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UPI
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- UPI
On This Day, July 1: Canada becomes self-governing
1 of 7 | On July 1, 1867, Canada became a self-governing state within the British Empire File Photo by Paul Hanna/UPI | License Photo July 1 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1847, the first U.S. postage stamps were issued. In 1859, the first intercollegiate baseball game was played in Pittsfield, Mass., and it was a high-scoring contest. Amherst beat Williams, 66-32. In 1867, Canada became a self-governing state within the British Empire, setting the stage to become fully independent in 1931. Today, Canadians celebrate July 1 as Canada Day. In 1874, the Philadelphia Zoological Society, the first U.S. zoo, opened to the public. In 1898, Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders led a charge up Cuba's heavily fortified San Juan Hill in a key Spanish-American War battle. In 1908, more than a thousand suffragettes in London attempted to rescue 28 of their fellow protesters who were arrested by police following a demonstration in Parliament Square. In 1916, in the worst single day of casualties in British military history, 20,000 soldiers were killed and 40,000 injured in a massive offense against German forces in France's Somme River region during World War I. In 1932, Democrats nominated Franklin Delano Roosevelt for president. FDR was elected to four consecutive terms. In 1941, NBC broadcast the first FCC-sanctioned TV commercial, a spot for Bulova watches shown during a Dodgers-Phillies game. It cost Bulova $9. In 1941, Mammoth Cave National Park was established in Kentucky, protecting 52,830 acres of caverns and a diverse group of animal and plant species. The park is also a UNESCO World Heritage site. In 1946, the United States conducted its first post-war test of the atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. In 1961, Haleakalā National Park was split off from Hawai'i National Park to become its own park. In 1979, Sony introduced the Walkman, known as the Soundabout, in U.S. stores. It sold for about $200. In 1984, the Motion Picture Association of America introduced the PG-13 rating to warn parents that a film may be too violent for children under the age of 13. A top U.S. Catholic Conference official said the move was just another way to exploit young people. In 1990, the West and East German economies were united, with the Deutsche Mark replacing the mark as currency in East Germany. In 1997, Hong Kong was returned to China after 156 years as a British territory. Britain's Prince Charles, Prime Minister Tony Blair, Chinese President Jiang Zemin and U.S. Secretary Madeleine Albright attended the ceremony. Britain first occupied Hong Kong in the 1840s amid the First Opium War. In 2002, in a rare high-altitude accident, a passenger airliner collided with a cargo plane over Germany, killing all 71 people on the two planes -- 69 on the airliner and two on the cargo aircraft. In 2013, Croatia became the 28th member state of the European Union. In 2013, a year after Mohamed Morsi became president of Egypt, hundreds of thousands of protesters marched in cities across the country, calling for him to step down. Morsi was ousted by the military two days later and died in June 2019. File Photo by Ahmed Jomaa/UPI In 2019, Japan resumed commercial whaling for the first time in 31 years. In 2023, King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands acknowledged and apologized for the Dutch role in the historical slave trade in a speech marking the 150th anniversary of the end of slavery in Dutch Suriname. In 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump has partial immunity for official acts while he was president in a case tied to his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. File Photo by Jemal Countess/UPI
Top Gear
27-06-2025
- Automotive
- Top Gear
Here are four watches with associations to Formula One
Advertisement All current F1 sponsors are at the more luxury end, so for a more affordable brand you have to go back a bit. US brand Bulova sponsored the Benetton team in the 1980s, and still makes this handsome quartz powered racing chronograph. £379; Advertisement - Page continues below Rolex may have left F1, but sister brand Tudor is still there, sponsoring the Racing Bulls. Drivers will be seen in a blue dialled version of the ever popular Black Bay, which has an automatic movement and a 41mm matte black ceramic case. £4,510; You might like A racing mad Frenchman gave his name to a company that sells watches with an average price north of £100k. No sooner did Hamilton arrive at Ferrari, he was spotted wearing an ultra lightweight RM 67-02, an automatic watch that weighs just 32g. £POA; Advertisement - Page continues below TAG Heuer Formula One Chronograph TAG Heuer launched its first F1 line in the mid 1980s, nailing its motorsport colours firmly to the mast. The collection has grown in sophistication over the years, and this new chronograph has a 44mm sandblasted titanium case and an automatic movement with a 42 hour power reserve. Also water resistant to 200m. £4,300; See more on Watches
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bulova Documentary Puts a Spotlight on Brand's Backing of Veterans, Women's Rights and Other Social Initiatives
