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By Robert Scucci | Published 23 seconds ago Happy Madison Productions. The guy from Workaholics. James Bond. What do these things have in common? 2023’s The Out-Laws, starring Adam DeVine, Pierce Brosnan, Ellen Barkin, and Nina Dobrev. As much as I wanted to like this movie, the whole does not equal the sum of its parts. It’s one of those instances where you have reliably funny people attempting to serve a screenplay that’s too little, and decades too late. The best way to describe The Out-Laws is a cross between Meet the Parents and any heist film you’ve ever seen…

Mary Jannotta sliced meat and cheese behind deli counters at Acme and Pathmark supermarkets in the Philadelphia suburbs for decades, developing aches that came with working on her feet. A botched back surgery in 2008 made the pain worse. Her doctor repeatedly prescribed OxyContin, Purdue Pharma’s marquee painkiller — the high-dose opioid the company later admitted it criminally marketed and distributed.    Jannotta said she soon became dependent on opioids. Cut off by her doctors, she found her way to Kensington, home of Philadelphia’s dangerous open-air drug market, to score pills. She eventually lost her car, her home — and her…

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The mi vs srh dream11 prediction today match is one of the most contrast-driven fantasy builds of IPL 2026 — a wounded MI side returning home to Wankhede after their biggest IPL defeat ever (103-run loss to CSK on April 23) up against an SRH outfit riding three wins on the trot. Abhishek Sharma is the Orange Cap holder with 323 runs in 7 matches at SR 215.33, including an unbeaten 135 off 68 balls against DC just eight days ago. On Wankhede’s flat surface and 63-67m boundaries, your fantasy build needs to revolve around the SRH top order —…

By Kath Hudson    01 Apr 2026Gyms could provide vital to support governments and the healthcare systems to tackle obesity / shutterstock_Amorn Suriyan Trade associations from around the world have joined forces to lobby governments and health systems on the importance of prescribing lifestyle interventions, including physical activity and nutrition, alongside GLP-1 medications. The World Obesity Federation, UK Active, the Health and Fitness Association, AUSactive, Exercise New Zealand and Fitness Industry Council of Canada have worked together to outline a global framework for integrating prevention, treatment and long-term health outcomes. The message of the statement is that obesity medications are…

ROME, ITALY – MARCH 19: Donyell Malen of AS Roma scores his team’s second goal from the penalty spot during the UEFA Europa League 2025/26 Round of 16 Second Leg match between AS Roma and Bologna FC 1909 at Stadio Olimpico on March 19, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images) Roma are shaken by Claudio Ranieri’s dismissal, but have Paulo Dybala back on the bench as Donyell Malen and Matias Soulé start against Santiago Castro’s Bologna, who knocked them out of the Europa League.It kicks off at the Stadio Dall’Ara at 17.00 UK time (18.00 CEST).You can…

ISLAMABAD: A local court on Saturday rejected the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency’s (NCCIA) request for the physical remand of journalist Fakharur Rehman and instead sent him to jail on judicial remand. Rehman was arrested a day earlier under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca). According to an NCCIA inquiry notice dated April 14, the journalist was accused of the “dissemination and propagation of false, misleading, intimidating contents” through the social media platform X. On Saturday, he was produced before the court of District Magistrate Yasir Mahmood. During the hearing, defence counsel Ahad Khokhar argued that the prosecution had…

Attacks on journalists in Lebanon are unacceptable, the United Kingdom’s Foreign Office said in a joint statement with Finland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Saturday.The statement comes after the killing of journalist Amal Khalil on Wednesday in an Israel strike.In the statement, both countries condemned the violence against journalist and media workers.The IDF said they are investigating the incident and has repeated that it “does not target journalists and acts to mitigate harm to them while maintaining the safety and security of its troops.””We call on the Israeli authorities and all other parties to make every effort to ensure that media…

In January, the senseless killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti briefly forced many Americans to confront the brutalities of state violence. Millions took to the streets nationwide to express their anger and outrage over the murders of a 37-year-old mother and poet and a 37-year-old nurse who cared for veterans. The idea that ICE is beyond reform and should be abolished was no longer confined to the left. Even prominent conservative pundits began saying openly what many progressives have known for years: This agency cannot be restrained by norms, oversight, or exposure.But as the administration’s “shock and awe strategy”…

Helena Bonham Carter is leaving the upcoming season of The White Lotus, with her role set to be reworked and recast. Deadline reported on Friday, April 24, that Carter, 59, will no longer star in season four, which is currently being filmed in the French Riviera. “With filming just underway on Season 4 of The White Lotus, it had become apparent that the character which Mike White created for Helena Bonham Carter did not align once on set,” an HBO spokesperson said in a statement to the outlet. The statement continued: “The role has subsequently been rethought, is being rewritten…