Playing a key role in the NHL’s action were members of the Hockey Diversity Alliance, who on Thursday afternoon “formally requested that Commissioner [sic] Bettman and the NHL suspend all playoff games today to allow players and fans to reflect on what happened and to send a message that human rights must take priority over sport.” Created last June by current and former NHL players who are BIPOC, the HDA was formed to eradicate systemic racism and intolerance in hockey....

Well, the locks are becoming unlocked. Earlier this month “Chicago’s” Rob Marshall took home the Director’s Guild Award. Suddenly it seems possible that the first-time director could keep the esteemed vet in the winless column. And as for Nicholson, many Hollywood insiders are insisting that it won’t be Jack’s year after all–that “About Schmidt” has lost its heat. The new front runner is Daniel Day-Lewis for Scorsese’s “Gangs of New York....

Resigned: Rwandan President Pasteur Bizimungu after six years in office. A Hutu in a Tutsi-dominated government, his role was seen as largely ceremonial. Vice President Paul Kagame is the interim leader. title: “Hollywood Eye” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-01” author: “Michael Himes” Sig Mickelson, 86, was an early giant of broadcast news: CBS News’s first chief, and the man who put Walter Cronkite behind the anchor’s desk.

The philosophes of Tinseltown immediately noted the logical fallacy in honoring almost every significant aspect of a film while passing up the most significant aspect-the director. And when the director is a woman in a male-dominated industry, cries and murmurs of sexism were bound to be heard. Producer Lynda Obst, whose movie “The Fisher King” got five nominations, said, “When you’re celebrating a woman behind the camera, that’s a woman in power, and people are still very uncomfortable with that....

Voters in the Golden State are now just two weeks away from the gubernatorial recall election that will determine whether the sitting governor will remain in office for the rest of his term or lose his seat to one of his many challengers. All registered voters will receive a mail-in ballot ahead of the day on September 14 and a number of politically engaged celebrities are already using their platforms to support Newsom’s effort....

According to Dr. Ann McKee, the chief of neuropathology at the V.A. Boston Healthcare System, Hoffman had Stage 2 CTE, on her scale of 0 to 4. It was the same severity found in the brain of of Junior Seau, who shot and killed himself in 2012. MORE: Study shows 96 percent of ex-NFLers have CTE | Career-ending injuries Hoffman was killed Nov. 16 while riding a children’s bicycle into oncoming traffic on an unlit stretch of a Florida highway....

Your Body Wants to Maintain a Certain “Normal” When you are outside and it’s raining, your body does a few things. First, a “sensor” detects what’s going on in the world around you. When it’s raining, your “sensor” is your skin, and your skin tells your brain that it’s wet and cold out. Then, an “internal mechanism” reacts to that stimulus; in this case, your brain helps raise your skin temperature by burning fat stores and calories you’ve consumed that day to help keep your body as warm as possible....

While the internet appeared to back the disgruntled resident’s actions, one expert has been left wondering if a more reasoned solution might have been better. Disputes between neighbors are commonplace in the U.S., with a study commissioned by Homes.com finding that 36 percent of respondents had issues with a neighbor that escalated into full-blown arguments. SUBSCRIBE TO THE PARTING SHOT WITH H. ALAN SCOTT ON APPLE PODCASTS OR SPOTIFY...

According to Oddschecker, both players start as 12/1 favorite, followed by Rickie Fowler and Gary Woodland at 14/1 and 22/1 respectively. Following a knee injury that kept him out from October, Koepka returned to action last month. He is yet to finish in the top 10 in three starts this year. The four-time major winner has slipped to No. 3 in the world rankings and finished second behind Keith Mitchell at the Honda Classic last year....

The Associated Press reported that if preliminary tallies from Sunday are confirmed, Castro de Zelaya will soon become the first female president of Honduras. Castro de Zelaya, 62, was a candidate for the position in the last three elections throughout the past 12 years. She has long said “the third time is the charm.” If Castro de Zelaya is elected, it will also mark her family’s return to the Honduran Presidential Palace....

Hong Kong may be getting its groove back. Ever since the handover to Chinese sovereignty in July 1997, the city has been struggling to find a new role. The British colony had built its vibrant economy on a bustling manufacturing base, churning out cheap toys and electronics. In the 1980s, when manufacturers started moving their production over the border in pursuit of low-cost labor in China, the city moved up the ladder into sophisticated financial services....

President Joe Biden signed a memorandum Thursday for deferred enforced departure of certain Hong Kong residents currently in the United States who were fleeing from China. “This action demonstrates President Biden’s strong support for people in Hong Kong in the face of ongoing repression by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and makes clear we will not stand idly by as the PRC breaks its promises to Hong Kong and to the international community,” White House press secretary Jenn Psaki wrote in the statement....

In a “green paper” on constitutional development released July 11, the government outlined various electoral options it believes would conform to conditions set in the Sino-British pact for Hong Kong’s return to Chinese rule, which described free and fair elections as the “ultimate aim” of political reform. “There are several key issues,” says Chief Secretary Henry Tang, the No. 2 figure in government. “One is the timetable and a second is the roadmap....

“It’s been painful,” Solo told People Magazine. “I almost lost my career. It’s been traumatic and embarrassing.” MORE: Dempsey suspended for tearing up ref’s notebook | Neymar faces suspension for headbutt Solo was arrested for allegedly attacking her half-sister and nephew last year at a party, and reports surfaced that she was belligerent and abusive toward responding officers. The case was later dismissed. She was then thrust back into the spotlight in January when her husband, former NFL player Jerramy Stevens, was arrested for driving a U....

And then… chaos. The Hornets, Knicks and Pistons reportedly agreed to terms on a three-team trade, though the exact terms of that deal are still unclear. We know that four-time All-Star Kemba Walker and first-round pick Jalen Duren are on the move, but where are they going? Let’s break down what we know so far. SN’s NFL DRAFT HQLive picks tracker | Final Mock Draft: Two-round edition | Top 60 big board with player comparisons...

Kory Evans from Rice University in Houston spotted the strange parasite in an image of the skull of a herring cale—a species of ray-finned fish endemic to the waters off Australia. Evans was scanning the fish as part of an ongoing project to study the 3D skull shape of wrasses—a group of nearly 500 marine fish species—using a technique known as micro-computed tomography (micro-CT). “Micro-CT scanning is basically a 3D X-ray that allows researchers to visualize the internal anatomy of organisms without the need for dissection,” Evans told Newsweek....

Despite inordinately high rates of infection in the latter part of the 20th century, there has been a slow decline of MRSA diagnoses since then due to increased awareness and a rigorous adherence to universal precautions in healthcare settings. Symptoms MRSA infections can appear as a small red bump, pimple, boil, or abscess. The affected area may be warm, swollen, or tender to the touch. Fever may also accompany this....

Redditor U/Practical-Golf-6303 wrote about the occasion on the subreddit “Am I The A**hole” in a post that has been voted on over 9,000 times and received over 3,000 comments. The Redditor explained that they have been estranged from their mother for three years though recently reconnected in an attempt to “fix things.” Part of the reason for their estrangement, they wrote, was that the Redditor’s wife and mother “hated each other from day one....

Before you howl in protest at what sounds like an endorsement of sexual harassment, you must understand that the playfully un-P.C. “Secretary” is anything but a slice of grim realism. Shainberg serves it up as a kind of twisted fairy tale–indeed, when Lee first shows up at Grey’s office in her hooded rain slicker, she looks like Little Purple Riding Hood–that’s delicately balanced between the comedic and the erotic. Even the art direction reinforces the fantasy: Grey’s dark, plush office is like something out of a Victorian Gothic novel....