Er is een politiek akkoord bereikt tussen de EU-lidstaten en het Europees Parlement over het voorstel van de Europese Commissie voor de Terugkeerverordening. De Terugkeerverordening gaat zorgen voor meer mogelijkheden voor terugkeer van mensen die niet in Nederland mogen blijven. Bijvoorbeeld vreemdelingen van wie de asielaanvraag is afgewezen.
CHICAGO (ANP/BLOOMBERG) - McDonald's wil meer kwaliteit gaan bieden. De fastfoodketen kondigde maandag een vernieuwde strategie aan, waarbij het bedrijf onder meer wil inzetten op luxere kipgerechten, aantrekkelijkere restaurants en nieuwe speeltuinen. Volgens topman Chris Kempczinski past dit in de brede verwachting van de consument die "meer eist voor zijn geld".
McDonald's wil bijvoorbeeld met "handgepaneerde kipvleugels" fastfood minder als fastfood laten aanvoelen. Volgens de topman is extra kwaliteit nodig, omdat de consument de lat hoger legt voor de restaurantketen. Mede door stijgende inflatie en afnemend consumentenvertrouwen moet er volgens hem "meer ervaring worden geboden". Het bedrijf wil zo onder meer concurreren met kipfastfoodrestaurants.
Om dit alles te bewerkstelligen denkt Kempczinski dat McDonald's efficiënter moet worden en de productiviteit per vestiging moet verhogen. Anders kunnen de franchisenemers niet investeren in de modernisering.
The original Star Wars movie was a mashup. George Lucas and his collaborators pulled from everywhere: westerns, samurai movies, Flash Gordon, and a 1955 war film called The Dam Busters. This video shows just how closely the attack on the Death Star mirrors a scene from The Dam Busters of a group of bombers attacking a dam. The dialogue is identical in places. From the Dam Busters Wikipedia page:
Director George Lucas hired Gilbert Taylor, responsible for special effects photography on The Dam Busters, to be the director of photography for the film Star Wars. The attack on the Death Star in the climax of Star Wars is a deliberate and acknowledged homage to the climactic sequence of The Dam Busters. In the former film, rebel pilots have to fly through a trench while evading enemy fire and fire a proton torpedo at a precise distance from the target to destroy the entire base with a single explosion; if one run fails, another run must be made by a different pilot. In addition to the similarity of the scenes, some of the dialogue is nearly identical. Star Wars also ends with an Elgarian march, like The Dam Busters.
You can also watch Star Wars footage with Dam Busters audio and Dam Busters footage with Star Wars audio to see just how closely the two scenes match.
Given modern IP concerns and stakes, it’s difficult to envision this type of homage working today. Star Wars came out just 22 years after The Dam Busters, which is a beloved & acclaimed movie in Britain…it’s not obscure. Imagine a movie released in 2026 by a young Academy Award-nominated director that lifts a scene wholesale from a 2004 film like The Notebook, The Incredibles, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, or Million Dollar Baby — it just wouldn’t happen without a lot of lawyerly conversation. I mean, maybe Lucas had those convos with The Dam Busters filmmakers… 🤷♂️
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Musician Joe Negri, well known as Handyman Negri and the owner of the music store from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (beginning at 6:10), has died, just days before his 100th birthday. Here he is performing in a song from his composition Mass of Hope.
"Een bakkie?" Gastvrij als de vader van Frenkie de Jong is, serveert hij op deze zonnige middag aan de Prinses Margrietstraat in het Zuid-Hollandse dorp Arkel een vers kopje koffie. Net als twee jaar geleden. Toen een maand voor het EK van Oranje, nu een maand voor het WK.
Op de Kilweg in Barendrecht zijn een auto en lijnbus maandagavond met elkaar in botsing gekomen. De automobilist is ter controle naar het ziekenhuis gebracht, niemand in de bus raakte gewond. Beide voertuigen hielden flinke schade over aan de klap.
Ira Sandler, owner of 1015 Folsom for 40 years, has passed away. 48 Hills and DJ Dials have some nice words. RIP to one of the absolute legends of nightlife. He was a huge inspiration to so many.
Interns were pressured into recording other clubs
Head coach says he did not know actions broke rules
Southampton’s head coach, Tonda Eckert, initiated the practice of spying on opponents, according to new documents which also show that an intern tasked with recording rival training sessions was assured the “manager loved it”.
Southampton were expelled from the Championship playoffs last month after they were found to have spied on Oxford United, Ipswich and Middlesbrough. Eckert is under investigation by the Football Association and newly published remarks from the panel that rejected the club’s appeal against their expulsion lend credence to the belief that he was central to the project.
Continue reading...I Knew It, I Knew You is written with longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff and marks a return to Swift’s country roots
After days of speculation online, Taylor Swift has announced the release of a new original song for Toy Story 5.
Titled I Knew It, I Knew You, the single will be released on 5 June, with CD singles available for preorder on Swift’s website. Three variants will be available, each containing different versions of the song: a piano version, an acoustic version and the original.
Continue reading...Addresses media for first time since losing friends in car accident
Former world champion to return to ring in tune-up for Tyson Fury bout
Anthony Joshua has stressed that rather than coming to terms with his own grief after the car accident in which two of his closest friends died last December, his primary focus has been on helping their parents. As he prepares to resume his career next month, Joshua said: “I’m just there for their parents. Number one is being a good soldier for them. Gotta look after the boys’ parents.”
Asked if he had felt compelled to bury his pain since he was injured in the accident in Nigeria which took the lives of Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele, Joshua said: “Everyone’s different. Me, I have to put my emotions to the side because I focus on the parents. My emotions can come at a later stage. I really look at the parents and I understand it must be most difficult for them. So I don’t make it about me, I make it about them. I make it about the mums and the dads of the two boys.”
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