Новости за 04.05.2017

The Finnish boxer in “The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki” is weeks away from the fight of his life — a 1962 world championship bout — when he becomes infatuated with girl-next-door Raina. The Finnish drama directed by Juho Kuosmanen is a touching spin on the sports movie — a film for people who appreciated the Rocky/Adrian relationship more than the Rocky/Apollo Creed fight. There will be no rousing finish in the ring, but the light human drama adequately compensates. Jarkko Lahti is Maki... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Little Rock police have arrested three men and accused them of stealing a live alligator from a downtown nature center. The center's exhibit hall was closed Thursday so crews can repair a number of educational exhibits damaged after the break-in.

Dug by the British army in World War II, it now houses servers that power the websites of dozens of international online gambling companies. According to market data company H2 Gambling Capital, it could be worth around $32.5 billion a year by 2021, nearly double current levels. Earlier this year, they warned that 888’s reach into the EU’s other 27 member countries could be limited in the event of a so-called “hard Brexit” scenario whereby Gibraltar, like the rest of Britain, sees trade disrupted by the imposition of tariffs... Читать дальше...

CBS will offer a streaming package that combines its two current standalone internet TV offerings, CBS All Access and Showtime’s over-the-top service beginning next week, Chairman and CEO Les Moonves said on the company’s first-quarter earnings call Thursday afternoon. Moonves declined to share current All Access or Showtime over-the-top subscriber numbers, but said the company is on pace to hit its goal of 8 million between the two by 2020. [...] he identified his network as core to that essential programming... Читать дальше...

TEHRAN — A coal mine explosion that struck northern Iran killed at least 35 people, semi-official news agencies reported Thursday, as rescuers worked a second day to reach those trapped inside after the blast. State media did not immediately report on the rise in the death toll in the disaster Wednesday at the Golestan province mine. [...] President Hassan Rouhani issued an order demanding his government use all available resources to rescue those still trapped, according to the state-run IRNA news agency. Читать дальше...

Parents at three Sacramento County schools have been told to pick up their children Thursday due to an illness that broke out in the school district, according to school officials.

CBS began 2017 on the right note, as strong ratings for its TV hits and growth in its streaming services helped propel the network to a strong first quarter. “Our first-quarter results once again demonstrate the strength of our strategy, which is to diversify our revenue mix as we achieve our long-term financial goals,” Les Moonves, CBS Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said in a statement. [...] we a had very solid quarter for content licensing and distribution, which was up 16 percent and... Читать дальше...

If you want to get something out of this show, which was adapted and directed by the exalted Peter Brook and his longtime collaborator Marie-Hélène Estienne, you’re going to have to work hard for it. In telling a portion of the Indian epic “The Mahabharata,” the four cast members don’t move, emote or intone with the full range of their faculties, telegraphing the peak and trough of every thought and feeling so that they resound all the way to the theater’s rafters. The program lists no set designer;... Читать дальше...

Jazz point guard George Hill is out for Game 2 against Warriors Utah Jazz point guard George Hill will not play in Game 2 against the Warriors on Thursday night due to a toe injury. “It’s a big one,” Jazz head coach Quin Snyder said about losing Hill, the team’s second-leading scorer. Hill played through the same left big toe soreness during the Jazz’s series against the Los Angeles Clippers, but the injury had reached a point where it was difficult for Hill to be effective, according to Snyder. Читать дальше...

The suit filed by “Jane Roe,” a former director of development at the company, alleges top-level Millennium execs including CEO Avi Lerner, head of development Boaz Davidson, head of production John Thompson and president of international sales and distribution Jeffrey Greenstein referred to women as “whores” and “mistresses” — as well as other less-charitable and more vulgar names — and dismissed female actresses as “too old,” “too fat” and “too ugly” when evaluating movie roles, behavior the allegations say did not apply to male actors. Читать дальше...

Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson Drama ‘The Glass Castle’ Gets Late Summer Release Date Jennifer Lawrence was originally attached to star in the film, as she and Lionsgate have enjoyed a very fruitful relationship with the “Hunger Games” franchise. Harrelson just starred in “Wilson” and will next star in “War for the Planet of the Apes” and the “Untitled Han Solo Star Wars Anthology Film.”

Seacrest is more recognizable than his new partner among millennials 18-34 (with a 57% familiarity rating vs. a 48%) and Ripa is a more familiar face among those 50 and older (76% vs. 62%). Unfortunately, they both have below-average Positive Q Scores and above-average Negative Q Scores, indicating what company president Henry Schafer called a “polarizing appeal,” or in layman’s terms, a “love to hate” relationship with viewers. Ripa’s Positive Q Score among adults is just a 7 — that’s less than half the average score for a program host... Читать дальше...

The Circle As chilling as any horror film and even more disturbing, because the world it depicts is so close to our own. Battle for the City This documentary is a good introduction to the life and work of writer and urban activist Jane Jacobs, focusing on her epic battle with New York planning czar Robert Moses. Moses was the embodiment of the slash-and-burn urban renewal policies that disrupted many lives in the middle of the last century. The Last Magnificent From director Lydia Tenaglia, this... Читать дальше...

