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Actor Louise Fletcher, who gave an Oscar-winning performance as the villainous Nurse Ratched in 1975’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and won hearts when she signed to her deaf parents during her Academy Awards speech, died Friday.Fletcher, who had battled breast cancer twice by the time she was 80, died at her home in France, according to agent David Shaul, who confirmed the news to Deadline. No cause of death was given, but Shaul said Fletcher died in her sleep surrounded by family. She was 88.While the role as the…

Louise Fletcher has died at the age of 88. Her family confirmed in a report that the Oscar-winner died of natural causes at her home in Montdurausse, France. She was known for playing Nurse Ratched in the Milos Forman-directed 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which also starred Jack Nicholson. She had won an Academy Award for best actress in a leading role in 1976 for her role. Also read: Titanic actor David Warner dies at 80 from cancer-related illnessLouise’s acting career spanned more than 60 years, and…

The roles hidden behind the “Head of Data” titleThe different “Head of Data” Roles — Image courtesy of CastorIn the last few years, we’ve seen an explosion in the number of Heads of Data. As this role has evolved, so too have the types of people who are stepping into this position. So what kind of person should become a data leader? Well, there is no straightforward answer to that. The job of a Head of Data is not one-size-fits-all, and neither are the people who fill this role.There is a problem with how this job title…

The first work of fiction by American poet and Nobel laureate Louise Glück is to be published in the UK later this year.Marigold and Rose: A Fiction is a “prose narrative” about the twins of the title, and follows them in the first year of their life as they “begin to piece together the world as they move between Mother’s stories of ‘Long, long ago’ and Father’s ‘Once upon a time’”.The book, which is just 64 pages long and will be released in October, is an “investigation of the great mystery of language and of time…

Illustration: Grandfailure (Dreamstime)io9 is proud to present fiction from LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “My Future Self, Refused” by Adam-Troy Castro. You can read the story below or listen to the podcast on Lightspeed’s website. Enjoy!My Future Self, RefusedThis much was clear.At some point in my future, I would have access to a time machine.This was a ridiculous sentence and a tragically irrelevant concern while my wife Judi was on…

The title of Louise Perry’s first book makes it sound almost comically conservative: uh-oh, you think, expecting a manifesto worthy of some latterday Mary Whitehouse or Victoria Gillick. But don’t be misled. In this cultural moment, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution could hardly be more radical. It is an act of insurrection, its seditiousness born not only of the pieties it is determined to explode, but of the fact that it is also diligently researched and written in plain English. Did Perry, I wonder, struggle to…