Waching daily Feb 16 2019

Don't be frightened!

When a Bennington student, 10 minutes before you come up to the podium hands you a mace,

that he made,

If you don't bring it to the podium with you, you will never be Bennington.

So I would like to thank you Ben for helping me put the fear of God in the audience tonight.

But I have to put it down because I'm an actor, and I am really weak.

That was heavy!

It wasn't like a prop.

That shit was real!

Thanks Ben.

So now I'm going to read.

And I'm not off book.

So I might be looking down a lot.

Thank you, President Coleman, Brian Conover, faculty, students, family, alumni, some of

whom are dear friends of mine who have travelled all the way from the big city to see me hopefully

not humiliate myself tonight.

And especially thanks to you, the Graduating Class of 2012.

See, as a joke I wrote, hold for applause, and I was actually going to read that.

So you kind of killed my joke!

Let's do that again.

2012, hold for applause.

2012!

Wow!

I never thought I'd see 2012.

I thought perhaps the Mayan calendar would prove correct.

And the end of the world would have been the greatest excuse to get me out of this terrifying

task of delivering the commencement speech.

But wait!

According to the Mayan calendar here, when does the world end?

December — December 2012.

Damn!

Okay.

Maybe I shouldn't talk to the graduates eager to start their new lives about the end

of the world.

Okay.

Really?

Really?

Of all the novelists, teachers, playwrights, poets, groundbreaking visual artists and pioneers

of science, you got the TV actor.

No, no, and I actually heard you petitioned for me.

Oh, you fools!

You know what, for those of you who didn't petition for me, I would love to later on

talk about the problems in the Middle East and the downfall of the world economy.

And for those of you who did petition for me, I don't have any signed DVDs of the

Game of Thrones.

But I am happy to talk about the parallel lineages of the Targaryens and Lannisters

later at the bar.

You see, it took all of my strength, and, of course, a little extra push from my wife

Erica for me to agree to do this.

Because I don't do this.

In my profession, I am told by people who know what they're doing, where to stand,

how to look, and most importantly, what to say.

But you've got me — only me — my words unedited and as you will see quite embarrassing.

Okay, let me think.

I'm thinking.

[But actually I didn't read that.

That was ad libbed.]

Let me think.

What has — everyone and their uncle told me, as I desperately seek out advice on how

to give a commencement address.

"Tell them what they want to hear."

"Talk about your time at Bennington."

"Know that there is no wrong speech."

I like that one.

"Just keep it brief."

That was my father-in-law.

"Be brutally honest.

Tell them how hard it is after you graduate."

We'll get back to that one.

"Just watch Meryl Streep's commencement speech at Barnard and you'll be fine."

What did Beckett say: "I Can't Go On, I'll Go On".

So even if I don't burn in your hearts and minds long after this speech is over.

Even if I don't inspire you to reach for the stars and beyond.

Even if I am erased from your memory after one glass of wine tonight — Where am I going

with this?

I can't go on.

I'll go on.

You know, I won't speak of my time here, like some old fishermen.

You have already had your time here.

You have your own story to tell.

But I have to say.

For me, it did start here, in Vermont, on a very rainy night.

It was 1987.

And I was a prospective student.

The rain was coming down so hard, it was impossible to see that I was meeting the person who would

later become my greatest friend and collaborator.

A freshman, who would, 17 years later, introduce me to the woman that became my wife.

I'll call him Sherm.

Because I do.

It was late at night, on the road, right there near Booth House.

And despite the dark night and the heavy rain, this place was so alive.

The lights pulsed from each of the dorms.

Now I was a kid from New Jersey who went to an all-boys catholic high school.

I was four-foot something.

I mumbled when I spoke.

I wore a sort of woman's black velvet cape, black tights, combat boots and a scowl.

But here at Bennington, I was home.

And I have to say it doesn't get better.

Let me clarify.

There are not shinier more important people out there.

Your fellow students, you friends sitting around you are as good as it gets.

Twenty two years after my own graduation, I have worked with my rainy night friend and

fellow graduate Sherm on countless productions he has written, in all stages of development

from living rooms to off-Broadway.

