Auctions of Impressionist, modern and Surrealist art at Sotheby’s and Christie’s will be the first major test of buoyancy since the inauguration in the U.S.
London Art Galleries Looking forward to the big art shows of next month is a bit like looking into the past. Major figures of post-war painting, minimalist sculpture and the... It’s finally starting to look like ... 08/23/2023 - 8:14 am | View Link
Did you ever wonder what it would be like if Liam Neeson auditioned to be the Easter Bunny? Well, wonder no longer, thanks to the folks at The Late Show. Just keep your eyes on the carrot, because Easter eggs aren't the only things that are going to be dyeing this weekend.
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This is at least the second such incident reported, as another was brought down by Russia's S400 defense system in early January. If it was the Su-35 they're very expensive (around $85mil USD) and Russia does not have many of them.
Source: National Interest
The Kremlin may have lost another Su-35 aircraft on Thursday, and the Su-27 derivative may have been the victim of friendly fire according to early reports.
During the midterm elections, the RNC opened up a new minority outreach center on the south side of Milwaukee. However, after the elections, they closed it up. RNC officials said that they were going to definitely open it back up for the 2024 elections. But after Trump became the presumptive nominee and the shake up in RNC top officers, the RNC quietly decided they weren't going to reopen the center after all.
Houston, Apollo 13 is leaving Netflix on April 30—but there’s plenty more to watch on the streaming site between now and the end of the month. Relive the 1990s with Sex and the City and You’ve Got Mail, both available starting April 1.
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For those who like movies about journalism, there’s the Netflix original movie Scoop, inspired by the British journalists who landed the infamous 2019 Prince Andrew Newsnight interview.
The Beautiful Game is a fictional movie about the very real Homeless World Cup Tournament, which for two decades, has brought together hundreds of people for a soccer tournament. Starring Bill Nighy as a grieving widower who throws himself into coaching as a way to gain meaning from his life, the film, out March 29, aims to kickstart awareness about the real tournament and change viewers’ perceptions of the homeless and people in recovery.
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In the film, Mal (Nighy) is a longtime coach of homeless English soccer players.
With the 95,000-ton cargo ship Dali powerless and hurtling helplessly toward the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the harbor pilot commanding the vessel had just minutes to make his last, desperate attempts to avoid disaster. He declared distress, dropped anchor and, notably, called for help from nearby tugboats.
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Two 5,000-horsepower tugs, which only minutes earlier had helped guide the ship out of its berth at the Port of Baltimore and peeled off, quickly turned back and raced toward the Dali.