The R-rated “X-Men” spinoff “Logan” slashed into the weekend box office, opening with a massive $85.3 million that surpassed expectations and ranks among the top March debuts ever. The 20th Century Fox release features Hugh Jackman in what he has hinted could be his final performance as Wolverine.
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Sir Patrick Stewart reveals why he uses medical marijuana
… up about his use of a therapeutic spray to help with joint pain in his hands, which he believes keeps him in better health than his cinematic alter ego. “I’m reflecting on aging anyway, it didn’t take Logan to make me think about that,” Stewart …
Bill Paxton’s Death Showcases Dangers, Lessons for Heart Patients
… can occur at several steps along the way that could set the stage for a stroke, says Crandall, author of the Heart Health Report . One danger point occurs at the start of the surgery, when the heart’s aorta, which is the major cardiac vessel, is …
His divided self: the legacy of controversial Glasgow psychiatrist RD Laing
… and fractured family units played a major part in facilitating mental illness. And while a basic tenet of his mental health doctrine connected family harmony to calm mindfulness, he didn’t always practise what he preached. Laing left his first …
Two Strangers, One Kidney, a New Documentary
From left: Tom Shadyac, Harold Mintz, Gennet Belay, and Tsegaye Wolde at their premiere at the Washington West Film Festival in Reston. Sixteen years ago, Springfield resident Gennet Belay got the phone call that saved her life.
Allergan continues to acquire companies
Allergan, the Ireland-based pharmaceutical giant with a plant in Waco scheduled to receive a $200 million expansion, continued a multimonth spending spree on Monday by announcing deals with smaller companies pursuing treatments for neurological disorders and diseases of the digestive tract. The company last year broke ground on a 322,000-square-foot addition to its Waco facility at 8301 Mars Drive, a move aimed at increasing manufacturing space that could create 100 full-time jobs in the near future and eventually 250 more when production approaches capacity.
Sally Field thinking of Carrie Fisher with ‘heart and soul’
Fisher has repo… . A gathering of media personnel camp outside the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, Friday, Dec. 23, 2016, where TMZ and the Los Angeles Times reported actress Carrie Fisher had been taken after suffering a medical … Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill of “Star Wars” fame are among many who have expressed hope that the 60-year-old Fisher recovers after suffering a medical emergency on a flight and being admitted Friday to a Los Angeles hospital.
Best wishes flow in for ‘Star Wars’ star Carrie Fisher
Tributes and well-wishes poured in for “Star Wars” actress Carrie Fisher, who was spending Christmas Eve in a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a medical emergency on a flight the day before. “Princess Leia can survive anything!” wrote one fan on Twitter.
Tributes pour in as ‘Star Wars’ star Carrie Fisher remains in hospital
Tributes and well-wishes poured in for Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher, who was spending Christmas Eve in a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a medical emergency on a flight the day before. “Princess Leia can survive anything!” wrote one fan on Twitter.
Best wishes flow in for a Star Warsa star Carrie Fisher
Tributes and well-wishes poured in for “Star Wars” actress Carrie Fisher, who was spending Christmas Eve in a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a medical emergency on a flight the day before. “Princess Leia can survive anything!” wrote one fan on Twitter.
Dramatic audio released of Carrie Fisher emergency call
The pilot of the plane carrying actress Carrie Fisher as she suffered a medical emergency told air traffic control, “We have an unresponsive passenger,” according to audio from the flight. The audio, which was released on Saturday by LiveATC.net and obtained by the Reuters news agency, offered insight into events as they unfolded during Fisher’s medical emergency on Friday.
Correction: Carrie Fisher story
In a story Dec. 23 about Carrie Fisher’s medical emergency, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the movie “Postcards From The Edge” was released in 1987. It was released in 1990.