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Japan’s Most Famous Translator Retires; Worked With Tom Cruise For 30 Years And Became His Friend
21Jul

Japan’s Most Famous Translator Retires; Worked With Tom Cruise For 30 Years And Became His Friend The Hollywood icon was so sad about her retirement, he arrived in Japan a day ahead of schedule just so he could meet her for tea.

Japanese subtitler and interpreter Natsuko Toda is known as ‘Japan’s Most Famous Film Translator’ and the country's 'Subtitle Queen' having translated and subtitled hundreds of English-language films into Japanese since 1970. She was later asked to help interpret for foreign movie stars whenever they visited Japan for promotional activities. A particular Hollywood star she’s worked with multiple...

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Samuel L. Jackson’s 2008 Wedding Gift for Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson Has Fans Buzzing
21Jul

Samuel L. Jackson’s 2008 Wedding Gift for Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson Has Fans Buzzing

Samuel L. Jackson. Jim Ruymen/UPI/Shutterstock Samuel L. Jackson’s wedding gift for Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson still has fans buzzing long after they split. “My wedding gift to them was a beehive,” Jackson, 74, told Vulture in an interview published on Thursday, July 20. “Scarlett was always talking about nature.” Jackson — who’s starred alongside Johansson, 38, in several movies, including 2008’s The Spirit and 2012’s The Avengers — recalled...

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Thailand's Move Forward makes way for Pheu Thai to form next government
21Jul

Thailand’s Move Forward makes way for Pheu Thai to form next government

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's election-winning Move Forward party will let alliance partner, the Pheu Thai party, lead the formation of a government after its prime ministerial candidate failed to get parliament's backing, a senior official said on Friday. Party secretary Chaithawat Tulathon told a press conference that Move Forward would back any candidate Pheu Thai would...

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Exclusive-Audit fails to win U.S. backing for release of Afghan central bank funds - U.S. officials
21Jul

Exclusive-Audit fails to win U.S. backing for release of Afghan central bank funds – U.S. officials

WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A U.S.-funded audit of Afghanistan's Taliban-run central bank has failed to win Washington's backing for a return of bank assets from a $3.5 billion Swiss-based trust fund, said two U.S. officials and a former U.S. official, a move that would help ease the country's financial crisis. The audit has not changed the U.S....

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Kim Kardashian Wants to Use Her and Kanye West’s Belongings as ‘Merch’ for North’s Future Sweet 16
20Jul

Kim Kardashian Wants to Use Her and Kanye West’s Belongings as ‘Merch’ for North’s Future Sweet 16

Kim Kardashian got emotional about parting ways with ex-husband Kanye West‘s belongings — but she still has plans for his most memorable items. During a new episode of The Kardashians, which started streaming on Thursday, July 20, Kim, 42, reflected on her marriage to the rapper, 46, while going through their items in her storage unit. “I love storage unit projects....

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Khloe Kardashian and Kylie Jenner Say Family’s Comments About Their Looks ‘F—ked’ Them Up
20Jul

Khloe Kardashian and Kylie Jenner Say Family’s Comments About Their Looks ‘F—ked’ Them Up

Khloé Kardashian and Kylie Jenner got candid about their insecurities in a new episode of The Kardashians. During the episode, ​which aired on Thursday, July 20, ​Khloé, 39, and Kylie, 25, shared that comments made by family members and friends affected the way they viewed themselves. Kylie kicked off the candid conversation by questioning how her sisters’ “influence” and “power” has...

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HK actor Ray Lui, 66, calls a man uncle before learning he’s 2 years younger than Lui
20Jul

HK actor Ray Lui, 66, calls a man uncle before learning he’s 2 years younger than Lui

In April this year, Hong Kong actor Ray Lui – who will turn 67 in December – stunned netizens with his age-defying looks from a photo taken at a party organised by Donnie Yen. One netizen asked then: “Why do Hong Kong stars not grow old?” Perhaps out to prove that these stars really do age differently...

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On TikTok, this knitter stays a stitch ahead of his social media fans
20Jul

On TikTok, this knitter stays a stitch ahead of his social media fans

Pikesville, Maryland, the United States resident Sam Barsky recalls first learning of TikTok, the social media app that’s taken off across the globe, during an interview with 60 Second Docs, which produces short documentaries, in 2019. By the following year, Barsky, 48, was uploading TikTok videos of his nature walks and, eventually, of his hand-knit sweaters, which...

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Explainer: All you need to know about Reliance-Jio Financial demerger
20Jul

Explainer: All you need to know about Reliance-Jio Financial demerger

Five analysts estimate that Reliance's Jio Financial Services will be valued at 160-190 rupees per share. Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries, India's most valuable company, will demerge its financial services business on today as part of a move to unlock value. A man walks across the LED board showing the logo of Jio(REUTERS) The local stock exchanges will...

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Swedish embassy in Baghdad torched after protest over quran burning
20Jul

Swedish embassy in Baghdad torched after protest over quran burning

Smoke was rising from the Swedish embassy building and dozens of demonstrators were still on the scene. Protesters set fire to Sweden's embassy in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad early Thursday, an AFP journalist said, ahead of a planned burning of a Koran in Sweden. Supporters of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raise the Quran, the Muslims' holy...

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