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Brad ‘Doesn’t Care’ About Angelina’s Reaction to His GF at Chateau Miraval

Dissing his ex? Brad Pitt brought girlfriend Nicole Poturalski to the chateau where he married Angelina Jolie — and isn’t concerned about the reaction he’ll get.

“Taking Nicole to Miraval on their former wedding anniversary, Brad knows exactly what he is doing and the reaction it’s going to get from Angelina,” a source exclusively reveals in the latest issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now. “He just doesn’t care if Angelina is going to lash out. He expects she will.”

Us confirmed in August that Pitt, 56, and the German model, 27, are seeing each other amid his messy divorce from Jolie, 45. The couple were spotted arriving at Le Bourget Airport near Paris before heading to Château Miraval, the estate Pitt and Jolie purchased together in 2008. Six years later, the Mr. and Mrs. Smith costars tied the knot at the vineyard in the South of France.

After 12 years together and two years of marriage, Jolie and Pitt split in September 2016. They were made legally single in April 2019 but are still in the middle of an extensive battle over custody of their six kids: Maddox, 19, Pax, 16, Zahara, 15, Shiloh, 14, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 12. The former couple is set to appear in court in October.

“Brad has done everything he could in his power to avoid this moment,” the source says of the possibility of heading to trial. “Angelina hasn’t in Brad’s perspective.”

In August, the Maleficent actress attempted to disqualify the judge presiding over her divorce case, John W. Ouderkirk, who she claimed had failed to disclose a working relationship with one of Pitt’s attorneys. Ouderkirk later responded to Jolie’s allegations, noting in documents obtained by Us that she had “clearly failed” to prove that he had any bias toward the Fight Club actor.

“All my client is asking for is a fair trial based on facts, with no special favors extended to either side,” Jolie’s lawyer, Samantha Bley DeJean, previously told Us amid the former couple’s back and forth. “The only way litigants can trust the process is for everyone involved to ensure that there’s transparency and impartiality.”

02/09/2020

Back-to-Back! April Love Geary, Robin Thicke Expecting 3rd Child Together

Back at it! April Love Geary is pregnant with her and Robin Thicke’s third child together, Us Weekly exclusively confirms.

The model, 25, joked in May that she wanted to expand her and the Grammy winner’s family after previously welcoming their daughters, Mia, 2, and Lola, 18 months. (The Masked Singer judge, 43, also shares son Julian, 10, with his ex-wife, Paula Patton.)

“GET ME PREGNANT AGAIN,” the California native wrote via Instagram at the time, reposting a black-and-white photo of the singer. “Jk don’t but like Omg. I mean honestly, who does he think he is dropping a picture like this so casually? And not even warning me??? Like??? Meet me in the bedroom???”

Geary started dating Thicke in 2014, and he proposed four years later. Their baby girls arrived in February 2018 and February 2019, respectively.

After announcing her second pregnancy in August 2018, Geary revealed that she was on birth control when they conceived baby No. 2.

“Nope!!!” Geary wrote on her Instagram Story in August 2018 when one of her followers asked whether the pregnancy was planned. “I started birth control and then one morning I woke up nauseous.”

While her reaction was, “Holy s–t,” Geary’s doctor put her mind at ease. She explained, “My doctor is amazing and says everything looks perfect right now. I wanted to have them be close in age but it just happened to be very close in age haha.”

The then-pregnant star was slammed that same year for having children with the “Blurred Lines” singer out of wedlock, but she clapped back. “We’re in 2018,” Geary wrote at the time. “Not the 1950’s. Women don’t NEED to get married before having babies. Ya’ll need to chill.”

Thicke spoiled his fiancée ahead of Lola’s arrival, he exclusively told Us in February 2019. “I try to dote on her, but it’s never enough,” the American Music Award nominee gushed. “You can never dote too much. When you already have a baby to take care of, you got plenty to do. So the closer we get now, we’re getting really excited and anxious. We’re very ready for this new baby to come.”

30/08/2020

Newt Gingrich: Eisenhower being deservedly honored as one of history’s great leaders

At a time when radicals are trying to remove monuments and erase American history, it’s heartening that a new monument preserving our nation’s past will soon be unveiled.

We learned last week that, after a delay due to the coronavirus pandemic, the formal dedication of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington will take place Sept. 17.

