The Daily Populous

Stir of Echoes: Kevin Bacon on bloody tooth scene

Authored by ew.com

A month before release, The Sixth Sense sort of ate Stir of Echoes alive….

KOEPP: It completely screwed us… we finished shooting [and] we got ahold of [The Sixth Sense] script.

We could come out in April,’ because The Sixth Sense was due to come out in August and we were set for September.

They said no, and then [The Sixth Sense] became The Sixth Sense [laughs].

Listen, The Sixth Sense would have been a hit regardless of when Stir of Echoes came out.

The Sixth Sense is a fantastic movie, there’s nothing that could’ve happened that would’ve gotten in its way.

We weren’t The Sixth Sense, and there was the option to come out before; Stir of Echoes was well received and testing very high, and well reviewed, as far as I remember. »

Execution of a Teenage Girl - Hanging of Atefeh Rajabi, 16-year-old (2006)

Authored by emphasism.ml

”The execution is controversial because as a signatory of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Iran promised not to execute anyone under the age of 18.

Although such appeals are usually not resolved within a year, her death sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court.

He also confessed that to covering up what he and the militia members had done to Atefeh, by speeding up the verdict of execution. »

Dubai police announce electric Star Wars-style hoverbikes for officers at Gitex tech conference

Authored by abc.net.au

Dubai police announce electric Star Wars-style hoverbikes for officers at Gitex tech conference.

Dubai police have announced they will soon have officers buzzing around the skies on Star Wars-style electric hoverbikes capable of speeds of up to 70 kilometres per hour.

Hoversurf CEO Alexander Atamanov posted on Facebook to say the company and Dubai police had signed a memorandum of understanding to mass produce the craft in the Dubai area. »

The 'world's most useless airport' is finally getting its first scheduled service

Authored by telegraph.co.uk

St Helena’s £285m airport, dubbed the “world’s most useless” after a series of setbacks, will finally welcome its first scheduled service on Saturday.

The airport officially opened in June 2016, but with a major proviso: large jets cannot land there due to dangerous winds.

Today, Telegraph Travel was still able to find tickets for the inaugural service on ebookers.com, with one-way fares from £395. »

David Attenborough urges action on plastics after filming Blue Planet II

Authored by theguardian.com

His new BBC TV series, Blue Planet II, is to demonstrate the damage the material is causing to marine life.

Blue Planet II will include evidence that plastic has flowed into ocean waters thousands of miles from land, and will show albatrosses unwittingly feeding their chicks plastic.

The new series of Blue Planet has seven episodes and is expected to be a global hit for the BBC. »