The Daily Populous

Wednesday May 9th, 2018 morning edition

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America’s been very good to English actors, but it’s not the same.

I had been doing The Bounty, and I enjoyed it in some ways.

The role of the Bligh in The Bounty is actually one of my favorite parts.

Not me so much, but if you work on boats all day, there’s a strong chance of sunstroke.

Then I returned, and at the time I didn’t get, you know, the sort of Robert De Niro offers.

So it was a surprise when Jonathan Demme asked me to do Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs.

I conceived of it as a fairy tale, as a spiritual archetype of good and evil. »

Democrats Close to Forcing Vote on Net Neutrality

Authored by courthousenews.com

WASHINGTON (CN) – Senate Democrats appear to be just a single vote shy of forcing a showdown Wednesday on the Federal Communication Commission’s controversial repeal of net neutrality regulations.

Net neutrality is premised on the idea that the Internet should be treated as if it were a public utility.

Evan Greer told Courthouse News the battle for net neutrality is about more than competition or “how fast videos load.”. »

He searched for his Japanese birth mother. He found her — and the restaurant she had named after him.

Authored by washingtonpost.com

Air Force Col. Bruce Hollywood was on his way to work and found himself on the ground, thinking: “This is where it ends.”.

His parents had told him his birth mother’s family name and even offered to pay for a flight to Japan for him.

Today, he is active in the Japanese American community, and on the boards of the Japanese American Veterans Association and the National Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism in World War II. »

Keanu Reeves & Alex Winter Confirmed For Threequel ‘Bill & Ted Face The Music’; Bloom On Sales, MGM Has U.S. — Cannes

Authored by deadline.com

Twenty-seven years after we last saw the totally radical pairing of Ted “Theodore” Logan and Bill S. Preston Esq., Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are now confirmed to reprise their roles in a third Bill & Ted movie.

Bloom is launching sales in Cannes on the long-gestating time-travel comedy, which is called Bill & Ted Face the Music.

Bloom’s Alex Walton said, “Fans of Bill and Ted have been waiting for Reeves and Winter to reunite since their last Bogus Journey in 1991. »

Iran nuclear deal: Trump pulls US out in break with Europe allies

Authored by bbc.co.uk

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US President Donald Trump says he will withdraw the US from an Obama-era nuclear agreement with Iran.

Iran insists its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful, and its compliance with the deal has been verified by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). »