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e nominations for the 73rd Golden Globe Awards were announced Thursday. The 2016 Golden Globes will be held on Jan. 10. The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., which hosts the annual boozy affair, will dole out awards to winners in 25 categories -- 14 in film and 11 in television. Three-time host Ricky Gervais will return to emcee the gala at its usual haunt, the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The show will be telecast live on NBC from 5 - 8 p.m. Pacific. The complete list of nominees is below. FULL COVERAGE:  Golden Globes 2016  |  Live updates on the nominations Motion picture, drama "Carol" "Mad Max: Fury Road" "The Revenant" "Room" "Spotlight" Motion picture, comedy "The Big Short" "Joy" "The Martian" "Spy" "Trainwreck" Actress in a motion picture, drama Cate Blanchett Brie Larson Rooney Mara Saoirse Ronan Alicia Vikander Actress in a motion picture, comedy Jennifer ...

M ore than 650 Seventh-day Adventists captured the attention of residents of Puerto Rico’s capital by staging a first-ever march on the importance of the seventh-day Sabbath and providing seven reasons to observe it. Pathfinders held up signs and banners, and Adventist Medical Cadets led the march on a Sabbath afternoon in San Juan as hundreds of participants sang and distributed literature that reminded business owners, street vendors, and bystanders of the holy day. David Sebastian, communication director for the church in eastern Puerto Rico and organizer of the event, speaking to a crowd about the importance of the Sabbath. “You could see people coming onto their balconies to see what the music and marching crowds were all about,” said David Sebastian, communication director for the Adventist Church in eastern Puerto Rico, who helped organize the event. The church holds several marches every year, but this was the first that focused on the Sabbath day, Sebastian said. The march...

Thomas S. Marvel, an architect whose regional style of modernism left an imprint on dozens of public buildings, churches and houses across the Caribbean, died on Tuesday at his home in San Juan, P.R. He was 80. The cause was prostate cancer, his son Jonathan said. Mr. Marvel first went to Puerto Rico in 1959 to build low-cost housing for the International Basic Economy Corporation, a company founded by Nelson A. Rockefeller to improve developing nations. At the end of his three-month assignment, he decided to stay. Using local materials whenever possible, including cement mined from local limestone mountains, he designed stylish buildings sensitive to their tropical island settings. He preferred natural ventilation to air-conditioning; he also liked to use natural light and incorporate gardens into his structures. Some of his more notable projects included the American embassies in Costa Rica and Guatemala; the United States Court House and Federal Building in St. Thomas, Virgin Island...

Beijing (AFP) - Thrill-seeking tourists in China got more than they bargained for when cracks appeared in a glass-bottomed walkway suspended 1,080 meters (3,540 foot) over a canyon, reports said. Images showing small cracks in the "skywalk" built around a mountain, which opened just two weeks ago, spread on social media along with doubts over its safety. "When I was almost at the end (of the walkway), there was a sudden loud bang and a tremor beneath my feet," the state-run China Net cited one woman as saying on Tuesday. The cracks resembled "winter frost on a window pane", the report said, and were apparently caused by a dropped stainless steel cup. But the incident at Yuntai mountain in the northern province of Henan "doesn't affect safety", park officials were quoted as saying. The glass made up of three layers is supposedly capable of supporting up to 800 kilograms (1,763 pounds) per square metre, they said. The incident occured during...

Soon after Pope Francis landed in Cuba last weekend, he urged the U.S. and Cuban governments to further reconcile. “We have witnessed an event which filled us with hope: the process of normalizing relations between two peoples following years of estrangement,” the pontiff said . President Obama already relaxed the 55-year-old Cuban embargo and   announced last week a raft of other measures   intending to strengthen economic ties between the two countries. But, the U.S.-Cuba rapprochement has some practical implications that go far beyond geopolitics. Cuba, a tropical island famous for its sandy beaches, colonial architecture, and rum cocktails, could soon be available to widespread American tourism for the first time in over five decades. This development is likely to pose not only challenges for Cuba but also for the Caribbean tourism industry. Can other Caribbean islands—most notably beleaguered Puerto Rico—handle the competition? Although tourists face   restrictions ...

Opening on September 23, 2015, the autumnal equinox, Dia Art Foundation presents Puerto Rican Light (Cueva Vientos) (2015), a new long-term work by Allora & Calzadilla on the southern coast of Puerto Rico, inside a remote cave at El Convento Natural Protected Area. Puerto Rican Light (Cueva Vientos)  is the newest iteration in a series of system-based sculptures by Allora & Calzadilla. Central to this commission is a solar energy converter that captures and stores sunlight, which is then used to power Dan Flavin’s Puerto Rican Light (to Jeanie Blake) (1965). For Dia’s commission, the artists ambitiously expand this sculptural gesture by installing Puerto Rican Light (Cueva Vientos)  in a cave in Puerto Rico. The journey is part of the viewer’s experience, similar to other Dia sites, including Walter De Maria’s The Lightning Field (1977) in New Mexico and Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty (1970) in Utah . Allora & Calzadilla address light (both natural and elect...

