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Actor Ione Skye, known for her breakout role in the 1989 film “Say Anything,” is giving fans a look behind her glamorous but tumultuous Hollywood life in a new memoir titled “Say Everything.”In her memoir, the 54-year-old actress reflects on a journey that began when she was just 15, starring alongside Keanu Reeves in “River’s Edge” before sharing the screen with River Phoenix, Matthew Perry and John Cusack in the films that would cement her status as a teen idol.”When I look back on the pictures, I almost can’t take in how young I look,” Skye said.The memoir also details…

Apple shareholders on Tuesday rejected a proposal to end the iPhone maker’s diversity, equity and inclusion program. The National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank, had called on Apple to follow other major companies in backing off from DEI, which has come under fire from Republicans and from President Donald Trump. “DEI poses litigation, reputational and financial risks to companies, and therefore financial risks to their shareholders, and therefore further risks to companies for not abiding by their fiduciary duties,” according to the proposal offered by the group. It offered a similar proposal at Costco’s annual meeting in January that…

The star power of women’s sports is shining brighter than ever.Last year, the basketball sensation Caitlin Clark helped lift the Indiana Fever to an astonishing 265 percent increase in attendance over the previous season. The international phenom Ilona Maher and her teammates electrified crowds at the Paris Olympics when they secured the first U.S. medal ever in rugby sevens. Women’s sports leagues like the N.W.S.L. and W.N.B.A. broke records for TV viewership and attendance. And this year, Nike chose to feature exclusively female athletes in its first Super Bowl ad in 27 years.Whether you are a longtime fan, or just…

New data has revealed an alarming trend in women opting to forgo vital medications due to cost pressures, with calls for the PBS co-payment to be slashed.

While the port project has been largely stalled by the fighting, Kyaukphyu is also the site of a completed China-backed power plant and natural gas pipeline, as well as a naval base. A Rakhine-based charity leader, speaking on condition of anonymity, said “there is a need for healthcare and medicine for those displaced”. A junta spokesman could not be reached for comment, while an AA spokesman did not respond to a request for comment. China has invested in the coastal state, which neighbours Bangladesh, under its Belt and Road Initiative founded in 2013 to expand its international trade footprint. However,…

Here are some of the highlights from Donald Trump’s speech to the US Congress.

Reactions from conservatives on social media poured in after President Donald Trump spoke for about two hours in his address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night.After Trump’s speech lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes, conservatives took to social media to praise the president and criticize the Democratic response, including Democratic Rep. Al Green’s removal from the room for interrupting Trump’s address. “Peak Trump,” former Trump campaign senior adviser Tim Murtaugh posted on X. “That’s what that was.””Who else feels like they could run through a wall for America after that,” Trump administration senior advisor for the U.S. Agency for Global…

Some Washingtonians are displeased after learning the days are numbered for the current look of the Black Lives Matter Plaza situated near the White House. Protesters were at the plaza on Tuesday night, FOX 5 DC reported, after Mayor Muriel Bowser posted about the “evolution” of the plaza to X, saying it will be a part of DC’s America 250 mural project, “where we will invite students and artists to create new murals across all eight wards.””The mural inspired millions of people and helped our city through a painful period, but now we can’t afford to be distracted by meaningless congressional…

Canada’s spy agency warns that colliding global developments make the Arctic an “attractive, strategic and vulnerable destination” for foreign adversaries seeking to establish a presence in Canada. A newly released Canadian Security Intelligence Service assessment flags the environment, critical infrastructure, economic activity and geopolitics as converging factors making the region susceptible to threats from abroad.It sees resource extraction projects, increasing ship traffic, the building of ports and possible militarization of the Arctic as some of the avenues nefarious actors could use to gain a foothold in the region.Once established in the North, rivals could use these opportunities to “generate substantial…

Hall of Famer Jimmy Johnson announced his retirement from Fox Sports, where he served as an integral part of its NFL Sunday pregame shows for decades, yukking it up weekly with Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and host Curt Menefee.Johnson’s retirement is not much of a surprise as, at 81 years old, there had been an expectation he would call it quits soon. In recent years, he had cut down his time at Fox’s Los Angeles studio and worked remotely from Key West, Fla., for shows. During the Super Bowl pregame in February, Fox had a tribute to Johnson, using AI…