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Former President Donald Trump has claimed his opponent Kamala Harris is faking the size of her rally, as he posted what he called an ‘AI doctored photo’ – even though there is no evidence that the photo was manipulated. At issue is an image that emerged from a Harris-Walz rally at the Detroit Metro Airport…
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Bob Tischler, the writer and producer known for his work on Saturday Night Live, has died. He was 78. The former SNL head writer, who is largely credited with helping revive the NBC sketch comedy show after its infamously panned 1980-81 season, died on July 13 at his home in Bodega Bay, California. His son…
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By Xantha Leatham Published: 19:40 EDT, 11 August 2024 | Updated: 19:40 EDT, 11 August 2024 Households left with undrinkable tap water will receive compensation for the first time, ministers have announced. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has set out tough measures to crack down on water companies failing their customers.…
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The U.S. Men’s Basketball Team’s 98-87 victory over France averaged 19.5 million viewers on NBC and Peacock. That ranks as the most-watched gold medal game since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, based on fast national data from Nielsen and Adobe Analytics. The game peaked at 22.7 million viewers from 5-5:15 p.m. ET, as Team USA pulled…
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A helicopter pilot has been killed after his aircraft crashed into a luxury Cairns hotel and injured two guests with hundreds forced to evacuate the burning building. Emergency services were called to the Double Tree Hotel by Hilton in the Far North Queensland city at 1.50am on Monday. Queensland Ambulance confirmed a helicopter ‘crashed into the…
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CBS Say what you will about “Gilligan’s Island,” but the critically derided 1960s sitcom knew its audience and pandered to them with buffoonish élan. Though that audience didn’t fully materialize until after the series’ cancellation in 1967, decades of successful syndication is all the proof you need to…
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By Xantha Leatham Published: 19:02 EDT, 11 August 2024 | Updated: 19:02 EDT, 11 August 2024 One in ten adults in Britain use vapes – the highest rate ever – according to recent estimates. Analysis from the charity Action on Smoking and Health (Ash) suggests 11 per cent of the population – equivalent to 5.6…
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Au revoir Paris, Hola LA. In a nutshell, that was the just completed ceremony of the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad. It was Tom Cruise leaping off the rim of the Stade de France to take the Olympic flag from LA Mayor Karen Bass and Simone Biles. As the guitar riffs of H.E.R. filled the…
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Hollywood legend Tom Cruise has jumped from the roof of the stadium in death-defying stunt during an extravagant handover ceremony. The 62-year-old could be seen strapped into a harness, ready to wow the thousands of fans in Paris, as the wacky closing ceremony draws to an end. He took up his position as the speeches…
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20th Television Throughout its 12-season run, Hart Hanson’s “Bones” acquired a reputation for basing its bizarre plot lines on astonishingly real events. For the investigative crew at the Jeffersonian Institution, the stranger (and, quite often, the grislier) the better. “Bones” did, however, have a threshold. Obviously, being a…