From Ziplining to Surfing: Embrace the Thrills of Costa Rica’s Adventure Sports

Hoda Kotb turned 59 years old on Wednesday, and her birthday did not go unnoticed by her cohorts on “Today”.

Hearts have been dealt a European blow with red tape denying them the chance to unleash Japanese striker Kyosuke Tagawa on Rosenborg.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Sanfic Industria, the industry component of Chile’s 19th Santiago International Film Festival (Sanfic), charges back in full in-person mode this year after three years online. This year’s selection, comprising 11 fiction and 10 documentaries, hails from Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Peru, Spain and Brazil.

Dominican project Tres balas (Three Bullets) has dominated the awards handed out by Open Doors, Locarno Pro’s talent development program for artists from underrepresented communities.

BLACKPINK have commemorated their seventh year together with individual tributes from the members and events taking place across the U.S and Asia.The four members of BLACKPINK took to each of their personal Instagram pages to post tributes to the band in commemoration of the band’s seventh year together as of August 8. Vocalist Rosé wrote a heartfelt letter in her Instagram post, accompanied by an archive of BLACKPINK photos from years past.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent LOCARNO — Costa Rica’s Juli Films has boarded Nicaraguan Gloria Carrión’s “Pantasma,” building production partner backing for one of the most ambitious titles at a talent packed Locarno’s Open Doors Projects Hub. A stop motion doc-feature, the film will narrate how the Sandinista-Contra War of 1982-1989 in Nicaragua forced Félix, a 17-year-old revolutionary, to become an adult in the battlefield, “Pantasma” is now set up at Costa Rica’s Caja de Luz, Carrión’s label, and Juli Films, whose credits also take in documentaries “Songs from Bosawas” (2014) and “Patrol” (Mountainfilm Festival, 2023).

Brazil and France, they made it out of the group stage, becoming the first Caribbean nation to reach this stage of the cup. The U.S. kicks off World Cup tonight with Trinity Rodman wanting to earn her stripesBrazil’s Marta is playing her last World Cup; she’s out for gloryThe team, known as the Reggae Girlz, drew 0 - 0 against Brazil, kicking them from the cup and advancing themselves.

Among Survivor fans, Cirie Fields is widely considered the best player to never win the game.

It seems like Nick Thompson has fallen on hard times.

Open Doors is a case in point. Five takeaways on this year’s lineup: Recalibration of a Sense of Self “Three Bullets,” at Open Doors Projects Hub, is made by Dominican Génesis Valenzuela, an alum of San Sebastian’s prestigious Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola, which plumbs the murder of Dominican immigrant Lucrecia Pérez, shot and killed by four neo-Nazis, the same year that Spain celebrated its conquest of Latin America. Valenzuela will come in at the film as she reconstructs her own identity as a “human being/woman/Afro-Caribbean/filmmaker.” “The driving force of this film is the desire for emancipation, both from the constraints of existence and from those of filmmaking,” she has said.

A potential Survivor alliance could be brewing in the Big Brother house this season.

Sooty Show presenter Matthew Corbett still has the same haircut, decades after leaving the iconic kids' TV programme.The puppeteer, who hosted the classic children's show for two decades, had dark strawberry blonde hair which he wore in a neat side parting. Now, 25 years later, Matthew has appeared in a video interview on YouTube - with the exact same haircut! Although his hair has lightened over the years, the 75 year old is still recognisable with his signature hair do. Matthew is the son of Sooty creator, Harry Corbett.

Muse are still set to perform in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia this weekend despite the cancellation of the country’s Good Vibes Festival recently over controversies relating to The 1975.Last Friday (July 21), while headlining day one of Good Vibes, The 1975’s Matty Healy had criticised the country’s government for anti-LGBTQ+ laws. Healy – who was drinking onstage – also smashed a festival-owned drone and kissed bassist Ross MacDonald onstage, before announcing just seven songs into their set that they had been banned from Malaysia and had to leave.The following day (July 22), the country’s communications minister announced that he had ordered the rest of the festival cancelled.Now, concert promoter Hello Universe has confirmed that Muse’s concert will go ahead as planned, sharing set times on social media, as well as queueing details.

“It’s going from a league that no-one considered to one that everyone does,” says Adam Kelly.

Angel Studios is launching its unexpected summer hit Sound of Freedom in a bunch of international markets after it made $127M during its first three weeks in U.S. theaters. 

Ivanka Trump is learning new skills. The former First Daughter shared a video of herself piloting a helicopter, a hobby that she appears to be discovering and falling in love with.

It seems like Barbie has everything — girl power, big laughs, more shades of pink than any of Us knew existed — but director Greta Gerwig had to cut a few things from the massive blockbuster.

It appears that Reese Witherspoon‘s ex Jim Toth has moved on, four months after their split went public.

Samuel L. Jackson is speaking out about another missed opportunity he had at winning an Oscar for one of his early films.

Celebrity fragrances have been popular since well before the era of celebrity beauty brands, and they remain a lucrative project for the stars to explore.