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- S. Korea says early March is "critical moment" in COVID-19 battle - ARIRANG NEWS
- Kent One person hospitalized in critical condition after stabbing at mobile home park FOX 17 News - Fox17
- 『music.jp』を運営するエムティーアイ エンターテインメント中心のオンラインサロンプラットフォームを提供開始！ - 時事通信
- 22 deaths and 3736 people infected with COVID-19 in S. Korea - ARIRANG NEWS
- Malaysia swears in new prime minister as Mahathir forced out - Reuters
- Kovalchuk assists on Ovechkin's goal for first point as a Capital - NBCSports.com
- New Malaysia PM sworn in amid crisis, Mahathir fights on - Deccan Herald
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- Calgary Flames' Johnny Gaudreau dedicates goal to grandfather who died the day before - USA TODAY
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| S. Korea says early March is "critical moment" in COVID-19 battle - ARIRANG NEWS Posted: 02 Mar 2020 12:07 AM PST [unable to retrieve full-text content]
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| Posted: 01 Mar 2020 11:35 PM PST  SPARTA, Mich — One person was hospitalized after a stabbing in Sparta Sunday. Investigators tell FOX 17 it happened shortly before 10:30 a.m. at the Glenwood Estates Mobile Home Park. A man was taken to the hospital in critical condition, but according to officials, is expected to survive. Investigators tell FOX 17 the victim and suspect were acquaintances and that the stabbing is not believed to be domestic-related. The suspect was taken into custody following a traffic stop a short time after the stabbing. Their name has not been released, and the Kent County Prosecutor's Office will review the case to determine charges. A motive for that stabbing has not been released. Police say there is no threat to public safety following the incident. "Mobile" - Google News March 01, 2020 at 06:34PM https://ift.tt/32GFv18 Kent One person hospitalized in critical condition after stabbing at mobile home park FOX 17 News - Fox17 "Mobile" - Google News https://ift.tt/2P9t7Cg Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 『music.jp』を運営するエムティーアイ エンターテインメント中心のオンラインサロンプラットフォームを提供開始！ - 時事通信 Posted: 01 Mar 2020 11:13 PM PST ［株式会社エムティーアイ］ ～デジタルコンテンツ×コミュニティのサポートで、次世代の価値提供を実現～ 音楽・動画・書籍を配信する総合サイト『music.jp』を運営する株式会社エムティーアイは、エンターテインメント中心のオンラインサロンプラットフォーム『music.jpオンラインサロン』の提供を3月1日（日）より開始しています。『music.jp』 によるオンラインサロンプラットフォームの開設は今回が初となり、20年以上に渡るデジタルコンテンツ配信で培ったノウハウを生かした専門性と質の高いコンテンツによって、ユーザーに新しいエンターテインメント体験と、アーティストやクリエイターをサポートする新しいプラットフォームを提供します。
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| 22 deaths and 3736 people infected with COVID-19 in S. Korea - ARIRANG NEWS Posted: 01 Mar 2020 11:07 PM PST [unable to retrieve full-text content]
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| Malaysia swears in new prime minister as Mahathir forced out - Reuters Posted: 01 Mar 2020 11:07 PM PST KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's Muhyiddin Yassin, a Malay nationalist politician backed by the corruption-tarnished former ruling party, was sworn in as prime minister on Sunday after the king picked him to replace 94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad. Muhyiddin Yassin takes oath during the swearing-in ceremony as the 8th prime minister of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 1, 2020. Malaysia Information Department/Maszuandi Adnan/Handout via REUTERS The swearing-in capped a week of turmoil that began with Mahathir's resignation in an apparent bid to consolidate power, but ended with him sidelined and complaining of betrayal after decades dominating Malaysian politics. Mahathir promised to seek a vote in parliament to challenge Muhyiddin's support, but conceded he might not win. Muhyiddin, 72, was sworn in at a palace ceremony in front of Malaysia's king, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, and promised to fulfil his duties as prime minister. His office said he would start work there on Monday morning, but made no further comment. The change in leadership comes less than two years after Mahathir joined old rival Anwar Ibrahim, 72, to defeat the ruling party of six decades, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), on an anti-corruption platform. "This is a very strange thing," said Mahathir. "This is the losers that will form the government," he added, referring to the outcome of the 2018 election. He said he had the support of 114 of parliament's 222 members, but it was not guaranteed that they would all support him should it come to a vote. In a sign of support drifting away, a later statement from his Pakatan coalition said 112 lawmakers supported convening parliament as scheduled on March 9. The New Straits Times quoted the parliament speaker as saying the date would depend on the new prime minister, but it would probably be later. CORRUPTION CASESMahathir questioned whether a government involving the former ruling party would be as ready to pursue graft cases against its politicians. Those include former prime minister Najib Razak, who is now on trial for corruption. A week of twists and turns in Malaysian politics began with Mahathir's resignation, breaking his alliance with Anwar as he proposed a national unity government without party loyalties that would have given him greater authority. But Anwar then launched a bid to become prime minister, while Muhyiddin built his own alliance. It was down to the king to decide who would have the best chance to form a government. Although Mahathir and Anwar said they had reunited on Saturday and now had majority support, the king announced Muhyiddin as the candidate. About 200 protesters gathered in Kuala Lumpur late on Saturday to protest the king's decision. Police said they were investigating a Twitter post that encouraged people to join the protest, which they said was illegal. Muhyiddin is from Mahathir's Bersatu party, but had shown himself ready to work with UMNO - from which he had been sacked in 2016 after questioning former prime minister Najib's handling of the 1MDB corruption scandal. UMNO's fortunes have risen since its 2018 defeat, with the Pakatan coalition of Mahathir and Anwar losing five by-elections in the face of criticism from some Malay voters that it could do more to favour the biggest ethnic group in a nation of 32 million. "We don't know how this new government will be but they should be given a chance," said Sharifah Marina Abu Backer, 55, a Malay businesswoman. UMNO, which Mahathir led from 1981 to 2003 during a previous stint as prime minister, supports Malay nationalism. As well as personal relationships, politics in Malaysia is shaped by ethnic, religious and regional interests. Malaysia is more than half ethnic Malay, but has large ethnic Chinese, Indian and other minorities. Reporting by Joseph Sipalan; Writing by Matthew Tostevin; Editing by Kenneth Maxwell, Clarence Fernandez and Tom Hogue Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Top stories - Google News February 29, 2020 at 06:17PM https://ift.tt/2Tcn956 Malaysia swears in new prime minister as Mahathir forced out - Reuters Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kovalchuk assists on Ovechkin's goal for first point as a Capital - NBCSports.com Posted: 01 Mar 2020 10:27 PM PST  The Capitals (39-19-6) wrap up a brief two-game road trip in St. Paul on Sunday as they take on the Minnesota Wild (32-25-7). You can watch the game on NBCSN with pre and postgame coverage on NBC Sports Washington Plus. Pregame coverage begins at 7 p.m. with Caps FaceOff Live followed by Caps Pregame Live at 7:30 p.m. After the game on NBCSN, tune back in to NBC Sports Washington Plus for postgame coverage with Caps Postgame Live and Caps Overtime Live. Here is what you need to know for Sunday's game. No changesBased on Saturday's practice, it looks like Todd Reirden will be keeping the same lines we have seen of late for Sunday's game. Here are the expected lines: Alex Ovechkin - Evgeny Kuznetsov - Tom Wilson Brenden Dillon - John Carlson Holtby expected to startBraden Holtby is expected to start Sunday after Ilya Samsonov got the start Thursday in Winnipeg. Holtby's overall numbers are not great this season with a 3.12 GAA and .897 save percentage, but he has turned his season around dramatically over the last few weeks. In his last seven appearances, Holtby has managed a .917 save percentage and 2.64 GAA and has reclaimed his place as the team's No. 1 starter. The only problem is that Holtby is 3-2-1 in those last seven appearances, but that is more a product of the team's struggles than of his. Two steps forward, one step backWith wins over Pittsburgh and Winnipeg, it looked like Washington's struggles were finally over. A 3-0 loss to the Jets on Thursday, however, suggests otherwise. The reality is that those two wins won't mean much if the team continues losing as the Caps have now lost five of their last seven. A loss on Sunday would be a pretty strong indication that the team has yet to get back on track. 