SAN DIEGO (AFP) – Arnold Schwarzenegger will be back for “Terminator: Dark Fate” because he is “addicted” to the killer cyborg franchise that launched his career — but it was the return of Linda Hamilton that stole the show at Comic-Con Thursday. Hamilton, 62, reprises her famous role as Sarah Connor — who she first depicted in the 1984 original, but left after 1991 blockbuster “Terminator 2” — and age does not appear to have slowed her down one bit. Exclusive footage from the upcoming sequel showed an athletic Hamilton…
Day: July 19, 2019
Tom Cruise shocks Comic-Con with new Top Gun footage
SAN DIEGO (AFP) – Tom Cruise swooped into San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday to unveil the world-first trailer for “Top Gun: Maverick,” which he described as a “love letter to aviation.” The Hollywood A-lister arrived unannounced in the pop culture gathering s cavernous Hall H along with footage of the long-awaited sequel to the 1986 smash action film that made him a household name. “You all have asked for many, many years.. I travel around the world, people say, why don t you do another one, when are you are going to…
Cruise, Schwarzenegger revive 80s Hollywood classics at Comic-Con
SAN DIEGO (AFP) – Hollywood ‘80s nostalgia soared at San Diego Comic-Con Thursday as Tom Cruise swooped in to unveil the new “Top Gun” while Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed why he’ll be back for an explosive-looking “Terminator” sequel. A-lister Cruise surprised an ecstatic crowd at the world’s largest pop culture convention in California with first footage of the long-awaited sequel to the 1986 smash action film that made him a household name. Describing “Top Gun: Maverick” as a “love letter to aviation,” Cruise introduced clips of his ageing pilot still launching…
Buzz Aldrin has landed — for the Apollo 11 anniversary
HUNTSVILLE (AFP) – The suspense had been building for 24 hours: would Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, show up Wednesday night in Huntsville, Alabama — nicknamed “Rocket City” for the nearby NASA space flight center? Public appearances by the former astronaut, now 89, are rare. On Tuesday, he left his former Apollo 11 crewmate Michael Collins in the lurch. Aldrin declined to join him at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where the two were supposed to appear together on NASA TV to mark the…
‘The Dish’ still beaming signals from Australia 50 years after moon walk
PARKES, Australia (Reuters) – It’s known as “The Dish” and it soars above a nondescript paddock in rural Australia. Without it, hundreds of millions of people would never have seen all of the generation-defining footage of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon 50 years ago. An estimated 600 million people around the world held their collective breath as they watched their television screens on July 20, 1969, waiting to see Armstrong step out from the Apollo 11 lunar module and into the history books. Back on Earth, it started out…
Maintaining or starting exercise in middle age tied to longer life
Even if they were inactive during their younger years, middle aged and older adults who get at least the minimum recommended amount of exercise each week may live longer than their sedentary counterparts, suggests a large UK study. Physical activity has long been linked to a lower risk of cardiovascular disease and certain cancers. But most research has looked at exercise habits at a single point in time rather than activity patterns across the years, researchers note in The BMJ. For the current study, researchers assessed activity levels several times…
UN reaches agreement with Yemen rebels to resume food deliveries
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – The World Food Program has reached an agreement in principle with Yemen s Huthi rebels to resume food aid to areas they control, the agency s chief said on Thursday. Malnutrition is widespread in Yemen after four years of civil war, but the UN suspended deliveries of food aid to rebel-held areas of the country last month following accusations of “diversion of food.” The new agreement with the Huthis will allow food to be quickly delivered to the rebel-held capital Sanaa, though the two sides haven t formally inked…
Gulf tensions rise as US shoots down Iranian drone
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Tensions in the Gulf region mounted Thursday as US President Donald Trump said an American naval vessel shot down an Iranian drone that threatened the ship as it was entering the Strait of Hormuz. It was the first US military engagement with Iran following a series of increasingly serious incidents. Trump announced that the USS Boxer, an amphibious assault ship, “took defensive action” against the Iranian drone as it was “threatening the safety of the ship and the ship s crew.” The drone was “immediately destroyed,” Trump said,…
Japan ‘hell’ fire killed dozens trying to escape
KYOTO (AFP) – Details emerged Friday of a horrifying inferno that tore through a Japanese animation firm and killed dozens, with people jumping out of the three-storey building and others trapped in a staircase unable to escape. Eyewitnesses described a fire that was like “looking at hell,” after a man apparently doused the production company office in the city of Kyoto with flammable liquid and set it alight. Experts and firefighters said the blaze would have raged uncontrollably throughout the structure almost instantly, leaving the dozens of people inside with…
End Syria hospital attacks, Russia told at UN
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – Russia on Thursday opposed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an end to attacks on health facilities in Syria s Idlib region, diplomats said after the latest meeting over violence in the country s last major opposition bastion. The outcome led to a rare statement following the meeting by the UN s humanitarian chief, Mark Lowcock. “The carnage must stop,” he said. Russian and regime aircraft have since late April ramped up deadly bombardment of the Idlib region of about three million people in northwest Syria, despite…