Viewers have expressed outrage at the 1994 film Blank Check, which shows an adult woman kissing a child actor. The movie stars Brian Bonsall as 12-year-old Preston Waters, alongside Shay Stanley, a 30-something FBI agent posing as a bank teller, played by actress Karen Duffy. The plot sees the fifth-grader end up with $1 million in cash, and the plot follows Waters’ ridiculous escapades as he spends it and evades criminals....

How to watch Disney+ for free Though Disney+ usually costs either $6.99 a month or $69.99 a year, all subscribers will get a seven-day free trial, allowing new users to get the chance to watch the streamer’s hot new series and movies like The Mandalorian, Avengers: Endgame and a new live action Lady and the Tramp. Verizon subscribers, however, can get a whole year free of Disney+. According to Verizon’s website, both new and existing customers of their Unlimited plans can claim their free year, as can new 5G home internet and Verizon Fios customers, as well as existing customers who switch to these packages....

Walt Disney World in Florida is getting ready to mark 50 years since it was founded on October 1, 1971. The milestone will be marked with new attractions, entertainment and experiences over the next 18 months. This is everything you need to know about the celebrations. Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure Fans of the 2007 movie Ratatouille will be pleased to see that Remy is finally getting his own ride at the park....

The patient was at the theme park in Anaheim, California on October 16, between 9.15 a.m. and 8.35 p.m., the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said. Earlier that morning, the patient, a Los Angeles County resident, visited a Starbucks coffee shop on 3006 S. Sepulveda Boulevard in Los Angeles. Disneyland in California attracts an estimated 50,000 people a day on average, according to The OC Register Anyone who visited the two locations during those timeframes could be at risk of developing measles for up to 21 days after exposure, health officials said....

The distillers were given provisional approval to make hand sanitizer because ethanol can be effective against the virus. While the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued temporary guidance to alcohol producers, such as distillers, to help facilitate the production of hand sanitizer, these rules have sometimes hampered operations instead. “These facilities are run by really smart people, they’re chemists, and so forth. They’ve got the expertise and the know-how, yet one of the main challenges has been following the FDA’s guidance,” Chris Swonger, president and CEO of the Distilled Spirits Council, an industry trade group, told Newsweek....

The district was drawn to sweep together enough blacks to guarantee a black member of Congress if all the blacks (a slender 53 percent majority) do as the government obviously thinks they should-vote as a herd. The state drew the district under duress from Bush’s Justice Department, which thought it was applying the Voting Rights Act. It is read to require the creation of many “majority minority , districts, the boundaries of which veer hither and yon, gathering in blacks or Hispanics....

The huge wildfire is currently burning in the counties of Butte and Plumas, having started more than a week ago. According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s (CAL Fire) latest update posted on Wednesday evening, firefighters are continuing to tackle the blaze “aggressively” from the ground and the air, with northeast winds of up to 10 to 15 miles per hour and gusts of up to 25 miles per hour, meaning the fire will continue to remain active into Thursday....

The blaze has destroyed nearly 900 homes since it ignited almost a month ago. The small community of Greenville was mostly consumed by the flames last week. Reports on the damage caused by the Dixie Fire are “definitely subject to change,” since assessors can’t access some of the scorched areas to evaluate how much was destroyed, fire spokesman Edwin Zuniga said. Some stretches of clear skies over the fire this week made it possible for aircrafts to join the nearly 6,000 firefighters battling the blaze....

That is exactly what has happened to former Arsenal and current Hamburg defender Johan Djourou. Podolski nets five in Galatasary rout The centre-back lost a wager to wife Emilie that Hillary Clinton would beat Donald Trump in the US presidential election, and faced an embarassing punishment as a result. Djourou’s lost bet means he was forced to dye his hair blonde, sharing a snap of the unfortunate look on his Instagram account, with the caption “So let me explain!...

DK Metcalf is a freak athlete, this much we know. The Seahawks wide receiver recently tried breaking into the Olympics as a runner in the 100-meter dash, and had an excellent showing despite missing the cut. Fast forward to the 2021 All-Star celebrity softball game in Denver, an event that showcases sneaky athleticism from guys we don’t expect — such as actor Kevin James — and low-light moments, such as what we saw from Metcalf on Monday night....