Designed by architect Frank Gehry, the memorial honors the legacy of Eisenhower, who served as supreme commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War II and later as the 34th president of the United States.

Eisenhower was unquestionably one of history’s great leaders. Indeed, few people are more deserving of a monument, in part because of his extraordinary leadership during World War II — the subject of this week’s episode of my podcast “Newt’s World.”

In Part Two of a three-part series on Eisenhower’s life, I tell the story of Eisenhower’s military career from D-Day on, detailing some of the most consequential episodes in our nation’s history.

It is truly remarkable how much Eisenhower had to manage as a five-star general during the largest, most destructive war ever to take place.

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He of course had to master military tactics and strategy, overseeing the entire Allied war effort in Europe. But Eisenhower also had to be a psychologist, as he worked with some difficult, arrogant people who required particular approaches in dealing with them.

Most notably, Eisenhower navigated the rivalry between Gen. George Patton and British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, two brilliant commanders who constantly tried to outdo one another.

Furthermore, Eisenhower had to be a politician — or at least think politically — understanding that war is, at its core, an extension of politics by other means. Ultimately, military-strategic objectives are meant to serve political objectives.

Of course, Eisenhower’s military career didn’t end with accepting N**i Germany’s unconditional surrender in May 1945. He continued to serve in a number of capacities — interrupted by a stint as president of Columbia University — before campaigning for president of the United States.

I hope you will listen to this week’s episode to learn about how Eisenhower helped lead the Allies to victory in World War II. Anyone interested in politics, leadership, psychology, and of course military affairs will discover powerful lessons from Eisenhower’s story.

I also hope you will listen to my next episode, set to air Wednesday. My guest will be Dr. Tal Zaks, chief medical officer at Moderna, who will update us on how close we are to getting a vaccine for the coronavirus.

29/08/2020

Raleigh anti-police protest turns violent after curfew time

Rioters in North Carolina’s capital city smashed windows, splashed red paint and threw objects at law enforcement officers Friday night after ignoring a curfew imposed on a downtown protest, according to reports.

The crowd in Raleigh also removed barriers from outside the Wake County Justice Center and tossed them into the street or into nearby bushes, Raleigh’s WRAL-TV reported.

“I would rather die out here tonight of pepper spray, rubber bullets and sticks than to die on the streets with people thinking I’m a devil,” Jeffrey Stallings, 34, of Raleigh, told the News & Observer as he waved a piece of barricade. “We’re people. We’re brothers and sisters.”

Raleigh joined a list of cities nationwide – including New York City, Atlanta, Louisville, Ky.; Denver, Seattle, Portland, Ore.; and Los Angeles – that have seen frequent protests against police use of excessive force against African Americans and other minorities.

But critics say the unrest has been more about vandalism, looting and taking advantage of opportunities to commit other crimes.

Earlier in the evening in Raleigh, a group formed a circle and watched an American flag being burned, according to the station.

Soon a bystander came over and stomped out the fire, the report said.

Members of the crowd said they wanted Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman to step down, alleging Freeman was helping to promote institutional racism.

Just a day earlier, Freeman had cleared a White Raleigh police officer of charges following the January shooting death of a Black man, WRAL reported.

That man, named Keith Collins, had been carrying a BB gun, the News & Observer reported. Freeman ruled that Officer W.B. Tapscott had acted lawfully in the shooting.

At one point Friday, the crowd neared 1,000 people, the News & Observer reported.

Police had used social media to urge people not to be destructive but it soon appeared that plan wasn’t working.

Shortly before 10 p.m., police declared the gathering an unlawful assembly, prompting a portion of the crowd to head over to the Statehouse – where dozens of police officers in riot gear were waiting for them, the newspaper reported.

By 11 p.m., much of the crowd had dispersed.

28/08/2020

Woman who ate only pasta, cheese and fries says hypnotherapy cured her fear of fruits and vegetables

A woman who has eaten only cheese, chips and pasta for more than 20 years after developing a fear of fruits and vegetables has been cured by hypnotherapy.

Jenny Edgar, 32, would gag if she tried anything other than her bland diet of dry cereal, cheese and cookies, or her everyday dinner of pasta or french fries. Even her Christmas dinner was macaroni cheese washed down with a glass of water.

