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5 things we remember about La Hija Del Jardinero

Today it's all about the hit Spanish telenovela "Gardener's Daughter."  What do you remember about the popular telenovela “Gardener’s Daughter,” which presented us with characters like  Luis Alejandro, Carlos Eduardo and Luisa Fernanda. 1. The telenovela had Jennifer De La Vega De La Vega was the perfect jealous psycho ex girlfriend of the lead actor, Carlos Eduardo. The ‘jilted lover’ plot is a popular one in telenovelas, and “Gardener’s Daughter” gave us the perfect one in the sexy and beautiful character Jennifer.

A history of the beef between Davido & Wizkid

Although it's uncertain when the feud between Wizkid and Davido started, it has now extended for over a decade. Wizkid and Davido are two of Nigeria's biggest artists with commercial success, longevity, brand identity, influence, and huge fan bases. The duo who broke into the mainstream in 2010 and 2011 respectively have remained at the summit of the industry for over a decade and during that time they have had a love-hate relationship fuelled by competition and differences between their respective camps and fan bases.

Amy Fisher (The Long Island Lolita)

Full Name: Amy Elizabeth Fisher known as "the Long Island Lolita" Profession: The Long Island Lolita Biography: Amy Fisher was just 16 years old when she shot Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the wife of Joey Buttafuoco (35), with whom she was having an affair. Mary Jo survived and Fischer pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated assault and served seven years in jail. The case received huge publicity and Fisher was christened the "

Amy Sedaris Made the Latest Comedy Cameo in The Mandalorian

The Mandalorian ( Pedro Pascal ) lands on Tatooine after a space battle in the episode's opening scene leaves his ship in need of repairs; as Tatooine's best (or maybe just nearest) mechanical expert, Peli and her three droids (who Mando wants nothing to do with) come to his service; she eventually plays significantly into the episode's overall plot, and gets a few moments with the person of the moment, Baby Yoda himself.

Archaeology: The Ships of Homer's Time Are There to Be Explored

Then he fenced the whole from stem to stern with willow withes to be a defence against the wave, and strewed much brush thereon. —The Odyssey With the help of the sea nymph Calypso, far-wandering Odysseus prepared to sail for home across the wine-dark sea. But when he had finished his boat, why did he cover the bilge with a layer of brushwood? Generations of scholars have sweated over the passage without producing a satisfactory answer.

Books: Goodness Made Readable | TIME

THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM—A. J. Cronin—Little, Brown ($2.50). Last week advance sales of The Keys of the Kingdom passed 250,000 copies, the biggest since For Whom the Bell Tolls. The first novel A. J. Cronin has written since The Citadel, had become a best-seller before it even reached the public. Advance buyers were the Book-of-the-Month Club (The Keys of the Kingdom is its August offer) and U.S. bookstores, which seldom make mistakes about what the public wants to read.

Cinema: The Hepburn Story - TIME

(4 of 7) When she divorced Ogden in 1934, he was promptly enrolled as a good friend of Kate and the Hepburn family. This was the fate of many another Hepburn admirer. Some of them found it galling. Because Kate dislikes nightclubs, and lives a fairly cloistered life, only two of her romances have figured in the gossip columns. One was with Producer Leland Hayward (see PRESS), whose reading and tennis Kate tried hard to improve.

Criminal Justice: Another Confession Problem: Unjoining the Joint Trial

As if the continuing U.S. confession controversy were not complicated enough, now the custom of joint trials has surfaced to compound the confusion. When a crime involves more than one defendant, most prosecutors aim to try them together; indeed, joint trials have occurred in many of the most famous U.S. criminal cases. But what if one defendant’s confession implicates another? Is the use of such evidence so unfair to a man who has not confessed that it must be excluded?

Diagnosing Alzheimer's: Why Doctors Don't Always Tell Their Patients

In a surprising new survey of patients who were asked about their interactions with their doctors, 45% of people whose doctors treated them for Alzheimer’s never told these patients that they had the degenerative brain disorder. Led by researchers at the Alzheimer’s Association, the scientists looked at Medicare claim data from 2008 to 2010 for 16,000 people. They were asked, among other things, whether their doctors had ever told them they had Alzheimer’s disease.

Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association Decides What is 'Natural'

Ingredients created by food companies flavor what Americans eat each day—everything from juice drinks and potato chips to ice cream and canned soups. They give Cheetos their addictive cheesy taste and help distinguish Jolly Ranchers from other fruit-flavored candies. But the organization responsible for the safety of most “natural” and “artificial” flavors that end up in foods and beverages isn’t part of the U.S. government. Rather, the Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association—a secretive food industry trade group that has no in-house employees, no office of its own and a minuscule budget—serves as the de-facto regulator of the nation’s flavor additives.