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Sri Lanka prepares for worst oil spill as weather hits ship salvage NASA plans two new celebs missions to Venus Taylor Swift to star in David NASA’s Venus missions to probe divergent fate of Earth’s hothouse sister planet Anna Faris talks about marriage advice O. Russell’s next film she’d give to her 8-year-old son Jack DAVINCI+ ANI | Washington gaged to cine - • BETTER will measure the ANI | Washington matographer Mi- composition of the starrer ‘Joy’. merican actor Anna chael Barrett, the Smoke rises from a fire onboard the MV X-Press Pearl vessel as it sinks dense Venusian New Regency and AFaris has reflected on I do not know if it is pair revealed last KNOW Matthew Budman year. atmosphere, seeking to merican singer Taylor her marriage experienc- too grumpy and cruel AFP | Colombo Swift has joined the will produce it. es and the advice she would to say in a sense but if ‘The House Bun- improve understanding star cast of ace director The film will be pass down to her son Jack. ny’ star told Peo- A KNOW WHAT I could tell my 8-year- ri Lanka was preparing yes- of how it evolved DAVINCI+, consisting David O. Russell’s next film at distributed via According to People Mag- ple magazine last New Regency. New Regency’s azine, during the most recent old son one thing month, “We had an Sterday for a possible major Looking at the way of a fly-by spacecraft that maybe he would oil leak from the burnt-out car- the ship burnt, VERITAS will map and an atmospheric According to Variety, the deal with 20th episode of her podcast, ‘Anna immediate kind of film’s title, plot details, and Century Studi- Faris Is Unqualified’, the stick to, I would really intimacy, We are go ship sinking off Colombo’s expert opinion is that the• planet’s surface from descent probe, is also Swift has joined an main harbour, as worsening release date have been kept os. 44-year-old actor sat down encourage him to not both probably bunker oil may have orbit to help determine expected to return the under wraps. It has already A-list ensemble star On a related with author Glennon Doyle get married in his 20s introverts weather stalled salvage efforts. burnt out, but we first high-resolution cast that includes The Marine Environment its geological history completed production, with note, Swift made where she discussed her de- ANNA FARIS in a very Protection Authority readied are preparing for the and why it developed so images of unique geo- Disney’s 20th Century Stu- Christian Bale, Margot her film debut in cision to initially get married simi- oil dispersants and skimmers worst-case scenario logical characteristics dios. Robbie, John David the 2010 romantic at age 27.The ‘Scary Movie’ to get married at a young age. lar way. differently than Earth Swift has joined an A-list en- comedy ‘Valentine’s star first wed actor Ben Indra “I do not know if it is too And he in case of a leak from the MV SRI LANKA’S HARBOUR MASTER NIRMAL on Venus known as Washington, Rami X-Press Pearl, which had 350 SILVA A composite image of the planet Venus ‘tesserae’ semble star cast that includes Malek and Zoe Sal- Day’ alongside Jes- in 2004 and the two split four grumpy and cruel to say in has two tonnes of fuel oil on board AFP | Los Angeles cousin and the second planet Christian Bale, Margot Rob- dana sica Alba, Jessica years later. In 2009, Faris tied a sense but if I could tell my children and when it caught fire two weeks said. from the sun, Venus is similar riod of surface oceans,” James bie, John David Washington, Biel, Bradley Cooper the knot with Chris Pratt and 8-year-old son one thing that that has been ago. Two-metre (six-feet) waves, ASA announced plans to in structure but slightly smaller Garvin, chief scientist for NASA’s Rami Malek and Zoe Saldana. and Taylor Lautner. the pair welcomed their now maybe he would stick to, I awesome. I The vessel, which burned rain and strong winds prevent- launch a pair of missions Venus is a ‘Rosetta than Earth and much hotter. Goddard Space Flight Center in Three-time Oscar-winning cinematogra- She has also headlined movies 8-year-old son Jack in August would really encourage him have really for 13 days until Tuesday, has ed salvage experts going on to Venus between 2028 Above its forbidding landscape Maryland, said in a statement. pher Emmanuel ‘Chivo’ Lubezki also is aboard. like ‘The Giver’ and a voice role 2012. The actors later called it to not get married in his 20s,” learned a lot N stone’ for reading the The project is based on an original idea from in the animated movie ‘The Lo- quits in 2017. Faris shared. about myself already caused the island’s board to assess whether the and 2030 - its first in decades record books of climate lies a thick, toxic atmosphere Venus has lately received less worst maritime environmental ship