Jonny Lee Miller has been cast in Netflix’s “The Crown” portraying British politician John Major, who led the country from 1990 to 1997. News of Miller’s casting was announced on The Crown‘s Twitter account. Miller joins a lineup including Imelda Staunton taking over from Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth, Lesley Manville swapping shoes with Helena Bonham-Carter …
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Jamie Lynn Spears breaks her silence to show support for sister Britney Spears
Just days after Britney Spears made an emotional plea to a Los Angeles judge to terminate her conservatorship, her younger sister Jamie Lynn Spears broke her silence, saying that she wants nothing but happiness for her sister and that she always has and “always will” support Britney. Jamie Lynn said in the video message shared …
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President Biden orders U.S. airstrikes on Iran-backed militias in Iraq-Syria border region
President Joe Biden has directed airstrikes on Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region in response to unmanned aerial vehicle attacks. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said in a statement Sunday that U.S. military forces conducted the “defensive precision airstrikes” against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the region on Sunday evening. Kirby, …
Death toll rises to nine in Florida condo collapse as search continues
Nine people have been confirmed dead in the aftermath of the collapse of a 12-story condominium complex in Surfside, Florida three days ago. Miami-Dade Mayor Danielle Levine Cava announced during a Sunday morning news conference in Seaside, that four additional bodies had been recovered from the rubble and one person had died at a hospital …
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Serena Williams to skip Summer Olympics in Japan
Tennis star Serena Williams said Sunday she won’t compete at the Summer Olympics in Japan. The 39-year-old declined to offer a specific reason for her decision to not travel to Tokyo. Williams told reporters at Wimbledon, which is set to begin this week: “I’m actually not on the Olympic list, not that I’m aware of. …
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Harris English defeats Kramer Hickok in 8-Hole Playoff at 2021 Travelers Championship
Harris English birdied on the eighth sudden-death playoff hole –hole No. 80 –to defeat Kramer Hickok and capture his fourth career PGA Tour victory, and his second of 2021. The eight-hole playoff is tied for the second-longest in PGA history (sudden-death format). Marc Leishman finished third, one stroke off the lead. Abraham Ancer was fourth …
Glenn Close to star in Season 2 of Apple TV+ series ‘Tehran’
Glenn Close has joined the cast of Apple TV+ thrilled Tehran for Season 2. The 74-year-old actress will play Marjan Montazeri, a British woman living in Tehran. Close joins series stars Niv Sultan, Shaun Toub and Shervin Alenabi. The first season followed Tamar Rabinyan (Sultan), a young Mossad agent undercover in Tehran. According to Variety, …
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Fast & Furious 9 (‘F9’) tops North American box office with $70M this weekend
Fast and Furious 9 (“F9″), was the No. 1 movie in North America over the weeekend, earning $70 million in receipts. Variety said that F9 was the biggest premiere of any movie in the United States and Canada since 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker debuted with $177.4 million. Coming in at No. 2 this weekend with $6.2 …
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Florida building collapse: 3 dead, as many as 99 missing as search continues
At least three people are dead and as many as 99 are unaccounted for after a 12-story residential building partially collapsed early on Thursday in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium in the small, beachside town of Surfside, about 6 miles north of Miami Beach, was reported around 1:30 a.m. …
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President Biden and bipartisan senators agree to $1.2 trillion framework infrastructure deal
President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of senators announced on Thursday that they’d reached a framework $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal. Speaking in the White House driveway, Biden said, “They have my word, and I’ll stick with what they proposed, and they’ve given me their word as well — and where I come from, that’s good …