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Frances Bean Cobain’s Ex Wants $25,000 a Month in Spousal Support

Edit The Wrap 26 Aug 2016
Frances Bean Cobain’s soon-to-be-ex husband is asking for a whopper of an allowance, as the estranged couple moves further down the road to divorce ... I am a musician with little income over the last couple of years,” Silva said in the declaration ... Courtney Love Wishes 'Greatest True Love' Kurt Cobain a Merry Christmas (Photo) ... Courtney Love Wishes 'Greatest True Love' Kurt Cobain a Merry Christmas (Photo) ....

‘Imperial Ken’ Thompson, the perk-crazed Brooklyn DA

Edit New York Post 26 Aug 2016
Anyone who’s ever watched an episode of “Law & Order” knows that “ignorance of the law is no excuse.” Anyone, that is, except Brooklyn’s chief prosecutor. The city Conflicts of Interest Board just hit District Attorney Ken Thompson with a whopping $15,000 fine — the first the board’s ever levied against a DA — for not realizing that abusing your staff is against city policy....

Helen Mirren to be The Nutcracker's Mother Ginger

Edit Empire 26 Aug 2016
Hoffman as a story called The Nutcracker And The Mouse King and famously turned into a hugely successful ballet by Tchaikovsky, the basic plot follows a young girl named Clara who receives a nutcracker doll from her godfather one Christmas Eve. Seized with the need to see her ......

University of Miami’s legal eagle Robert Blake dies at 75

Edit The Miami Herald 26 Aug 2016
“[He was] an excellent negotiator, one of the best listeners I’ve ever met, and one of the toughest attorneys I’ve ever worked with.” ... “Whenever he had the opportunity to travel with them during games and the championships during Christmas holidays, that made his day to be on the plane with them and to joke with them,” she said of his travels with UM’s football players....

When MLB stars were part athlete, part entertainer | Lucas

Edit NJ dot com 26 Aug 2016
Stars like Ty Cobb, Cy Young, and Babe Ruth made their way around the country, sharing stories about their days on the field ... Stars like Ty Cobb, Cy Young, and Babe Ruth made their way around the rubber chicken circuit, sharing stories about their days on the field, jokes at the ready ... Retired players also joined the circuit, often called on to recount their greatest moments....

How storytelling can help to address police violence

Edit Open Democracy 26 Aug 2016
Stories engage areas of the brain beyond those that simply process information, facilitating negotiation and creating coherence out of traumatic experiences ... A nation fatigued by police violence was quick to pick up on the story, and social media posts about the gathering were soon trending, signaling peoples’ overwhelming desire to affirm that ‘all is well.’ ... The stories that I heard along the way were fascinating....

Patricia Arquette Condemns ‘Widespread’ Rape Culture Amid Nate Parker Controversy

Edit The Wrap 26 Aug 2016
... the Oscar-winning actress told TheWrap ... “It’s very hard because the film tells a very important story and it needs to be told,” she said, obviously conflicted about the controversy that has resurfaced around the actor-filmmaker whose Sundance hit retells the true story of Nat Turner, the leader of a slave revolt in 1830s Virginia....

Ornamental Pepper (The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Aug 2016
It has fruit that are about 2 inches long, reminding me of the old-fashioned Christmas tree lights that were big and bold before we went to these miniature versions ... Don't let the word 'smaller' deter you ... The series also includes 'Salsa Orange,' 'Salsa Red' and 'Salsa Yellow.' These are small, compact plants that reach 6 to 10 inches and load up more colorful peppers than you would ever imagine for that size of plant....

Woman says grandparents married 62 years are forced to be apart

Edit Atlanta Journal 26 Aug 2016
Read more trending stories. "This is the saddest photo I have ever taken," Bartyik said in the photo caption ... of space in the care facility ... Juma told CTV News the company will "continue to work to reunite this couple.". "We certainly understand how heartbreaking this is for the family ... Friends please read! This is The saddest photo I have ever taken....

Our Friends in the North: What made it so special?

Edit BBC News 26 Aug 2016
"I heard stories in my own family about my Uncle Bill being sacked in the 30s, crying in a doorway and being too ashamed to go home, so all that stuff about the Jarrow Marchers resonated with me," he says ... "Mark and Daniel are major movie stars and Gina's one of the greatest stage actors of her generation so there's a nice lesson in humility for me there....

‘UnREAL’ Star Constance Zimmer on Finally Getting Emmy Love and What to Expect in Season 3

Edit The Daily Beast 26 Aug 2016
So I watched the short film that Sarah wrote and directed and I went and I met with them and we had a two-and-a-half hour meeting and it was one of the greatest meetings I’ve really ever had in my career ... I wasn’t going to say no to that! It was one of the greatest conversations I’ve ever had and I left the meeting and right away said I want to do this....

This photo of a couple saying goodbye is breaking hearts

Edit The Oklahoman 26 Aug 2016
The reason is more heart-wrenching than the picture ... But they were admitted into separate nursing homes and, for the last eight months, have been forced to live apart ... "It's an emotional outburst from both of them," Bartyik told CNN ... "The time is ticking now more than ever before," she told CNN ... The story of the couple was first reported by CNN affiliate CTV....

Helen Mirren Targets Live Action Disney Nutcracker

Edit Coming Soon 26 Aug 2016
Most famously adapted as a ballet by Tchaikovsky in the late 19th century, the Nutcracker tale originated as a short story titled “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” by E.T.A ... More recent live-action attempts on adapting the story include�George Balanchine’s 1993 The Nutcracker,�featuring Macaulay Culkin, and 2009’s�Nutcracker in 3D starring Elle Fanning,�Nathan Lane and�John Turturro....
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