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on September 28, 2025
Martin Short, @davidalangrier, @ShaniaTwain, and more will be joining the cast of #BeautyAndTheBeast30th, airing December 15 on ABC!' ABC Network tweeted out an announcement for the special as well, writing, 'Ready for an adventure in the great wide?
The star wore her platinum flecked brunette tresses in a voluminous half-updo as she prepared to film her scenes as the iconic teapot character - who was famously played by Angela Lansbury in the 1991 animated film.
During today's engagement, the couple met with representatives from the centre who, through bucket collections and other donations after prayers, have raised over £25,000 for the Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal.
'I met with so many families whose lives were destroyed in an instant. From the onset of the disaster, math staar test Islamic Relief teams were on the ground providing instant support, including cash vouchers which are crucial in enabling families to make basic purchases, with dignity.'
It was surreal because there were speakers playing panpipe [music], there was a disco light rotating, and we were both wearing these felt caps that you wear to keep your heads cool. 'He was showing me who's boss.
How can teens get a free Brooklyn Public Library card to read banned books? The free account can be used to check out ebooks or audiobooks online. Anyone 13 to 21 can now get a free card from the Brooklyn Public Library as part of its Books Unbanned project.
But in 2017, the DPPA began exhuming unknown remains believed to be associated with unaccounted-for airmen from Operation TIDAL WAVE losses, the agency said. Those unidentified remains were permanently interred at Ardennes American Cemetery and Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, both of which are in Belgium.
China's crackdown on big tech continues. As Beijing rails against internet addiction, TikTok parent company ByteDance on Saturday announced a new set of rules designed to limit the use of its Douyin platform by kids aged under 14 in China.
As his tutoring career developed, he moved from this entry-level work to more high-pressured jobs, working with families from all around the world who wanted to get their children into competitive private schools.
Although the library website still says that free cards for teens everywhere will be available "for a limited time," the CNN report notes that, due to the success of the program, the library plans to extend it indefinitely.
The most common objections in book challenges are for sexual content, profanity and content "unsuited to any age group," per the American Library Association. The unprecedented increase in attempts to remove books from school libraries has often been led by individuals and groups who object to books dealing with racism, gender identity or sexual orientation. A survey conducted earlier this year on behalf of the ALA found that the vast majority of voters oppose efforts to remove books from school and public libraries.
It started dramatically last October: Jack Ma's Ant Group was planning to raise billions in the world's biggest IPO, which was expected to value the company at over $300 billion. China has spent the past 10 months cracking down on its big tech companies, drawing up new regulations and tightening its control of the energetic sector. The day before the planned IPO, Chinese regulators pulled the plug, and the fintech company has since been restructured to come more directly under state control.
'Spiritual' Shania Twain recalls a VERY awkward dinner with... Harry Potter star Tom Felton walks with a female pal at NY... I feel like an (empowered) woman! Shania Twain and Martin Short join H.E.R.
and all of the emotions(!!) to announce that I will be joining the cast of #BeautyAndTheBeast30th to play the part of my favourite character - Mrs.
Potts.' She wrote to her fans: 'I am unbelievably honoured...
Of the 1,648 books banned last school year, 41 percent "explicitly address LGBTQ+ themes or have protagonists or prominent secondary characters who are LGBTQ+" and 40 percent "contain protagonists or prominent secondary characters of color," according to PEN America's latest report.
Once exhumed, the remains were dent to the agency's lab at the Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, where they were examined and identified using anthropological analysis and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis.
ByteDance has in recent years been one of China's tech darlings, being called the world's most valuable startup last year before getting embroiled in a geopolitical spat between the Chinese government and the Trump administration. China's willingness to crack down on its champion companies was displayed in July, when Alibaba and Tencent were among several companies fined for hosting content deemed harmful to minors.
Additionally, this age group will only be able to access the Douyin app between 6 a.m. People under the age of 14 will access the app via Youth Mode, where their usage will be limited to 40 minutes a day, ByteDance said in a blog post.