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Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images Contains spoilers for “The Naked Gun” (2025) “Weird Al” Yankovic has long been a part of the “Naked Gun” series, cameoing in all three original films. But his appearance in 2025’s “The Naked Gun” reboot is definitely the funniest of all the times he’s tangled with the Los Angeles Police Squad. In the reboot, Yankovic once again plays himself in reference to his multiple previous appearances, this time as the only hired entertainment employed by billionaire Richard Cane (Danny Huston), who plans to use his P.L.O.T. (Primordial Law of Toughness)…

CAIRO (AP) — A boat capsized Sunday in waters off Yemen’s coast leaving 68 African migrants dead and 74 others missing, the U.N.’s migration agency said.The tragedy was the latest in a series of shipwrecks off Yemen that have killed hundreds of African migrants fleeing conflict and poverty in hopes of reaching the wealthy Gulf Arab countries.The vessel, with 154 Ethiopian migrants on board, sank in the Gulf of Aden off the southern Yemeni province of Abyan early Sunday, Abdusattor Esoev, head of the International Organization for Migration in Yemen told The Associated Press.He said the bodies of 54 migrants…

Bad light and subsequent rain forced an early end to play on Day Four of the fifth Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at The Oval on Sunday. With the stage set for a thrilling day five, England need 35 more runs to win, while India requires four wickets for a miraculous victory.  Rain forcing the match to go into the fifth day means every Test of the ongoing riveting five-match series has now gone into the last day. England looked all set to complete the chase of 374 on day four, thanks to Joe Root hitting his 39th Test century…

Frank Masi/Paramount Pictures Contains spoilers for “The Naked Gun” (2025) There are lots of celebrity cameos in “The Naked Gun,” but the very best one is a blink-and-you-miss-it tribute to Microsoft’s past. Lieutenant Frank Drebin Jr. (Liam Neeson) struggles with his windshield after being trapped in a state-of-the-art police car made by the evil billionaire Richard Cane (Danny Huston).  While the control panel glitches out, Clippy — Microsoft’s infamously helpful Office Assistant avatar — appears on the screen and asks Frank if he wants help. He may need it, but he…

Warner Bros. Some movie franchises come and go rather quickly, like the three “Hangover” movies or “The Secret Life of Pets.” Others, though, keep going and going. They’re passed down from one generation to the next, with fresh eras imbuing something new in these characters that have defined post-1960 theatrical moviegoing. Franchises in this vein include “Star Wars,” the 007 films, “Planet of the Apes,” and, of course, the “Superman” films. “Superman” movies technically begin with 1950’s “Atom Man vs. Superman” and 1951’s “Superman and the Mole-Men,” though no box office records…

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Police in Haiti have arrested a former senator charged with conspiring against the state and financing criminal organizations for allegedly supporting gang members.Nenel Cassy was arrested Saturday at a restaurant in Petionville, a wealthy district of the capital, Port-au Prince, Haiti’s National Police said in a post on Facebook. The police shared photos of the former senator in handcuffs, next to heavily armed officers wearing ski masks.Cassy was designated as a corrupt actor by the U.S. State Department in 2023. He was accused by Haiti’s police in February of backing gang members who launched attacks on…

The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced a “blanket ban” from future participation in the World Championship of Legends (WCL) citing “biased” conduct by the organisers of the tournament. The decision from the governing body of Pakistan cricket comes after India Champions forfeited two games, including the semi-final, against Pakistan Champions due to strained political relations between the two countries. Several Indian players, including Shikhar Dhawan, had voiced their refusal to face Pakistan in Birmingham in the league stage of the tournament. The two sides were slated to meet again in the semi-finals before team India opted to pull out of…

LONDON (AP) — Oasis said Sunday that its members are “shocked and saddened” after a man fell to his death during a concert by the band at London’s Wembley Stadium.The Metropolitan Police force said officers and paramedics responded to reports of an injured person just before 10:30 (2130GMT) on Saturday nightIt said a man in his 40s was found “with injuries consistent with a fall.” He was pronounced dead at the scene.The force urged anyone who saw what happened or caught it on phone video to contact police. “We are shocked and saddened to hear of the tragic death of…

James Van Evers/Max It’s not easy to stand out among an ensemble cast of a series like “Lost,” but Josh Holloway stole just about every scene he was in as James “Sawyer” Ford, the book-loving conman with a heart of gold encased in a salty exterior. Whether he was taunting the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 with an endless stream of nicknames or betraying his hidden good side by heroically jumping into action, Sawyer turned out to be one of the best things to come out of that doomed Sydney-LAX…

Ahead of Congress’s protest scheduled on August 5 in Bengaluru over alleged voter fraud during 2024 Lok Sabha elections, former minister H Nagesh had written to the Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka, seeking a copy of a complaint he claimed he had submitted in April 2023 alleging forged entries in voters’ list. The CEO’s office, however, denied receiving any such complaint.ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO Nagesh contested the 2023 polls from Mahadevapura constituency in Bengaluru and lost by a margin of 44,000 votes to BJP’s S Manjula. On July 31 this year, in a letter to the state election commission, he said,…