Physicists at UBC Okanagan say that they've debunked 'The Matrix' hypothesis that we are living in a computerised simulation.
Timmy Walsh
Leslie Nielson, a classical Hollywood actor, back in the day, when during the 1950s he was cast as the leading man in very serious roles, and later on, in the 1990s, cast in a comic role as Lieutenant Frank Drebin, a bumbling but well-meaning police detective from the comedy film series 'The Naked Gun'.
The incredible acting career of Hugh Laurie, in four iconic images, as the Prince Regent in Blackadder (1983), as Lieutenant the Honourable George Colthurst St Barleigh, in Blackadder Goes Forth (1989), to Bertie Wooster, in Jeeves and Wooster (1990 - 1993), and more recently as Dr. Gregory House, in House (2004 - 2012). Hugh Laurie was listed in the 2011 Guinness World Records as the most-watched leading man on television and was one of the highest-paid actors in television drama at the time.
Marc Almond, the frontman of the 80's groundbreaking synthpop group 'Soft Cell', has just announced that his fellow band member David Ball (shown on the right in the accompanying image) has "died peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday night", after a long illness. The two musicians had been collaborating with each other for almost fifty years.
Farewell David Ball, and thank you for your unforgettable musical tunes.
With a heavy heart we note the unexpected death of Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who rose to fame as a child actor in the 1980s in the role of Theodore Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” which ran from 1984 to 1992. Warner died at age 54 in an accidental drowning in Costa Rica, where he was on vacation with his family. Warner was swimming at Playa Grande in the town of Cocles in the province of Limón on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica around 2:30 p.m. local time Sunday, when a current pulled him deeper into the ocean, according to the Associated Press. May he rest in peace.
Pope Leo XIV is expected to move into the official papal residence, an apartment on the top floor of the Apostolic Palace, departing from the living arrangements used by Pope Francis for 12 years. The papal apartment, which is a series of rooms wrapping around the Vatican’s Sixtus V Courtyard, was the traditional home of pontiffs for over a century before Pope Francis eschewed those living quarters for a suite in the Vatican’s guesthouse, the Casa Santa Marta.
Besides the papal apartment, the Apostolic Palace — also sometimes called the Palace of Sixtus V for the pope who had most of it built — contains Vatican offices, the Vatican library, and some of the rooms now part of the Vatican Museums.
The ploughman's lunch, a British pub menu staple, includes everything from hard cheeses and chutneys to fresh bread and cold meats. While it is often associated with farmers, the contemporary form we enjoy today most likely developed in the 1950s and was popularised in the 1960s, due to an advertising effort undertaken by the UK's Milk Marketing Board to encourage cheese sales.
Further to my post dated 2nd November 2024 (zafoid.com/post/view/11550), here are two more mouth-watering images of the famous Italian carbonara. (Click on the images to see them full-size.)
Eric Roberts is an American actor who has amassed more than 700 credits and is one of the most prolific English-speaking screen actors. He typically plays manipulative villians, such as Paul Snider, the homicidal husband of Playboy playmate Dorothy Stratten, in Bob Fosse’s 1983 biopic “Star 80”, in the 1996 Doctor Who movie, where he was cast as the Master (Doctor Who's archenemy), as the mob boss Sal Maroni, an enemy of Batman in the 2008 movie "The Dark Knight", and as James Munroe, the lead villain in the 2010 movie "The Expendables". He is also Julia Roberts' brother.
Eric Roberts resides in a secluded Sherman Oaks home in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, with his wife of 26 years, and a brood of felines. The residence's grounds cover approximately 0.32 acres, and include a garden, patio and pool.
Cat behaviourist Jackson Galaxy, visits Eric Robert's home in the 2017 "My cat from hell" episode: https://www.tvinsider.com/240996/my-cat-from-hell-jackson-galaxy-eric-roberts-cat-brooklyn-video/
Eric Roberts selected his Sherman Oaks residence for its ability to offer respite from the relentless public attention that comes with a successful acting career, which stands in contrast to the more frenetic energy of nearby Hollywood.
