Image copyright Getty Images The creators of rock “mockumentary” This Is Spinal Tap say they have resolved a legal dispute with Universal Music over the film’s soundtrack. Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Rob Reiner, who starred in the 1984 film, said they had reached a settlement with Universal’s parent company Vivendi. The actors […]
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Pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho is one of the most controversial politicians in Hong Kong, and has been heavily criticised by pro-democracy protesters. Mr Ho was campaigning for an upcoming election when he was attacked by a man who appeared to pose as a supporter. The attacker was arrested shortly afterwards. Video of the incident surfaced
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This time, Matthew Tkachuk didn’t need an acrobatic move to deliver the winning goal. Just a sharp-angled wrist shot between the pads of goalie Antti Raanta. Tkachuk scored with 34 seconds on the clock in overtime to give the Calgary Flames a 4-3 comeback victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday night. It was the
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Conservative Party chairman James Cleverly has defended a Twitter video post by his party which appeared to be edited in order to make Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer seem unable to answer a question on Brexit. Tory MP Johnny Mercer later apologised for the post, saying it had “inexplicably been doctored”. But speaking on BBC Breakfast,
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SAN FRANCISCO — A mile from Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino lies the sun-faded carcass of the Vallco Shopping Mall. At the moment it consists of empty, buff-colored buildings, acres of black asphalt and a pile of rubble where the parking garage used to be. About a year ago, a developer submitted a proposal to build
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“The Daily Show” mocked President Donald Trump’s allies Tuesday night with a clip of one of their campaigns against his predecessor. The jab came as U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland significantly altered his original testimony to House investigators as part of the impeachment inquiry, admitting that there was, in fact, an attempted
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If Ryan Getzlaf had spent his career in a cold-weather hockey hotbed instead of sunny Southern California, the profile of the Anaheim Ducks’ longtime captain might loom much larger over his era in the game. Getzlaf is perfectly happy to make his mark by the beach, and it gets bigger every year. Getzlaf played in
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Daniel Cameron, a former legal counsel for Senator Mitch McConnell, won his race for attorney general of Kentucky on Tuesday, making him the first black person to be elected to the office in the state. He was also the first black person to be independently elected to a statewide office in Kentucky, and the first
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Global stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday after investors were rattled by a possible snag in a U.S.-Chinese trade truce following reports Beijing wants Washington to lift punitive tariffs. Germany and Paris opened higher and London was unchanged. Tokyo rose while Shanghai declined and Hong Kong was flat. Beijing wants 15% tariffs imposed in September
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Image copyright Universal Music Image caption Work on the song started in 2012 and was completed shortly before George Michael’s death A previously unheard George Michael song has premiered on BBC Radio 2. Called This Is How (We Want You To Get High), the supple, funky track was recorded during the star’s final studio sessions
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