Brooks, Ian, Justin, Brett, John, Matthew, Jim, Sean, Hyla, Nicki and The B are all classmates

I shared my time with here and still work with, and am lucky to call my friends.

We are very spoiled here.

People always say to me, "for such a small school it seems like there are so many of

you".

I find that really interesting.

And I kind of think that's perfect.

We can't help it.

We burn very brightly.

Please don't ever stop.

Graduates, now when I sat where you are right sitting right now, I had so many dreams of

where I wanted to go, who I wanted to be, and what I wanted to do.

Theater companies I wanted to start with classmates.

Movies, I wanted to be in.

Directors I wanted to work with.

Stories I needed to tell.

It might take a little time, I thought.

But it would happen.

When I sat there, 22 years ago, what I didn't want to think about is where I would be tomorrow.

What I would have to start to do tomorrow.

And I graduated in 1991, a great year.

A time of resurgence for independent films in this country.

A time of relatively affordable rents in New York City.

See, I assumed that I could make a living writing my plays, acting way off off off Broadway.

And hopefully, you know, one day, join the actors I loved and respected in those independent

films.

TV – oh, what, no.

What!

Are you kidding me?

No, didn't even consider that.

I had much more class than that.

Much more self-respect than that.

And so bothers —

What I didn't have was cash, a bank account, a credit card, or an apartment.

I just had debt.

A big hungry, growing larger every moment debt.

So as you will tomorrow, I had to leave beautiful Vermont.

Attack the life that I knew with socks and a tooth brush into my backpack.

And I slept on ouch, after couch, after couch, after couch at friends' apartments in New

York.

Until I wore out the rent paying roommates' welcome.

I didn't want a day job.

I was an actor, I was a writer.

I was a Bennington graduate.

I had to get a day job.

I dusted pianos at a piano store and let those streak for five months.

I worked on the property of a Shakespeare scholar for a year pulling weeds and removing

bees' nests.

I went on unemployment once but for not for long, I couldn't handle the guilt.

Eventually I was able to pay rent for a spot on the floor of an apartment on the Lower

East side.

But my roommate had a breakdown and disappeared.

He later resurfaced in a religious cult.

I'm making this sound romantic.

It really wasn't.

I helped hang paintings at galleries, paintings that inspire you to think, I could do that.

And then finally, after two years of job and couch surfing, I got a job in application

processing.

As a data enterer at a place called Professional Examination Services.

And I stayed for six years.

Six years!

Longer than my time at Bennington.

From the age of 23 to 29, well they loved me there.

I was funny.

I wore black no cap no tights.

I smoked in the loading docks with the guys from the mail room and we shared how hung-over

we all were.

Everyone called each other shortie.

What's up short?

How you doing shortie?

So how so hung-over shortie?

I called in sick almost every Friday because I was out late the night before.

I hated that job.

And I clung to that job.

Because of that job, I could afford my own place.

So I lived in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Yeah, you say that now.

Oh, my kingdom for a time machine.

Yeah, that's right.

I lived in an industrial loft.

My rent was $400 a month.

My dream of running a theater company with my friend and fellow Bennington graduate,

Ian bell had died.

I won't go into those details but neither one of us had any business sense and the theater

we lived in.

It had no heat or hot water.

We didn't smell very good.

But we had our youth, but youth gets old very quickly.

You'll see.

So Ian moved out to Seattle.

And I moved up the street to my loft.

And I still didn't have heat.

In 1993, industrial loft meant not legal to live there.

See, I don't want this to sound cool and I feel like it's sounding cool.

Ad lib.

But I did have hot water — hot water in my bathroom, which a friend of mine using

that bathroom once shouted, it smells exactly like.

A summer camp in here.

It was true.

For some reason, in the middle of Brooklyn, there was earth in my shower – actual earth

and then oh, look, mushrooms growing from the earth.

But I was safe though.

The ideal fire control company was right across the street where they make all the chemicals

that put out chemical fires.

I did not fear a chemical fire.

I would be OK.

