John smith articles
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What if Labour's John Smith had become prime minister
Thousands of people thronged the streets of Edinburgh 30 years ago this week for the funeral of Labour leader John Smith, who had died eight days earlier from a heart attack at the age of 55. His death came as a stunning blow not only to his family and friends and to his party, but to many ordinary people. He was succeeded by Tony Blair, who went on to win a landslide victory for Labour at the 1997 general election three years later. But few doubt that, had John Smith lived, he too would...
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John Leguizamo turned down Mr. And Mrs. Smith because he felt "dissed" about pay
John Leguizamo is not a guy who bothers trying to hide his frequently blunt, occasionally caustic feelings about Hollywood: He’s talked in the past—and then again recently—about his lingering anger over being used as a “pawn” to get Michael Keaton to play the Vulture in Spider-Man: Homecoming. (Noting in a recent interview that “another actor would’ve sued” over having the meaty part pulled away from him after lengthy negotiations, allegedly as a negotiating tactic to get Keaton to take the...
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'Papa John' Schnatter Thinks It's Racist For Shaq To Be The Face Of Papa John's
John Schnatter is still at war with the company he once founded. Schnatter, the founder of Papa John’s Pizza, left the company back in 2018 after he faced internal backlash for using the n-word during a conference call. Schnatter claims that his use of the n-word was taken out of context and assured everyone that […]