Tag: festival
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Cowboys, heat and rain: ‘Magnificent Seven’ talk challenging shoot
By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Bringing the American Wild West to life was no easy task, just ask the cast of “The Magnificent Seven,” who endured scorching heat and torrential rain in wool costumes in the Louisiana summer. “We had a lot of lightning, thunder issues where we had to shut (production) down,…
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Cowboys, heat and rain: ‘Magnificent Seven’ talk challenging shoot
By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Bringing the American Wild West to life was no easy task, just ask the cast of “The Magnificent Seven,” who endured scorching heat and torrential rain in wool costumes in the Louisiana summer. “We had a lot of lightning, thunder issues where we had to shut (production) down,…
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Fury pulls out of Klitschko rematch through injury
BERLIN (Reuters) – The world heavyweight title rematch between champion Tyson Fury and Ukrainian Vladimir Klitschko on Oct. 29 has been called off for a second time with the Briton ruled “medically unfit”. “Tyson has this week been declared medically unfit to fight,” Fury's promoters Hennessy Sports said in a brief statement on Friday. “Medical…
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Fury pulls out of Klitschko rematch through injury
BERLIN (Reuters) – The world heavyweight title rematch between champion Tyson Fury and Ukrainian Vladimir Klitschko on Oct. 29 has been called off for a second time with the Briton ruled “medically unfit”. “Tyson has this week been declared medically unfit to fight,” Fury's promoters Hennessy Sports said in a brief statement on Friday. “Medical…
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Boxing-‘Medically unfit’ Fury out of Klitschko rematch
* Heavyweight fight called off for second time * Champion Fury’s condition is “too severe” (Adds quotes, details) BERLIN, Sept 23 (Reuters) – Next month’s world heavyweight title rematch between champion Tyson Fury and Ukrainian Vladimir Klitschko was called off on Friday for a second time with the Briton ruled “medically unfit”. The fight was…
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Hundreds challenge human pyramid limits at Indian Hindu festival
Hundreds of people attending a Hindu festival in India's western Maharashtra state on Thursday defied India's Supreme Court order limiting the height of human pyramids due to safety concerns. Members of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) regional party wearing T-shirts reading “I will break the law” formed a human pyramid 49 feet (15 m) tall…
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Hundreds challenge human pyramid limits at Indian Hindu festival
Hundreds of people attending a Hindu festival in India's western Maharashtra state on Thursday defied India's Supreme Court order limiting the height of human pyramids due to safety concerns. Members of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) regional party wearing T-shirts reading “I will break the law” formed a human pyramid 49 feet (15 m) tall…
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Study finds most teens vaping fruity flavors, not nicotine
NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials warn that electronic cigarettes and other vaping devices are poisoning kids with nicotine. But new research suggests that most teens aren’t vaping nicotine at all but using sweet and fruity flavors like strawberry, chocolate cake and bubble gum.
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At the Russian Mosquito Festival, the more bites the better
BEREZNIKI, Russia (AP) — While fears of the Zika virus have kept some people away from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, for residents of one Russian town the more mosquito bites the better.
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De Niro’s Tribeca festival pulls anti-vaccination film
NEW YORK (AP) — Robert De Niro is removing the anti-vaccination documentary “Vaxxed” from the lineup of his Tribeca Film Festival, after initially defending its inclusion.