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Paul Thomas Anderson, the 27-year-old writer and director of Boogie Nights, which charts Dirk’s meteoric rise and fall, has one special thing, too–an enormous talent for making movies. Gloriously alive from its virtuoso opening shot that swerves through a Reseda, Calif., nightclub to its revealing conclusion–in which Dirk’s special thing is unveiled in all its absurd, slumbering glory–““Boogie Nights’’ is one of those breakthrough movies that leaves no doubt you are in the presence of a natural-born filmmaker....

Jay Pinkerton is a writer best known for his contributions to Team Fortress 2 and Portal 2. Yesterday, he updated his Facebook profile, confirming that he had left his job at Valve’s office in Seattle, Washington as of this month. Chet Faliszek, who worked with Pinkerton on Portal 2 as well as Left for Dead and its sequel, posted a tongue-in-cheek tweet in response to the news that the writer had parted ways with the company....

The Oregon Justice Resource Center, CAIR-Oregon, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon have accused officers of civil rights abuse after they rounded up around 100 protesters in a controversial crowd control tactic known as “kettling” on Friday, March 12. Police formed a barricade around the protesters at about 9:15 p.m. after some began breaking windows on the block. After kettling in the crowd, which also included journalists covering the protest, on Northwest Marshall Street between Northwest 13th Avenue and Northwest 14th Avenue, officers told protesters that they were “not free to leave” and they should comply with officers’ lawful orders or face arrest....

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The “Circles” rapper sat down with Rogan for a lengthy chat about everything from mask-wearing and ghosts to The Chainsmokers—and extraterrestrial life while high on psychedelic mushrooms. The duo revealed they took some psychedelic mushrooms before they began, resulting in some interesting conversation topics. “I’ve seen one. I was probably 16. I was in upstate New York,” the 25-year-old said on the subject of UFOs at about 20 minutes into the conversation....

The Socceroos announced on Tuesday that Jedinak will miss both the clash with Brazil at the MCG and the World Cup warm-up event in Russia due to a niggling groin injury, while Smith was pulled out of Ange Postecoglou’s squad on Sunday after suffering a hamstring strain against Saudi Arabia. Jedinak out of Confederations Cup Smith will be replaced by Alex Gersbach, who will join the squad in Russia, while uncapped midfielder Jimmy Jeggo will take Jedinak’s spot....

The domain names in question, Rainbow6Patriots.com and RainbowsixPatriots.com, are currently devoid of content, but their existence points towards Ubisoft revving up a new Tom Clancy Rainbow Six title. In fact, a poster over on the NeoGAF forums has said that logo, art, covers, and rendered game screens are being tossed around to marketing folk. Unfortunately, the NeoGAF poster does not reveal too much about the assets except that the plot is very timely — it centers around a terrorist group targeting Wall Street — and also features a new third person perspective....

Poulter followed an opening-round 73 that had him packing his bags in anticipation of a missed cut with rounds of 64 and 65 to reach 14-under 202 at the Golf Club of Houston. Beau Hossler birdied the par-4 18th to shoot 69 and match Poulter. It was the first time since his last PGA Tour victory in 2012 that Poulter had consecutive rounds of 65 or better. The 42-year-old English veteran made the quarterfinals at last week’s Dell Technologies Match Play to improve his world ranking to 51st – just missing the cutoff to move into the top 50 and earn an invitation to Augusta National, where he has never missed the cut in a dozen appearances....

This page can be bookmarked and refreshed to see if you hold the winning numbers. Tonight’s 06/06/20 Powerball jackpot is estimated at $20 million, with a cash option of $15.8 million. The jackpot could increase if sales further lottery projections, according to officials. The winning numbers on Wednesday (06/03/20) for the $135 million Powerball jackpot were: 01-03-26-41-64 with a Powerball of 17. The Power Play was 2x. There was a single grand prize winner on Wednesday from West Virginia....

First Five: 02-15-38-54-65Powerball: 11Power Play: 4x Saturday night’s 01/29/22 Powerball jackpot was worth $104 million, with a cash-value option worth $72.5 million. The total jackpot could increase depending on the number of tickets sold around the country prior to the drawing. The winning numbers on Wednesday (01/26/22) for the $91 million jackpot were: 04-11-38-49-69 with a Powerball of 16. The Power Play was 3x. There was no grand prize winner on Wednesday, nor were there any tickets sold that matched the first five white balls, and minus the red Powerball, for the game’s second prize of $1 million....

