Tag: weekend
Ted Kotcheff, director of First Blood, Weekend at Bernie’s and Wake in Fright, dies aged 94
Prolific Canadian director also made one of the country’s first internationally successful films, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, starring Richard Dreyfuss Ted Kotcheff, the prolific Canadian director of films including First Blood, Weekend at Bernie’s, Wake in Fright and The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, has died aged 94. His daughter Kate Kotcheff told the Canadian…
Residents survey the aftermath of deadly weekend storms across the southern U.S.
Emma Bowman Residents in large swaths of the southern U.S. on Sunday took stock of the devastation left in the wake of tornadoes, strong winds and dust storms over the weekend. The severe weather left at least 37 people dead, and destroyed scores of homes. This bout of storms was forecast to clear the East…
Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas Step Out Over Valentine’s Day Weekend
Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas were photographed out together on an outing in London just before the Valentine’s Day holiday. Fans’ eyes were wide open as they watched Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas out together in London. The Mission: Impossible actor and Blade Runner 2049 actress were photographed walking in the Soho neighborhood, with…
Hamas Names 3 Hostages It Says Will Be Freed This Weekend
Middle East Tensions Keith Siegel, an American-Israeli, will be released along with Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon in exchange for about 90 Palestinians being held in Israeli prisons, the group said. By Aaron Boxerman Reporting from Jerusalem Hamas on Friday announced the names of three hostages — including an American citizen — whom it said…
Weekend Rain Poses Landslide Risk in Wildfire-Scarred Los Angeles
Rain Is Coming to Burning Los Angeles and Will Bring Its Own Risks The Los Angeles area is expecting rain this weekend—potentially offering a respite from fires that have blazed throughout the month but increasing the risk of debris slides By Meghan Bartels edited by Dean Visser Trees burned by the Palisades Fire are seen…
Temperatures fall to -7.9C with snow warnings for weekend
Temperatures fell to nearly -8C overnight as an Arctic blast hits the UK, with warnings that snow could bring “significant disruption” this weekend. Amber cold weather health alerts warning of a risk of a rise in deaths are in place for the whole of England, with one local NHS service urging people to avoid going…
Trinidad and Tobago declares state of emergency after weekend of violence
A spate of six murders has taken the Caribbean nation’s total to 623 in 2024, of which nearly half were gang related and almost all linked to organised crime, say police The government of Trinidad and Tobago has declared a state of emergency after a weekend of violence in the Caribbean dual-island nation took the…