Tim Curry, who soared to fame in the ‘70s as the flamboyant star of the campy horror movie stage spoof “The Rocky Horror Show” and its screen version “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” died on Tuesday in Los Angeles, Variety has confirmed. He was 80. A cause of death was not immediately available, though Curry
Guinea’s President Mamadi Doumbouya, 41, has dismissed more than 170 soldiers for “desertion”, including a colonel who helped him seize power in a coup in 2021. Col Michel Lamah was a member of the Special Forces Group (GFS), the elite army unit which Doumbouya once commanded. When he overthrew President Alpha Condé, Doumbouya said he
Kate Winslet is set to star in a new limited series for Netflix called “The Unheard.” It’s billed as a “Thelma & Louise”-style vengeance drama. “Adolescence” scribe Jack Thorne has written the show, which is comprised of five episodes. It is set to start shooting next year. Winslet will star alongside Maxine Peake (“Say Nothing”)
The left-hander represented his country for over 11 years and scored 14 centuries and 23 half-centuries, amassing a total of 5,347 runs in 86 Tests, having made his debut in November 2012 against Australia at The Waca where he made two ducks. Elgar has shown his run-scoring prowess in all formats of the game, scoring
A Frankfurt Airport worker has died of malaria after a rare outbreak led to six employees contracting the serious infection spread by mosquitoes. It is believed the mosquitoes arrived at Germany’s busiest airport on a plane, according to German public health officials. The remaining five infected individuals are receiving medical treatment, a spokesperson for airport
Meta will pay up to $17.1 billion over 10 years — and implement broad child-safety reforms on Instagram and Facebook — under a nationwide settlement with 26 state attorneys general, including California’s Rob Bonta. The agreement, subject to court approval, resolves claims by the state AGs that Meta designed Instagram with addictive features, knowingly exposed
