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"Crazy Rich Asians" breakout star Henry Golding has launched his own banner, Long House Productions. According to Variety, the 32-year-old actor has partnered with China's Starlight Cultural Entertainment Group for two projects -- "Inheritance" and "Harrington's Greatest Hits". "Inheritance", touted as an action-adventure film, is based on an original story idea by Alistair Hudson and Golding. Hudson will pen the script while Golding will headline the project. The actor will also star in "Harrington's Greatest Hits", which will be directed by James Strong of "Broadchurch" fame from a 'Black List' script by Dutch Southern. Читать дальше...

So far this year RSPCA WA has received reports about more than 290 incidents of malicious beating or wounding.

Filmmaker Gurinder Chadha has dubbed her upcoming TV series "Beecham House" will present Indians at par with their British counterparts. The "Bend It Like Beckham" director has written the series with husband Paul Mayeda Berges with whom she previously worked on "Viceroys House". The six-part series takes place on the cusp of 19th century in Delhi, and follows the residents of Beecham House, an imposing mansion surrounded by exotic woods and pristine lawns. In an interview with Radio Times, Chadha said, "The most exciting thing is simply having Indians in period costumes on primetime British TV - where their lives and loves are as important as their white counterparts. Читать дальше...

Filmmaker Danny Boyle, who made headlines last year over his departure from Bond 25, says the key takeaway from the experience is the realisation that he is not "cut out" for franchise cinema. The Oscar-winning filmmaker had in August last year dropped out of the project along with his frequent collaborator, screenwriter John Hodge, over "creative differences" with the producers. Boyle was replaced by "True Detective" and "Maniac" director Cary Joji Fukunaga on the film. In an interview with Metro, the 62-year-old director said he will never take on a big studio franchise again. Читать дальше...

Shares of Jet Airways further plummeted over 29 per cent Wednesday after the consortium of bankers took the grounded airline to the National Company Law Tribunal. The scrip continued to face heavy selling pressure and tanked 28.18 per cent to an all-time low of Rs 29.05 on the BSE. At the NSE, shares of the company plunged 29.38 per cent to an all-time low of Rs 28.60. This the 13th consecutive trading day fall for Jet Airways, which has tumbled nearly 81 per cent during this period. The consortium of 26 bankers led by State Bank Tuesday took the grounded Jet Airways to the National Company Law Tribunal to recover their dues of over Rs 8,500 crore. Читать дальше...

Bengaluru entered the list of top 10 cities that attracted maximum cross-border investments in Asia Pacific (APAC) for the first time as it receiving over USD 1.6 billion last fiscal, according to property consultant CBRE. India was among the top five preferred markets in APAC with the launch of the first Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) and the resulting improved market transparency, the consultant said in its Asia Pacific Investor Intention Survey 2019. The first REIT by Embassy Group and Blackstone Group LP was launched in India in March this year, which raised Rs 4,750 crore. Читать дальше...

Police have launched an investigation after spear fishermen discovered three bones in waters off two beaches on the mid-north coast.

Duty from finished metals imported from ASEAN is lower than metallic scrap

Over-50s specialist has been through a turbulent period

Scientists have discovered two new Earth-like planets around one of the closest stars within our galactic neighbourhood. The planets are located only 12.5 light years away orbiting the Teegarden star -- a red dwarf in the direction of the constellation of Aries, according to the study published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics. Its surface temperature is 2,700 degrees Celsius, and its mass is only one-tenth that of the Sun, researchers said. Even though it is so near, its faintness impeded its discovery until 2003. Читать дальше...

Private sector lender Federal Bank Wednesday announced plans to raise up to Rs 500 crore by issuing Basel III-compliant bonds on private placement basis. "The board of the bank has approved the issuance of 1,000 unsecured, listed, redeemable Basel III compliant tier II bonds having a face value of Rs 10 lakh each, with an option to retain oversubscription up to Rs 400 crore aggregating to Rs 500 crore (debentures), on a private placement basis," Federal Bank said in a BSE filing. Shares of Federal... Читать дальше...

Actor Julia Roberts has recalled that the original ending of her 1990 romantic hit "Pretty Woman" was quite dark and hard hitting. The film is considered a classic and one of the most memorable projects of Roberts who portrayed prostitute Vivian Ward opposite Richard Gere's Edward Lewis, a rich corporate raider and playboy from New York. Roberts, 51, recently appeared on Variety's Actor on Actor series alongside Patricia Arquette, who revealed that she had originally auditioned for the film that was earlier titled "3,000". Читать дальше...