30 teamsWith Sunday's game, Washington will have played every team in the NHL at least once as Minnesota is the only team yet to play the Caps this season. They will meet again in Washington on April 2, the penultimate game of the regular season. Guns ablazin'The Wild may have traded away Jason Zucker and fired Bruce Boudreau, but the offense has suddenly come alive. Minnesota has scored at least five goals in each of its last three games and in four of the last five. In those five games, the Wild have outscored opponents 23-12. The last three games were two games against the fading Columbus Blue Jackets and one game against the awful Detroit Red Wings, but those are still NHL teams (barely in Detroit's case) and Minnesota's offensive explosion is still impressive. Holtby and the defense better be ready to go for this one because you know the Wild will be. Click here to download the MyTeams App by NBC Sports. Receive comprehensive coverage of your teams and stream Capitals and Wizards games easily from your device. MORE CAPITALS NEWS: "Goal" - Google News March 01, 2020 at 06:01PM https://ift.tt/3abLr50 Kovalchuk assists on Ovechkin's goal for first point as a Capital - NBCSports.com "Goal" - Google News https://ift.tt/35TEe8t Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Malaysia PM sworn in amid crisis, Mahathir fights on - Deccan Herald Posted: 01 Mar 2020 09:37 PM PST  A former interior minister was sworn in as Malaysia's premier Sunday, marking the return of a scandal-mired regime to power after the last government's collapse but ex-leader Mahathir Mohamad slammed the move as illegal. The Southeast Asian nation was plunged into turmoil a week ago as Mahathir's reformist "Pact of Hope" alliance, which stormed to a historic victory in 2018, collapsed after a bid to force out leader-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim. Mahathir -- who was the world's oldest leader at 94 -- then quit, triggering a race for the premiership which he ultimately lost to little-known Muhyiddin Yassin, who heads a coalition dominated by the country's ethnic Malay Muslim majority. The decision Saturday by the monarch to pick Muhyiddin was greeted with shock as Mahathir's allies claimed he had enough support to return as leader, and sparked widespread anger that the democratically elected government was being abruptly ejected. The king appoints the country's prime minister, who must show he has the support of most MPs. Muhyiddin's coalition includes the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the party of disgraced ex-leader Najib Razak, as well as a hardline group that wants tougher Islamic laws. UMNO is the corruption-riddled lynchpin of the coalition thrown out at the 2018 elections amid allegations Najib and his cronies looted billions of dollars from state fund 1MDB. Najib is now on trial for corruption. Despite a last-minute bid by Mahathir and his allies to prove that the veteran politician had enough support to return as premier, Muhyiddin's inauguration went ahead Sunday morning. Wearing traditional Malay dress, the 72-year-old took the oath of office at the national palace in Kuala Lumpur during an elaborate ceremony. But in a press conference shortly beforehand, Mahathir insisted that Muhyiddin did not have the support of most of the country's 222 MPs. "This is a very strange thing... losers will form the government, the winners will be in the opposition," he said. "The rule of law no longer applies," he said, adding he would call for an urgent parliament sitting so that Muhyiddin can prove he has enough support. The veteran ex-leader -- who served a first stint as premier from 1981 to 2003 -- however conceded that the king had refused to see him to hear his case, and that the "Pact of Hope" alliance would now go into opposition. Public anger was growing at the ejection of the reformist alliance, with the hashtag "NotMyPM" trending on Twitter and more than 100,000 people signing a petition that said the move was a "betrayal" of voters' choice at the 2018 poll. The political crisis began when a group of ruling coalition lawmakers joined forces with opposition parties in a bid to form a new government without Anwar and stop him becoming premier. After the government fell, Mahathir was appointed interim premier and he and Anwar initially launched separate bids for power, reviving their decades-old rivalry. But as Muhyiddin's bid quickly gained support and it became clear that he could get into power with UMNO, Mahathir and Anwar joined forces again in an effort to stop him -- but it proved too little, too late. Top stories - Google News February 29, 2020 at 07:04PM https://ift.tt/2wnpBg1 New Malaysia PM sworn in amid crisis, Mahathir fights on - Deccan Herald Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Explore 'Jurassic Quest' at Mobile Convention Center - NBC 15 WPMI Posted: 01 Mar 2020 09:35 PM PST [unable to retrieve full-text content] Explore 'Jurassic Quest' at Mobile Convention Center NBC 15 WPMI"Mobile" - Google News March 01, 2020 at 09:23AM https://ift.tt/3ahehRs Explore 'Jurassic Quest' at Mobile Convention Center - NBC 15 WPMI "Mobile" - Google News https://ift.tt/2P9t7Cg Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Calgary Flames' Johnny Gaudreau dedicates goal to grandfather who died the day before - USA TODAY Posted: 01 Mar 2020 09:27 PM PST  Calgary Flames star Johnny Gaudreau pumped his fists several times and gave a huge smile after he scored a power-play goal in the first period against the Florida Panthers Sunday afternoon. But his reaction was about more than giving his team a 1-0 lead while it's in a tight playoff race in the Western Conference. Gaudreau revealed after the game that he was scoring the goal, the 150th of his career, for his late grandfather. He had found out after Saturday afternoon's 4-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning that his paternal grandfather, John Guy Gaudreau, had died earlier in the day. GM MEETINGS: Emergency goalie protocol to be discussed "It was kind of a tough day, but it was nice to find the net there for him in the first," Gaudreau told reporters. "It sucks losing people, but I was pretty pumped up to get that one for him." The goal ended up being the game winner as Cam Talbot made 38 saves for a 3-0 victory. The win moved the Flames into third place in the Pacific Division. "He watched a lot of my games and was always a big supporter of me and my brother playing hockey," Gaudreau said of his grandfather. "So it was a special time to find the net there and just emotional. It was really cool." "Goal" - Google News March 01, 2020 at 07:27PM https://ift.tt/2whWgUo Calgary Flames' Johnny Gaudreau dedicates goal to grandfather who died the day before - USA TODAY "Goal" - Google News https://ift.tt/35TEe8t Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 『music.jp』を運営するエムティーアイ エンターテインメント中心のオンラインサロンプラットフォームを提供開始！ - PR TIMES Posted: 01 Mar 2020 09:13 PM PST
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※『music.jp』は、（株）エムティーアイの登録商標です。 "エンターテインメント" - Google ニュース March 01, 2020 at 09:06PM https://ift.tt/2vywpaP 『music.jp』を運営するエムティーアイ エンターテインメント中心のオンラインサロンプラットフォームを提供開始！ - PR TIMES "エンターテインメント" - Google ニュース https://ift.tt/2W81riD Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Malays strike back as turmoil opens way for return of nationalists - WSAU News Posted: 01 Mar 2020 08:37 PM PST  by By Rozanna Latiff and Matthew Tostevin KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - "The power of the Malays has returned," rejoiced street hawker Mohd Nor Afiq in Kuala Lumpur after a new prime minister was sworn in to replace 94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad. With the ascendancy of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, the Southeast Asian country's political switchback will accelerate a return to the days of prioritizing a Malay majority that has felt hard done by since the 2018 election, analysts said. That is likely to mean an administration willing to spend more freely on affirmative action projects and to put more Malays back into key positions - as well as one that is more religiously conservative in the largely Muslim country. "The coming to power of a coalition largely based on Malay nationalist and Islamic party credentials completely upends the inclusive and multi-racial government that swept to power in 2018," said Michael Vatikiotis, author of a recent book on Southeast Asian politics. Disaffection among Malays had already been evident through five by-election defeats for the ruling coalition before Mahathir's sudden resignation as prime minister a week ago pitched the country of 32 million into turmoil. Insiders said such anger was also a factor in the political maneuvering in the days before the king - a post that rotates through Malaysia's nine Malay sultanates - chose Malay nationalist Muhyiddin as the new prime minister. DIVERSITY Although Mahathir's own rise in past decades was based on prioritizing what Malaysians refer to "bumiputera", the coalition he formed with more liberal old rival Anwar Ibrahim to win the 2018 election was unprecedented in its diversity. The finance ministry went to someone of Chinese origin for the first time in four decades, and the attorney general's job to a man with Indian roots. More than 40 percent of Mahathir's ministers were non-Malay Muslims. That compared to only a fifth in the cabinet of his ousted predecessor Najib Razak. While celebrating its inclusiveness as a badge of modernizing reforms, the fallen government had not done enough to assuage the concerns of Malay Muslims, according to prominent social rights activist Ivy Josiah. "We were so proud that non-Malays become ministers," she said. "The government didn't realize the fragile relationship between the races, the insecurity of the Malay Muslim and how the opposition could use religion and race to divide." There had been plenty of warning signs. The government was forced to drop a promise to ratify a U.N. convention on racial discrimination after protests by groups that feared it would limit privileges for ethnic Malays. The death of a Malay Muslim fireman at a Hindu temple became a rallying cry and brought accusations of a government cover-up. This year, hardliners were annoyed when the government defended a Chinese school's right to put up New Year lanterns, complaining it was promoting foreign culture. There was also anger when the finance ministry began to issue statements in Chinese as well as Malay and English. TRADITIONALISTS "It's not that this government will have no Chinese, but at least it will be more balanced," said Mohd Nor, echoing sentiment among Malays in the capital Kuala Lumpur. Muhyiddin took office with the support of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), which prospered through six decades of putting Malays first, but was felled amid anger over corruption at the 1MDB state fund. During the election campaign, Mahathir had said his administration would end handouts and that there would be greater transparency in awarding government contracts - which often went to Malays, but there was little sign of action. "I think Muhyiddin would lead a more overtly pro-ethnic Malay government characterized by social division, economic nationalism, and possibly less fiscal restraint," said Peter Mumford of the Eurasia consultancy. There is also a religious dimension to support for the Malay traditionalist camp. According to the constitution, all Malays are Muslim. They make up more than 60 percent of the population. Most non-Malays are not Muslims. Alongside UMNO in supporting Muhyiddin is the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), which has tried for decades to turn the country into an Islamic state and enforce harsher penalties on Muslims for adultery, theft and drinking alcohol. "Malaysia's brief dalliance with political reform and social transformation has come crashing down," said Vatikiotis, saying he believed it resulted from the power struggle that flared between Mahathir and Anwar in the final week of chaos. "It weakened the governing coalition and gave UMNO, PAS and the Malay right a chance to seize power through the back door." (Additional reporting by Krishna N. Das, A. Ananthalakshmi, Mei Mei Chu, Liz Lee, Joseph Sipalan; Writing by Matthew Tostevin; Editing by Mark Heinrich) Top stories - Google News March 01, 2020 at 02:33AM https://ift.tt/2TwahWq Malays strike back as turmoil opens way for return of nationalists - WSAU News Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia PM Muhyiddin Yassin will need to ensure new Cabinet is free from corruption: Analyst - CNA Posted: 01 Mar 2020 08:07 PM PST [unable to retrieve full-text content]
