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Boston Globe
28-07-2025
- Politics
- Boston Globe
Today in History: Army airplane crashes into Empire State Building
Advertisement In 1914, World War I began as Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. In 1945, an Army B-25 crashed into the 79th floor of New York's Empire State Building, the world's tallest structure at the time, killing 14 people. In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced he was increasing the number of American troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000. In 1976, an earthquake devastated northern China, killing at least 242,000 people, according to an official estimate. In 1984, the Los Angeles Summer Olympics officially opened; 14 Eastern Bloc countries, led by the Soviet Union, boycotted the Games. In 1995, a jury in Union, South Carolina, rejected the death penalty for Susan Smith, sentencing her to life in prison for drowning her two young sons (Smith will be eligible for parole in November 2024). Advertisement In 1996, 8,000 year-old human skeletal remains (later referred to as Kennewick Man) were discovered in a bank of the Columbia River in Kennewick, Washington. In 2004, the Irish Republican Army formally announced an end to its armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland. In 2015, it was announced that Jonathan Pollard, the former U.S. Naval intelligence analyst who had spent nearly three decades in prison for spying for Israel, had been granted parole. Also that year, a four-game suspension of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for his role in using underinflated footballs during the AFC championship game was upheld by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. In 2018, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the emeritus archbishop of Washington, D.C., following allegations of sexual abuse, including one involving an 11-year-old boy. Both died in April of 2025. In 2019, a gunman opened fire at a popular garlic festival in Gilroy, California, killing three people, including a six-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, and wounding 17 others before taking his own life.
Chicago Tribune
28-07-2025
- Chicago Tribune
Today in History: B-25 bomber crashes into Empire State Building
Today is Monday, July 28, the 209th day of 2025. There are 156 days left in the year. Today in history: On July 28, 1945, A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York's Empire State Building, the world's tallest structure at the time, killing 14 people. Also on this date: In 1794, Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just were executed by guillotine during the French Revolution. In 1914, World War I began as Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced he was increasing the number of American troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000. In 1976, an earthquake devastated northern China, killing at least 242,000 people, according to an official estimate. In 1984, the Los Angeles Summer Olympics officially opened; 14 Eastern Bloc countries, led by the Soviet Union, boycotted the Games. In 1995, a jury in Union, South Carolina, rejected the death penalty for Susan Smith, sentencing her to life in prison for drowning her two young sons (Smith will be eligible for parole in November 2024). In 1996, 8,000 year-old human skeletal remains (later referred to as Kennewick Man) were discovered in a bank of the Columbia River in Kennewick, Washington. In 2004, the Irish Republican Army formally announced an end to its armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland. In 2015, it was announced that Jonathan Pollard, the former U.S. Naval intelligence analyst who had spent nearly three decades in prison for spying for Israel, had been granted parole. In 2018, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the emeritus archbishop of Washington, D.C., following allegations of sexual abuse, including one involving an 11-year-old boy. Both died in April of 2025. In 2019, a gunman opened fire at a popular garlic festival in Gilroy, California, killing three people, including a six-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, and wounding 17 others before taking his own life. Today's Birthdays: Music conductor Riccardo Muti is 84. Former Senator and NBA Hall of Famer Bill Bradley is 82. 'Garfield' creator Jim Davis is 80. TV producer Dick Ebersol is 78. Actor Sally Struthers is 78. Architect Santiago Calatrava is 74. CBS TV journalist Scott Pelley is 68. Actor Lori Loughlin is 61. Jazz musician-producer Delfeayo Marsalis is 60. UFC president Dana White is 56. Actor Elizabeth Berkley is 53. Basketball Hall of Famer Manu Ginobili is 48. Actor John David Washington is 41. Actor Dustin Milligan is 40. Rapper Soulja Boy is 35. England soccer star Harry Kane is 32. Pop/rock singer Cher Lloyd is 32. Golfer Nelly Korda is 27.