could be refloated and - to study the atmosphere and consisting primarily of carbon scientific attention than Mars, the multi-hyphenate writer-director-pro- rax’. She was also the subject of Looking back at her own de- “It should be illegal,” added through his kids. disaster, littering beaches with moved further out to sea, he geologic features of Earth’s change, the evolution of dioxide, with clouds of sulfuric Earth’s next-closest planetary ducer David O. Russell who is the filmmaker the 2020 documentary ‘Miss cisions, Faris told Doyle that Doyle. It’s been really tonnes of tiny plastic pellets. added. so-called sister planet and bet- habitability and what acid droplets. neighbour, where NASA’s roving behind the Oscar-winning movies ‘American Americana’, which premiered she would advise her son not Currently, the actor is en- rewarding.” With the stern now on the Alternatively it could be ter understand why the two happens when a planet The consequence is a run - astrobiology lab Perseverance Hustle’ and ‘Silver Linings Playbook’. It is his at Sundance Film Festival and sea bed and the bow slowly broken apart in the relatively emerged so differently. loses a long period of away greenhouse effect that landed in February. first feature since 2015’s Jennifer Lawrence later debuted on Netflix. Anna Faris sinking, environmentalists fear shallow water. The US space agency said it surface oceans scorches the surface of Venus NASA’s last dedicated mission Taylor Swift an oil leak would cause even was awarding about $500 mil- at temperatures as high as 880 to Venus, the Magellan space- Heavy metal JAMES GARVIN, CHIEF SCIENTIST FOR NASA’S greater degradation to marine lion each to develop the two GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER degrees F (471 C), hot enough to craft, reached the planet in 1990. life. Sri Lanka’s private Centre missions, dubbed DAVINCI+ melt lead. The “air” on Venus is After four years in orbit making Sophie Turner joins An Indian coastguard ves- for Environmental Justice (short for Deep Atmosphere logic history, NASA said. so dense and pressurized that it the first global map of the Ve- star cast of Michael Lady Gaga postpones Chromatica Ball tour until summer 2022 sel in the area has equipment (CEJ) fears the disaster may Venus Investigation of Noble DAVINCI+, consisting of a behaves more like a fluid than a nusian surface and charting its ANI | Washington to deal with any oil slick, ac- also cause heavy metal pol - Gases, Chemistry and Imaging) fly-by spacecraft and an at - gas near the surface. gravity field, Magellan was sent Peterson drama The initial tour dates, orig- and transport. due to the COVID-19 pandemic cording to the Sri Lankan navy, lution. and VERITAS (an acronym for mospheric descent probe, is Scientists believe Venus may plunging to the surface to gather inally announced on March 5, The dates had been and finally released late in May which requested assistance The Singapore-registered Venus Emissivity, Radio Sci- also expected to return the once have harboured seas of atmospheric data before ceasing ‘The Staircase’ for inger-actor Lady Gaga’s 2020, were a month-long, six- moved from 2020 to 2020. with the operation. vessel was carrying 81 contain- ence, InSAR, Topography and first high-resolution images of water potentially suitable for operations. HBO Max SChromatica Ball tour got city stadium jaunt sprawling While some parts 2021, and now pre- While it was a return to the pushed back again on Wednes- from July 25 through August sumably 2022. dancefloor-styled pop of her Sri Lanka’s Harbour Master ers of “dangerous cargo” in- Spectroscopy). unique geological characteris- life, before unknown forces trig- The DAVINCI+ probe will ulti- ANI | Washington of the world are Nirmal Silva said no oil had cluding acids and lead ingots. DAVINCI+ will measure the tics on Venus called “tesserae.” gered its extreme greenhouse mately meet a similar fate. day. It is now scheduled to take 27, beginning at the Stade de moving quickly to Ticketmaster early years and was enthusi - leaked in the past 36 hours. “There is a chemical soup in composition of the dense, hot- Scientists believe those features effect, vaporizing its oceans. After two fly-by passes to place in 2022. France in Paris, followed by sta- open up, others lists the dates astically received by fans and “Looking at the way the ship that sea area,” CEJ executive house atmosphere of Venus may be comparable to Earth’s “Venus is a ‘Rosetta stone’ for capture time-lapse imagery of nglish actor Sophie As per Variety, Gaga an - dium engagements in London at as “post - critics and debuted at No. 1 on Turner has been roped nounced the postponement of Tottenham Hotspur Stadium; are not yet ready. poned” with the Billboard 200, it did not burnt, expert opinion is that director Hemantha