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☆ Stellan Skarsgård would rather sit for 8 hours naked in the makeup chair than do CGI
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

To play the corpulent evil Baron Vladimir Harkonnen in "Dune: Part Two," the 72-year-old Swede spent eight hours a day in the makeup chair. When it came time to choose between wearing prosthetics or simply doing his scenes with motion-capture dots on his face, Skarsgård opted for hours in the makeup chair. AdvertisementOn doing silly takes with Robin Williams and doing stunts with F1 drivers(L-R) Robin Williams and Stellan Skarsgård in "Good Will Hunting." Is it true Robin Williams pranked you on one take during filming and suddenly started improvising and talking like Jack Nicholson and Robert De Niro? Skarsgård didn't mind that "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" director David Fincher wanted "25 takes" for scenes(L-R) Daniel Craig and Stellan Skarsgård in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."

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☆ Fact Check: US representative for Ukraine’s economic recovery not convicted of treason
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery Penny Pritzker was not arrested and convicted on charges of treason, contrary to an article circulating on social media making this claim. The claim is “categorically false,” a U.S. State Department spokesperson said to Reuters in an email on Nov. 14. Real Raw News, the Army JAG and the U.S. Department of State did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment. Pritzker was not convicted of treason. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

Persons: Penny Pritzker, “, ”, Janet Yellen, Letitia James, Pritzker, Read Organizations: Special, Real Raw News, “ JAG Convicts U.S, Raw, U.S, Treasury, New York, Corps, JAG Corps, U.S . Army, U.S . State Department, Reuters, Real Raw, Navy JAG, Ukraine’s Energy, German, Washington D.C, Army JAG, U.S . Department of State, Thomson Locations: United States, U.S, Ukrainian Embassy, Washington

☆ Opinion | There Should Be Public Pressure on Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( David French | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

As I’ve written before, I was deployed as a JAG officer (an Army lawyer) with the Third Armored Cavalry Regiment in Diyala Province, Iraq. Diyala was in the midst of a wave of suicide bombings, many of them carried out by women, that was brutal beyond words. As the unit JAG officer, I was asked to review the request to send elements of a cavalry troop to invade the building and search it room by room. The entire search was anticlimactic and barely memorable compared to countless other incidents during my deployment. Except for the fact that we were bristling with weapons, it was all quite quiet and calm.

Persons: I’ve, weren’t, — Organizations: JAG, Army, Third Armored Cavalry Locations: Diyala Province, Iraq, Diyala

☆ Fact Check: NY Attorney General Letitia James was not arrested for treason
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

New York Attorney General Letitia James was not arrested for treason by the U.S. Navy in early November, as claimed in a circulating screenshot from an article by a website that describes itself as satirical. Trump called the trial “very unfair” in court in New York on Nov. 6 where he testified for about four hours. James has appeared outside the court during the trial, including on Nov. 6, after the Real Raw News article was published. Spokespersons for the Navy JAG and for James’ office also did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The New York Attorney General Letitia James was not arrested for treason in early November.

Persons: Letitia James, “ Letitia James, ”, James, Donald Trump, Trump, General’s, Janet Yellen, James ’, Read Organizations: New, U.S . Navy, Real Raw News, Twitter, General’s Corps, Navy JAG, Reuters, Real Raw, U.S . Army, Raw, New York, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S

☆ Fact Check: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was not convicted of treason
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was not convicted of treason in October, despite an article circulating online making the claim. The article falsely claims that Yellen was convicted at a military tribunal held on Oct. 16. Reuters previously addressed the false claim published by Real Raw News in September that Yellen was arrested for treason. All available emails on Real Raw News’ website bounced back when attempting to reach for comment. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was not convicted of treason.

