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☆ Meet the Grinch who stole Christmas ... from alleged drug dealers
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-24 | by ( Freddie Clayton | Freddie Clayton Is A Freelance Journalist Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The Grinch is not just stealing Christmas this year, he may be busting drug gangs too. The Grinch smashes on a door with his hammer, and, with other members of law enforcement, raids a building of a family of alleged drug dealers, one of them shouting "police!" A police officer dressed The Grinch arrests suspected drug dealers in Lima, Peru, on December 23, 2024. Policia Nacional Del Peru / AFP - Getty ImagesThe identity of the officer dressed as the Grinch was not released. Undercover police officers pose with suspected drug dealers in Lima on Feb. 14.

Persons: Suess, grump, cuffing, ingeniously, Carlos Mandujano, Freddy Krueger, Jason Organizations: Policia Nacional Del, Getty, Police, Lima . Undercover Locations: Peruvian, Lima, San Bartolo, Lima , Peru, Policia Nacional Del Peru, AFP

☆ Nicola Coughlan got 'spooked' after stumbling upon an AI clone of her own voice. She's not the only performer it's happened to.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Nicola Coughlan said she was "spooked" after encountering her AI vocal likeness on TikTok. AI-generated audio featuring the vocal likeness of public figures is common on social media. But Coughlan herself experienced a new horror — running into her AI-generated vocal likeness. "It was just an AI version of my voice, and it spooked me so badly," Coughlan told Time. Voice actor Connor Fogarty told Business Insider in September that he had encountered AI-generated videos featuring his voice on social media, which a fan took down at his request.

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☆ Nikki Haley mocked Trump for being 'confused again' over apparent ballot deadline mix-up
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Haley said Trump was "confused again" after he appeared to get the Indiana ballot deadline wrong. AdvertisementNikki Haley took another jab at former President Donald Trump's cognitive abilities after he appeared to mix up the Indiana ballot deadline. "Looks like he's confused again…" the Republican presidential candidate wrote on X in response to a Trump social post in which he said she was "scrambling" to qualify for the ballot three days after the deadline. Haley, the final remaining Republican challenger to Trump, has been ramping up attacks on his age and mental abilities. Haley has started sharpening her tone against Trump ahead of the upcoming primary in her home state, South Carolina.

Persons: Haley, Trump, Trump's, —, Nikki Haley, Donald Trump's, Diego Morales, Joe Biden, CNN's Jake Tapper, Nancy Pelosi Organizations: GOP, Service, Republican, Trump, State, Democratic, Politico, UN Locations: Indiana, South Carolina

☆ Opinion: We’ll finally get some answers from Iowa about Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

It is a feat former President Donald Trump is trying to duplicate this year. The first true test of Trump’s comeback occurs Monday in Iowa, where caucusgoers will venture into sub-zero temperatures to choose between Trump, Florida Gov. After months of speculation, we’ll finally get some answers to a few questions: Is there an opening for any Republican aside from Trump? Most of our contributors thought Haley won Wednesday’s CNN debate in Iowa against DeSantis, but Trump’s absence from the stage again loomed large. “Haley sounded like someone looking to take on the genuine article — the Republican frontrunner,” wrote W. James Antle III.

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☆ Opinion: Bill Belichick and Nick Saban were the kind of coaches I tell my therapist about
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Opinion Jeff Pearlman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Under his leadership, Belichick took an organization that never sniffed a Super Bowl title and made it a regular occurrence. Jeff Haynes/AFP/Getty Images Belichick, right, coaches alongside New York Giants head coach Bill Parcells during a playoff game in 1984. Jim Rogash/Getty Images Belichick watches from the sideline as his team plays the Seattle Seahawks in the 2015 Super Bowl. Tom Pennington/Getty Images Belichick presents President Donald Trump with an official Super Bowl helmet at the White House in 2017. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Belichick leaves the field after losing to the Kansas City Chiefs in December 2023.

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☆ Boy George says he still wants to startle people 'a little bit'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Marie-Louise Gumuchian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Boy George poses for a photograph during the UK premiere of the Elton John biopic 'Rocketman' in London, Britain, May 20, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File PhotoLONDON, June 8 (Reuters) - More than 40 years after bursting onto the music scene and making headlines, Culture Club frontman Boy George says he still wants to startle people "a little bit". "I wanted people to get upset, I wanted them to be a little bit startled. I love America, I love being there. "And if I do, I deal with them in the minute," said George.

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The comedy-drama is adapted from the 2012 Swedish novel “A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik Backman that became the 2015 Oscar-nominated film. "A Man Called Otto", directed by Marc Forster, arrives in select theaters on Friday. “Look, I’m selfish. I’m a selfish actor and I’m competitive and I know a good role when I see one and don’t think anybody else was considered for the role," said Hanks. Reporting by Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway; Editing by Mary Milliken and David GregorioOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ ‘A Man Called Otto’ Review: Forrest Grump
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Kyle Smith | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

This was the year Tom Hanks decided to stretch himself: Lately seen portraying Col. Tom Parker as a Mephistophelean con artist in “Elvis,” he’s back as the world’s grumpiest man in “A Man Called Otto,” which attempts to disguise the famously sunny actor as a walking cloud bank. Set in a condominium development in Pennsylvania in the winter, the remake of 2015’s Swedish film “A Man Called Ove” (which was based on a novel of the same name) casts Mr. Hanks as a lonely and humorless widower who isn’t so much fighting depression as surrendering to it. He’s an inveterate rule-enforcer, whistle-blower and manager-caller who snarls and grumbles at everyone who crosses his path. But given Mr. Hanks’s history of role choices, it seems only a matter of time before Otto’s heart of gold starts to shine through his miserable façade. And without even a warning from the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.

☆ A professional actor who plays Scrooge in 'A Christmas Carol' shares what it's like to portray the infamous character every year
▼ + stars: | 2021-12-10 | by ( Emilie Murphy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Eric Fletcher is an actor at The Players Theater who plays Ebenezer Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol." He earned a BFA in theater performance before moving to New York and has been in more than 50 shows. Performance days are his favorite, and he gets in the zone as he draws the age lines onto his face. Performance days are Fletcher's favorite. He has a lot of angry and sad frown lines," Fletcher said.

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