Forbes
02-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Val Kilmer: Where To Stream 10 Of The Actor's Classic Films
Iconic actor Val Kilmer died Tuesday, leaving behind a lasting body of work on film and stage. Val Kilmer's daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, broke the news to the New York Times about her father's death from pneumonia at age 65. Kilmer had been battling health problems for more than a decade, including throat cancer. Sadly, the actor largely lost his ability to speak after his cancer treatments in 2014. Kilmer's screen career kicked off in 1984 with the lead role in directors Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker's slapstick comedy Top Secret! In a matter of a couple of years, Kilmer went from Top Secret! to the top of Hollywood's A-list opposite Tom Cruise in one of the top films in 1986, forever cementing his place in Hollywood history with dozens of more great works ahead of him. Below is a list of 10 of Kilmer's classic films and the streaming services that are carrying them. In addition, all of the films are available for purchase or rent on video on demand. Technically this is a two-film entry but both Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick are classics in their own right. In Top Gun, Val Kilmer stars as Lt. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky, who is continually at odds with his fellow U.S. Naval Aviator Lt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell (Tom Cruise) as both vie to become the Top Gun pilot at an elite flight school. Both Cruise and Kilmer reprised their roles with the bookend film Top Gun: Maverick, in which Kilmer appears in a profoundly emotional reunion scene with Cruise. Top Gun: Maverick marked Kilmer's last film appearance. Top Gun is streaming on Paramount+ and Prime Video, while Top Gun: Maverick is streaming on Paramount+. Val Kilmer stars as the mercenary Madmartigan opposite his then-real-life wife, Joanne Whalley as Sorsha, the daughter of the evil sorceress Queen Bavmorda (Jean Marsh) in Willow. Willow is an epic fantasy adventure directed by Ron Howard and co-written and produced by George Lucas. At the center of the film, of course, is Willow Ufgood (Warwick Davis), an aspiring sorcerer who rescues an infant child prophesized to bring Queen Bavmorda's reign to an end. Willow is streaming on Disney+. Val Kilmer channels the late legendary rock singer Jim Morrison in The Doors, a music biopic from director Oliver Stone. While the film refers to the name of the classic 1960s rock band, The Doors is largely a chronicle of Morrison's life and career before his death at age 27 in July of 1971. The Doors also stars Meg Ryan as Morrison's longtime girlfriend Pamela Courson, as well as Kyle McLachlan, Frank Whaley and Kevin Dillon as Morrison's Doors bandmates Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore, respectively. The Doors is not available as part of any streaming service package but is available to purchase or rent on video on demand. Val Kilmer stars as legendary gunslinger Doc Holliday opposite Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp in Tombstone. An old-school Western set in Tombstone, Ariz., Tombstone finds Holliday and Earp alongside Earp's brothers Virgil (Sam Elliott) and Morgan (Bill Paxton) as they off against a band of criminals including Curly Bill Brocius (Powers Boothe) and Johnny Ringo (Michael Biehn). Tombstone's massive ensemble cast also includes Charlton Heston, Dana Delaney, Michael Rooker, Thomas Haden Church, Stephen Lang and Jason Priestley. Kilmer, however, steals the show as Doc by citing, among other things, his famous phrase, 'I'm Your Huckleberry" — words that eventually became the title of the actor's 2020 memoir. Tombstone is streaming on Hulu, Fubo and FX Now. Val Kilmer stars in the key supporting role of Chris Shiherlis, the right-hand man of prolific thief Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) in Heat, an epic crime thriller written and directed by Michael Mann. As Heat chronicles the deadly cat-and-mouse game between Los Angeles Police Department Lt. Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) and McCauley, it brings in an impressible cast of ensemble players, which in addition to Kilmer includes Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd, Natalie Portman, Danny Trejo, Mykelti Williamson, Wes Studi, Dennis Haysbert, William Fichtner and Ted Levine. Heat is streaming on Hulu and Netflix. Following Michael Keaton's two Batman films for director Tim Burton, the franchise took a new creative direction under filmmaker Joel Schumacher, who hired Val Kilmer to assume the dual role of Batman and Bruce Wayne in Batman Forever. The film not only introduces Batman's legendary sidekick, Robin (Chris O'Donnell), but it finds the dynamic duo taking on a new pair of villains: Harvey 'Two-Face' Dent (Tommy Lee Jones) and Edward Nygma (Jim Carrey), aka The Riddler. Nicole Kidman also stars in the film as Bruce's new love interest, the psychoanalyst Dr. Chase Meridian. Batman Forever is streaming on Max. Val Kilmer stars as Simon Templar — a role that originated on television in the 1960s by future James Bond actor Roger Moore — in the big-screen adaptation of The Saint. A thief who expertly disguises himself as various Catholic saints, Templar is hired by the Russian mob to steal a cold fusion energy plans from a top scientist, Emma Russell (Elisabeth Shue). Simon's mission takes a detour, however, when he falls for Emma and discovers he's being targeted by the people who hired him for the heist. The Saint is streaming on Paramount+. Val Kilmer plays a private detective, Perry van Shrike, aka Gay Perry, opposite Robert Downey Jr.'s Harry Lockhart in writer-director Shane Black's dark crime comedy. When Lockhart is mistaken for an actor after stumbling into a movie audition while eluding authorities in New York, he is sent to Los Angeles to study under Perry to prepare for another audition. While in Hollywood, Perry and Harry get caught up in a murder investigation, where a struggling actress, Harmony Faith Lane (Michelle Monaghan), is trying to unravel the mystery behind her sister's death. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is not available as part of any streaming service package but is available to purchase or rent on video on demand. A Prime Video original documentary, Val chronicles Val Kilmer's life and career through footage pulled from hundreds of hours of the actor's home movies and videocassette collection, as well as a new interview with the actor and artist. The film not only delves into Kilmer's film and stage career, it takes a deep dive into his battle with throat cancer. Val Kilmer's son, Jack, who sounds remarkably like his father, narrates the film. In addition to Jack Kilmer, the film also features Val's daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, their mother and the actor's ex-wife Joanne Whalley. Val is streaming on Prime Video. Before Val Kilmer soared in the action genre with Top Gun, he appeared in a pair of comedies — 1984's Top Secret! and Real Genius in 1985. In the latter, Kilmer stars as Chris Knight, a teenage genius who conspires to ruin a professor's plan to develop a highly powerful laser weapon to use for nefarious purposes. Real Genius is not available as part of any streaming service package but is available to purchase or rent on video on demand.