As New York watch company Bulova celebrates its 150th anniversary, managing director Michael Benavente can point to many milestones and achievements the brand can be proud of, but there is one that stands out. Speaking following Variety and Golden Globes' screening of Michael Culyba's documentary 'America Telling Time: 150 Years of Bulova' presented by Bulova, Benavente told an audience on Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival that the sequence that made the most emotional impact on him and other audience members he'd chatted with was the one featuring the work done with the Veterans Watchmaker Initiative, which the company supports. More from Variety 'A Pale View of Hills' Review: The Supple Ambiguities of Kazuo Ishiguro's Novel Stiffen and Seize Up in an Unsatisfying Adaptation 'Eagles of the Republic' Review: An Egyptian Movie Star Is Forced to Make a Propaganda Film in Tarik Saleh's Catchy but Muddled Age of Autocracy Thriller 'The Disappearance of Josef Mengele' Review: A Post-War Study of the Nazis' 'Angel of Death' Lacks Dimension The non-profit runs a tuition-free school that allows disabled veterans to learn watchmaking skills and offers them a dedicated job placement. In the film, veterans, some of whom had been homeless, explained how it had restored their sense of self-worth, as well as giving them a means to earn a living, despite their physical or mental challenges. For some it had literally been a life saver, as they had been contemplating suicide. Benavente explained that the Veterans Watchmaker Initiative was set up by Sam Cannan, who was a sniper for a SWAT team in Baltimore. 'He got shot off a three-story building while there was an active shooter, and he fell, and by the grace of God, there was an awning that broke his fall. But immediately he was disabled from the Baltimore Police Department,' Benavente explained. After attending the Joseph Bulova School of Watchmaking, Cannan went on to 'have a very illustrious career as a watchmaker. He goes to live in Switzerland for many years, and this project that you saw today is really a work of love for him to give back, because he was in the same place as these guys. So you can see he's very emotional and he's super passionate about it and he's a great guy, and so we're just happy to be able to be with him and support,' Benavente said. Among other not-for-profit initiatives the company supports that are covered in the film are the Latin Grammys; the Maestro Cares Foundation, co-founded by singer Marc Anthony; and the We Are Family Foundation, which was co-founded by singer-songwriter Nile Rodgers. Both Anthony and Rodgers are brand ambassadors for Bulova, have designed watches for the company, and feature prominently in the film. Anthony's wife Nadia Ferreira, the Paraguayan model and social influencer, also attended the Cannes screening. The film is broken into themed chapters, rather than following a series of milestones chronologically, and the one that stood out for Culyba was Bulova's impact on women's rights. In the 1970s, for example, the company ran a series of groundbreaking ads in support of equal pay for women. 'I would say that was another exciting part of discovery while I was making the film,' Culyba said. 'I wasn't necessarily aware of their advertising campaign for the Equal Rights Amendment, and that ad is so brave and bold of a company at that time to really take a social and political stand. 'At the time, Bulava really embraced women's rights, and it's a message that I think a lot of people, a lot of women, obviously, and men, can feel still today, through the brand it, it's still there.' Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Valeria Golino on Her Chemistry With Matilda De Angelis in Mario Martone's ‘Fuori': ‘We Were Really Lucky to Fall in Love'
For Italian actor and director Valeria Golino, it was a dream come true to play feminist writer Goliarda Sapienza in Mario Martone's Cannes competition title 'Fuori.' Golino was in Cannes last year as the director of the 'The Art of Joy' TV series, based on Sapienza's posthumous book of the same name. This year, in 'Fuori' – the title translates as 'Outside' in Italian – she plays Sapienza during the 1980s when, after 'The Art of Joy' is rejected by the Italian publishing world, she ends up in a Rome prison for stealing jewelry. Behind bars, she forges a deep bond with a repeat offender and political activist named Roberta, played by Matilda De Angelis ('The Undoing,' 'Citadel: Diana'). More from Variety Jodie Foster Says She Was Offered Lead Roles in French Films Before 'Vie Privée' but Was 'Too Scared': The Dialogue 'Was a Huge Challenge for Me' Karan Johar and Neeraj Ghaywan on Star Kids, Martin Scorsese and Their Cannes Selection 'Homebound': 'Living a Cinematic Dream' Bulova Documentary Puts a Spotlight on Brand's Backing of Veterans, Women's Rights and Other Social Initiatives Below, Golino speaks with Variety about her passion for Sapienza – whom she met when she was 18 and acted in a film directed by Sapienza's former husband Citto Maselli – and her chemistry with De Angelis, with whom she says she platonically 'fell in love' on set. You were in Cannes last year with 'Art of Joy,' the TV series that you directed based on Sapienza's highly erotic feminist novel. How was that experience? I've been immersed in Goliarda's thoughts for years, trying to absorb her. As a director I studied her, but above all I immersed myself in her book which I filtered, let's say, also through my personality. I had to continually pick out everything that interested me in the book and leave other things out while trying to keep her poetics intact. How has your relationship with this fascinating character evolved from the 'Art of Joy' TV series to 'Fuori'? One of the strings in my bow is the fact of having known her, even though at the time I was very young. Of course, as an adult I would have understood her complexity in a different way. Instead, I just have memories of her when I was a teenager. But these memories include vivid images of how she moved, how she put her hands on her hips. How she dressed. I'm talking to you as an actress, of course. About her exterior aspects. The way she wrinkled her nose