The 33-year-old said he'd given the decision a lot of thought and felt it was time to move forward with a white-ball focus.from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2uCyPnV
New Zealand's Todd Astle Steps Back From Red-ball Cricket
The 33-year-old said he'd given the decision a lot of thought and felt it was time to move forward with a white-ball focus.from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2uCyPnV
Shafali Verma Takes the Fast Lane to India Women's Team
India will begin their World Cup campaign in the Feb. 21 tournament opener against defending champions Australia in Sydney.from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/314t1Qq
Whopping 48 Sixes, 70 Fours in Bangladesh Cricket Run-fest
North Bengal Cricket Academy won by 46 runs after they racked up 432-4 and restricted Talent Hunt Cricket Academy to a relatively meagre 386-7 at City Club ground in Dhaka on Monday.from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2GskzAR
Rajasthan Stalwart Vineet Saxena Announces Retirement
He is the only cricketer from Rajasthan to play 100 or more Ranji matches in a career spanning more than two decades.from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2RSFgLy
India vs New Zealand | India Becoming Better and Better on Tour: Tim Southee
Southee also asked his team's batsmen to raise their game.from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2vqJ1Ah
We Miss MS Dhoni, No One Sits on His Seat in Bus: Yuzvendra Chahal
Towards the end of the video, he moved to the rear of the bus and pointed to an empty seat which, he said, was the former captain's preferred spot before he went on a sabbatical last year.from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2Ry0L5C
India vs Australia Live Score, U-19 World Cup Quarter Final at Potchefstroom: India Look For Big Win
India vs Australia live cricket score and latest update of ICC U19 world cup Quarter Final at News18.com. Stay with CricketNext for live score and ball by ball commentary of Ind vs AUS cricket match being played at Potchefstroom.from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/37zJtun
India vs New Zealand | Have Identified Core Players For T20 World Cup: Rathour
Batting coach Vikram Rathour on Tuesday called the new generation of Indian cricketers "incredible" and said the team management has already identified the core of players for the T20 World Cup in October-November.from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2RSYEIw
Not The Way I Wanted to End It: Philander on Retiring After Defeat to England
South African fast bowler Vernon Philander, who had announced prior to the start of the recently concluded Test series against England that it would be his last series for South Africa said that he did not want to make his exit on a losing note.from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2U1ECy8
Happy That Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Hafeez's Experience Helped Us: Misbah-ul-Haq
Pakistan coach Misbah-ul-Haq said he was pleased with the way Pakistan's experienced players gelled with the young, new-look T20I side after they sealed the three-match series against Bangladesh.from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2RXB6Sv
Chamari Atapattu to Lead Sri Lanka at Women's T20 World Cup
Sri Lanka have announced their 15-member squad for the upcoming Women's T20 World Cup, set to be played in Australia from February 21 to March 8. The squad will be led by Chamari Atapattu and also includes other senior players like Shashikala Siriwardene, Udeshika Probodhani and Sugandika Kumar.from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2tVNhaG
Test Trio to Join England Lions Squad After South Africa Triumph
Dom Bess, Zak Crawley and Dom Sibley will join up with the England Lions squad for the red-ball leg of their tour of Australia after helping Joe Root's side complete a Test series win against South Africa.from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/38JinAZ
Root Says 'Sky is The Limit' as England Seal Series Win
England captain Joe Root believes "the sky is the limit" for his team as the tourists completed a 3-1 series victory with a 191-run win in the fourth and final Test against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium on Monday.from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2Gugg85
Du Plessis, Root Play Down On-field Incident
South African captain Faf du Plessis said on Monday that an incident involving England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler and fast bowler Stuart Broad was just a case of him standing up to opponents.from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/38Lra5z
South Africa Docked Six Points, 60 Percent of Fee for Slow Play
South Africa were docked six World Test Championship points and fined 60 percent of their match fee on Monday for a slow over rate during their 191-run fourth Test defeat by England.from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3aQrqSq
Ben Stokes Sorry Despite 'Repeated Abuse' From Spectator & 'Ed Sheeran Reference'
England star Ben Stokes apologised Friday for his angry exchange with a fan during the fourth and final Test against South Africa but claimed he was the victim of "repeated abuse".from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/37yS8gA
Stephen King Clarifies Diversity Comments, Says Oscars Are Rigged For White People
As one of the most prolific and successful authors of all time, Stephen King is a living legend for storytellers and writers, but the acclaimed novelist has recently caught fire for his controversial comments about diversity in art.
