The 6 Best Fictional Writers And Authors

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November 1st is Author"s Day, a time to honor all those wonderful writers who have brought our favorite stories to life. To celebrate this occasion, I"ve compiled a list of some of the best fictional writers and authors:

1. Lois Lane (Superman)

Though this classic character has gone through various changes through her multiple incarnations, one thing remains constant: Lois Lane is a passionate journalist. The most recent version of Lois, played by Amy Adams in #ManOfSteel and #BatmanVSuperman, seems to have developed an extra thirst for adventure and excitement, though her end goal is still to get the best scoop for her latest story.

2. Dr. Lipschitz (Rugrats)

While Dr. Lipschitz appeared in person only once, in the episode "A Visit From Lipschitz," the character maintains a strong presence throughout Rugrats.

Both Didi Pickles and Chaz Finster swear by the parenting advice provided in Dr. Lipschitz"s books, quickly consulting them for any perceived problems with their children. His early-childhood empire seems to grow throughout the series, appearing as the face of a Holistic Birthing Center in The Rugrats Movie, and later the face of a luxury cruise ship in Rugrats Go Wild.

3. Dr. Temperance Brennan (Bones)

By day, forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan uses her expertise to help solve grisly murders. By night (we assume), she writes a series of best-selling novels based upon her work, with many of the characters inspired by her friends and co-workers.

At last count, Brennan has written five novels over the course of the series, with her works forming major plot points in two episodes. In "The Bodies In The Book," the episode"s killer is copycatting the murders from Brennan"s novel, while in "The Suit On The Set," one of the novels is being made into a film.

4. Dr. John Watson (Sherlock)

In every incarnation of Dr. John Watson thus far, three things usually remain the same: He is an ex-military doctor, the best friend of Sherlock Holmes, and the Great Detective"s biographer, recording all of his most interesting cases.

In the #BBC"s #Sherlock, a modern-day interpretation of the classic stories, John Watson is re-imagined as an internet writer, recording Sherlock"s exploits in the form of an online blog. He also takes a slightly more active role in Sherlock"s adventures than classic Watson.

5. Carrie Bradshaw (s*x & The City)

Each episode of #SexAndTheCity was interwoven with the musings of lead character Carrie Bradshaw writing in a weekly magazine column. Carrie"s writing becomes a greater plot point in the series" later seasons, first when her columns are collected into a full-length book, and again when a studio hopes to turn her book into a film. By the time the two movies take place, Carrie has written more books full of dating advice and chronicling her married life with Mr. Big.

6. Newt Scamander (Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them)

The central character of the upcoming film #FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem, set in the #HarryPotter universe, Newt Scamander is sure to become a popular edition to this list. An eccentric wizard with a love of magical creatures great and small, Newt is mentioned in the Harry Potter novels as the author of Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them, a text referenced throughout the series. J.K. Rowling has stated that popular character Luna Lovegood eventually wed Newt"s grandson, Lysander.

Watch the final trailer for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them below:

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Michael Moore Explains Why Trump Won in 45-Minute Commercial-Free "Morning Joe" Appearance

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In the wake of what turned out to be an accurate prediction that Donald Trump would win the 2016 presidential election, in part because of support in rust belt states, Michael Moore has been talking further about what led him to realize, over the summer, that Trump was connecting with people in a way that would lead to victory.

On Friday, the filmmaker stopped by MSNBC"s Morning Joe for what he said was planned to be a seven-minute appearance but turned into a 45-minute discussion, as part of a panel, that aired on the cable channel without commercials.

During the wide-ranging discussion, Moore talked about why Trump connected with working people in states like Wisconsin and Michigan, why he and others will continue to oppose the president-elect and wondered aloud, as he has in the past, why the Democratic party doesn"t "run more beloved Americans," like Tom Hanks and Oprah Winfrey.

As for Trump"s appeal, Moore, who supported Bernie Sanders and went on to support Hillary Clinton in the general election, said that he"s in Trump"s "demographic."

"I am an angry white guy over the age of 35. And I have just a high-school education, so I grew up with it, I lived with it, I still live with it," he said. He explained that he realized that the media didn"t seem to get Trump"s appeal when he saw on Morning Joe, a few weeks before the election, people laughing about how the Trump campaign expense report showed they"d spent more money on hats than they had on anything else, like polling or efforts to get out the vote.

"I looked at that and I thought, "Wow, there"s the bubble right there. They don"t understand"," he said putting on his own cap, "this is where we"re from. This is where I live. And so to make fun of [people in the Midwest wear baseball hats]."

Moore and Morning Joe hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough agreed that someone who buys and wears, every day, a baseball cap in support of a candidate, will vote for that candidate.

"It was laughable that [Trump"s campaign] wasn"t spending the money on getting new polls. [Critics said,] "They have no ground game." Are you kidding me? First of all, the ground game has occurred over the last 30 years," Moore continued. "And this did not turn people into Republicans. Because it started under Ronald Reagan, in Detroit, where people lost tens of thousands of jobs and their lives were decimated and they were kicked out of the middle class. And when Reagan fired the air traffic controllers and the other unions didn"t stand up and say anything or do anything, that was the end, right there. And it just got worse and worse and worse for working people."

