Chuck Barris, creator of The Gong Show, dies at 87
Chuck Barris, longtime TV producer and host of The Dating Game The Newlywed Game and The Gong Show, died at his Palisades New York home at age 87 from natural causes. Publicist Paul Shefrin announced the death. Barris built a TV game show empire feeding networks with daytime entertainment and claimed in his memoir Confessions of a Dangerous Mind to have been a CIA assassin.
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Colin Farrell to Star as Oliver North in Amazon Series
Colin Farrell will headline a limited one hour series about the Iran Contra affair with Yorgos Lanthimos directing. Ben Stiller serves as an executive producer. The project centers on Oliver North a Marine and Fox News commentator linked to weapons sales and funds for the Contras in the 1980s. Farrell recently appeared in True Detective season two.
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Dear Abby Advice on Boundaries and Grief
A reader seeks guidance on ending a friends with benefits setup with Noah who dates others, with Abby advising to let go for self respect. In a second letter, a grieving pet owner requests sympathy for Mandy the cat, and Abby urges kind words and suggests contacting Dear Abby for support.
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Engaged Woman Faces Critical In-Law Strain
A reader seeks advice as her future mother in law belittles her and questions wedding costs while the fiancés’ efforts to defend her clash with the mother’s overbearing behavior. Amy advises setting boundaries and firm communication to protect the couple.
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High Intensity Interval Training Beats Weight Lifting For Cellular Muscle Benefits
Researchers compare training groups over a week noting HIIT yields the best cellular gains for mitochondria and muscle proteins while strength training builds muscle mass and real strength. Experts suggest 3 to 4 days of interval work plus 1 2 days of strength training for balance and age-related decline.
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Father’s WWII Odyssey Inspires New Book Captured in Liberation
Ian Bajda recounts his father’s 15 year wartime odyssey from Bochnia Poland through 13 countries to join the Polish army. He details German and Russian occupations, homeland hopes, escape from a camp, and a life shaped by Anders Army and Allied realignments. The narrative ends with a meeting at a Polish soldiers’ dance and Iris’s upbringing.
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Book signing for Captured in Liberation at Barnes & Noble
Ian Bajda and his son travel and reflect on a family journey that began with immigration in 1956. Bajda says the life story reads like a historical novel and urges readers to live for the now while honoring the past. The event runs 6:30 to 8:30 pm at Crocker Park Westlake. free tickets via (440) 250-9233.
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