The Daily Populous

Thursday November 9th, 2017 evening edition

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Terry Crews filed a report with the Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday a month after publicly alleging that he was groped by an entertainment executive, Captain Cory Palka with the LAPD Hollywood station confirmed to Variety.

Last month, Crews tweeted that the unfolding Harvey Weinstein scandal hit close to home for him, as he said he was groped by a “high-level Hollywood executive.”

Crews is a client of the agency, which declined to comment.

Crews’ tweets came as the New York Times and New Yorker dropped bombshell reports detailing decades of sexual harassment and assault allegations against disgraced mogul Weinstein in early October.

In his tweets, Crews said the incident occurred in full view of his wife.

“I was going to kick his a– right then— but I thought twice about how the whole thing would appear.”.

My wife n I were at a Hollywood function last year n a high level Hollywood executive came over 2 me and groped my privates. »

Portia de Rossi: Steven Seagal Sexually Harassed Me During an Audition

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In a tweet on Thursday afternoon, actress Portia de Rossi (Scandal) — famously married to Ellen DeGeneres — added her name to the growing list of women who’ve come forward about harassment.

My final audition for a Steven Segal movie took place in his office.

He told me how important it was to have chemistry off-screen as he sat me down and unzipped his leather pants. »

What is dead may never die

Authored by astronomy.com

This is something astronomers have witnessed thousands of times before with absolutely no exceptions.That is, until now.For the first time, astronomers have discovered a star that has gone supernova more than once.

”When the astronomers realized iPTF14hls was not an average supernova, they decided to go back and search through archival data.

Although researchers are still uncertain what caused iPTF14hls to go supernova twice, one theory is that the “zombie star” is actually a “pulsation pair instability supernova.”. »

CVS stops selling tobacco, offers quit-smoking programs

Authored by usatoday.com

CVS Caremark plans to stop selling tobacco products in all of its stores starting Wednesday — a move health experts hope will be followed by other major drugstore chains.

To bolster its image as a health care company, CVS will announce a corporate name change to CVS Health.

"The contradiction of selling tobacco was becoming a growing obstacle to playing a bigger role in health care delivery," Merlo says. »

Canada decides the F-word is not taboo for radio listeners' ears

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Country’s broadcast watchdog rules that the word is now so commonplace that it is no longer as vulgar as it once was.

It may be still be too blue for English speakers, but authorities in Canada have ruled that the word “fuck” is no longer taboo on French language broadcasts as its use is so commonplace.

In the second, Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong could be heard saying it in a concert excerpt. »