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Sep262020 by adminNo Comments

Lisa Edelstein joins ‘911: Lone Star’ Season 2

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Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Lisa Edelstein has joined the Season 2 cast of FOX's 911: Lone Star, reuniting with her former West Wing co-star Rob Lowe. She will play Gwyneth, the ex-wife of Lowe's firefighter character, Capt. Owen Strand. Advertisement The actress also will continue to play Phoebe in the third and final season of the Netflix comedy, The Kominsky Method. She is expected to film the two shows concurrently in Los Angeles. "I AM SO EXCITED TO GET BACK TO WORK!" Edelstein tweeted Friday. Liv Tyler recently announced she was leaving Lone Star ahead of its second season because commuting from her home country of England to the United States during the coronavirus pandemic would be difficult. The news broke shortly after the show's producers confirmed Gina Torres is going to be part of the ...

May102020 by adminNo Comments

Travel changed after 9/11; Here’s how it will look after the Covid-19 pandemic finally recedes

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Robert Kneschke / EyeEmThe coronavirus has devastated economies around the world and disrupted life in ways that were unimaginable just a few months ago. The world will never be the same. But at some point, industries will start coming back online and people will start going out again.We asked travel industry experts for their thoughts on what will restore confidence for people to begin traveling once the Covid-19 pandemic finally recedes. In the latest installment of our series "The Next Normal," we look at where and how we'll actually travel once we're willing to hit the road again.***A road trip to a national park or other attraction in a neighboring state.A week-long stay at a sanitized vacation rental property nearby.How does that sound? Your next outing might be booked thro...

May42020 by adminNo Comments

Thomas Lennon says ‘Reno 911!’ jokes based in facts

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LOS ANGELES, May 4 (UPI) -- The inept Reno, Nev., sheriff's department is back to bumble its way through a revival of Reno 911!, premiering Monday on Quibi. Thomas Lennon, who co-created the show and stars as Lt. Jim Dangle, said plot lines in the new series are based on real laws and events. The original series ran from 2003 to 2009 on Comedy Central. The style is faux documentary, like the real police documentary series Cops, as cameras follow the Reno police on wacky misadventures. In one episode of the revival, the Reno police officers record a public service announcement saying that posting pornography involving an ex is a crime. The state of Nevada really passed a law outlawing "revenge porn" in 2015. "I'll spend some time doing a little bit of research," Lennon told UPI in a phone...

Apr52020 by adminNo Comments

Premier infuriated by Trump, says Canada helped US amid 9/11

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A Canadian premier of a province that sheltered thousands of stranded American airline passengers after the 9/11 attacks is questioning the humanity of U.S. President Donald Trump after Trump banned the export of N95 protective masks to CanadaBy ROB GILLIES Associated PressApril 5, 2020, 8:54 PM4 min read4 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleTORONTO -- The premier of a Canadian province that sheltered thousands of stranded American airline passengers after the 9/11 attacks questioned the humanity of U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday after Trump banned the export of N95 protective masks to Canada. The conservative leader of another province compared it to one family member feasting while letting another one starve. And yet another premier said it reminded him of ...

Apr142019 by adminNo Comments

Ilhan Omar: The 9/11 row embroiling the US congresswoman

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A Democratic congresswoman says she will not be silenced after facing a barrage of criticism over comments she made about the 9/11 attacks - including from Donald Trump.The US president tweeted "WE WILL NEVER FORGET" alongside a video showing footage of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks spliced with a speech by Representative Ilhan Omar."Some people did something," she is seen saying, in between footage of planes hitting the Twin Towers and people fleeing the buildings. Republicans have accused her of downplaying the attacks, but Democrats have largely rallied to her defence, saying she had been quoted out of context and some accusing Mr Trump of inciting violence against her and Muslims. Here is how the row developed. Who ...