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TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2019

Salvaged busts of former US Presidents can be seen at a mulching business where they now reside on Sunday, in Williamsburg, Virginia. Howard Hankins rescued the giant busts of former US Presidents from the closed Presidents Park in Colonial Williamsburg when he was commissioned to destroy them. — AFP photos

pera legend Placido Domingo on Sunday Following the claims, the Philadelphia Orchestra Oreceived a standing ovation at the Salzburg Association withdrew its invitation for Domingo to Festival, his first performance since he was appear in its opening night concert on September accused of sexually harassing women. “Triumph in 18. However, the head of the Salzburg Festival in anadian actor Donald Sutherland, known for Salzburg, standing ovation for Domingo despite the Austria said Domingo would perform there as Cfilms as diverse as “M*A*S*H” and the Me Too affair,” a headline in the regional daily planned. Madrid-born Domingo was one of the Hunger Games series, will receive a lifetime Kleine Zeitung said, following his performance in most recognized tenors of the 20th century, star- achievement award at Spain’s San Sebastian film the Giuseppe Verdi opera “Luisa Miller” at the ring in alongside famous tenors Luciano Pavarotti festival, organizers announced yesterday. The 84- annual music and drama festival in Austria. and Jose Carreras. In recent years the long-time year-old actor will receive the , rec- Eight singers and a dancer told the Associated married opera star has transformed himself into a ognizing “more than fifty years of excellent perform- Press earlier this month they were sexually baritone and still performs to packed audiences at ances”, on September 26. harassed by the former member of the much lauded the age of 78. He has made more than 100 albums “Sutherland has shown great talent when “Three Tenors”, in incidents going back to the and picked up 14 Grammy awards. Earlier this year, embodying dozens of characters, with no regard for 1980s. In a report by the AP, several women, one of he celebrated his 4,000th performance in a career genre: from drama to war movies, including thrillers, whom was identified, accused Domingo of using his that stretches back 60 years. — AFP horror and science fiction films,” the film festival said position as one of opera’s most celebrated singers in a statement. In 2017 he was presented with an to pressure them into sexual relationships. The Los Spanish opera singer Placido Domingo, accused of sexual harassment, is Honorary Academy Award for his acting career. One Angeles Opera has opened an investigation into the seen on stage during the performance of “Luisa Miller” at the Salzburg of his early hits was his role as an army surgeon in “concerning allegations”. Festival in Salzburg. — AFP ’s 1970 black comedy “M*A*S*H”, set during the Korea War. More than four decades later he is better known to younger viewers as the tyrannical President Snow in the blockbuster franchise “The Hunger Games”. Over the years, he has starred in a number of acclaimed films including ’s chilling psychic thriller “Don’t Look Now” (1973) and Oliver ionsgate’s new action-packed political thriller hold onto second spot on a sleepy late-summer weekend. film “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw” with Stone’s biopic “JFK” (1991). L“Angel Has Fallen” debuted atop the North In third place was another new release, Sony’s Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Jason Statham came in As well as working in Hollywood in the he American box office with an estimated $21.3 million “Overcomer,” a Christian-themed movie about a former fifth, taking in $8.1 million. Rounding out the weekend’s top starred in films by the major Italian directors in ticket sales, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations basketball coach (Alex Kendrick) who agrees half-heart- 10 were: (“1900”) and reported Sunday. “Angel,” which stars Gerard Butler edly to help prepare a young asthmatic orphan girl (Aryn “Ready or Not” ($7.6 million) (“Casanova”). Sutherland will receive the award playing a Secret Service agent wrongly accused of trying Wright-Thompson) for a huge cross-country meet. “The Angry Birds Movie 2” ($6.4 million) before the screening of his latest film, “The Burnt to kill the president (), is the third film in It took in $8.2 million despite tepid reviews. Just behind “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” ($6 million) Orange Heresy”, which also stars Mick Jagger. the franchise. It also stars Nick Nolte, Piper Perabo and in fourth place was Disney’s updated version of “The Lion “Dora & the Lost City of Gold” ($5.2 million) Forthcoming projects include a television series, . King,” which pulled in $8.15 million, bringing its domestic “Once Upon a Time in...Hollywood” ($5 million)—AFP “The Undoing”, with Nicole Kidman. — AFP Last weekend’s leader, Universal’s raunchy tween com- total over six weeks in release to $510.6 million and its edy “Good Boys,” slipped to $11 million but managed to global total to more than $1.5 billion. Universal’s action

In this file photo taken on March 05, 2018 Canadian actor Donald Sutherland arrives for the 90th Annual on March 4, 2018, in Hollywood, In this file photo taken on August 20, 2019 (from left) US actors Nick Nolte,Piper Perabo, Lance Reddick, Scottish actor Gerard Butler, US actors Morgan Freeman, , Blake California. — AFP Nelson and English actor Frederick Schmidt arrive for the Los Angeles premiere of “Angel Has Fallen” at the Regency Village theatre in Westwood, California. — AFP