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'Curly Sue'

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  ‘Curly Sue’ By Desson Howe Washington Post Staff Writer October 25, 1991   Director: John Hughes Cast: James Belushi; Read More...

Jimmy Garoppolo is seeking his third Super Bowl win. This time, he will have to work for it.

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MIAMI — The San Francisco 49ers traded for quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, until then the successor-in-waiting to Tom Brady with the New England Patriots, in October 2017. Some 27 months later, they are in the Super Bowl. So are those, in hindsight, cause-and-effect occurrences? Mere happenstance? Something in between? The proper characterization of that is open to interpretation as the 49ers prepare to face the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. It is a quarterbacks league, and San Francisco has been next to unbeatable with Garoppolo in the lineup since it traded for him. Read More...

Singer Duffy 'drugged, raped and held captive'

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Getty ImagesDuffy's debut album Rockferry went seven times platinumGrammy award-winning singer Duffy has revealed she was drugged and raped after being held captive by an attacker. The 35-year-old Welsh star posted on her verified Instagram account that her "recovery took time". The performer, who had a UK number one single Mercy in 2008, wrote to her 33,000 followers: "The truth is, and please trust me I am OK and safe now. Read More...