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Hollywood is generally assumed to be a bastion of political liberalism, but when movie characters find themselves unintentionally pregnant, one of two things happens: they keep the baby, or they conveniently miscarry. “Juno” is the only film in recent history in which the protagonist seriously considers termination. Upon learning of her pregnancy, Juno (Ellen Page) makes an appointment to, as she deadpans, “procure a hasty abortion.” But on the day of the procedure, a schoolmate protesting outside the clinic tells Juno her fetus already has fingernails....

Rahul Dravid always reminds me of a military commander displaying ice-cool nerves in the war, especially when his army is facing imminent defeat. Dravid was literally an impregnable wall; his tenacity was simply phenomenal. From the bouncy Australian tracks and the seaming English surfaces to the subcontinent turning tracks, Rahul Dravid was the ultimate master. The amount of concentration he revealed always reminds me of Lord Gautam Buddha meditating under a tree with utter assiduousness....

Get a load of Earl Sinclair. He’s the natural evolution of Ralph Kramden, Archie Bunker and Dan (Mr. Roseanne) Conner. Except evolution isn’t quite the word. The year is 60,000,003 B.C. Earl is a cigar-chomping, blue-collar megalosaurus, and he’s just been canned from his job as a tree pusher for the Wesayson Development Corp. Lumbering into the kitchen of his prehistoric digs, he has only gruff words for his wife: “Look, I don’t give a damn about your day....

NEWSWEEK: The Democrats have retaken both houses of Congress. How similar is this election to 1994, when the Republicans turned the tables on the Democrats? Gary Jacobson: This was a national referendum, just as 1994 was a national referendum. They were both elections where you had one party in charge of all the major institutions and that gives people a very clear target if they are unhappy. They used their vote to express their feelings about national politics and issues-primarily dissatisfaction with the war and the policies of the Bush administration....

Toni Kroos’ 95th-minute winner against Sweden on Saturday looked to have given Germany a World Cup lifeline, but their pathetic performance in the 2-0 loss to South Korea on Wednesday ensured that they were eliminated from the World Cup at the group stage for the first time in 80 years. And in truth, they got exactly what they deserved. Had they simply seen off a South Korea side who had already been beaten by Sweden and Mexico they would have got away with it....

Also Read: 7 Ways How Hackers Plan Their Attacks The answer is in that URL. It may look like it reads “apple”, but that’s a bunch of Cyrillic characters: A, Er, Er, Palochka, Ie. Bam! The security declaration is sufficiently genuine, however all it affirms is that you have a safe association with ?????.com – which discloses to you nothing about whether you’re associated with a legitimate site or not....

On June 11, Alex Parsons created a petition to have all Confederate Monuments in Tennessee replaced with the beloved “9 to 5” hitmaker. He wrote to Governor Bill Lee and the Tennessee House and Senate to consider this switch. Parton, a Tennessee native and country music icon, feels like a good fit for the many monuments throughout the state. “While the idea of replacing all of those monuments with Dolly Parton may seem funny, the history of those monuments is anything but,” Parsons begins the petition posted on Change....

The group stage certainly wasn’t all smooth sailing for the reigning champions. They got off to a dramatic start, needing two late goals to salvage victory at home versus Sporting and were also held to an equally thrilling 3-3 draw versus Legia on Matchday Four. Dropping points there meant the fate of the group would depend on their two matches versus Dortmund. Madrid’s UCL curtain-opener brought Cristiano Ronaldo’s former club, Sporting CP, to the Spanish capital, but things weren’t going to script as the game ticked into the final minute, with the visitors leading 0-1....

Before the Yankees’ game at Comerica Park on Wednesday, a Detroit reporter asserted to A-Rod that fans see him as a villain coming off his 162-game suspension because of his use of performance-enhancing drugs and the surrounding drama. MORE: Every MLB team’s most infamous moment According to NJ.com, Rodriguez questioned the thesis before saying he’s used to the boos. “It’s been one, long boo for 15 years,” he said, though he thinks fans on the road have been “really generous” despite some cold receptions he has gotten....