And all those chemicals in the air were OK too.

Because up the street we had the spice factory, they made spices, and that just covered everything

up in a nice cumin scent.

I had a rat.

But that was OK, because I got a cat.

His name was Brian, no relation.

My grandmother had given me a pink pull-out couch.

Oddly no friends or recent graduates wanted to crash on my couch.

So I put the couch on its end, so Brian could climb it and look out the window.

I had only the one window.

I myself could not look out the window.

It was – it was quite high.

So I had no heat.

No girlfriend.

What!

Are you kidding me?

No, acting agent.

But I had a cat named Brian who told me of the world outside.

And I stayed for 10 years.

No, don't pity me.

There's a happy ending.

When I was 29, I told myself the next acting job I get no matter what it pays, I will from

now on, for better or worse, be a working actor.

So I quit my position at the Professional Examination Services.

My friends really weren't happy about that, because it was so easy to find me when I worked

there.

Work – that was the only place I had the internet.

This was at the beginning of the Internet.

And now I didn't have either the internet or a cell phone or a job.

But something good happened.

I got a little pink theater job in a play called Imperfect Love.

Which led to a film called 13 Moons with the same writer.

Which led to other roles.

Which led to other roles.

And I've worked as an actor ever since.

But I didn't know that would happen.

At 29, walking away from data processing, I was terrified.

Ten years in a place without heat.

Six years at a job, I felt stuck in.

Maybe I was afraid of change.

Are you?

My parents didn't have much money.

But they struggled to send me to the best schools.

And one of the most important things they did for me — and graduates, maybe you don't

want to hear this – is that once I graduated, I was on my own.

Financially, it was my turn.

Parents are applauding, graduates are not.

But this made me very hungry.

Literally.

I couldn't be lazy.

Now I'm totally lazy but back then, I couldn't be.

And so at 29, in a very long last, I was in the company of the actors and writers and

directors I'd start out that first year, that first day after school.

I was.

I am by their sides.

Raise the rest of your life to meet you.

Don't search for defining moments because they will never come.

Well, the birth of your children, OK, of course, forget about it, that's just six months.

My life is forever changed, that's most defining moment ever.

But I'm talking about in the rest of your life and most importantly in your work.

The moments that define you have already happened.

And they will already happen again.

And it passes so quickly.

So please bring each other along with you.

Everyone you need is in this room.

These are the shiny more important people.

Sorry, it sucks after graduation.

It really does.

I mean, I don't know.

At least it did for me.

But that's the only thing I know.

You just get a bit derailed.

But soon something starts to happen.

Trust me.

A rhythm sets in.

Just like it did after your first few days here.

Just try not to wait until like me, you're 29 before you find it.

And if you are, that's fine too.

Some of us never find it.

But you will, I promise you.

You are already here.

That's such an enormous step all its own.

You'll find your rhythm, or continue the one you have already found.

I was walking downtown in Manhattan the other day.

And I was approached by a group of very sweet young ladies.

Easy.

Actually they're sort of running feverishly down the street after me.

When they got to me breathless, it was really — they didn't know what to say, or couldn't

form the words.

But it came out that they were NYU freshmen.

And they were majoring in musical theater.

Of course, come on.

They were like science majors.

They are running after me.

"What musicals are you doing?"

I inquired.

"Well," one of them said, looking down at her shoes, "we aren't allowed to be

in plays in our freshman year".

Now they were paying a very high tuition to not do what they love doing.

I think I said, "Well, hang in there".

What I should have said was, "Don't wait until they tell you you are ready.

Get in there".

Sing or quickly transfer to Bennington.

When I went to school here, if a freshman wanted to write direct and star in her own

musical, the lights would already be hung for her.

Now I tell the story, because the world might say you are not allowed to yet.

I waited a long time out in the world before I gave myself permission to fail.

Please, don't even bother asking, don't bother telling the world you are ready.

Show it.

Do it.

What did Beckett say?

"Ever tried.

Ever failed.

No matter.

Try Again.

Fail again.

Fail better."

Bennington Class of 2012, the world is yours.