Persons: Janet Yellen, “, ”, Yellen, ” Yellen, Susan Rice, Read Organizations: Treasury, Real Raw, Corps, JAG, Army, Facebook, U.S . Court, Public, Marine, Reuters, Freedman's, U.S . Department of Treasury, Bloomberg, Real Raw News, National Security, U.S . Army, Thomson Locations: U.S

CNN —In an urgent appeal to wealthy Republicans who had assembled in Milwaukee ahead of the first GOP presidential primary debate, top brass for the super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told donors they needed an injection of $50 million over the next four months, according to leaked audio obtained by CNN. The tension spilled into the open just days before the Milwaukee event, when the super PAC released a memo with debate pointers for DeSantis. The pitch appeared structured to convince donors the super PAC had a plan for their dollars if they would open up their pocketbooks. Many Republican strategists and campaign veterans have questioned the arrangement between DeSantis’ campaign and the super PAC, pointing to the limitations of running a political operation from the outside.

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☆ Fact Check-No evidence of 19,000 U.S. doctors indicted by Navy for ‘COVID crimes’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A false report that the U.S. Navy’s Judge Advocate General (JAG) Office has indicted 19,000 doctors for so-called COVID crimes stems from an article on a self-described satirical website, but social media users responded as though the claim was authentic. A U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps spokesperson said in an email that the claims made in the article are false. No credible news reports suggest that thousands of doctors have been indicted by the Navy’s legal branch for COVID-related crimes (tinyurl.com/2tjsv9cn). The U.S. Department of Justice website also makes no mention of the indictment of 19,000 doctors (tinyurl.com/yjsvxc2a). A U.S. Navy JAG spokesperson denied that 19,000 doctors were indicted for COVID-related crimes, and no credible sources support the claim.

Persons: “ Hope, ”, General’s, Read Organizations: Facebook, Real Raw, U.S . Centers for Disease Control, National Institutes of Health, U.S . Navy, U.S . Department of Justice, U.S . Navy JAG, COVID, Reuters Locations: U.S, COVID

☆ An ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee says he still remembers Ron DeSantis smiling at him from behind a fence while he was being force-fed: 'You cannot forget that'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An ex-Gitmo detainee said Ron DeSantis smiled at him as he was being force-fed, per The Daily Beast. The remarks come from an unaired documentary transcript detailing DeSantis' time as a Navy lawyer. Ron DeSantis smiled at him from behind a fence while watching him get force-fed, per the Daily Beast. This stands in stark contrast to a 2018 CBS interview, during which DeSantis told a reporter that JAG legal advisers told Guantanamo Bay commanders that people "can force-feed" and laid out the "kind of the rules for that." In the Al Jazeera piece, Adayfi said DeSantis wasn't the person who ordered that the hunger strike be broken violently — he just watched.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Mansoor Adayfi, Adayfi, DeSantis, I'm, Al Organizations: Navy, Service, Guantanamo, Florida Gov, Daily, Florida Republican, US Navy, Showtime, Hollywood, CBS, Washington Post Locations: Wall, Silicon, Florida, Qaeda, Serbia, Guantanamo, Al Jazeera

☆ Novo Nordisk in talks buy controlling stake in Biocorp
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 5 (Reuters) - Danish drug developer Novo Nordisk said on Monday it had started talks to buy a controlling stake in French medical device designer Biocorp (ALCOR.PA). The price represents a premium of 19.5% over Biocorp's closing market price on June 2 and the transaction values Biocorp at about 154 million euros, the companies said. Certain minority shareholders, representing 19.0% of the share capital of Biocorp, will also transfer shares to Novo Nordisk and the transaction will be followed by a squeeze-out procedure. The block purchase should take place during the third quarter of 2023 and the filing of the subsequent offer should take place in September 2023, Novo said. ($1 = 0.9349 euros)Reporting by Michal Aleksandrowicz in Gdansk; Editing by Kim CoghillOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Biocorp, Novo, Michal Aleksandrowicz, Kim Coghill Organizations: Novo Nordisk, Thomson Locations: Danish, Biocorp, Gdansk

☆ Ron DeSantis wife, Casey DeSantis, just started campaigning alongside him in key states. Here's a timeline of their relationship
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

2006: Ron DeSantis and Casey Black met on a golf course at the University of North Florida. Ron DeSantis and Casey DeSantis at Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach, Florida, in May 2021. Sam Greenwood/R&A/R&A via Getty ImagesAt the time, Casey worked as a news anchor for WJXT, Channel 4, in Jacksonville. As I'm looking over behind me, Ron is over there. He thinks I'm looking at him.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Casey Black, Casey DeSantis, Sam Greenwood, Casey, DeSantis, General's, Ron Organizations: University of North, Seminole Golf Club, Getty, WJXT, Harvard Law School, JAG, General's Corps, US Navy, First Coast, America's Locations: University of North Florida, Juno Beach , Florida, Jacksonville

