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Wolpert died Monday in Los Angeles after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease, his family told The Hollywood Reporter.
Source: hollywoodreporter.com
The top price paid for a tuna at the first auction of the year at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market fell for the third year running, with demand hit by the pandemic. The 16.88 million yen shelled out jointly by a restaurant operator and a wholesaler for the huge bluefin tuna on Wednesday was far below the 2019 record of 333.6 million yen.
Source: france24.com
Pope Francis risked the ire of the world’s childless dog and cat owners by suggesting people who substitute pets for children exhibit “a certain selfishness”. Speaking on parenthood during a general audience at the Vatican, the pontiff lamented that pets “sometimes take the place of children” in society.
Source: theguardian.com
despite him being able to join for free next summer with just six months left on his contract, as they look to avoid a Premier League bidding war.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Joan Copeland died on Tuesday at her home in New York City. The death of Copeland, who was the sister of playwright Arthur Miller, was initially reported by the site Broadway World.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
A man tried to destroy a Banksy mural after hearing it was being moved from Wales to England, a court heard. Michael Thomas, 42, tried to break his way into a Port Talbot building to spray the £500,000 artwork with white paint on 26 November last year. Swansea Crown Court heard Thomas was angry the piece had been sold to a fan of the graffiti artist in London. Thomas was given a 14 month suspended sentence after admitting attempted burglary and criminal damage.
Source: bbc.com
Sony Corp's movie studio is delaying the January release of Marvel superhero movie "Morbius" until April 1, the studio said in a statement on Monday. The film starring Jared Leto in the title role has been postponed several times during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: reuters.com
Tattoo artists say that a new pan-EU ban on thousands of chemicals used in colouring inks could hurt their industry. The restrictions, which came into force on Tuesday, apply to substances that may cause cancer or other health issues and mainly affect coloured ink. The EU says the rules will reduce the number of adverse reactions. But tattooists complain replacement inks are not easily available, and might lack the vibrancy customers want.
Source: bbc.com
A record 4.5 million Americans quit their jobs in November, while job openings remained historically high.
Source: aljazeera.com
The United States has reported more than one million new COVID-19 cases in a single day, setting a grim new global record, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. There were 1,082,549 new cases in the US reported on Monday following the long New Year’s weekend.
Source: aljazeera.com
At least eight people have been killed in flash flooding in Iran’s south due to heavy rains expected to last until later this week, state media reported on Tuesday.
Source: gulfnews.com
Adele's 30 was the best-selling album of 2021, after just six weeks on sale. The star sold more than 600,000 copies of her so-called "divorce album", with 80% of those sales on CD and vinyl, bucking the trend towards streaming. However. the total falls far below the 800,000 copies her previous album, 25, sold in its first week.
Source: bbc.com
World number one Novak Djokovic will defend his Australian Open title later this month after receiving a medical exemption from having a Covid-19 vaccination. All players and staff at the tournament must be vaccinated or have an exemption granted by an expert independent panel. Djokovic, a nine-time Australian Open winner, has not spoken publicly about his vaccination status. The tournament begins in Melbourne on 17 January.
Source: bbc.com
President Jair Bolsonaro will not need surgery, but there is no date set yet for his discharge, doctors said Tuesday, after the Brazilian leader was rushed to the hospital with a partially blocked intestine.
Source: france24.com
Naomi Osaka is back in a place where she’s won two of her four Grand Slam singles titles and the former No. 1-ranked player is feeling good vibes after her time off trying to rediscover her love for the game. The Australian Open champion opened her 2022 season with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 win over Alize Cornet on Tuesday in one of the Summer Set of tournaments in Melbourne.
Source: apnews.com
The number of children hospitalized with Covid-19 is soaring nationwide, especially as the highly transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads across the US. According to an NBC News analysis, at least nine states have reported record numbers of Covid-related pediatric hospitalizations: Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maine, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania, as well as Washington, D.C.
Source: nbcnews.com
Bowie, who pushed the boundaries of music and his own sanity to produce some of the most innovative songs of his generation, died in 2016 aged 69. The deal between Bowie's estate and Warner Music includes songs from the 26 studio albums released during his lifetime, as well as the posthumous studio album release "Toy". A person familiar with the matter said the purchase was worth about $250 million.
Source: reuters.com
As many as 23 people have been killed in clashes between rival guerrilla groups in Colombia's northern Arauca area, according to a spokesperson from the Attorney General's office. Colombia's ombudsman Carlos Camargo said that fighting first erupted between the National Liberation Army -- the largest leftist guerrilla group in the country known by its Spanish acronym ELN -- and dissident factions of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in the early hours of January 2. At least 12 families have been displaced as a result on the violence, Camargo said.
Source: cnn.com
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