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'Portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Urbino' is one of the most famous portraits from the Italian Renaissance.

Just days after this glorious photo of Margot Robbie in full Tonya Harding drag was first revealed to a public that was in no way capable of dealing with it, the upcoming biopic/probable camp classic I, Tonya has found its Nancy Kerrigan. Deadline reports the coveted role has gone to Caitlin Carver, an actress and…

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Women’s March on Washington may also be the nation’s largest gathering of people with disabilities

• Disability rights became a focus of the 2016 election cycle.
  
• That focus will continue into Saturday’s Women’s March on Washington. 
  
• Ted Jackson, logistics team accessibility lead for the Women’s March, estimates at least 45,000 protesters with disabilities are expected to attend the rally.
  
• Jackson added that this would exceed prior counts of significant demonstrations on record. Read more.
  

In Washington, DC, today, hundreds of thousands of protesters filled the streets in a demonstration called the Women’s March on DC, while even more marched in cities across the United States and around the world, one day after the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump. Larger-than-expected crowds of women and their allies raised their voices against the new administration, and in support of women's rights, health issues, equality, diversity and inclusion. Below are images of today’s marches in Washington, New York, Denver, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Seattle, and from other cities in England, Ghana, France, Canada, Serbia, Australia, Kenya, Germany, India, and many more.

WASHINGTON, DC—For the past several weeks, whenever President Donald Trump’s (haha fuck) transition team would announce a new member of his cabinet, the nation would partake in a communal panic—about the nominee’s lack of qualifications, about their past scandals and conflicts of interest, about what the stakes are if…

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Go to the women's march.

Maybe you're waffling over whether to march Saturday, the day after the presidential inauguration of a man who has breezily, relentlessly disrespected women and who is set to oversee changes in our laws that go beyond disrespect.

If you're waffling, why not just do it?

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By all prerelease accounts (or, at least, the one from a friend of mine who saw an early screening), the upcoming movie A Dog’s Life is a bonafide tear-jerker. In that case, consider this upsetting footage TMZ obtained of a dog on set of the movie futilely trying to resist being submerged into moving water and then…

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President Barack Obama will leave office Friday with his highest approval rating since 2009, his presidency largely viewed as a success, and a majority saying they will miss him when he is gone.

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I was stunned not so much by what Republican President-elect Donald Trump just said about health care as by when he said it.

For virtually his entire presidential campaign, Trump spewed airy, grandiose promises about his plans for replacing Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act) with something cheaper...

Four days to the inauguration and vampire bats are making a huge, unprecedented shift in their diet to feast on the blood of humans. A little on the nose, don’t you think?

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The visuals for the new Beauty and the Beast live action movie have thus far been nothing short of terrifying. The Emma Watson doll is no exception.

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Is the Valparaiso Family YMCA simply exercising its right to appease as many members as possible, or is the new Donald Trump-led America already flexing its muscles?

Last Friday night, the YMCA stopped airing CNN on its televisions in the facility's wellness and exercise area. Why would it do so...

A female zebra shark in Australia has shocked scientists by producing three offspring after spending years away from her male partner. Subsequent analysis found that she had simply developed the ability to do it all on her own.

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A Connecticut politician was arrested on Wednesday for calling a woman a “bloodsucking lazy union employee” before allegedly reaching between her legs and pinching her crotch.

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It’s a given that after you read this news about Queen Latifah teasing a Living Single reboot during her appearance on Watch What Happens Live! with Andy Cohen that the legendary theme song will play over and over in your head.

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Three GOP lawmakers introduced a new law that will make gun silencers easier to buy.

It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia has been on the air since 2005, and somehow, a show about five terrible idiots who hatch insane schemes and treat each other with unabashed disdain is probably going to end up as the longest running live-action comedy series in TV history. The show is just getting into its 12th season…

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Unwilling to let criticism pass, Donald Trump on Saturday pilloried as “all talk … no action” national icon John Lewis, who was repeatedly beaten by police and nearly lost his life during protests in the long struggle for civil rights.

Trump’s Twitter comments about the Georgia congressman came...

Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D) says he will not attend Donald Trump's presidential inauguration but will march with protesters in Washington.

They are calling this Operation B.A.B.B.Y.!

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