Hollywood, which glamorized cigarettes on the lips of everyone from Bette Davis to James Dean, has gone back to butts after cutting down for several years. According to the American Lung Association, at least one of the leads in every Oscar-nominated film last year lit up on screen. ““Smoking is the ultimate sex appeal,’’ says Natasha, 15, of Santa Monica, Calif., who cites Leonardo DiCaprio’s cigarette-wielding performance in last year’s ““Romeo + Juliet’’ as irrefutable proof....
“Delirious” is a chunky paperback ode to the raucous, sexy collage of congestion that’s the island of Manhattan. Koolhaas’s celebration of New York’s geewhiz gigantism and ego-driven skyscrapers was ahead of its time: in the ‘7Os people still thought that modern rationalism could bring order to the essential messiness of cities. Now “Delirious” pushes all the right buttons. The text has a quirky immediacy; it’s full of fun facts (the 350-foot-tall, wooden Latting Observatory, built in 1853, was perhaps the world’s first skyscraper) and sweeping truisms “The Metropolis is an addictive machine, from which there is no escape, unless it offers that, too....
Resident Dave Guilbeault said he arrived at Marina’s Park in Thunder Bay, Ontario, after learning of the death on Friday. He was paying respects with his daughter, who was best friends with the young woman who died. “Pulling [up] to the scene I find Thunder Bay Police taking pictures with a Wedding Party in front of the Crime Scene and all [were] LAUGHING,” Guilbeault said on Facebook, along with photos and video of the bride’s photoshoot in a police car....
According to The Press and Journal, the incident on Thursday evening was sparked by the proprietor posting a video to social media that appeared to show her celebrating the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Jacki Pickett of Jaki Fish and Chip Shops, in Muir of Ord, shared a video showing her popping a bottle of Champagne after learning of the British monarch’s death. While the original video was subsequently deleted from Facebook, another version was shared to TikTok by the account Inverness_City....
Lenise Martin III, 36, was detained by deputies from the Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office after the stunt, which was seemingly intended for social media. It appeared to copy the actions of a Texas teenager who was recently in trouble with police after licking the same brand of ice cream and putting it back on a shelf. Martin claimed to have bought the ice cream and as the footage emerged he returned to show the store manager his receipt....
Perry was injured on Friday against the Wild when Minnesota defenseman Keith Ballard pushed him against the wall with a hip check. He left the rink with help after feeling pain in his left leg. Perry expressed that he was relieved the injury was only a sprain and not anything worse. He is sixth in the NHL with 14 goals.
Reports on Wednesday suggested the Bundesliga would be cleared to resume in the second half of May, with chancellor Angela Merkel set to address the matter publicly later in the day. It means Germany’s top flight is on course to be the first major European league to make its return during the coronavirus pandemic, with a resumption on the weekends of either May 16 or May 23 both seemingly feasible....
While PSG were crowned Ligue 1 champions as the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, they are also in the Champions League quarter-finals and Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue deciders. Neymar, 28, has been at home in Brazil for two months amid the COVID-19 crisis, which has killed more than 308,000 people worldwide. But the Brazil international is working hard, guided by his physical trainer, Ricardo Rosa....
League officials informed teams on Thursday of plans that could see players prohibited from post-game interactions within six feet of each other in an effort to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. It means exchanging jerseys, hugging and handshakes will be off limits, if the proposals, reported by the league’s own NFL Network, get the go-ahead. A jersey swap among opposing players has been a familiar sight on the field after games, as has been the obligatory embrace between each team’s starting quarterback, but neither look like being permitted for the 2020 season, which is due to start on September 10....
The extended shutdown in China over the Lunar New Year due to the illness has already hurt the country’s economy significantly as factories closed and workers remained at home. China’s first-quarter growth forecast has been slashed to three per cent—a three-percentage drop from the fourth quarter last year—and the largest quarterly drop in real GDP growth since the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, according to the investment bank, Nomura, cited by the Financial Times on Monday....
Police, fire, and EMS personnel responded to the scene in La Grange, Kentucky, around 5 p.m. following a 911 call that two people were found unconscious in the hotel. First responders quickly located an adult female and adult male, who were determined to have died inside the building, according to a press release from the La Grange Police Department. Initial investigations suggested that the deaths were a result of high CO levels throughout the hotel, prompting the fire department to conduct a test....
According to Pennsylvania state police, the corrections officer, Rhonda Jean Russell, was disarmed by the inmate in a court building Altoona, Pennsylvania, which led to a struggle. “The known suspect, who is a prisoner from the Blair County Jail, was at Central Court for Court proceedings when he disarmed the victim, Corrections Officer Rhonda Jean RUSSELL, of her firearm and a struggle ensued,” state police wrote in a description of the incident....
Breast cancer is typically treated first with surgery and possibly chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. After the primary treatment, many doctors then prescribe hormone therapy. These medications either stop estrogen from reaching the cancer cells, or they reduce the amount of estrogen that a woman’s body makes. There are two main kinds of hormone therapy drugs: the hormone receptor blocker tamoxifen (brand name Nolvadex or Soltamox), and aromatase inhibitors such as Arimidex (anastrozole), Femara (letrozole), and Aromasin (exemestane)....
Payet, Memphis & the top 10 transfers of the January window Ribery signed a new contract with Carlo Ancelotti’s side last November that will ensure he remains with the club into a second decade. Costa, meanwhile, is midway through his second season at Bayern having signed from Shakhtar Donetsk in 2015 and is eager to match the Frenchman’s impact. “I am trying to do everything that Ribery did for Bayern because he is a guy I like so much,” Costa said to Omnisport....
The Australian manager was relatively unknown in Europe when he was appointed but will end his first year in Scotland with two trophies. The former Socceroos coach will be fully focused on delivering more success at Celtic but speculation is already swirling about whether he could one day make the next step. Could Ange Postecoglou move to the Premier League? Former Celtic striker Chris Sutton has thrown his support behind Postecoglou one day managing a Premier League club....
Sporting News tried in a 68-word question that might have been a bit extravagant in its flattery, discussing whether U.S. Soccer’s decision to play its two home World Cup qualifiers in the next week in a region of the country known for snow, ice and frigid temperatures at this time of year would compromise “the crispness, the flow, the beauty of the game when you guys are at your best....
Honours were fairly even at the close of the first day of an interesting encounter between the Nottinghamshire and Middlesex sides, both of whom had moments in the ascendancy, but neither of whom failed to fully press home their advantage. The pre-match build up was dominated by a flurry of interest surrounding the morning match up between between Aussie opener Ed Cowan, and the much sought-after new signing for Middlesex, James Harris....
Representative Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts, who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Reform’s Subcommittee on National Security, and Representative Jackie Speier of California, who chairs the Committee on Armed Services’ Subcommittee on Military Personnel, alerted Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy about the investigation in a letter sent Tuesday. Sharing news of the investigation on Twitter, Lynch said it came as a result of the “alarming pattern of recent deaths and disappearances” that Fort Hood has reported this year....
“In recent years, violent extremist content has proliferated on both large and small social media platforms,” committee chairman Bennie Thompson, a Democrat, and ranking member Mike Rogers, a Republican, said in a joint statement. “At least three acts of deadly white supremacist extremist violence have been linked to 8chan in the last six months. We have questions on what is being done to counter this trend so we can be sure it is being properly addressed....