Treat everyone kindly and light up the night.

Thank you so much for having me here.

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YOU vs CHUCKY - How Can You Defeat and Survive It? (Child's Play Movie) - Duration: 7:35.

Imagine it's late one night and you're laying in bed, resting after a hard day's work.

As you're trying to doze off to sleep though you think you hear the shuffling of tiny little

feet.

Peering curiously into the darkness, you can't seem to make anything out, and lay your head

back down to sleep.

But suddenly, there it is again- the quick pitter-patter of tiny little feet followed

by a mischievous snicker.

This time you're sure something's there, and as you bolt upright you spot it: there standing

atop the covers at the foot of your bed is the doll from hell itself: Chucky.

This pint-sized killer has been terrorizing us since the early 80s, when the soul of a

dying serial killer was transferred into the plastic body of an innocent looking doll.

Since then he has racked up an impressive murder count, with his preferred method of

killing being stabbing his victims to death with a large steak knife- although unlike

many monsters and killers we've featured before, Chucky doesn't mind setting up elaborate traps

for his victims, taking pleasure in their 'accidental' deaths.

So what exactly are you up against if you find yourself in a 1 on 1 deathmatch with

the infamous killer doll?

Out of all the monsters and killers we've put the average joe up against, Chucky is

unique in that he isn't overwhelmingly more powerful than the average person.

Chucky doesn't have special magical powers to sneak up on you, isn't stronger than most

people, or particularly speedy- although given his small stature he is pretty quick on his

feet and agile to boot, but certainly nothing approaching supernatural powers.

Chucky also doesn't have any dark or strange voodoo to bewitch you with.

Instead Chucky relies on the element of surprise, taking advantage of the fact that most of

the time he looks like nothing more than a friendly doll.

Lulling his victims into a false sense of security with his non-threatening outer appearance,

Chucky waits for the opportune time to strike before delivering a killing blow.

This means that if you come across any strange dolls you probably shouldn't bend over to

pick them up and inspect them up close- because although Chucky is usually inhabiting a "Good

Guy" doll, he does have the ability to jump into other dolls.

So this would be a good time to start eyeing your childhood mementos and stuffed teddy

bears with some serious suspicion.

Chucky's second biggest strength is his cleverness- typically we tell you to prepare elaborate

traps in order to overcome the physical or supernatural strengths of the enemies we've

covered before, however in this case it should be you who's aware of falling into one of

Chucky's traps.

This is probably the first foe we've faced where your main goal is going to be staying

out of any would-be traps while trying to avoid a miniature killer doll- no easy task.

Lastly, Chucky is incredibly resilient to damage of any kind.

Not only does the voodoo curse keep his spirit trapped in a doll or let him transfer into

other dolls, but it means that even destroying the doll itself is no guarantee of defeat.

You can do massive damage to Chucky's physical body, only to have the evil spirit return

later in another plastic body- and speaking of doing damage, you're going to be hard pressed

to do anything critically damaging to what is essentially a plastic doll.

Shoot an arm off?

He'll just pop it back on.

Melt his face- Chucky doesn't need eyes to see.

Blow him up into pieces- well, actually that might buy you some time, but again, he's going

to come back.

He always comes back.

So how are you going to defeat a pint-sized killer inhabiting a cheap plastic doll he

can simply leap out of and can lay elaborate traps which might incapacitate you long enough

for Chucky to transfer his soul into your body and yours into his doll?

This is going to be a battle that takes place in stages, and as always preparation is going

to be key.

First you want to make sure that you choose the battleground- as usual it's always better

to fight on the home turf, but it'll be especially important to deny Chucky the advantage of

setting up any kind of trap.

Knowing the terrain will let you immediately identify if something is out of place.

This also means though that you need to ensure you always remain aware of Chucky's location-

too many of his victims have made the mistake of letting him slip out of sight only to be

ambushed later.

To track Chucky's movements you're going to want to plan in advance and get your hands

on some cheap, easily purchasable acoustic and vibration detector alarms- Amazon has

a wide selection available right now which runs from as low as $6 up to several hundred.