The Academy has once again proven that it can’t reflect diversity when assessing the eligible movies, as this year’s nominees have failed to represent different races and ethnicities. However, there are some who believe that diversity should not be a measure of quality. Stephen King is one of the few people who’s voiced his concern regarding the attitude towards judging creative excellence, noting that people who critique works of art should be “blind to questions of race, gender, or sexual orientation.”
In fact, in a recent opinion piece, King expressed his dissatisfaction with this “increasingly acrimonious” trend by saying that such criteria are insulting to the idea of creative work:
“The response reflects my overall attitude that, as with justice, judgments of creative excellence should be blind. But that would be the case in a perfect world, one where the game isn’t rigged in favor of the white folks. Creative excellence comes from every walk, color, creed, gender and sexual orientation, and it’s made richer and bolder and more exciting by diversity, but it’s defined by being excellent.
“Judging anyone’s work by any other standard is insulting and – worse – it undermines those hard-won moments when excellence from a diverse source is rewarded (against, it seems, all the odds) by leaving such recognition vulnerable to being dismissed as politically correct.”
But even the Dark Tower writer admits that he’s the archetype of a white, rich male in this argument. Though despite these controversial claims, at least to the people who had trouble with his words on Washington Post, King shares the same general distaste for the lack of equal representation. That’s why he had to clarify his original statements by saying the following:
“We don’t live in that perfect world, and this year’s less-than-diverse Academy Awards nominations once more prove it. Maybe someday we will. I can dream, can’t I? After all, I make stuff up for a living.”
Ultimately, though, matters of diverse representation in the entertainment world should be up for public discourse. So, by all means, let us know your thoughts on the subject down below and if you agree with Stephen King.
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Facebook and Razer are restricting employee travel to China amid coronavirus outbreak
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Facebook and gaming hardware maker Razer are among the first US technology companies to begin restricting travel to China amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
Facebook is halting all non-essential employee travel to the country, and the company is also telling employees who recently returned from China to work from home, according to Bloomberg. Although Facebook is banned in China, the company does have offices in the country and uses Chinese suppliers for manufacturing its Oculus virtual reality headsets and its Portal family of video chat devices.
California-based Razer, known for making popular gaming laptops and accessories, has separately confirmed to The Verge that it is taking similar measures. “Our company has already been...
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Facebook and Razer are restricting employee travel to China amid coronavirus outbreak
Photo by Feature China/Barcroft Media via Getty Images
Facebook and gaming hardware maker Razer are among the first US technology companies to begin restricting travel to China amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
Facebook is halting all non-essential employee travel to the country, and the company is also telling employees who recently returned from China to work from home, according to Bloomberg. Although Facebook is banned in China, the company does have offices in the country and uses Chinese suppliers for manufacturing its Oculus virtual reality headsets and its Portal family of video chat devices.
California-based Razer, known for making popular gaming laptops and accessories, has separately confirmed to The Verge that it is taking similar measures. “Our company has already been...
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Spider-Man: Homecoming Fan Spots New MJ Easter Egg We All Missed
Though it was heavily rumored beforehand, the final reveal that Zendaya’s character Michelle Jones was a revamped version of Mary Jane Watson was one of the coolest moments in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Once you know the twist though, there are a few hidden references to the fact that MJ will go on to be integral to Peter Parker’s life, and one fan has just pointed us in the direction of a pretty neat one.
Reddit user u/MrBubbles9039 shared a screenshot on the Marvel Studios subreddit taken from the scene where MJ is staring up at the Washington Monument, during the section of the film where the Midtown Academic Triathlon team have travelled to D.C. The character is wearing a shirt with a picture of famed poet and writer Sylvia Plath on it. The Redittor notes that Plath once wrote a poem called “The Spider.”
On the one hand, MJ’s shirt choice is completely in keeping with her personality. She’s a great reader and has an interest in the morbid – Plath is known for her struggles with depression that ultimately led to her suicide. On the other, though, it’s also a neat bit of foreshadowing.
