Russian couple suspected of eating up to 30 victims

A couple in Russia are alleged to have murdered as many as 30 people since 1999 and consumed parts of the bodies, Russian media reported Monday…

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KKK leader threatens to ‘burn’ Univision anchor, first black person on his property

Univision journalist Ilia Calderón interviewed Christopher Barker, a KKK leader in North Carolina, in his home before the violence in Charlottesville…

…“Are you going to chase me out of here?” Calderón responded.

“No, we’re going to burn you out,” he said.

“How are you gonna do it?” she retorted.

At one point, she asked him how he would burn out the 11 million unauthorized immigrants in the country.

“Don’t matter,” Barker said. “We killed six million Jews the last time. Eleven million is nothing.”

“You’re telling me you’re going to burn me,” Calderón also said, to which he responded: “Yeah, you’re sitting on my property now.”

Source: KKK leader threatens to ‘burn’ Univision news anchor, the first black person on his property – The Washington Post

Civil war: white supremacists want Virginia to split from United States

TORCH-wielding white supremacists are marching through Charlottesville, Virginia, shouting ‘unite the right’ and ‘you will not replace us’ — and calling for a split from the United States.

Hundreds of protesters have today clashed briefly with counterprotesters on the Charlottesville campus of the University of Virginia ahead of a planned rally tomorrow.

Punches were thrown and placards used as bludgeons before authorities reacted.

Police used teargas to disperse the groups, which have been assembling in the flashpoint Southern State town of 45,000 residents over a dispute relating to the statue of a Southern Civil War hero.

Source: Civil war: white supremacists want Virginia to split from United States | Perth Now

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The strangeness of ‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ makes it the perfect show for 2017

This post discusses the episodes of “Twin Peaks: The Return” that have aired so far. If you can explain the plot to me in a coherent fashion, go ahead.

“Twin Peaks” was among the most notable of the shows I missed in a largely TV-less childhood, and though I’ve since watched David Lynch and Mark Frost’s series, it hadn’t sunk deep hooks in me the way it did for so many others. So I was pleasantly surprised to find myself mesmerized and provoked by “Twin Peaks: The Return,” the revitalization airing of the show now airing on Showtime. For me, “Twin Peaks: The Return” has resonated beautifully with my sense of unsettledness. The series is a wonderful illustration that the right piece of art for a particular moment isn’t necessarily the one that mirrors that moment most exactly.

It’s instructive to look at the difference between “Twin Peaks: The Return,” and “House of Cards,” and how each works in the current moment.

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Game of Thrones Season 7 to Have Show’s Longest Episode Ever

The finale is expected to run about an hour and a half long

Here are some more details on the Game of Thrones season 7 episode lengths.

The finale will be the show’s longest-ever, clocking in at nearly an hour and a half, while another episode will be show’s shortest ever.

“We have two episodes over 60 minutes this year,” showrunner Dan Weiss told EW.

“One will be our longest episode ever — it’s coming in around 90 minutes,” added showrunner David Benioff. “Another is going to be our shortest episode at 50 minutes.”

The previous longest episode in the saga was the season 6 finale, “The Winds of Winter,” which ran 69 minutes. While the new season contains the shortest episode, there have been at least a couple previous episodes at the 51-minute mark, so it’s only the shortest by seconds…

Source: Game of Thrones Season 7 to Have Show’s Longest Episode Ever | Time.com

Journalists ‘trapped’ in Pyongyang, North Korea airport for NINE hours

International journalists have revealed how they were ‘trapped’ in an airport for more than 12 hours after travelling to report on North Korea’s Day of the Sun.

Dozens of reporters and photographers were invited to Pyongyang last week ahead of celebrations to mark 105 years since the nation’s founder Kim Il-sung was born.

But a group of journalists said today they had been stranded at the capital city’s international airport following the week-long visit. Departure boards reportedly went blank as they waited 12 hours for their flight.

The only explanation reportedly offered by Air Koryo – the state-owned national airline of North Korea – was ‘bad weather’ and ‘rain clouds’ in the area.

But reporters say conditions were clear over Pyongyang and that there was no further explanation and passengers were being ordered to stay in the airport.

Days earlier they revealed how they were herded together for hours, banned from drinking water and not given access to phones – just so they could watch Kim Jong-Un open a new apartment block complex.

Source: Journalists ‘trapped’ in Pyongyang airport for NINE hours | Daily Mail Online

Blade Runner 2049: New footage wows CinemaCon attendees

The focus of Sony Pictures’ CinemaCon panel was assumed to be its new sneak peek at Spider-Man: Homecoming, but a surprise was waiting in store.

Playlist reports that Sony Chairman Tom Rothman brought onto stage none other than Ryan Gosling, to debut brand new footage from this year’s highly-anticipated sci-fi sequel, Blade Runner 2049.

Surprising, especially, considering the film’s US and Canadian distributor is actually Warner Bros., with Sony Pictures acting as a distributor overseas. However, with Sony having financed half its production, it seems clear the studio is wanting to edge in on the ownership of what could, potentially, be one of the year’s major hits.

Source: Blade Runner 2049: New footage wows CinemaCon attendees | The Independent

A heroic woman rescues child on railway tracks from incoming train

A young woman is being hailed as a hero for her bravery when she rescued a three-year-old boy, who was seen wandering along railway tracks, from an incoming train in Melbourne’s south-east.

In a dashing moment of courage, the alert young woman rushed to the boy’s side, grabbing him and pulling him away to safety.

Witnesses have described her efforts as ‘heroic’, after watching the incident unfold at Narre Warren station in Melbourne’s south-east.

Source: Woman rescues child on railway tracks from incoming train | Daily Mail Online