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Shazam! : le film approche des 100 millions de dollars de recettes au box-office US

Posted on November 30, 2019 by HelenAtAmarIt

Avec plus de 25 nouveaux millions de dollars de recettes, le long métrage super-héroïque “Shazam!” conserve la tête du box-office américain. Les nouveautés “Little” et “Hellboy” complètent le podium du week-end.

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BOX-OFFICE AMERICAIN DU 12 AU 14 AVRIL 2019 : LE TOP 10

Rang (Rang précédent) Film Recettes (en dollars) Total US (en dollars)

1 (1er)
Shazam!
25 140 000
94 913 013
2 (Nouveauté)
Little
15 499 000
15 499 000
3 (Nouveauté)
Hellboy
12 015 000
12 015 000
4 (2e)
Simetierre
10 000 000
41 121 660
5 (3e)
Dumbo
9 186 000
89 945 162
6 (5e)
Captain Marvel
8 626 000
386 536 581
7 (4e)
Us
6 946 000
163 498 425

8 (Nouveauté)
After – Chapitre 1
6 200 000
6 200 000
9 (Nouveauté)
Monsieur Link
5 841 434
5 841 434
10 (6e)
The Best Of Enemies
2 000 000
8 101 570

À RETENIR

Avec plus de 25,1* nouveaux millions de dollars de recettes, Shazam! conserve tranquillement la tête du box-office US et approche désormais de la barre des 100 millions de billets verts. Des débuts très solides, sachant que le poids lourd Aquaman, sur la même durée d’exploitation, n’est pas si loin avec près de 120 millions de dollars de recettes.
Le podium est complété par deux nouveautés : la comédie Little, qui débute bien avec 15,4* millions de dollars de recettes (son budget de 20 millions est déjà presque renfloué), et le nouveau Hellboy, qui peine avec seulement 12* millions de billets verts au compteur. A titre de comparaison, les deux opus signés Guillermo del Toro, sortis en 2004 et 2008, avaient totalisé 23,1 et 34,5 millions de dollars de recettes lors de leur premier week-end en salles.
Au rayon films d’horreur, Simetierre, dont la fréquentation chute de 59%, rapporte encore 10* millions de dollars de recettes pour un total désormais au-delà des 41 millions. Quant à Us, avec 163,4 millions de billets verts dans la besace, il peut encore espérer rejoindre les 176 millions de Get Out, précédent opus de Jordan Peele.
Pour son sixième week-end d’exploitation, Captain Marvel ne faiblit pas, ne perdant que 30,6% de fréquentation. Avec un cumul de 386,5 millions de billets verts, le film n’est plus qu’à trois petits millions des Gardiens de la Galaxie 2. Le dépasser sera donc une formalité et l’occasion pour Captain Marvel de devenir le 7e plus gros succès du Marvel Cinematic Universe au box-office US. En attendant, bien sûr, l’arrivée de l’ouragan annoncé Avengers: Endgame…

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Source : CBO Box-Office

Perez hopes upgrade closes gap to rivals

Posted on November 30, 2019 by HelenAtAmarIt

Sergio Perez believes Force India is “a bit behind” its midfield rivals and is hoping a major upgrade at the Spanish Grand Prix will close the gap.

Force India is introducing a new front wing, floor and components at the rear of the car in an update which chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer described as “similar” to last year’s B-spec in size. Perez says the target is not only to improve the raw pace of the VJM09 but also address the way in which it manages its tyres after a tough start to the season.

“Yeah we’ve got a good upgrade, as expected generally for when we come to Europe we put a good upgrade on the car,” Perez said. “We hope that everything works as expected, which generally is not the case. It will need a lot of understanding and learning as well as it is a proper upgrade, so we need to understand the package properly.

“We are expecting a good step. More than lap time-wise we are expecting the drivability feeling. We have been really harsh on the tyres and we feel if we can correct some of the characteristics of the car we can help tyre life as well which long-term speaking is a good advantage on tyres. So that can help us in managing the strategy better, going for more aggressive ones, stuff like that.

“Obviously many teams are bringing upgrades, we feel we are a bit behind our competition so hopefully this upgrade can put us another step forward.”

