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‘Fremont’ the movie is impressing critics. Where is it playing this weekend?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:57:48 GMT

The independent feature film “Fremont” is impressing some of the nation’s top critics as the movie nears its release date this weekend, with showings scheduled throughout the Bay Area.With scenes shot in the East Bay city that shares its name, the fictional film follows Donya (Anaita Wali Zada), a former interpreter for the U.S. government in Afghanistan, as she struggles “to connect with the culture and people of her new, unfamiliar surroundings while processing complicated feelings about her past,” according to the film’s distributor, Music Box Films.“It’s essentially a film partly about the immigrant experience, but also just generally, that at the end of the day, everyone is looking for love, everyone is looking to be happy, everyone is looking for a decent cup of coffee,” said Rachael Fung, a producer with Fremont the Movie, in an interview with this newspaper last year.The film — directed by Babak Jalali — held a 96% Rotten Tomat...

Paris Hilton dresses baby son in tropical print after Maui vacation controversy

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:57:48 GMT

Just a week ago, Paris Hilton was branded an “idiot,” “disgusting” and “oblivious,” for continuing her family vacation at a luxury Maui resort in the days after historic wildfires tore through nearby Lahaina, destroying the town and killing more than 100.This week, the hotel heiress and reality TV star continued to appear to be oblivious by posting glamour shots of herself and her baby son, Phoenix, with the two wearing matching tropical-print outfits. The photos showed her cradling the 8-month-old in her Beverly Hills mansion, with the two of them wearing outfits with palm-leaf prints that could be interpreted as souvenirs from their Maui trip.#MommyMonday with my angel baby pic.twitter.com/XyoUQ6d3rF— ParisHilton (@ParisHilton) August 21, 2023“Mommy Monday with my angel baby,” Hilton captioned the photos, which showed her playing the role of doting mom. The photos were posted on Instagram Monday, Page Six and other outlets repo...

‘Marvel Snap’ comes out of Early Access on Steam with bonuses

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:57:48 GMT

“Marvel Snap” has been imagine from the ground up as mobile game, but that hasn’t stopped developer, Second Dinner, from creating a version for PC. The game has been on Steam as an Early Access title, but that’s changing today as the game is official released on the platform.“Launching the game on PC has been a dream of ours for years now, and we’ve worked really hard to ensure it’s an experience that players new and old are going to absolutely love,” Second Dinner co-founder Ben Brode said in a news release. “This is especially an exciting time for the streaming community, who have welcomed MARVEL SNAP with open arms. The game looks absolutely beautiful on PC and we can’t wait to see the epic streams on Twitch now that we’re live.”On the PC, “Marvel Snap” features native widescreen support, and it looks much better as players can appreciate the artwork more. It also makes creating and trying out new...

North Carolina coach wants Cal and Stanford “to die on the vine,” blasts ACC for considering them

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:57:48 GMT

As Stanford and Cal continue holding out hope they are invited to the Atlantic Coast Conference in the realignment game, one prominent ACC coach is blasting the potential move.Legendary North Carolina women’s soccer coach Anson Dorrance does not want to add the two Bay Area schools to the East Coast conference — and wasn’t shy about letting his feelings be known.“I want Cal and Stanford to die on the vine,” Dorrance said in an interview with WRAL, a television station in Raleigh.The ACC has reportedly met to consider adding the Cardinal and the Bears, but at least four schools are reportedly not in favor of the expansion move. A potential meeting scheduled for Tuesday was canceled.The moves being made in college athletics are mostly centered around football, but would impact other sports, too. That includes women’s soccer, where Dorrance has been the coach of North Carolina since 1979 and Stanford has recently emerged as a national powerhouse in the sport, winning three national cha...

AI industry will help struggling downtown, SF mayor says

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:57:48 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Tuesday cited progress in the effort to revitalize the city's beleaguered downtown. Earlier this year, Mayor Breed laid out a "Roadmap to San Francisco's Future," identifying a vision for revitalizing the downtown district.The plan called for five key priorities:An economically diverse and resilient job engineA welcoming clean and safe environmentA dynamic destination active at all hours, every dayA world class transportation experienceAn equitable economy that supports full participation by allOn Tuesday, Mayor Breed's office issued a six-month update on the implementation of the plan. The roadmap has made progress in changing laws to fill vacant spaces, reforming taxes, launching downtown activations, and making streets cleaner and safer, according to a statement. Person robbed, dragged by 2 armed suspects in Oakland: video “We have been working both aggressively and methodically to deliver key changes to support our ec...

