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Mar262021 by adminNo Comments

Carey Mulligan on ‘normalised’ predatory behaviour in Promising Young Woman

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Black comedy Promising Young Woman, one of the frontrunners for this year's Oscars, is the story of a woman avenging the rape of her best friend.But as well as being part of the awards conversation - along with five Academy Award nods it has six BAFTA nominations and a heap of gongs already won from critics' associations - the film has triggered a conversation that goes much deeper: the all-too-familiar tale of predatory behaviour. The film's writer and director Emerald Fennell told Sky News she wanted to address an issue that all women will recognise. Image: Carey Mulligan is nominated for best actress at the Oscars for her role in Promising Young Woman. All pictures: Focus Features/Sky Cinema I...

Mar152021 by adminNo Comments

Woman in Uber driver attack to be returned to San Francisco

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A woman arrested in Las Vegas several days after an attack on an Uber driver that was widely viewed on social media agreed Monday to be transferred in custody to San Francisco to face criminal chargesBy KEN RITTER Associated PressMarch 15, 2021, 7:39 PM• 3 min readLAS VEGAS -- A woman arrested in Las Vegas several days after an attack on an Uber driver in San Francisco that was widely viewed on social media agreed Monday to be transferred in custody to California to face criminal charges.Malaysia King’s court appearance in Las Vegas came hours after police in San Francisco announced that Arna Kimiai, 24, a woman seen with King in the Uber driver confrontation, turned herself in to face robbery, assault and battery, conspiracy and other charges.Kimiai’s attorney, Seth Morris, said Kimiai po...

Jan102021 by adminNo Comments

‘Wonder Woman 1984’ tops box office for 3rd weekend

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Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Gal Gadot's superheroine adventure Wonder Woman 1984 is the No. 1 movie in North America for a third weekend, earning an additional $ 3 million in receipts, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced on Sunday. The film was simultaneously released in theaters and on the HBO Max streaming service on Dec. 25 as a strategy meant to reach as many viewers as possible during the coronavirus pandemic. Advertisement Coming in at No. 2 this weekend is The Croods: A New Age with $ 1.8 million, followed by News of the World at No. 3 with $ 1.2 million, Monster Hunter at No. 4 with $ 1.1 million and Fatale at No. 5 with $ 670,000. Rounding out the top tier are Promising Young Woman at No. 6 with $ 560,000, Pinocchio at No. 7 with $ 209,000, The War with Grandpa at No. 8 with $ 147,000, Come Play at...

Jan82021 by adminNo Comments

Woman dies in suspected New Zealand shark attack

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Police say a woman has died in what appears to be New Zealand’s first fatal shark attack in eight yearsByThe Associated PressJanuary 8, 2021, 6:44 AM• 1 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleWELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A woman has died in what appears to be New Zealand’s first fatal shark attack in eight years, police said on Friday.Emergency services responded late Thursday afternoon to reports of a woman “injured in the water,” at Waihi Beach, a popular tourist spot 153 kilometers (95 miles) drive southeast of Auckland, a police statement said.“Indications are that she had been injured by a shark,” Police Inspector Dean Anderson said.She was dragged from the water with leg wounds and attempts to resuscitate her on the beach failed, media reported.A vacationing doctor ...

Dec282020 by adminNo Comments

Wonder Woman nets biggest US opening since COVID shut cinemas – but fraction of usual takings

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Wonder Woman 1984 raked in around $ 36.1m at cinemas worldwide over the Christmas holiday weekend, Warner Bros has said.It is believed that $ 16.7m of that came from US and Canadian venues. That makes it the highest domestic box office opening since the coronavirus pandemic shuttered cinemas in March, though the numbers were a fraction of those typical for a big-budget action movie. Image: Gal Gadot reprised her role as Wonder Woman in the new film. Pic: Warner Bros Pictures To put that into context, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hauled in $ 374m globally during the weekend of its release in December 2019.Millions of people also watched WW84 - a sequel to 2017's Wonder Woman - at home in the US, where the movie was made available t...