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The Sun reported that the assailants made off with the footballer"s 25,000 Rolex.
A Met Police spokesman said: "One of the suspects threatened the victim with a knife before stealing his watch. The victim was not injured.
"At this early stage, officers are investigating whether the suspects intentionally collided with the victim"s car."
West Ham manager Slaven Bilic described Carroll as "very brave" after the player was allegedly targeted as he drove his Mercedes G-Wagon back to his home in Essex from the club"s Rush Green training ground.
Jack O"Brien, 22, of Ivyhouse Road, Dagenham, east London, is due to appear in court charged with a string of offences, including attempted robbery in connection with Mr Carroll.
[News] Let"s talk about Mike Pence, HAMILTON, and Free Speech
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Republican president-elect Donald Trump acknowledges the crowd during his election night event at the New York Hilton Midtown.
So much for that "restraint" idea.
Barely a week after having pledged to restrain himself on social media after his stunning White House win, President-elect Donald Trump has leapt back into the Internet fray with gusto, tweeting at the crack of dawn at a few familiar targets in a way that undermined his efforts to behave more presidential.
In just the last 24 hours alone, the newly-elected leader of the free world has used Twitter to blast the castmembers of the hit Broadway play "Hamilton" and NBC"s "Saturday Night Live" (NBC is owned by Comcast, the parent company of CNBC). On Saturday night"s episode, the show lampooned Trump"s meeting with former GOP nominee Mitt Romney, who is rumored to be in the running for a cabinet position.
After Vice President-elect Mike Pence was both hectored and lectured at a Friday night showing of "Hamilton"unleashing a firestorm on the news cycle that has yet to abateTrump demanded that the troupe apologize to Pence in a series of tweets.
That post came virtually after 6am Eastern, and came after he deleted a tweet that accused a "Hamilton" actor of being unable to "memorize lines." Meanwhile, Pence told Fox News that he enjoyed the play, and was not offended by the curtain call speech that singled him out, the network reported.
On Sunday, the president-elect doubled down on his criticism of the show, took aim at SNL and boasted that he would have prevailed had a civil suit against Trump University gone to court. Trump settled the case for $25 million in a deal announced on Friday.
His broadsides against "Hamilton" and SNL capped a week in which he also blasted the New York Times for its reporting of his transition team. It suggested Trump will have a difficult time keeping his word to be more circumspect about his social media postings. In an interview with CBS"s "60 Minutes" last week, Trump vowed to be more restrained on Twitter.
Trump also complimented Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer, who is poised to become Senate minority leader. The president-elect referred to the New York Democrat as "far smarter" than his predecessor Harry Reid.
Longhorn Weekly with Charlie Strong [Nov. 17, 2016]
This season has beenone long roller-coaster ride for Texas Coach Charlie Strong.
Up: a thrilling opening win over Notre Dame. Down: consecutive losses to California, Oklahoma State and Oklahoma. Up: consecutive wins over Baylor and Texas Tech. Pause: a tough loss to nationally ranked West Virginia.
And then, what was likely the final dive.
Before Saturday, Texas had not lost to Kansas since 1938.
Before Saturday, Kansas had lost 19 consecutive Big 12 Conference games.
Two Matthew Wyman kicks knocked Strong all the way out of Texas.
The Kansas kicker made a 36-yard field goal with seven seconds left to tie the score, 21-21, and send the game to overtime. Then he knocked in another field goal in overtime, from 25 yards, to give the Jayhawks the upset victory.
Asked what the loss meant regarding his future, Strong was visibly upset and could only stammer his answer: I just No, I dont.
As for some of the Longhorns faithful, well, their sentiment was summoned up by one Internet summary that began: Dear Texas president Greg Fenves, this is what rock-bottom looks like... You may now pull the plug.
Even before the loss, there were reports that Texas boosters were pressuring the university to make a play for Houston Coach Tom Herman.
Herman was hot property when the Cougars opened the season with an upset of then-No. 3 Oklahoma, but had cooled off a bit after midseason losses to Navy and Southern Methodist.
He got another jolt when Houston routed No. 5 Louisville, 36-10, on Thursday. Hermans Cougars have won their last four games against top-10 teams.
Easy street
You could call it Week 12 of the college football season.
You could call it the week Harvard played Yale, UCLA played USC and Florida finally played Louisiana State.
Or, around the Southeastern Conference, you could call it Patsy Week when several of the leagues teams faced opponents that were, or should have been, completely overmatched.
