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The '80s thriller demonised women seen as a 'threat' to the nuclear family – and gave rise to a particularly harmful phrase. Now as a TV remake begins, not much has changed, writes Leila Latif. In a world where Super Mario films and sexless Marvel sequels reign supreme at the box office, it's hard to imagine a return to 1987, where the highest-grossing film in the world was a psychosexual thriller about an extra-marital affair. Adrian Lyne, the king of the erotic thriller, directed Fatal Attraction, which grossed $320 million globally and was nominated for six Oscars. Now Paramount Plus...

Sarah Goodman says she and her family were at a wedding reception at a Kansas Community Center when her son wandered into the main hallway where the statue was placed. Surveillance video captured the moment when the child appeared to hug the statue, causing it to fall over. When she ran over to help, she was told the sculpture's price tag. City leaders do believe the situation was an accident, but they still think the Goodmans should pay for the damaged statue.

A movie is in the works about Hillary Clinton and her amazing life, and legendary actress Glenn Close has been chosen to play the former first lady and presidential candidate! The film is rumored to focus on Clinton’s career and marriage to Bill.

IT really is a case of blonde ambition. Women with fair hair are more aggressive and determined to get their own way than brunettes or redheads, according to a study by the University of California. Researchers claim that blondes are more likely to display a “warlike” streak because they attract more attention than other women and are used to getting their own way — the so-called “princess effect”. Even those who dye their hair blonde quickly take on these attributes, experts found. The study could cast fresh light on the ability of Joanna Lumley, the actress and former model, to...

Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., pressed her campaign ahead of Tuesday's West Virginia primary as Democratic Party leaders warned her not to do or say anything that could hurt Democratic front-runner Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in November. Clinton is considered likely to win West Virginia's primary, perhaps by as many as 30 percentage points, but the victory in the small state is not expected to shake Obama's apparent hold on the party's nomination. What Democrats fear could have a lasting impact is what Clinton might say about Obama that could split the party or be gleefully reused by Republican John McCain...

Amy says Ecstasymade her do it Amy Fisher says she was strung out on the drug Ecstasy when she shot her boyfriend's wife in the face in 1992. "I was using Ecstasy, a lot of Ecstasy," Fisher, nicknamed the "Long Island Lolita," tells "Entertainment Tonight." "I had no control."

HAYWARD - When Laura Medina allegedly chased after a car with her boyfriend and another woman in it, rammed it and caused it to crash, killing the woman, it was more a cat-and-mouse game than an attack based in a jealous rage, two women testified Thursday. On the first day of a preliminary hearing for the Oakland woman on one charge of second-degree murder and three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, the court heard different versions of what happened June 22, 2004. On that day, police say, Medina spotted her boyfriend, Hector Rodriguez , in a car with...

AN AROMATHERAPIST who launched a series of arson attacks in a campaign of terror against a former lover was told yesterday that she faces a jail sentence. Susan Shepherd, 44, set light to Mark Gilbert’s house four times when he was out and scratched cars belonging to two of his female friends after he ended their relationship. Norwich Crown Court was told how Shepherd was eventually apprehended after surveillance cameras on Mr Gilbert’s bungalow filmed her pouring petrol through a catflap. When questioned by police, Shepherd claimed not to remember her movements because she became “vague” at the time of...