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Nabors died at his home in Hawaii on Thursday morning, his longtime partner told the Associated Press. A native of Alabama, Nabors also recorded more than two dozen albums with a rich, operatic baritone voice that surprised those who were used to hearing him exclaim "Gawwwleee!" with a Southern twang on television. For many years, Nabors sang "Back Home Again in Indiana" during the opening ceremonies for the Indianapolis 500. |
Kirk Douglas, one of the last survivors of Hollywood’s golden era, will turn 101 on December 9, 2017.
His illustrious career, spanning nearly seven decades, has been filled with triumphs, including three Oscar nominations and an honorary Academy Award for being a creative and moral force in the motion-picture community.
Known for his unforgettable performances in movies such as Champion (1949), Spartacus (1960), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), and Lust for Life (1956), Douglas, alongside several other iconic actors of the period, set the standard for Hollywood’s tough guy persona, admitting that he’d “made a career playing sons of bitches.”
But if you ask Douglas, the biggest achievement of his life just might be the fact that he helped break the blacklist of the McCarthy era by hiring and crediting screenwriter Dalton Trumbo for Spartacus. Trumbo, a Communist, had been imprisoned in a federal penitentiary for 11 months for refusing to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee, and his scripts after that used fronts or pseudonyms. After Spartacus, due to Douglas’s intervention in that Stanley Kubrick-directed film, Trumbo was credited for his work, as were other previously blacklisted writers.
Born Issur Danielovitch on December 9, 1916, in Amsterdam, New York, to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents, he grew up poor, and his path to glory was a tough one. But Douglas’ wish to become an actor, combined with his hard work, commitment, and dedication, transformed him into a symbol of 20th-century show business and a true movie star.
AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young has died at the age of 64.
In a statement, Young’s family said he had been suffering from dementia for several years and that he “passed away peacefully with his family by his bedside.”
Young, along with his brother Angus, founded the band in 1973. Two years later, they released their first album, High Voltage.
“As a guitarist, songwriter and visionary he was a perfectionist and a unique man,” the band wrote on its Facebook page. “He always stuck to his guns and did and said exactly what he wanted.”
The band’s supercharged music has allowed it to gain international success with songs such as Highway to Hell, T.N.T. and Back in Black.
Young performed with the band for more than 40 years before leaving in 2014 because of the disease. He was then replaced in the band by his nephew, Stevie Young.
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If a group of First Nations gets its wish, Calgary will be renamed Wichispa Oyade — Stoney Nakoda terms that roughly translate to mean elbow town. The Stoney Nakoda have applied to have a long list of well-known places across southern Alberta changed to reflect traditional names given by their people. Their application letter to the Alberta government also includes Canmore, the Bow River, Mount Allan and dozens of other sites they consider to be part of their territory. "The Stoney Nakoda people are the original occupants of the land and place names should be changed to their traditional Stoney Nakoda names in order to allow the culture and history of these lands to become more known and respected," reads the letter. The First Nations argue the English or Cree names given to many of these places have failed to reflect their specific Indigenous history. "This lack of recognition contributes to an increasing threat that Stoney Nakoda heritage will be overrun." |
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John Hillerman, who played the caretaker on 1980s detective show “Magnum, P.I.” and appeared in several landmark 1970s films, died Thursday in Houston. He was 84. Hillerman was nominated for four Emmys for his role as Jonathan Quayle Higgins III on “Magnum, P.I.,” and won for supporting actor in 1987. He won a Golden Globe in 1982. The native Texan played the character of Tom Selleck’s major domo with a British accent, and often took on supercilious characters. Hillerman was Bonnie Franklin’s cold fish boss on “One Day at a Time,” and had a recurring role on TV business spoof “The Betty White Show.” He made his film debut in Peter Bogdanovich’s “The Last Picture Show” and went on to appear in three more films for the director, “What’s Up, Doc?,” “Paper Moon,” in which he played twins, a sheriff and a bootlegger, and “At Long Last Love,” as Burt Reynolds’ valet. Other notable film roles included Clint Eastwood’s “High Plains Drifter,” Mel Brooks’ “Blazing Saddles,” Roman Polanski’s “Chinatown,” and Stanley Donen’s “Lucky Lady.” Hillerman attended the U. of Texas and served in the Air Force before moving to New York to work in the theater. He met Bogdanovich while appearing in “Othello.” His other TV roles included “Ellery Queen,” “Murder, She Wrote,” “Simon & Simon,” “Hart to Hart,” “The Love Boat,” and “Valerie.” |
An enormous new leak of tax-haven financial records — rivalling the Panama Papers in size and scope — is laying bare some of the financial secrets of the world's elite, from the Queen to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chief fundraiser to U.S. President Donald Trump's commerce secretary, along with more than 120 politicians across the globe.Related: The Paradise Papers — International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
The 13.4 million records in what is being dubbed the Paradise Papers come largely from Appleby, one of the biggest offshore law firms on the planet, which was founded in Bermuda and has branches in tax havens around the world.
The records expose the assets and sometimes murky dealings of a host of characters, as well as the ways corporate giants like Apple, Nike and Uber avoid taxes legally through increasingly creative bookkeeping.
The leak was obtained by German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung and shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and a network of more than 380 journalists in 67 countries, including CBC/Radio-Canada and the Toronto Star in Canada.
The leaked Appleby files contain the names of more than 3,000 Canadians and Canadian entities, including hundreds of companies, wealthy individuals, lawyers, accountants, and people who inherited money stashed in their family's offshore accounts in Bermuda or the Cayman Islands.
(CBC)
Wireless charging uses magnetic induction to charge your iPhone. Don't place anything between your iPhone and the charger. Magnetic mounts, magnetic cases, or other objects between your iPhone and the charger might reduce performance or damage magnetic strips or RFID chips like those found in some credit cards, security badges, passports, and key fobs. If your case holds any of these sensitive items, remove them before charging or make sure that they aren’t between the back of your iPhone and the charger.