Blue Star Ltd, Tata Steel Ltd, Avanti Feeds Ltd and Symphony Ltd are among the other gainers in the BSE's 'A' group today, 19 June 2019.

Australia are debating whether to play a spinner against Bangladesh on Thursday night, something Michael Clarke says they should do.

In a bid to tap into burgeoning global demand for TV content, Colombia is expanding its location shoot incentives to include international television series. Current incentives have attracted some 40 film and TV movie projects in the past four years, including pics starring A-list actors Tom Cruise, Will Smith and Oscar-winning Spanish actors, Penelope Cruz […]

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The tenth jubilee edition of the "Opera in the Park" festival starts on June 21, at 20:00 with a great jubilee concert in the park of the Military Academy in Sofia, reports BNT. 

The programme includes famous opera and ballet classics.

In addition, this year it also includes two ballet performances. Specially prepared for the ten-year anniversary is the ballet Carmina Burana, the choreography of which features several styles. Another title is the Salfid ballet, defined as a boutique... Читать дальше...

UFA (Sputnik) - Iran considers engaging foreign potential to reinforce its domestic capacity in air defence amid escalating tensions, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani said.

A lock of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair has fetched £35,000 at an auction in the United Kingdom, News 18  reported.

An unidentified bidder won the auction, which took place in West London on 11 June, by paying more than double the expected price of £12,000–£15,000

Auction house Sotheby's, one of the world's largest brokers of art and collectibles, said the “substantial lock” of the German genius composer's grey and dark brown hair was “evidently given by him to the pianist Anton Halm in 1826.”

Halm got to know Beethoven well, after meeting him in 1815 and playing for him frequently.

“The composer liked Halm's bluff military manner and apparently bore him no ill-will even after Halm's wayward piano playing in the Choral Fantasia in 1817 brought the performance to a halt.

In 1826 Halm made an arrangement of Beethoven's Grosse Fuge op.133 for two pianos and it was evidently during this period that Beethoven gave him this lock,” it said.

Halm told Beethoven's great biographer A.W. Читать дальше...

Spring is a magnificent time of year in Melbourne and perfect for Australia’s premier horse racing carnival. However, the weather can become very unsettled at times and in some years has wreaked havoc on Australia’s greatest race, the Melbourne Cup. It’s been over a century since the Cup has been postponed due to inclement weather […]

The Delhi Zoo has written to three zoos in Thailand to acquire five giraffes through an animal exchange programme. The National Zoological Park (NZP), also known as the Delhi Zoo, lost its last giraffe, eight-year-old Ankit, in June 2015 due to a heart attack and kidney failure. Since then, NZP authorities have written to a number of zoos across the country to acquire giraffes. "In my two years here, I have written to many zoos, including those in Mysuru, Patna, and Kolkata. We have been making continuous efforts in this direction," NZP director Renu Singh said. Читать дальше...

Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were up across the board during morning trading on Wednesday June 19 amid renewed trade optimism and a more dovish tone from policymakers.

The population of Bulgaria will never be more than the current just under 7 million people, according to the latest UN forecast. In the best scenario at the end of the century, there will be 5.5 million people in the country. But the data on population-accelerated population projections seem to increase the likelihood of worst-case scenario occurrence. According to him, in 2100 Bulgaria will have 2.18 million people in the whole of Bulgaria. approximately as many as the residents of Sofia and Plovdiv together (see the charts after the article).

The UN's top forecast is, however, somewhat more optimistic - according to the average demographic change, Bulgarians will decrease by 1 million to 2038 - 5,977 million. Читать дальше...

Herro Mustafa from California will be the next Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Bulgaria. She was nominated as Ambassador by President Donald Trump, reports BNT. 

Mrs. Mustafa will replace Eric Rubin in this post. She is a career diplomat currently deputy chief of mission at the US embassy in Lisbon. Previously, she was the Political Minister Counselor at the US Embassy in India.

In Washington, she was an adviser to US Vice President Joe Biden providing counsel on issues related to the Middle East. Читать дальше...

India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has downgraded Jain Irrigation Systems Limited's (JISL) long-term issuer rating to 'IND BBB' from 'IND A-' while placing it on rating watch negative.The downgrade reflects deterioration in the company's liquidity profile on account of a delay in the realisation of its receivables from micro-irrigation systems segment. "The rating watch negative reflects the risk of delay in JISL's deleveraging plans or a further increase in its working capital requirement, resulting in further worsening of its liquidity position," said Ind-Ra in a statement.JISL's management intended to reduce Rs 350 crore to Rs 400 crore of debt on the realisation of receivables in the fourth quarter of 2018-19. Читать дальше...