Withanage to further understand how it continents and suggest that Ve- reading the record books of cli- Venus’ clouds, DAVINCI+ will E So until we bunker oil may have burnt told AFP. “The damage to the evolved, while VERITAS will nus has plate tectonics, accord- mate change, the evolution of release its spherical probe for in to star in the limited se- the tour in a statement emailed Boston at Fenway Park; Toronto no resched- match the chart success of her out, but we are preparing for marine ecosystem is incalcu- map the planet’s surface from ing to NASA’s announcement. habitability and what happens an hour-long descent to a vast ries ‘The Staircase’, which to ticket holders. at the Rogers Centre; Chicago can confirm all uled dates. early albums and dropped from the worst-case scenario,” Silva lable.” orbit to help determine its geo- Earth’s closest planetary when a planet loses a long pe- mountainous region. is coming to the company’s “While some parts of the at Wrigley Field; and East Ru- global dates, we The tour is the upper reaches of the chart streaming service, HBO world are moving quickly to therford, New Jersey at MetLife have to postpone in support of quickly. Max. open up, others are not yet ready. Stadium, with each date several The Chromatica Gaga’s lat- Gaga recently returned from According to The Hol- So until we can confirm all glob- days apart. Ball shows to the est album Italy, where she was shooting lywood Reporter, the plot al dates, we have to postpone The gap between shows was titled ‘Chro- for Ridley Scott’s ‘House of Guc- Papers reveal UK royals’ ban on ‘coloured’ office staff Duterte sees daughter, boxer Pacquiao, of ‘The Staircase’ follows The Chromatica Ball shows to likely due to a huge production summer of 2022 matica’ which ci’, due for release in November Marcos son as among possible successors a true story of novelist Mi- the summer of 2022,” Gaga said. that would take days to assemble LADY GAGA was delayed 2021. AFP | London chael Peterson, his sprawl- Lady Gaga ing North Carolina family, enior aides to Queen Eliza- and the suspicious Sbeth II barred the hiring of death of his wife, Lana Parrilla opens up on her character in ‘Why Women Kill 2’ “coloured immigrants or for- Kathleen Peterson. eigners” in office roles at Buck- KNOW WHAT The ‘Game Of IANS | New York ingham Palace until at least the Thrones’ star will live her best life,” Parrilla said. ond season is around a main sto- style from the 1940s. So, it’s go- Parilla said it is late 1960s, a media report said play Margaret Rat- ctress Lana Parrilla has “She’s the president of a gar- ryline, and takes place in 1949. ing to have a different feel from fun stepping into yesterday. liff, one of Peterson’s Aopened up about her dening club that she rules with Parilla added: “When I the first season.” a time machine The Queen and Britain’s roy- It is unclear when adopted daugh- role in the second season of an iron fist and she spends most watched the first season, I ac- “From the sets coming back to and going back al household also negotiated the policy ended, but ters. The Peter- “Why Women Kill”. of her time perfecting her beau- tually binge watched it twice, real life, it is a weird transition, to 1949 and ex- an exemption from 1970s-era Buckingham Palace son case was “I play Rita in Why ty and having this torrid affair I really wanted to understand like when you go from a set in periencing the laws on race and sex discrimi- has said its records also chronicled Women Kill season two. with a handsome young buck!” the show and the storytelling 1949 and you look up at your fashion and the nation that still exists today, The in a French doc- She is a sardonic wife, mar- she added. and also just the whole look of crew and everyone is wearing a language of the show people from umentary titled ried to this elderly man, and The first season of the dark the show. This is very different mask. That’s a bit disorienting. time, which is Guardian reported. ethnic minority back- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech during a press Citing historical papers it statement (file photo) ‘The Staircase’ she has waited long enough for crime comedy show takes place because what we are doing on It just kind of snaps you back prevalent on unearthed at the National Ar- grounds being em- in 2004. her husband to die so she can in three different eras. The sec- this show is the classic film noir into reality,” she said. the show. ployed in the 1990s Reuters | Manila chives, the newspaper said that pio, champion boxer and Sophie Turner Lana Parrilla in 1968, the Queen’s chief finan- A general view of Buckingham Palace senator Pacquiao, Ferdinand cial manager told government keep records on the racial back- woman said. allegations of discrimination hilippine President Rodri- “Bongbong” Marcos, Manila