Movie

Jay Kelly review – the Clooney of it all…

While Kelly reckons with his own personal failings – occasionally detailed in flashbacks filling out his path to stardom – his crew have problems of their own. His manager Ron (Adam Sandler) is constantly on the phone to his incredibly understanding wife Lois (Greta Gerwig) as she deals with their own familial crisis, while Kelly’s publicist Liz (Laura Dern) frantically...

Music

The Running Man review – brings very little new…

Projecting back to those halcyon days when narrative media about must-win dystopian death sports was satisfyingly scarce. It’s been a long time since Paul Michael Glaser’s 1987 film The Running Man, so we can raise a wry smile when we see its opening drag where it announces, with Nostradamus-like precision that, ​“By 2017, the world economy has collapsed.” The only thing that’s...

TECH

Blue Origin scrubs second New Glenn launch, will try again November 12

Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin scrubbed the second launch of its New Glenn mega-rocket planned for Sunday afternoon due to concerns with weather, a few minor problems with launch pad equipment, and at least one cruise ship that strayed too close to the flight path. The company said late Sunday that it will take another go at launching New...

News

More than 1,000 flights cancelled as US air traffic cuts enter second day

Getty ImagesTravellers wait in a long line at a security checkpoint at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport on 6 NovemberMore than 1,000 flights to, from, or within the US were cancelled on Saturday after airlines were told this week to cut traffic during the federal government shutdown.Nearly 4,000 flights were also delayed, down from over 7,000 delays on Friday, according...

Press Release

First-ever Asian Street Food Festival brings 'authentic' street flavors to Richmond

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Foodies in the Richmond gathered outside of The Answer Brewpub parking lot for the first-ever Asian Street Food Festival this Saturday. The inaugural festival, organized by the Asian American Society of Central Virginia (AASoCV), brought a dozen Asian street cuisines to Richmond on Saturday, Nov. 8, from 12 to 5 p.m. Event goers were lined up...

Science

Scientists find brain cells that could stop Alzheimer’s

In Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia, microglia (the brain's immune cells) play a double role. They can protect the brain by clearing harmful debris or, under certain conditions, contribute to damage and inflammation. How these cells behave can strongly influence how the disease unfolds. Scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, together with researchers...

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