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Compass Cinema

At one time, the strategy for getting the attention of faith-based movie audiences was pretty straightforward: Build a grassroots marketing campaign focused on certain congregations and churches, bus them to movie theaters, and let word of mouth build.

It was a model that led to numerous religious-themed movies having impressive opening weekends at the box office, most notably Mel Gibson's epic depiction of the final hours of Jesus Christ, "The Passion of the Christ,"... Читать дальше...

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Caracas (AFP) - Venezuela is never dull, and the last few days have been particularly frenzied amid opposition claims of a coup, then government tirades against "imperialist" enemies, and the two sides ending up hating each other as much as ever.

After this latest spasm of chaos in the oil-rich country, and with a deep recession possibly worsening, where is Venezuela's long-running crisis headed?

Radicalization

On Saturday, the Supreme Court, which backs leftist President Nicolas Maduro... Читать дальше...

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Scarlett Johansson took her feud with Ivanka Trump to the next level when she once again slammed the first daughter, calling her “cowardly” and “uninspired” for refusing to publicly denounce some of President Donald Trump’s policies. 

The "Ghost in the Shell" actress, 32, previously impersonated the 35-year-old former fashion designer on "Saturday Night Live" last month. Johansson appeared as Ivanka in an ad for a perfume called “Complicit,” saying... Читать дальше...

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AMC's "Into the Badlands" was snubbed by last year's Emmy awards – something its star has a hard time accepting.

"I question that. Especially for action choreography I was expecting a nomination," Daniel Wu, the star and executive producer on the AMC show (airing its second season on Sundays), told Business Insider recently.

"I'm still pretty sour about that, because there were shows that got nominated that definitely have lousy action," Wu continued. "I was very surprised that we didn't get nominated. Читать дальше...

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Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reacted Friday to the US strike on Syria, saying the US needs a long-term plan to stop future attacks on civilians by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

Clinton advocated for stronger action on Syria's government while she was a presidential candidate, while then-Republican nominee Donald Trump warned against it.

On Thursday, President Trump ordered a strike on Shayrat airfield and nearby Syrian... Читать дальше...

On Friday morning, Okta crossed over from the startup world into the big-leagues and became a public company.

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Less than 24 hours after two US Navy destroyers pulled up to Syria's Mediterranean coast and let fly a blistering salvo of 59 cruise missiles, Syrian warplanes took off from the damaged air base targeted by the strike, according to the Syrian Human Rights Observatory.

The US strike, retaliation for a chemical attack in northeastern Syria that killed at least 80 people earlier this week, targeted "aircraft, hardened aircraft shelters, petroleum and logistical storage, ammunition supply bunkers... Читать дальше...

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On April 6, the Trump authorized the first direct American assult on the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during the country's six-year civil war. The night's events marked one of the first known military actions of President Trump's time in office.

During his run for office, however, Trump faced scrutiny for his lack of military service. He received five draft determents ("four for college, one for bad feet") over the course of the Vietnam War.

But... Читать дальше...

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Russia warned on Friday that U.S. cruise missile strikes on a Syrian air base could have "extremely serious" consequences, as President Donald Trump's first major foray into a foreign conflict opened up a rift between Moscow and Washington.

The warships USS Porter and USS Ross in the Mediterranean Sea launched dozens of Tomahawk missiles that hit the airstrip, aircraft and fuel stations of Shayrat air base, which the Pentagon says was involved in a chemical weapons attack this week. Читать дальше...

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Charley Hoffman soared to a huge four-stroke lead after the first round of the Masters with a brilliant final 11 holes that included seven birdies en route to a score of 7-under. Things didn't go as well in the second round, but thanks to some luck, he is still the leader.

Hoffman moved to 8-under early in the second round. But things fell apart when he carded five bogeys in a six-hole stretch that ended with a bogey on No. 11, the first hole of Amen Corner. Читать дальше...

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President Donald Trump is considering major changes in his top-level staff, including replacing White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, according to a Friday report from Axios.

Leading the list of possible replacements is House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, who was one of the first congressional leaders to support Trump and has established himself as one of the president's trusted confidants.

Other candidates... Читать дальше...

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Can you imagine living to age 120? What about 100? Seems far-fetched, right?

It may actually be closer than you think, says Ric Edelman, founder and executive chairman of Edelman Financial Services, one of the nation's leading financial advising firms, and author of the new book "The Truth About Your Future: The Money Guide You Need Now, Later, and Much Later."