The health center receptionist, from Coventry, England, avoided eating out as any fruit, vegetables or fish would leave her heaving. But after getting engaged she decided to face her life-long fear of healthy grub to lose weight before getting married next March.

Incredibly, after six hypnotherapy sessions, Edgar can now enjoy some of her most feared foods.

“When I was a child I would eat raisins and grapes but hated vegetables,” said Edgar. “As I got older I didn’t touch greens at all and would just eat cheese and pasta because I knew I liked them. I had a real fear of not liking fruit and veg so didn’t even bother putting them in my mouth in case I had to spit them out.”

Jenny Edgar, 32, previously hated fruits and vegetables, and would gag if she tried anything other than her bland diet of dry cereal, cheese and biscuits and her everyday dinner of pasta or fries.
Jenny Edgar, 32, previously hated fruits and vegetables, and would gag if she tried anything other than her bland diet of dry cereal, cheese and biscuits and her everyday dinner of pasta or fries. (SWNS)

Edgar further explained that she “hated the texture” on some of the foods, like the fuzz on peaches, or the “juiciness” of tomatoes.

“When I was in my teens it wasn’t really a problem because I was quite slim but after going to college and having my son I really noticed the weight going on. I also stopped meeting friends in restaurants or going out in case I didn’t like the food,” she said. “One Sunday, I went for dinner at my fiance’s house and I had to take my own [ready-made] meal of macaroni cheese. It was very embarrassing and it was getting me down. I just thought to myself that if I don’t sort it out now then I never will.”

Edgar, who lives with fiancé Mark Lancashire, 37, decided to tackle her fears to help her 8-year-old son Kian have a healthy diet.

“Kian is of an age where he needs to try different foods and I didn’t want him to be affected by me,” she said. “Because I don’t like fruit and veg, I’ve only been buying him strawberries but I want him to try lots of different things.”

Edgar visited hypnotherapist Russell Hemmings, who coached her using cognitive behavioral therapy and hypnotherapy in the hopes of helping her overcome her phobia.

“The first session I had was amazing. He just talked to me in a really relaxed way and got me to try five different fruits. I put a piece of pineapple in my mouth and just couldn’t believe the flavor. It was delicious and I said I couldn’t believe I’d waited so long to eat it.

Edgar disliked apples, and wouldn't eat a peach because she hated the fuzzy texture.
Edgar disliked apples, and wouldn’t eat a peach because she hated the fuzzy texture. (SWNS)

During the session, she also tried mango and apple — although the latter wasn’t one of her favorites. Still, after the therapy, she was “at least” willing to give it a try.

“After a few more sessions, Russell cooked up fresh fish and vegetables which tasted great. I was worried to try them at first but then after a few nibbles I was hooked.”

Now, Edgar is looking forward to expanding her cooking skills, and is even planning on growing her own vegetables at home.

Edgar visited hypnotherapist Russell Hemmings, who coached her using cognitive behavioral therapy and hypnotherapy in the hopes of helping her overcome her phobia.
Edgar visited hypnotherapist Russell Hemmings, who coached her using cognitive behavioral therapy and hypnotherapy in the hopes of helping her overcome her phobia. (SWNS)

Self-help guru and author Russell Hemmings who specializes in treating anxiety disorders, depression and weight, said “eating anxiety” is often tied to childhood, and certain foods can trigger emotions and negative responses.

“When working with food aversion, the phobic response when food is introduced may also induce a feeling of revulsion,” he said. “Food aversion can grow very strong, and can also, unfortunately, last a lifetime.”

Hemmings says he used a “three-pronged approach” of coaching, hypnotherapy cognitive-behavioral therapy to “re-wire Edgar’s responses so she no longer feared certain foods.”

“I was delighted to see Edgar try so many different fruits and vegetables which she hadn’t tried for more than two decades,” he said. “She has made incredible progress and she motivated to enjoy a healthier, more balanced and exciting diet which will improve her and her family’s lifestyle.”

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23/08/2020

Body of Detroit firefighter who tried to save girls from drowning recovered from river :

body of a firefighter who went missing after trying to rescue girls from drowning was recovered Saturday in the Detroit River, authorities said.

