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"Gretel & Hansel": We all know this one. Starving siblings Gretel and Hansel (Sophia Lillis and Samuel Leakey) seek out food and shelter in the woods and find hospitality from a witch (Alice Krige) who has evil intentions. But this version, directed by Oz Perkins, injects new ideas to the familiar tale, aided in great part by its uniquely creepy aesthetics. The score by Robin Coudert (aka Rob) integrates dark metal guitar-dominating hits with a moody full orchestra, while the dark cinematography... Читать дальше...

The PLL was supposed to come to the University at Albany's Casey Stadium on Aug. 14 and 15 as part of its touring schedule that would have visited 15 cities.

Curry, a 6-foot-7, 230-pound graduate transfer, committed to the Saints on Tuesday night. He spent the last two years at Detroit Mercy of  the Horizon League, though he sat out this past season.

PHOENIX (AP) — Making himself Exhibit A for reopening the country, President Donald Trump visited an Arizona face mask factory, using the trip to demonstrate his determination to see an easing of stay-at-home orders even as the coronavirus remains a dire threat. Trump did not wear a mask despite guidelines saying they should be worn inside the factory at all times.

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union predicted Wednesday “a recession of historic proportions this year” due to the impact of the coronavirus with a drop in output of more than 7%, as it released its first official forecast of the damage the pandemic is inflicting on the bloc’s economy.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Health officials are rushing to contain the spread of the coronavirus in India's southern city of Chennai, where a large cluster has been identified among people at one of the country’s largest markets for fruit, vegetables and flowers.

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — States have called them stay-at-home orders or shelter-in-place orders. People are calling it isolating or quarantine. But now that many Americans are entering a second month of being in their homes and away from people, some think stronger words are more appropriate: like lockdown. Or house arrest.

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s new archbishop will be installed Wednesday in a Mass that will blaze a new path through old traditions, Catholic leaders say.

Selena Gomez will put her quarantine cooking skills on display in a 10-episode series for the upcoming streaming service HBO Max.

Madrid

If given the option, Rafael Nadal said he would scrap this season entirely so tennis could resume normally in 2021.

The second-ranked Spaniard, who is 33 years old and has won 19 Grand Slam titles, said he hoped to resume playing this year but doubted it could happen because of the coronavirus pandemic.

"I would sign up right now just to being ready for 2021," Nadal said in interviews with El Pais and other Spanish newspapers published Tuesday. "I'm more concerned with... Читать дальше...

New York

Major League Baseball's average salary ahead of a postponed opening day remained at around $4.4 million for the fifth straight season, according to a study of contracts by The Associated Press.

Following an offseason when Gerrit Cole, Stephen Strasburg, Anthony Rendon and Christian Yelich all agreed to $200 million-plus deals, the flattened salary curve is evidence of a shrinking portion of the pie for baseball's middle class. The stagnant stretch is unprecedented since the free-agent era dawned in 1976. Читать дальше...

Los Angeles

The fate of "Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind" hung on a Robert Wagner interview. Director Laurent Bouzereau knew that it would be a delicate conversation. If it didn't work, there would be no documentary. So they filmed it first.

"If there was nothing interesting in it or something that just didn't feel right, we were not going to proceed with the film," Bouzereau said.

With his stepdaughter Natasha Gregson Wagner in the interviewer's chair, Wagner sat for two days to tell the story of life with his wife ... Читать дальше...

For the next couple of weeks, we have shifted the Capital Region sports focus to South Dakota.

DEAR ABBY: I just divorced my husband. We were together for 13 years. The last three weren't great. After my divorce — which was grueling — I reconnected with my son's father, and we are in love. Our romance was doomed before it started back then. Our son is now 18, and we are in our 40s.