Sharon Stone in line for wooing of Woo line
THE latest news on how Hollywood movie moguls are hoping to lure Hongkong director John Woo will fuel further speculation about when, or if, he is due international recognition.
Word reaches us that executives with TriStar Pictures have approached Woo to direct Pin Cushion - billed as a ''futuristic action road movie'' in the genre of Thelma and Louise, Easy Rider and Route 66, with Sharon Stone (Basic Instinct ) touted for the starring role.
TriStar already has the rights to remake Woo's 1988 blockbuster The Killer, with Richard Gere and Denzel Washington replacing Danny Lee and Chow Yun-fatt in the starring roles, although Woo is unlikely to be involved in the new version.
Indonesian fisherman nets surprise catch – a Chinese underwater drone
The device was discovered near the Lombok Strait, a strategically vital deepwater passage closely watched by the US and Australia
The discovery of the “torpedo-like” object near the Lombok Strait comes at a time of increasing Chinese underwater activity in sensitive areas.
The waterway between Bali and Lombok is closely watched by the United States and Australia. It is one of the few deepwater routes that can accommodate submarine transits at operational depth and is also suitable for large naval vessels travelling between the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
DevelopingFragile ceasefire lifts markets as Trump threatens 50% tariffs on Iran arms suppliers
Tehran warns it may quit truce over Lebanon strikes and halts tanker passage through Strait of Hormuz as tensions simmer
As a long-awaited ceasefire announcement eased global markets, US President Donald Trump again stirred trade tensions by threatening a new 50 per cent tariff on countries supplying weapons to Iran, while Tehran blocked oil tanker passage through the Strait of Hormuz and warned it may withdraw from the agreement if Israeli attacks on Lebanon continue.
In related diplomatic moves, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Mark Rutte in Washington to discuss the US-Israel conflict with Iran.
The former Dutch prime minister is scheduled to meet Trump later at the White House, as the president continues to criticise the transatlantic alliance for not assisting in securing the Strait of Hormuz.
“A Country supplying Military Weapons to Iran will be immediately tariffed, on any and all goods sold to the United States of America, 50%, effective immediately. There will be no exclusions or exemptions!” Trump warned on social media on Wednesday, without saying which countries would be affected.
That agreement came less than two hours ahead of Trump’s deadline for Iran to cede to his demands or face widespread destruction of its civilian infrastructure.
