Godzilla. Director: Roland Emmerich. Godzilla has held his own against King Kong, but surely Matthew Broderick can kick his butt. This is next summer’s surest thing: it’s being made by the ““Independence Day’’ team, and who among us isn’t afraid of being stepped on by something really, really big? The plot of ““Godzilla’’ is a secret. Rumor has it that the monster’s now the result of French nuclear testing and that he–actually, he’s a she now–hikes across America and rampages through Central Park and the subway while a scientist (Broderick) labors to stop her....

The LAPD has declared an unlawful assembly and order to disperse as hundreds of protesters gathered in the city to object to the plans. Police were met with more than 200 protestors on Wednesday night. Notices of the park’s closure were posted around the area, particularly on the east side of the park, where homeless people have been camping throughout the coronavirus pandemic. The signs say that the park closes on Thursday and warned that all personal property must be removed, “including, but not limited to, tents, chairs, tables, backpacks, bags, and personal items....

Because they suspected they were going to be ambushed in the latest political skirmish over violent entertainment. The executives were summoned to answer a stinging Federal Trade Commission report ordered by President Bill Clinton on marketing violent films, videogames and records to underage consumers. The $1 million report was based on internal marketing memos and advertising plans for violent products. While representatives from the game and music worlds defended their sales tactics, only Motion Picture Association of America lobbyist Jack Valenti spoke for the movie studios....

The Congressman joins a long list of those reaching for the Holocaust for such cheap political points. In June, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene compared wearing a mask to wearing a yellow star and had to apologize. In November, Lara Logan compared Dr. Anthony Fauci to Joseph Mengele, the infamous Nazi doctor who did cruel experiments on Jews in concentration camps. Across the globe, things are even worse; outright Holocaust denial is spreading like a virus....

Posted on TikTok on Wednesday, the video of Aija Mayrock taking Shabbat dinner to a 92-year-old named Zahava reached over 570,000 views and hundreds of comments. Mayrock, who is from Brooklyn, New York, has been volunteering to help Holocaust survivors for two years, she told Newsweek. Volunteers like Mayrock give their time to provide the seniors with kosher meals, and perhaps equally importantly, company. “I bring Shabbat dinner to Holocaust survivors, many of whom live below the poverty line and are often food insecure,” Mayrock told Newsweek....

The derby, like the All-Star Game, will be held at Great American Ballpark. HOME RUN DERBY: All-time winners What channel is showing the 2015 Home Run Derby? The Home Run Derby be broadcast live on ESPN HD, ESPN Deportes, WatchESPN and ESPN Radio in the U.S. as well as ESPN International. What time is the 2015 Home Run Derby? It will be held on Monday, July 13 at 8 p....

According to three people whom Feinberg has consulted on the issue, he has yielded to the charities’ pleas that deducting this privately contributed aid would–in the words of one of those advisers–“make all the Americans who responded so generously forever cynical about giving to charity in disasters like this, even though their donations were the only source of immediate relief to thousands of people.” Feinberg is expected to issue his guidelines for dispensing money from the fund tomorrow and said today that he would not comment until the guidelines have been announced....

It continues today, which is why we have “Quest: The Essence of Humanity,” an excellent new book in which biochemist Charles Pasternak plays Plato. He begins by recounting the four traits most anthropologists point to as distinctly “human”: bipedalism, agile hands, sophisticated vocal cords and big brains. But they aren’t enough alone; each has a proverbial plucked chicken of its own among the animal kingdom. The crucial difference, Pasternak argues, is how we’ve used those gifts in the service of our curiosity–and how they’ve helped us conquer the globe....

Prior to her election victory, incoming Honduran President Castro, who is set to take office in January, pledged to “open diplomatic and commercial connections with mainland China.” The country has maintained diplomatic ties with the self-ruled democratic island of Taiwan for eight decades. The Chinese regime considers Taiwan as a province of China although the island has its own constitution, liberal democratic political system, and military. Beijing in recent months has intensified political and military pressure on the island....

