In a cavernous ballroom at the Hilton Hotel Philadelphia in 2009 when I was twenty-one years old, I sat at a round table with the others whose name tags had also been stamped with the double green dots meaning we were headed for central Appalachia—West Virginia, western Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina. There were tuna wraps and miniature bags of chips, then slides projected on a wall-sized screen told us all the things we couldn’t do now that we were Volunteers in Service to America (better known as VISTAs): work another job, advocate for any political cause or candidate, get drunk in public, etc.

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The craft of an actor is to be able to embody characters that may be way different from the actor’s own personality. Sometimes, the difference is in personal traits and characteristics, and sometimes actors and actresses have to bring to life fictional characters that are years and even decades younger. We at Bright Side found actresses and actors who masterfully captured younger characters, and we want to show our readers how the actors looked at the same age as their on-screen selves. The story in House of the Dragon, the brand-new show set in the magical world of Game of Thrones, moves forward quite rapidly.

Since we were little, most of us have probably fantasized about our wedding proposal, picturing enormous celebrations with flowers and fireworks everywhere. But the story we’re going to share today is a fantastic example of how sometimes we can be more surprised than we expected. Edi, the story’s protagonist, was wondering how to propose to his girlfriend, but then he made the funny decision to photograph the ring just out of her sight and create a compilation of pics. Edi was wondering about how to pop the question to her.

July 11, 2014 7:39 AM EDT Dead men appear to play a big role in Alix Tichelman’s life. Tichelman, 26, was being held on $1.5 million bail by authorities in Santa Cruz County, California, on manslaughter, drug and prostitution charges in the death of Forrest Timothy Hayes, 51, a Google official who died of a heroin overdose on his 50-foot yacht in November. Santa Cruz police told NBC News that Tichelman, who was arrested July 4, injected the heroin into Hayes and can be seen on the yacht’s own security video calmly collecting her drugs and her needles, closing a blind to conceal the body from view and leaving.

The Deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mojisola Afuye, has won her polling unit in the ongoing governorship election in Ekiti State. Afuye voted at Atiba Aafin Ward 1, unit 003, in Ikere Ekiti. The ruling party gathered a total of 165 votes to defeat SDP and PDP, who polled 3 and 7 votes respectively. The candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Wole Oluyede, who is an indigene of Ikere Ekiti, polled 27 votes.

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and the governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, have agreed on a plan to resolve the differences between them. They reached this decision on Thursday in a meeting they held in Abuja at the home of former Information Minister, Professor Jerry Gana Premium Times Reports. Naija News understands that this is the first time that the two top politicians have met since Atiku appointed the governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate in the presidential election to be held in February 2023.

Reality personality who began appearing on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in 2011. She later went on to join Celebrity Big Brother in 2017.  Before Fame Before TV fame, she started modeling at the age of 16, appearing in magazines like Glamour and Cosmopolitan.  Trivia Her book Drinking and Tweeting: And Other Brandi Blunders shot up to the top 10 of the New York Times Best Sellers list.  Family Life She was born the middle of three children and was raised in Sacramento, California.

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A24's 'X' sequel, 'MaXXXine,' has reportedly been sent for limited test screenings. When is the film's release date? Source: A24Fans of A24 horror movies were in for a bloody surprise when slasher X and its prequel, Pearl, both released within the same year. Director Ti West, along with starring actor Mia Goth, created and shot both films at the same time, transforming 1970s Texas into a World War I fever dream.