Dogs yawn along with their masters, Japan researchers say
Tired dog lovers who think their pet pooch is yawning right along with them may just be right, according to a Japanese study.
August 10, 2013
Tired dog lovers who think their pet pooch is yawning right along with them may just be right, according to a Japanese study.
A $38,000 handbag? For most people, it’s unthinkable.
I had never really known Joaquin Pedro Valdes personally until I had him read for the part of Ken in John Logan’s “Red.” He was the last in a line of would-be Kens, each of whom was lacking in some way. Sure, I had seen him as a child actor in Trumpets’ “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” but I had never really said anything to him before beyond a postperformance “Congrats!”
It was a little over three years ago when I first visited the island paradise of Bohol just off the coast of Cebu. I was fortunate enough to have traveled with a colleague who showed me that traveling was, still is, always fun when you share the experience with someone.
She was a ray of sunshine in a sea of questionable parties, screaming protesters, tales of corruption, and sex videos.
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The New York Times theater critic Ben Brantley, in a 2009 article titled “Want to Applaud a Broadway Show? Don’t Get Up. Really,” lamented the fact that standing ovations these days have become a “reflexive social gesture, like shaking hands with the host at the end of the party,” instead of a genuine postshow manifestation of roaring approval. Plus, “a standing ovation,” he continued, “seems to help confirm that the money wasn’t wasted.”
The best horror movies chase the same insidious ideal: to come up with new ways to scare moviegoers right out of their seats.
Fans had begun to gather at SM Mall of Asia (MOA) Atrium and SM City North Edsa for Penshoppe’s Fan Conference 2013, but Thai actors and models Mario Maurer and Baifern Pimchanok were still miles away, sitting in Edsa Shangri-La Manila’s Mactan Room.
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