officials of the hiring policy to- grounds of employees prior to The revelations are the lat- within the royal household. Pgo Duterte has drawn up a Mayor Francisco Domagoso SUDOKU wards ethnic minorities. that, according to the paper. est in an ongoing investigation The disclosures are likely list of possible successors that and long-time aide and sen- CROSSWORD “It was not, in fact, the prac- A palace spokeswoman said in by The Guardian into the royal to renew focus on allegations includes his daughter Sara, ator Christopher “Bong” Go, Across tice to appoint coloured immi- a statement: “Claims based on family’s use of an arcane parlia- of historical and more recent boxing star Emmanuel “Man- spokesman Harry Roque said. Yesterday’s solution 1- Put to shame; 6- Cereal grain; 10- Competent; 14- Saline; 15- German Mrs; 16- Croat, Yesterday’s solution grants or foreigners” to clerical a second-hand account of con- mentary procedure -- known as racism with the British royal ny” Pacquiao and the son of He did not give a reason for e.g.; 17- Bar, legally; 18- Bungle; 19- Big brass; 20- Old World lizard; 22- Made a hole; 23- Hebrew month; 24- Distress; 26- New Jersey cager; 29- “Trinity” author; 31- Ich bin ___ and other office posts, one doc- versations from over 50 years Queen’s consent -- to influence family. late dictator Ferdinand Mar- Duterte’s choices, but some Berliner; 32- Al Jolson’s real first name; 33- Sheet of stamps; 34- Methuselah’s claim to ument quoted the royal courtier ago should not be used to draw British legislation. In a bombshell interview cos, the presidential spokes- of them have ranked high in fame; 38- Clanton foe; 40- Oxlike African antelope; 42- Token taker; 43- Majestic; 46- A single time; 49- Oklahoma city; 50- ___ Grande; 51- Hard to find; 52- Lion tail?; 53- Cocktail; as having stated. or infer conclusions about mod- The official documents show earlier this year, Prince Harry man said yesterday. surveys of preferred presiden- 57- Uncovered; 59- Neighborhoods; 60- Make firm; 65- Words of denial; 66- Came down “Coloured applicants” were ern-day events or operations.” senior aides to Britain’s long- and his wife Meghan Markle Duterte, who is barred by tial candidates for an election to earth; 67- Alleviated; 68- Model married to David Bowie; 69- Basic unit of heredity; 70- considered only for “ordinary She added the royal house- est-serving monarch coordi- revealed a family member had the constitution from seeking next year. Rubberneck; 71- Autos; 72- Somewhat; 73- Mortise insert; domestic posts”, it added. hold complied with the provi- nated with government officials expressed concern about their re-election, will end his six- None of the five have said Down It is unclear when the policy sions of the 2010 Equality Act on the wording of new racial expected child’s skin colour. year term in June 2022. His they plan to run for president. 1- Just ___!; 2- Wild party; 3- Neighbor of Sask.; 4- Mouthlike opening; 5- Stimulated; 6- ended, but Buckingham Pal- “in principle and in practice”. and sexual equalities laws in Shock at the claim prompted party is encouraging him to Analysts say Duterte would Part of a church service; 7- He sang about Alice; 8- Mock; 9- Prefix meaning “beneath”; ace has said its records show “Any complaints that might the 1970s. Prince William, second-in-line run as vice president. want an ally to win the pres- 10- Amazes; 11- Brief advertisement; 12- Trademark; 13- Skirt; 21- Pasternak heroine; 22- Seethe; 25- Stutz contemporary; 26- Scottish refusals; 27- Son of Isaac and Rebekah; 28- people from ethnic minority be raised under the Act follow The exemption secured for to the throne and Harry’s el - While looking at “many op- idency to protect him from How to play Diamond cover; 30- Spanish Mister; 35- Wings; 36- Deities; 37- JFK postings; 39- Belongs; backgrounds being employed in a formal process that provides the royal household meant a der brother, to tell reporters in tions”, Duterte is considering potential legal challenges and Place a number in the empty boxes in such 41- With undiminished force; 44- Reformer Jacob; 45- ___ vivant; 47- Cancer’s critter; a way that each row across, each column 48- Most strange; 53- Frenzied; 54- Smell, usually a pleasant one; 55- Pave over; 56- Atoll the 1990s, The Guardian noted. a means of hearing and remedy- government board, rather than March that the family was “very endorsing his daughter Davao political vendettas once he los- down and each 9-box square contains all unit; 58- Overjoy; 61- Singer Turner; 62- This ___ outrage!; 63- Goose egg; 64- Garden site; The palace added it did not ing any complaint,” the spokes- the courts, has since dealt with much not” racist. City Mayor Sara Duterte-Car- es immunity out of office. of the numbers from one to nine. 66- Turkish honorific;