Новости за 30.12.2015

British actress Daisy Ridley and British actor John Boyega attend premiere of new film ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ directed J. J. Abrams on December 27, 2015 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) STAR WARS actor JOHN BOYEGA has shared a comedy video poking fun at the sci-fi franchise in which he talks one of the new film’s droids out of a suicide attempt. The British newcomer shot to fame with a role in new sequel The Force Awakens, and he has been in China... Читать дальше...

Target Wonderland VIP Event Kick OffNEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 07: Actress Kristen Bell attends the Target Wonderland VIP Event Kick Off at Target Wonderland on December 7, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Pont/WireImage) Actress KRISTEN BELL is reuniting with her VERONICA MARS creator ROB THOMAS for a guest appearance on his new show, IZOMBIE. The “Frozen” star will provide a voiceover for the gory series in an episode titled “Fifty Shades of Grey Matter,” which is set to air on January 26. The... Читать дальше...

Mariah Carey's Second Annual "All I Want For Christmas Is You" ConcertNEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 18: Mariah Carey performs onstage during her second annual “All I Want For Christmas Is You” concert at Beacon Theatre on December 18, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage) MARIAH CAREY has sparked rumors she received a Christmas proposal from her boyfriend JAMES PACKER after she was spotted showing off a huge ring on her wedding finger. The superstar singer has been dating the Australian business mogul since the summer... Читать дальше...

The meeting will take place at the Sunnylands estate in Rancho Mirage, the same site where Obama and China's president, Xi Jinping, held an unusually informal summit back in 2013.

[...] Dantonio said Wednesday. A couple months before Alabama landed Saban, Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis was searching for a new head coach, with the Spartans coming off three straight losing seasons and firmly relegated to the second division in the Big Ten. Dantonio has clearly established himself as one of the best coaches in college football and turned Michigan State into an elite program. Since 2010, only Saban (70) and Florida State's Jimbo Fisher (68) have won more games than Dantonio (65). Читать дальше...

A’s fans won’t be happy about what happens to Josh Reddick, but Sean Manaea will give them something to cheer about. (Brant Ward/The Chronicle) After the crushing losses and baffling trades of the second half of 2014, it was pretty obvious that 2015 would be a low-morale disaster on the field. It was. Fortunately, 2016 is about to begin. Here are some predictions: –On the positive side, the A’s won’t have a third straight year of underperforming their run-expectancy win total more than any other team in the league. Читать дальше...

A Virginia woman became San Francisco International Airport’s 50 millionth passenger in 2015 Wednesday morning, breaking an all-time annual record, officials said. The milestone passenger, Katheryn Castanga, of Arlington, Va., received two round-trip tickets to Hawaii from the airport and Virgin America after being surprised as she was getting ready to board a flight to Washington D.C. Wednesday morning, officials said. The airport, with a history dating back 88 years, has had continued traffic growth over the past decade... Читать дальше...

49ers’ Tomsula remains in regular contact with York Head coach Jim Tomsula said today the tenor of his weekly conversations with CEO Jed York haven’t changed as the 4-11 49ers limp to the finish of the 2015 season. [...] questions about Tomsula’s job security have intensified with the 49ers failing to finish on a positive note. On Monday, Tomsula was also asked if members of the front office had discussed his job status beyond this season. On Friday, wide receiver Anquan Boldin, 35, suggested... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Turkey next month amid the ongoing fight against the Islamic State group. Turkey has been a target of IS attacks, and on Wednesday detained two suspected IS militants believed to be planning suicide attacks.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police have been searching for four gunmen seen on surveillance video fatally shooting a man in the city's Hunting Park section. Police say 25-year-old Jeremy Rojas died at a hospital after officers found him at the scene shortly after the shooting about 11:40 p.m. Tuesday. Police say surveillance video shows four gunmen approaching Rojas and opening fire. Police say the victim was carrying cash, but didn't immediately provide details. Police believe Rojas was hit with six shots from multiple weapons.

The 19-year-old man fatally shot by Chicago police last weekend spent most of his life in foster care, and his longtime foster mother says she never saw him be violent. According to the newspaper, state records show the Illinois Department of Family Services took custody of LeGrier when he was 5 because of allegations of abuse by his mother. A statement from Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office said Emanuel and Interim Police Superintendent John Escalante will have a news conference at 2 p.m. Wednesday... Читать дальше...

