NASCAR icon Richard Petty says he’s bothered at how Jimmie Johnson has rapidly rebranded his old racing team. Said Petty: “Jimmie controls everything.”
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Sources: Love gets buyout; Heat, 76ers in line
Kevin Love and the Cavaliers have completed a contract buyout, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Heat are front-runners to sign Love, but he plans to talk to the 76ers before making a decision, sources said.
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GM: Maple Leafs in Cup-or-bust mode after trade
Toronto is in position to win the Stanley Cup after acquiring Ryan O’Reilly, GM Kyle Dubas said. “Anything short of that, we’ll all be disappointed.”
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‘The Shadowless Tower’ Review: An Unusually Polite Midlife Crisis Makes for a Wry and Wistful Chinese Charmer
The eccentric design of the White Pagoda, a 13th-century Buddhist temple in the Xicheng district of Beijing, makes it hard to see its shadow. This has given rise to the local legend that its shade can actually be found some two thousand miles away in Tibet, the temple’s spiritual home. The landmark is a constant…
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Hungary Launches Three-Pronged Attack on International Market
Csaba Káel, head of Hungary’s National Film Institute (NFI), hopes to emulate an 18th century Magyar hussar hero at this year’s Berlinale European Film Market. Swashbuckling Count Andras Hadik occupied Berlin for one day in 1757 — in return for 300,000 silver thalers, left without destroying the city. Hadik’s adventure is the subject of one…
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Hungary’s National Film Institute Filmlab Aims High
Hungary’s National Film Institute Filmlab is positioning itself to become Europe’s go-to facility for 35mm post-production, processing and restoration. Working alongside the NFI Archive — which is moving ahead with an ambitious program of classic film restoration — the Filmlab aims to be a “one-stop shop for digital, analog, VFX, digital restoration and color grading”…
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Gerald Fried, Emmy Winner for ‘Roots’ and Composer for ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Gilligan’s Island,’ Dies at 95
Composer Gerald Fried, who won an Emmy for the landmark miniseries “Roots” and whose 1960s scores, from “Star Trek” to “Gilligan’s Island,” left an indelible impression on a generation of TV watchers, died of pneumonia Friday at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Bridgeport, Ct. He was 95. His wide-ranging career included scoring five early Stanley Kubrick…
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Box Office: ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ Sizes Up to $46 Million Opening Day
Marvel Studios has kicked the box office into high gear again. “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” landed a strong opening day gross of $46 million, a figure that includes $17.5 million from Thursday preview screenings. That marks the third-highest February opening day in history, standing behind two other superhero adventures, “Black Panther” ($75.9 million) and…
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Kristen Stewart Joins Berlin Film Festival Red Carpet Protest Against Iranian Regime
The Berlinale red carpet on Saturday became a protest platform against Iran’s repressive regime on Saturday, when a group of Iranian filmmakers and talents, joined by jury president Kristen Stewart, chanted “Women, Life, Freedom!” and demanded the release of imprisoned journalists and an Iranian rapper. Actress Golshifteh Farahani, who is also on the jury; “Holy…
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Taurasi, 40, signs multi-year deal with Mercury
Diana Taurasi, the WNBA’s all-time leading scorer, signed a multi-year contract to return to the Phoenix Mercury for at least at 19th season in 2023, the team announced Saturday morning.
