Jessica Biel celebrated Throwback Thursday with a scary-funny memento of her rise to fame. The actor was already gaining popularity from playing Mary Camden on “7th Heaven” when she auditioned for the 2003 remake of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” Biel shared snippets of her screen test on Instagram, asking viewers to guess the film while […]
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Episode 12: ‘Apple’s Gold’ Producer/Director Brent McDonald If you’re reading this on your phone, you may be holding illegally mined gold from Colombia, where the precious metal has replaced cocaine as the main source of income for organized crime. The growing demand for gold as a conductive metal used in phones and other electronic products
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Alabama police have issued an arrest warrant for Los Angeles Lakers center DeMarcus Cousins on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge for harassing communications. . The Mobile municipal court website indicates a warrant was issued for harassing communications, but does not list other details TMZ released an audio recording Tuesday in which it says Cousins threatens
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WARSAW — Elaborate military escorts stood ready. Chefs were at work on a grand state dinner at the Royal Castle. A concert was cued up for television and radio broadcast. The annual commemoration of the outbreak of World War II was even moved from Gdansk to Warsaw, where crowds would be bigger. Poland’s governing party
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When parents, educators and mental health professionals talk about bullying, there is understandably a lot of emphasis on the victims. But in focusing solely on victims in anti-bullying efforts, an important part of the equation gets forgotten: the kids who do the bullying. “Bullying is not a one-time event or a random act of mean
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Polanski has denied recent sexual assault allegations against him Roman Polanski’s new film is set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Friday, despite the jury president boycotting the screening. Argentinean director Lucrezia Martel said she did not want to “congratulate” the director and that his inclusion in
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The Latest on Hurricane Dorian (all times local): 8 a.m. Hurricane Dorian has gotten a little stronger as it moves toward Florida’s East Coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm’s maximum sustained winds increased Friday morning to near 110 mph (175 kph). The Hurricane Center says more strengthening is forecast and Dorian is
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Meek Mill and Meghan Trainor are helping kick off the new social change partnership between the NFL and Jay-Z before the season-opening game in Chicago next week. The NFL and Roc Nation announced Friday that Mill, Trainor and Rapsody will perform in a free pregame concert Sept. 5 in Chicago’s Grant Park before the Bears
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There is no way to increase your odds of being chosen for one of Ms. Selzer’s polls, which have been among the most accurate in the country in past elections. They would be less reliable if there were. Good polls are weighted, but only lightly. Because demographics like race, sex, age and education level are
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Stocks climbed broadly on Wall Street in early trading Friday as the market extended a recent rally and closed in on a big weekly gain after four straight weeks of losses. Despite marching higher most of this week, the market is on track to finish August with a loss. That would be only the second
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