Those opponents included Texas San Antonio, Louisiana Lafayette, Austin Peay, Chattanooga, Alabama A&M and Western Carolina.
Without Hurricane Matthew, which forced Florida and Louisiana State to cancel their scheduled games and play each other in a makeup, Presbyterian and South Alabama could have been added to the list.
The results were predictable, sort of.
There wasnt an upset, though there were several competitive games: No. 25 Texas A&M defeated Texas San Antonio, 23-10; Georgia downed Louisiana Lafayette, 35-21; and South Carolina took down Western Carolina, 44-31.
Shoot, even Chattanooga held an early field-goal lead over top-ranked Alabama before the Crimson Tide restored order and cruised to a 31-3 win.
There were only two actual routs: Kentucky over Austin Peay, 49-13, and No. 15 Auburn over Alabama A&M, 55-0.
Gators bite
Leonard Fournette was there for Louisiana State before the Tigers game against Florida. He even unexpectedly showed up during the game, despite a nagging injury. But he didnt get the call with the game on the line, one yard from the end zone and a likely victory with three seconds left on the clock.
That carry went to Derrius Guice, who has been the teams featured back when Fournette has been nursing injuries.
Guice was stuffed at the line, fumbled, and Florida escaped with a 16-10 win that delivered serious damage to Ed Orgerons hopes of sticking as Louisiana States coach.
Fournette wasnt expected to play, but changed his mind after things got chippy between the teams before the game. Players and coaches from both sides shouted, postured and, in a couple of cases, pushed and shoved.
Video showed Fournette twice shoving Florida assistant Torrian Gray as the secondary coach walked toward a group of Louisiana Stateplayers and coaches.
A short time later, back in the locker room, Fournette surprised Orgeron with a request to suit up.
He came to me right before the game and said, Coach, I want to play. I want to support my team, Orgeron said.
Fournette had 40 yards in 12 carries.
You can see he wasn"t full speed, Orgeron said.
Floridas Jim McElwain became the first SEC coach to take his team to the conference championship game in each of his first two years on the job.
Big fall
The smart people at Harvard probably thought this fall couldnt get worse.
They thought wrong.
The mens soccer season already had been canceled after an article in the university newspaper revealed that for years the players had been rating members of the schools womens soccer team on their looks and other nonathletic or academic qualities. The mens cross-country team is under investigation after similar allegations.
But the Crimson still had football, and all they needed to clinch a share of their fourth consecutive Ivy League championship was a victory over Yale 2-7 Yale in the 133rdedition of The Game.
Harvard entered the game with a 7-2 record and nine consecutive victories in their series against Yale.
Final: Yale 21, Harvard 14.
Its heartbreaking, Coach Tim Murphy said. Its heartbreaking for our seniors because they had a chance to win an Ivy League championship. Its heartbreaking for our seniors because at the end of the day, this games about pride pride in our team, pride in our program, and certainly pride in our school.
Pulling rank
If you know your San Diego State football history, the Aztecs 34-33 upset loss to Wyoming couldnt have been all that much of a surprise.
Given respect, they just cant win.
Riding a six-game winning streak, San Diego State returned to the Associated Press top 25 this week the kiss of death. Since 1977, the Aztecs are winless as members of the top 25.
Earlier this year, they broke in just in time to lose to South Alabama.
Against Wyoming, they scored on a 23-yard pass from Christian Chapman to Quest Truxton as time ran out, but lost when a two-point conversion pass was broken up.
San Diego State has lost its last four games as a ranked team.
Aztecs running back Donnel Pumphrey was held to 76 yards in 17 carries, but still moved past Tony Dorsett into third place on the NCAA major-college career rushing list. Pumphrey has 6.127 yards, trailing former Wisconsin star Ron Dayne (6.397) and Texas Ricky Williams (6,279).
Extra points
Notre Dames loss to Virginia Tech means the Fighting Irish will finish a season without consecutive victories for the first time since 1960. Stanfords Christian McCaffrey would appear to be completely healthy again. In his last four games, he has787 yards in 103 carries an average of 7.64 yards per carry and scored nine touchdowns. Stanfords win over California is the Cardinals seventh in a row over the Golden Bears,tied for the longest winning streak in the series.
Los Angeles Times wire services contributed to this report.