But you don't have to break your bank to beat Chucky, just buy a dozen cheaper vibration

detectors and spread them out in the area around you.

As Chucky sprints around behind furniture and in the shadows his little footsteps will

set off the vibration detectors, letting you easily track his movements.

Now that you know where Chucky is, the question is how do you kill this midget murderer?

As mentioned before, we here at The Infographics Show often prefer problem solving through

superior firepower- but hitting a one foot-tall and very fast moving object is going to be

a challenge for even skilled sharpshooters.

A sawed-off 12 gauge shotgun is an appealing choice- the wide spread of the shotgun pellets

will give you a lot of room for error, and while useless at moderate to long ranges,

it is an incredibly devastating weapon at close range.

That sounds perfect- but Chucky's tiny body simply isn't going to be very affected even

if you turn it into swiss cheese.

A high-powered flame thrower is also an appealing option, but again- you're dealing with a foe

who will simply leave his melted plastic body and inhabit a new object, putting you at severe

disadvantage as you try and guess which random doll is now going to try and murder you.

For the first time in The Infographics Show's history, we're going to advocate for peace-

or at least not for outright obliteration.

You're goal isn't going to be to destroy Chucky, but rather to imprison him.

First, you need to make sure there are no suitable objects for Chucky to inhabit in

the vicinity- this is why picking your battlefield is so important.

Once you're sure that there's nowhere for Chucky's soul to flee to, you're going to

let him come to you- but again, with your alarm system set up so you're not surprised.

Chucky is ultimately still just a regular joe himself, simply trapped in the body of

a plastic doll.

So while he may be reluctant to come face you after knowing he can't get the element

of surprise, resorting to a few well-placed insults has been shown to be effective in

the past in raising his ire to murderous levels.

What seems to be particularly effective is insulting his now non-existent manhood- after

all, dolls don't have boy parts... although in at least one film this point was a little

bit... confused.

However you lure him out into the open, once sufficiently pissed off Chucky is going to

throw caution to the wind and come at you full murder mode.

Don't panic, this is exactly what you want- because unknown to Chucky, you've been prepared

the whole time with a handheld liquid nitrogen shooter.

That's right, you heard us correctly- in 2016 real-life X-man candidate Colin Furze built

a rig that shot liquid nitrogen from a backpack storage container through a palm-mounted device.

Shooting a stream of liquid nitrogen at -302 degrees Fahrenheit (-186 C), Furze's device

can instantly flash-freeze any object in range, and in this case it'll be Chucky's tiny little

plastic body.

So now you have a frozen murder doll that's as fragile as glass- you're going to be tempted

just to smash the damn thing to pieces, but again remember that if the body is destroyed,

Chucky will just come back.

Instead it's time to get creative with Chucky's ultimate fate.

First, you're going to remove his limbs to ensure Chucky can't get away or manipulate

objects, leaving him as just a head on a body.

Unable to use his hands or feet, Chucky won't be running anywhere and he won't be able to

perform the voodoo ritual that lets him jump into a new host.

Then, simply hire a boat and transport the tiny arm-less and leg-less killer to a deep

spot in the ocean- we recommend Litke Deep in the Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean.

Unlike many other oceans, the Arctic Ocean isn't as heavily fished by drag netting- the

practice of lowering nets to the sea floor and scouring the ocean bottom for fish, which

might accidentally end up getting Chucky into someone's net and possibly somehow letting

him find a new body.

We want to make sure nobody ever sees Chucky again- so the 17,880 feet (5,450 m) of the

Litke Deep is our best bet.

And there you have it- you've defeated your tiny tormentor and ensured a killer-doll free

future for the rest of humanity.

Pat yourself on the back, you deserve it.

Now, go watch our other videos in our YOU vs series.

Up first we suggest, you vs freddy kreuger!

Come on, click it!

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Paul Hollywood's wife Alex 'in M&S checkout row with his younger lover' - News Today - Duration: 2:56.

