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Entertainment news - The Wrap

untitled Deadline Hollywood ‘Transcendence’ Lukewarm Thursday Bow, ‘Rio 2′ Might Get Its No. 1 Weekend Yet; ‘Heaven Is For Real’ Debuts Even with taking over Captain America: The Winter Soldier‘s IMAX theaters this weekend, a new sci-fi thriller in the marketplace, Johnny Depp in the lead and the only real newcomer with a shot at No. 1, based on Thursday night’s grosses, Transcendence’s debut near the top of the box office is doubtful this weekend. Bets are on that Fox’s Rio 2 may end up with around $26M, Disney/Marvel’s Captain America next with $22M go $23M and Warner Bros.’ A question mark is Sony’s Heaven is For Real and how many infrequent moviegoers (i.e. faith-based crowd) may boost its attendance numbers. Jimmy Kimmel Hits Season High & Tops Late Night With ‘Scandal’ Finale Show Over at ABC‘s Jimmy Kimmel Live this morning they’re likely celebrating with two words: “Scandal!” Related: ‘Scandal’ Finale: Shonda Rhimes On ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Paramount, China Film Co To Produce 3D ‘Marco Polo’ Specialty B.O.

Site d'information français d'actualités indépendant et participatif en ligne Market-Ticker - The Market Ticker L'Orient-Le Jour - Actualité Liban - Actualité locale et internationale - Information économique et culturelle - Journal quotidien libanais francophone - lorientlejour.com L'arbre planté par Macron et Trump a disparu (et on sait enfin pourquoi) D'après des photos prises par l'agence Reuters, le chêne planté par les deux présidents a été retiré des pelouses de la Maison Blanche. Il n'aura pas profité longtemps des pelouses de la Maison Blanche. L'arbre offert par Emmanuel Macron à Donald Trump, planté sous l'objectif des caméras le 23 avril 2018 par les deux présidents, a disparu. Des photos prises samedi 28 avril par l'agence Reuters montrent une tache d'herbe jaunie à l'endroit où se trouvait ce chêne. Le président français a offert cet arbre pour symboliser l'amitié entre la France et les Etats-Unis. Qu'est-il devenu ?

La Gente - Radio La Primerísima News: U.S. and World News Headlines Economia, bolsa y finanzas World Socialist Web Site - Marxist analysis, international working class struggles & the fight for socialism The U.S. Media Yesterday Suffered its Most Humiliating Debacle in Ages: Now Refuses All Transparency Over What Happened Friday was one of the most embarrassing days for the U.S. media in quite a long time. The humiliation orgy was kicked off by CNN, with MSNBC and CBS close behind, with countless pundits, commentators and operatives joining the party throughout the day. By the end of the day, it was clear that several of the nation’s largest and most influential news outlets had spread an explosive but completely false news story to millions of people, while refusing to provide any explanation of how it happened. The spectacle began on Friday morning at 11:00 am EST, when the Most Trusted Name in News™ spent 12 straight minutes on air flamboyantly hyping an exclusive bombshell report that seemed to prove that WikiLeaks, last September, had secretly offered the Trump campaign, even Donald Trump himself, special access to the DNC emails before they were published on the internet. This entire revelation was based on an email which CNN strongly implied it had exclusively obtained and had in its possession.

US military agency invests $100m in genetic extinction technologies | Science A US military agency is investing $100m in genetic extinction technologies that could wipe out malarial mosquitoes, invasive rodents or other species, emails released under freedom of information rules show. The documents suggest that the US’s secretive Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) has become the world’s largest funder of “gene drive” research and will raise tensions ahead of a UN expert committee meeting in Montreal beginning on Tuesday. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is debating whether to impose a moratorium on the gene research next year and several southern countries fear a possible military application. UN diplomats confirmed that the new email release would worsen the “bad name” of gene drives in some circles. “Many countries [will] have concerns when this technology comes from Darpa, a US military science agency,” one said. Some UN experts, though, worry about unintended consequences.

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