Tag: Classic
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Fox networks to televise World Baseball Classic in US – Winnipeg Free Press
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox and its related networks will televise next year’s World Baseball Classic, obtaining U.S. English- and Spanish-language rights to the tournament. Fox said Friday it will broadcast the U.S. opener against Britain on March 11 on the main Fox network. The tournament opens March 8 in Taiwan — March 7…
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Russell Crowe blasts director’s account of ‘worst audition ever’ for classic rom-com | Films | Entertainment
[ad_1] Crowe is not a man to take any slight lying down, especially when he categorically denies it ever happened. Australian film director PJ Hogan (the man behind Muriel’s Wedding and My Best Friend’s Wedding) has gone on record with a detailed and rather disparaging account of the Kiwi’s apparently disastrous performance for one of…
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The Beatles hated recording a Paul McCartney classic – ‘Worst f****ng track ever’ | Music | Entertainment
[ad_1] When The Beatles were recording their now-iconic 11th studio album, Abbey Road, they did not know just how influential the record would become. Especially considering how contentious the band were about some of the songs’ recording sessions. Every member of the Fab Four brought some songs to the table to record for the album,…
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‘The others didn’t want to contribute’ Paul McCartney says Beatles classic is ‘Solo song’ | Music | Entertainment
[ad_1] Love Me Do was the first ‘official’ Beatles release on October 5, 1962, and reached number 17 on te UK charts. Two years later it would go straight to number one in the US (with Andy White on drums not Ringo Starr), but the band was already a global phenomenon by that time. Even…
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Burt Reynolds death: Last thing star did was rehearse lines for Quentin Tarantino classic | Films | Entertainment
[ad_1] Just months before his untimely death, Burt Reynolds was cast in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. The Hollywood legend rehearsed and had a script reading for what would have been his last performance. Reynolds was set to pay George Spahn, the real-life American ranch owner whose property was used by the…
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Dietitian lists the ‘classic symptoms’ of diabetes
[ad_1] According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)’s June 2022 data, there has been a 150 per cent rise in cases of people with diabetes , according to the updated Type 1 Diabetes care recommendations. It also notes that India has the world’s second-largest population of adult diabetics. As such, it is extremely…
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Gimli’s film festival returns with slate of classic and cutting edge cinema
[ad_1] The projectors are rolling and the popcorn is popping for the first time since 2019 as the Gimli Film Festival — make that the Gimli International Film Festival, more on that later — welcomes film-goers back to the lakeside community’s theatres. Event preview Click to Expand Gimli International Film Festival• Wednesday to Sunday at…
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Titanic Live review: An uplifting musical voyage into the Leonardo DiCaprio classic | Films | Entertainment
[ad_1] Following 2015 and 2017 sold-out seasons, Titanic Live returns to the Royal Albert Hall as part of the iconic venue’s Films in Concert series, 110 years after the ship sank on its maiden voyage. Nominated for a record 14 Academy Awards, James Cameron’s historic blockbuster was once the most expensive film ever made and…
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The end for classic poets as GCSE syllabus ‘goes woke’ | Books | Entertainment
[ad_1] The Baghdad-born minister said: “Larkin and Owen are two of our finest poets. Removing their work from the curriculum is cultural vandalism. Their work must be passed on to future generations. As a teenager improving my grasp of the English language, Larkin’s poems taught me so much about my new home.” Chris McGovern, of…
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John Wayne insulted classic Clint Eastwood film and rudely rejected offer to work together | Films | Entertainment
[ad_1] High Plains Drifter, which is back on TV tonight, was the first film Eastwood both starred in and directed. It firmly established him as a bold filmmaker who could unusually appeal to every audience from art house to conservative middle America. Everyone, that is apart from The Duke. Wayne was a famously and very…