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Alexis Arquette Died From 'Complications Related to AIDS'
Her family released an incredibly moving statement about Arquette's contributions to the world, and how fearlessly she chose to live a life true to herself, even in a world that can be horribly toxic to trans people . Her brothers and sisters have more than 200 acting credits in feature films between them, with a joint box office of around $2 billion. Arquette, best known for supporting roles in The Wedding Singer and Pulp Fiction , made headlines in recent years with a series of ...
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Lochte feels 'hurt' after 'Dancing with the Stars' incident
As seen in the video above, the Dancing with the Stars production team quickly cuts away to commercial so that the situation an be handled off camera. In 2013, former Food Network Star Paula Deen used the N-word and correspondingly lost her show and sponsorships. After the program returned from the unscheduled break, Lochte did not address the incident directly.
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Donald Trump to release health details
Clinton's near collapse brought up some familiar concerns about her penchant for secrecy, which has fueled a debate about her use of a private e-mail server while she served as President Barack Obama's secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.
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North KoreaSouth Korea says country ready for another nuclear test any time
Reports of another nuclear test being conducted soon after were rife, according to South Korea's Yonhap News Agency . Since Friday's nuclear test South Korea has spoken publicly of its military capabilities and said it is prepared for a retaliation if it is attacked by the North.
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Clinton says she got dizzy but didn't pass out
Clinton spokesperson Brian Fallon has been on MSNBC, CNN saying how Clinton was fine when she entered the van. News of her pneumonia diagnosis , made Friday, were disclosed later. "If Hillary Clinton will not retract her comments in full, I don't see how she can credibly campaign any further". It usually is treated with antibiotics.
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Arson Suspected at Florida Mosque Where Orlando Nightclub Shooter Worshiped
The person then fled the premises. It is too early in the investigation to connect 9/11 or the Pulse attacks to the fire, Thompson said . Mateen was killed by police after opening fire at the Pulse nightclub June 12 in a rampage that left 49 victims dead and 53 wounded.
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Trump closes on Clinton in Pa.
Trump led by 12 points on each of these issues as recently as May. Clinton's support has been trending down from a high of 44% in early August just after the Democratic National Convention. Democrats outnumber Republicans in Pennsylvania by about 57 percent to 43 percent, not including independents, so the F&M party sampling is about in line with the state's party breakdown.
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Obama lays into Trump's 'wacky' foreign policy
Trump's latest remarks came hours after US Defence Secretary Ash Carter said Russian Federation "has clear ambition to erode the principled worldwide order". Trump's interview surfaced as he and Clinton continue to clash over foreign policy in the run up to the November 8 presidential election. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are pushing ahead in top presidential battlegrounds with Labor Day behind them.
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Rio Paralympic: Onye Wins Gold In Women's Shot Put f40 Final
The 42-year-old from Parksville, B.C., has dominated the 100 and 200 events internationally, but the 200 was scrapped from the schedule this year and replaced with the 400. The U.S. swimmer - the most decorated Olympian in any sport - retired at the close of the Rio Summer Games in August with a haul of 28 medals, 23 of them gold.
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Weekend Box Office: Tom Hanks' 'Sully' Flies to Stellar $35.5M Debut
Garner a A CinemaScore , the biographical drama skewed female (56%) in North America, while 80% of the audience was over the age of 35. The movie was directed by Clint Eastwood and stars Tom as Captain Chesley " Sully " Sullenberger , who made an emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River in 2009, minutes after taking off.
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Bell Biv DeVoe announces new album, debuts video for single 'Run'
After all this time, the New Edition offset is still proving three's the hard way on the heels of the upcoming album Three Stripes ≡, on eOne Entertainment. Hmm... I wonder if fans will be getting an entire B.B.D. album soon? "(I Thought It Was Me)?", "When Will I See You Smile Again?", and the title track.
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Former wrestler CM Punk crushed in UFC debut
We may or may not see Punk again in the Octagon, although he said that he would be back in his post-fight interview, but it is quite apparent that Mickey Gall is here to stay. The fight world had high hopes for the debut of CM Punk , despite the numerous criticism he faced. UFC President Dana White wanted Gall to go harder with his music selection, but many fans on the Internet supported Gall's choice, and White listened.