☆ Casey DeSantis says her husband, Ron DeSantis, has a 'God-given gift.' Here's a timeline of their relationship.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

☆ Over KFC on 'Trump Force One,' Trump says that Ron DeSantis would be working at 'a law firm or maybe a Pizza Hut' without his initial support
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

After a campaign pit stop in Davenport, Iowa, Donald Trump took another dig at Ron DeSantis. Trump found a new way to diss the Florida Governor aboard his Boeing 757, "Trump Force One." Trump joked that DeSantis would be working at Pizza Hut without his initial backing, per Bloomberg. Schwartz, Schwartz, Schwartz, and Schwartz. "Remember, this Ron DeSanctimonious would be right now working probably at a law firm or maybe a Pizza Hut," Trump told reporters, according to the report.

☆ Ron DeSantis was invited to Ukraine to gain a 'deeper understanding' of the war after the Florida governor called Russia's full-scale invasion a 'territorial dispute'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ron DeSantis called Russia's year-long war in Ukraine a 'territorial dispute,' on Monday. On Tuesday, Ukraine's foreign ministry invited DeSantis to see the situation on the ground himself. Ron DeSantis to visit the war-torn country after DeSantis reduced Russia's full-scale invasion of its neighbor to a "territorial dispute," earlier this week. DeSantis' comments came via a statement sent to Fox News on Monday where he said that Russia's war in Ukraine was not a "vital interest." The next day, Ukraine foreign ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko pushed back against DeSantis' comments and extended an offer, per the BBC.

☆ Fact Check-False claims Moderna CEO was executed at Guantanamo Bay stem from widely-debunked website
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

An article from a website regularly debunked by Reuters Fact Check for spreading fake news articles falsely claims that Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel was executed on Nov. 18, 2022 by the “U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps.” There is no evidence to support this claim. Bancel has made public appearances and spoken publicly since Nov. 18 (here), (here). No reference to the incident exists on the Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corp website (www.jag.navy.mil/news.htm) or Moderna’s website (here). Claims that Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel was executed on Nov. 18, 2022 by the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps originate from a website that publishes satire and fake news.

Republican Esther Joy King is running against Democrat Eric Sorensen in Illinois' 17th Congressional District. Senate Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. (5 Districts) Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. IL-17IL-06IL-13IL-11IL-14 House Governor Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. King has raised more — $4.3 million — and spent $2.9 million with about $1.4 million still remaining, as of September 30.

☆ Democrat Eric Sorensen faces off against Republican Esther Joy King for an open seat in Illinois' 17th Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Eric Sorensen's campaign; Esther Joy King's campaign; InsiderRepublican Esther Joy King is running against Democrat Eric Sorensen in Illinois' 17th Congressional District. Bustos, who led the House Democrats' campaign arm during the disappointing 2020 cycle, only bested King by about 4 percentage points. Sorensen, whose campaign logo includes a wind turbine, has pushed for aggressive action addressing climate change. Voting history for Illinois' 17th Congressional DistrictThe seat is a prime example in how former President Donald Trump accelerated the erosion of traditionally Democratic strongholds. King has raised more — $4.3 million — and spent $2.9 million with about $1.4 million still remaining, as of September 30.

An American flag waves outside the U.S. Department of Justice Building in Washington, U.S., December 2, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File PhotoWASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has been drastically under-counting the number of state prison and arrest-related deaths, including failing to count at least 990 deaths in 2021 alone, a bipartisan Senate investigation has found. "Of the 990 uncounted deaths, 341 were prison deaths disclosed on states’ public websites and 649 were arrest-related deaths disclosed in a reliable, public database," they said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe report found 70% of the records the department collected on state prison deaths in 2021 were missing at least one data field required by law. A Justice Department report issued on Friday addressed many of the concerns around prison death reporting, saying it "recognizes the importance of collecting complete and accurate data to inform strategies for reducing deaths in custody."

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