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| 「BUSTERCALL＝ONE PIECE 展」延期（時期未定）のお知らせ - PR TIMES Posted: 01 Mar 2020 07:43 PM PST  延期後の開催日程につきましては、詳細が決まり次第、改めてBUSTERCALLプロジェクトの公式HP・SNSなどでご案内差し上げます。 ■BUSTERCALL 運営からの延期に関するお知らせ ■公式HP・SNS ■開催を延期するイベント概要について なお、アソビルにおきましては、新型コロナウイルスの拡大防止対策を施し、細心の注意をはらった上で当館の営業をしておりますが、一部フロアの営業停止、イベントの中止、営業時間等の変更をしておりますので、こちらも併せてご理解くださいますよう、お願いいたします。 ■【アソビル】新型コロナウイルス感染拡大防止のための各フロア営業状況のお知らせ（中止・延期など） ■【アソビル】新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大・拡散防止にあたって ■アソビル施設概要 所在地：神奈川県横浜市西区高島２丁目１４−９ アソビル ■株式会社アカツキライブエンターテインメント会社概要 URL：https://ale.tokyo/
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| What Malaysian PM Muhyiddin Yassin needs to prioritise as he goes to work - CNA Posted: 01 Mar 2020 07:37 PM PST [unable to retrieve full-text content]
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| Vinicius Junior and Mariano goals see Real Madrid beat Barcelona to go top of LaLiga - talkSPORT.com Posted: 01 Mar 2020 07:37 PM PST Real Madrid ended their long wait for an El Clasico victory with a 2-0 win against Barcelona to move above their fierce rivals and back to the top of LaLiga. Barcelona were unbeaten in the previous seven encounters between the two sides in all competitions and had not lost to Real in LaLiga since 2016, but Los Blancos rose to the occasion and put an end to their recent poor form.
AFP OR LICENSORS A loss at Levante was followed by another defeat to Manchester City in the Champions League in midweek but Zinedine Zidane's side found the perfect response on Sunday night. Thibaut Courtois had kept Madrid in the match with a handful of fine saves, while at the other end of the pitch Marc-Andre ter Stegen showed his class with a superb stop to deny Isco. That was before Vinicius made the breakthrough in the 71st minute and substitute Mariano wrapped up the three points in injury time. Zidane made two changes after the defeat to City, with Luka Modric making way for Toni Kroos in midfield and Marcelo coming in for Ferland Mendy at left-back. Barcelona boss Quique Setien also made two changes from the team that started the draw at Napoli in the Champions League. Junior Firpo dropped down to the bench as Jordi Alba returned from injury and Arthur replaced Ivan Rakitic. Lionel Messi's inclusion saw him make a landmark appearance as he became the first Barcelona player to feature in 43 Clasico fixtures, overtaking his former team-mate Xavi. Much of the first half was characterised by long spells of possession for Barcelona, but a lack of urgency meant it was without much threat to the Madrid goal. Madrid's build up play seemed sharper and more incisive and Karim Benzema was inches away from getting a telling touch to Federico Valverde's driven, low cross following a swift counter attack from the hosts.
AFP OR LICENSORS Messi had been on the periphery of the match for the opening half an hour but suddenly came into the game. First he worked Courtois from a tight angle on his weaker right foot, before breaking clear only to be denied by the goalkeeper again when one-on-one. The Belgian made a third fine save in quick succession, alertly coming off his line to block Arthur's effort when he was through unchallenged. Early in the second half it was the turn of Ter Stegen to produce a world class save as he flung himself to his left to divert Isco's curling shot away from the top corner and wide of the post. Isco managed to beat Ter Stegen on the hour mark but his header was cleared off the line by Gerard Pique. Madrid were piling on the pressure and Karim Benzema should have put them in front when he was picked out at the far post by Dani Carvajal, but the striker volleyed the ball wide from six yards out.
AFP or licensors Setien introduced new signing Martin Braithwaite from the bench after 69 minutes and the striker's pace immediately gave Barcelona another option as he raced through on goal, only for Courtois to make another huge save. It proved a vital moment as Madrid went down the other end and opened the scoring. Kroos was given time to pick a pass into Vinicius, who advanced into the penalty area down the left before beating Ter Stegen with a shot that deflected off Pique and into the net at the near post. Pique had a glorious chance to equalise after 83 minutes when Messi picked him out with a quick free-kick, but the defender got his header wrong and the ball flew harmlessly wide. Madrid withstood some late pressure but held firm in defence and ensured victory in injury time when Mariano, with his first touches having just come on for Benzema, ran past Barcelona centre-back Samuel Umtiti and beat Ter Stegen with a shot from a tight angle. Top stories - Google News March 01, 2020 at 02:07PM https://ift.tt/2IcvWhf Vinicius Junior and Mariano goals see Real Madrid beat Barcelona to go top of LaLiga - talkSPORT.com Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Why Fears Of A Global Pandemic Will Grip Markets Again This Week - Forbes Posted: 01 Mar 2020 07:37 PM PST [unable to retrieve full-text content] Why Fears Of A Global Pandemic Will Grip Markets Again This Week ForbesTop stories - Google News March 01, 2020 at 03:00PM https://ift.tt/3cmQa5L Why Fears Of A Global Pandemic Will Grip Markets Again This Week - Forbes Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sean Couturier shakes off flu, scores a goal to help Flyers win again - The Philadelphia Inquirer Posted: 01 Mar 2020 07:27 PM PST  NEW YORK -- Now we know why Joel Farabee was called up on Saturday. Sean Couturier had the flu and there was a chance of him missing Sunday's game against the Rangers. Yeah, that didn't happen. Related stories "I felt pretty bad last night," Couturier said after Sunday's game. "But I woke up today and felt better. Couturier played 18 minutes, 44 seconds -- slightly below his average of 19:50 -- and scored his 21st goal of the season. Farabee was sent back to the minors following the game. Couturier has been the Flyers' most consistent player this season and is in position to win the Selke Award as the NHL's top defensive forward. The only other Flyers to win the Selke are Bobby Clarke (1983) and Dave Poulin (1987). The Flyers converted three of five power-play chances and won their season-high sixth consecutive game. The conversation has moved from whether they'd make it to the playoffs to whether they might have home-ice advantage in the first round (or two). "We're starting to get into a groove," Couturier said. "We have a lot of set plays, a lot of options and we're executing. It's good to get our confidence back and keep rolling." Odd little sports-betting trend continued on Sunday when Couturier made it 2-0 midway through the first period. It was the 11th consecutive Flyers' game to go over 1.5 goals in the first period. It's obscure, but it's been profitable for those who follow such insanity. Just after Christmas, the Flyers took a West Coast trip that turned out awful. They went 1-4 and were thumped three times. The Penguins saw those results and seemed to say this weekend, "hold my beer." As bad as the Flyers fared, Pittsburgh was worse. The Penguins late on Saturday wrapped up their final California swing of the season with a 5-0 loss at San Jose that was probably their worst performance of the year. They lost all four games of the road trip, the last three in Cali, and have dropped six in a row. They've been shutout twice in 10 days. Through Feb. 18, the last time the Penguins won a game, Pittsburgh led the division by a point over Washington and seven over the Flyers. They entered Sunday in third place. While the Flyers have outscored opponents 27-13 during their 6-game winning streak, the Penguins are getting drilled 24-8 during their slump. Sidney Crosby, a ghastly -8 during the slide, is taking the blame. *Entering Washington's game on Sunday at Minnesota (8 p.m.). "Goal" - Google News March 01, 2020 at 02:53PM https://ift.tt/38dBqmq Sean Couturier shakes off flu, scores a goal to help Flyers win again - The Philadelphia Inquirer "Goal" - Google News https://ift.tt/35TEe8t Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 01 Mar 2020 07:07 PM PST Instead of doubtful hearsay, the word has come to connote the inconvenient truths that authorities are trying to hide -- just like Li's attempt to expose a dangerous outbreak that has to date claimed more than 2,900 lives, including his own. "Rumor is just a prophecy far ahead of our times," says a quote widely shared online in China in recent weeks. The idea speaks to the mounting anger among many Chinese people over the government's censorship, with unpleasant truths written off as "rumors" and truth tellers threatened or faced with punishment. China has paid a price for silencing the truth. If the warnings of Li and other medical workers had not been muzzled, they could have raised more awareness among the public and better prepared them for the deadly outbreak, which has now sickened over 84,000 people and placed hundreds of millions under varying forms of lockdown. But concealing the truth has caused another problem. Amid dwindling public trust, authorities are finding it increasingly difficult to combat potentially harmful disinformation.  