He also argued that when Trump made his comment during the first debate that not paying taxes "makes me smart," his supporters liked that even though the media thought it was outrageous.

"Do you understand that people who struggle from paycheck to paycheck they admire On April 10, they sit there not trying to pay the government anything," Moore said.

Moore indicated that the Democrats should have seen Bernie Sanders" success, particularly in states like Michigan and Wisconsin, which Trump also did well in, as a warning sign.

They both reflected people"s desire for change, he explained, adding "How else do you explain a socialist [winning 22 states]? This is not a socialist country. People didn"t care about the label."

And he went on to say that people who voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012 changed their mind in 2016, not wanting another eight years with "no middle class jobs, where they"re struggling to get by." He also said that even though Obama showed up in Flint, Michigan five months ago and drank the water, the pipes have still not been replaced and the water"s "still poisoned." But the media stopped ignoring those problems after the president"s visit, Moore said.

And Moore himself saw that Clinton wasn"t going to win hours before the election results came in.

"I was there. I was there up until 2 a.m. on Election Day, holding rallies, trying to turn it around on my own," he said. "I"m not part of the campaign, I was just doing my own thing. And I could see that this wasn"t going to happen and that what I"d said back in the summer was sadly going to be true."

Now, going forward, he understands and approves of Obama and Clinton saying people should have an open mind, but he"s not going to do that.

"We are going to resist. We are going to oppose," he said. "Those demonstrations you"re seeing on the streets. When it"s in places like Milwaukee that"s not Berkeley and Ann Arbor. This is going to continue tonight and the next night. All he has to do is start nominating Rudy Giuliani as attorney general and things like that. Or [make] his Supreme Court [picks]. This is going to be a massive resistance. There"s already women are calling for a million woman march on the Inauguration Day. There"s going to be the largest demonstration ever on Inauguration Day. We"re also going to organize."

Moore also suggested that Trump could wind up getting impeached before his first term is up, saying, "He doesn"t support any ideology except the ideology of Donald J. Trump. And when you have a narcissist like that who"s so narcissistic where it"s all about him. He will break laws. He will break laws, because he"s only thinking about what"s best for him."

The filmmaker also suggested that Democrats do as the Republicans have done and run Hollywood stars, something he also suggested in 2010.

"Why don"t Democrats run more beloved Americans? Why don"t we run Tom Hanks? Why don"t we run Oprah? Tell me Oprah would lose," he said.

Watch Moore"s full appearance below.

Source: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-moore-morning-joe-why-donald-trump-won-45-minute-commercial-free-panel-946622

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Stories of WWII bravery highlight Veterans Day ceremony

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Crowds gathered to celebrate Veterans Day at the World War II memorial in Washington D.C. Nikita Mandhani, USA TODAY

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, a veteran of World War Two, attends a Veterans Day ceremony at the World War Two Memorial on Nov. 11, 2016 in Washington, D.C.(Photo: Win McNamee, Getty Images)

WASHINGTON Stories of bravery and service marked the gathering of a small ensemble of World War II veterans Friday, as the annualVeterans Day ceremonyfocused on remembering the ever-dwindlinggroup who fought more than 70 years ago.

William Tippins, a prisoner of war for 18 months, traveled back to Germany after the war endedto find the nurse who saved his life by sneakinghim food. The pair latermarried.

Robert Reid, who served in the South Pacific, one day noticed a ship with the same number his brother Pete was assigned to. After sending a message to the crew asking if they knew him, he received a quick response back: "You"re speaking to him."

Tippins, Reid and 13 otherveteranslistened intently as an announcerread their namesaloud, along with a brief description of their service, at the World War II Memorial on the National Mall.

The servicemen, many now well into their 90s,salutedin front of Old Glory, a special U.S. flag that has traveled the world since 1999, as hundreds of onlookers spent a chilly morning listening to the historic recollections.

The focus on WWII veterans" stories at a ceremony for all who served was intentional: The group that battled in the bloodiest war in U.S. history loses members each year.

"I used to have fun with the guys, you know," Wilfred Bitgood, an Air Force veteran who served in Panama during WWII remembered."You"re down there walking with a pack and a gun and everything, and I"m flying over saying, hi guys! You can"t get along with out me. But wecan"t get along without you either."

As he stood in the memorial in front of the tower representing his home state of Connecticut, Bitgood teared up and reflected about divisions in the country today.

"People don"t know how to get along with one another. Some day they may know, and we"ll get through together without fighting and killing each other," he said. "I had a lot of friends who havebeen killed in wars. I don"t like, but it"s a necessary."

Army veteran Allan Wilford Howerton recalled how a shared sense of purpose brought thecountry together in the face of a monumentaltask."If we were indeed the greatest generation, that unity of universal involvement was its hallmark," he said.

