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France’s prime minister joins mass demonstrations over beheading of teacher Samuel Paty Hundreds of people gather on Republique square during a demonstration Sunday Oct. 18, 2020 in Paris. Demonstrations around France have been called in support of freedom of speech and to pay tribute to a French history teacher who was beheaded near Paris after discussing caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad with his class. Samuel Paty was beheaded on Friday by a 18-year-old Moscow-born Chechen refugee who was shot dead by police. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) France’s prime minister joined demonstrators on Sunday who rallied together across the country in tribute to a history teacher who was beheaded near Paris after discussing caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad with his class. The demonstrations came hours after U.S. President Donald Trump sent France a message of solidarity in the wake of the attack. Samuel Paty was beheaded on Friday in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine by a 18-year-old Moscow-born Chech...

Home Improvement Star Zachery Ty Bryan Arrested for Allegedly Strangling His Girlfriend Actor Zachery Ty Bryan faces charges of "strangulation, assault in the fourth degree and interfering with making a report," E! News can confirm. Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic Home Improvement  alum  Zachery Ty Bryan  is in police custody for allegedly strangling his 27-year-old girlfriend. The 39-year-old actor was arrested and taken to the Lane County Jail in Eugene, Ore. on Saturday, Oct. 17, E! News can confirm. A spokesperson for the Eugene Police Department tells E! News Bryan faces charges of "strangulation, assault in the fourth degree and interfering with making a report." According to the spokesperson, law enforcement was "dispatched to report of a physical dispute at a north Eugene home after neighbors called." They arrived at Bryan's residence on Friday, Oct. 16 around 10:24 p.m. local time. Authorities found Bryan "sitting outside an apartment." The...

David Perdue's mispronunciation of Kamala Harris' name immediately backfires Not even a full day after Georgia Sen. David Perdue mispronounced the name of vice presidential nominee Sen.  Kamala Harris  — a colleague he has served with on the Senate Budget Committee for almost four years — Perdue's Democratic opponent Jon Ossoff raised over $1 million online after circulating the clip of Perdue speaking at a rally for President Trump's re-election Friday night. Perdue referred to Harris as "Kamala? Kamala? Kamala-mala-mala? I don’t know, whatever" while speaking to a crowd of the president's supporters in Macon, and was  immediately accused  of deliberately butchering and mocking her name in a racist appeal. My opponent, GOP Sen. David Perdue of anti-Semitic attack ad infamy, just mocked Sen. Harris' name as "Kamala-mala-mala-whatever" at a Trump rally. We are so much better than this.  pic.twitter.com/9AvoQK4RdN — Jon Ossoff (@ossoff)  Octobe...

Tony nominee and L.A. stage regular Anthony Chisholm dies at 77 Anthony Chisholm in the Manhattan Theatre Club production of August Wilson’s “Jitney.” The production played the Mark Taper Forum in 2019. (Joan Marcus) Award-winning actor Anthony Chisholm, a familiar face to Center Theatre Group patrons and a performer celebrated for his work in a number of August Wilson productions, has died at 77. Chisholm’s passing was confirmed via a statement from his talent agency. “The Katz Company is saddened to announce the passing of our longtime friend and client, Tony nominee, Anthony Chisholm. Affectionately called ‘Chiz,’ he was an actor and storyteller like none other, embodying loyalty, devotion, and compassion to his artistry,” the statement said. No cause of death was given. Chisholm, who played Burr Redding in the HBO series “Oz” as well as a role in the Spike Lee film “Chi-Raq,” recently appeared in Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s Tony-winning revival of Wilson’s “Jitney,” which ran last year...

No. 4 Irish Edge by Cardinals, 12-7 Box Score (PDF)  |  Notre Dame Postgame Notes  |  Louisville Postgame Notes  |  Brian Kelly Post-Game Press Conference NOTRE DAME, Ind.  — The fourth-ranked Notre Dame football team battled the University of Louisville Saturday afternoon at Notre Dame Stadium and prevailed with a 12-7 victory to remain undefeated (4-0, 3-0 ACC) on the season. The Irish ran the ball well, finishing the afternoon with 232 yards on 49 carries. Sophomore Kyren Williams paced the Irish backfield with 127 yards on 25 carries, marking his third 100-yard rushing effort on the season. Graduate Student Ian Book had an impressive third-quarter 13-yard rushing touchdown to regain the lead on his way to amassing 47 yards on the ground. Book also accumulated 106 passing yards, completing 11-of-19 attempts. The Irish defense limited the Cardinals to just 12 yards in the first quarter and off the scoreboard until 7:37 in the third. Notre Dame domina...