Edelman says technology will soon keep humans healthier longer, enabling us to live decades beyond our current lifespans... Читать дальше...

Scott Francis

Residents will soon be able to move into a new luxury condo complex that overlooks Manhattan's famed elevated park, the High Line.

The building was one of the last projects by Zaha Hadid, the world-renowned architect who died at age 65 in early 2016. She was the first woman and Muslim to win a Pritzker Prize, often considered the Nobel Prize of architecture.

Located on Manhattan's far west side, the new complex at 520 West 28th Street will be stunning, with an... Читать дальше...

This rocket is about to change space travel. The Haas 2CA rocket is designed by the ARCA Space Corporation. It's set to be the cheapest rocket of its kind, and could get to space faster and cheaper than similar rockets, today.

Business Insider

Since its March debut, shares of SNAP have traded over a wide range. Nobody, it seems, can agree on how much the stock is worth.

Henry Blodget, Business Insider's Editor in Chief, says nobody knows the future. However, as he explains, there is a fundamental framework for investors to use to assess any company's value.

Following is a transcript of the video.

How much is the hot new IPO SNAP worth? The market doesn’t seem to know. Is it the $28 high, or the $19 low... Читать дальше...

Admiral William McRaven, who's the author of Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life... And Maybe The World, explains why the Trump administration's decision to attack a base controlled by the Syrian government was the right decision. Following is a transcript of the video. 

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Stocks were little changed in trading on Friday after the headline jobs number came in below expectations for the month of March.

While the jobs report was weak in terms of headline jobs growth, the unemployment rate did tick down and some of the underlying numbers in the report were solid.

All three major stock indexes ended in the red after the report, but not by much.

We've got all the headlines, but first, the scoreboard:

• Dow: 20,666.75... Читать дальше...

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When Harry S. Truman became president in April 1945, military advisors briefed him on the coming advent of the atomic bomb.

In July, shortly after the first successful nuclear test blast, Truman wrote in his personal diary that Japanese "soldiers and sailors" would be the future targets, "not women and children."

This may be why he initially hailed the August bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — targets chosen by and attacked on authority of the US military ... Читать дальше...

Jacob Elliott

A house built on speculation in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco is now asking $40 million. That makes it the most expensive house currently for sale in the city, according to Curbed.

Bill Campbell of Marble Management developed the property over the last four years, according to the Wall Street Journal. He demolished a 19th-century clapboard house to make room for this 11,000-square-foot limestone mansion.

Whoever buys the home will be able to... Читать дальше...

Greg Girard

Between the 1950s and mid-1990s, tens of thousands of immigrants constructed a towering community 12 stories high across a 6.4-acre lot in Hong Kong.

It was called the Kowloon Walled City.

With a population of 33,000 squeezed into a tiny lot, at its peak the city was 119 times as dense as present-day New York City. Although it faced rampant crime and poor sanitation, the city was impressively self-sustainable until its demolition in 1993.

In the late '80s... Читать дальше...

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Uber is at the head of the pack in the race to build self-driving cars, with a small fleet of its robo-cars already on the road in a few cities.

But it turns out that a critical piece of technology for its self-driving cars has never actually left the lab.

The bucket-shaped "Lidar" radar sensor that sits on top of Uber's self-driving cars is not complex technology developed by Uber's army of engineers. It's just an off-the-shelf product developed... Читать дальше...

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WASHINGTON/PALM BEACH (Reuters) - In a secure room at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, President Donald Trump's top military advisers presented him with three options for punishing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for a poison gas attack that killed dozens of civilians.

It was Thursday afternoon, just hours before 59 U.S. cruise missiles would rain down on a Syrian military airfield in response to what Trump had called "a disgrace to humanity."

Trump... Читать дальше...

Saban Films

Director Walter Hill has never been shy about making fantastical material.

His New York City-set movie about conflicting gangs “The Warriors” became an instant cult hit in 1979 and then he went and jumpstarted the buddy-cop genre with Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte in 1982's “48 Hrs.”

But during those years of success, he had another unique story idea buried away that is only now getting its moment in the spotlight.

“The Assignment” (opening in theaters Friday... Читать дальше...

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Syrian warplanes took off from an air base which was hit by U.S. cruise missiles on Friday, and carried out air strikes on rebel-held areas in the eastern Homs countryside, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

The U.S. Navy had fired dozens of missiles at the air base near Homs city in response to a chemical attack this week which Washington and its allies blamed on the Damascus government.

The British-based Observatory, a group monitoring the Syrian war using sources on the ground... Читать дальше...