Listings include the week's ranking and viewership. NFL Football: "Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick," NBC, 14.22 million. NFL Football: "60 Minutes Presents," CBS, 10.54 million. "The Big Bang Theory" (Monday, 8 p.m.), CBS, 8.42 million. NFL Football (Saturday): Washington at Philadelphia, NFLN, 8.15 million. NFL Football (Thursday), San Diego at Oakland, NFLN, 7.08 million. ABC and ESPN are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; CBS is a division of CBS Corp.; NBC is owned by Comcast; NFLN is owned by the NFL.

HONOLULU (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama will travel to Germany in late April to attend the world's largest trade show for industrial technology. The White House says Obama will also use the trip to discuss negotiations on a trade pact with European Union members.

(AP) — A murder charge has been filed against a man accused of killing his 80-year-old stepfather in Florence. Court records show the 41-year-old with a record stretching back to his teenage years, with convictions for assault, forgery, drug possession and other crimes.

Among the superb cast, a similarly towering figure is Jim Carter, who plays him. Bringing him to life is an actor who makes Carson’s crustiness heroic, his unwavering sense of duty lovable to the viewer. With “Downton” returning for its sixth and final season (Sunday, Jan. 3, at 9 p.m. on PBS), Mr. Carson’s humanness will be exposed more than ever as his torturously arm’s-length courtship of housekeeper Mrs. Hughes (played by Phyllis Logan) finally blossoms. What happens, including an unlikely... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Bill Cosby was charged Wednesday with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago — the first criminal case brought against the comedian out of the torrent of allegations that destroyed his good-guy image as America's Dad. Prosecutors accused him of plying former Temple University employee Andrea Constand with pills and wine, then penetrating her with his fingers without her consent, while she was drifting in and out of consciousness, unable to resist or cry out. The... Читать дальше...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man convicted of torturing his girlfriend's 3-year-old son says he never assaulted the child and wants his sentence reduced. Roland Dow was convicted in 2014 of 11 charges, including that he assaulted the boy and coached him to lie to a social worker.

(AP) — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock on Wednesday named a former state lawmaker from Helena as his third lieutenant governor in three years as Democrats sought to shore up the party's gubernatorial ticket ahead of the 2016 elections. Cooney served as a state representative from Butte in the 1970s; three terms as secretary of state; and most recently as a state senator from Helena between 2003 and 2010 that included a short stint as senate president in 2007. Republicans planning to challenge Bullock's... Читать дальше...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A woman accused of intentionally plowing a car into a crowd of pedestrians on a Las Vegas Strip sidewalk had marijuana in her system at the time, but prosecutors said Wednesday it's unlikely she'll be charged with driving under the influence. [...] Wolfson and prosecutor Marc DiGiacomo said the test results didn't change the initial charges of murder, child endangerment and felony hit-and-run pending against Holloway. Coffee noted also that the results undercut the findings of... Читать дальше...

A top Republican lawmaker said Wednesday she is upset that the administration of Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo sent her 19th century maps of Providence in response to a public records request for information about the governor's 10-year public works plan. A spokeswoman for Raimondo said state officials will reveal preliminary gantry sites as soon as they work out the final details of the plan, which is being adjusted to account for a new source of federal funding. State lawmakers from both parties... Читать дальше...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A New York man charged with killing a Maine couple found shot inside an SUV on Christmas is being held without bail. Police say the couple was shot in Manchester.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — As officials raise number of tornadoes that swept across North Texas over the weekend to 10, preliminary figures show the twisters caused $1.2 billion worth of insured damage, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram (http://bit.ly/1NVAna2 ) reports that the Insurance Council of Texas released the figures on insured damage on Tuesday.

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A 56-year-old homeless man has been found dead on the front steps of a public library in Pontiac, northwest of Detroit. Oakland County sheriff's officials report that the body was discovered about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday outside the downtown building. An official cause of death was not immediately available and an autopsy will be performed. The man's name has not been released.

The Sentinel-Record (http://bit.ly/1ZC0QRu ) reports a law enacted by the state Legislature in 2011 requires certain municipalities, based on population, to use fluoride during water treatment. Larry Merriman, major capital projects manager for the city, says Arkansas Department of Health officials were on hand to help calibrate devices.

Samuel L. Jackson stepped right into that situation while making the rounds to promote his new Quentin Tarantino film, “The Hateful Eight,” because he has socialized with Trump on the golf course. At the end of a wide-ranging podcast interview with ythe Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg, the conversation turned to the “crazy stuff” happening in the world today. With this, Feinberg turned the topic around again to Trump, who, in addition for calling for a “total and complete ban” on Muslims entering the United States... Читать дальше...