If you’re thinking this might just be a coincidence, it should be noted that MJ’s reading choices throughout the movie are very clearly deliberately chosen for their parallels to the life of her future boyfriend the web-slinger. She’s seen reading W. Somerset Maugham’s Of Human Bondage at one point, which features an orphaned boy who lives with his aunt and uncle. Another of her literary interests is Vladimir Nabokov’s Invitation to a Beheading, including a thread about a man befriending a spider in his prison cell.
MJ and Peter officially started their romance in Spider-Man: Homecoming‘s sequel, Spider-Man: Far From Home. It’s unknown what’s next for the couple now that Parker’s publicly been accused of murder, but we’ll find out in July 2021’s Spider-Man 3.
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Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Charging $11 For Sporks, Which Used To Be Free
“What are you doing? A Jedi’s utensil deserves more respect!” Thanks, Ghost Luke. Truer words have never been spoken.
What is the most sacred of all eating utensils but the spork, a combination of fork and spoon, of light and dark. Sporks represent the balance of the Force in a way no other instrument has. Disney, sensing this, has now monetized eating with them at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, unfortunately.
Yep, if you plan on heading over to the aforementioned theme park, you better bring $11 if you want to eat with a spork. The park originally offered the instruments for free, since, you know, they’re normal and rational. But since fans have been “stealing” them and selling the sporks on eBay for as much as $150, Disney had no choice but to start charging for them. If it’s any consolation, at least you get a sweet carrying tote for your spork.
Space Sporks Now On Sale at Docking Bay 7 in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneylandhttps://t.co/heNT1AigER pic.twitter.com/jQk1Oxqsl0
— Disneyland News Today (@dlnt) January 27, 2020
Whelp, it’s finally gotten that bad, eh? As we all know, attendance at Galaxy’s Edge fell far below Disney’s expectations, and the parks have basically been hemorrhaging money for a while now. Sure, theme parks are expensive, we all can assume this easily. But charging for eating utensils is goofy, no matter the branding. I understand the $1,000+ build-a-lightsaber and I get food and drinks there being outrageously expensive, that’s normal as heck. But gosh dang it, this is too far, man.
Granted, I’m broke as ever and there’s no way I’d ever be able to afford to go to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, even if utensils were still free. From what I have heard, the park itself is…fine, ya know. I think I heard wait times of over three hours for the Rise of the Resistance ride, too.
Disney didn’t exactly handle the brand well, did they? It’s unfortunate. But hey, worse things have happened. Minus $11 sporks, that is. That’s literally the worst thing to ever happen.
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The Batman Director Shares First Set Photo As Production Begins
And we’re off. Production on The Batman is officially underway. Director Matt Reeves has confirmed as such with an image of a slate board posted to his Twitter account under the caption “#DayOne #TheBatman.” I think we can take that as a reliable source, right?
Here’s the tweet in actuality:
#DayOne #TheBatman cc: @GreigfraserD pic.twitter.com/kOgcsa6zX3
— Matt Reeves (@mattreevesLA) January 27, 2020
This image represents a huge moment for the project, and for fans. The film underwent multiple delays, a change in the director’s chair, a change in the Batman’s chair, and a script rewrite. All this upheaval stemmed from Ben Affleck’s eventual decision to pull out of the DC Extended Universe entirely. The star was originally signed on to handle all three of those roles, with Warner Bros. giving their backing to his standalone Bat-project way back in October 2014. Circumstances have dictated that his vision never made it to production, but 5 years or so later we do have their post-cinematic universe Batman film tangibly in the making. It is, at long last, really happening.
What direction Matt Reeves takes, how successful the casting of Robert Pattinson proves to be and how well they cope under the shadow of Nolan’s trilogy are all questions that can’t be answered yet. I hope we find out on June 25th, 2021 that those answers are positive, though.
In any case, the race to the finish line is now on and there’s less than 18 months to go until we see what WB and Reeves have cooked up for us. Hans Zimmer’s Dark Knight score suddenly comes to mind. After all, if there’s one thing he captured perfectly in those films, it’s suspense.
The Batman is coming back to the big screen, folks, and this time, he’s thankfully not lugging Ezra Miller with him.
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