Monday 15 August 2022

Anne Heche dies at 53. Plus, how social media apps can radically alter your body. Here's the latest.

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Anne Heche dies at 53 after being removed from life support, and Salman Rushdie is recovering after a stabbing attack. Plus, all you need to know about the 75 Hard workout program, and an eye-opening video shows how social media apps can drastically alter your appearance.

THE LATEST

Anne Heche dies at 53 after being taken off life support: 'We have lost a bright light.'

Actor Anne Heche died at 53 after being removed from life support yesterday, nine days after a fiery one-car crash into a home in Los Angeles, her spokesperson said. Heche had been declared brain-dead on Friday and had remained on life support after suffering an anoxic brain injury. She was known for her roles in "Donnie Brasco," "Volcano" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer." "We have lost a bright light, a kind and most joyful soul, a loving mother, and a loyal friend," her family said.

Salman Rushdie is 'on the road to recovery' after being removed from a ventilator following stabbing attack.

Salman Rushdie's agent said yesterday the author is "on the road to recovery" after suffering serious injuries when he was attacked at a lecture in upstate New York. Rushdie, 75, was removed from a ventilator on Saturday and able to talk after the stabbing attack left him with a damaged liver, severed nerves in his arm, and serious injuries to one eye. A 24-year-old New Jersey man pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and assault charges in what a prosecutor called "a targeted, unprovoked, preplanned attack". "The Satanic Verses" author has weathered death threats and a bounty on his head for more than three decades.

A teenager was declared dead by a hospital, but her mother believes she was still alive.

The mother of an Indianapolis teen is speaking out after a hospital took her 17-year-old daughter off a ventilator while the family was desperately trying to find another facility to take her. Treasure Perry suffered a severe allergy and asthma attack and was pronounced brain dead days later, but her family believed she was still alive, and they were trying to find another hospital for her. A judge's ruling led Treasure to be taken off a ventilator, and now the case is drawing intense scrutiny. "We never gave up on her — the doctors failed her and us," Treasure's aunt said.

📱A podcaster's viral post shows how social media editing apps can totally alter your body.

Podcaster Emily Clarkson demonstrated how extensively social media editing apps can manipulate your appearance with a video that shows her making her waist smaller, altering her height and changing her neck, shoulder and legs. "So please let this be a reminder the next time you feel insecure because you've seen something on Instagram, that it is very easy to manipulate the image here," she said.

GIVE IT A SHOT

Achieve your life goals with easy tips.

Entrepreneur Andy Frisella created the 75 Hard program to reach his own fitness goals, but he says the plan is less about building muscle and more about improving determination, discipline and self-esteem. The 75-day program, which has popped up a million times on Instagram with the hashtag #75Hard, has 5 daily tasks and one overarching rule — if you skip a day, you must start over. Here's what the program entails and what experts say about 75 Hard.

WHAT'S FOR DINNER?

Allow us to do the meal-planning for you.

Save time, minimize dishes and enjoy the deliciousness of these two sheet-pan recipes from our own Joy Bauer for busy summer nights. Joy's sheet-pan sausage and veggies features feta cheese, corn, tomatoes and zucchini roasted and caramelized alongside with savory sausage. If you're looking for a low-carb option, Joy's sheet-pan harissa salmon with vegetables includes carrots and cauliflower with salmon fillets glazed with harissa orange ginger sauce.

DAILY DELIGHT

A little pick-me-up before you go.

Wedding officiant Randy Latini sent a message of love to more than the bride and the groom when he used American Sign Language in a recent ceremony captured on Instagram. One of the flower girls, 1-year-old Riley, was born deaf. Her mother, Christina Pacala, was a bridesmaid who became emotional after seeing how Latini included Riley during the nuptials. "I started sobbing so hard when I realized he wasn't just moving his hands — he was signing the word 'family,'" Pacala told us. "It was Randy's way of saying, 'Riley is a member of our family and she uses sign language to communicate, so we will too.'" Watch the moment here.