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Tom Hardy shut down a reporter who asked questions about his sexuality during a Toronto International Film Festival press conference for the new film Legend. “Our question is for Tom Hardy,” Daily Xtra reporter Graeme Coleman said. “In the film, your character, Ronnie, is very open about his sexuality. But given interviews you’ve done in the past, your own sexuality …

Mark Cuban, who played the President of the United States in SyFy’s Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!, said that Donald Trump‘s campaign for the 2016 GOP nomination has inspired him. In addition, the Dallas Mavericks owner told CNBC’s Eamon Javers that he could easily “crush” the New York real estate mogul if he were running. When asked if he’d ever …

Hundreds of Tunisians marched in the capital Tunis on Saturday to protest a proposed law giving amnesty to businessmen accused of corruption during the rule of ousted autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali. Critics say the bill is an attempt to whitewash the crimes of the old regime. Charfeddine Kerrel, head of the We Won’t Pardon organization, said he feared the …

Certain pesticides typically used in homes may be linked with a higher risk of blood cancers among children, according to the journal Pediatrics. Researchers analyzed 16 studies and looked at the effects on children exposed to indoor insecticides, outdoor insecticides and herbicides. Nearly 1,200 children with cancer were included in the studies.

Previous studies have examined the benefits of the Mediterranean diet, particularly one supplemented with extra virgin olive oil. Now, new findings published in JAMA show that it could be helpful in preventing breast cancer. Scientists compared the effect of an olive oil-rich “healthy” Mediterranean diet with simple advice to cut down on fat in a group of 4,282 Spanish women. …

Oxford OPP charged a 31-year-old man with impaired driving on Sunday after several concerned citizens called in tips. Police received a complaint of a vehicle travelling erratically on the westbound 403 onto the westbound 401.

Toronto drivers, especially those in East York, will see something new on their streets this week: lower speed limits. Councillor Josh Matlow says signs will be changed, beginning in Ward 22, from 40 km/h to 30 km/h “sometime this week.”

A Kentucky State Police trooper was shot and killed late Sunday night during a high-speed chase along I-24 in Lyon County. Police were looking for 25-year-old Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks of Missouri.

Patrick Carney has accused Jack White of trying to start a fight with him when the two bumped into each other at a New York City bar last night. White and The Black Keys have a colourful and far from amicable past, which reignited last year when emails sent from White to his estranged wife Meg White were leaked, which …

Bow, New Hampshire Police are trying to track down the owner of an emu that has been spotted wandering around town. Bow police said the emu has been spotted wandering around town. Police do not know where the emu belongs, but said there have been three sightings since Saturday morning.

DNA evidence cleared Lewis Fogle of participation in the rape and murder of a 15-year-old, and he was released last month before a formal decision on his charges. That freedom became permanent Monday as District Attorney Patrick Dougherty declared he would not seek to retry Fogle in the death of Deann Katherine Long. Dougherty filed a motion before visiting Senior …