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Francis Ford Coppola doesn’t have a film premiering in Venice this year, but the 86-year-old Oscar winner is duly present for the 82nd edition. His pal Mike Figgis’ behind-the-scenes portrait “Megadoc,” about the production of Coppola’s 2024 cinematic cause célèbre “Megalopolis,” debuts out of competition this week. And at the festival’s opening ceremony Wednesday night, Coppola took to the dais …

BALTIMORE (AP) — Investigators on Tuesday were trying to determine what caused an explosion aboard a cargo ship laden with coal as it departed Baltimore’s harbor for East Africa. Officials said no one was injured in the blast Monday evening, which prompted a mayday call when it was reported near the site of last year’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. …

The director was scheduled to undergo a long-planned surgery, but reportedly suffered atrial fibrillation before entering the operating room Award-winning director Francis Ford Coppola “is fine” after he was taken to a hospital in Calabria, Italy, on Tuesday morning ahead of a previously planned procedure. “Da Dada (what my kids call me) is fine, taking an opportunity while in Rome …

Francis Ford Coppola, the veteran American Italian film-maker behind The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, has been hospitalised in Rome, according to reports in the local media. Coppola, 86, was admitted to Policlinico Tor Vergata, a public hospital, on Tuesday morning for an operation related to heart issues that had been long scheduled, Corriere della Sera reported. But he suffered a …

Francis Ford Coppola has been hospitalized in Rome, Italy. The legendary auteur, 86, went in for a scheduled update procedure with Dr. Andrea Natale, a renowned heart doctor who has treated Coppola for more than 30 years. He is said to be resting nicely now. The Hollywood Reporter reached out to the filmmaker’s rep and will update accordingly. Coppola had …

Sir Francis Graham-Smith, who has died aged 102, was the last of the generation that created modern radio astronomy, the branch of astronomy that studies the universe with radio waves, in the 1940s and 50s. His PhD thesis, on the first Cambridge radio survey, carried out between 1948 and 1950, with reasonably accurate positions for the brightest sources, paved the …

Connie Francis, the wholesome pop star of the 1950s and 1960s whose hits include “Pretty Little Baby” and who would later serve as an ironic title for a personal life filled with heartbreak and tragedy, has died at age 87. Her death was announced Thursday by her friend and publicist, Ron Roberts, who did not immediately provide additional details. Francis …

Connie Francis, the wholesome pop star of the 1950s and 1960s whose hits include Pretty Little Baby and Who’s Sorry Now? – the latter of which would later serve as the ironic title for her memoir of a personal life filled with heartbreak and tragedy – has died at age 87. Her death was announced on Thursday by her friend …

Connie Francis, a top-selling singer of the 1950s and ’60s, dies at 87  The Washington Post Connie Francis, ‘Pretty Little Baby’ and ‘Who’s Sorry Now’ Singer, Dies at 87  The New York Times Connie Francis’ ‘Pretty Little Baby’ became an unexpected TikTok hit — 63 years after its release  The Seattle Times 1960s pop star Connie Francis has died. The singer’s life was …

Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Connie Francis sold millions of records, and was the first female recording artist to top the US Billboard Charts Connie Francis, who was at one time the world’s biggest-selling female artist, has died at the age of 87. The musician, whose hits included Stupid Cupid and Who’s Sorry Now, had recently enjoyed a resurgence …