The official death toll of the earthquake that shattered central Myanmar surpassed 1,600 people, the country’s military leaders said on Saturday, as desperate rescue workers raced to find survivors and began grappling with a monumental disaster in a nation already racked by civil war. The powerful earthquake struck on Friday near Mandalay, the country’s second-largest…
Amazon announced this week that Jennifer Salke is stepping down as the head of Amazon MGM Studios — a move that could indicate high-level dissatisfaction with the company’s streaming strategy over the past few years. To be clear, Salke’s boss Mike Hopkins (the head of Amazon MGM Studios and Prime Video) praised her work in…
The New York Yankees on Saturday became the first team to homer on each of the first three pitches of a game, and they did so at the expense of former Yankee Nestor Cortes, who made the start for the visiting Milwaukee Brewers (MIL-NYY GameTracker). In all, Yankee hitters ambushed Cortes for four first-inning homers, as…
Stan, whose big break came as Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, earned a whopping 11-minute standing ovation when The Apprentice premiered at Cannes. The film also reportedly earned threats from Trump’s reelection campaign team. “Having Donald Trump’s campaign threaten us directly after our screening, not only threaten us, but threaten any…
In Mandalay, near the epicenter of the quake that rocked the region, volunteer rescue workers raced against time as they combed through the ruins of apartments, monasteries and mosques to find survivors. Others struggled to come to terms with all they had lost. Downed power lines, destroyed roads and a lack of equipment made rescue…
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I’m watching Blake Snell, who started the Dodgers’ home opener, and later Tanner Scott, who pitched the eighth inning, and I’m thinking that maybe I’ll see these pitchers in October. Jack Harris reported recently that Snell (who has made at least 20 starts in every full season of his nine-year career,) and Scott (who has…
29 March 2025 Viola Davis has admitted she was “a little judgmental” towards Chadwick Boseman on the set of his final film. Viola Davis didn’t know Chadwick Boseman was ill The ‘G20’ actress starred with the late actor in 2020’s ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ and because Chadwick kept his battle with colon cancer a secret,…
Gai Gherardi, a Los Angeles optician who with a partner attracted a celebrity clientele by pioneering the notion that eyeglass frames did not have to be dull but rather could be fashion statements of individuality, died on March 16 at her home in Hollywood. She was 78. Her sister, Heather Gherardi, said the cause was…
Aubonrat Setnawet, an electrician’s helper, was working with her husband on the 23rd floor of a new office tower on the northern edge of Bangkok moments before disaster struck. She needed to get some equipment, so she took the construction elevator to the ground floor. Suddenly, she felt the ground sway beneath her and, with…