You see, Doolittle lives in California, meaning he has to deal with awful traffic on a daily basis. But everyone knows eating a burrito can make even the longest waits in traffic seem like a breeze. MORE: Which active players are destined for the HOF? | A’s trade closer to Mets Yes. Doolittle keeps a burrito in his car. Sean Doolittle is a genius. Ever since Blake Griffin was asked by an Uber driver if he would like to eat a sandwich kept in the glove box of the Uber car, we’ve been wondering what the rest of the world felt about this tactic....

Despite not even playing Houston on Friday night (Oakland faced the Angels), the club placed a cardboard cutout of Houston’s mascot, Orbit, in what appeared to be a trash can and stashed it in the bleachers. ESPN’s TV broadcast captured the troll job placed between other fan-created cutouts. Teams around the league are letting fans put images of themselves or loved ones in the stands during the COVID-19 pandemic....

Botha, 30, produced TV documentaries for the state-run South Africa Broadcasting Corp. Her uncle is Stoffel Botha, a former minister of Home Affairs who tried to withdraw Boesak’s passport after he organized a 1985 protest march against the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela. Boesak was linked to another woman before. Five years ago, security police leaked reports that he was having an adulterous relationship with a woman staff member of the South African Council of Churches....

Despite the fact that no release date is in sight, Team Cherry has done an admirable job keeping the Hollow Knight community in the know about exactly what will be in its new game. Hollow Knight: Silksong takes place in the brand-new kingdom of Pharloom, and features the adventures of former rival character Hornet as she seeks to climb to the top of this mysterious new locale. Along the way, Hornet will take advantage of many new features, including combat mechanics, a crafting and equipment system, and the ability to actually converse with NPCs and take on more structured quests....

Everybody seemed to sense that except Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, who refused to give an inch. Secretary of State James Baker went to Shamir with a pledge from Bush that the White House wouldn’t try to delay the loan guarantees further once Bush’s proposed 120-day hiatus was up. But Shamir demanded that the aid not be conditional on a freeze on settlements. Baker refused. “Israel and her supporters in the United States risk the peace process,” a “senior official,” later acknowledged to be Baker, said, adding that the administration might well seek tough restrictions on settlements....

Internet Explorer was the default web browser for Windows home computers (opens in new tab) and laptops (opens in new tab) for two decades, but it has rarely matched up to the best web browsers (opens in new tab) out there. Internet Explorer was consistently outclassed by Google Chrome (opens in new tab) and Mozilla Firefox (opens in new tab) throughout the years. Microsoft announced it was replacing Internet Explorer with Edge in March 2015, but it has continued to support the browser with security updates since then....

TikTok user Gina Bologna asked her followers to unfollow even some Hollywood and corporate names to lessen the elites’ giant incomes. Her video was posted Saturday and it’s starting to pick up steam. At the time of publishing, over 54,000 people liked the video and nearly 1,000 users made their own videos that showed them unfollowing celebrities—such as billionaire Kylie Jenner—on social media. “Eat the Rich” isn’t a new concept or phrase....

No doubt about that. And there’s no doubt, either, that election-year politics lie behind the FAA’s new firmness and Pena’s request that Congress make safety the agency’s sole responsibility. But don’t confuse rhetoric with reform. Thanks to inept management, bureaucratic inertia and the constant tugging of powerful economic interests, the FAA remains one of the federal government’s least adaptive agencies, Congress loves to hate it and hates to change it....

PFAS are used in a variety of consumer goods, including nonstick cookware, rain jackets, fast food packaging, and carpeting, due to their grease- and water-resistant properties. They leach into the environment during the production processes and seep through landfills. PFAS is everywhere—it contaminates drinking water, soil, and the air. They’ve become so widespread that around 97% of people in the U.S. likely have PFAS in their blood. Over time, PFAS buildup can cause a range of health issues, such as low birth weight, reduced immune response, liver damage, high cholesterol, and various cancers....