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The Sondheim musical that hit Broadway in 1981 spans a 20-year stretch from 1957-76, and it’s based on a play from the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart in 1934. Linklater’s remake of the musical for the big-screen will track stars Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein in real life over the course of 20 years — in true Linklater fashion — according to Collider.com. This is not Linklater’s first time to film a movie for more than a decade....

Schmeck, a 35-year-old father of four, trolled President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden by saying Let’s go Brandon" during a phone call as part of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Santa-tracker broadcast on Christmas Eve. The phrase has recently become a popular code for conservatives to say “f**k Joe Biden” without explicitly swearing. In an interview published on Sunday, Schmeck told The Oregonian that he was not a “Trumper” but a “free-thinking American and follower of Jesus Christ” who had “nothing against” Biden....

Some of the biggest names in international football royalty will be jetting out to the Middle East in November, with more sides than ever capable of fighting it out for trophy glory over the duration of the three-week tournament. WORLD CUP DRAW BREAKDOWNS:Group A | Group B | Group C | Group DGroup E | Group F | Group G | Group H Defending champions France, competition veterans Germany, and Lionel Messi’s Argentina will be just some of the familiar adversaries that will be looking to go all the way to the final and light up the world stage from a footballing perspective....

The Brazil international was the subject of three bids from the Spanish giants before the transfer deadline, but the Reds held firm to ensure the 25-year-old remained at Anfield until at least January. Liverpool 11/10 for the top 4 Speculation is still rife that Barcelona will make another attempt to sign the attacking midfielder and Moreno says he has done everything he can to convince his friend to stay on Merseyside....

Fans of the Call of Duty series have come to expect a brash, big-budget marketing campaign on a yearly basis, with recent years promising a live-action trailer featuring some famous faces as well. But with Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare bringing futuristic tech to the individual soldiers on the battlefield, the new powers granted to even the common man or woman have taken the spotlight. Not entirely, of course, as the recently released live-action trailer for Advanced Warfare turns to director Peter Berg and actor Taylor Kitsch (Lone Survivor) to help prospective players make the decision to ‘Discover Their Power’ - with the help of one of the game’s cutting-edge Exo-Suits....

Delivering only one new zombie map, and four of the zombie maps from World at War, Rezurrection is a high-priced offering for fans of the zombie-slaying mode. But, with the zombie mode relying mostly on a gimmick, has Rezurrection overstayed the welcome of what was once a clever distraction in Black Ops? Read on to find out. Yes, Rezurrection does feature Nacht der Untoten, Verruckt, Shi No Numa and Der Riese, remastered in the Black Ops engine, but if you’re a Call of Duty fan, and one who loves the zombie mode, you’ve already played through these maps dozens of times when they first released....

He is the chair of Relevent Sports, the American company that organises the International Champions Cup every summer. It has grown to become the biggest pre-season tournament in the world since its relaunch in 2013. It has such significant lure among famous clubs these days that many fans fear that the ICC will eventually usurp the Champions League and become some kind of European Super League one day. Real Madrid, Manchester United, Barcelona and more are regular visitors Stateside where their every demand is met by the punctilious Stillitano....

Taking to Twitter, rival fans have mocked winger Mohamed Salah’s drab performance in a game that saw nine goals from seven different players. The Egyptian maestro failed to find the net or create an assist at any point. Salah was creative and caused havoc from his traditional right flank. However, his finishing let him down on the day, and rival fans have not let it slide. Here’s a selection of tweets from them slamming the Liverpool forward for his struggles against Bournemouth:...

Set in what appears to be some sort of NASA facility in the dead of night, Ascension has a look similar to the multiplayer map Launch, but with a few tweaks here and there. One notable addition is a rocket-propelled platform that allows the player to hover in the air and pick off what appear to be ape-like zombies from high ground. Ascension is a great addition to the already awesome Zombie maps, but what most gamers are looking for are more multiplayer maps....

