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'The Godfather' director believes cinema on 'golden age' cusp after 'Barbenheimer' The stupendous success of 'Oppenheimer and Barbie' has greatly motivated the industry Francis Ford Coppola has often expressed his apprehensions about the cinema's decline; however, after the release of  Barbie  and  Oppenheimer , the filmmaker's pessimism was evidently switched to optimism. During a recent chat with fans on his Instagram story, a fan asked  The Godfather  director where he saw the future of the films in the ongoing decade. “My hunch is that we’re on the verge of a golden age wonderfully illuminating cinema seen in large theaters," the auteur gushed. In another instance, a fan asked him about his thoughts on the two summer flicks. “I have yet to see them, but the fact that people are filling big theaters to see them and that they are neither ‘sequels’ nor ‘prequels’… no number attached to them meaning they are...

  £100m Kane tipped to leave Spurs ‘in days’ after ‘new development’ boosts Man Utd and Bayern A ccording to reports, England international Harry Kane could leave Tottenham Hotspur ‘in days’ amid reports linking him with Man Utd and Bayern Munich. Kane is out of contract in 2024 and it is looking increasingly likely that he will leave the club either this summer or before the 2024/25 campaign. The forward netted 30 Premier League goals during what was a sensational campaign for him on a personal level in 2022/23 and he is now being targeted by clubs around Europe. Man Utd are in the market for at least one new striker ahead of next season, with Kane, Rasmus Hojlund and Randal Kolo Muani among the players they are being linked with. Daniel Levy is a renowned stern negotiator and a deal will always be difficult for Man Utd to pull off due to the  Tottenham  chief’s unwillingness to do business with their Premier League rivals. Bayern Mu...

  Cardi B says feud with Offset was not 'Jealousy' promotion After a public fallout, Offset and Cardi B released 'Jealousy' In Cardi B and Offset's relationship, public rants are common, but the former denied the recent tiff was to promote their new track,  Jealousy . Responding to one user after he insinuated allegation that the duo had staged a the drama in lieu of getting eyeballs on their latest music video. The hip-hop star slammed those speculations on Instagram, "It wasn't no STUNT," adding, "Tasha K made some ish up, and yall was laughing about it and happy *** hell about it. Now that we putting it in the music is a stunt … Naaa baby be mad at the one who started trolling wit it,"' referring to her defamation lawsuit case win against blogger Tasha K. "THEY *** WAS SO WET WHEN THE LIE WAS GOING AROUND NOW it's a different narrative when we put it in the music ….OOOO IM POPPIN IT ...

How unloading of oil from FSO Safer is defusing Red Sea’s ticking ecological time bomb JEDDAH: The risks of an ecological and humanitarian catastrophe happening off the coast of Yemen are receding as a UN-led operation to pump more than a million barrels of crude oil out of an abandoned storage vessel and into a replacement tanker makes steady progress. The three-week, $143 million operation got underway on Tuesday to defuse what experts have dubbed a ticking time bomb. Had the condition of the stricken FSO Safer been allowed to deteriorate further, huge quantities of oil could have spilled into the sea, causing incalculable environmental and economic damage. “It’s a great relief to see the start of the long awaited UN-led salvage operation of the decaying FSO Safer anchored off the coast of Yemen with 1.14 million barrels of oil,” Ghiwa Nakat, executive director of Greenpeace MENA, told Arab News on Friday. “We are on day three and there’s steady progress.” An internat...

  Quake it off: Taylor Swift fans generate seismic activity during Seattle shows.  Local seismometer detects activity equivalent of 2.3 magnitude earthquake, comparable to 2011 ‘Beast Quake.’ Taylor Swift’s Eras tour performances at Lumen Field in Seattle on 22 and 23 July generated seismic activity equivalent of a 2.3 magnitude earthquake, according to seismologist Jackie Caplan-Auerbach. A local seismometer detected activity generated by dancing fans comparable to the famous 2011 “Beast Quake”, when Seattle Seahawks fans erupted in response to running back Marshawn “Beast Mode” Lynch scoring a touchdown in an NFC wild card game against the New Orleans Saints. Swift sold out both nights in Seattle, with 72,171 fans at the Saturday show breaking a venue record of 70,000 set by U2 in 2011. Swift’s Eras Tour is one of the most expensive ever, costing an estimated $100m or more. Concerts have been known on occasion to register...

  Canada women footballers reach interim pay deal but say fight ‘isn’t over.’ Players say they are ‘deeply disappointed’ to lack long-term deal, but want to focus on football as World Cup continues. The Canadian women’s national football team has announced it reached an interim pay agreement with the sport’s governing body in Canada, but the players say there is still a long way to go to address longstanding issues of inequity. In a statement on Friday, the players said they had reached a deal with Canada Soccer “to provide compensation for our team for 2023, including prize money allocation from the FIFA Women’s World Cup”. “We are deeply disappointed to find ourselves without a more complete agreement at this crucial stage in our calendar,” they said in the statement, which was shared on social media by the Canadian Soccer Players’ Association. The players said the interim agreement “ensures, at minimum, equal pay” with the Canadian men...