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Los Angeles, Jake Gyllenhaal, who lost out the role of Batman to Christian Bale in Christopher Nolan's "Dark Knight" trilogy, says it would be an honour for him to play the popular superhero from DC Comics. HT Image The actor, currently promoting the Prime Video action movie "Road House", was asked if he was still interested in playing Batman. Hindustan Times - your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. In his response, Gyllenhaal said, "Oh, man. That's a classic . It's an honour." Calling the…

A JetBlue Airways plane prepares to take off from the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Jan. 31, 2024.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesJetBlue Airways told staff on Tuesday that it is culling a host of routes, making it the carrier's latest move to cut costs in the wake of a failed attempt to acquire Spirit Airlines and a Pratt & Whitney engine issue that has grounded some of its Airbus planes.The carrier will reduce its departures from Los Angeles International Airport from about…

Bertrand Bonello’s dizzying new feature, The Beast, begins in medias res with an actor (Léa Seydoux) screen-testing on a soundstage covered wall-to-wall in green screen. Off camera, a disembodied male voice directs the actor to react in terror to a beast closing in on her. On hand is a kitchen knife, the sole prop to protect herself against a threat that will be added in later. The instant the director calls “action”, we see the actor morph into character. Muscles tense. Eyes dart from side to side. The dread of an…

A United Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft is seen taking off from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.Nicolas Economou | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesUnited Airlines is planning to launch flights to Marrakesh, Morocco, and Medellin, Colombia, and ramp up its service to Asia, in the carrier's latest bet that consumers will continue to shell out for trips abroad.The flights from United's Newark, New Jersey, hub to Marrakesh are scheduled to begin Oct. 24 using a Boeing 767-300ER. The carrier's Houston-to-Medellin flight is slated…

The inaugural flight of an Avelo Airlines Boeing 737-800 takes off from Hollywood Burbank Airport to Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa on April 28, 2021.Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty ImagesIn the nearly four years since the Covid-19 pandemic upended air travel, the largest U.S. airlines have returned to profitability. The CEOs of two upstart airlines that launched in the middle of the pandemic say they're about to join them.Avelo and Breeze Airways, two low-cost carriers that debuted in 2021 when…

Waymo received approval Friday afternoon from the California Public Utilities Commission to operate a commercial robotaxi service in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Peninsula and on San Francisco freeways. The approval removes the last barrier for the Alphabet company to charge for rides in these expanded areas. Importantly, it opens up new territory for Waymo in one of the country’s largest cities and unlocks a route to San Francisco International Airport, which is located south of the city.…

Paid autonomous vehicle service is coming to Los Angeles, thanks to a decision by California regulators today to allow Alphabet subsidiary Waymo to operate in the city. Under the new ruling, Waymo is also permitted to launch service in a large section of the San Francisco Peninsula.The decision by the California Public Utilities Commission will likely prove controversial. It comes over the protest of local governments and agencies, including the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, the San Francisco County…

Timothee Chalamet stars as Paul Atreides in Denis Villeneuve's "Dune: Part Two."Warner Bros. | Legendary EntertainmentLOS ANGELES — Movie theater operators are hoping that Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment's "Dune: Part Two," due out in theaters Friday, will be the much-needed oasis amid a drought of blockbuster content.Since the start of the year, the domestic box office has tallied just $866.4 million in ticket sales through Sunday, a nearly 18% drop from the same period in 2023, according to data from Comscore.…

I've been very fortunate as a documentary and adventure series filmmaker, having the opportunity to travel all over Canada and the world doing what I love. But my latest project sent me on a mission to a lunar landscape in Canada's Far North — one of the most difficult places I've ever had to reach. For the CBC Short Doc My New Moon Suit, we travelled to Devon Island, nestled in Canada's Arctic, to run our very own test of a new spacesuit. It's here, on the world's largest uninhabited island, that new-concept spacesuits…

The hedge fund that owns True Religion is exploring a sale of the Y2K-era jeans brand as it returns to growth and profitability after emerging from its second bankruptcy, CNBC has learned. True Religion sales jumped about 20% to around $280 million last year, and it brought in $80 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, people familiar with the matter said. It's unclear what valuation True Religion is seeking, but it could sell for a mid-single-digit multiple of its EBITDA, said the…