Struggling with disinformationAlmost as soon as the outbreak spiraled into a public health crisis in late January, a dubious fringe theory started to spread: that the virus did not come from nature, but was man-made in a lab. The conspiracy has been widely dismissed by scientists in China and the West, who point to research indicating that the virus is likely to have originated in bats and jumped to humans from an intermediate host -- just like its cousin that caused the SARS epidemic. The scientific findings, however, did not prevent the rumor mill from spinning, nor did the repeated attempts by authorities to stamp out the wholly groundless accusations. As the virus continued to spread and kill, conspiracy theories became more elaborate, with many pointing to a high-level virology lab known to study bat coronaviruses in Wuhan, the ground-zero of the outbreak. The Wuhan Institute of Virology, an affiliate of the central government-run Chinese Academy of Sciences, runs the only lab on the Chinese mainland equipped for the highest level of biocontainment to research easily transmitted pathogens, such as coronaviruses. The common gist of various rumors lies with the suspicion that the novel coronavirus might have escaped from the lab. In one version, a researcher was bitten by the bat he was studying and became infected with the virus; in another version, a graduate student at the institute was the "patient zero"; in an even more outlandish theory, that has since been popularized overseas, the lab was covertly working for the Chinese military to make bioweapons, and the virus was unwittingly leaked in the process. No credible evidence was offered for the theories, which originated from unverified social media accounts. The rumors were so rife in China that a lead virologist on bat-related viruses at the lab took to social media on February 2 to declare that she "guaranteed with her own life" that the facility had nothing to do with the outbreak. But that too failed to quell the rumors. The institute followed up by issuing a statement two weeks later to denounce the accusations. But still suspicions persisted. Four days later, the facility issued yet another all-encompassing statement that listed and rebutted all the rumors that had swirled around the lab in one sweep. The rumors, which continue to proliferate, have since drawn the rebuke of scientists around the world. "We stand together to strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin," wrote 27 prominent public health scientists in a joint statement published in the medical journal The Lancet on February 19. Citing studies of the virus' genetic makeup, they said scientific findings "overwhelmingly conclude that this coronavirus originated in wildlife, as have so many other emerging pathogens." "Conspiracy theories do nothing but create fear, rumors, and prejudice that jeopardize our global collaboration in the fight against this virus," the scientists wrote. Nevertheless, some in China remained unconvinced, posting on Weibo that they suspected a government cover-up. Separately, another unfounded theory taking aim at the US has gained traction among groups of Chinese nationalists. Last month, a man in Inner Mongolia was detained for 10 days and fined 500 yuan ($71) for spreading the rumor that the coronavirus is a genetic weapon made by the US government. His detention was broadcast on state-run television, making it clear how rumormongers like him would be treated. But many remain undeterred, seeing his arrest as further proof of an alleged cover-up, while continuing to share and discuss the rumor online. Another new, unfounded variation claims the coronavirus is not a man-made bioweapon, but did originate in the US -- and many Americans thought to have died of the flu this season were actually killed by COVID-19.  "What is the truth?"While diehard conspiracy theorists can be found in every country, the plunge in public trust in the Chinese government following its alleged mishandling and censorship of the outbreak has made it much harder for authorities there to dispel rumors. "What is the truth?" wondered a user on Weibo on February 17, commenting on the Wuhan lab's attempt to end the rumors. "The collapse of credibility of the government and the media is not only a woe for them, but also for us citizens." The erosion of trust is centered around cases such as Li, the Wuhan doctor, where so-called "rumors" were later proved to be merely inconvenient truths authorities wanted to suppress. Li was summoned by the Wuhan police on January 3 and reprimanded for "spreading rumors," over a message he sent to his medical school alumni warning of the emergence of a SARS-like coronavirus. He later contracted the virus from a patient and died last month. And Li was not alone. On January 1, Wuhan police announced they had "taken legal measures" against eight people for spreading rumors about the coronavirus. Chinese media later reported that some of them were also healthcare workers trying to sound the alarm, and several of them have come forward in the Chinese press to recount how they got into trouble for trying to warn colleagues and friends about the outbreak. That deep-rooted frustration was summed up in a poignant joke that made the rounds on social media in late January, when the outbreak seemed to be spiraling out of control: "If someone can go back in time to return to the Wuhan of a month ago, can they save us all from this catastrophe?" "Nope," the answer goes. "They would just become the ninth rumor-monger." To the dismay and fury of many in China, the swift rebuttal of well-meaning "rumors" -- or in fact unpleasant truths -- did not stop with Li's death. The whistle-blower's passing set off a remarkable storm of calls for free speech across the country. In response, the government has doubled down on its attempts to control the narrative. Accounts and reports that fall outside the official line are promptly scrubbed from the internet and replaced with a constant flow of heroic tales of self-sacrifice. Independent voices describing the grim reality on the ground, meanwhile, have been silenced. Chen Qiushi, a citizen journalist who documented the agony and heartbreak of residents in Wuhan, was forcefully quarantined by authorities last month, according to his friends. Meanwhile, some propaganda attempts have backfired. In northwestern Gansu province, a state-run newspaper recently published a video of female medical workers having their heads shaved before setting off to join the front lines in Hubei, with some crying in front of the camera. The video, meant to show their admirable devotion, drew backlash online, with many questioning its necessity and whether the medics were pressured into shaving. Over the past few weeks, Chinese social media has been alight with outrage at the propaganda and censorship, with the censors themselves having to work overtime to stay on top of it. "To be honest, it would be better if they don't dispel rumors. When I see a rumor refuted I would basically assume it is the truth," said one popular Weibo comment, that itself was later censored. 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| Posted: 01 Mar 2020 06:57 PM PST  USA Today Images It didn't take long for Carlos Vela to continue right back off where he ended last season, scoring a stunning chip to give LAFC a 1-0 lead against Inter Miami in the 44th minute at Banc of California Stadium. The goal was made even more special by the fact that Vela was celebrating his 31st birthday. "I mean, the only thing to talk about at halftime is the goal, man," Bob Bradley told ESPN heading into halftime. "It's Carlos's birthday and that was such a special moment, so... Miami's worked hard, we could still be sharper, but nothing else matters. That was a special goal." Vela scored an MLS record 34 goals in the regular season in 2019, coupled with 15 assists, as he won the Landon Donovan MVP Award. Sunday's goal was already the third of Vela's 2020 season, having scored twice to lead LAFC to a memorable victory against Club Leon in the Concacaf Champions League on Thursday.  MLS PREDICT 6: Easy to play. Easy to win. Make a set of weekly predictions and you could take home $50,000! Make your picks now "Goal" - Google News March 01, 2020 at 03:42PM https://ift.tt/2Te58DG Carlos Vela scores amazing chipped goal in LAFC's MLS 2020 season opener against Inter Miami - MLSsoccer.com "Goal" - Google News https://ift.tt/35TEe8t Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pete Buttigieg to Quit Democratic Presidential Race - The New York Times Posted: 01 Mar 2020 06:07 PM PST SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Pete Buttigieg, the former small-city Indiana mayor and first openly gay major presidential candidate, said Sunday night he was dropping out of the Democratic race, following a crushing loss in the South Carolina primary where his poor performance with black Democrats signaled an inability to build a broad coalition of voters. The decision comes just 48 hours before the biggest voting day of the primary, Super Tuesday, when 15 states and territories will allot a third of the delegates over all. The results were widely expected to show him far behind Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Bernie Sanders. Mr. Buttigieg canceled plans for a Sunday night rally in Dallas and a Monday morning fund-raiser in Austin, Tex., to return to South Bend, Ind., to address supporters. "Sometimes the longest way around really is the shortest way home,'' he said. "The truth is that the path has narrowed to a close, for our candidacy if not for our cause," he said, adding "Tonight I am making the difficult decision to suspend my campaign for the presidency." Invoking his experience as a two-term mayor of South Bend, he said his candidacy caught on not in spite of that experience but because of it. America, he said, was "eager to get Washington to start running like our best run communities." On a conference call with campaign donors on Sunday evening, Mr. Buttigieg said he had reached the decision with regret but concluded it was "the right thing to do, when we looked at the math," according to one person on the call. Without mentioning opponents by name, Mr. Buttigieg said he was concerned about the impact he would have on the race by staying in, saying Democrats needed to field "the right kind of