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'Sausage Party' Co-Helmer Conrad Vernon To Direct 'The Toxic Avenger' Remake
Loosely based on Lloyd Kaufman's classic Troma franchise, The Toxic Avenger is the tale of a high school kid who gets dunked in a Value-Added Tax of toxic waste by a corrupt chemical company. The Toxic Avenger remake is being produced by Se7en and Hancock producer Richard Saperstein , along with Akiva Goldsman's Weed Road production company and reality-TV veteran Charlie Corwin.
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Politics take front row seat at New York Fashion Week
In an interview with Glamour following the show, Siriano said of the reaction: 'it was never an intentional thing... "We're celebrating color and vibrancy and diversity and lots of women can really wear these clothes". Siriano has never actually been to Capri, the Italian playground for the well-heeled. In particular, the design team was inspired by the lattice work in that country, using a vendor in Portugal to do laser cutting of fabrics.
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Jack White got emotional on 'Tonight Show'
Both "Effect & Cause" and "Want And Able" end sides of records, putting these brother/sister tunes in their proper places while " Forever For Her (Is Over For Me )" which was a show stopping standout on Get Behind Me Satan , becomes just another victor in this "almost-greatest-hits" context.
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Why Gene Wilder Quit The Movies
He expected his friend to go but said it was still a big shock. "The director asked, 'What do you want to do that for?' I said from that time on, no one will know if I'm lying or telling the truth". " Gene Wilder: amusing doing something & amusing doing nothing". Wilder worked mostly in television in recent years, including appearances on "Will & Grace" - one of which earned him an Emmy Award for outstanding guest actor - and a starring role in the short-lived sitcom "Something Wilder".
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NFLPA, NFL investigating handling of hits on QB Cam Newton
Again, it's kind of like what happened to Shaquille O'Neal. "... Because he's a big guy, they think he can take it". Since the game concluded, Newton has been tested four times to see if he has a concussion. Cecil Newton also questioned whether the Broncos players were deliberately head-hunting Cam. He was forced to attempt to win the game with a 50-yard field goal.
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Cast: 'The Birth of a Nation' bigger than Nate Parker
Parker's tone-deaf comments on the rape case , and the recent revelations of his accuser's eventual suicide, have only dug a deeper hole for the writer, director, producer, and star who dazzled Park City with the passion project in January, and whose fingerprints are all over The Birth of a Nation .
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Star Trek museum moves from Vulcan to Dinosaur Capital of the World
In that mission, Kirk was assisted by a crew of racially and ethnically diverse people from Earth but also by aliens, most famously Mr. Spock, who had a Vulcan father and a human mother. Born from the mind of Gene Roddenberry, the original " Star Trek " series aired for three seasons - a short run that belied the influence it would have for generations.
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Labour: Theresa May's grammar school plans will leave pupils to 'rot'
I want every child to have the kind of opportunities that I enjoyed. She said that would stop the wealthy choosing their children's school by buying a house near it. "But it has prevented new Catholic schools from opening, which are more successful, more popular and more ethnically diverse than other types of state school".
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London tube station replaces adverts with pictures of cats
Nearly 700 people helped the Citizens Advertising Takeover Service (Cats) raise £23,000 to buy the advertising space at Clapham Common station. Or should we say CAT-ham Common. The initiative is the first new collective which aims to use creativity for good. We want to inspire people to think differently about the world and realise they have the power to change it'.
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Miss Arkansas Wins Miss America 2017
Her reign as Miss America may be over, but Betty Cantrell has a whole new reason to celebrate now - she's engaged! Shields performed a jazz dance to a song from the TV show " Smash ", for which she won a preliminary competition earlier in the week.
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Catch The Boss Near You: Bruce Springsteen Schedules Book Tour
Bruce Springsteen performed in Pittsburgh on 9/11, and before launching into a rare live cover of "Long Walk Home" he showed off a present he received from a fan earlier in the evening. His longest ever show was 4hrs 6mins, in Finland in 2012. Bruce Springsteen's autobiography " Born to Run " arrives September 27, and he's making a book tour that includes a visit to Barnes & Noble at The Grove at Farmers Market in Los Angeles.
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'Sully' flies high to $35.5 million US opening
The film examines the sequence of events that led Sully and Skiles to land the plane on the Hudson with numerous variations, each one allowing the audience to "learn something new" about the flight , Hanks said. Meanwhile, Kate Beckinsale's new horror The Disappointments Room was a big disappointment at the USA box office, taking in just $1.4 million (GBP1.06 million) thanks in part to a series of awful reviews.