Howerton never expected to see combat, but after his Army Specialized Training Program unit for engineeringat Drexel University was discontinued in April 1944, he and his fellow servicemen answered the call to defend their country. Howerton fought in the Battle of the Bulge and becameone of the only men in his company to survive the war.

"This memorialhas been a magnet for WWII veteransall across the country to come here in our last years andto unlock the vaults of our memories," he said.

With a smile on his face, Norman Lambert, a 93-year-old Army WWII veteran, said coming to the memorial in D.C. on VeteransDay every year always makes him proud."That was probably the highlights of my life, those three years in the Pacificserving my country," he said.

His son Tracy said people can honor WWII veterans every day simply by listening to their memories."I get a new story every day," he said.

Former U.S. Senator Dole, 93,has visitedthe WWII Memorial every Saturdayfor the past five years. On Friday, hethanked all veterans regardless of where and when they served.

"Were all in this together. Itdoesnt make any differenceif you werein combat or not, Vietnam or World War II," he said.

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US President Barack Obama paid tribute to America"s veterans at a speech in Arlington National Cemetery. Obama is marking his final Veterans Day in office. (Nov. 11) AP

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Trump"s Repaired Hollywood Walk of Fame Star May Be Unveiled Soon

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11:07 AM PST 11/9/2016 by the Associated Press

Officials hope to unveil Donald Trump"s repaired star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as soon as possible now that he"s been elected president.

The star along a well-traveled block of Hollywood Boulevard remains blocked off and covered in plywood two weeks after a protester took a sledgehammer to it. The man was charged with felony vandalism.

Vivian Kish with the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce says the star has been mostly repaired, but still needs to finish drying and then be polished. She said it usually takes about two weeks to complete the process.

About two dozen Trump supporters reveled at the site after the election, snapping photos until police asked them to move on.

Trump"s star was dedicated in recognition of his work on NBC"s The Apprentice.

Source: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/trumps-repaired-hollywood-walk-fame-star-may-be-unveiled-soon-945770

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Erie-area Applebee"s to offer free dinner for service members

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Applebees will honor veterans and active-duty U.S. military by offering a free meal from a selection of seven entrees Friday.

Since 2008, Applebees said it has served almost 8 million free meals to veterans and active duty military personnel on Veterans Day. This year all current and former military personnel will also receive a $5 coupon that can be redeemed between Saturday and Nov. 27.

Eligible entrees includeButchers Meat and Potatoes, Oriental Chicken Salad, Fiesta Lime Chicken,Chicken Tenders Platter,Double Crunch Shrimp,Three-Cheese Chicken Penne and American Standard All-In Burger.

In addition, anyone can send messages of gratitude to armed service members at ThankYouMovement.com.

Source: http://www.goerie.com/entertainmentlife/20161109/erie-area-applebees-to-offer-free-dinner-for-service-members

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Braves sign pitcher Bartolo Colon, 43, to one-year deal

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Pitcher Bartolo Colon of the New York Mets reacts while walking off the mound after giving up a two-run home run in the fourth inning against the Cincinnati Reds during a game at Citi Field on April 26, 2016. (Rich Schultz/Getty Images)

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Donald Trump"s "100 day plan" will impact the oil & gas industry

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President elect Donald Trump"s plans on lifting restrictions on the oil and gas industry during his first 100 days in office.

He plans on lifting restrictions as to where companies can drill and on keystone pipeline. trump says his energy plan could bring 50 *trillion* dollars in jobs to the US. "If you take the East Gulf of Mexico, which has largely been off limits for exploration, allow leases to start happening there again, and companies can begin exploring when prices rebound, certainly there"s going to be a boom for investment and jobs and particularly coastal Louisiana, " Gifford Briggs president of the Louisiana Oil & Gas association said. Louisiana oil and gas association president Gifford Briggs said it"s too early to see how much of an impact President-elect Trump"s 100-day plan could bring to Louisiana. He said the state needs to focus on resolving issues at home first.

"One of the things we got to remember is we have our own challenges in Louisiana," Briggs said. "If we"re not attracting investment in Louisiana while we"re actually drilling, producing oil and natural gas in Louisiana then jobs will come back to the industry, but not Louisiana. We have to make sure that our fiscal legal house is set up to attract investment, and we have some work to do in that area."

Briggs said the oil industry has lost nearly 20,000 jobs in the last 2 years and the industry has suffered major monetary loses, but if president-elect trump lifts restrictions it could lead to gains in both areas.

"We"re still dealing with a low-price environment, so anything that he does with regard to taxation that freezes up more capital could lead to more investment," Briggs said. "Certainly, we want Trump to take the steps necessary to encourage investment in the oil and gas industry and get people excited abut producing these great resources we"ve been blessed in, but we need to make sure in Louisiana that we take care of our house first so when those investment dollars do come in, which they will, we can attract those dollars. Not Texas, Oklahoma, North Dakota."

Source: http://www.katc.com/story/33682908/donald-trumps-100-day-plan-will-impact-the-oil-gas-industry

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