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The term “movie magic” applies to few endeavors as literally as it does to the Harry Potter movies, which to this muggle’s eyes do a fine job of bringing JK Rowling’s transportive novels to screen. With the new spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them set to expand the wizarding world’s mythos, take a moment to gaze into the Pensieve and remind yourself of the series so far. 9.) Sorcerer’s Stone: The franchise didn’t put its best foot forward, but Sorcerer’s Stone — which both detractors... Читать дальше...

SoPlaystation is the gift that keeps on giving for Sony, with the game console leading the charge as Sony posted a major increase in quarterly profit on Tuesday. For the three months ended June 30 — representing Sony’s first quarter — the electronics giant reported a net profit of ¥226.4 billion ($2.04 billion) and revenue of ¥1.95 trillion ($17.55 billion) — tripling its profit from a year ago and slightly growing compared to the ¥1.86 trillion in sales for the same time last year. Read the full... Читать дальше...

Luca Guadagnino’s “Suspiria” remake will clock in at 152 minutes, or just over two and a half hours. That makes “Suspiria” Guadagnino’s longest film yet, surpassing the runtime of “Call Me by Your Name,” which ran for 132 minutes. Daria Argento’s “Suspiria” from 1977 ran 98 minutes, in comparison. Read the full article on The Wrap

WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Records show that officials in an Indianapolis suburb that's now home to the Colts' summer training camp agreed to pay about $1.1 million over three years toward the NFL team's hotel rental. Contract documents obtained by The Indianapolis Star through a records request show officials in Westfield committed to paying half of the hotel rental bill last year while publicly saying that no city incentives would be used. The team is leasing a 152-room Cambria Suites for roughly 30 days each summer to accommodate players... Читать дальше...

KENSINGTON, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man has been accused of impersonating a Drug Enforcement Administration agent. Police in Kensington charged 35-year-old James Behen, Jr., of Newmarket, with four counts of false personation. They say he approached a police officer on July 19 about a traffic summons issued to his wife a few minutes earlier. He identified himself as a DEA agent in Manchester. Police said the officer was suspicious of Behen's story. They confirmed he never worked for the DEA. Behen was arrested and arraigned last week. Читать дальше...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's electoral commission said Tuesday there had been no vote-rigging in the first election without Robert Mugabe on the ballot, but the opposition alleged irregularities as an anxious nation awaited the first official results. Dozens of opposition supporters gathered at their headquarters in the capital, Harare, celebrating in the belief that they had won the presidential election based on results they said they collected from agents in the field. Police with water cannon circulated in the area. Читать дальше...

San Francisco International Airport is often said by travelers to be one of the prettiest places in the world to land and take off. When the weather over the area is clear, flights aren't running late, and air traffic isn't congested over the Bay, airline pilots will sometimes ask to take a scenic route when departing SFO — giving fliers a spectacular sightseeing experience from a low altitude.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Morning" game were: 1-3-4, Sum It Up: 8 (one, three, four; Sum It Up: eight)

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — An official says an American Eagle flight from Peoria, Illinois, bound for North Carolina landed safely after a sudden loss of cabin pressure. Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport director Gene Olson says the 50-seat CRJ200 jet took off about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday bound for Charlotte, North Carolina. Olson says it returned to the Peoria airport within 20 minutes. The (Peoria) Journal-Star reports the jet is operated by PSA Airlines, a subsidiary of American... Читать дальше...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's state-run media says a court has rejected an American pastor's appeal for his release from house arrest and refused to lift his travel ban. Anadolu Agency says the court in Izmir, western Turkey, on Tuesday reviewed an appeal lodged by Andrew Brunson's lawyer but ruled that there was no change in the "strong criminal suspicion" against him. The evangelical pastor was arrested in December 2016 and jailed until he was released to home detention last week. He faces up... Читать дальше...

TX Corpus Christi TX Zone Forecast for Tuesday, July 31, 2018 _____ 048 FPUS54 KCRP 311502 ZFPCRP Zone Forecasts for The Coastal Bend and Rio Grande Plains National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 1002 AM CDT Tue Jul 31 2018 TXZ343-312130- Coastal Nueces- Including the cities of Corpus Christi and Flour Bluff 1002 AM CDT Tue Jul 31 2018 .REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds around 10 mph shifting to the southeast in the afternoon. Читать дальше...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece still faces an uphill struggle after the end of its bailout program and it is not clear that its public debt load will be sustainable in the long term, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday. An IMF report recommended a reduction in high direct taxes, which were imposed to right the country's public finances but also constrain growth. The economy is expected to grow 2 percent this year and 2.4 percent in 2019 but will slow to 1.2 percent in 2022. In the long term... Читать дальше...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A University of Kansas report shows an increase in demand for student mental health services. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the university's Student Affairs department has found that counseling and psychological services had a total of 120 visits in May. That's up more than 73 percent from May 2017. Michael Maestas is the director of the university's Counseling and Psychological Services. He says a decrease in stigma related to mental health issues... Читать дальше...