nominee" against Mr. Trump. It is unclear if Mr. Buttigieg will endorse another candidate. He and Mr. Biden have exchanged voice messages, a Biden campaign official said. Mr. Buttigieg's departure was another step in the narrowing of a Democratic field that once featured two dozen candidates, and now has six. His move comes one day after Tom Steyer, the billionaire former hedge fund executive, dropped out after a disappointing finish in South Carolina, where he invested millions of dollars. Mr. Buttigieg, 38, skyrocketed from obscurity into the top tier of a field of more than two dozen Democratic presidential candidates largely on the strength of his robust fund-raising totals early last year. He collected more than $24 million in the three-month period ending June 30, more than any other candidate in the field. The campaign spent nearly all of its funds to deliver its virtual tie for first place in Iowa and a narrow second-place finish behind Mr. Sanders in New Hampshire. But the rush of contributions the campaign expected after Iowa and New Hampshire never materialized. The Iowa Democratic Party's vote-counting fiasco robbed Mr. Buttigieg of some of the expected momentum and media attention after the state's caucuses, and Senator Amy Klobuchar was the big story after her surprise third-place showing in New Hampshire. And Mr. Buttigieg never broadened his breadth of support in a party with a large component of nonwhite voters, and one that has veered leftward since 2018. He came in a distant third in the Nevada caucuses, which drew strong numbers of Latino voters, and then fourth place in South Carolina, where black voters made up a majority of the Democratic electorate. He won just 3 percent of them, according to exit polls. After raising more than $76 million in 2019, an astonishing haul for a mayor with no national profile, Mr. Buttigieg spent nearly all his treasure in Iowa and New Hampshire. He faced campaigning coast-to-coast for Super Tuesday with evaporating funds and little chance of clearing the threshold of 15 percent of votes needed to amass delegates. In the last presidential debate, on Tuesday in South Carolina, Mr. Buttigieg forcefully warned that nominating Mr. Sanders, the front-runner, would lead to crushing defeat in the fall, not just "four more years of Donald Trump," but the loss of the Democratic House majority secured by moderate candidates who won in suburban swing districts in 2018. But Mr. Buttigieg's own existential crisis was his inability to appeal to voters of color, both African Americans and Latinos. Many establishment Democratic officials have openly worried about the party's moderate candidates cannibalizing the center-left vote and making it impossible to coalesce and challenge Mr. Sanders. Mr. Buttigieg on Monday said in a town hall event on CNN that he and his fellow moderates had not had any talks about one or more of them dropping out. Asked the same question in a post-debate TV interview on Tuesday, Mr. Buttigieg argued that it was he, as the candidate with the second most delegates, whom other moderates should rally behind. But except for a polling uptick after his strong Iowa finish, Mr. Buttigieg's support in an average of national polls plateaued around 10 percent. That imperiled him as the race moved to the 14 Super Tuesday states, including California and Texas, where most delegates to the National Convention go only to candidates who win 15 percent in congressional districts and statewide. As Mr. Sanders, in his second presidential run, built a devoted following of progressives with a call for political revolution, Mr. Buttigieg tried to offer an alternative: an upbeat message of unity and more ideological flexibility, aimed at attracting moderate Democrats, independents and crossover Republicans. But the pitch, which some found contained more platitudes than passion, was no match at a time of rising anger on the left that the political establishment has failed to address health care, income inequality and climate change. In his quest to earn black support, Mr. Buttigieg spent more time visiting South Carolina than any other candidate, spent more on TV ads in the state than any candidates besides Mr. Steyer, and rolled out a sweeping proposal, called the Douglass Plan, to redress the legacy of racism. None of it made much of a dent with African-American voters who had developed a deep trust in Mr. Biden over decades. Another factor may have been the sometimes troubled history of Mr. Buttigieg's relationship with black residents of South Bend, including his demotion of a black police chief and the shooting last summer of a black resident by a white officer. Mr. Buttigieg tried to counter poor impressions by campaigning with African-American leaders from his hometown who vouched for him. All along, he believed that winning in Iowa would beget winning in later states with more racially diverse voters. Despite an early exit from the race, Mr. Buttigieg's candidacy will be remembered for its remarkably high trajectory: the mayor of Indiana's fourth-largest city outran, out-raised and outpolled senators and governors who dropped by the wayside. Mr. Buttigieg's decision, just before Super Tuesday, echoed one he made three years ago during his first foray into national politics. In late February 2017, Mr. Buttigieg dropped out of the contest to become chairman of the Democratic National Committee on the morning of the vote after it became clear he had commitments from fewer than 10 D.N.C. members. After his withdrawal, Mr. Buttigieg received a single vote, from Mayor Nan Whaley of Dayton, Ohio. Reid J. Epstein reported from Selma, Ala., and Trip Gabriel reported from Charlotte, N.C. Alexander Burns contributed reporting from New York. Top stories - Google News March 01, 2020 at 03:07PM https://ift.tt/2wgzcW6 Pete Buttigieg to Quit Democratic Presidential Race - The New York Times Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pete Buttigieg is dropping out of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary - CNBC Posted: 01 Mar 2020 05:07 PM PST  Democratic presidential hopeful former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Pete Buttigieg speaks during a rally in Columbia, South Carolina, on February 28, 2020. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Democrat Pete Buttigieg is dropping out of the 2020 presidential primary race, a senior campaign aide told CNBC. He is flying to South Bend, Indiana, where he served as mayor for two terms, to make the announcement. The Indiana Democrat waged an unlikely campaign that saw a little-known mayor overpower governors and U.S. senators in the race for the party nomination. His decision to drop out of the race comes after former Vice President Joe Biden won a crushing victory in the South Carolina primary on Saturday, re-energizing a campaign that had flagged in the first three nominating contests in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada. Biden's renewed momentum would make it difficult for Buttigieg to win over moderate voters moving forward into Super Tuesday. It also caused some financing trouble: In the wake of Biden's victory, bundlers working for his campaign were able to lure some donors who had been backing Buttigieg, CNBC reported. During his longshot bid, Buttigieg outperformed expectations, assembling what at points was a substantial war chest and building out a vast national operation. Buttigieg, the first openly gay major presidential contender, scored a narrow delegate edge over Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Iowa caucuses and finished a strong second place in New Hampshire's primary. But the one-time candidate for chair of the Democratic National Committee ultimately failed to sustain his campaign's momentum, and ran into difficulty attracting the support of black and other minority voters. This became clear in the Nevada caucuses, where he finished a distant third place with only 2% of the black vote, and in South Carolina, where he collected 3% of the black vote and finished in fourth. Buttigieg had predicted that wins in Iowa and New Hampshire would boost his support in the more diverse states that followed, but that outcome did not materialize. Buttigieg's showings in Nevada and South Carolina muddied potential paths to victory for the millennial Afghanistan war veteran ahead of Super Tuesday on March 3, when 14 states will host contests that collectively award a third of the race's total delegates. Earlier on Sunday, Buttigieg was pressed on NBC's "Meet the Press" about his decision to stay in the race by host Chuck Todd. "Every day we are in this campaign is a day that we have reached the conclusion that pushing forward is the best thing we can do for the country and for the party," Buttigieg said. The coming Super Tuesday contests have escalated pressure on candidates who are under-performing in state surveys to drop from the contest. