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Helena Bonham Carter: Princess Margaret’s Ghost Gave Me Advice For ‘The Crown’

Princess Margaret is still pretty spirited — at least according to Helena Bonham Carter. The actor, who plays the royal who died in 2002 in Season 3 of Netflix’s “The Crown,” told the audience at the Cheltenham Literary Festival that she did some pretty thorough research into the life of Queen Elizabeth II’s younger sister. This […]

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When Biking and Bears Don’t Mix

Travel / En Sound Media

In a 2013 study on forest land near Vail, Colo., researchers blamed human tourists and recreation for the smaller herd counts, down to several dozen head of elk from 1,000 in years past. One study showed that if a cow elk was disturbed 10 times during calving, no calves would survive. To complicate matters, advanced

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Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Mobile Start-Up, Quibi, Makes a Deal With ESPN

Technology / En Sound Media

LOS ANGELES — Quibi’s latest partner is ESPN. The sports network, part of the Walt Disney Company, has agreed to join the likes of NBC News in providing content for the soon-to-launch short-form video platform from Jeffrey Katzenberg, a onetime chairman of Walt Disney Studios and a founder of DreamWorks. ESPN’s contribution, a daily sports

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Mystics want to clinch in Connecticut for coach Thibault

Sports / En Sound Media

Washington, of course, would take its first WNBA championship no matter where it happens. But the Mystics want to win it in Connecticut on Tuesday in part for their coach. Mike Thibault spent 10 years in Uncasville and led the Connecticut Sun to eight playoff appearances, including Finals in 2004 and 2005. But he never

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Trump Impeachment Inquiry: Latest Updates

Politics / En Sound Media

But the individual has hired the same legal team as the first whistle-blower. That, and the claim of “firsthand knowledge,” suggests testimony that might bolster the impeachment case against Mr. Trump and further undermine one of his main defense claims: that the accusations against him are based on inaccurate, secondhand information. The New York Times

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GE freezes pensions for 20K, trimming up to $6B in debt

Finance / En Sound Media

General Electric is freezing the pension plans of about 20,000 of its workers and offering pension buyouts to 100,000 former employees as it attempts to reduce its mountain of debt. The industrial conglomerate has been selling off assets and streamlining its operations amid sagging profits and other setbacks in recent years. It has about $105.8

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Jeff Koons’ Paris Bataclan sculpture mocked as ‘pornographic’

Entertainment / En Sound Media

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionJeff Koons unveils large tulip sculpture in Paris A large tulip sculpture in Paris in tribute to the victims of the 2015 attacks in the city has been criticised for looking more like marshmallows – or even parts of human anatomy. The Bouquet of Tulips, a gift

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Goodbye, iTunes: Once-revolutionary app gone in Mac update

Technology / En Sound Media

It’s time to bid farewell to iTunes, the once-revolutionary program that made online music sales mainstream and effectively blunted the impact of piracy. That assumes, of course, that you still use iTunes — and many people no longer do. On iPhones, the functions have long been split into separate apps for music, video and books.

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Pac-12 Commissioner: Serious concerns with California law

Sports / En Sound Media

Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott has expressed serious concerns about a new law that would allow college athletes in California to hire agents and be compensated for the use of their names or likenesses through endorsement deals or other money-making opportunities. The law signed last week by Gov. Gavin Newsom would blur the lines between college

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Impeachment Fight May Help a New NAFTA Deal

Politics / En Sound Media

WASHINGTON — The escalating impeachment drama between Congress and the White House that has all but doomed hopes of most legislative progress this fall has instead enhanced the prospects for approval, within weeks, of one major initiative: a sweeping new trade agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico. Top lawmakers in both parties and

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