Detroit Fire Department Sgt. Sivad Johnson, 48, was off-duty Friday night and with his 10-year-old daughter when he heard several girls screaming for help and dove into the water near the Detroit Yacht Club, The Detroit News reported.

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“First responders are never off-duty,” state police said. “He saw people that needed help and he didn’t hesitate to jump in the water to save them.”

Johnson served the Detroit Fire Department for 26 years.
Johnson served the Detroit Fire Department for 26 years. (Detroit Fire Department)

A civilian and a nearby boat also rushed over to help the girls.

“From the civilian we talked to last night, there were a lot of rip currents and the sergeant went out into the water,” Deputy Fire Commissioner Dave Fornell told the paper Saturday. “One girl was rescued by the civilian, and the boat picked up the two other girls.”

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After the rescue, Johnson’s daughter realized her father was missing and called 911 around 9 p.m., police said. The girl was turned over to her grandfather as a police dive team searched for her father. The search was called off Friday due to darkness and resumed the next day.

Detroit Firefighter Sivad Johnson holds plaque given to him in 2016 for saving the life of an unconscious man.
Detroit Firefighter Sivad Johnson holds plaque given to him in 2016 for saving the life of an unconscious man. (Detroit Public Safety Foundation)

The body was found by police divers around 1 p.m. Saturday after a six-hour search.

It is believed Johnson may have been dragged underwater by a rip current, police said.

“He’s a firefighter, he saw the girls in distress and jumped in. He’s done that his entire career,” Fornell said. “Something happened, and it’s unfortunate to have lost one of our own that way.”

Johnson joined the fire department 26 years ago, following in his father’s footsteps.

He was honored in 2016 by the Detroit Public Safety Foundation for saving the life of an unconscious man during a fire. A year later, he was honored for his bravery with the department’s medal of valor.

23/08/2020

The cruel exams algorithm has laid bare the unfairness at the heart of our schools | Kenan Malik

What children know and too many politicians seem not to: a few years ago, the psychologists Alex Shaw and Kristina Olson ran an experiment in which they told young children about two boys, Dan and Mark, who had cleaned up their room and were to be rewarded with rubbers (why rubbers should be seen as a reward I don’t know). However, there were five rubbers, so they could not be divided equally between the two boys. What should they do? The vast majority of children thought that one eraser should be thrown away, so there could be an even split between Dan and Mark. However, when the children heard that “Dan did more work than Mark”, they were quite comfortable giving three to Dan and two to Mark.

The children, in other words, had a deep commitment to fairness – anyone who has children will know that their favourite cry is “but that’s not fair!” – but they also recognised that the meaning of fairness could change depending on context. If Dan worked harder than Mark, it was only fair that he received more of the goodies, rather than fairness always requiring an equal division of the rewards.

The issue of fairness is a key concern, of course, not just for children but for politics too. Unlike the children, though, many politicians seem not to recognise that the meaning of fairness depends on context, that there are different ways of being fair and that we have to choose between them, depending on our broader political aims.

Consider the examination results fiasco. The original set of results, created by an algorithm designed by the exam authorities in the four nations, was manifestly unfair, penalising exceptional pupils in historically disadvantaged schools while giving a statistical leg-up to poorly performing students in high-achieving ones.

Outrage over the unfairness has led to the abandonment of the algorithmic scores and their replacement with unmoderated teacher assessments. But this, too, is unfair. Not only do teachers’ assessments tend to be overgenerous when compared with actual exam results but, left unmoderated, they penalise those pupils whose teachers were stricter in their assessments.

Then there is the question of grade inflation. The fact that this year’s grades are so much better than those of previous years may be unfair to both past and future students who must compete with them.

The question they needed to answer was not ‘how do we create a fair system?’ but ‘what kind of fairness do we want?’

All the methods, in other words, are fair from certain perspectives and unfair from others. The question that the exam authorities and the politicians needed to answer was not: “How do we create a fair assessment system to replace the exams?” but: “What kind of fairness do we want and what kinds of unfairness are we willing to tolerate?”

Fairness is not a thing in itself but defined by one’s wider political vision. A utilitarian, committed to the notion of the greatest good for the greatest number of people, has a different understanding of fairness from an Aristotelian who believes, in the words of Aristotle’s Politics, that “persons who are equal should have assigned to them equal things”. Fairness to a free-market libertarian, for whom the market is best placed to equitably distribute goods, is different from fairness to a socialist, whose starting point is social need.

