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Matt Lauer’s creepy resurfaced interview with Anne Hathaway is turning stomachs online

LauerHathaway As Matt Lauer’s fall from grace continues, footage resurfaced of comments he made to Anne Hathaway in 2012 — and it’s extremely brow raising. The actress dropped by “The TODAY Show” to promote her Oscar-winning role in “Les Miserables” when the news anchor lead her down a sketchy path. Watch the video RELATED: This

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Former President Obama took shots at Fox News during a speech in India

Barack Obama Former President Barack Obama took shots at Fox News during a speech in India, joking that he wouldn’t have “voted for [himself]” if he watched the conservative-leaning news network. On Friday, Obama gave a speech in New Delhi, India, to the Hindustan Leadership Summit, during which he laid into the news network, saying

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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

In DC, Barak says moving the embassy won’t be ‘a consequential event’

By Eric Cortellessa WASHINGTON — Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak insisted on Friday night that either moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem or recognizing the holy city as Israel’s capital would not be that big of a deal. “I don’t think that this is a consequential event,” he said at the Brookings

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Middle East, USA

Key Senator to Vote ‘Yes’ on Tax Bill in Exchange for DACA Commitment

U.S. Senator Jeff Flake now says he will vote for the Republicans’ massive $1.5 trillion tax bill. And in return for his “yes” vote, he says he has obtained a commitment to pass legislation that would safeguard almost 800,000 undocumented young people who were brought to the U.S. as children. In a statement released Friday,

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USA

Jerry Seinfeld’s best friend is always along for the ride

By Jessica Steinberg When Jerry Seinfeld arrives in Israel at the end of December, he’ll be traveling with one of his oldest friends, comedian Mark Schiff. Schiff has been lucky enough to travel with Seinfeld for the last 15 years — on Seinfeld’s private jet, no less — opening for Seinfeld in arenas and theaters.

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Middle East, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Israeli jets reportedly strike military base near Damascus

By TOI staff Israeli fighter jets launched air-to-surface missiles at a military base near the Syrian city of al-Qiswa, southwest of Damascus, according to a report in Sky News. The report claimed that the missiles were fired from within Lebanese airspace. Media outlets affiliated with the Assad regime and Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah reported that

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Middle East

Trump Has Urged Seven Officials to End the Russia Probe

President Donald Trump has pushed at least seven officials to put an end to investigations at various levels of government into whether his campaign helped Russia meddle in the 2016 presidential election. On Thursday The New York Times revealed that over the summer Trump urged members of the Senate—including those leading the Senate Intelligence Committee’s

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International, USA

Israeli sentenced to death in Thailand for murdering fellow expat

By TOI staff A court in Thailand Thursday sentenced to death an Israeli former police informant who admitted to murdering another Israeli man in a fit of jealousy. Shimon Biton, 50, who has served time in both Israeli and Thai jails, admitted to killing 62-year-old Eliyahu Cohen and burying parts of his body in freshly

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International, Middle East