First Five: 35-36-51-55-61Powerball: 26Power Play: 2x Wednesday night’s 08/18/21 Powerball jackpot was estimated at $274 million, with a cash option worth $197.7 million. The jackpot could increase if sales further lottery projections, according to officials. Here are the winning numbers from last Saturday night’s drawing: First Five: 06-21-49-65-67 Powerball: 18 Power Play: 2x The Saturday 08/14/21 Powerball jackpot was worth $258 million. There was no grand prize winner, but there was one ticket sold in Maryland that matched all five white balls, and minus the red Powerball, for the game’s second-prize of $1 million....

First Five: 27-39-54-56-59Powerball: 24Power Play: 3x Wednesday night’s 08/25/21 Powerball jackpot was estimated at $304 million, with a cash option worth $222.2 million. The jackpot could increase if sales further lottery projections, according to officials. Here are the winning numbers from Monday night’s drawing: First Five: 17-36-47-60-61 Powerball: 15 Power Play: 3x The Monday 08/23/21 Powerball jackpot was worth $293 million. There was no grand prize winner in the game’s new Double Play, but there was one ticket sold in North Carolina that matched all five white balls, and minus the red Powerball, for the game’s second-prize....

Addressing the police shooting and the subsequent mass protests across Philadelphia, Outlaw said a “threat assessment” must be conducted before the officers’ names are shared with the public. The police commissioner spoke alongside Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and other city officials during a Tuesday afternoon news conference, where they discussed Wallace’s death and the expectation of continued unrest among residents. In their comments about the altercation that preceded his shooting, police allege that Wallace approached them while carrying a knife....

First came the arrest of Isabel Vaughan-Spruce. On December 15, she was charged with failing to comply with an ordinance that set up a “buffer zone” in an area comprising of several streets around an abortion facility in Birmingham, England. Prayer is listed as a “prohibited activity” under the ordinance. Isabel was free to stand where she was, and free to think about anything else—but for directing her thoughts to God on the issue of abortion, she was arrested, and now could be tried and convicted of a crime....

After a few months at the very top of Russian politics, Putin is still a mystery. To find out what kind of president he might be, experts look for clues in his statements and interviews. But there are few answers–and Putin does not know them himself. Until very recently he did not set his ambitions on becoming Russia’s president, and even today he does not possess a coherent set of political beliefs to implement while in office....

The study, released Monday by the Poor People’s Campaign, showed that the 300 U.S. counties with the highest COVID-19 death rates had an average poverty rate of 45 percent, Reuters reported. Meanwhile, the household median income for those counties were also an average of $23,000 lower than counties with lower death rates, according to the study. The U.S. has recorded the most cumulative COVID-19 deaths per capita than any other large, high-income nation, the New York Times reported, with the Poor People’s Campaign report showing that poorer counties have been disproportionately impacted....

The most eagerly anticipated of these shows is Paul Simon’s ““The Capeman,’’ a musical about Sal Agron, the Puerto Rican youth whose playground murder of two boys in 1959 became one of the most sensational cases in New York history. Elton John is about to hit Broadway with Disney’s ““The Lion King’’ and is developing a musical based on ““Aida.’’ Wildhorn, who has written for Whitney Houston and whose ““Jekyll and Hyde’’ was last season’s surprise success, is opening ““The Scarlet Pimpernel’’ in New York....

In this first-ever visit by a pope to the country, the pontiff sought to bring global attention to Iraq’s ancient and battered Christian community. Pope Francis’ message of hope provided much-needed comfort to Assyrian Christian survivors of the genocidal campaign by ISIS. While widely viewed as inspiring, Pope Francis’ historic visit to Iraq must serve as an opportunity to end the ongoing ethnic cleansing and persecution of Assyrian Christians and other minorities in their ancestral homeland....

The bright yellow sign issued by D.C. Health’s Division of Food read: “This establishment is ordered closed until further notice for a violation(s) of the District of Columbia food code regulations (Title 25 of the DCMR), which presents an imminent health hazard(s) to the public.” In a statement to local WUSA9 news reporter Abby Llorico, Georgetown Cupcake—the beloved shop made famous by TLC show DC Cupcakes—said it had been forced to close the branch due to an expiring business license....

In general, the post explains that Natal takes a series of pictures, then the distance from the camera to certain points are used to determine what body part is what in the picture. Originally the data points were manually coded and the data fed into the computer but through “machine learning,” and lots of manually coded images, the device will eventually be able to recognize body parts and the positions and motions that frequently occur....