LOS ANGELES — The “Avatar” world press tour has reached in finale, setting the stage for the franchise’s global return with “Fire and Ash.”
The stars made final stops in Mexico City and Toronto, greeting fans and posing in front of Pandora-themed…

LOS ANGELES — The “Avatar” world press tour has reached in finale, setting the stage for the franchise’s global return with “Fire and Ash.”
The stars made final stops in Mexico City and Toronto, greeting fans and posing in front of Pandora-themed…
BEIJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) — The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 33 pips to 7.055 against the U.S. dollar Friday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System.
In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by 2 percent from the central parity rate each trading day.
The central parity rate of the yuan against the U.S. dollar is based on a weighted average of prices offered by market makers before the opening of the interbank market each business day. ■

The researchers used drones carrying sterile petri dishes to capture droplets from the exhaled breath of humpback, fin and sperm whales, combined with skin biopsies taken from boats.
They confirmed for the first time that a potentially deadly…


1st AD Gregory G. McCollum will become the 40th recipient of the Frank Capra Achievement Award, which will be presented at the DGA Awards ceremony on February 7, 2026. The Capra Award is given to an Assistant Director or Unit Production Manager…

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