Новости за 13.03.2018

“The Crown” star Claire Foy was paid less than her male co-star Matt Smith even though she played the Queen of England, producers Suzanne Mackie and Andy Harries said at the INTV Conference in Jerusalem on Tuesday. Producers said that Smith was paid more because of his fame from “Doctor Who,” and that they won’t make the same mistake in the upcoming seasons. “Going forward, no one gets paid more than the queen,” Mackie said Tuesday during the INTV Conference panel discussion, according to Variety. Читать дальше...

BEIRUT — Turkey said Tuesday its troops and allied Syrian fighters have encircled the Kurdish-held town of Afrin in northern Syria, putting hundreds of thousands of civilians under siege and marking a significant military advance in the seven-week operation. Turkey launched its assault on the border enclave on Jan. 20 to drive out Syrian Kurdish forces that it views as “terrorists” linked to Kurdish rebels fighting inside Turkey. The Turkish military said the siege of Afrin, the main town in the enclave of the same name... Читать дальше...

The Season 2 finale of “This Is Us” is going to the chapel, and Toby (Chris Sullivan) and Kate (Chrissy Metz) are getting married. Yes, the episode, appropriately titled “The Wedding,” will end in a marriage — Susan Kelechi Watson tells TheWrap there will be nothing but “happy tears” for Katoby fans Tuesday night. But that got us wondering about some other Pearson Family nuptials. Namely, the magical day when Watson’s Beth and Randall (Sterling K. Brown) tied the knot. And while the actress says... Читать дальше...

More pedestrians were killed in California last year than any other state, a new report found.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Tuesday that they “can’t put a number on how many targets avoided arrest” because of Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s public warning before an operation, confirming the complaints of an ICE spokesman who resigned over what he saw as false assertions by officials. ICE’s spokesman in San Francisco, James Schwab, told The Chronicle Monday that he quit in frustration over statements by ICE chief Thomas Homan and Attorney General Jeff... Читать дальше...

One of the most interesting moments of “Jessica Jones” Season 2 doesn’t take place in a dark alley or in the middle of a fist fight. It takes the show’s hard-drinking detective to an aquarium, in an attempt to find a scientist who’s obsessed with octopuses. In Episode 5 of “Jessica Jones” Season 2 on Netflix, Jessica (Krysten Ritter) interviews a man convicted of murder in her hunt for IGH, an organization that does human genetic experimentation and is responsible for giving Jessica her enhanced strength. Читать дальше...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A veteran county lawmaker in Las Vegas has filed documents to run as a Democrat for governor. Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani (joon-kihl-ee-AHN'-ee) used the occasion on Tuesday to talk about touring Nevada counties and opening her first campaign office in Reno. Known to many as Chris G, she is a former teachers' union president who was first elected to the commission in 2006. The seven-member body has jurisdiction over the Las Vegas Strip and unincorporated parts of... Читать дальше...

President Trump has blocked Singapore chipmaker Broadcom from pursuing a hostile takeover of U.S. rival Qualcomm citing national security issues. But it’s not the first time a foreign deal has been nixed for this reason. Trump’s decision was based on the recommendation of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which reviews foreign purchases of U.S. entities. Here is a look at other blocked deals over the years. Canyon Bridge-Lattice Semiconductor... Читать дальше...

TX Shreveport LA Zone Forecast for Tuesday, March 13, 2018 _____ 838 FPUS54 KSHV 132027 ZFPSHV Zone Forecasts National Weather Service Shreveport LA 327 PM CDT Tue Mar 13 2018 TXZ096-141515- Red River- Including the cities of Clarksville and Bogata 327 PM CDT Tue Mar 13 2018 .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s. Northeast winds 5 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. East winds 5 mph becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Warmer. Lows in the mid 40s. Читать дальше...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy's budget (all times local): 4:20 p.m. New Jersey Republicans are balking at Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy's budget. Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean Jr. slammed Murphy's proposed increase in the sales tax from 6.625 percent to 7 percent. He says it would "hurt all" residents and also reneges on the 2016 deal between Republican Chris Christie and lawmakers. That agreement led to higher gas taxes for transportation funding, but also lowered the sales tax. Читать дальше...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An autopsy shows an actress and beauty queen winner of a Spanish-language TV reality show was legally intoxicated when she died last year at her Texas home. The Austin American-Statesman reports the Tarrant County medical examiner determined 31-year-old Margaret Ann Garza of Round Rock possibly stopped breathing while in a position that obstructed her airway. Garza was found May 30. Her face was against a kitchen cabinet and her neck was hyperextended. Her blood alcohol level... Читать дальше...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday proposed raising the state sales tax, hiking income taxes on the wealthy and legalizing recreational marijuana under a budget plan he said represents a sharp break from the way the state was run the past eight years under a Republican administration. Murphy, a Democrat, also said he wants to increase the state's contributions to public education by about 8 percent, or $1 billion. In his first budget address to the Democrat-led Legislature, Murphy recommended... Читать дальше...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — House Speaker Scott Bedke warned that addressing the state's reading test will likely be the final legislative battle of the session before lawmakers can go home for the year. Bedke told reporters on Tuesday lawmakers are still working behind the scenes on redesigning or replacing the so-called Idaho Reading Indicator — an early reading test for kindergarten through third-graders. Idaho schools have been using the test for nearly 20 years, but critics have begun speaking out that it needs an update. Читать дальше...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Phil Lyman, a rural county commissioner who became a cause celebre in the movement challenging U.S. management of Western public lands when he led an all-terrain vehicle protest ride in 2014, said Tuesday he is running for the Utah Legislature. Lyman said he will run for the seat of Rep. Mike Noel, who is retiring after 16 years, and hopes to take over Noel's role of being the outspoken voice for states' rights and rural southern Utah residents. Lyman, a Republican, said in... Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on a third nor'easter in two weeks to pound the storm-weary Northeast (all times local): 4: 05 p.m. Power outage totals from a Northeastern storm have climbed to more than 250,000 just in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. The vast majority are in Massachusetts, where more than 237,000 utility customers were without power Tuesday. The National Weather Service reports that snowfall rates are elevated to 2 inches per hour across southern New England. In Connecticut... Читать дальше...

