Новости за 15.07.2017

If you're upset on missing out on the pop culture phenomenon, this handy guide will catch you up to speed -- sort of [...] most people don’t watch it. [...] that’s a small comfort when you’re trying to hang out with your pals but they can’t stop talking about a thing you don’t know anything about. Or when you’re trying to use social media on a Sunday night but it’s no use because all anybody is doing is losing their minds about whatever beloved “Game of Thrones” character died that week. Unfortunately... Читать дальше...

The Last Jedi marched on stage to present a special behind-the-scenes preview of the next chapter of the “Star Wars” saga at Disney’s D23 fan event on Saturday. The group presented production photos from the film, including Boyega spending time with BB-8 before his big showdown with Christie’s Captain Phasma. [...] Read: 'A Wrinkle in Time' First Trailer Offers Glimpse of Ava DuVernay Sci-Fi Vision (Video) Together, Johnson and Hamill presented a behind-the-scenes montage in which the cast praised Johnson’s script... Читать дальше...

Infinity War to celebrate the studio’s 10th anniversary and present a preview of the biggest Marvel film yet. The clip — which has not yet been released online — showed the Guardians of the Galaxy landing on an unknown planet for an extremely dangerous mission, only to discover that their intended destination planet had been blown up already. Back on Earth, Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) climbs over a massive pile of dead bodies as she comes upon Loki (Tom Hiddleston), who holds the Cosmic Cube. Читать дальше...

Circus owner Max Medici (DeVito) enlists Holt to care for a newborn elephant whose oversized ears make him a laughingstock in an already struggling circus. Burton just began production on the film at the U.K.’s  Pinewood Studios and Cardington Studios using state-of-the-art visual effects to portray Dumbo and many of his four-legged counterparts.

In a column published at Indiewire, the filmmaker explained her decision to remove the character of Mattie, a slave woman, from her adaptation of Thomas Cullinan’s 1966 novel (the character was named Hallie in the 1971 film adaptation starring Clint Eastwood). [...] in her column, Coppola says the historical record supports the idea that “a great number” of white women were left in isolation after slaves fled the South during the war. [...] I felt that to treat slavery as a side-plot would be insulting, she wrote.

Emily Blunt, the woman chosen to carry Julie Andrews’ umbrella in “Mary Poppins Returns,” joined director Rob Marshall at the D23 Expo to present a roaring crowd with a sneak peek of the upcoming sequel to the classic 1964 musical. Marshall and Blunt presented a montage of never-before-seen footage from the film, with music provided by a live orchestra. The studio has not released the footage from its D23 presentation but it did release a short GIF introduction of Blunt in character.

Disney announced at the D23 Expo in Anaheim that Will Smith has officially been cast to play Genie in Guy Ritchie’s upcoming live-action remake of “Aladdin.” Walt Disney Studios’ President of Production Sean Burch said that Ritchie’s film will draw influence from far more than just the 1992 animated film.

Disney offered the first-ever look at Lasse Hallström’s “Nutcracker and the Four Realms” on Saturday at the studio’s live-action movie preview at the D23 Expo in Anaheim. The studio also booked a November 2, 2018 release date for the film — a date previously reserved for a live-action adaptation of “Mulan” that has yet to begin production. “Nutcracker and the Four Realms,” based on the classic “Nutcracker” Christmas tale written two centuries ago by E.T.A. Hoffman, stars Mackenzie Foy as Clara... Читать дальше...

Ever since the closure of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania’s Hall of Presidents and First Ladies last year, life-sized wax presidents have, apparently, become the treasured possessions of late-night talk show hosts. In a new bonus segment from “Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver’s appearance on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” Friday, the two “Daily Show” alums brought out their wax presidents for a showdown — a roast battle between Warren G. Harding and Zachary Taylor. [...] the entire thing ends... Читать дальше...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — While being sentenced this week for leading the George Washington Bridge lane-closing plot to punish a political opponent of Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, David Wildstein said he had "willingly drank the Kool-Aid" of a man he met in high school. Wildstein, who was only sentenced to three years' probation even though it was his idea to put the revenge plot into motion, said that he and the two fellow former Christie allies who he helped convict "put our faith in... Читать дальше...