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We have James L. Brooks to thank for many things: The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Simpsons, Broadcast News, and one of the most iconic scenes in the history of teen movies. Brooks was an executive producer on Cameron Crowes Say Anything..., which gave us John Cusack holding a boom box aloft so the sounds of Peter Gabriel could drift into the object of his affections window. The entertainment legend now has his name on another film about the anxiety of adolescence, The Edge Of Seventeen. Written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig, Edge follows the prickly Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld), something of a lonerpartly of her own designwho relies on her best friend, Krista (Haley Lu Richardson), for solace. When Krista starts dating Darian (Blake Jenner), who happens to be Kristas annoyingly popular older brother, Nadine descends into a self-destructive tailspin. The film deftly unpacks the agony of a teenage girl who believes the world has it out for her.
Brooks has a history of shepherding young writers to creative success, having worked with the likes of Crowe and Wes Anderson at the outset of their careers. The A.V. Club spoke with Brooks at the Toronto International Film Festival, where Edge premiered on closing night.
The A.V. Club: How did you come across this script?
James L. Brooks: Julie Ansell, who works for me, who looks for scripts, found this one. I read it, and it was fine. Kelly came in, and we talked. Then just as she was leavingthe whole thing was overshe turned around, and she said in a definite P.S.: Nobody will ever work as hard as I do. That really impressed me. We went forward without saying lets fix this or lets adjust this act. Lets find out the mission. Whats the mission of this picture? What should it be? Kelly went off at my urging to do research for about six months and talk to kids all over the place. Shed tape them, and shed bring it in, and a lot of it was intimate stuff. Shed call them on the phone, and shed maintain relationships with them after seeing them in groups. I cant tell youI dont even know if Kelly can tell you specifically what came out of itbut she sat down and wrote a second draft, and suddenly there was an important writer with a specific voice. I went nuts over it.
AVC: How important is a research process?
JLB: I believe in it a lot.
AVC: Have you done that in your work as well?
JLB: Always. Im writing a script now, and I had shortchanged the research, and now years into it, many drafts, Im going back and doing some proper research.
AVC: When you first saw the script was there anything that struck you?
JLB: We were never doing a teen movie. We were never doing a genre movie. We tried to beat that back with a stick. We were serving characters in a story the way youd serve characters in a story in any event. But, what happens when you do the research, its not only what you learn, its that youve met these kids, and you have a constituency in your mind, so that youre not full of s**t.
AVC: Theres a parallel to Say Anything
JLB: So did Kelly. Kelly was inspired by Say Anything as well as the John Hughes pictures. Say Anything spoke to her.
AVC: Did you see any parallels there?
JLB: No, the only parallels Ive felt are the times Ive done this with writers who became the directors of their movie, and it was the first time theyd done it, and it was like that. So I was familiar with that.
AVC: How much did the script change from that initial draft?
JLB: I never read the first draft again, so I couldnt tell you. This was a four-year period. She got pregnant. She had a baby. The change was dramatic and extraordinary, and the biggest change Id seen between drafts in my life, and I dont know if Ill ever go and make myself find out exactly what happened. But the whole focus was different. And it becameits just all Nadine, and then the actors came along. The guy who plays Erwin, Hayden [Szeto], influenced the story, and he influenced the tone with his presence. Woody [Harrelson] threaded the needle I didnt know was there until he threaded it. Theres nothing patronizing in the part. Theres nothing conventional. He seems to be delighted and annoyed at the same time, which Ive never seen.
Hailee Steinfeld and Woody Harrelson in The Edge Of Seventeen (Photo: STX Entertainment)
AVC: He also defies a lot of the conventions of supportive teachers.
JLB: Hes not an irascible teacher, either. Its a very specific character that you wonder about.
AVC: In terms of your working relationship with Kelly, was there any point where you just sort of let her go, or were you always collaborating with her?
JLB: I think the answer is yes, I let her go, and yes, I was always collaborating. I was present almost all the time, throughout the editing process, throughout everything.
AVC: Has that always been the case? Youve worked with a lot of director-writers, like Wes Anderson and Cameron Crowe, at the beginning of their careers.
JLB: Yes. I think thats the relationship that is established. I think with Wes, he had really spent his life preparing to direct. It was his thing. It was what he wanted. And with Cameron and Kelly, I think they were writers. With Cameron, six directors turned us down. I said, You know, maybe youre the best director.
AVC: Did you and Kelly always know that she wanted to direct this film?
JLB: We just discussed that. She just told me. Because I had said, Jeez, I dont know how it happened. I dont think there was a moment where you said, Id love to direct, and I dont think there was a moment where I said, Howd you like to direct? She said, there was a moment when I said to her, This requires a specific sensibility, this character, and you should direct.
Kelly Fremon Craig and James L. Brooks on set (Photo: STX Entertainment)
AVC: What were the challenges of getting it made?