Politicians and policymakers have, however, increasingly embraced a technocratic view of fairness, adopting the pretence that science or statistics can objectively define what it is to be fair. The problem with this approach, as the Royal Statistical Society observed, is that an algorithm “is not simply a technically obvious and neutral procedure” but “embeds a range of judgments and choices”. The results of an algorithm depend on what it is asked to do and what data it is fed.

In the schools fiasco, the exam authorities, such as Ofqual in England and the Scottish Qualifications Authority, were apparently told that the primary concern was to prevent grade inflation. Once politicians had made that choice, then blaming the algorithm for producing the wrong political answer is little more than refusing to accept responsibility for one’s judgment.

Algorithms are, as the writer and broadcaster Timandra Harkness puts it, “prejudice engines”. The data with which they are fed is inevitably tainted by the prejudices and biases of the human world. Unchecked, that feeds into the results they produce. And where algorithms make predictions, those prejudices and biases are projected into the future.

The system has long served to thwart the ambitions of working-class pupils and ease the path of the more privileged

The reason the exam algorithms penalised pupils from disadvantaged schools is that this is the algorithm built into real life. The education system has long served to thwart the ambitions of working-class pupils and to ease the path of the more privileged ones. The results debacle is but a sharper expression of what usually happens year after year.

It’s not just with algorithms that we see the problem of political judgments being passed off as objective decisions. Throughout the summer, ministers have justified their pandemic policies by claiming that “we’re following the science”. Scientific data and modelling can help us understand the consequences of different political decisions but they cannot tell us which decision is socially or morally preferable. Is it better to prevent grade inflation or to reward students who have done better than historically expected? Do the benefits of opening schools outweigh the risks of further spreading coronavirus? These are not just empirical questions but require political judgment too.

“People in this country have had enough of experts,” claimed Michael Gove during the Brexit referendum campaign. No government would seem to be more in tune with that sentiment than Boris Johnson’s administration. Yet his is also a government that shirks responsibility for its own decisions by pretending that political questions are really technical ones to be settled by experts. Perhaps what Gove meant was: “We’ve had enough of experts except when they can provide us with an alibi for political misjudgments.”

• Kenan Malik is an Observer columnist

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Ruston Kelly Says He’s Got Kacey Musgraves’ Back in 32nd Birthday Tribute

Always on her side! Ruston Kelly celebrated Kacey Musgraves‘ 32nd birthday with a sweet message for his estranged wife.

The “Pressure” singer, also 32, shared a black-and-white photo of Musgraves via his Instagram Story on Friday, August 21.

“Anyone who knows your heart, your kindness, your humor and compassion … are made better people by it,” Kelly wrote. “I got your back. Happy birthday .”

Last month, the “Follow Your Arrow” singer showed support for Kelly with her own shout-out for his birthday.

“Hope you know how lucky the world is to have you in it, ,” Musgraves captioned a black-and-white photo of Kelly on July 31. “Happy Birthday! I’m in your corner.”

The friendly pair — who wed in October 2017 — announced their separation in July after nearly three years of marriage.

“We believe that we were put into each other’s lives for a divine reason and have both changed each other infinitely for the better,” Kelly and Musgraves wrote in a joint statement on July 3. “The love we have for each other goes far beyond the relationship we’ve shared as husband and wife. It’s a soul connection that can never be erased.”

They added, “Though we are parting ways in marriage, we will remain true friends for the rest of our lives. We hold no blame, anger, or contempt for each other and we ask for privacy and positive wishes for us both as we learn how to navigate through this.”

One day earlier, Musgraves filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. Despite their separation, the duo “still have love and respect for one another,” according to court documents obtained by Us Weekly at the time.

The estranged couple have continued to stand by each other throughout the separation. Musgraves even promoted Kelly’s new single “Pressure” when it was released in July.

Earlier this month, Kelly and the “High Horse” songstress sent fans into a frenzy when they posted cryptic messages to each other via Twitter.

“It is what it is,” the Grammy winner tweeted on Monday, August 17, to which Kelly replied, “It doesn’t have to be.”

One fan wrote, “IM NOT OKAY,” while another person tweeted, “Plz tell me y’all are getting back together.”