 Paul Hollywood's estranged wife Alex is alleged to have become embroiled in a clash with the Bake Off star's new girlfriend when they bumped into each other at Marks & Spencer

 Witnesses have claimed to The Sun that Alex, 54, called Summer Monteys-Fulham, 23, a 'sl*t' and a 'wh*re' when she saw her at the checkout on Tuesday

 Mum Alex was said to have asked Summer: "Do you know how much you've hurt my son?"  A stunned onlooker told the paper: "I was totally disgusted by the language

She called the younger woman a sl*t and wh*re.  "It's just not the sort of behaviour you expect at Marks and Sparks," they added

 It's also claimed that police were called when the argument continued into the carpark

 A friend of Alex said: "Summer laughed and started filming as Alex walked to her car

"  They added: "Alex was shaken and called the police."  Kent police confirmed in a statement: "Enquiries were carried out in which all parties involved were given words of advice

"  Alex and Paul confirmed their split in November 2017, with the Bake Off star moving on with barmaid Summer, who is 30 years his junior

 Last month Alex spoke out about the end of her marriage for the first time and compared her breakup with the Bake Off star to a fatal motorway smash

 Alex said that although her anger had passed, she felt deep hurt over the way blue-eyed baker Paul ended their 19 year marriage

 She told Prima magazine : "No one should underestimate how separation and divorce can hit you

 "I compare it to a moment where you're driving along the motorway and then the next moment, something beyond your control happens and you're driving in a completely different direction

 "You have to give yourself time to get your head round it."  Alex and Paul, who share son Josh together, briefly split in 2013 when the blue-eyed baker fell for 37-year-old Mexican-American divorcee Marcela Valladolid, who described him as "a handsome devil" on the show

 He went on to date Marcela but they split in the Sept­ember when Paul said he still loved Alex

"I made the biggest mistake of my life and I regret it," he said at the time.  Yet five years later, their marriage was in tatters again and Paul moved on with barmaid Summer

 He maintains there was no overlap. Read More Paul Hollywood and Summer Monteys-Fullam Read More Showbiz and TV editor's picks

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Here's Everything You Need to Know About NBA All-Star Weekend 2019 in Charlotte - News Today - Duration: 6:17.

 This weekend, NBA superstars LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Russell Westbrook will all be taking a quick breather from the regular season to have a little fun

 Friday night marks the start of the 2019 NBA All-Star Weekend from Charlotte, North Carolina, which will feature a medley of events to showcase the league's best talents in a three-day-long extravaganza

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 Starting at 7 p.m. ET Friday on ESPN, the All-Star Celebrity Game will kick off the weekend's activities and will see former NBA players, WNBA stars and pop culture icons duking it out on the court

As PEOPLE exclusively revealed, the home team will include Luke Cage's Mike Colter, Chris Daughtry, Dr

Oz, Terrence J, ESPN analyst Jay Williams and comedian JB Smoove. Rapper Rapsody, comedian Famous Los and WNBA player A'ja Wilson are also on the team

 The away team consists of celebs such as reigning MVP Quavo, Bad Bunny, CSI: New York's AJ Buckley, Brad Williams, Hasan Minhaj and comedian Amanda Seales

Rounding out the team are Ronnie 2K, WNBA's Stefanie Dolson and Milwaukee Bucks owner Marc Lasry

 This year, both rosters feature their first-ever "hometown hero," meant to honor "exemplary citizens" by giving them the chance to play in the Celebrity All-Star Game

Jason Weinmann, 47, a Marine who rescued North Carolina flood victims during Hurricane Florence, will play on the home team, while 29-year-old James Shaw Jr

, who disarmed a gunman in a Tennessee Waffle House, will join the away team.  The Rising Stars Challenge will start at 9 p

m. ET Friday on TNT, and will feature a matchup between 10 first-year players from the United States and 10 second-year players for around the globe

 The game will showcase up-and-coming players like Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks, Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers, Kyle Kuzma of the Los Angeles Lakers and Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics

 The Skills Contest is the first event of All-Star Saturday Night and will be followed by the 3-Point Contest and the Slam Dunk Contest

 The Skills Contest begins at 8 p.m. ET on TNT and will see a slew of young players compete in timed events that will test their ball-handling and shooting talents