BALTIMORE (AP) — A member of a Baltimore-area gang has pleaded guilty to racketeering and drug trafficking conspiracy. Prosecutors say 39-year-old Takuma Tate was one of 26 alleged gang members and associates charged in a racketeering conspiracy centered on the Murdaland Mafia Piru. It's a subset of the Bloods gang and controlled the drug trade in parts of northwest Baltimore and neighboring Baltimore County. A 32-count indictment alleges that the defendants engaged in everything from murders to... Читать дальше...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas House panel advanced a proposal Tuesday to regulate pharmacy benefit managers, as lawmakers began a special session focused primarily on addressing a cut in reimbursements rates pharmacists have seen. The House Insurance and Commerce Committee endorsed a proposal that would also allow the state Insurance Department to require the pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, to license with the state. PBMs run prescription drug plans for employers, government agencies and insurers, among other clients. Читать дальше...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — While students across the country plan walkouts to protest gun violence, teens at a New Mexico high school still reeling from a deadly shooting in December have organized a "walk-up" to help unify a rural campus with varied ideas on school safety. Students at Aztec High School asked administrators if they could gather around the flag pole Wednesday to honor the 21 students killed in recent months in school shootings — 17 in Florida, two in Kentucky and two of their own. They... Читать дальше...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's visit to California to view border wall prototypes (all times local): 1:20 p.m. President Donald Trump says he has a "great relationship" with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. Trump calls Pena Nieto a "wonderful guy" and says they're trying to work things out. Trump adds: "We'll see whether or not it happens." Relations between the U.S. and Mexico have been deeply strained since Trump took office vowing to build a Southern border wall to stop illegal immigration. Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors say Sean Smith, who was released by the Raiders on Monday, has been sentenced to serve a year in jail after admitting he beat his sister’s boyfriend in July. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office says Smith pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony assault charge. He was also sentenced to five years of probation and was taken into custody after the court hearing. Prosecutors said the cornerback beat his sister’s boyfriend after the... Читать дальше...

The fairy tale archetypes that open “Iron Shoes,” a collaboration between Shotgun Players and Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble, are the sort that have been burned into your brain since childhood: two bad sisters and one good one; a wrathful father who issues capricious enjoinments like “I forbid you to enter that room!”; a prince in the guise of a repulsive animal. A decade in the making, this world premiere uses 15 performers to tell three parallel stories, sourced from Eastern European myths... Читать дальше...

As the Stanford men’s basketball team sees it, the NIT isn’t a booby prize. The Cardinal wanted desperately to make the NCAA Tournament, but they say there’s nothing wrong with a chance to continue playing. Besides, if the chips fall right, there could be a trip to New York City out of it. “It’s another chance to grow the team,” forward Michael Humphrey said. “As a senior, I want to leave these freshmen with a good legacy, a winning legacy. It’s something they can build on going forward. Читать дальше...

“Vertigo,” the Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece considered by many to be the quintessential San Francisco film and by the influential Sight and Sound poll as the greatest movie ever made, plays a lot in art houses in the city. But for its 60th anniversary year, it’s a national event, playing alongside “Black Panther” and “A Wrinkle in Time” in multiplexes across the nation, including 24 in the Bay Area. Screening on Sunday, March 18, and Wednesday... Читать дальше...

(Spoiler alert: Please do not on unless you have watched last the March 6 episode of “This Is Us”) Fans’ tear ducts are already prepped for the worst going into Tuesday’s Season 2 finale of “This Is Us,”  thanks to last week’s promo for Kate (Chrissy Metz) and Toby’s (Chris Sullivan) wedding episode — appropriately titled “The Wedding” — which featured an elderly version of Jack Pearson. Obviously, fans were shook to see Milo Ventimiglia’s character alive and well in the present day. But star Susan... Читать дальше...

“To live with his physical hideousness, incapacitating deformities and unremitting pain is trial enough,” goes an early line in Bernard Pomerance’s “The Elephant Man.” “But to be exposed to the cruelly lacerating expressions of horror and disgust by all who behold him is even more difficult to bear.