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As glaciers melt at an alarming pace, a geologist reflects on the legacy of ice ages and what the future may hold

Jack Ridge uses a compass to show the direction of a series of glacial striations atop Waitt’s Mount in Malden, Massachusetts. Credit: Alonso Nichols With continued news of glaciers in Greenland, Antarctica, Alaska and the Alps, as well as other parts of the world, melting far faster than predicted, Tufts Now turned to an expert on ice sheets and the last ice age to better understand the big picture.…

JLo And Ben Affleck’s Wedding Officiant Reflects On Getting To Oversee The Ceremony

In some ways, it’s honestly still hard to believe that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are finally married. Two two stars, who were engaged decades ago before calling it off in 2004, tied the knot during a ceremony in Vegas in July. However, JLo and Affleck had their real wedding extravaganza at the latter’s compound in Georgia in August, where an array of celebrities assembled to celebrate their union. Since the event, a number of attendees have shared details about the experience and, now, the officiant who oversaw the…

Governments’ use of automated decision-making systems reflects systemic issues of injustice and inequality

Software and technology can process large amounts of data instantaneously, making them highly attractive for government use. Credit: Shutterstock In 2019, former UN Special Rapporteur Philip Alston said he was worried we were "stumbling zombie-like into a digital welfare dystopia." He had been researching how government agencies around the world were turning to automated decision-making systems (ADS) to cut costs, increase…

FedEx’s warning reflects both global economy and internal shortcomings

A FedEx worker makes a delivery on September 16, 2022 in Miami Beach, Florida.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesFedEx warned of weakening global shipping demand in a preliminary earnings report last week, leaving the market scrambling to determine whether the problems reflect internal company shortcomings or a broader economic diagnosis.CEO Raj Subramaniam pointed to external factors after the shipping giant missed Wall Street earnings and revenue estimates, telling CNBC's Jim Cramer on Mad Money that the company is a "reflection…

Cole Bennett Reflects on How He Started Working With Juice WRLD

Cole Bennett has shared some untold gems about his experiences working with artists like Juice WRLD, Kanye West, Justin Bieber, and more.In a clip from his interview with Full Send Podcast, Bennett touched on working with Juice in the early stages of the late rapper’s career, saying that he first learned of Juice through Lil Bibby.“Bibby called me and he’s like, I have this artist I want you to manage,” Bennett said. “I said, ‘Manage? I don’t manage artists,’ … and he sent me Juice’s music. This was before anyone who knew…

‘I did not identify as a lesbian’: Anne Heche reflects on Ellen DeGeneres in upcoming memoir | Anne Heche

In a memoir Anne Heche worked on over the past year, the late actor shared candid thoughts on her relationship with Ellen DeGeneres in the late 1990s, when they were among Hollywood’s first openly gay couples.“I was labeled outrageous because I fell in love with a woman. I had never been with a woman before I dated Ellen,” Heche wrote in Call Me Anne, which Start Publishing will release in January.Heche, whose films included Donnie Brasco and Wag the Dog, died in August at 53, a week after crashing her car into a house…

Jamie Lee Curtis reflects on playing Laurie Strode as new ‘Halloween’ maze honors that legacy

Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights has long celebrated filmmaker, actor, writer and composer John Carpenter and co-writer and producer Debra Hill’s 1978 independent slasher “Halloween.” The annual event has themed walk-thru attractions after several films within the “Halloween” franchise and the movie’s antagonist, Michael Myers, has certainly become synonymous with the season, HHN creative director and executive producer John Murdy said. “It would be in my top five, all-time classic horror films,” he…

Frances de la Tour reflects on ‘odd’ decision to cut gay scene from Love Actually

Frances de la Tour has called the decision to cut her scene from the 2003 romcom Love Actually “odd”.The Harry Potter and Seventies sitcom star had shot scenes for the film as a woman called Geraldine, the terminally ill partner of the headmistress (Anne Reid) at the school attended by Karen’s (Emma Thompson) son.The audience was supposed to see a moving scene in which the pair bicker over their differing tastes in fancy sausages and display wicked senses of humour, before cuddling up at night.It is later revealed during…

Eminem Reflects on His Career and Battling Drug Addiction

In an extensive piece for XXL Magazine, Eminem has offered a look back on his place in hip-hop and opened up about his struggles with drug addiction.Written by Em himself, he reflected on how he went from a broke 24-year-old with a baby to an overnight success thanks to The Slim Shady LP. “That was a fun album to make, but it’s also where everything suddenly changed,” said Em, who noted that drugs became “a part of the way I was living my life once I got signed.”Early in his career, he said him and some friends frequently…

Maybe Leonardo DiCaprio’s pursuit of Gigi Hadid reflects new maturity

Leonardo DiCaprio hasn’t wasted any time looking for another beautiful model in her 20s to date after recently breaking up with Camilla Morrone, according to a new report. The 47-year-old Oscar is “definitely pursuing” supermodel Gigi Hadid, a source told People. “They are getting to know each other,” the source said, adding that the pair “aren’t “dating” just yet. HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JULY 22: Leonardo DiCaprio arrives at the premiere of Sony Pictures’ “One Upon A Time…In Hollywood” at the Chinese Theatre on July 22,…