Explaining why the tyre life has been a problem for Force India, Perez blames the original front wing as being the cause of the issue.

“[The weakness is] because of the characteristics of the car. Basically we have a very weak front wing that was not working properly. We believe we have fixed the problem with the new upgrade hopefully. So by not making it work that meant we had to fix it mechanically and that meant basically more damage to the tyre.

“I won’t go in to too much detail but in general aspects the car was not performing as expected and we had to compensate by the set-up. So we were compromising the tyre life for it.”

With Alfonso Celis Jr driving on both days of the post-race test in Barcelona, Perez admits it would be better for the race drivers to have been in the car due to the upgrade but understands additional funding is crucial.

“It would have been good, but obviously the other perspective it’s good for the team to get some cash to pay for the upgrades! But we have great engineers and I believe that after this weekend we will have a very strong direction on what we need to do.

“I don’t see it as a big problem, I’m sure what they can test here will also be good and they will have good information.”

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Kvyat kicked out of the points by stewards… again!

Posted on November 30, 2019 by HelenAtAmarIt

Toro Rosso’s Dany Kvyat was hit with post-race penalty by the US Grand Prix stewards that has kicked out of the top ten for the second race in a row.

Kvyat had muscled his way past Racing Point’s Sergio Perez late in the race, pushing the Mexican as he lunged down the inside of COTA’s tight left-hand Turn 15, a move that earned him a tenth-place finish on the road.

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However, the stewards frowned upon the maneuver and subsequently investigated the Russian for causing a collision.

The sanction was a 5-second penalty applied right after the finish that dropped Kvyat to P12, with Perez thus grabbing the final point in the race.

Kvyat’s penalty comes just a week after a late lunge at Nico Hulkenberg in the Mexican Grand Prix was also punished by the stewards and cost the Toro Rosso driver a P9 result.

A furious Kvyat took exception with the stewards’ call in Mexico, insisting penalties of the sort were “killing the sport”.

And his immediate post-race reaction in Austin upon learning of the penalty was equally fierce.

“It’s bullshit, it’s unbelievable!,” quipped the Russian, talking to Ziggo Sport.

“I have no words, it’s so stupid. I went to the inside, and he [Perez] closed the door, it’s normal, and then we touched.

“This is unacceptable, really…”

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Medium, soft and supersoft for Baku

Posted on November 30, 2019 by HelenAtAmarIt

The inaugural race in Azerbaijan – known as the Grand Prix of Europe – will see the medium, soft and supersoft tyres provided by Pirelli.

Teams have three tyre compounds from which to choose from as part of new regulations in 2016, designed to open up wider strategy options for each driver. Flyaway races – outside of Europe – require teams to make their choices 14 weeks before the grand prix, whereas European selections must be made eight weeks in advance.

Pirelli nominates three compounds and then three mandatory sets each team must have. Those sets comprise the softest compound which must be used in Q3 – in Baku’s case the supersoft – and also two sets for the race of which only one has to be used Pirelli has picked one set of the medium and one set of the soft compound as each team’s mandatory race allocation.

Aside from the three mandatory sets, teams are allowed complete freedom to choose the other ten sets for the race weekend from the compounds nominated.

While Pirelli has a new ultrasoft compound available for street circuits this year it has opted not to nominate it for the new venue in Baku. The ultrasoft has already been announced as an option for Canada, while it will debut in Monaco although European selections have yet to be made.

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UK’s Corbyn claims Conservatives plan to ruin health service

Posted on November 30, 2019 by HelenAtAmarIt

The United Kingdom’s Conservative Party is planning to ruin the nation’s beloved National Health Service if it wins a majority at the Dec 12 general election, according to the leader of the incumbent government’s main political opponents, the Labour Party.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn claims to have proof of the plan in the form of 451 pages of official documents that, he says, detail the Conservatives’ intention to sacrifice the NHS in order to win a post-Brexit trade deal with the United States.

Conservative leader Boris Johnson said Corbyn’s claims are nonsense but the Labour Party leader insists the papers prove the US wants “total market access” in the event that the UK leaves the European Union.

“The uncensored documents leave Boris Johnson’s denials in absolute tatters,” Corbyn told reporters in London. “We have now got evidence that, under Boris Johnson, the NHS is on the table and will be up for sale. He tried to cover it up in a secret agenda and today it has been exposed.”

