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On GPS: Michael Douglas on being Benjamin Franklin
Fareed sits down with Academy Award-winning actor and producer Michael Douglas to discuss his new role portraying founding father Benjamin Franklin on the Apple TV+ series, “Franklin.”
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Benjamin “Ben” A. Stout, 39 of Circleville, OH
Benjamin “Ben” A. Stout, 39 of Circleville, OH passed away on Monday, April 29, 2024 at OhioHealth Berger Hospital in Circleville. He was born on August 15, 1984 in Chillicothe, OH and was a 2003 graduate of Westfall/Pickaway-Ross. He was a member of Local 18 Ohio Operators Engineers as a heavy equipment operator and diesel […]
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‘We were going down fast’: how Benjamin Franklin saved America
Apple’s new drama series Franklin, starring Michael Douglas as the founding father, recalls a vital time in US history as he travelled abroad for help“A long life has taught me that diplomacy must never be a siege but a seduction,” says Michael Douglas’s Benjamin Franklin, raising a wine glass in a world of candlelit tables, baroque music and powdered wigs. “Think of America as a courted virgin. One that does not solicit favours but grants them. And nothing speaks to romance quite as loudly as a...