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar have resisted those calls, though. Warren's campaign released a memo on Sunday describing the Democratic National Convention in July as the "final play" for the campaign and committing to fight for delegates for as long as it could until then. An aide to Klobuchar told CNBC shortly after Buttigieg's departure from the race became known that the the moderate lawmaker was not planning to drop out any time soon. Klobuchar is attending an event in Minnesota Sunday evening. The state will be among those to vote on Tuesday. -- CNBC's Lauren Hirsch contributed to this report. Top stories - Google News March 01, 2020 at 03:10PM https://ift.tt/2wnirs8 Pete Buttigieg is dropping out of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary - CNBC Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| El Clasico 2020 team news: Real Madrid vs. Barcelona starting lineups announced - CBS Sports Posted: 01 Mar 2020 04:37 PM PST  Barcelona visits Real Madrid on Sunday in El Clasico, and the official starting lineups are in just ahead of kickoff. Both teams are without key attackers due to injury with Barca's Luis Suarez (knee) and Real Madrid's Eden Hazard (ankle). Neither Zinedine Zidane or Quique Setien went with any big surprises in their lineups, aside from maybe Zidane leaving Luka Modric on the bench to start. Watch on fuboTV (Try for free). Follow live updates of the match here. Starting lineupsReal Madrid: GK - Thibaut Courtois; DEF - Dani Carvajal; DEF - Raphael Varane; DEF - Sergio Ramos; DEF - Marcelo; MID - Casemiro; MID - Federico Valverde; MID - Toni Kroos; FWD - Isco; FWD - Karim Benzema; FWD - Vinicius Jr. Barcelona: GK - Marc-Andre Ter Stegen; DEF - Nelson Semedo; DEF - Gerardo Pique; DEF - Samuel Umtiti; DEF - Jordi Alba; MID - Arthur; MID - Sergio Busquets; MID - Frenkie De Jong; MID - Arturo Vidal; FWD - Lionel Messi; FWD - Antoine Griezmann AnalysisFor Barcelona, it's as expected considering their options. It looks like Mess and Griezmann start the attack and we will probably see De Jong stay high to help them create in the final third. Jordi Alba was a doubt for this match with a groin injury but he gets the start in defense where he will be tasked with trying to contain Isco. For Real Madrid, Isco has been in form as of late and joins Karim Benzema in attack alongside Vinicius Junior who looked sharp against Manchester City on Wednesday. Federico Valverde has remained a constant in the midfield for Zinedine Zidane's side with the young Uruguayan midfield impressing time and time again. If Real can get the lead, don't be shocked to see Modric come in to add some quality and possession in the middle, while Gareth Bale looked to be the main option if the team needs help in attack. Top stories - Google News March 01, 2020 at 11:00AM https://ift.tt/2TbRHnG El Clasico 2020 team news: Real Madrid vs. Barcelona starting lineups announced - CBS Sports Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Empty streets, economic turmoil as virus alters daily life - CT Post Posted: 01 Mar 2020 04:37 PM PST
A Health Ministry staffer monitors the body temperature of travelers deplaning from international flights at the Mariscal Sucre Airport, in Quito, Ecuador, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Officials in Ecuador on Saturday confirmed the first case of the new coronavirus in the South American nation. less A Health Ministry staffer monitors the body temperature of travelers deplaning from international flights at the Mariscal Sucre Airport, in Quito, Ecuador, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Officials in Ecuador on ... more Photo: Dolores Ochoa, AP TOKYO (AP) — The coronavirus has claimed its first victim in the United States as the number of cases shot up in Iran, Italy and South Korea and the spreading outbreak shook the global economy. Governments stepped up efforts to contain the disease. Saudi Arabia closed Islam's holiest sites to foreign pilgrims. In Japan, professional baseball teams played in deserted stadiums. The French government advised the public to forgo customary greeting kisses. Ireland and Ecuador among the countries reporting their first cases Saturday. More than 85,000 people worldwide have contracted the virus, with deaths topping 2,900. China recorded 573 new virus cases and 35 more deaths in the 24 hours through midnight Saturday, according to the National Health Commission. That raised the total for the country where the disease emerged in December to 2,870 deaths and 79,834 cases. In the United States, a man in his 50s in suburban Seattle became the first coronavirus death on U.S. soil. Officials say they aren't sure how the man acquired the virus because he had not traveled to any affected areas. "Additional cases in the United States are likely, but healthy individuals should be able to fully recover," President Donald Trump said. Officials announced heightened warnings about travel to certain regions of Italy and South Korea as well as a ban on travel to Iran. Many cases of the virus have been relatively mild, and some of those infected are believed to show no symptoms at all. But that can allow for easier spread, and concern is mounting that prolonged quarantines, supply chain disruptions and a sharp reduction in tourism and business travel could weaken the global economy or even cause a recession. South Korea, the second hardest hit country after China, reported 376 new cases on Sunday morning, raising its total to 3,526. Most of the cases in South Korea have been reported in the southeastern city of Daegu and nearby towns. Italian authorities say the country now has more than 1,100 coronavirus cases, with 29 deaths so far. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the virus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, an official said. So far, the virus and the COVID-19 illness it causes have killed 43 people out of 593 confirmed cases in Iran. Researchers reported the death rate may be lower than initially feared as more mild cases are counted. A study by Chinese researchers published Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine analyzing 1,099 patients at more than 500 hospitals throughout China calculated a death rate of 1.4%, substantially lower than earlier studies that focused on patients in the central city of Wuhan, where it started and has been most severe. Assuming there are many more cases with no or very mild symptoms, "the case fatality rate may be considerably less than 1%," U.S. health officials wrote in an editorial in the journal. That would make the new virus more like a severe seasonal flu than a disease similar to its genetic cousins SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome, or MERS, Middle East respiratory syndrome. Also Saturday, a survey of Chinese manufacturers showed activity plunged in February by a wider margin than anticipated, adding to the virus's mounting economic toll. The monthly purchasing managers' index issued by the Chinese statistics agency and an industry group fell to 35.7 from January's 50 on a 100-point scale on which numbers below 50 indicate activity contracting. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a 270 billion yen ($2.5 billion) emergency economic package to help fight the virus. Abe said at a news conference that Japan is at critical juncture to determine whether the country can keep the outbreak under control ahead of the Tokyo summer Olympics. Abe, who earlier announced plans to close all schools for more than a month through the end of the Japanese academic year sparked public criticism, said the package includes financial support for families and their employers affected by the closures. "Frankly speaking, this battle cannot be won solely by the efforts of the government," Abe said. "We cannot do it without understanding and cooperation from every one of you, including medical institutions, families, companies and local governments." Even in isolated, sanctions-hit North Korea, leader Kim Jong Un called for stronger anti-virus efforts to guard against COVID-19, saying there will be "serious consequences" if the illness spreads to the country. In other areas caught up in the outbreak, eerie scenes met those who ventured outside. Streets were deserted in the city of Sapporo on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, where a state of emergency was issued until mid-March. Tokyo Disneyland and Universal Studios Japan announced they would close, and big events were canceled, including a concert series by the K-pop group BTS. In France, the archbishop of Paris advised parish priests not to administer communion by placing the sacramental bread in worshippers' mouths. Instead, priests were told to place the bread in their hands. The French government cancelled large indoor events. Saudi Arabia closed off Islam's holiest sites in Mecca and Medina to foreign pilgrims, disrupting travel for thousands of Muslims already headed to the kingdom and potentially affecting plans later this year for millions more ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan and the annual hajj pilgrimage. Tourist arrivals in Thailand are down 50% compared with a year ago. In Italy, which has the most reported cases of any country outside of Asia, hotel bookings are falling. Premier Giuseppe Conte raised the specter of recession. The head of the World Health Organization on Friday announced that the risk of the virus spreading worldwide was "very high." U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the "window of opportunity" for containing the virus was narrowing. Economists have forecast global growth will slip to 2.4% this year, the slowest since the Great Recession in 2009, and down from earlier expectations closer to 3%. For the United States, estimates are falling to as low as 1.7% growth this year, down from 2.3% in 2019. Despite anxieties about a wider outbreak in the U.S., Trump has defended measures taken and lashed out at Democrats who have questioned his handling of the threat. Trump has accused Democrats of "politicizing" the coronavirus threat and boasted about preventive steps he's ordered in an attempt to keep the virus from spreading across the United States. ___ Klepper reported from Providence, R.I. Associated Press writers Joe McDonald in Beijing, Jon Gambrell in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, John Leicester in Paris, Deb Riechmann and Darlene Superville in Washington, Adam Geller, Joseph Pisani and Edith M. Lederer in New York, Hyung-jin Kim and Tong-hyung Kim in Seoul, South Korea, Renata Brito and Giada Zampano in Venice, Italy, Frances D'Emilio in Rome, Paul Wiseman, Christopher Rugaber in Washington, Marilynn Marchione in Milwuakee and Frank Jordans in Berlin contributed to this report. Top stories - Google News February 29, 2020 at 06:14PM https://ift.tt/39fXaPJ Empty streets, economic turmoil as virus alters daily life - CT Post Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| How ‘The Invisible Man’ Made A $29M Appearance For Universal & Blumhouse – Sunday Final - Deadline Posted: 01 Mar 2020 01:16 PM PST How 'The Invisible Man' Made A $29M Appearance For Universal & Blumhouse – Sunday Final - Deadline 5th Update Sunday AM Final w/chart: Moviegoers didn't have a problem finding Universal-Blumhouse's The Invisible Man on Saturday, with the Leigh Whannell movie racking up $11.1M, a 12% surge over Friday's $9.9M for a weekend that the studio is calling at $29M (some rival estimates have it in the low $28M range). Even more commendable: if you back out those $1.65M Thursday night previews from Friday's number (which is $8.25M), business for Invisible Man actually shot up +35% on Saturday.
