Martin Scorsese may be 81, but he’s showing now sign of retiring anytime soon. According to Variety’s sources, the acclaimed filmmaker is planning to shoot two new movies back-to-back. First up is his modern day Jesus movie based on Shūsaku Endō’s 1973 book, for which he’s planning on reuniting with Silence’s Andrew Garfield for either … Read more
The word “purple”, spelled purpel in Middle English, from purpul in Old English, was first recorded in Northumbrian, in the Lindisfarne Gospels. This involved a dissimilation (changing one of two identical sounds to a different, similar one) of purpure, borrowed from the Latin purpura in the ninth century, coming from the Greek porphyra, which most … Read more
Francis uses a cane or a wheelchair to move around due to a knee ailment, and suffers from repeated bouts of bronchitis and influenza. The faithful attend the “Way of the Cross” torchlight procession on Good Friday near the Colosseum in Rome. Photo: EPA-EFE Good Friday leads on Sunday to Easter, the most important and … Read more
Photo: Pool / Pool (Getty Images) Korea’s auto industry is currently killing it, but its baby-birthing industry may as well be dead. The East Asian country has the lowest fertility rate in the world, which isn’t great long-term. Don’t worry, though, Reuters reports that Korean officials have the perfect solution for getting those childless young folks … Read more