Corbyn claims the documents refer to six rounds of talks between the UK and the US held between July 2017 and this year in both Washington and London.

“We are talking here about secret talks for a deal with Donald Trump after Brexit,” he said.

Corbyn claimed the talks called for medicines to be protected for longer by patents, something that would result in fewer generic medicines and more expense for the NHS.

“Lives will be put at risk as a result of this,” he insisted while claiming large US pharmaceutical companies would be the big winners.

The Guardian newspaper reported that the Conservative Party was saying the documents had been freely available online for two months and were not contentious. The Conservatives said Corbyn was trying to divert attention away from his own poor performance in pre-election opinion polls and from criticism of his party over its record in tackling antisemitism.

Liz Truss, the UK’s international trade secretary, told the Guardian: “Jeremy Corbyn is getting desperate and is out-and-out lying to the public about what these documents contain … As we have consistently made clear, the NHS will not be on the table in any future trade deal and the price that the NHS pays for drugs will not be on the table.”

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Corbyn, though, insisted the threat to the NHS was real and said another aspect of the proposed trade deal opens the door to letting US corporations sue the UK.

“This is not only a plot against our NHS,” he claimed. “It is a plot against the whole country.”

Channel 4 News noted that the talks were preliminary and took place before Johnson became prime minister. It said the documents contain nothing “that proves there is a secret plot by the government to privatize the NHS, sell parts of it off or dramatically increase the health services’ drug bill”.

And the Financial Times noted that the documents detail what the US would like to get out of any future trade deal but do not show what the British government is prepared to concede.

Water recovery

Posted on November 30, 2019 by HelenAtAmarIt

For more than 30 years, local residents have worked hard to restore the ecological balance of Dianchi Lake in Yunnan.

At 5 am, on the south bank of Dianchi Lake, with the sky still dark, sexagenarian fisherman, Zhang Kaidi, grabs a quick bite in the kitchen before hurrying to the wharf with his brother-in-law, Li Peiguang, in tow.

After a full day’s toil, when the night begins to cloak the lake in darkness, the fully-laden fishing boats slowly make their way back to dock. After selling the day’s catch to the cooperatives in the village, Zhang hurries home with a small bag of shrimp which will be the main course for the dinner he’ll share with his wife.

Candid cameras

Posted on November 30, 2019 by HelenAtAmarIt

Tiring of a selfie in Delphi or a photo in Kyoto, more Chinese tourists are snapping up professional packages to capture their travels for posterity.

When you walk around the streets of Kyoto, it’s not uncommon to bump into female tourists dressed up in traditional kimonos－in fact, it’s fast becoming part of the scenery there.

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Last autumn, Cui Xun and her friend traveled to the historical Japanese city and promptly followed suit. Using an ancient temple as a backdrop, the pair paid a local Chinese photographer 1,800 yuan ($256) to take photos of them for two hours.

“With the temple’s quaint, old charm, these pretty photos make great mementos of our trip,” says Cui, an office worker from Zhuhai, Guangdong province.

She says they found it worthwhile to hire a photographer for their trip because of the convenience it offered－it let them concentrate on their surroundings rather than have the bother of taking photos of each other. More importantly, they ended up with good-quality photos that had been retouched as part of the service.

“For me, travel is not about gaining a shallow understanding of a place by making cursory observations. Rather, it’s about engaging in local experiences－whether it’s a cooking class, a soccer match or a concert,” she says.

Benitez future in doubt as dark clouds gather at Dalian

Posted on November 30, 2019 by HelenAtAmarIt

Dalian Yifang’s 5-1 thrashing at Tianjin Tianhai on Wednesday has fueled mounting speculation that Rafa Benitez’s days at the northeastern club could be numbered.

Having successfully steered Dalian away from the relegation zone since arriving from Newcastle United in July, Benitez has seen his side struggle to make further inroads in the latter stages of the campaign.

The team’s expensively assembled foreign front three – Marek Hamsik, Salomon Rondon and Yannick Carrasco – again failed to fire on Wednesday as struggling Tianhai ran riot.

