The only person in the history of Academy Awards to be nominated three times in the same year died peacefully at his Manhattan home, his family confirmed. Born Andreas Ludwig Priwin in 1929, his family escaped Germany to the US in 1938. Previn was a musical prodigy from a very young age, and went on…
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has yet to directly mention Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben, but a small Easter Egg in the latest trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home gives us our most concrete reference yet. About 40-seconds into the latest trailer, a quick shot shows us the top of the suitcase Peter is using to pack…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — There is still time to register for the National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s (NFCA) Coaches Clinic This exciting new education event for coaches is being held on Jan. 8-9 at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana in Elizabeth, Ind., which is just 15 minutes from downtown Louisville. “The NFCA is proud to bring an outstanding…
Wandering up and down the four or five aisles of the Northern grocery store in Arviat, my husband and I check prices and expiry dates on everything. Skim milk is about $5.00 for 2 L, a bit high, but the scrawny, whole chicken is over $20.00, almost 50% pricier than at my grocery store at…
Razer revealed its newest, Chroma-enabled PC cases during CES 2019, the Razer Tomahawk and Razer Tomahawk Elite PC chassis. The ATX cases are Razer’s first “developed in-house in the form of a traditional mid-tower form factor.” The Tomahawk Elite features tempered glass side panels that open vertically for “quick and easy access” to the components…
Brazil’s former president was arrested on Thursday on corruption charges, making him the second ex-head of state to be detained in a five-year investigation which has shaken the country to its core. Michel Temer, who took over from Dilma Rousseff when she was impeached in 2016, served as president until Jair Bolsonaro took over on…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Virginia Wesleyan’s Cassetty Howerin and Texas-Tyler’s Kelsie Batten have been selected as the Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III National Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively. Howerin, a sophomore first baseman from Dover, Del., batted .700 (7-for-10) to help the Marlins jump out to a 5-1 start and move…
Pensioner Mikhail Panchak has fished on Lake Baikal in freezing temperatures and biting winds, but this year he’s faced a new obstacle in the form of a black pipe stretching 1,500 feet across the ice. The pipe is the intake for a factory to bottle water from the world’s largest lake and sell it in…
Mike Wang has been embedded in the world of sports video games longer than some of its fans have been alive. As the gameplay director for NBA 2K, as well as a brief stint on EA’s NBA Live series, Wang is the perfect person to tell us just how far we’ve come on this month’s…
The White House has said that no deal was reached during the summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in Hanoi. Their meeting was cut short, with both leaders leaving early without holding a signing ceremony. Trump and Kim were seen leaving the Metropole hotel separately, almost two hours before they were expected to conclude…