No, Invisible Man did not play like a front-loaded horror movie. Rather, it was more a thriller (i.e. Universal/Amblin's Girl on the Train saw a Friday-to-Saturday uptick of +3% on its way to a $24.5M opening weekend). The Saturday bounce for Invisible Man isn't that far from Split's +13% and is in the same teen percentile orbit as Get Out (+17%). Another big indicator that buzz caught on for Invisible Man is in the PostTrak stat that 79% of ticket buyers bought their tickets on Saturday vs. 7% in the past week. Fifty-eight percent of Invisible Man's moviegoers bought tickets at the theater versus 38% online. Of those who watched Invisible Man, 52% said they'll definitely recommend the movie to their friends, while 41% said they'll probably recommend it. Strong exits. Related Story'The Invisible Man' Review: Elisabeth Moss Visibly Great In Reboot That Resonates Far Beyond 1933 Horror Classic
All these diagnostics show that Invisible Man sold itself off those walking away from the theater, word-of-mouth being a key piece of PR (at 12% per PostTrak). Those polled by PostTrak said in addition to word-of-mouth, other influential pieces of marketing included in-theater trailers (20%), TV spots (14%), word-of- mouth from friends (12%) and the YouTube trailer (11%). Overall, Uni screened this movie aggressively to get the word out there before opening. One highlight was a takeover at CityWalk at Universal Studios Hollywood where there was a spatial pop-up that immersed attendees in an audio illusion that The Invisible Man was also located in the dark enclosed space with them. Genre and subject matter were also the key drivers that pushed audiences into theaters, per PostTrak respectively at 41% and 32%. Overall social media universe for Invisible Man prior to opening across YouTube (39M+ views), Facebook, Twitter, Instagram per RelishMix was 71.2M just under the 82M average of a drama thriller. While the movie is not about the plight of the Invisible Man, rather his female victim, Uni highlighted the creepiness of the popular monster protagonist in its outdoor and in-theater marketing, with slogans like "He's Been Following You This Whole Time," "He's Right Behind You," and "He's Standing Right Next You," among others with words disappearing toward the end of each tagline. One billboard in particular won praise from rival studio execs on their drive around L.A., and that was one with the tagline, "What You Can't See Can't Hurt You." Essentially, the tagline appeared in wavy fashion when the sunlight hit the billboard. Clever.
Invisible Man first trailered on Warner Bros.' Doctor Sleep back in November, but gained greater visibility on Bad Boys for Life and 1917 throughout the winter. Between Uni's first two trailers for Invisible Man online, it churned over 100M views. RelishMix says that the viral video rate of Invisible Man was at 24:1, ahead of the genre average of 20:1, with average daily views of the pic's YouTube clips hovering around 22.5K before opening, ahead of the typical 20K for the thriller genre. No shock here, given the male turnout at 53%, as Uni targeted NBA Christmas day games with TV spots, as well as bracketed both sides of the Super Bowl with a pre-game spot and another one during The Masked Singer post-game show on Fox. Other TV spots aired during The Grammys, hit television series like The Walking Dead, This Is Us and Modern Family, as well as the finale of the highest-rated telenovela on Spanish language television, El Señor De Los Cielos.
Other PR highlights included a partnership with Beyond Fest's "Thrill-a-thon," a movie marathon of films that inspired Whannell-like Fatal Attraction and Misery, as well as an advance screening of The Invisible Man that ended with a Q&A from Whannell. PostTrak showed an increase in the under-25 female demo to 23% (from 18% yesterday). Females over 25 averaged out to 26%, guys over 25 still led with 31%, and more males under 25 grew from 17% on Friday night to 20% yesterday. The male leaning Invisible Man was on par with the guy pull of Glass, A Quiet Place and 10 Cloverfield Lane. Women turned out for Invisible Man at 47%. Those going out in packs (2-4 friends) to see Invisible Man included males under 25 (30%) and females under 25 (23%). Those males and females under 25 who dragged boyfriends/girlfriends along to the R-rated thriller were around 25%-26% of all moviegoers. Invisible Man reps the second-best debut for Elisabeth Moss (who, remarkably, carries this movie all on her own) at the domestic box office, behind last year's Us from Jordan Peele, Uni, and Blumhouse ($71.1M), which still holds the record for the best opening by an original horror movie. Global for Invisible Man is at $49.2M, making it the No. 1 movie around the globe this weekend with $20.2M from 39 offshore territories, including Mexico, the U.K./Ireland, Germany, and Australia, with the international roll-out continuing through the spring. Final endgame domestic for Invisible Man is now expected to be around $75M (which is where Girl on the Train was). But we'll see about that, as that movie was mostly fueled by female fans of the book. Invisible Man owns the genre space until Paramount's A Quiet Place Part II arrives on March 20, with little adult threat next weekend from Disney/Pixar's Onward (expected to open in the mid $40Ms) and Warner Bros. Ben Affleck drama The Way Back (in the mid-to-high mid digits). "Pairing Blumhouse, the unequivocal master of this horror thriller genre, with the incredible vision of Leigh Whannell led to the great success of our debut of The Invisible Man this weekend. The casting of the extraordinarily talented Elisabeth Moss elevates this film, with audiences and critics responding to her performance with great enthusiasm. This is a great start for the new direction in Universal's Classic Monster legacy," said Universal domestic distribution boss Jim Orr this morning to Deadline. Off the fever of Invisible Man, Blumhouse announced yesterday that they signed the pic's filmmaker Whannell to a two year first look film and TV development deal. Imax and PLF accounted for a third of Invisible Man's domestic business. While Uni had Invisible Man booked on PLF screens, some exhibitors opted to play My Hero Academia: Hero Rising and Call of the Wild, and thus, didn't reap the upside of the over-performance of the Moss movie on certain showtimes.
Elsewhere, the weekend's other wide entry, Sony Pictures TV/Funimation's My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising clocked $2.5M on Saturday, +43% over Friday on its way to a $5.1M 3-day in 4th place, 5-day opening of $8.5M per the distributor this morning. Updates: NEON is calling the 21st weekend of 4x Oscar winner Parasite at $1.5M, -50% at 1,324 with a running total of $51.5M in 12th place. Another off weekend at the box office with all titles grossing $99.6M per Comscore, down 15% from the same 3-day period a year ago. The 2020 box office for the period of Jan. 1-March 1 remains 3.5% ahead of 2019 with $1.58 billion. Sunday studio-reported estimates:
4TH Writethru, Saturday AM after overnight post: Horror films in the wake of New Line's It Chapter Two ($91M opening) have been in a frightening free fall at the domestic box office, and for various reasons.
They were either too long or based off of a non-mass appealing piece of source material (i.e. Warner Bros.' truly sublime Doctor Sleep, which went into a coma with $31.6M domestic final), so cheap that their distributors believed that there was no reason to spend any more money than what was necessary (hence lower grosses, i.e. Brahms: Boy II, Countdown), or just flat out awful (the F-graded Grudge and The Turning, plus the D+ Cinemascore pic Black Christmas). After seeing broad comedies get swallowed up whole by streaming and minimized at the box office, the last thing major studio executives need is for another crowd-appealing genre, in which moviegoers have a great shared experience, become diminished on mobile phones. And so, this weekend's opening for Universal-Blumhouse's The Invisible Man, now between $26M-$27M off its $7M production cost (before P&A), is a wonderful reminder that low budget genre fare continues to work. Grosses for the Leigh Whannell-directed and written film have improved from Friday afternoon to a current $9.9M (including Thursday night's $1.65M). Universal's hope is that Invisible Man continues to play like a thriller, with Saturday being even with Friday's box office (or even better) and not like a horror movie, which is typically front-loaded.
While arthouse-mixed-with-genre can often divide horror fans (i.e. Midsommar, Crimson Peak), socially conscious genre fare clicks, resonates, and wins all around with critics and audiences, and that's what we're seeing here again with Invisible Man in the wake of Universal/Blumhouse's Oscar-winning blockbuster Get Out and Jordan Peele's second directorial, Us. Universal knows that in a cookie cutter brand major motion picture event world, it pays to be truly unique. They learned that the hard way when they executed that old fashioned formula of star (Tom Cruise)+ franchise (The Mummy). It didn't necessarily yield a box office result like it would in the 1980s, 1990s, or the early aughts (and there were other things that were wrong with that 2017 movie). When turning a noted property, like Invisible Man, on its head, you have to keep it cheap, and trust in a visionary. Australian Insidious Chapter 3 and Upgrade filmmaker Whannell walked onto the Uni lot and pitched his own twist on H.G. Wells' Invisible Man (it's not about the man, rather the woman, specifically the invisible man's girlfriend), rather than being shackled with some pre-conceived tropes of a dusty property.
