Before there was “The Crown,” there was “The Queen.” Peter Morgan, who would go on to create Netflix’s “The Crown,” wrote the screenplay for “The Queen,” a 2006 movie starring Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II. Morgan’s Academy Award-nominated script examined the inner workings of Buckingham Palace in a storytelling style that Morgan would develop […]
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Image copyright Getty Images/ AFP Image caption Carla Bruni, French singer Chris, and Larsen Thompson are among the guests Celebrities have descended on the final fashion show of French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier in Paris, as he bows out after a 50-year career. Former French first lady Carla Bruni was among the guests photographed at the
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption An emotional support peacock was turned away from Newark airport in 2018 The US is seeking to limit the kinds of animals that airlines must allow on board for free. The Department of Transportation has proposed to restrict that right to dogs that are trained to help people with disabilities.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has berated Israeli security for not leaving a Jerusalem basilica while on a tour of the Old City of Jerusalem. Mr Macron accused officers of violating rules that prevent them from entering the Crusader-era Church of St Anne, which is considered French territory. The incident was reminiscent of one involving the
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Lee Gelber, a Bronx-born urban sherpa known for his drollery and definitude and celebrated by his peers as the dean of New York City tour guides, died on Sunday in Schenectady, N.Y. He was 81. His daughter, Janet Gelber, said the cause was complications of several strokes. Distinguished by a woolly ear-to-ear mustache that a
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Major League Baseball will test computer plate umpires during spring training but will not use the system for decisions in any exhibition games January 22, 2020, 10:37 PM 3 min read NEW YORK — Major League Baseball will test computer plate umpires during spring training but will not use the system for decisions in any
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WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday dismissed concussion symptoms reported by several American troops after Iranian airstrikes on Al Asad Air Base in Iraq as “not very serious,” even as the Pentagon acknowledged that a number of service members were being examined for possible traumatic brain injury caused by the attack. “I heard they had
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Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Wednesday: IBM, Express rise; Netflix, Baker Hughes fall January 22, 2020, 10:14 PM 1 min read NEW YORK — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Wednesday: Netflix Inc., down $12.11 at $326. The streaming video company gave investors a weak forecast for subscriber growth. IBM
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla — Consumers who bought short-term health insurance thinking they had found a better deal than “Obamacare” during the open enrollment season may be in for a shock when they show up at their doctor’s office this year. The low-cost plans aren’t required to cover basics such as prescription drugs or maternity care.
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Jessica Simpson says she erased John Mayer’s number from her phone and walked away from their relationship after he told Playboy that she was like “sexual napalm.” In a recently published excerpt of Simpson’s memoir, “Open Book,” the singer explains what made her fall for Mayer in 2005 when they met at a Grammy party
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