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‘Avatar’ Drops 19% On Second Friday In China
[ad_1] ‘Avatar’ Disney James Cameron’s Avatar is continuing to put distance between itself and Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame on the list of top-grossing movies. In Chinese box office news, because I’m frankly not expecting much from Benedict Cumberbatch’s (pretty damn good) cold war spy thriller The Courier, it’s time to once again marvel at Avatar. After…
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Cloud infrastructure spending passed on-prem data centers in 2020 – TechCrunch
[ad_1] There is a prevailing notion that while the cloud infrastructure market is growing fast, the vast majority of workloads remain on premises. While that could be true, new research from Synergy Research Group found that cloud infrastructure spending surpassed on-prem spending for the first time in 2020 — and did so by a wide…
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‘That was how I saw my vagina-shot…,” Sharon Stone reveals she was tricked into removing underwear in ‘Basic Instinct’
[ad_1] Actress Sharon Stone has made some shocking revelations in her forthcoming new memoir ‘The Beauty of Loving Twice’. Reflecting on one of the most famous movie scenes ever, in ‘Basic Instinct’, the 63-year-old movie star revealed she was duped into it — and furious over it, while referring to the scene where she is…
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Kamalpreet Kaur breaks national record in women’s discus throw, qualifies for Tokyo Olympics
[ad_1] Kamalpreet Kaur on Friday qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in the women’s discus throw event with a national record attempt of 65.06 metres during the ongoing Athletics Federation Cup. The Olympic qualification benchmark is 63.5 metres. Kaur has set a new national record in women’s discus throw, breaking the previous record held by Krishna…
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Airbnb Spotlights Top Travel Destinations of Spring and Summer
[ad_1] As we begin to see the light at the end of the pandemic, more people are beginning to make travel plans for the year. Thanks to Airbnb’s just-released list of top travel destinations of spring and summer, it’s clear travelers are searching for respite in wide-open spaces. Equally as important, they want to reconnect…
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Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Rated For Next-Gen Consoles
[ad_1] Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order could be getting a native next-gen console release, after the German ratings board listed new PS5 and Xbox versions. As reported by Gematsu, USK, the German video game classification system, has rated Fallen Order on PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Xbox. These are new listings alongside the existing last-gen ratings,…
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Europe becomes first region to hit 1M COVID-19 deaths: report – National
[ad_1] Coronavirus-related deaths in the European region surpassed 1 million on Friday as vaccination efforts attempt to keep up with new variants causing a third wave of infections that could once again overwhelm hospitals. Since the pandemic began, at least 37,221,978 infections and 1,000,062 million deaths were reported in the European region, according to a…
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What to Know About the Kiddie Tax | Personal Finance
[ad_1] In 1986, a law was passed that prevented parents from shielding money from taxes by transferring investments to their children’s names. Before then, the children’s investments were taxed at the child’s low rate, and some wealthy parents would move investments to their children specifically to reduce their own tax liability. The “kiddie tax” law…
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Powell: US economy gaining, but recovery ‘far from complete’
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reiterated his belief Friday that while the U.S. economy has been steadily rebounding from the devastation caused by the pandemic recession, the recovery is far from complete and needs continued support from the Fed. In an opinion piece posted Friday in the Wall Street Journal, Powell…
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Why ‘In The Heights’ Will Open Earlier
[ad_1] In the Heights is exactly the kind of “surprise” hit that also performs “surprisingly well” in China, hence a new release date slightly farther away from F9. A year ago this time we were writing about a flood of release date delays for what were presumed to be some of the biggest movies of…