Yahoo
23-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
French aircraft carrier stages combat drills with Filipinos in disputed sea and visits Philippines
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — France's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and accompanying warships were in the Philippines on Sunday after holding combat drills with Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea in a show of firepower that would likely antagonize China. The Charles de Gaulle docked on Friday at Subic Bay, a former U.S. Naval base northwest of Manila, for a break after more than two months of deployment in the Indo-Pacific. The French carrier engaged with security allies for contingency readiness and to promote regional security, including with Filipino forces, navy ships and fighter jets. They held anti-submarine warfare drills and aerial combat training on Friday in the South China Sea, Philippine and French officials said. Last year, the French navy deployed a frigate for the first time to participate in a joint sail with United States and Philippine counterpart forces in and near the disputed waters. It was part of the largest annual combat exercises in years by American and Filipino allied forces. The drills, known as Balikatan (Tagalog for 'shoulder-to-shoulder'), involved more than 16,000 military personnel. See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. By signing up, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy. China strongly criticized the exercises then, saying the Philippines was 'ganging up' with countries from outside Asia in an obvious reference to the U.S. and its security partners, and warned the drills could instigate confrontation and undermine regional stability. France's recent and ongoing military deployments to the Philippines underscore its 'commitment to regional security and the shared goal of strengthening maritime cooperation in the Indo-Pacific,' Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesperson Co. Xerxes Trinidad said. The Charles de Gaulle, the only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the world other than those of the U.S. Navy, led a strike group that included three destroyer warships and an oil replenishment ship in its first-ever visit to the Philippines, French officials said. France has been shoring up its military engagements with the Philippines and other Southeast Asian nations at odds with China in the disputed waters, a key global trade and security route although it says those emergency-preparedness actions were not aimed at any particular country. China, however, has bristled at any presence of foreign forces, especially the U.S. military and its allies, which carry out war drills or patrols in the South China Sea, which Beijing claims almost in its entirety although it has not publicly released exact coordinates of its claim other than 10 dashed lines to demarcate vaguely what it calls its territory on maps. Beijing's claims overlap with those of the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan in long-unresolved territorial standoffs. Indonesia has also figured in violent confrontations with Chinese coast guard and fishing fleets in the Natuna waters. Two weeks ago, Australia protested after a Chinese J-16 fighter jet released flares that passed within 30 meters (100 feet) of an Australian P-8 Poseidon surveillance jet over the South China Sea, according to Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles. The Australian military plane did not sustain any damage and no crewmember was injured in the Feb. 11 incident. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson accused the Australian aircraft of 'deliberately' intruding into airspace over the disputed Paracel Islands, which China and Vietnam contest. In late 2023, French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro signed an accord to boost military cooperation and joint engagements. France and the Philippines began talks last year on a defense pact that would allow troops from each country to hold exercises in the other's territory. French negotiators have handed a draft of the agreement to their Filipino counterparts to start the negotiations. The Philippines has also signed such status-of-forces agreements with the U.S. and Australia. A signed agreement with Japan was expected to be ratified by Japanese legislators this year for it to be enforced while talks between New Zealand and the Philippines for a similar defense pact recently concluded.
Washington Post
23-02-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
French aircraft carrier stages combat drills with Filipinos in disputed sea and visits Philippines
MANILA, Philippines — France's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and accompanying warships were in the Philippines on Sunday after holding combat drills with Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea in a show of firepower that would likely antagonize China. The Charles de Gaulle docked on Friday at Subic Bay, a former U.S. Naval base northwest of Manila, for a break after more than two months of deployment in the Indo-Pacific. The French carrier engaged with security allies for contingency readiness and to promote regional security, including with Filipino forces, navy ships and fighter jets. They held anti-submarine warfare drills and aerial combat training on Friday in the South China Sea, Philippine and French officials said.