JLB: Going around and asking for money until we got it. STXs business model was the $30 to $60 million movie. We were outside their business model, but they liked the script enough, and they just, you know, became enormously supportive.
AVC: Youve had such a long career in TV as well, which has also gone through a sea change. Have you witnessed stories that you would like to tell that you think would be better told in film moving to TV?
JLB: TV gives writers control, rather than directors, because writers control it. TV, the pursuit of excellence is commercial. Its the way a lot of networks make money, by pursuing excellence. Weve had recent greatness in television, all over the place. Now this year, it might be a stellar year in film. Certainly, Im hearing more titles that I have to see. So I hope were a part of it. Its great if were a part of it. Its great if we somehow scramble into being one of those pictures.
AVC: What do you like about the experience of producing a film and fostering talent like Kelly versus doing the writing and directing yourself?
JLB: Its soul food for me. Its good for me. Its good for me to try and help another voice out. Its good for me to work in something with a group thatI wasnt about to do a film about teenagers. Its good for me, and I get something out of it. Especially the way I work intimately with it. Its, Hey, kids, lets do the show right here. Its good for me. Its a good battle against cynicism. Its a good battle against all sorts of things. Its good. Its a multivitamin.
Hailee Steinfeld and Haley Lu Richardson (Photo: STX Entertainment)
AVC: Theres a movement to have more women behind the camera. How do you see your part in that by fostering Kellys voice?
JLB: It was fostering this writers voice. It wasnt a matter of gender to me. It wasnt. Some of my best friends are female directors. Ive always worked for women. Mystified at what that percentage was. Got a little suspicious when we went into three or four meetings, where they loved the script, it was a pro forma meeting, just to approve the financing, and I go in with Kelly, and then we didnt get it. And I started to think, is it possible? Is it possible? I hope not. But I did get a little suspicious, because its happened on the set. Its happened with crew. I remember the first movie where I had to say, Can I help you carry that? I had to stop myself from saying that as women came on crews, as women became grips, as women became gaffers.
AVC: What movie was that on?
JLB: What a good question. Maybe Spanglish. Maybe, Im not sure.
AVC: Nadine is fascinatingly complicated, and shes very real. What was it like working with Kelly to build this character?
JLB: I think that the great thing is that if you do an original character and you try to make it as honest as you can, people say thats me. Hailees performance is one of the best Ive ever been around, ever. Shes a girl whos tough to like and hard to love. Harder to love. And theres no wavering of it. And that really is what is exciting and has you leaning forward, that nobodys asking please like me because Im the heroine of the movie at any point. I think thats the heart of the movie. Her giving that performance is the heart of the movie. You know, where shes just doing the truth, and theres no awareness of a camera or judgment. Thats who she is. Im knocked out by that. Catching Hailee at exactly the right age and having her so insanely talented that she can do this truth and still has comedy chops is nuts.
AVC: Over the course of your career, what have you liked about developing female characters?
JLB: I think it was because of the crummy home that I came from, and you know, an alcoholic father, my mother had two sisters, and I had an older sister who was eight years older than I was. I was raised by women. I overheard female voices when I went to sleep. I was raised around that point of view.
Bust out the champagne, Mickey Mouse turns 88 today. Fridaymarks the famous Disney cartoon characters 88th year of screen-time, as the date marks his very first film debut, which came out on Nov. 18, 1928.
Mickey Mouse has been an enduring symbol of the Walt Disney empire and his image has appeared in film, as well as on clothing, home goodsand, of, course, as the fun-loving mascot of the Walt Disney theme parks. Now that the big day has finally arrived, its time to celebrate with some quick facts about Walt Disneys most iconic creation.
The character of Mickey Mouse first appeared in the film Steamboat Willie, which debuted Nov. 18, 1928.
While the famous mouse character made his film debut in Steamboat w*****s, he had actually been the subject of two shorts prior The Gallopin Gaucho and Plane Crazy two films that were later released, according to Disney Parks blog.
The name of Mickey Mouse was said to have been suggested by Walt Disneys wife, according to Time. Previously, Disney had given the character the name of Mortimer Mouse.
The script for the very first short that Mickey was originally featured in, Plane Crazy, was done while Walt Disney was traveling on a train from Chicago.
Disney Studios was producing somewhere around 12 Mickey Mouse shorts a year by 1937, according to Time.
The animators to first design the characteristic movements of the mouse were inspired by actor Charlie Chaplin.