What is the appeal of biofuels in reducing the world’s dependency on fossil fuels? Tilman: The appeal is that biofuels are renewable; you can grow the same crop, year after year, on the same plot of land. The next appeal is that they take carbon dioxide from the air, use it to make sugars, and then we take those plants to make biofuels. It seems like all we’re doing is recycling the carbon from the plant, then into our car, and so forth....

The two states have faced a good deal of criticism over their lack of diversity and how these mainly white, more rural states do not resemble the overall electorate. But a larger question may be a possible history of boosting poor candidates and, especially in the case of Iowa, repeatedly botching the actual technical work of running its election. Iowa has gained fame for its caucus system. Rather than using the intuitive system of primaries, whereby the voters go in and choose their favorite candidate, Iowa works with a confusing caucus system, which generally rewards party activists....

Consider carefully. Beware the conventional wisdom that you’ve been cheated, messed over by the system. From your own pocketbook experience, on the job or off, in the supermarket or on vacation, answer this. Can you and Americans like you buy more with your income today than a decade or two ago? Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan says, yes, most Americans are better off. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and a growing number or congressional lawmakers agree, as do most economists....

Some of the conditions that neurosurgeons treat include disc degeneration, cauda equina syndrome, scoliosis, spina bifida, spinal cord injury, spinal infections, cysts, tumors, and more. While there are circumstances when these conditions can be treated surgically, there are also situations in which these conditions can be treated without surgery. Neurosurgeons often use bone grafts or spinal instrumentation such as plates, screws, rods, and cages. Orthopedic surgeons can operate on some of these conditions as well....

MORE: Can Chris Paul coexist with James Harden? The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski was the first to report the Clippers had agreed to trade Paul to Houston in exchange for point guard Patrick Beverley, Lou Williams, Sam Dekker, DeAndre Liggins, Darrun Hilliard, cash and a top-three protected first-round pick in next year’s draft. For both parties, the move made all the professional sense in the world. By opting into the final year of his deal and being shipped off, Paul gets to earn $24 million while freeing himself up to re-sign for $200 million should he remain with the Rockets or $150 million should he join another squad next summer, when LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade and Paul George could all be unrestricted free agents....

“Bill Simmons has been saying for weeks on his podcast Doc could be the first coach fired. Certainly, people are chattering about that in the league ecosystem, but I don’t know how much that chatter is actually reality,” Zach Lowe recently mentioned in an episode of The Lowe Post. Rivers has faced criticism for years, and it’s only intensifying. Philadelphia residents have gone so far as to make epic diss tracks calling for his firing....

While doctors and nurses fret over dangerously-low supplies of protective gear, Hendricks has a line on millions of quality masks and the connections to bring them here. But each time he’s felt like he’s one step away from finalizing a federal contract, something falls through the cracks and the reset button is hit – a victim of the complex web of government procurement during a pandemic. Hendricks, however, says these hurdles weren’t caused by the Trump administration, but rather, the challenges presented by coronavirus itself....

Dr. Eddie Stenehjem, an infectious disease physician at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, warned in a Facebook live for the hospital on Friday that students will transmit the virus to each other and then take it home. “This is a different virus than we were dealing with last fall,” he said, pointing out that the Delta variant is much more transmissible. “If we have children that are unvaccinated, not previously infected, coming into a classroom with other susceptible children and we’ve got a very, very transmissible virus, you’re going to see this virus transmit in schools,” Stenehjem said....

Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh, a geriatric oncologist at Boston Medical Center who has a severe allergy to shellfish, had the Moderna vaccine on Thursday. Shortly after his heart started racing, and his tongue and throat went numb, he told NBC10 Boston. Sadrzadeh said his blood pressure dropped, which is a symptom of a severe allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis. The incident occurred in the first week that the Moderna COVID vaccine was rolled out in the U....

1. The Dodgers think it is absolutely adorable that people are talking about the Cubs going to the World Series. Really, that’s just great. Oh, here’s new shortstop Jimmy Rollins to provide offensive value and solidify the infield defense. So long to Dee Gordon, who didn’t hit a lick in the second half of the season, and hello to Howie Kendrick, acquired for Andrew Heaney, one of the players in the Gordon deal, and really making the Marlins look silly....