Incredibly, the host found itself 4-0 up by halftime, with the introduction of Emmanuel Boateng for the ineffective Carrasco after the break failing to inspire a Dalian comeback. Indeed, things went from bad to worse for the visitor when midfielder Cui Ming’an saw red with 14 minutes remaining.

The defeat leaves Dalian in 10th spot in the Chinese Super League, with just one game remaining, against already-relegated Beijing Renhe on Sunday.

The combination of Dalian’s shocking capitulation and British reports that Benitez is being lined up to replace under-fire West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini have left many fans believing Sunday’s game could be the Spaniard’s last in China.

Earlier this month, Benitez told BBC podcast Football Daily that he was looking forward to his second season in the CSL, although admitted that adjusting to the language had proved a challenge both on and off the pitch. He also voiced concerns that Wanda-funded Dalian would have to perform well in the next transfer market in order to boost the squad’s quota of homegrown talent.

“The foreign players can make a difference but it depends on the others…. If you don’t have very good Chinese players it’s very difficult to compete,” Benitez told the BBC.

According to dongqiudi.com, Benitez was furious in the dressing-room after the Tianhai defeat, blasting his players for lacking fighting spirit.

The 59-year-old was at a loss to explain the limp performance in his post-match news conference, adding that he hoped to see a drastic improvement next term.

Benitez refrained from singling out specific players for criticism, but added that the very least he demands from his team is effort and a positive attitude, before hinting that some members of his squad could be headed for the exit door in the offseason.

Star playmaker Hamsik described his team’s display as “unacceptable”.

“We cannot lose a match in this way. For the fans, this is not acceptable. We have to react in the right way in Sunday match’s and produce a good performance!” said the former Napoli conjurer.

However, the result of a match kicking off hours earlier in London may well have a bigger bearing on Benitez’s future.

Defeat for struggling West Ham at Chelsea on Saturday could see the Hammers board finally lose patience with Pellegrini, with British media widely reporting that Benitez could be the man to succeed the Chilean.

Benitez is still held in high esteem in England, having famously led Liverpool to the 2005 Champions League trophy and performed admirably with a limited budget in his last Premier League job at Newcastle.

Benitez’s family still lives in England, and the Daily Mirror has reported that he is ready to take the West Ham hot seat, having turned it down in 2015 when Real Madrid came calling.

However, all Benitez’s recent utterances on his future indicate he will resist any offers from England.

“Patience is the key word in China,” Benitez wrote in his blog last month.

“You have to adapt to another way of doing things. There are obvious improvements already but we are still adjusting to the organization’s structure, bringing in new people without forgetting the Chinese staff who will be crucial for the success of the project in the future.”

In stark contrast to the glum mood in the Dalian dressing room, Wednesday’s result sparked scenes of jubilation for Tianhai, with the three points saving it from the drop following a tumultuous season for the club.

“Thank you, Dalian”, Tianjin fans were heard to roar from the stands, compounding the visitor’s humiliation.

“Before the match, our coach told us this is a life-or-death moment, and we have to come back alive,” said Tianjin striker Yang Xu. “We scored quickly after the game started and everything went smoothly from there.

“I want to thank all my brothers in the team and all the brothers who are on loan at our team. Thank you all. Since the start of this season, we have changed four head coaches. Now, we are still together and we did not give up.”

Tianjin coach Li Weifeng, who only took the reins in October, said: “I told all the players that this match is a do-or-die moment. We don’t have to save anything for any other match. We should only try our best and play like a team.”

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Keita admits to Champions League torment but is ready to justify Liverpool’s £53m show of faith

Posted on November 30, 2019 by HelenAtAmarIt

The Guinean midfielder saw an untimely injury prevent him from gracing the grandest of European stages, but he is back to fitness and eager to impress

Naby Keita admits to being left “rather sad” at being forced to sit out Liverpool’s Champions League triumph in 2018-19, but is back to full fitness and determined to prove his worth.

The Guinean midfielder completed a £53 million ($69m) move to Anfield on the back of a protracted transfer saga.

Having starred in the Bundesliga for RB Leipzig, big things were expected of the 24-year-old in English football.

Struggles for consistency, along with niggling injury problems, have held him back at times and prevented him from making the desired impact.