Mickey Mouse shorts were originally silent. The first short in which Mickey actually spoke debuted in 1929 for the cartoon short The Karnival Kid.
The 1929 short cartoon, The Opry House, was the first cartoon in which Mickey wore his famous white gloves, according to the Internet Animation Database.
In January 1930, the very first Mickey Mouse comic strip appeared in 40 newspapers. The comics were done by Ub Iwerks.
When Disney was first deciding on names for his amusement park, he had considered naming it Mickey Mouse Village.
Fifth Harmonys Lauren Jauregui appears to be speaking out after a snap of herself kissing another woman went viral earlier this week.
Lauren posted some choice words to her Instagram page on November 17 which appeared to allude to the kissing photo that surfaced on November 13, seemingly slamming those who posted negative comments in response to the photo, which showed her kissing a woman on the lips at a friends wedding.
Jauregui took to Instagram to post a quote by Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho, which read, Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how others should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
Though Jauregui didnt explicitly mention the photo in her post, Laurens fans were quick to assume that the Fifth Harmony star was alluding to the kissing snap, which hit the headlines and caused a whole lot of drama earlier this week.
A number of dedicated Fifth Harmony fans showed their support for Lauren in the photos caption, alluding to the kissing photo and showing their support for Jauregui in the wake of the media storm that surrounded the singer after Perez Hilton published the snap on Twitter on November 13.
You are such an inspiration for us and you believe in us in a way that even we dont. You are the stronger and kindest person on earth and youre a model! Instagram user @emma_lamant told Lauren. You stay yourself no matter what people say, and you never give up. I love you Lauren and Ill always support you no matter what! Always stay yourself.
True People should learn to mind their [business], Fifth Harmony fan @wakitach254 added in response to Jaureguis inspirational quote. Lead your life how you see it fit and leave the judgement to the Almighty.
The Fifth Harmony fans sweet message to Lauren came just days after followers of the girl band were sent into meltdown mode over the photo showing Jauregui kissing another woman, with some of the bands followers claiming that Lauren actually received a whole lot of backlash after the photo found its way online.
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Lauren Jauregui and Fifth Harmony fan @CustomCabello claimed that Jauregui actually lost around 10,000 followers after the kissing photo found its way online, while other social media users revealed that Jauregui was exposed to a slew of negative comments, even from Fifth Harmony fans.
But while some fans appeared to blast Lauren over the kissing photos, thousands of fans showed their support for Jauregui while others used the 140-character site to slam blogger Perez Hilton for helping the snap, which showed Jauregui kissing another female identified only as Lucy on the lips, to go viral.
Fifth Harmonys legions of fans hit back at Perez on social media, claiming that the blogger may have outed Lauren as a lesbian by posting the photo, which has since been picked up by a number of other news outlets including the Daily Mail, on Twitter.
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Coming out is supposed to be a great opportunity to feel free, but Perez trying to force Lauren to come out when shes not ready disgusts me, Fifth Harmony fan @lindsaylee2002 tweeted out of Laurens kissing photo, while @cabellocolours wrote of Jauregui, It makes me so so sad that Perez outed Lauren. Theres a reason why she didnt publicly come out yet and he has no right to do that for her.
However, as Fifth Harmony followers continue to slam Perez, Jauregui has not yet confirmed if the kissing snap is a statement about her sexuality or if the wedding photo is a silly and non-sexual moment with a friend as Hilton claimed on Twitter.
What do you think of Fifth Harmony fans response to the viral photo of Lauren Jauregui kissing another woman?
Minnie"s Birthday! HURON The Huron Public Library is spon-soring several activities in November.
Mickey Mouse celebrates his 88th birthday on Nov. 18. The Library will honor him with a display of Disney materials. Children will be invited to search for Mickey throughout the library during the week of Nov. 14-19. They will receive a prize once they have located him.
Huron Public Librarys Senior High youth will put their chefs caps on in preparation for National Cake Day, which will be held Saturday, Nov. 26.
Ninth- through 12th-grade youth will meet at the library at 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 25, to begin shopping for supplies, followed by baking the cakes at the Huron Campus Center.
The National Cake Day Party will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, at the library. Youth in grades six through 12 will decorate cakes, eat and play games, such as How many cupcakes can you shove in your mouth?, Can you hit the mouth blindfolded?, and Pin the candle on your partners nose, just to name a few.
A messy fun time will be held by all. Youth are encouraged to wear washable OUTDOOR clothing.
For more information about these and other events at the Huron Public Library, please phone 353-8530 or visit www.libraryhursonsd.com.
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