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American Popular News for 7 Apr 2024
An Android phone you haven't heard of just won the charging game
Digital Trends - 2 Apr 2024 14:00The $300 Infinix Note 40 Pro+ has a premium persona and does something with charging that no other Android phone does.
Why Is There So Much Plastic Food Packaging?
The New York Times - 2 Apr 2024 11:02As governments impose limits on plastic food packaging, climate-friendlier alternatives are in the works. Here are some that might be coming to a grocery store near you.
'Civil War' Premiere: Nick Offerman On If Donald Trump Inspired His POTUS Take & If He Would Run For Office With Megan Mullally
Deadline - 3 Apr 2024 07:45Nick Offerman plays the POTUS in the dystopian action film Civil War, but although some liken his character to Donald Trump, the actor didn’t think about him during filming. “Honestly,... no,” Offerman told Deadline during the film’s premiere. “When you see the movie, it’s so unattached to anything in modern politics, not only in our […]
New 'AirPods Lite' and AirPods Max expected later this year
ZDNet - 3 Apr 2024 19:14More reports drop hints about upcoming Apple AirPods that sport new designs and lower prices.
When the Rubin Museum Was Divine
The New York Times - 4 Apr 2024 20:45The Rubin will be "reimagined" as a global museum, but our critic says its charismatic presence will be only a troubling memory.
Emile Smith Rowe gets Arsenal rockin' and rolling on his return | Nick Ames
The Guardian - 3 Apr 2024 23:20Midfielder burst on to the scene at the same time as Bukayo Saka and he gave a reminder of his talent against Luton One of the Emirates Stadium's favourite ditties, to the tune of the Status Quo... classic Rockin' All Over the World, finishes by acclaiming "Saka and Emile Smith Rowe". One of those players has done considerably more of the song's heavy lifting over the past two years so, on a night that never really veered from the procedural, it was heartening to see the balance shift just a little. Defeating a limited, depleted Luton gave little cause for overexcitement but it did suggest the Arsenal faithful are not flogging an entirely dead horse by hailing two lavish homegrown talents in the same breath. Smith Rowe's descent from decisive sure thing to bit-part enigma has been a tough...
Mesut Ozil ramps up his staggering body transformation as former Arsenal star shares workout clip which has fans labelling him a 'beast'
Daily Mail - 3 Apr 2024 21:52The former Arsenal and Real Madrid star retired from football at the age of 34 just over a year ago and has decided to switch his focus to bulking up, keeping fans updated with his progress.
Ultravox star, who co-wrote smash hit Vienna, has died
Sky News - 2 Apr 2024 09:44Ultravox star Chris Cross has died, his bandmate Midge Ure has announced, in a tribute paid to his friend as "the glue that held the band together".
Witness says he saw McCann suspect in rape videos
BBC - 3 Apr 2024 18:17A former friend of Christian Brückner claims he picked up the videos when he broke into his home.
How tall is Cooper Flagg? Height, weight, wingspan and more measurements for 2025 NBA Draft prospect
Sporting News - 2 Apr 2024 07:00Flagg isn't as physically gifted as Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama, but the Duke commit's size and length are a big reason he's so highly touted.
How to Claim Your Part of a $45 Million Walmart Settlement
The New York Times - 5 Apr 2024 20:54A class-action lawsuit accusing the retail giant of inflating prices of certain weighed foods and produce resulted in a settlement. Customers may be eligible for a payment of up to $500.
'SNL' stars respond after no 'hot women' on cast TikTok goes viral: 'Grieving privately and uglily'
New York Post - 3 Apr 2024 00:55One current cast member reacted to the news with some wise words from Christina Aguilera.
Vampire Weekend: Only God Was Above Us review - their most adventurous set yet
The Guardian - 5 Apr 2024 12:00(Columbia)Indian raga, hip-hop and scuzzy, Strokes-like rock replace the west African guitar sounds of old on Ezra Koenig and co's dazzling fifth album When Vampire Weekend emerged in the mid-00s they... sounded like nothing else around, quoting unfashionable sources such as Minutemen and west African guitar sounds (via Paul Simon) alongside a barrage of knowing, Ivy-League lyrical reference points. Only God Was Above Us, their fifth studio album, is perhaps their most musically adventurous since that 2008 self-titled debut: a dazzling auditory romp that takes in feedback and distortion, arpeggiating pianos, curlicued orchestral pop, 90s hip-hop rhythms and levels of chef's-kiss production detail best appreciated on headphones. Has a Vampire Weekend song ever sounded less like Vampire Weekend...
