William Mullally

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Filmmaker Jennifer Abbott was found dead in her London flat, with police saying she might have been killed for her diamond-encrusted Rolex watch. A woman, 66, was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of murder. Abbott, 69, was discovered in her flat with tape over her mouth when a neighbour helped her concerned niece break down the door on June 13. She was last seen alive walking her pet corgi in Camden, north London, on June 10.

1 week ago | thenationalnews.com | William Mullally

In 1977, humanity sent out its first official message to the rest of the universe. Our representative was Nick Sagan, a six-year-old boy. His greeting was simple, delivered in English, pressed on to a golden record, and placed aboard an interstellar probe: "Hello from the children of Planet Earth."Elio, the second Pixar film to be set in outer space after Wall-E and the first to feature alien life, imagines what would happen if the universe finally answered back.

2 weeks ago | thenationalnews.com | William Mullally

You may not know his name, but we bet you know Chazz Palminteri’s face. The Academy Award-nominated Italian-American actor and restaurateur has popped up everywhere from The Usual Suspects to Modern Family – and some of the most beloved American crime movies ever made. Perhaps his best-known work is also his most personal – A Bronx Tale. While the film marked the directorial debut of Robert De Niro, it was Palminteri’s baby.

2 weeks ago | thenationalnews.com | William Mullally

Plestia Alaqad doesn’t want her readers to believe that anything in her book, The Eyes of Gaza, really happened. And even more so, she prays you’ll never be able to relate. “I don't want to live in a world where people are relating to the book,” Alaqad tells The National. “My target audience is the upcoming generations who will read this book in a free Palestine, and they will be in disbelief. They'll be like, ‘how is that possible? How did this happen?

2 weeks ago | thenationalnews.com | William Mullally |Faisal Al Zaabi

The scariest films tap into something primal. Shark attack movies may have begun with Jaws in 1975, but the genre endures because Jaws was merely the first to articulate a fear that nearly all of us have felt – the dread of what may be lurking below our feet in the watery depths below. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jaws' release on June 20, here are some of the most terrifying films – in no particular order – that tap into the age-old dynamic of man versus shark.