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Not So Sweet: Why Starbucks has recalled 300,000 of its vanilla coffee drinks
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Not So Sweet: Why Starbucks has recalled 300,000 of its vanilla coffee drinks

According to the US Food and Drug Administration, the vanilla Frappuccino drinks were recalled after glass was discovered inside some of the bottles

Elephant in the room: How plastic spoons, glass entered the diet of wild pachyderms in India
India

Elephant in the room: How plastic spoons, glass entered the diet of wild pachyderms in India

Researchers have warned that while trash passes through the digestive systems of elephants, the animals could be ingesting a slew of chemicals that may contribute to declines in population numbers and survival rates

Old movie review: M Night Shyamalan's new thriller gets lost in time
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Old movie review: M Night Shyamalan's new thriller gets lost in time

Add Old to the unrealised potential column of M Night Shyamalan’s filmography.

M Night Shyamalan teams up with Universal Pictures on two more thrillers slated for 2021, 2023
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M Night Shyamalan teams up with Universal Pictures on two more thrillers slated for 2021, 2023

M Night Shyamalan's thrillers will be released on 26 February, 2021 and 17 February, 2023 but no other details are available at this point.

Alcohol bottles contain harmful levels of lead and cadmium, a new study finds
science

Alcohol bottles contain harmful levels of lead and cadmium, a new study finds

Out of the 89 bottles examined, 76 were positive for low levels of lead and 55 were positive for cadmium

M Night Shyamalan on directing Marvel films: I am okay with it only if it would allow for 'big weirdness'
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M Night Shyamalan on directing Marvel films: I am okay with it only if it would allow for 'big weirdness'

Glass director M Night Shyamalan believes Marvel films have got weirder over the years with films like Guardians of the Galaxy and Thor: Ragnarok

Why Cheat India, Glass, Bombairiya, Fraud Saiyyan, On the Basis of Sex, Rangeela Raja: Know Your Releases
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Why Cheat India, Glass, Bombairiya, Fraud Saiyyan, On the Basis of Sex, Rangeela Raja: Know Your Releases

From Emraan Hashmi's highly anticipated social drama Why Cheat India to the Radhika Apte, Akshay Oberoi-starrer black comedy Bombairiya, this Friday will be Bollywood-heavy.

Glass movie review: M Night Shyamalan desperately needs a co-writer to channel his ideas into a smart film
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Glass movie review: M Night Shyamalan desperately needs a co-writer to channel his ideas into a smart film

Glass has all the elements to be an epic conclusion to this trilogy, but Shyamalan's film ultimately doesn't hold up.

Firstpost Editor's Picks: 2019 Kumbh Mela, MLA poaching in Karnataka, Mayawati's ambitions; today's must-read stories
India

Firstpost Editor's Picks: 2019 Kumbh Mela, MLA poaching in Karnataka, Mayawati's ambitions; today's must-read stories

At first glance, it may have been a scene from a millennium ago, and yet the 21st Century also hovers over, in the form of three drones that help the police control room keep a watch and ensure the safety of the millions who congregate at the Kumbh Mela

Glass is a make-or-break film for M Night Shyamalan — an auteur who always bounces back from his failures
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Glass is a make-or-break film for M Night Shyamalan — an auteur who always bounces back from his failures

One would like to believe that Shyamalan sees his own heroic resurrection in the fate of Glass. And that this time there won’t be a twist he didn’t see coming.

Glass stars Bruce Willis, Samuel Jackson, James McAvoy don purple for premier in London
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Glass stars Bruce Willis, Samuel Jackson, James McAvoy don purple for premier in London

Glass stars Samuel L Jackson, Sarah Paulson and James McAvoy attended the film’s premiere in London.

Glass review round-up: M Night Shyamalan's trilogy-closer is 'uneven, disappointing and ultimately unsatisfying'
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Glass review round-up: M Night Shyamalan's trilogy-closer is 'uneven, disappointing and ultimately unsatisfying'

Unlike Unbreakable and Split, Glass has mostly received negative reviews from critics, with IGN's Rosie Knight calling it a "tonally confused" movie with "hints of greatness."

Exploding stars have made the key ingredient in sand and glass, a study suggests
science

Exploding stars have made the key ingredient in sand and glass, a study suggests

Silica makes up around 60% of the Earth's crust composition, and a major ingredient in sand.

Glass trailer 2: Samuel L Jackson unleashes The Beast upon Bruce Willis in M Night Shyamalan’s latest
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Glass trailer 2: Samuel L Jackson unleashes The Beast upon Bruce Willis in M Night Shyamalan’s latest

Glass melds the worlds of Unbreakable and Split, two very different films about three very different superhumans — Samuel L Jackson’s Mr Glass, Bruce Willis’ David Dunn and James McAvoy’s Kevin Wendell Crumb.

Glass could be a much-needed boost to M. Night Shyamalan's career, and the Unbreakable series
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Glass could be a much-needed boost to M. Night Shyamalan's career, and the Unbreakable series

If Shyamalan's next film Glass hits the sweet spot, he will have managed something seemed unimaginable by Hollywood standards — a great comeback.

Glass trailer: Third part of M Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable series brings three ace actors together
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Glass trailer: Third part of M Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable series brings three ace actors together

The third movie in the director's Unbreakable film series, Glass is a superhero horror thriller which follows 2000's Unbreakable and 2016's Split.

Researchers have developed an anti-reflective glass technology that could help solve smartphone glare problem
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Researchers have developed an anti-reflective glass technology that could help solve smartphone glare problem

The ultra-transparent nanotextured glass is antireflective over a broad wavelength range - the entire visible and near-infrared spectrum.

M Night Shyamalan begins shooting for new film Glass; Bruce Willis, Samuel L Jackson to reprise roles
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M Night Shyamalan begins shooting for new film Glass; Bruce Willis, Samuel L Jackson to reprise roles

M Night Shyamalan's film, starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson, has been 17 years in the making

Drop tests shows the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 outperforming the Apple iPhone 8 Plus
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Drop tests shows the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 outperforming the Apple iPhone 8 Plus

According to Apple, the glass used is a reinforced by an internal laser welded steel and copper structure.