From hitting the net to hitting the gym! The remarkable body transformations of super-fit ex-footballers - including Mesut Ozil, Fernando Torres... and a goalkeeper turned WWE wrestler
Daily Mail - 6 Apr 2024 10:58Mail Sport takes a look at former footballers who have put serious hours into the gym following retirement and undertaken stunning body transformations.
Sunday with Joanna Page: 'I'm exhausted and on the edge of a nervous breakdown'
The Guardian - 7 Apr 2024 07:45The actor talks about wrangling four children at the weekend, having no traditions and the importance of staying in Sunday start? I get the short straw. My husband takes our eight-year-old to rugby,... where they eat bacon sandwiches - it seems easy. I have to get our 11-year-old ready for hockey, where I look after our seven- and two-year-olds. Usually, I haven't washed or eaten.Sounds exhausting. It is. I'll stand on the sidelines, trying to keep control of the two-year-old who is grumpy because she needs a nap. We'll pop into a café and get croissants and coffees to keep us going.Then what? We'll drive home. Everybody's had a proper airing, so that's good. I'll put a chicken in the oven and we'll play board games, attempt to tidy the house, watch some films and put off homework, so...
Vontae Davis, former NFL star, dead at 35
New York Post - 1 Apr 2024 19:56Davis played for the Dolphins, Colts and Bills during his NFL career.
Rome Flynn Confirms 'Chicago Fire' Exit After 6 Episodes
Deadline - 1 Apr 2024 04:50Chicago Fire is a firefighter down as Rome Flynn, who portrayed Derrick Gibson in the NBC drama, is leaving after six episodes. “Curtain call chicago fire,” Flynn shared on Instagram.... Deadline reported Friday that the March 27th episode was Flynn’s final episode in the procedural. In the most recent episode, Flynn’s Gibson has a breakdown […]
'I have not been living in the Himalayas!' The return of Spirit of the Beehive director Víctor Erice
The Guardian - 1 Apr 2024 17:03It is seen as one of the greatest films ever, with the most hypnotic child performance in history. So what has Víctor Erice been doing in the half century since Beehive? As his new film Close... Your Eyes hits screens, the Spanish legend reveals all In 1972, when Ana Torrent was six years old, a man came to her school and asked her to be in his film. "He had a beard," she recalls now, from her home in Madrid. "And I told him I didn't like men with beards." The director said his film was about Frankenstein's monster and asked if she was familiar with that character. "I replied, 'I've heard about him but I haven't yet been introduced.' That's when he thought, 'She's the one.'" The director was Víctor Erice and the film was The Spirit of the Beehive. Made at the end of the Franco...
EXCLUSIVE - Want to be world's best bowler, not world's fastest: Mayank Yadav
Times of India - 1 Apr 2024 05:18Mayank Yadav, a fast bowler from Delhi, made his debut for Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL 2024 match against Punjab Kings. With a delivery speed of over 155 kmph, he impressed the crowd and earned... the Man of the Match award. Yadav, who had been part of the team for a few years, was excited to make his debut.
America's Irrational Macreconomic Freak Out
The New York Times - 2 Apr 2024 11:02An economist explains why his lens makes him so much more optimistic about the state of our economy than the average American.
Is the party over? Bottles of Prime found being sold for just 31p just a year after the KSI and Logan Paul energy drink were fetching up to £20 a can
Daily Mail - 1 Apr 2024 11:20A drink at the centre of a youth craze that once saw queues line up outside supermarkets is now allegedly being sold in bargain bins for just 31 pence.
Bank Holidays in April 2024: Banks to remain closed for 5 days next week. Check all details here
livemint.com - 7 Apr 2024 08:58Bank Holidays in April 2024: There are a total of 12 days of bank closures in April 2024, including national holidays, every second and fourth Saturday and each Sunday.
Sondheimer: Karson Gordon is a hop, skip and jump away from UCLA playing days
L.A. Times - 3 Apr 2024 13:30Texas native Karson Gordon is a future UCLA quarterback who will compete at Arcadia Invitational after setting a national record in the triple jump.
Austrian Mark Mateschitz, 31, is the world's richest young billionaire worth a mega $39.6BLN after inheriting Red Bull, according to Forbes latest global list of super rich under 33: Brazilian Livia Voigt, 19, becomes the youngest worth $1.1BLN
Daily Mail - 2 Apr 2024 16:22A few of this year's title holders are self-made after building up businesses such as Snapchat and Gymshark, but many are the product of inherited fortunes and generational wealth.
20 years later, GTA: San Andreas developer comes face-to-face with the "embarrassing" bug behind the game's infamous plane crashes
GamesRadar - 3 Apr 2024 18:14In his defence, it was a "QA nightmare"