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An exoplanet is generating radio waves from its red dwarf sun

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Mysterious crater on Mars could be a good place to look for life

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Tara Reade Has Exposed Endless Democratic Hypocrisy




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Obama, Biden WH Meeting Key to Anti-Trump Operation

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ETH Zurich Demonstrates PuppetMaster Robot

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NASA Hiring Engineers to Develop “Next Generation Humanoid Robot”

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Andrey Markov & Claude Shannon Counted Letters to Build the First Language-Generation Models

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Star Wars Character Hydrating Beauty Masks

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RPGCast – Episode 360: “Talk Like A Pirate With The Privateers”

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RPGCast – Episode 422: “Ys: The Next Generation”

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Coronavirus in Scotland: Testing strategy to be reviewed amid care worker reports

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Trial questions benefits of organic nitrates for bone health

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Max von Sydow: an aristocrat of cinema who made me weep | Peter Bradshaw

From his fateful game of chess to a moving turn in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Von Sydow was the last standard bearer of Bergman’s high-minded movie idiom

Max von Sydow dies aged 90
A life in pictures

The opening of the seventh seal in the Book of Revelation, disclosing the truth of God’s existence and the second coming, will result in a mysterious silence in the kingdom of heaven – then the sound of trumpets and the thunderous uproar of Earth’s apocalyptic ending. In the movies, no actor has ever represented these ideas more seriously, nor shown humanity’s anguish in the face of God’s implacable silence or unassuageable anger more clearly, than Max von Sydow. He was virtually a book of revelation in himself.

The passionate severity of Von Sydow – and his ability to impersonate the ascetic nobility of some impossibly remote priestly or knightly order but with very human flaws – formed the bedrock of Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal and the staggering series of films he was to make with Bergman in the 1950s and 1960s. Beyond that, he virtually epitomised an entire, distinctively high-minded attitude to cinematic art in Europe. His films for Bergman were composed in a movie idiom that drew on Ibsen and Strindberg, Sjöström and Dreyer – and of which, since Bergman’s death in 2007, Von Sydow could be said to be the final standard bearer.

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Reports of the death of the film industry have been greatly exaggerated

Hollywood loves a good comeback, and post-coronavirus will be no exception, writes costume designer Kristin M Burke

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  • Many events have killed the film industry: the 1918 influenza epidemic, the second world war, the invention of television, the invention of VCRs, the invention of the internet, 9-11, strike after strike after strike. And yet, like a phoenix, it rises, every time stronger than before. The appetite for its product is insatiable especially in times of political trouble and uncertainty about the future. People want to escape. They want to be entertained.

    The way we make movies most certainly must change. In the best of circumstances, we are a crew of 75 people jammed into a room with very little ventilation, holding our breath until we hear “CUT”. We are in close contact with one another all day long. We never really thought about it before. All of that is about to change. Film sets usually function as big families, and moving forward, that family unit will take on a stronger, protective meaning. This is how we self-regulate in the post-pandemic era.

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    Britney Spears Updates Glory Album Cover to Celebrate 2016 Record Hitting #1 on iTunes

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    As Trump returns to the road, some Democrats want to bust Biden out of his basement

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    Vande Bharat Mission: TN people stranded in foreign nations return




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    Vande Bharat Mission: TN people stranded in foreign nations return




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    Vande Bharat Mission: TN people stranded in foreign nations return




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    WHO, UN's postal agency release commemorative stamp on 40th anniversary of smallpox eradication




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    WHO, UN's postal agency release commemorative stamp on 40th anniversary of smallpox eradication




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    Vande Bharat Mission: Air India flight carrying Indian nationals from Dhaka arrives in Delhi

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    Nepal raises objection over India inaugurating crucial link road passing through Lipulekh Pass




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    Hepatitis C infection rates are being cut by testing and treatment

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    Why we still don't know what the death rate is for covid-19

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    When will lockdown end? Nations look for coronavirus exit strategies

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    Ebola epidemic in Democratic Republic of the Congo to be declared over

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    Three new Ebola cases detected in Democratic Republic of the Congo

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    Celebrating Mother's Day during COVID-19 pandemic

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    Pulisic forever grateful to Klopp as USMNT star recalls 'unreal' moment training with Aubameyang & Mkhitaryan

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    Lockdown Effect: Junior Badminton Coach Says Feel Like a Counsellor Dealing with Frustrated Players

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    Virat & Anushka Donate Rs 5 Lakh Each For Welfare of Mumbai Police

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    Republicans want review of aid to WHO, Democrat may subpoena Pompeo

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    U.S. House Democrats to attempt passing next coronavirus bill soon

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    Trump says his administration is talking to Republican senators about work visa issue

    President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration is talking to Republican senators about work visa issues, amid the coronavirus outbreak that has wreaked havoc on the U.S. economy.




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    As Trump returns to the road, some Democrats want to bust Biden out of his basement

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    The 25 Scariest Games of This Generation

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    Tijuana coronavirus death rate soars after hospital outbreaks

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    Man Utd fans DESPERATE for Alexis Sanchez to CELEBRATE if he scores against Arsenal

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