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'La La Land' Shatters Records Despite Release in Just Five Theaters
Lionsgate's musical film "La La Land" grossed around $855,000 in just five theaters located at New York and Los Angeles. Despite its limited release, the musical acquired record- breaking figures on its debut in December 9. It averages $171,000 in each of the five cinemas. Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone's stellar performance and chemistry hooked the people to keep the cinemas packed and line full.
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PewDiePie Deletes His Youtube Channel After Gaining 50 Million Subscribers
PewDiePie managed to pull out a prank to everyone when he announced that he will be deleting his YouTube Channel when it reached 50 million subscribers. He stirred a buzz in YouTube when he posted a video entitled "Deleting my channel" declaring his woes because of YouTube's current clickbait scheme and his plan to delete his channel as his subscribers now reached 50 million.
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Disney’s 'Moana' Remains No.1 at Box Office
Disney's "Moana" now accumulated a total of $145 million in US alone since its premiers in Thanksgiving. The Polynesian-inspired animated film is now on its third week topping the Box Office. With its domestic gross income, Disney yet add another top charting film aside from "Finding Dory," which grossed $468 million, and "Civil War," which grossed $408 million.
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Sisi Holds Three Days Mourning for the 24 Coptic Christians Killed in Suicide Bombing
Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi announced three days of mourning for the 24 Coptic Christians killed in a bombing of a Cairo chapel near St. Mark's Cathedral. Sisi informed details about the suicide bomber in a state funeral after the correction of Health Ministry's records on the killed victims. The previous report of 25 victims was changed to 24 after recognizing the 25th body as that of the suicide bomber.
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160 Christians Died in Nigerian Church Collapse during Bishop Ordination
Ordination of founder and church pastor Akan Weeks as a Bishop ended in tragedy as the Reigners Bible Church International located at Uyo collapsed on a Saturday, burying hundreds of people in the rubble where an estimated of 160 Christians were killed.
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Survey: Hong Kong teens generally identify with traditional Chinese cultural values
In order an effort to promote traditional Chinese culture, the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong, in collaboration with Macao YMCA, Guangzhou Suigang'ao Teenagers Institute, and the Teacher Chang Foundation of Taiwan, has conducted a survey on teens measuring their cultural awareness. They found that Hong Kong youths generally identify with and support the values of traditional Chinese culture.
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Global Lutherans celebrate Reformation Day, ‘trusting in the power of grace in a merciless time’.
Yesterday, October 31, was Reformation Day, and Lutherans around the world held various events in commemoration. In Singapore, the Lutheran Church advocated for Christian communion, while the German Lutheran Church encouraged believers to face the challenge of “trusting in the power of grace in a merciless time.”
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Many American churchgoers expect their pastors’ sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues
American churchgoers are looking for more than biblical explanation from their pastor each week. Many expect the sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues.
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2.1M Korean Christians estimated at joint worship service to affirm family, oppose gay marriage, pray for nation
In the afternoon of Reformation Sunday, Oct. 27, some 2.1 million Christians gathered for a joint worship service from 2pm to 5pm in Seoul, Korea to “unite for repentance, revival, and restoration of holiness in our society.” According to organizers, an estimated 1.1 million joined onsite despite the bad weather with another 1 million joining online. The unprecedented joint worship service brought together Korean churches across denominations as they affirmed traditional marriage and family and
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Willow Creek Community Church invites believers to write prayer cards for the next president
This past Sunday, Willow Creek Community Church based in Illinois invited believers to “pray for the next president” during the service. The church not only expressed its concern for the upcoming election but also emphasized the role believers should play in the process and the importance of offering prayers for the nation's leaders.
