The Men Who Wore the Cape
Warner Bros. Unless you’ve spent the last year holed up in a Fortress of Solitude, you’re likely aware of a new Superman movie coming to cineplexes this summer. This latest cinematic re-interpretation of the visitor-from-Krypton myth, Man of Steel (in theaters June 14), stars Henry Cavill, the caped fellow in the photo above, and is directed by Zack Snyder, the geek auteur behind 300 and Watchmen.
“He grabs a church and paints with the church,” wrote a poet of the cubist era, Blaise Cendrars. “He grabs a cow and paints with the cow . . . He paints with an oxtail/ With all the dirty passion of a little Jewish town/ With all the exacerbated sexuality of provincial Russia.” Soutine? Strangely enough, no: Marc Chagall.
Cendrars’ rhapsody reminds one how different the late decades of that hugely productive painter were from his early ones.
The Senator representing Benue North West Senatorial District, Emmanuel Orker Jev, has said the call for the resignation of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu, will further put the party in crisis. The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike and his allies, who have lamented the sidelining of the South in major positions of the party, had demanded Ayu’s resignation as the party’s national chairman, amongst others, for the PDP to have peace.
Star of Valesh Films features like Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai and The Dirty Picture. He was dubbed The Serial Kisser for his romantic lead roles. In 2017, he starred in the film Captain Nawab.
Before Fame He debuted in the 2003 thriller, Footpath, in which he portrayed of a gangster.
Trivia He had his breakthrough performance in the 2009 thriller, Raaz - The Mystery Continues, which was widely successful.
Famous Finnish People in History - On This Day List of Finnish People 1760-06-05 Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), born in Turku, Finland (d. 1852) 1775-10-15 Bernhard Henrik Crusell, Swedish-Finnish composer, born in Uusikaupunki, Finland (d. 1838) 1803-05-24 Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish zoologist, born in Kotka, Finland (d. 1866) 1804-02-05 Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (Finland's national anthem "Maamme"), born in Jakobstad, Finland (d. 1877) 1806-05-12 Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish journalist, statesman and nationalist, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d.