Faith Kipyegon pushes pace and pulls away to defend 1,500-meter title at world championships

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:57:48 GMT

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon pushed the pace early and pulled away down the stretch to defend her 1,500-meter title at the world championships on Tuesday night.The 29-year-old Kipyegon only grew stronger as the race went along, finishing in a time of 3 minutes, 54.87 seconds to beat Diribe Welteji of Ethiopia by almost a second. Sifan Hassan, running from back in the pack for a chunk of the race, surged into third place.Whether it’s winning races or setting records, Kipyegon has been in quite a zone this summer. Over a 50-day span, she set world marks in the 1,500 meters, 5,000 and the mile.In Budapest, it was all about medals for Kipyegon, not breaking records.“This is a great season for me,” Kipyegon said. “I told myself, ‘You are the strongest and just keep going.’”No time for rest, though. Kipyegon will be back on the track Wednesday evening for the start of the 5,000 meters. She got a bit of a longer break than expected with officials ...

Una extraña jirafa bebé nace sin sus manchas características, dice zoológico de Tennessee

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:57:48 GMT

(CNN) — Un zoológico de Tennessee tiene una nueva superestrella. Aunque todavía no le han puesto un nombre, esta inusual jirafa bebé ya causa sensación entre su manada: no tiene manchas.Esta maravilla de 1,80 metros nació sin manchas el 31 de julio en el zoológico de Bright, una instalación privada de Limestone, y fue presentada en público este mes. La cría es una jirafa reticulada (también conocida como somalí), una de las cuatro especies de este animal.El zoológico dice que podría ser la “única jirafa reticulada de un color sólido que vive en el planeta”. (La última jirafa sin manchas en cautiverio fue probablemente una cría nacida en el zoológico de Ueno, en Tokio, en 1972, reportó CBS News).Nace una cría de jirafa increíblemente extraña en un zoológico de TennesseeSegún el zoológico de Denver, la palabra “reticulado” se refiere a la red de manchas marrones poligonales de la jirafa, interrumpidas por vetas de color blanco crema. Estas manchas sirven ...

Small but mighty Curacao back in position to make a big run at the Little League World Series

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:57:48 GMT

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Coming back to the Little League World Series after losing last year’s title game, Curacao doesn’t just want to be good for its size.The team from Willemstad’s Pabao Little League on the Caribbean island of about 150,000 people is aiming for bigger things, and with five players and its whole coaching staff back for a second straight year, it needs just two wins to return to the tournament championship undefeated.“Those guys that were here last year, I tell them to just keep focus and keep talking with the other guys to do their job,” manager Zaino Everett said Monday after his club beat Venezuela 2-1 — the team’s second win following another victory by the same score against Australia.Jay-Dlynn Wiel, D’Shawn Winklaar, Shemar Sophia Jacobus, Alexander Provacia Roach and Joshua Acosta Fernandez know what it’s like to come up just short of the tournament title and don’t want a repeat of 2022.The team also may be a little less star struck than most, having...

Toll Brothers: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:57:48 GMT

FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) — FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) — Toll Brothers Inc. (TOL) on Tuesday reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $414.8 million.The Fort Washington, Pennsylvania-based company said it had net income of $3.73 per share.The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.86 per share.The home builder posted revenue of $2.69 billion in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.47 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on TOL at https://www.zacks.com/ap/TOLSource

Serena Williams gives birth to second child, a daughter

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:57:48 GMT

Serena Williams has given birth to a baby girl, she posted Tuesday on Instagram, almost exactly a year after her last match as a tennis star.Adira River Ohanian is the second child — and second daughter — for the 41-year-old Williams and her husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. Their first, Olympia, was born in 2017.Williams, who won 23 Grand Slam singles titles during a career that transcended her sport, revealed at the Met Gala in May that she was pregnant.When she told the world in August 2022 she was preparing to close her playing career, Williams cited a desire to grow her family as one of the main reasons for walking away from tennis.“Believe me,” Williams wrote last year in an essay for Vogue magazine, “I never wanted to have to choose between tennis and a family. I don’t think it’s fair. If I were a guy I wouldn’t be writing this because I’d be out there playing and winning while my wife was doing the physical labor of expanding our family.”The 2022 U.S. Open was her l...