Our definitive ranking of every Coen brothers film
With the release of “Hail, Caesar!,” Joel and Ethan Coen’s 17th feature film, it’s fitting to assess their oeuvre in the form of a best-to-worst list. Herewith, the Coen canon ranked in handy descending order, the better for inevitable quibbles, arguments and fisticuffs to ensue: VIDEO 1. “Fargo” (1996) This choice reminds me of a cartoon I saw once, where two gorillas are eating bananas and one says to the other, “I know everyone loves bananas, but I really love bananas.” I really love “Fargo.”..>> view originalAP FACT CHECK: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders debate in New ...
(Editor’s note: A look at political claims that take shortcuts with the facts or don’t tell the full story.)WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton cast the financial industry as an adversary in her presidential campaign — despite the money that industry has poured into her White House effort. Bernie Sanders once again mischaracterized the share of the wealth taken by the very richest Americans.A look at some of the claims in their latest Democratic presidential debate: ..>> view originalWife crashes her own funeral, horrifying her husband, who had paid ...
Noela Rukundo (Australian Broadcasting Corp.) Noela Rukundo sat in a car outside her home, watching as the last few mourners filed out. They were leaving a funeral — her funeral. Finally, she spotted the man she’d been waiting for. She stepped out of her car, and her husband put his hands on his head in horror. “Is it my eyes?” she recalled him saying. “Is it a ghost?” “Surprise! I’m still alive!” she replied. Far from being elated, the man looked terrified. Five days earlier, he had ordered..>> view originalPope, Russian Orthodox patriarch to meet in historic step
VATICAN CITY — In an historic step to heal the 1,000-year schism that split Christianity, Pope Francis and the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church will meet in Cuba next week in an attempt to begin bridging the church’s East-West divide, both churches said Friday. The Feb. 12 meeting between Francis and Patriarch Kirill will be the first ever between the leaders of the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church, which is the largest in Orthodoxy. Francis is due to travel to Mexico Feb. 1..>> view originalItalian actor dead after hanging scene turns horribly real
In the courtyard of Teatro Lux, a theater in Pisa, Italy, the performance of an experimental production on Saturday offered an unusual spectacle. The play, called “Mirages,” was not performed from a stage, but throughout the theater by different actors in different places. The audience moved through the play as one might move through a gallery. Then, the surreal scene got even more so: An actor performing a monologue in which he simulated hanging, either accidentally or purposefully, hung h..>> view originalDonald Trump leads Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio: poll
Businessman Donald Trump has a 9-point lead over Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, according to a national poll on the 2016 GOP field released Friday.Mr. Trump was at 31 percent among Republican and Republican-leaning voters in the Quinnipiac University poll, followed by Mr. Cruz at 22 percent and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida at 19 percent.Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson was at 6 percent; former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Ohio Gov. John Kasich were at 3 percent apiece; and fo..>> view originalWikiLeaks founder: UN panel's backing over detention 'significant' win
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says via a video link from the Ecuadorian embassy in London, that a U.N. panel ruling saying he should be allowed to go free and be awarded compensation is a "really significant victory". (Reuters) LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called on Britain and others Friday to allow his freedom after a U.N. panel declared he has been “arbitrarily detained” as he remains in diplomatic sanctuary to avoid arrest. Assange — speaking by video link from his ref..>> view originalTwelve years later, life after Facebook
This file photo taken on May 12, 2012 shows an illustration made with figurines set up in front of Facebook’s homepage. (Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images) Just over a decade ago, students at a smattering of elite colleges were debating the merits of a new website called thefacebook.com. It was all the rage at Harvard, naturally, where it had been launched by a sophomore who “literally” made it in a week. “I’m just like a little kid,” Mark Zuckerberg told the Harvard Crimson in 2004. “I get bored ..>> view originalSyrian rebels are losing Aleppo and perhaps also the war
Syrian government forces, backed by Russian air strikes, broke through rebel lines near Aleppo just days after U.N.-backed peace talks were put on hold. (Reuters) GAZIANTEP, Turkey — Syrian rebels battled for their survival in and around Syria’s northern city of Aleppo on Thursday after a blitz of Russian airstrikes helped government loyalists sever a vital supply route and sent a new surge of refugees fleeing toward the border with Turkey. The Russian-backed onslaught against rebel posit..>> view originalMartin Shkreli turns his trolling of Congress up to 11
Martin Shkreli, the controversial former CEO known as "Pharma Bro," was subpoenaed to testify on Capitol Hill Feb. 4., but repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself. (AP) In the days leading up to his big meeting with Congress, disgraced former drug executive Martin Shkreli couldn't wait to, as he put it, "school Congress." "I would love to talk to Congress. I would berate them. I would insult them," said the former chief executive of Turing Pharmaceuticals, w..>> view original
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