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Centerville body armor maker featured in White House event

Body armor plates manufactured in Centerville, Iowa, were exhibited in Monday’s “Made in America” event at the White House. RMA Armament CEO Blake Waldrop is featured in a video on the company’s website. “I started this business to help better protect the end user, my fellow Marines, my fellow police officers,” Waldrop says in the video. […]Powered by WPeMatico

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Entertainment

“Mr. Robot” star Rami Malek confirmed to star in Freddie Mercury biopic, “X-Men” director Bryan Singer to helm

Getty Images/Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho(LOS ANGELES) -- Queen has confirmed that Mr. Robot star Rami Malek has been cast in the lead role of the long-in-the-works Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, and that Bryan Singer, director and writer of most of the X-Men films, will be directing the film. According to a post on the band's official website, pre-production on the flick will begin next week in the U.K., while principal filming is expected to start in and around London as […]

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Entertainment

Big Genie Style: Will Smith cast as the Genie in Disney’s live-action “Aladdin” remake

ABC/Randy Holmes (LOS ANGELES) -- Disney has officially found its Genie for its live-action remake of Aladdin. On Saturday, during the D23 Expo in Anaheim, California, the film company announced that it has cast Power Rangers star Naomi Scott as Princess Jasmine, newcomer Mena Massoud as Aladdin and Will Smith as the wish-granting Genie. The 1992 original animated film was a comedic interpretation of an Arabic folk tale about a young man who was granted three wishes by a […]

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Entertainment

“GMA” gets sneak-peek at “Blade Runner: 2049”

Warner Bros./Stephen Vaughan(NEW YORK) -- On Good Morning America Monday, Ryan Gosling gave fans a sneak peek at the long-awaited sequel to Ridley Scott's 1981 cult classic Blade Runner: Warner Bros.' Blade Runner: 2049.  Gosling stars alongside the movie's original star, Harrison Ford, whose character, Rick Deckard, belonged to an elite unit of detectives sent to hunt down rogue artificial humans known as replicants.  Gosling plays Officer K, who tracks Deckard down for help with a case.  Scott produces, […]

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Entertainment

“Walking Dead” showrunner speaks out after stuntman’s death

(l-r) "The Walking Dead" Executive Producers Greg Nicotero, Scott M. Gimple -- AMC/Gene Page(ATLANTA) -- Scott M. Gimple, the showrunner for The Walking Dead, is speaking out after a stuntman's tragic death on set. John Bernecker died Wednesday evening after he suffered an injury on the set of the hit AMC series, the Coweta County Coroner's Office in Georgia confirmed to ABC News. The cause of death was accidental blunt-force trauma, the coroner […]

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Entertainment

Jodie Whittaker becomes the first female Dr. Who in the series’ 54 years

Getty Images/Mike Marsland(LONDON) -- Jodie Whittaker is the new Dr. Who, making her the 13th actor and first woman to play the doctor since the iconic U.K. series began in 1963, BBC America announced Sunday. The 35-year-old British actress will replace Peter Capaldi when the series returns for its annual Christmas special. Whittaker will then be featured when the new season of Dr. Who premieres next year. Chris Chibnall, the series' new head writer and executive producer, […]

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At Disney fan confab, Oprah Winfrey, Mark Hamill and Josh Brolin talk “Avengers,” “Mary Poppins,” “Wrinkle in Time”

(L-R) James Brolin (Thanos), Chris Helmsworth (Thor) and Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark/Iron Man) face off on stage at D23 -- Disney - 2017(LOS ANGELES) -- D-23, the official the official Disney fan expo wrapped up in Anaheim, California over the weekend, and offered a trove of information on the studio’s hotly anticipated films. A Wrinkle in Time star Oprah Winfrey took to the stage to talk about the film, bowing March of 2018. […]

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Entertainment

“Game of Thrones” recap: “Dragonstone”

HBO(LOS ANGELES) -- (SPOILERS AHEAD) At long last, winter has arrived. The seventh season premiere of Game of Thronesfinds Jon Snow and the North planning their next move, Cersei forming new alliances and Daenerys finally arriving at her ancestral homeland. But first, we start with Arya, whose rampage of revenge is just getting started. Riverrun The episode opens with Walder Frey giving a congratulatory speech to his family, which is confusing, since Arya […]

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“Planet of the Apes” wins war for the box office with $56.5 million weekend

2017 Twentieth Century Fox FIlm Corp.(LOS ANGELES) --War for the Planet of the Apes reigned supreme at the box office last weekend, dethroning the prior week's champ, Spider-Man: Homecoming, with an estimated $56.5 million debut. That said, the final chapter in the Planet of the Apes trilogy, starring the godfather of motion capture acting, Andy Serkis, topped 2011's Rise of the Planet of the Apes by just a million dollars, and fell way below 2014's Dawn of the […]

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