After that will be the 3-point contest, which will see Stephen Curry face off against his brother Seth Curry of the Portland Trailblazers, Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks, Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns and six other shooters in a two-round competition

 : Kyle Kuzma on LeBron James Joining the Lakers and Working Out With Kobe Bryant  Each player will just have a minute to make as many baskets as they can while only being given 25 balls

Regular NBA balls will be worth a single point, while custom-colored "money" balls will be worth two points

 The main event of Saturday night will be the Slam Dunk Contest, which will feature Miles Bridges of the Charlotte Hornets, John Collins of the Atlanta Hawks, Hamidou Diallo of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Dennis Smith Jr

of the New York Knicks face off to see who can come up with the most creative and difficult dunks of the night

 : J. Cole, Meek Mill, Carly Rae Jepsen and More to Perform at 2019 NBA All-Star Game  The main event of the weekend will be the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday at 9 p

m. ET on TNT, which will see a group of players drafted by LeBron James (Team LeBron) goes against a set of stars picked by Milwaukee Bucks player Giannis Antetokounmpo (Team Giannis)

 Team LeBron's starters include Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors, Kyrie Irving of the Boston Celtics, Kawhi Leonard of the Toronto Raptors, Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans and Klay Thompson of the Warriors, while Team Giannis will feature Stephen Curry of the Warriors, Joel Embiid of Philadelphia, Paul George of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kemba Walker of the Charlotte Hornets, Blake Griffin of the Detroit Pistons and Kyle Lowry of Toronto

 Last year, Team LeBron defeated Team Stephen 148-145 during the All-Star Game

For more infomation >> Here's Everything You Need to Know About NBA All-Star Weekend 2019 in Charlotte - News Today - Duration: 6:17.

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Rom-Com Queen Meg Ryan Is Writing Her Own Romantic Comedy Following Hollywood Hiatus - US News - Duration: 4:08.

 Decades after rising to fame in rom-coms such as When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail, is writing her own romantic comedy

 Ryan, 57, revealed the project in a new interview with The New York Times Magazine: "It's at Working Title Films," she said

"I'll just leave it at that. Getting the green light. … My God. You feel like you're jinxing it if you're talking about it

"  The actress, who also wants to direct the project, said that she now understands the inner workings of rom-coms

"I'm aware now that romantic comedies are confections, but they have construction," she said

"There's architecture. It's not something I was aware of back then."  And for that matter, Ryan believes romantic comedies have a place in cineplexes alongside heavy-hitting dramas and tentpole blockbusters

"As soon as they make money, they have value," she explained. "But I don't think that because things are tragic they're deeper

Think about Nora Ephron [writer of When Harry Met Sally]. Her observation about romantic comedies is that they were commenting on their time in an intelligent way, but with the intention to delight

"  Simultaneously, the Kate & Leopold actress is developing a TV show with Saturday Night Live producer

"It's not really a sitcom," she said. "I can't believe NBC might do it, because it's so odd

Right now I'd be producing. Maybe I'll act in it. I don't know. It's a limited series, three seasons

A murder mystery. A comedy. A murder-mystery comedy."  Ryan, who announced her engagement to singer in November 2018, also told the magazine about her self-imposed exile from Hollywood

(She has only taken three film roles in the last 10 years, including the 2016 film Ithaca, her directorial debut

)  "I was burned out," she explained. "I didn't feel like I knew enough anymore about myself or the world to reflect it as an actor

I felt isolated. … There are so many advantages to being famous — but there are fundamental disadvantages for a part of your brain, your self, your soul

My experiences were too limited. … I wasn't as curious about acting as I was about other things that life can give you

"  The three-time Golden Globe nominee also speculated that her breakup with Hollywood was mutual

"I felt done when they felt done, probably," she said.  Now, however, Ryan feels comfortable with her level of fame: "I walk into other people's paparazzi photos, but I can also get a restaurant reservation

"  Ryan has two children: , her 26-year-old son with ex-husband , and Daisy, the 15-year-old daughter she adopted in 2006