Moviegoers want to organically discover their franchises, and not be told they have to commit themselves to a "Dark Universe," which is what Universal did so ambitiously back with its 2017 reboot of The Mummy. Uni will say that with this weekend's success of Invisible Man, it's a great step in putting their whole monster-verse back on the rails. And while that is true, what's amazing here is how they built another crowd-appealing, critically acclaimed (90% certified fresh), socially conscious movie that is so much about now and #MeToo with Invisible Man. It's not just senseless pulp, blood and guts. In the wake of Harvey Weinstein's guilty verdict this week, which reinvigorated the #MeToo movement, Universal and Blumhouse couldn't have hoped for a better time to release Invisible Man. Time's film critic Stephanie Zacharek hits the nail on the head when describing how Invisible Man speaks to bigger issues: "The movie's violence opens up a larger question, keyed to the way the world reacts when a woman steps forward to call out abuse. What is it that makes us believe a woman's story? If a woman is struck by an unseen hand, as Cecilia is, has it really happened? Where's the proof? In The Invisible Man, it's her word against his silence—and he doesn't even have the guts to show his face." Even though guys over 25 remained the majority for Invisible Man, with 37%, females grew on Friday night over Thursday, with females 25+ repping 29% of the audience (up from 28%) and females under 25 at 18% (up from last night's 13%). The latter loved Invisible Man the most at 80%, while females overall (46%) enjoyed Invisible Man a bit more than guys, 78% to 75%. Those 18-34 made up 61% of the crowd, with updated diversity demos being 45% Caucasian, 20% African American, 19% Hispanic, 16% Asian. PostTrak remained solid at 4 Stars, while CinemaScore was a B+, on par with Split, and just under Get Out's A-. Invisible Man played best on the coasts and the South. Imax and PLF screens rep 31% of the gross so far. Late improv maestro and Second City pioneer Del Close famously said that when it comes to art and the audience, "treat your audiences like poets and geniuses, and they'll have the chance to become them," and it's clear that Universal continues to have that philosophy in mind in developing their slates (i.e. pics like Yesterday, 1917, etc), shepherding their filmmakers and taking big swings in a franchise-laden event cinema atmosphere. While Disney plows forward with Pixar, Lucasfilm, Marvel, and live-action reboots of their classic toons, Uni is meeting the challenge to think outside the box. Yes, yes, of course, let's not forget that this is the same studio that made the disastrous feature adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats. The IP was historically always risky (that's why it wasn't made decades ago). But given Uni's flair for blockbuster jukebox musicals like their Mamma Mia movies, they believed Cats to be a worthy gamble, given the fact that the stage musical made over $4 billion, the movie was casted up for the young with stars like Taylor Swift, and for sophisticated adults with award winning actors like Judi Dench and Ian McKellen, and the pic was in the hands of Uni's Les Miserables hitmaker director Tom Hooper. However, the stage musical's unusual premise of singing cats (sans plot) coupled with uncanny valley designed felines, did not speak to today's moviegoers, with millennials exclaiming WTF. At the same time over the holiday season, Uni teamed with Amblin to distribute a British WWI movie, 1917. Talk about risky. That's certainly not a four-quad movie, and the subject matter is largely for old dudes. And who wants to see another British war film so soon after Dunkirk? But there was a huge hook, one that was big enough to get people to leave their couches and spend over $350M WW and see something that they've never seen before in a war movie, and that was that the cinematography was the star in its one continuous, jarring, awesome shot. Sony Pictures TV/Funimation's My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising also played well on the coasts and the South. Overall, audiences in updated PostTrak gave it 5 stars, Parents 4 stars, and kids 3 stars. Families only repped 13% last night, with the general audience at 87% making up most of the crowd. Those who showed were 61% male and 80% under 35, with 64% falling between 18-34 years old. Among kids under 12, boys repped 44% of the crowd. Rivals are impressed by the anime pic's near $9M five days at 1,260 given Funimation's limited P&A spend.
NEON's Oscar-winning Best Picture darling Parasite, which is still wide at 1,324 sans Imax, is poised to earn around $1.46M, -52%, for a total by EOD tomorrow of $51.5M in weekend 21. What is amazing many rival distribs is that the movie is still putting up big numbers while still being made available on VOD and DVD. Who says the big screen is dead? It can be argued that Parasite's tale this past awards season could have been Roma's, had that pic had the prestige of a full-on, theatrical release, box office grosses and all. Distribution folk continue to argue that at least $20M in box office grosses were left on the table with that Alfonso Cuaron 3x Oscar winner. Final domestic looks like $55M for sure, with some saying more.
Searchlight's revisionist Peter Pan movie Wendy from Beasts of the Southern Wild filmmaker Benh Zeitlin posted $10,5K last night at NY's Landmark 57th St and Angelika and LA's Landmark, and Arclight Hollywood drawing from soft numbers. Overall, weekend looks like $31,3K for a per theater of $7,8K, which is awful. It stands to reason when the critics have blasted it at 40% on Rotten Tomatoes. Sony Pictures Classics' Michael Winterbottom comedy Greed starring Steve Coogan and Isla Fisher also suffered from bad reviews at 59%, seeing soft numbers at NY's Lincoln Square, Angelika and LA's Landmark, and Arclight. Pic earned around $7K yesterday on its way to a bad $21K or $5,2K per theater. Updated with Saturday AM industry figures:
2nd Update, Friday Midday: The Invisible Man is on his way to a $9.1M first day, including last night's $1.65M, for a 3-day between $23M-$25M at 3,610 theaters. I've heard from various exhibitors that advance ticket sales are far ahead of Universal/Blumhouse's Ma which posted at first day of $7.2M and opening of $18.1M last June. As of this minute, ticket sales are surging so by tonight we may see a higher result. At this range, it's a very good start for the $7M Univeral-Blumhouse production. Get Out posted a first day of $10.8M, which included $1.8M previews, on its way to a $33.3M start. Paramount's 3rd weekend of Sonic the Hedgehog is taking 2nd with an estimated $13.85M at 4,177 off a Friday of $3.2M (-50%), -47%, and running total by Sunday of $126.1M Disney/20th Century Studios' The Call of the Wild in its second weekend is seeing $12.875M at 3,865 off a Friday of $3.5M (-56%), overall -48% for the weekend. That puts its 10-day at $45.5M. In 4th is Sony Pictures TV/Funimation's My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising which is looking at $5M-$6M at 1,260 after a $2M-$2.2M Friday. 10-day could hit $9.3M on the high end.
Warner Bros.' Birds of Prey could file 5th with $3.9M at 3,124, -43% for a running total in weekend 4 of $77.7M. Sony's Bad Boys for Life is now in 6th in weekend 7 with $3.6M at 2,708, -38% for a running total of $196.6M. STX's Brahms: The Boy 2 is looking at $2.6M in weekend 2 in 7th place, -55%, for a 10-day of $9.7M. WarnerMedia's TruTV's Impractical Jokers which expanded from 357 theaters to 1,820 is seeing $725K today, -24%, for a 3-day of $2.2M, -16%, and a 10-day of $5.3M. 1st Update, Friday 7:34AM: Universal-Blumhouse's The Invisible Man made its first appearance Thursday night at 7 PM shows nationwide with $1.65 million at 2,850 theaters, an amount of cash that's near both studios' previous collaborations, Get Out ($1.8M Thursday) and Split ($2M). Invisible Man expands to 3,610 today.
Both 2017 titles overperformed their $20M-predicted tracking at the time, with Split posting a $40M start, and Get Out taking $33.3M. Invisible Man, directed and written by Leigh Whannell, is forecasted to be in the mid- to high-$20M range, a solid start for the $7M net production shot with Australian tax credits However, like Split and Get Out, it's expected to go higher potentially in the $30M+ zone. Exits and reviews indicate that milepost is possible, with Invisible Man's Rotten Tomatoes score at 92% Certified Fresh being just under Get Out's 98% certified fresh, but much higher than Split's 77% certified fresh and Halloween's 79% certified fresh. The RT score is key because that's the catalyst that will persuade non-genre die-hards to buy tickets. PostTrak last night for the R-rated Invisible Man showed 4 stars with a 53% definite recommend. Guys over 25 dominated at 47% last night, with 28% females over 25, 13% females under 25 and 12% men under 25. The biggest quad was the 25-34 folks at 39%, with a diversity read of 49% Caucasian, 22% Hispanic, 13% Asian and 12% African American. Among those films in regular release Thursday, Disney/20th Century Studios' Call of the Wild led with an estimated $1.45M, off 3% from Wednesday, for a first-week cume of $32.6M. Weekend 2 is estimated to be down 45% for a second-frame take of $13.6M for the Harrison Ford movie. Paramount's Sonic the Hedgehog ends Weekend 2 with a running total of $112.2M after a $1.17M Thursday, +2% from Wednesday, in second place for the day. Sonic should see a third weekend that's around $17M, -35%.
Third place according to early AM estimates goes to Sony Pictures TV-Funimation's anime feature My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising. Last night we heard that not all the pic's theaters were accounted for on Wednesday and instead of a $1.7M opening day it was actually $2.5M at 1,275 locations. Right now Thursday looks like $793K (updated), -68%, per estimates, for a two-day take of $3.3M. 3-day outlook is around $6M. PostTrak shows that fans are out in bulk with the pic scoring 5 stars and a 73% definite recommend and an 86% general audience, 15% families. Both parents and kids under 12 gave the movie 4 stars. Boys 10-12 made up half the kid crowd, while girls 10-12 showed up at 28%. Overall combined audience stats were 34% guys under 25, 24% men over 25, 23% females under 25 and 19% females over 25. 2020-03-01 15:21:00Z https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMibmh0dHBzOi8vZGVhZGxpbmUuY29tLzIwMjAvMDMvdGhlLWludmlzaWJsZS1tYW4tb3BlbmluZy13ZWVrZW5kLWJveC1vZmZpY2UtYmx1bWhvdXNlLWVsaXNhYmV0aC1tb3NzLTEyMDI4NzA1NTUv0gFyaHR0cHM6Ly9kZWFkbGluZS5jb20vMjAyMC8wMy90aGUtaW52aXNpYmxlLW1hbi1vcGVuaW5nLXdlZWtlbmQtYm94LW9mZmljZS1ibHVtaG91c2UtZWxpc2FiZXRoLW1vc3MtMTIwMjg3MDU1NS9hbXAv?oc=5  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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