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius will be sentenced this week for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, ending years of legal twists and turns. Pistorius, 29, known as “Blade Runner” for the carbon-fibre prosthetic blades he used to race, faces a minimum 15-year jail sentence and cannot appeal after the country’s top court ruled in March that he had exhausted all his legal options....

[HTML1] As part of its E3 2015 activities, Nintendo revived the Nintendo World Championships, which pitted eight players against each other in a showdown to see who’s the best Nintendo player across a handful of games. However, the event wasn’t just about testing players’ skills; Nintendo used the Championships as an opportunity to but also about show off some new games, too. One of these new titles is a Nintendo 3DS game called Blast Ball, an online first person shooter in which players load up in mech suits and shoot at a giant ball into an enemy goal....

If you do not recognize the name of Heron from your studies of Greek mythology, that is because he is a character invented for Blood of Zeus. However, the world that he lives in is straight out of mythology. At the start of the Blood of Zeus, we get the history of this anime’s world. Way before the events of the Netflix show, the Gods waged an epic war against the Titans and, when the last Titan fell, he swore a curse against the Gods and created a race of giants....

Series odds: The Blue Jays slipped to +115 dogs to win the best-of-seven ALCS after getting shutout 5-0 last night by Edinson Volquez, who was darn right nasty. Prior to Game 1 oddsmakers were dealing Toronto -135. The Royals are now priced as -135 favorites with the one-game edge. Game 2 line: Blue Jays -150, Total: 7.5 Line movement: Toronto opened as a -145 favorite at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook less than 24 hours ago....

The ‘cutest’ character class, the Mechromancer, won’t be finished by the time the game’s ship, coming sometime around this November free of charge to those who pre-ordered a copy of Borderlands 2. Video or images are sparse on the Mechromancer at this point, but a few more details have given a bit of an insight into the moment-to-moment gameplay of the additional class. Before conspiracy theories get off the ground, it’s worth reminding fans that the Mechromancer DLC was created and refined near the end of the game’s development - not specifically as a pre-order bonus....

The Norwegian star has been allotted his preferred number 10 role behind forward Gabriel Jesus in the Gunners’ line-up for the match. Mikel Arteta has picked an unchanged starting XI from their 2-0 win away to Crystal Palace on the opening day of the 2022-23 season. Gabriel Martinelli scored a goal in the first half before Marc Guehi’s own goal wrapped things up for the visitors on that occasion....

The video was posted to TikTok last week by Gavin Sturrock (@blasterbrawls), who wrote: “I opened the door and saw this.” It has garnered over 188,000 views and dozens of comments from charmed viewers who were impressed by the “hero” cat’s bravery. “Tigger vs. Big Black Bear,” read the video’s text overlay. “Who will win?” In the video, Tigger arches his back and slowly inches toward the black bear standing next to Sturrock’s car....

The Selecao marched through their qualifying group in impressive form. In 18 fixtures, they won 12 times and lost only once, scoring a formidable 41 goals to boot and conceding a mere 11. The former attacker claimed the world title on three occasions, the first of which as a teenager in 1958, and says the current generation have the potential to replicate that success, in part thanks to their head coach....

The Belgium international has struck 24 times in his debut season at Old Trafford and on Saturday will come up against his former colleague in the FA Cup quarter-finals. Republic of Ireland international Duffy is relishing the opportunity to lock horns with a man he knew from his time at Goodison Park, though he is acutely aware of the damage the striker can cause. “The goals he has got show what he can do,” Duffy told the Daily Express ....

In case you didn’t know… The BWF has proposed some changes to make the sport more popular among the fans and also commercialize of the sport around the world. The changes suggested are:- i) Regularizing a new scoring system of 11x5, i.e. five games of 11 points each instead of the current 21x3 system. ii) Reducing on-court coaching; starting time-out options for players. iii) Introducing a fixed height for serves to bring in uniformity and minimize errors from service judges....