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Eddie Antar, Owner of 'Crazy Eddie' Retail Chain, Dead at 68
The chain grew up to 43 stores and was hugely popular with its insane commercials and deep discounts. The chain went public in 1984, and three years later Mr. Antar was extradited to the United States in 1993 and was convicted on racketeering and stock fraud charges. He pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges and was sentenced to prison, the Associated Press reported .
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Hillary Clinton diagnosed with pneumonia, cancels California trip
As Warren put it, "there were unavoidable questions as to why they only disclosed Sunday, amid her fainting episode, that she'd been diagnosed Friday with pneumonia , and proceeded to duck the media at key junctures during the day". "While at this morning's event, she became overheated and dehydrated". Friday night, Hillary Clinton called half of Donald Trump's supporters a " basket of deplorables ".
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ND Pipeline Protester: 'It's About Our Rights As Native People'
The pipeline itself would be 1,172 miles long and would carry around 500,000 gallons of oil per day between North Dakota and IL. "In the interim, we request that the pipeline company voluntarily pause all construction activity within 20 miles east or west of Lake Oahe".
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Deepika, Ranveer and Shahid to have solo posters for 'Padmavati'?
According to reports, Ranveer has been paid around Rs 7-8 crore for the film, whereas Deepika has reportedly been paid Rs 11 crore, excluding taxes. Not so long ago, a leading daily had reported that Shahrukh Khan charges 40-45 crores per movie, which means that the actor demanded a fat fee of 90 crores for Padmavati .
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Nate Parker Doesn't Want His Controversy To 'Hijack' Talk At TIFF
Parker was acquitted, though his college roommate, Jean Celestin (who helped create "The Birth of a Nation ") was initially found guilty of sexual assault . "I don't want to hijack this with my personal life". At the beginning of 2016, Parker was considered a shoo-in for Oscar gold when his film screened at the Sundance Film Festival .
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Clint Eastwood's 'Sully' drives adults to 5:21 pm Sun
The action-adventure, which recreates 2009′s " Miracle on the Hudson " emergency landing, generated an A CinemaScore in a strong signal that " Sully " should continue to draw well in coming weeks. Audiences were 80 percent over 35 and 56 percent female. "The movie sells itself", Warner Bros. distribution executive Jeff Goldstein said. "Older audiences love to go to the movies as well, and " Sully " is exactly the kind of movie that can bring them out".
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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Catches Fire While Charging In Hotel Room
Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 is still trying to recover from the battery fiasco . Florida's Nathan Dornacher told WTVT that his Note 7 was sitting on the console of his Jeep Grand Cherokee before it exploded and took the vehicle with it.
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Fire at Florida mosque investigated as arson
Mateen, who lived in Fort Pierce, perpetrated the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history in June. It caught fire early Monday morning, and officials believe an arsonist is to blame. "Is that related? I do not want to speculate but certainly that is in the back of our minds". Sheriff's officials said they would be releasing the video and asking for the public's help in identifying the person responsible for the fire.
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Benicio Del Toro In Talks To Star In 'Predator' Reboot
For Del Toro, if a deal makes, Predator will continue his franchise movie streak. Black will direct the film for 20th Century Fox . Producers include Joel Silver, Lawrence Gordon and John Davis, according to the Hollywood Reporter . In the film, a heavy-hitting, six-man soldiering team head to Val Verde to rescue an official held hostage. " The Predator " may have already found its prey...
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Gary Johnson hopes to move past Aleppo gaffe
Actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has joined calls for Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson to be included in the upcoming debates, saying the country benefits from an open conversation. He has, however, missed the bus for bigger states like California. According to RealClear Polictics, Johnson has been the closest third-party candidate to that, polling around 9 percent in national polls, while McMullin has been around 1 percent.
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BBC loses contract for The Great British Bake Off
Channel 4's current plan to broadcast a celebrity charity special in 2017 appears to confirm this, with Stand Up to Cancer typically airing in October every year. The Great British Bake Off is hosted by comedians Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc and judges by Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry , but it remains to be seen whether all or any will follow the show to its new platform, although negotiations with a commercial broadcaster would mean they could likely demand a significantly higher pay.