Anyway, there’s a bigger issue, which is that country music, like jazz, pretty much ran its course years ago. These days, a working country artist can either move the genre forward into unrecognizability–the course Nashville has chosen–or backward into revivalism, which is what such retrosmarties as Gillian Welch or Jim Lauderdale or Dale Watson are up to. If you have any sense, of course, that’s the stuff you’d choose to listen to–but then why wouldn’t you just kick back with the Harry Smith anthology, the Stanley Brothers and your old Hank, Lefty, Buck and Merle records?...

Solo, speaking on GOAL’s podcast “All of US: The U.S. Women’s Soccer Show,” said that Rapinoe tried to get other players on the team to kneel “because she really wants to stand up for something in her particular way.” Solo was suspended from the USWNT in August 2016 and Rapinoe did not begin kneeling until September 2016 in solidarity with 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who first started taking a knee to protest racial injustice and police brutality in August 2016 after Solo’s suspension....

The Hornets forward left his team’s NBA Play-In Tournament loss against the Hawks early after being ejected from the game midway through the fourth quarter. Bridges appeared to disagree with a goaltending call and directed some strong language toward an official, who handed the 24-year-old back-to-back technical fouls. MORE: Best highlights from Hawks vs. Hornets On his way to the locker room, Bridges threw his mouthpiece at a man in the State Farm Arena crowd wearing a yellow hat, but he missed the man and instead struck a young girl standing in the same section....

They have won six of their first seven games after a 104-98 home victory over the Jazz on Wednesday. Six players finished in double figures for Charlotte, led by Kemba Walker’s 21 points. It was a typical balanced scoring effort for a team without a superstar, but one loaded with many capable offensive players. MORE: Top 15 point guards for 2016-17 Marvin Williams had a season-high 19 points, shooting 5 for 7 from the 3-point line....

Reddit user chemtaint shared a video capturing the stomping noise created by the neighbor in a post on the subreddit forum r/iamatotalpieceofshit. “My upstairs neighbor who accuses me of banging on the ceiling of my luxury apartment,” the user captioned the post, which has had 21,400 upvotes since it was first shared. Chemtaint later added: “This lady has been doing this since I moved in. Apparently she had a beef with the prior tenant....

40110 Mahanoy Lane in Big Bear Lake, California is a dream for any lover of big-screen chills (check out the listing here on Zillow). On sale for $450,000, every room in this two-bedroom, two-bathroom duplex is inspired by an iconic show or movie, from Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) to Jaws (1975) to Frankenstein (1931). Franchises referenced in this 848 square foot mountain property include creepy classics such as Scream (1996), Halloween (1978) and the Goosebumps series....

But what if there was a way to improve your function while in the hospital and enjoy improved outcomes, like a lower risk of mortality, after being hospitalized for COVID-19? There is. Research indicates that patients who are hospitalized due to COVID-19 and who received physical therapy while hospitalized enjoyed improved outcomes upon discharge. These include a lower risk of dying. Physical therapy services provided while in the hospital may be the difference between a rapid return to functional normalcy and long-term functional limitations....

Nothing in the film beats Porter’s music–“Night and Day,” “You’re the Top”–sung onscreen by contemporary pop stars (Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow), though with mixed results. Another mixed blessing is an overwrought narrative device–in an empty theater, Porter watches scenes from his life with a mysterious impresario–but it does let us see, again and again, the amazing Kline as old Cole. And Kline’s just as good when Cole is young and merry–it’s a subtle, moving performance....

The secrets to its success? One is its 65-year-old recipe, locked away in a vault. Another is consistency. To make between 4,000 and 10,000 dozen doughnuts a day–24 hours a day–managers must have all the tools at hand to keep the factory humming. The company’s customized Web portal, mykrispykreme.com, is designed to take guesswork, and valuable time, out of managing a franchise and let owners connect more directly with headquarters....

Ambience: The darker, ground-floor décor forms the trunk and features a funky art installation by local artist Donna Ong of creepy-crawlies made out of old clock mechanisms. The tables on the second level boast intricate sculptured centerpieces and unusual wall panels with oak-leaf motifs. The treetop third floor showcases a deep-blue mural with scenes from children’s nursery rhymes; a canopy of LED lights provides a tranquil night-sky effect. Food: It’s easy to make a meal out of the exotic pan-Asian snacks, like wasabi prawns ($10), crispy oyster platter ($11), a delicious roasted duck breast with Chinese pear ($10), and the yummy mango prawn roll ($8)....