormare, Alexandra Daddario, Paul Walter Hauser ...

Oct112020 by adminNo Comments

Iga Swiatek beats American Sofia Kenin in French Open final

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Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Poland's Iga Swiatek denied American Sofia Kenin of her second Grand Slam victory of 2020 with a straight-sets triumph in the French Open final Saturday in Paris. Swiatek, 19, won the 84-minute match 6-4, 6-1 for her country's first major tennis title. She had three aces, 25 winners and 17 unforced errors in the victory. Kenin, 21, had three aces, 10 winners and 23 errors. Advertisement "I'm so happy that my family was here, finally. It's crazy. I'm just overwhelmed," Swiatek said after her win. Swiatek sprinted out to a 3-0 lead in the first set before Kenin won the fourth game of the match. Kenin went on to tie the set at 3-3 before Swiatek won the seventh and eighth games. Kenin broke Swiatek to win the ninth game. Swiatek broke Kenin for the final point of the first s...

May142020 by adminNo Comments

Famous birthdays for May 14: Rob Gronkowski, Sofia Coppola

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May 14 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. They include: -- English portrait painter Thomas Gainsborough in 1727 -- Scottish reformer Robert Owen in 1771 -- Actor Richard Deacon in 1921 -- Opera star Patrice Munsel in 1925 -- Singer Bobby Darin in 1936 -- Hall of Fame baseball player Tony Perez in 1942 (age 78) -- Filmmaker George Lucas in 1944 (age 76) File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI -- Filmmaker Robert Zemeckis in 1952 (age 68) -- Musician David Byrne in 1952 (age 68) -- Irish writer Eoin Colfer in 1965 (age 55) -- Actor Tim Roth in 1961 (age 59) -- Actor Cate Blanchett in 1969 (age 51) -- Director Sofia Coppola in 1971 (age 49) ...

Oct252018 by adminNo Comments

Sofia Vergara is top-paid TV actor (by far)

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Modern Family star Sofia Vergara is the best-paid actor on US TV, earning $ 16m (£12.4m) more than her nearest rival, according to Forbes magazine.Vergara earned $ 42.5m (£33m) in 2017-18, Forbes said - far ahead of the top-earning man, The Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons, who is on $ 26.5m (£20.5m).Overall, the top 10 men still earned more than the top 10 women, but the gap has closed since last year.The Big Bang Theory and Modern Family actors make up 13 of the 20 names.Five of the six next best-paid on-screen stars behind Vergara are in The Big Bang Theory. As well as Parsons, who plays Sheldon in the CBS sitcom, there is Johnny Galecki, who plays Leo...