The Daily Populous

Tuesday April 11st, 2017 night edition

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French director Luc Besson earned a place in science fiction history with his futuristic vision in The Fifth Element in 1997, and recently revisited the genre with Lucy in 2014.

Now, Besson is coming back to the genre with the adaptation of the French comic series Valérian and Laureline, written by Pierre Christin and illustrated by Jean-Claude Mézières.

The comic follows spatio-temporal agents Valerian and Laureline as they travel the universe through time and space.

Cineuropa shares that Besson’s new sci-fi adventure was made on a €197.47 million budget, according to a report published by CNC in 2016, making it the most expensive production in French film history.

The number one spot was previously held by Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008) with a €78 million budget – an adventure-fantasy film which, by the way, received the “Gérard du cinéma” for “Worst French film made in 2007”.

Another film by EuropaCorp makes it into the top 10 biggest budget French films of 2016: Renegades (originally titled The Lake), a French-German action thriller directed by Steven Quale and written and produced by Luc Besson.

Renegades was made on a €66.19 million budget and is scheduled for a September 1 release. »

Tiny, family-run Iowa newspaper wins Pulitzer for taking on agriculture companies

Authored by theguardian.com
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A small-town Iowa newspaper with a staff of 10 people - most of whom are related to each other – has won a Pulitzer Prize for taking on powerful agricultural companies over farm pollution.

The Cullens lost a few friends and a few advertisers, but never doubted they were doing the right thing.

“We’re here to challenge people’s assumptions and I think that’s what every good newspaper should do,” he said. »

How This Woman Lost 44 Pounds Without *ANY* Exercise

Authored by archive.is
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However, two days later, fluid had begun to leak from her bowel, and Simone was rushed back into surgery.

She'd eat chocolate by the block, eventually topping out around 189 pounds — 35 pounds more than she weighed before her cancer diagnosis.

Since modifying her diet early last summer, Simone has lost 44 pounds without a single session at the gym. »

United Airlines shares drop after man dragged off flight

Authored by money.cnn.com
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Shares in United Airlines slipped by just over 1% Tuesday as the company scrambled to address a video showing a passenger being forcibly dragged off an overbooked flight.

Earlier in the day, United Continental Holdings (UAL)' stock was off about 4%, knocking off close to $1 billion off the company's market value.

The video, which surfaced Monday, showed a passenger removed on Sunday from United flight 3411 at Chicago O'Hare International Airport. »

Twitter allegedly deleting negative tweets about United Airlines’ passenger abuse

Authored by thenextweb.com
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Numerous users are reporting their negative tweets criticizing United Airlines’ abusive behavior have been vanishing into of thin air – and nobody seems to know why.

Twitter responds to my tweet asking why they are deleting negative tweets about United Airlines…by DELETING my question lol @socialdiva pic.twitter.com/3kZNKut13C — Jay Beecher (@Jay_Beecher) April 10, 2017.

I think that they might have been deleting any [tweets] that had the United Airlines tag on them. »