when she laughed, her little eyes that darted left and right when she thought of something, her continuous amazement in thinking about things. What struck you at the time about Sapienza as a person? I remember her being a very hot-headed person, intellectually intolerant toward things she didn't like. But at the same time, paradoxically very docile because she was so curious about others, so curious about life. There was never judgment. She let things pass through her unless they offended her. So to me, Goliarda wasn't the aggressive person she had been known to be. At least that's what I remember. And I tried to convey this on screen. I wanted her to be welcoming towards everything that happened to her with an almost childish amazement. Goliarda's fervent curiosity seems to be what sparks her attraction toward her prison pal, played by an electric Matilda de Angelis. Sparks fly when you are both on screen. Talk to me about working with Matilda. Let's say that we were really lucky to fall in love. By saying this, I mean that this could also have not happened. There could have been these two characters, as they were written, who were very similar to what we tried to convey on screen but without the type of inspiration and chemistry between us that we created. Because both myself and Matilda, even though we are two heterosexual women, we are two actresses. And I don't know how to explain it to you, I fell in love with Matilda. This was my way of working with her. I really fell in love with her. Apart from the fact that, in my opinion, Matilda in the film really stands out on her own. She has a watchability that really…I don't know what to call it. I mean, only very few people have it. She is a thing of beauty. She has a strength, a potency, so it's clear that [even as a character] I saw her in that way. And Mario saw that as well of course, and like all very good actors she was shaped under the gaze of her director. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bulova Documentary Puts a Spotlight on Brand's Backing of Veterans, Women's Rights and Other Social Initiatives
As New York watch company Bulova celebrates its 150th anniversary, managing director Michael Benavente can point to many milestones and achievements the brand can be proud of, but there is one that stands out. Speaking following Variety and Golden Globes' screening of Michael Culyba's documentary 'America Telling Time: 150 Years of Bulova' presented by Bulova, Benavente told an audience on Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival that the sequence that made the most emotional impact on him and other audience members he'd chatted with was the one featuring the work done with the Veterans Watchmaker Initiative, which the company supports. More from Variety 'A Pale View of Hills' Review: The Supple Ambiguities of Kazuo Ishiguro's Novel Stiffen and Seize Up in an Unsatisfying Adaptation 'Eagles of the Republic' Review: An Egyptian Movie Star Is Forced to Make a Propaganda Film in Tarik Saleh's Catchy but Muddled Age of Autocracy Thriller 'The Disappearance of Josef Mengele' Review: A Post-War Study of the Nazis' 'Angel of Death' Lacks Dimension The non-profit runs a tuition-free school that allows disabled veterans to learn watchmaking skills and offers them a dedicated job placement. In the film, veterans, some of whom had been homeless, explained how it had restored their sense of self-worth, as well as giving them a means to earn a living, despite their physical or mental challenges. For some it had literally been a life saver, as they had been contemplating suicide. Benavente explained that the Veterans Watchmaker Initiative was set up by Sam Cannan, who was a sniper for a SWAT team in Baltimore. 'He got shot off a three-story building while there was an active shooter, and he fell, and by the grace of God, there was an awning that broke his fall. But immediately he was disabled from the Baltimore Police Department,' Benavente explained. After attending the Joseph Bulova School of Watchmaking, Cannan went on to 'have a very illustrious career as a watchmaker. He goes to live in Switzerland for many years, and this project that you saw today is really a work of love for him to give back, because he was in the same place as these guys. So you can see he's very emotional and he's super passionate about it and he's a great guy, and so we're just happy to be able to be with him and support,' Benavente said. Among other not-for-profit initiatives the company supports that are covered in the film are the Latin Grammys; the Maestro Cares Foundation, co-founded by singer Marc Anthony; and the We Are Family Foundation, which was co-founded by singer-songwriter Nile Rodgers. Both Anthony and Rodgers are brand ambassadors for Bulova, have designed watches for the company, and feature prominently in the film. Anthony's wife Nadia Ferreira, the Paraguayan model and social influencer, also attended the Cannes screening. The film is broken into themed chapters, rather than following a series of milestones chronologically, and the one that stood out for Culyba was Bulova's impact on women's rights. In the 1970s, for example, the company ran a series of groundbreaking ads in support of equal pay for women. 'I would say that was another exciting part of discovery while I was making the film,' Culyba said. 'I wasn't necessarily aware of their advertising campaign for the Equal Rights Amendment, and that ad is so brave and bold of a company at that time to really take a social and political stand. 'At the time, Bulava really embraced women's rights, and it's a message that I think a lot of people, a lot of women, obviously, and men, can feel still today, through the brand it, it's still there.' Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival
