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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 24: Kyrie Irving #10 of the USA Basketball Men"s National Team is seen before the game against China at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 24: The jerseys of DeMar DeRozan #9, Kyle Lowry #7 and Kyrie Irving #10 of the USA Basketball Men"s National Team are seen before the game against China at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 24: Kyrie Irving #0 of the USA Basketball Men"s National Team warms up before the game against China on July 24, 2016 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 24: Kyrie Irving #0 of the USA Basketball Men"s National Team warms up before the game against China on July 24, 2016 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 24: Kyrie Irving #0 of the USA Basketball Men"s National Team warms up before the game against China on July 24, 2016 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 24: Kyrie Irving #0 of the USA Basketball Men"s National Team is introduced before the game against China on July 24, 2016 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 24: Kyrie Irving #0 of the USA Basketball Men"s National Team warms up before the game against China on July 24, 2016 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 24: Zhao Jiwei #4 China handles the ball against Kyrie Irving #0 of the USA Basketball Men"s National Team on July 24, 2016 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 24: Kyrie Irving #0 of the USA Basketball Men"s National Team handles the ball against China on July 24, 2016 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 24: Kyrie Irving #0 of the USA Basketball Men"s National Team shoots a free throw against China on July 24, 2016 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 24: Kyrie Irving #10 of the USA Basketball Men"s National Team handles the ball against China on July 24, 2016 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 24: Kyrie Irving #10 of the USA Basketball Men"s National Team handles the ball against China on July 24, 2016 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 24: Kyrie Irving #10 of the USA Basketball Men"s National Team handles the ball against China on July 24, 2016 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 24: Kyrie Irving #10 of the USA Basketball Men"s National Team handles the ball against China on July 24, 2016 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 24: Kyrie Irving #10 of the USA Basketball Men"s National Team celebrates with his teammates during the game against China on July 24, 2016 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 24: Kyrie Irving #10 of the USA Basketball Men"s National Team shoots the ball against China on July 24, 2016 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 24: Kyrie Irving #10 of the USA Basketball Men"s National Team passes the ball against China on July 24, 2016 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 24: Kyrie Irving #10 of the USA Basketball Men"s National Team celebrates during the game against China on July 24, 2016 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 24: Kyrie Irving #10 of the USA Basketball Men"s National Team shoots the ball against China at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 24: Kyrie Irving #10 and Kevin Durant #5 of the USA Basketball Men"s National Team celebrate against China at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 24: Kyrie Irving #10 of the USA Basketball Men"s National Team shoots the ball against China at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 24: Kyrie Irving #10 of the USA Basketball Men"s National Team shoots the ball against China at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

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Tom Thibodeau returns to Chicago this week with USA Basketball ...

USA vs China Exhibition Game Full Highlights 07.26.16

A very familiar face will be stalking the United Center sidelines Friday night.

Anyone who watched Tom Thibodeau guide the Bulls to a 255-139 record over five eventful seasons knows his focus will be on Team USA"s exhibition against Venezuela, not what might have been.

"It will be great for me to be back. I obviously enjoyed my time there," Thibodeau said in an interview with the Tribune. "It"s a great basketball city, a great sports town. I"m looking forward to seeing a lot of friends."

Thibodeau is one of coach Mike Krzyzewski"s assistants as Team USA continues preparation for next month"s Rio de Janeiro Olympics with a Thursday practice and Friday"s 8 p.m. scrimmage at the UC. After that, Thibodeau will dive back into preparation for his first season as Timberwolves coach and president of basketball operations.

Given that more than a year has passed since management fired Thibodeau in May 2015, it"s almost odd to remember his Bulls deal ran through the 2016-17 season. His Timberwolves deal at $8 million annually offset that contract.

And Thibodeau has about as much time for nostalgia as he does losing.

"There were way more positives than negatives," he said of his Bulls run. "But my focus is on getting better moving forward, not looking back."

Thibodeau owns a gold medal from the 2014 FIBA World Cup in Spain, where he coached Derrick Rose. Now he"s reunited with Jimmy Butler, who, like Thibodeau, is set to experience his first Olympics.

"It will be great for Jimmy," Thibodeau, 58, said. "The experience has been incredible for me. The time has gone by quickly. I"ve gained a lot from it.

"It"s the people you"re around, starting with (managing director) Jerry Colangelo, Mike Krzyzewski, (assistant coach) Jim Boeheim, (assistant coach) Monty (Williams), the assistant coaches of Duke and Syracuse, all the great players. It"s a great organization to be a part of.

"And then of course (there is) the honor of representing your country. It doesn"t get any better than that."

Thibodeau said he even has come up with ideas from international teams to implement into his system. He said the international game has taught him plenty.

Such absorption is why nobody should question whether Thibodeau has too much on his plate this summer with his new Timberwolves roles and his first Olympics. This is heaven for the lifelong basketball junkie.

"Last year, not having a team but knowing I was going to have this commitment, I prepared for that," Thibodeau said. "And I knew there was a good possibility I would be back coaching (in the NBA), so I prepared for that as well. I have a great staff in Minnesota, in the front office and with our assistant coaches. We feel we"ll be well prepared for our season."

Thibodeau and his Timberwolves staff have been active this offseason. Beyond drafting prized point guard Kris Dunn, the Timberwolves have added Brandon Rush, Jordan Hill and Cole Aldrich in free agency to a strong core centered around Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins.

"We feel we"ve added depth, which is something we wanted to do," Thibodeau said. "Then you look at your own player development. We"ve got a lot of young guys who have gotten better, and they"re going to have to get a lot better than they are right now. The challenge is for everyone to put everything they have into each and every day and be consistent with our approach and attitude."

It won"t be long until Towns and Wiggins are asked to know their job and then do their job, two of many Thibs-isms. But that"s skipping steps another one because work toward an Olympic gold medal comes first.

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Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/ct-tom-thibodeau-usa-basketball-bulls-spt-0727-20160726-story.html

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Kristen Stewart gushes about girlfriend Alicia Cargile to ELLE UK

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After years of remaining notoriously tight-lipped about her love life, Kristen Stewart is opening up about the joys of being in a relationship with Alicia Cargile.

In a new interview with ELLE UK, the actress, 26, has admitted that she"s totally smitten with her belle - with whom she has been romantically linked for over a year - after navigating a rough patch.

"I think also right now Im just really in love with my girlfriend," she cooed. "Weve broken up a couple of times and gotten back together, and this time I was like, "Finally, I can feel again.""

In love: Kristen Stewart has opened up about her romance with Alicia Cargile in a new interview with ELLE UK

And Kristen also revealed that she"s enjoying a new sense of openness thanks to her relationship - something which she feels she wasn"t afforded when she dated Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson.

"When I was dating a guy I was hiding everything that I did because everything personal felt like it was immediately trivialised, so I didn"t like it," she told the fashion magazine.

"We were turned into these characters and placed into this ridiculous comic book, and I was like, "Thats mine. Youre making my relationship something that its not." I didnt like that.

Stylish: The actress is seen in an array of stunning ensembles for her shoot with the glossy fashion magazine

Blossoming romance: The 26-year-old actress has been romantically inked to Alicia Cargile for over a year

C"est si bon: The couple looked glam as they stepped out together at the Cannes Film Festival in May

New chapter: Her relationship with Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson was confirmed as over in 2014

"But then it changed when I started dating a girl. I was like, "Actually, to hide this provides the implication that Im not down with it or Im ashamed of it, so I had to alter how I approached being in public. It opened my life up and Im so much happier."

Coming soon: The September issue of ELLE will be available on newsstands from August 3

In the interview, she also spoke about her struggles with anxiety, saying: "I went through so much stress and periods of strife. I would have panic attacksI literally always had a stomach ache.

"And I was a control freak and I couldn"t anticipate what was going to happen in a given situation, so Id be like, "Maybe Im going to get sick.""

She added: "Its kind of remarkable. I just grew out of it, but thats not to say I dont get worried."

Having enjoyed a charmed life in an industry where stars experience a wide range of ups and downs, Kristen has been sure to adopt a positive outlook on life.

"I obviously hope everything going on right now will work out, but I am confident that life is good and Ill be OK whatever happens," she told the magazine.

"So in moments when that is cloudy and I feel saturated and unable to engage in how good life can be, however consuming those feelings are, they are so momentary Im think pretty good at being happy."

Kristen faced criticism during her relationship with Robert Pattinson, as it was revealed she was involved in a scandalous affair withher Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders.

In July of 2012, photos surfaced showing Kristen and Rupert, 44, getting a little too close and personal; the images, which made headlines around the world, showed the pair kissing and embracing during a day out in Los Angeles.

At the time, Rupert was married to model Liberty Ross, with whom he has two children, and Kristen was in a years-long relationship with Robert.

Whilst the prospective couples appeared to work through the scandal initially, within a year the Twilight stars had split and Liberty filed for divorce from her husband

The September issue of ELLE will be available on newsstands from August 3.

Scandalous:Kristen faced criticism during her relationship with Robert Pattinson, as it was revealed she was involved in a scandalous affair with her Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders (pictured)

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Donna Brazile and her "Colored Girls" crew to pen an inspirational book about politics and friendship

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Donna Brazile, theinterim DNC chair, and her posseof power players are set to pen a book together about their tight friendship and inspiring personal journeys for St. Martins Press.

The book is tentatively titled The Colored Girls,a name the fivesomegave themselves years ago. Members in the clique areBrazile; top Hillary Clinton aide, Minyon Moore; chief executive of the Democraticconvention, Leah Daughtry; director of the conventions podium operations, Yolanda Caraway; and Bill Clintons chief of staff, Tina Flournoy. The group will write with the aid of a collaborator.

Itsthe story of their extraordinary work behind the scenes over the course ofnearly four decades andthe extraordinary friendship that keeps them together, explained Gail Ross, the powerful Washington literary agent who is negotiatingthe books deal with St. Martins Press.Thebookscontract is still being negotiated, but Ross described it as substantial.

The Colored Girls will be part historic memoir and part political inspiration, tracking each womans intertwining journey up the Washington ladder. The five authors, said Ross, have made a habit of holding the door open for other women and people of color in the political arena. For years, theyve been urged to write a book together that melds the political and the personal.

Peopleread books for two reasons, either to get smarter about a particular topicorto escape, said Ross, and in this case youre getting smarter and being inspired. Thoseare the best kinds of books.

The Colored Girls is expected to be on shelves in time for the 2018 midterm elections.

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Who is Marina Joyce and why do people think she"s been kidnapped?

Marina Joyce On Drugs/Hostage Of Crazy Boyfriend #SaveMarinaJoyce

A bizarre conspiracy theory took over social media this week, as thousands of amateur sleuths tried to get to the bottom of what was going on with British vlogger Marina Joyce.

The hashtag #SaveMariaJoyce became a top trending topic on Twitter in both Britain and the US, as thousands of internet users scoured her online videos for evidence that the teenager was in peril.

Ms. Joyce runs a YouTube channel with approximately 750,000 followers, where she predominantly uploads videos about fashion and beauty.

However, some viewers became suspicious when she posted a message on Twitter inviting followers to meet her at 6.30am for an early morningparty.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/27/who-is-marina-joyce-and-why-do-people-think-shes-been-kidnapped/

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Queen"s Brian May on Elizabeth Banks" DNC Entrance: "Trump Has Been Trumped!" 31

Elizabeth Banks Democratic National Convention Entrance (C-SPAN)

When actress Elizabeth Banks walked onstage at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night, her entrance was accompanied by Queen"s resilient "We Are the Champions," the same track Donald Trump used in his RNC address much to May"s dismay.

But in a statement to Rolling Stone, Queen guitarist Brian May says that Banks" usage, while equally unauthorized, at least made him laugh.

"Well, I think its fair to say Trump has been trumped!" May tells Rolling Stone. "I suppose, in a sense, Elizabeth Banks" use of the song AS WELL as Donald Trump restores the balance. She didnt ask either, but her lampoon did make me laugh. Watching Donald Trump parade himself to "We Are The Champions" gave me a sinister feeling but Elizabeth"s "performance" was clearly lighthearted."

Banks took the stage in Philadelphia and deadpanned, "You know, I don"t usually say this about Donald Trump, but that was over the top," joking that she purchased her fog machine from the GOP presidential nominee for $30 via eBay. She also compared the Republican to her egomaniacal, wig-sporting Hunger Games character, Effie Trinket.

May seems resigned to politicians using the band"s music without permission, but tells Rolling Stone, "Realistically, it seems we have little choice in these matters, but given the choice between our record being used to promote hatred and intolerance, or being used for comedy, I"d take the latter."

Trump first used the song without permission during his address after clinching the final round of Republican primaries. May responded on his website, "Regardless of our views on Mr. Trump"s platform, it has always been against our policy to allow Queen music to be used as a political campaigning tool."

A "frustrated" Queen then doubled-down on that stance after "Champions" appeared during the nominee"s dramatic RNC entrance. "Queen does not want its music associated with any mainstream or political debate in any country," the band wrote. "Nor does Queen want "We are the Champions" to be used as an endorsement of Mr. Trump and the political views of the Republican Party. We trust, hope and expect that Mr. Trump and his campaign will respect these wishes moving forward."

Source: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/queen-on-elizabeth-banks-dnc-entrance-trump-has-been-trumped-w431194

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USA Basketball Showcase vs. China: Live score, TV channel, how to watch live stream online

Kevin Durant & Klay Thompson Highlights - 28 Pts vs China | July 26, 2016 | USA Basketball Showcase

Carmelo Anthony,Jimmy Butler

United States" Carmelo Anthony, right, celebrates after scoring, alongside teammate Jimmy Butler during the second half of an exhibition basketball game against China on Tuesday, July 26, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. The United States won 107-57. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)

What: Team USA vs. China

When: Tuesday, July 26 at 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET

Where: Oracle Arena, Oakland, Calif.

TV coverage: NBA TV

How to watch online: Live stream available onfacebook.com/usabasketball/

USA 107, China 57 FINAL |BOX SCORE

DeMarcus Cousins finished with a game-high 21 points to go along with 11 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony scored 16 of his 20 points in the third quarter.

Klay Thompson had 15 points and a team-high five assists. Kevin Durant, playing in Oakland for the first time since signing with the Golden State Warriors as a free agent, finished with 13 points.

Shooting: USA (36-72) 50 percent, China (23-56)41percentRebounding: USA 48 (19 offensive),China21 (4 offensive)

First half: USA 52, China 24

KevinDurant leads all scorers with 13 points and DeMarcus Cousins has 10 points and five rebounds.

Shooting: USA 51.5 percent, China 29.2 percentRebounding: USA 24,China 9Second-chance points: USA 12, China0

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Team USA is now 3-0 on its exhibition tour, winning each game by an average of 45.3 points.

The USMNT will complete its exhibition tour with a stop in Chicago to take onVenezuela on Friday, July 29, before the finale on Monday, Aug. 1 against Nigeria in Houston.

Source: http://www.oregonlive.com/nba/index.ssf/2016/07/usa_basketball_vs_china_live_s.html

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