When Danny Boyle needed a stadium towering Grim Reaper for the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony, he called on puppet maker Mark Down. As artistic director of the small, London-based puppet company Blind Summit, Mark and his team are used to tall demands. But he admits there have been plenty of challenges ahead of the […]
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Image copyright @corgi Image caption A commemorative Mini at the International Mini Meeting in Bristol, 2019 As the Mini reaches its 60th birthday on Monday, we take a look at some of your pictures of the iconic little car. Originally designed by Sir Alexander Issigonis for the former British Motor Corporation, the small car has
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The Astros finally began to barrel up baseballs in the eighth inning, and it seemed like they might never stop. Jose Altuve’s career-high tying 24th home run capped a seven-run eighth after Framber Valdez grinded through six gritty innings, and Houston beat the Los Angeles Angels 11-2 Sunday. Alex Bregman, Abraham Toro and Josh Reddick
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C.J. Cron and Jonathan Schoop homered, Martín Pérez pitched six solid innings and the Minnesota Twins beat the last-place Detroit Tigers 7-4 on Sunday to win two of three in the weekend series. Minnesota increased its AL Central lead to 3½ games over the Cleveland Indians, who lost to Kansas City at home 9-8 in
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Buckle up, “Breaking Bad” fans. A feature-length film about the TV series’ beloved meth cook Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) is slated for release Oct. 11 on Netflix, the streaming service announced Saturday. The movie, “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie,” will be broadcast at a later date on AMC, the cable network where the mega-popular
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Hong Kong police have fired a gunshot during protests for the first time since demonstrations broke out in June. In another first, water cannon were deployed against protesters, who had earlier thrown projectiles at police, including bricks and petrol bombs. Police told local media that the gunshot was fired as a warning to protesters, and
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Josh Donaldson hit two more home runs against the Mets, Dallas Keuchel pitched his best game of the season and the Atlanta Braves won their eighth in a row, holding off New York 2-1 Sunday. Atlanta relievers set a team record, too, by extending their string to 25 scoreless innings before the Mets scored in
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NEW YORK (AP) — Eddie Money says he has stage 4 esophageal cancer. The singer known for such hits as “Two Tickets to Paradise” and “Take Me Home Tonight” says his fate is in “God’s hands.” Money’s comments appear in a video released Saturday from his AXS TV reality series “Real Money.” The full episode
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A global attempt by more than 120 countries to find a way to more fairly tax global internet giants is moving ahead despite individual countries’ deciding to impose their own tax, says the head of the international organization leading the project. Angel Gurria, secretary general of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, said
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The timing was bad, but even worse was the reaction of the fans who took it upon themselves to boo Andrew Luck the last time he walked off a field in an Indianapolis Colts uniform. He made the only decision he could for his health and happiness. They responded by robbing him of what he
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