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'Expend4bles' opens with epic flop while āNun 2ā claims top spot again at the box office
Read full article: 'Expend4bles' opens with epic flop while āNun 2ā claims top spot again at the box officeSylvester Stallone and Jason Statham werenāt enough to save āExpend4blesā from a debut box office flop.
'Nun 2' narrowly edges 'A Haunting in Venice' over quiet weekend in movie theaters
Read full article: 'Nun 2' narrowly edges 'A Haunting in Venice' over quiet weekend in movie theatersāThe Nun 2ā and āA Haunting in Veniceā virtually tied for the No. 1 spot in U.S. and Canadian theaters over the weekend, with a slight edge carrying the horror sequel over the Hercule Poirot mystery.
āMurder She Wroteā actress Angela Lansbury dies at 96
Read full article: āMurder She Wroteā actress Angela Lansbury dies at 96Angela Lansbury, the scene-stealing British actor who kicked up her heels in the Broadway musicals āMameā and āGypsyā and solved endless murders as crime novelist Jessica Fletcher in the long-running TV series āMurder, She Wrote,ā has died.
Rian Johnson unpeels 'Glass Onion,' his 'Knives Out' sequel
Read full article: Rian Johnson unpeels 'Glass Onion,' his 'Knives Out' sequelThree years after premiering āKnives Outā at the Toronto International Film Festival, Rian Johnson has returned to the scene of the crime to debut his whodunit's much-anticipated sequel, āGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery."
Coleen Rooney victorious in āWagatha Christieā court battle
Read full article: Coleen Rooney victorious in āWagatha Christieā court battleA judge has issued a ruling in a legal dispute between two soccer spouses that captivated Britain, Judge Karen Steyn cleared Coleen Rooney of libeling Rebekah Vardy when she alleged that Vardy had leaked her private social media posts to the tabloid press.
'Wagatha Christie' libel lawyer says evidence was destroyed
Read full article: 'Wagatha Christie' libel lawyer says evidence was destroyedA high-profile libel court battle between two British soccer spouses has concluded, with one lawyer accusing the claimant, Rebekah Vardy, of deliberately destroying key evidence that allegedly showed she leaked her opponentās private social media posts to tabloid reporters.
New this week: 'The Garcias,' Jewel music and Barack Obama
Read full article: New this week: 'The Garcias,' Jewel music and Barack ObamaThis weekās new entertainment releases include Jewelās first new studio album in seven years, former President Barack Obama narrating a five-part Netflix series about U.S. public lands and the return of āThe Brothers Garciaā with a new name.
'Death on the Nile' tops a quiet box office weekend
Read full article: 'Death on the Nile' tops a quiet box office weekendHollywoodās Super Bowl weekend largely fizzled with the muted debut of Kenneth Branaghās long-delayed Agatha Christie whodunit, āDeath on the Nile,ā a tepid reception for the Jennifer Lopez romantic-comedy āMarry Meā and modest box-office bumps for Oscar nominees.
Second high court hearing for Florida-Georgia water war
Read full article: Second high court hearing for Florida-Georgia water warThe Supreme Court tried Monday to inject some mystery into its second consideration of a long-running dispute between Georgia and Florida over water that flows from the Atlanta suburbs to the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)WASHINGTON ā The Supreme Court tried Monday to inject some mystery into its second consideration of a long-running dispute between Georgia and Florida over water that flows from the Atlanta suburbs to the Gulf of Mexico. Florida's lawsuit against Georgia was filed directly in the Supreme Court, which is mainly an appellate court but hears disputes between states. The court appointed a special master to evaluate the case, and he initially recommended that Georgia should prevail. The court appointed a new special master, who also recommended the court side with Georgia.
Obscure works by Chandler, Christie published this week
Read full article: Obscure works by Chandler, Christie published this weekNEW YORK ā Two of crime fiction's most famous storytellers, Raymond Chandler and Agatha Christie, also knew how to get a laugh. According to Tony Medawar, producer of the International Agatha Christie Festival (in Devon, England), Christie likely drew upon her own childhood in setting a playful atmosphere, with the kids showing proper irreverence for the supposedly world famous detective. āChristmas Adventure" also is appearing in the upcoming Christie collection āMidwinter Murder,ā which comes out Oct. 20. "āChristmas Adventureā is a particularly light-hearted story," Medawar says. Chandler's employer guide, according to Chandler scholar Dr. Sarah Trott, was likely written in the early 1950s, when Chandler hired a private secretary, Juanita Messick.