The Daily Populous

Monday October 23rd, 2017 day edition

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Women in Film per their mission statement “advocates for and advances the careers of women working in the screen industries to achieve parity and transform culture.”

The organization monitors motion picture industry statistics in regards to the low number of women employed as directors, writers, producers and other below-the-line roles.

Smith announced his pledge on his Hollywood Babble-On podcast, exclaiming, “My entire career is tied up with the man.

Smith also expressed his shame on Twitter following the Oct. 5 New York Times expose on Weinstein.

Then under the Weinstein Co. label, Smith made Clerks II and Zack and Miri Make a Porno.

Smith has said in recent interviews that he was approached by Harvey Weinstein in recent months to make a Dogma 2.

Smith immediately turned down the offer due to the banes of making a controversial religious film. »

Man given $149 ticket for singing 90s dance song while driving

Authored by montreal.ctvnews.ca
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A St-Laurent man’s love of music is proving costly after he said he was given a $149 ticket for singing ‘Everybody Dance Now’ while driving.

Moalla said he wasn’t singing too loud, “just if you are happy and you like this song.”.

“She told me, if it was for singing, I’d have given you a ticket for $300,” he said. »

Raccoons Pass Famous Intelligence Test—By Upending It

Authored by news.nationalgeographic.com

Scientists recently put the masked mammals through the Aesop's Fable test, which measures if animals can discern cause and effect by displacing water to access food.

The experiment is based on the story in which a thirsty crow can’t drink from a pitcher with a low level of water.

By dropping in stones, the bird raises the water level and is able to drink. »

Suicide molecules kill any cancer cell

Authored by news.northwestern.edu

The mechanism -- RNA suicide molecules -- can potentially be developed into a novel form of cancer therapy, the study authors said.

Cancer cells treated with the RNA molecules never become resistant to them because they simultaneously eliminate multiple genes that cancer cells need for survival.

Peter’s group has evidence this form of cell death preferentially affects cancer cells with little effect on normal cells. »