On November 16, 2001, Pottermania launched in earnest with the release of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” a film that began a decade-long franchise that was just as successful as J.K. Rowling’s books and has now spawned a spin-off, “Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them.” While the later films are more critically admired, it was this film that started both a worldwide cultural phenomenon and the illustrious careers of its main stars. TheWrap teamed up with IMDb to give you these 15 facts you may not have known about the series. Читать дальше...

Viacom has tapped Pamela Post to serve as head of scripted programming for MTV, VH1 and Logo, the company announced on Tuesday. The executive will oversee all scripted efforts at the three networks, as well as at the fledgling MTV Studios, whose scripted projects currently include a reimagining of the animated comedy “Daria” and a new live-action take on “Aeon Flux.” Read the full article on The Wrap

Viacom has tapped Pamela Post to serve as head of scripted programming for MTV, VH1 and Logo, the company announced on Tuesday. The executive will oversee all scripted efforts at the three networks, as well as the fledgling MTV Studios, whose scripted projects currently include a reimagining of the animated comedy “Daria” and a new live-action take on “Aeon Flux.” Read the full article on The Wrap

Refinery29 will expand into the feature film world in a new partnership with Neon, the independent film studio behind the releases of “I, Tonya” and “Three Identical Strangers,” both companies announced Tuesday. The two companies will join forces to identify, purchase and co-distribute films. This partnership marks the first time Refinery29 will dabble in feature films. Read the full article on The Wrap

AMC Theatres’ new moviegoer subscription service, AMC Stubs A-List, has enrolled more than 175,000 subscribers, the company announced Tuesday. The service hit the milestone just five weeks after the enrollment period started, and according to AMC, the surge in membership is well ahead of the company’s expectations. When the service was launched on June 26, AMC expected to hit 500,000 members one year after the launch and one million members two years after launch. Read the full article on The Wrap

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt University is investigating a racist message that was sent to e-mail lists of students, faculty and staff. The university's NAACP chapter complained in a tweet about Monday evening's e-mail blast. The university tweeted early Tuesday that the "deeply disturbing" email, "containing racist language and promoted white supremacy," did not come from an official Vanderbilt account. Officials say Vanderbilt's technology department is trying to find the source. They recommended... Читать дальше...

NUEVA YORK (AP) — Alan Alda anunció que padece la enfermedad de Parkinson. En una entrevista el martes en el programa televisivo "CBS This Morning", el astro de "M.A.S.H." reveló que le diagnosticaron el trastorno neurodegenerativo hace tres años y medio. El actor de 82 años dijo que no estaba enojado y que lo considera un reto. Dijo que ha seguido actuando y dando charlas desde entonces, pero que pudo ver su pulgar crisparse durante un podcast reciente y pensó que un algún tabloide pronto escribiría una historia triste. Читать дальше...

As MoviePass faces an uphill battle to stay afloat, the subscription moviegoing service on Tuesday announced that it would raise its monthly price to $14.95 from $9.95 and limit the access to virtually all wide-release movies during their first two weeks in theaters. MoviePass parent company, Helios & Matheson Analytics, whose stock has declined 98 percent in the last month, said the changes should help reduce costs and cut the company’s monthly burn by roughly 60 percent. Read the full article... Читать дальше...

As MoviePass faces an uphill battle to stay afloat, the subscription movie-going service on Tuesday announced that it would raise its monthly price to $14.95 from $9.95 and limit the access to virtually all wide-release movies during their first two weeks in theaters. MoviePass parent company, Helios & Matheson Analytics, whose stock has declined 98 percent in the last month, said the changes should help reduce costs and cut the company’s monthly burn by roughly 60 percent. Read the full article... Читать дальше...

Hillary Clinton invited some less-than-friendly attention on Monday after she decided to open her Twitter direct messages to all users. While the social media platform’s default settings only allow users who both follow each other to send messages, individual users can choose to open their inbox to receive messages from the general public. It’s a common move for journalists looking for news tips, but can be dicier for major public figures like Clinton. Read the full article on The Wrap

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — How long does it take a robotic hand to learn to juggle a cube? About 100 years, give or take. That's how much virtual computing time it took researchers at OpenAI, the non-profit artificial intelligence lab funded by Elon Musk and others, to train its disembodied hand. The team paid Google $3,500 to run its software on thousands of computers simultaneously, crunching the actual time to 48 hours. After training the robot in a virtual environment, the team put it to a test in the real world. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump tweeted on Tuesday he is consulting with the National Rifle Association over whether it makes sense for a Texas company to publish downloadable blueprints for a 3D-printed gun. Trump tweeted he is "looking into 3-D Plastic Guns being sold to the public," adding that he "already spoke to NRA." The president expressed doubt, saying "doesn't seem to make much sense!" He did not offer further details. The National Rifle Association did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Читать дальше...