FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Connecticut police department wants people to know that missing your favorite show isn’t an emergency.
Fairfield police say they received numerous 911 calls about a cable outage that hit parts of southwestern Connecticut on Sunday night.
Here’s a story about Cuba Gooding Jr.: Less than two years after winning Best Supporting Actor for the 1996 film “Jerry Maguire,” Gooding was supposed to play Special Agent John Royce in 1998’s “U.S. Marshals,” the fairly forgettable sequel to “The Fugitive.” The role would eventually go to Robert Downey Jr., and — according to Gooding — it was only then that Wesley Spines was cast as Mark Sheridan, the film’s co-lead.
“That’s how things go down,” Gooding said in an interview with me last week, noting that, at the time, studios were loathe to cast two African-American actors in leading roles. It was this type of behavior that led the 45-year-old New York native to disengage with Hollywood. Then Hollywood disengaged with Cuba Gooding Jr.
In person, Gooding certainly has a presence. I met the Oscar winner at a hotel restaurant to discuss his latest project, “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” — which also happens to currently be the number one movie at the box office — and can report that there was a bit of a buzz when Gooding walked in — even amongst what was a relatively sparse lunchtime crowd.
By Stephanie Castillo for Prevention.com
You know you can’t believe everything you read. And still, you haven’t eaten an egg yolk since the 90s, and you can’t touch a French fry without being saddled with guilt. Oh, and don’t even get us started on the whole don’t-eat-after-8-PM-or-else mentality. Let’s set the record straight once and for all by calling out these 10 worst diet tips — and offering up smart food rules to follow instead. Click over to Prevention for the full list!
If you have celiac disease — or another condition that requires avoiding gluten — you probably got the basics down pretty quickly. It’s a no-brainer that things like breads, cakes and beer need to be gluten-free to be on your menu.
But gluten can be found in a number of less obvious places, and not all of them are food. Certain vitamins, supplements and even medications may contain gluten, so make sure all of your doctors, not just your gastroenterologist, are in the loop.
Watch out for these unexpected gluten culprits, then let us know where else you’d never think to look for it in the comments below.
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Yep, Grumpy Cat is just as annoyed on Australian TV as she is on the internet (in case you were wondering). But the real magic here is in how utterly hilarious host Karl Stefanovic thinks this all is, and how completely unimpressed little Tardar Sauce remains.
That face just screams, “I said good day, sir.”
At first thought, Charles Schulz’s beloved Peanuts comic strip might seem like it has absolutely nothing to do with the equally treasured ’80s rock band, The Smiths. But, after some careful consideration (and a quick listen to “There’s A Light That Never Goes Out”), you might come to the same conclusion we did… Charlie Brown and Morrissey are essentially the same person.
Don’t believe us just yet? That’s ok, we have graphic designer Lauren LoPrete to back up our claims. The Oakland-based artist has created a hilarious tribute to the Peanuts/Smiths parallel that combines Morrissey’s wise and sullen words with the adorable antics of Charlie Brown and company.
Most of us do not even carry a single phone book around, simply because our smartphones these days already come with more than enough storage space to stash away the phone numbers of people we know, in addition to their other contact details such as address, work numbers, fax numbers, and the rest. Why not take a step back from the rat race, and take a look at the $19.99 Retro Phone Book? You can be just like how your grandparents used to be, with an old school phone list. All you need to do with the Retro Phone Book is to slide down to the corresponding letter, press the button, and you will see it pop open, revealing your current contact list that starts with that letter. It is sure to confound others with retro technology, especially those who were born in the late 1990s as well as early 2000s, who most probably grew up on a digital diet.
With the Retro Phone Book, you will be able to have your fair share of nostalgia with the others, just like how your memory of your grandfather’s phone book was. The small plastic letter selector will be able to magnify just like how its original inspiration always did, and the button works just as well. Heck, even the box of the Retro Phone Book itself resembles one that came out from the time when rotary phones ruled the roost. It comes with 19 pages to stash your information, with one of them singled out specially for instructions.
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After some observant readers spotted it at Walmart and Future Shop in Canada, Sony’s flash-based 12GB PlayStation 3 has turned up at its US online store. Originally slated for Europe and Hong Kong only, Sony decided to release the memory-challenged device stateside with virtually zero fanfare. It’s now listed there for $200, as well as at the above retailers and possibly others — though we’re not really sure, because again, no fanfare. If you’d like to save 70 bucks over the 500GB version and skip all the spinning parts, hit the source
Source: Sony
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According to the rumor mill, Samsung will be announcing both the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear smart watch on the 4th of September. While the event itself has been confirmed, exactly what entails remains unknown. However assuming that the rumors are true and both devices (amongst others) are announced, when exactly can we expect to get our hands on them? According to the folks at SamMobile, they have received a tip informing them that the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is expected to begin shipping in September, the same month it is announced, while the Galaxy Gear smart watch will begin shipping in October.
Their source has informed them that the Galaxy Note 3 could ship in week 36 and the Galaxy Gear in week 40, for those who want a little more specific timeframe. We’re not sure if it means that the Qualcomm and Exynos variants will be going out at the same time, but for now it seems that way. SamMobile’s source has also informed them that the 16GB variant of the Galaxy Note 3 will be dropped, possibly due to complaints at how the 16GB Samsung Galaxy S4 left not much space for the user after preloaded apps.
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If you’re a fan of Japanese-styled RPGs (JPRG), perhaps an upcoming game from Ubisoft could be worth your attention and time. The game is dubbed “Child of Light” and is currently being worked on by Ubisoft Montreal and was made public this morning at GDC Europe. The game is expected to run on Rayman’s UbiArt Framework engine and will sport turn-based battles similar to that found on other JRPGs such as the Final Fantasy franchise. According to reports, the game is said to have been influenced by Disney’s Snow White, Studio Ghibli, Limbo, and Final Fantasy 7, all of which sounds like a pretty interesting mashup and we have to wonder what the final result could look like.
Thanks to IGN’s Andrew Goldfarb, he has managed to get some footage of the game and while it might not be the best quality, we definitely like what we see so far and you can see for yourselves in the video above. While the game’s release date has yet to be confirmed and which platforms it is expected to launch on, but it is not targeted at mobile and it is likely that it will be designed for next-gen consoles in mind. So what do you guys think? Like what you see so far?
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