Nike has a long history of Puerto Rico sneakers , mostly Air Force 1s, that pay homage to the island. Joining that rich heritage is the Nike Air Trainer 1 "Puerto Rico" shown here, which features the requisite red, white, and blue colorway. The shoe doesn't skimp on Puerto Rican imagery either – there's a coqui frog on the tongue and Puerto Rican flag embroidered on the back. There's no firm release date for this Nike Air Trainer 1 pair yet, but Nike should be releasing them before the Puerto Rican Day Parade hits NYC on June 14. Nike Air Trainer 1 "Puerto Rico" Color: White/Gym Red-Game Royal-White Style #: 607081-102 Read more: http://solecollector.com/news/nike-air-trainer-1-puerto-rico/#ixzz3eXvmhnr0 by Brendan Dunne Nike Air Trainer 1 Puerto Rico

A team of scientists mapping the ocean floor off the coast of Puerto Rico have ccaptured some amazing images of deep sea creatures, some of which have never been seen before. Scientists from the US government-backed National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration used a remotely operated vehicle across 12 dives to explore the ocean floor to depths up to 20,000ft and then stream their discoveries online. In the video taken from these expeditions and posted online by the website Quartz, an assortment of weird and wonderful creatures such as a fluorescent jellyfish and bright pink starfish can be seen. In total, more than 100 species of fish, 50 deep-water corals and hundreds of invertebrates were filmed by the vehicle’s camera. Among these were several species that did not have names, including a new jellyfish-like creature and a never before seen species of fish. The expedition was just the first leg in a 52-day exploration off the coast of Puerto Rico and it is hoped that th...

  1. Relax on the beach: Puerto Rico's beaches are public and free to visit, although motorists likely will incur parking fees. Indeed, for most of these activities, you're likely to face some transportation and parking costs. Some favorite Puerto Rican beaches include Playa Isla Verde (near Luis Munoz Marin International) and Boquerón Beach (southwest coast) and Playa Flamenco (Isla de Culebra). 2. Stroll Old San Juan: Walk the blue cobblestone streets past pastel colonial buildings dating to the 16th and 17th century Spanish colonial period. El Paseo de la Princesa is lined with trees, antique street lamps, statues, fountains and street vendors. 3. Visit Casa Blanca: (White House), built in 1521 and owned by Ponce de León's family for 250 years. Open Wednesday through Sunday. 4. Explore museums: In Ponce, about 72 miles from San Juan, Museo de la Historia de Ponce focuses on Puerto Rican culture including its ecology, architecture, government and daily life. It inc...

The Caribbean’s newest travel conference began with a simple idea. “We decided that the world should become an island,” says Ingrid Rivera Rocafort, executive of the director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, which launched the first-ever Expo Turismo Internacional at the Puerto Rico Convention Center this week. Thursday saw the culmination of that vision with ETI, a new kind of Caribbean conference aimed at gathering travel agents and tourism actors from around the world in one regional hub. The conference, which is planned as an annual one, is modeled on those held in larger tourism areas like Florida Huddle and FITUR; the goal is to position the Caribbean as a major travel trade intersection, and Puerto Rico as its epicentre. “ETI Puerto Rico has been designed to highlight the options to enjoy the beauty, sports, nature, adventure and gastronomy in the Caribbean area and globally,” Rocafort said. “ETI will help raise awareness, not only for the diversity of our offer between...

Puerto Rico used to produce some of the best coffee in the world — but that was more than a century ago. Today, Puerto Rico's coffee crop is just a fraction of what it was then, and little is exported. But there's a movement on the island to improve quality and rebuild Puerto Rico's coffee industry. The U.S. territory is still America's leading coffee producer, ahead of Hawaii, the only other part of the country where it's grown in any sizable amount. (As The Salt has reported , there is some experimental commercial coffee farming in California.) Puerto Rico produced some 10 million pounds of coffee last year. Much of it is grown in places like Elena Biamon's farm near Jayuya, a town in the island's mountainous interior. Her farm, Finca Gripiñas , is 2,000 feet up, within sight of the island's highest peak and the world-famous Arecibo observatory. There are just 5 acres devoted to coffee and other crops. But getting there requires a hike — it's on...

Scientists just captured stunning images of deep sea creatures off the coast of Puerto Rico—some are so new to us, they don’t even have names. Stunning images of deep sea creatures off the coast of Puerto ... Scientists just captured stunning images of deep sea creatures off the coast of Puerto Rico—some are so new to us, they don’t even have names. Posted by Quartz on Thursday, May 7, 2015 Quartz - Stunning images of deep sea creatures

Two of my favorite things in this world are food and travel. If you ever run into me doing both of these things in a truly exploratory experience, you'll have found me, as they say, "in my element." Growing up in south Florida, I worked my way through various kitchens at a very early age and this is where I began my lifelong relationship with food. South Florida is a melting pot of so many different culinary cultures. As a main arrival point for basically anyone traveling from south of the United States, the Miami area is rife with food history. When you have a vibrant blend of people and culture in an individual area you end up with the unique tapestry of the individual's personal food favorites all woven together but still existing independently. In Miami, you have obvious Cuban influences, but also Haitian cuisine, food from Trinidad & Tobago, and all throughout the Caribbean, including Puerto Rico. During my years living in Miami, I've had the opportunit...