Wind River movie review: Taylor Sheridan’s directorial debut is more than another crime thriller

TAYLOR Sheridan doesn’t do light and fluffy.

The Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Sicario and Hell or High Water has cut his teeth writing about honour-bound but compromised, taciturn men in pursuit of doing the right thing.

So it’s only fitting that Sheridan’s directorial debut revolves around another example of stoic masculinity.

Wind River, which he also penned, is ostensibly a tense crime thriller but it’s much more effective as a film about an unforgiving place and the people forced to contend with its natural brutality.

Corey Lambert (Jeremy Renner) is a wildlife officer, an expert tracker and marksman hunting big cats when he comes across the body of a young woman, the bright blue of her jacket stark against the white snow. She’s got no shoes or pants on and she’s miles away from any civilisation.

Because the body was found on the Wind River Native American reservation, the FBI sends a young agent, Jane Banner (Elizabeth Olsen) to investigate. Jane, a Las Vegas-based agent originally from Florida, is not prepared for the blistering cold of this remote part of Wyoming.

Fully aware she’s unmatched for the elements and the isolated community, Jane recruits Corey to help her find the girl’s killer…

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Finsbury Park: One dead and eight hurt in van attack, which is being investigated by counter-terror police

One person is arrested as emergency services deal with a “major incident” in Finsbury Park, north London.

A 48-year-old man was arrested following the collision near Finsbury Park Mosque in Seven Sisters Road.

Officers were called at 00.20 BST and remain at the scene, the Metropolitan Police said.

The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) said a van “intentionally” ran over worshippers.

The body said it was a “violent manifestation of Islamophbia” and called for extra security around mosques…

Source: Finsbury Park Mosque: Man dies as van hits pedestrians – BBC News

Oil well leaked 10,500 litres off Australian coast for 2 MONTHS – but officials ‘covered it up’

An offshore oil and gas well leaked around 10,500 litres into the ocean off the Australian coast for two months last year – but the regulator did not disclose the spill until now, and details about it still remain a secret.

The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority’s annual offshore performance report, released this week, included a brief mention of the spill.

It revealed the leak had been identified by a remotely-operated vehicle during routine maintenance in April 2016 and was caused by a seal degradation.

Nopsema’s report noted the incident was ‘a dangerous occurrence’ and a ‘reportable incident in relation to a well’ – but did not reveal where exactly it occurred or the company responsible for it.

The leak went on for up to 60 days and spilled oil at a rate of up to 175 litres a day, a spokesman told Daily Mail Australia.

But Nopsema declined to reveal exactly where the spill occurred or the company involved, only that it occurred in the North West Shelf off the coast of Western Australia.

A spokesman elaborated that a wellhead had been disconnected from a Floating Production Storage and Offloading facility to move out of the path of an approaching cyclone.

‘The facility did not return for a period of two months as it underwent maintenance, and just prior to the facility’s return, routine remote operated vehicle inspection work was conducted on the wellhead,’ he said.

‘This is when the leak from the subsurface safety valve control module on the well head was detected and reported.

‘In response, the remotely operated vehicle closed the hydraulic control line isolation to the subsurface safety valve, which prevented further loss of containment.’

Nopsema investigated the matter, which resulted in the company changing their safety procedures.

The spokesman said the leak compromised oil, water and control line fluid and tests conducted since confirmed no further leaks.

The spokesman said that because companies are required by law to report leaks and no enforcement action was taken by the regulator, they have an ‘implied duty of confidence’ to not reveal details about the incident.

Nathaniel Pelle, a Greenpeace Australia Pacific campaigner, said the report was deeply concerning.

‘Australians, and especially those who rely on the ocean for their livelihood, should be deeply concerned by reports that the national oil regulator has withheld information from the public about a 10,500 litre oil leak for over 12 months,’ he told the Guardian.

‘There’s absolutely no justification for continuing to keep the company involved or the location of the oil spill a secret.’

Nopsema’s report said there were no fatalities or serious injuries reported to them last year and that accidents and injuries were down from the previous year.

However, it found that spills went up by 28 per cent from 18 in 2015 to 23 last year – despite activity in the oil industry going down by 40 per cent.

Source: Oil well leaked 10,500 litres off Australian coast | Daily Mail Online

Erin Moran, Who Played Joanie on ‘Happy Days,’ Dies at 56

Erin Moran, the former child actor who played the sweet but mischievous Joanie on the television series “Happy Days” and “Joanie Loves Chachi,” has died. She was 56.

The Harrison County Sheriff’s Department in southern Indiana confirmed her death. She was found unresponsive on Saturday afternoon, and the authorities said an autopsy was pending.

Ms. Moran started acting as a child at 5, and got her first taste of television in a commercial for First Federal Bank. She went on to play minor characters in television and film in the late 1960s and early ’70s. At age 12, she landed her biggest role: Joanie, the freckle-faced troublemaker and sister of Richie Cunningham, the all-American teenager played by Ron Howard.

Over the 10-year run of “Happy Days,” Joanie transformed from the young teenager who complained about being sent to her room to a major character on the show. In later seasons, Joanie’s love interest with the aspiring musician Chachi Arcola became a major story line.

In 1982, the two characters were given their own show, “Joanie Loves Chachi,” a widely panned comedy that followed their romantic adventures and musical pursuits in Chicago. While “Happy Days” was a No. 1 hit, the spinoff with Ms. Moran and Scott Baio, who played Chachi, lasted only 17 episodes.

AA flight attendant challenges passenger to a FIGHT after hitting a crying mother…

Two weeks after United Airlines was widely ridiculed when a passenger on board was filmed as he was violently dragged off a plane to make room for employees, American Airlines is now at the center of another on-board controversy involving violence against passengers.

Video [BELOW] has emerged on social media showing an American Airlines employee challenging a passenger to a fight after a woman holding a baby was allegedly hit with her stroller in an argument with AA staff

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WikiLeaks US spying: How Windows users can protect themselves from the CIA

Microsoft has become the latest technology giant to respond to WikiLeaks’ release of 8,761 documents allegedly detailing the CIA’s spying methods. The files forming the enormous Vault 7 release claim that the agency was able to exploit zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows, which it used to secretly monitor users. Microsoft has encouraged customers to update to the latest version of its desktop operating system, saying that most of the vulnerabilities allegedly used by the CIA have already been patched.

MORE: WikiLeaks US spying files: How Windows users can protect themselves from the CIA | The Independent