Officials are expected to tour flood-stricken neighborhoods in a county north of Chicago following heavy rainfall earlier this week. Officials in one Illinois school district are concerned that flooding from recent rainfall will impact the start of classes next month. The gym, a music room and computer room also are flooded at the school in Lake County's Round Lake, northwest of Chicago and south of Wisconsin's state line. District operations executive director Shelia Duhon says computers were... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Yellowstone National Park wants to move and rebuild its youth education campus to expand dorm and classroom space. The park also proposes new staff offices and a new dining area for youth educational programs. In addition to new dorms, a dining area and offices, the park also wants to build a basketball court and two new staff apartment buildings.

Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp called it an attempted federal takeover and insisted his office was already protecting Georgia's vote from hackers. Georgia effectively outsourced management of the touch-screen voting machines it adopted statewide 15 years ago to the center, which earned $792,000 in its most recent annual contract. The work has been all-encompassing, from designing ballots to creating memory cards with lists of registered voters for each county to testing and certifying each piece of equipment after repairs. Читать дальше...

In pleading guilty, Derosia said that given his age he expected to spend the rest of his life in prison even if the charge was reduced. Defense attorney Jennifer Bartlett said the guilty plea benefited Derosia because some potential allegations could lead to an aggravated murder charge that made possible a death sentence.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A 33-year-old Serb, one of nine suspects in the beating death of an American tourist outside a bar on the Greek island of Zakynthos, has been ordered jailed pending trial after appearing before an investigating judge. The man jailed Saturday was the last of nine suspects, aged 18 to 34, who were charged in the death of 22-year-old Bakari Henderson of Austin, Texas, in the early hours of July 7 in Zakynthos' rowdy tourist district of Laganas.

TX Marine Warnings and Forecast for Saturday, July 15, 2017 _____ THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR... GALVESTON BAY... * UNTIL 215 PM CDT * AT 118 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 NM NORTH OF TRINITY BAY...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 KNOTS. HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SMITH POINT...GALVESTON... Читать дальше...

ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play4 Day" game were: 0-4-4-5 (zero, four, four, five)

ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play3 Day" game were: 2-1-6 (two, one, six)

ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Lucky Links Day" game were: 01-02-03-08-10-13-15-19 (one, two, three, eight, ten, thirteen, fifteen, nineteen)

Patricia Redmond, a lawyer who is representing Alfred Angelo Bridal, told the Sun Sentinel that she will ask the court-appointed trustee to release dresses being held in the stores awaiting pickup. Other national chains are also trying to help out, discounting dresses by as much as 30 percent, for affected customers.

‘A Wrinkle in Time’ First Trailer Offers Glimpse of Ava DuVernay Sci-Fi Vision (Video) Pine was congratulated for the success of his latest film, “Wonder Woman,” and said that he wanted to join the project because of DuVernay’s creative vision. The sneak peek trailer shows Storm Reid as Meg Murry, a resourceful teen who, along with her brother Charles (Deric McCabe) and classmate Calvin O’Keefe (Levi Miller), is sent on an intergalactic quest to find her missing father (Pine) and save the universe... Читать дальше...

[...] in its second year, the research project by the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station is part of a larger, multi-state effort to optimize protected growing environments for berry crops in Northeastern states and the upper Midwest. Graduate student Kaitlyn Orde said the university is growing one of these varieties on three different mulches, "to determine if there are any differences in total production, production patterns, runner production, and fruit characteristics."

The Brown County Sheriff's Office says the first break-in was in late June, when vandals stole several items and dumped trash throughout a church. A Bible was set on fire at Ohio Chapel United Methodist Church, windows were smashed and the phrase "God works in mysterious ways" was written in the guest book.

Arbogast and a graduate student assembled a large sample of specimens from the Pacific Coast and used genetic markers to compare them to the northern flying squirrel.

The title character in the new opera “Hunter,” which had its world premiere on Friday night in the intimate confines of the Exit Theatre, would seem to have more than enough tribulations to justify her moody, withdrawn demeanor. The cast of six accomplished singers brought vibrancy and tonal allure to Colombo’s vocal lines, and music director Elliott James Encarnación led a taut instrumental sextet in a score studded with moments of inventive magic. The unspecified setting makes for an odd amalgam of fine-grained detail (this is a country... Читать дальше...