The Daily Populous

Wednesday September 13rd, 2017 evening edition

image for Christian Bale explains weight gain for Dick Cheney role: 'I've just been eating a lot of pies'

The actor looks almost unrecognisable at the moment, as he gains weight to play Vice President Dick Cheney upcoming biopic Backseat.

Asked about how he'd done it at Toronto International Film Festival this week, he smiled: "I've just been eating a lot of pies.".

Christian Bale says he's been eating "lots of pies" to look like former VP Dick Cheney for upcoming film #VarietyStudio presented by @att pic.twitter.com/kc6jxINLZZ — Variety (@Variety) September 12, 2017.

Dick Cheney with George W. Bush in 2006 (Photo: Getty ) (AFP/ Getty Images).

Bale was not an obvious casting choice for Cheney in terms of appearance, but nor was Steve Carell as Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

He is probably best remembered, however - at least in pop cultural terms - for accidentally shooting a lawyer during a quail hunt in 2006.

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Jon Jones' B sample confirms failed drug test from UFC 214

Authored by espn.com

The "B" sample of UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones' failed drug test from July 28 in Anaheim, California, has confirmed the presence of a banned substance, a United States Anti-Doping Agency spokesperson said Tuesday.

"Mr. Jones 'B' sample has confirmed the 'A' sample findings," the spokesperson said.

It is rare, however, that a "B" sample negates a positive test. »

Miners who boasted about killing uncontacted Amazon tribe members now under investigation

Authored by cbc.ca

Miners who boasted about killing uncontacted Amazon tribe members now under investigation.

A few weeks ago, gold miners were overheard at a bar in Brazil talking boastfully about killing and stealing the belongings of between eight and 10 members of an uncontacted community in the Amazon.

According to reports, the group of remote tribe members were looking for food near a riverbank when they bumped into a group of miners. »

Burger-flipping robot will grill meat in 50 fast food restaurants

Authored by zmescience.com

With six axes though, the arm has plenty of freedom of motion so the robot can perform a variety of tasks.

In fact, Miso claims this robot is more akin to a self-driving car than an assembly line machine.

Hardware like cameras helps Flippy see and navigate its surroundings while sensors inform the robot when a burger is ready or still raw. »

Rebel Wilson awarded A$4.5m in magazine defamation case

Authored by bbc.co.uk
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Actress Rebel Wilson has been awarded A$4.5m (£2.7m; $3.6m) in Australia's largest payout for a defamation case.

Wilson successfully argued that a series of magazine articles had wrongly portrayed her as a serial liar.

In June a jury unanimously sided with the star, who had claimed the articles stifled her career in Hollywood. »