Mes: septiembre 2019

(CBS) Early on, it was announced that the third installment of Transformers would be director Michael Bay’s final dalliance with the billion-dollar franchise, but make no mistake about it : Bay does not go quietly into the good night with his swan song. Pictures: “Transformer” premieres “Transformers : Dark of the Moon” is Bay’s personal attempt to re-ignite the fire of a flagging 3-D market when it comes to the movies. “Avatar” set the bar high, but subsequent 3-D releases, which have become the norm rather than the exception, have fallen short. Many in the industry have been looking to “Transformers 3” to transform the landscape and make 3-D a lucrative, long-standing platform once again. If anyone can do it, Bay is the guy. Known for his maniacal pursuit of special effects, unfathomable to any normal person, Bay succeeds in bringing a level of action to “Dark of the Moon” that is so unrelenting and so intense it gives new meaning to the term sensory overload. The pace is punishing. At a bare minimum, it will leave you breathless. On the other end of the spectrum, it is akin to an assault on the mind. We are eased into the frenzy. The story opens with a revisiting of the Apollo mission to the moon, this time with a never-before -disclosed caveat by the U.S. administration at the time –...

MONACO – A day after the civil wedding that transformed one-time Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock into the Princess of Monaco, the South African and her prince, Albert II, were to say their vows in a star-studded religious ceremony in the tiny principality Saturday. But it was all happening against a backdrop of a story that wouldn’t go away and keeps getting denied – that Wittstock wanted to scrap the wedding. Monaco wedding in photos Guests expected at the Catholic service and gala dinner to follow Saturday included assorted European royals, heads of state, top models and world class athletes. Household names expected to converge on the princely palace — an Italian Renaissance castle where Monaco’s ruling Grimaldi dynasty has resided for centuries — included French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci, https://www.mfclfnb4v.online U.S. soprano Renee Fleming, former “007” Sir Roger Moore and Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer who made Charlene’s wedding gown. Celebrated French-born chef Alain Ducasse was preparing a multi-course dinner for 450 guests. He has said freshly caught fish and vegetables grown on Albert’s farm will be on the menu. The couple was married in what CBS News correspondent Charlie D’Agata called an “intimate, if a little stiff and sterile” civil service Friday inside the prince’s palace. Albert’s sisters, Princesses Caroline and Stephanie, were among several dozen guests at Friday’s ceremony, which was held in the...