Keita also missed the opportunity to grace the grandest of European stages after seeing an untimely knock rule him out of a 2-0 victory over Tottenham.

“It was quite hard for me. All players dream of playing in a big final like that and it would have been great for me,” Keita told Liverpool’s official matchday programme of that setback.

“I was rather sad and I can’t say it didn’t affect me.”

Keita is hoping to make amends in 2019-20, with Jurgen Klopp’s side back in the hunt for the Premier League title and further continental glory.

He has made just eight appearances this season, but could step back in now that Fabinho has been ruled out for the foreseeable future and an all-action performer is determined to raise his game.

“I would love to be involved,” Keita added ahead of a home date with Brighton on Saturday.

“My injury put me back a bit but now I feel as though I am back. I’ve been quite pleased with my form but I’d like to do better.

“I feel that, if I get to play in a lot of matches, I can really try to help the team. I try to play every training session as if it were a match and I always try to raise my game.

“I raise my head and hope to be selected to go out there and play and win.”

If he does figure against the Seagulls, Keita will get the chance to set a new Premier League record for having featured in 27 top-flight games without being on the losing side.

He said of that opportunity, with Liverpool looking to be crowned domestic kings for the first time in 30 years: “Well, a record like that can only serve to motivate me more!

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“We’re all here to work for exactly those sort of records and then to surpass them. Hopefully by winning every match those records will come naturally.

“We don’t want to repeat the error – if you can call it an error after getting 97 points – of falling into second place at the last hurdle at the end of the season.

“We want to push for new records right until the end of the season. We want to beat our record. It’s in the club’s thinking to do so.”

Man Utd star Lingard reveals Ronaldinho advice that has helped shape his career

Posted on November 30, 2019 by HelenAtAmarIt

The England international has revealed that a legendary Ballon d’Or winner told him to always “play with a smile” when they met a few years ago

Jesse Lingard has revealed that Ronaldinho has advised him to “always enjoy football”, which has helped him maintain a positive attitude through some difficult moments at Manchester United.

Lingard rose through the youth ranks at Old Trafford before graduating to the senior squad in 2011, and has since racked up 183 appearances for the club across all competitions.

The attacking midfielder didn’t become a regular in United’s starting line-up overnight, though, with loan spells at Leicester, Birmingham, Brighton and Derby taken in before he made his breakthrough in the 2015-16 season.

Lingard has helped the Red Devils win four major trophies, including the FA Cup and Europa League, while also earning a place in the England squad.

However, it has been suggested that the 26-year-old has not quite been able to live up to his potential at Old Trafford, with his numbers for goals and assists falling well below the required standard.

Lingard hasn’t started a Premier League game since the end of October, but did return to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s line-up as captain in a Europa League defeat away at Astana on Thursday.

Despite being targeted for criticism on a number of occasions this year, Lingard has learned to block out any negativity and remain upbeat at all times on the pitch – having been advised to do so by former Barcelona superstar Ronaldinho.

“I remember meeting him in America a few years ago, he said to me: ‘No matter what, always enjoy football, always play with a smile on your face’,” he told the Daily Mirror.

“After that, I constantly do that. It’s mad watching videos of him, then actually meeting him and it felt mad for him to actually have that advice for me.

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“You take that on board from one of the all-time greats.

“Everyone who dreamed of being a footballer and is a footballer, our dreams are made and we’re in a nice position so all I can do is smile.

“Of course, you want to win the game but that enjoyment side is important.”

The Red Devils have slipped to ninth in the Premier League this term, picking up just four wins from their opening 13 fixtures.

Solskjaer’s side look destined to miss out on a place in the Champions League once again unless results pick up quickly, but could still fight for silverware in the Europa League, Carabao Cup and FA Cup.

Lingard went on to express his own desire to win another trophy , insisting there have been positive signs of progress at the start of the 2019-20 campaign.

“For my club, my ambition is definitely a trophy,” he added. “We’ve worked so hard last season and this season we started off well.

“A trophy is in our sights and we have to concentrate on winning a trophy, getting that winning feeling by lifting a trophy.”

Next up for United is a home clash against Aston Villa on Sunday, before they welcome Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham to Old Trafford three days later.