With a terrific subject, a good cast and a capable director, “A Quiet Passion,” which dramatizes Emily Dickinson’s life, should be better than it is. The film refuses to soft-pedal Dickinson’s heartbreaking descent into bitterness and near-misanthropy, but sometimes operates with a heavy-handedness that’s certainly at odds with her poetry. The opening scene shows Emily (played as a youth by a very appealing Emma Bell) receiving a fierce tongue-lashing from a Mount Holyoke schoolmistress for, essentially, marching to a different drummer. Читать дальше...

“The Dinner,” a well-acted psychological drama in which four people at a high-end restaurant struggle with family matters, is an interesting meal with too many courses. Director Oren Moverman cannot be faulted for his lack of risk-taking here — a sequence in Gettysburg is beautifully shot and inventive — but he throws in so many elements that it reduces the impact of the conflict. The dark story involves the antisocial, unstable Paul (Steve Coogan, getting more interesting with each film) and the ever-soothing Claire (Laura Linney... Читать дальше...

Most of former general manager Trent Baalke’s draft picks have survived the 49ers’ offseason purge, but running back Mike Davis is no longer among them. The 49ers will cut Davis, a 2015 fourth-round pick, who averaged 2.0 yards on 54 career carries, the NFL Network reported. The 49ers have addressed their running back corps by re-signing DuJuan Harris, signing free agent Tim Hightower, trading for Kapri Bibbs and drafting Joe Williams in the fourth round.

The New York company comes to Cal Performances for two shows, at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 6, and 3 p.m. Sunday, May 7, with works choreographed by Pascal Rioult and set to music by Bach. “Off-Site”: An evening of dance with the Shawl-Anderson Youth Ensemble, ahdanco, Dana Lawton Dances, Visceral Roots Dance Company and Karla Quintero performing new and in-progress work. 7 p.m., Saturday, May 6. “Twins”: Stuart Bousel’s dark comedy play follows Apollo and Artemis, whose sibling bond both protects and endangers them. Читать дальше...

Locking Up Our Own Crime and Punishment in Black America Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 306 pages; $27 When Police Kill Harvard University Press; 305 pages; $35 Discriminatory policing is an ongoing scandal that deserves forceful condemnation, but, as these timely and important books suggest, prejudice alone does not account for the manifest injustices in contemporary law enforcement and criminal justice. Ill Will In this haunting novel, Chaon examines the seams between true identity and self-narrative... Читать дальше...

After sitting out practice Wednesday, Warriors point guard Stephen Curry has been cleared for Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals. A trainer worked on Curry’s left ankle late in the third quarter of Golden State’s Game 1 win over Utah on Tuesday night. “We sat him out (Wednesday), but he could’ve gone,” acting head coach Mike Brown said after practice Wednesday. Hill has been Utah’s second-leading scorer in the playoffs at 15.6 points per game.

Whoa, Bo: 49ers’ Shanahan impressed by All-Pro’s recovery After discussing Reuben Foster’s cloudy future this morning, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan talked about another inside linebacker’s sunny present. On KNBR, Shanahan said he “couldn’t be more excited” about All-Pro NaVorro Bowman, who was a full participant last week in the first offseason minicamp after he sustained a torn Achilles tendon on Oct. 2. Amid reports Foster will need a follow-up surgery, Shanahan said the team’s doctors “felt... Читать дальше...

A selection of first sentences from new books, May 7 “Sweet Lamb of Heaven,” a novel, now in paperback, by Lydia Millet “The Girls,” a novel, now in paperback, by Emma Cline “She,” short stories, now in paperback, by Michelle Latiolais When you inform your friends and relatives that you have left your stable job as a journalist to stay home and taste wines, you will begin to get concerned phone calls. “Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and... Читать дальше...

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Bay Area Bound: Books out this month by local authors The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6’ 4, African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama’s Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian, by W. Kamau Bell (Dutton; $28) Migrant Workers in California Agriculture, by Gabriel Thompson (Voice of Witness; $24.95) The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein (Liveright; $27.95) Stories From the Long Road to Freedom... Читать дальше...

“Buster’s Mal Heart” is an interesting movie, more interesting than it is entertaining or satisfying. There are intelligent impulses behind it. Jonah (Rami Malek of TV’s “Mr. Robot”) has a wife and child and is living with his in-laws, with the idea of saving money to buy a house and live off the grid. He’s young now, but he’s going to become middle-aged and old in this holding pattern of dissatisfaction, anxiety and petty humiliation. [...] there’s no way to break free. (1) He’s the victim not just of circumstance... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump on Thursday delayed his first trip home to New York as president in anticipation of House passage of legislation undoing much of former President Barack Obama's health law, a long-sought GOP goal and top Trump campaign promise. House leaders insisted they had the votes to give Trump a major political victory more than a month after Republicans' first attempt to pass a health care bill went down in a humiliating defeat. Trump and Turnbull were expected to discuss North... Читать дальше...