Netflix star says her murderous, cheating character was based on Melania Trump
Actress Malin Ackerman said in an interview last week that her new Netflix show “The Hunting Wives” used first lady Melania Trump as a main reference point for her role where she plays a manipulative, affair-having politician’s wife.
During an interview with pop culture outlet Vulture, the actress claimed the creative team behind Netflix’s pulpy show told her to think of Trump when playing Texas housewife, Margo, whose character is the wife of a rich wannabe politician and has a sordid past that includes murder, adultery and abortion.
“During filming, she says, the series’ creative team described Margo as a bit like Melania Trump, someone who ‘came into a marriage to this rich man as one woman,’ then finds the expectations for her have shifted once he becomes politically ambitious,” the outlet stated.
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“That was the only reference, really,” Ackerman added.
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Her character’s background comes to light during the show and includes a poor upbringing, sex work, and a series of affairs.
“But once her husband, Jed (Dermot Mulroney), decides to run for governor on a pro-gun, anti-abortion, happy-marriage platform, Margo realizes the increased public scrutiny could threaten everything she has built for herself, exposing elements of her life Jed’s voters won’t like,” Vulture stated.
Among the things she’s hiding are “the abortion she just had after her boyfriend, a high-school student, got her pregnant; the murder she committed to cover up that fling; and the affair she’s currently having with new-to-town Sophie (Brittany Snow).”
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Ackerman mentioned that in addition to Trump, she tried to emulate her impression of “high society” types in her portrayal, a set of people she doesn’t see as too genuine.
“Other than that, it’s just high society. I’ve mingled with aristocrats and high-society people and seen the games that go into it. For lack of a better word, I wouldn’t say ‘authenticity’ is how those people lead,” she told Vulture.
The actress noted Margo’s character is a “survivor” who acts out of necessity in everything she does to get ahead.
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Melania Trump has often been a target of the media since her husband first ran for president in 2016. However, she hasn’t taken harsh media treatment lying down.
The first lady’s lawyer last week forced Democratic strategist James Carville and the crew of his “Politics War Room” podcast to remove comments from a recent episode that suggested that Trump met her billionaire real estate mogul husband through a modeling agency connected to sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.
At the outset of the episode, Carville said, “After the episode, we received a letter from Melania Trump’s lawyer. He took issue with our title of one of those YouTube videos from that episode and a couple of comments I made about the first lady. We took a look at what they complained about, and we took down the video and edited out those comments from the episode. I also take back these statements and apologize.”
The White House and Netflix did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
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Country singer’s mom killed in home invasion before father shoots intruder
The mother of an aspiring country star died in a home invasion stabbing in the family’s home in Virginia’s historic Shenandoah Valley before his father, who was also injured in the attack, grabbed a handgun and fatally shot the attacker, according to local authorities.
The intruder killed Holly Hatcher, a 62-year-old former teacher, before her husband, Michael Hatcher, 65, fired the fatal shot around midnight on Sunday, Aug. 3. Their 31-year-old son Spencer Hatcher, an up-and-coming country crooner, canceled several upcoming shows as his family deals with his mother’s death.
“Speaking personally, this is 31 years in law enforcement for me, I have never seen anything like this in my entire career, just the way the unusual, unique and just crazy situation that this turned out to be,” Rockingham County Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson said in a video posted to the department’s Facebook page.
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The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office identified the deceased suspect as 41-year-old Kevin Moses Walker of Pikesville, Maryland, who had no known criminal history, violent or otherwise, aside from a bizarre car crash just two days before the home invasion.
Hutcheson, who said he’s known the family for years, revealed a personal connection to Holly Hatcher.
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“My oldest son had Holly as a teacher in school, absolutely loved her, and I’m sure I can speak for many, many other children she taught over the years as to what a wonderful, wonderful teacher and influence on their life that she was,” he said.
Walker entered the home with a “large knife” in a seemingly random and “highly unusual” crime, the sheriff said. Details about what happened inside remain hazy – but Walker fatally stabbed Holly Hatcher before a life-and-death fight with her husband, who had visible wounds when deputies arrived and was wearing a large bandage on his forearm during a public appearance days later.
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The struggle ended in the driveway, where he retrieved a loaded pistol from his vehicle and fired a single shot, killing Walker, Hutcheson said.
A potential motive remains under investigation.
Investigators said over the weekend that Walker had rented a campsite at Endless Caverns, a landmark cave system that attracts tourists from around the world, two days before the attack. He also paid for and took a tour of the caverns before buying a sleeping bag and knife at a Walmart in town, where police saw him on surveillance video.
Early on Aug. 2, state police found Walker’s vehicle abandoned and disabled near the park, Hutcheson said. They found damage to a nearby store consistent with having been rammed by a motor vehicle. Nothing was stolen.
Walker had no known history of violence or crime at the time, Hutcheson said.
A house fire on Aug. 3, about five hours before the murder, had no connection to the suspect and was accidental in nature, he added.
In the aftermath, Michael Hatcher said both the sheriff’s office and local community had been pillars of support for his family.
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“I’ve heard a lot of you say that there are no words to explain this, and there aren’t – and there’s going to be questions that will never be answered,” Michael Hatcher said in a video posted by the sheriff’s office. “But all I can tell you is, we’ve cried, we’ve hurt, we’ve hugged, and we have found more love than we have ever known has existed between us and between you. Thank you.”
In a statement, Holly Hatcher’s former employer, Rockingham County Public Schools, remembered her as a “beloved” colleague who spent 19 years there.
Spencer Hatcher signed with Nashville’s Stone Country Records in October.
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“When Spencer first came onto my radar, his style and sky-high potential reminded me of a young George Strait, so I knew we had to sign him,” country music executive Benny Brown said in a press release announcing the deal. “He feels like the right artist arriving at just the right time in country music.”
In a post to his Instagram account, Spencer Hatcher told fans he was canceling at least three upcoming appearances: at the VOA Country Music Fest in Ohio and the Rockingham County Fair in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
“I hope to make these dates up to my fans in the future,” he wrote. “I appreciated everyone that has lent their support to me and my loved ones.”
‘Spooky alignment’ in Congress threatens government shutdown as Trump factor looms
It was mid-July. And the House of Representatives was already done for the summer.
That’s right around the same time Halloween decorations like gigantic yard skeletons and Reese’s peanut butter and chocolate pumpkins began materializing in stores.
Those weren’t phantasms. Halloween is the next big consumer holiday on the calendar.
I mean, what would you buy to decorate for Labor Day?
But there’s a spooky alignment between July and Halloween when it comes to Congress. If you begin to see Halloween paraphernalia in July, that’s practically October in Capitol Hill terms. The reason? Congress didn’t finish its annual spending bills before the annual August recess and that means it will be a sprint to finish them by October 1, the deadline to avoid a government shutdown.
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Right around the same time that the rest of the nation starts thinking about ghosts and goblins for Halloween.
The funding deadline is enough to convert the U.S. Capitol into a chamber of horrors for the entire month of September. Congress is always dragging to complete spending measures in July. Then August comes and concerns about the spending bills vanish like a ghost. Then the appropriations bills rise like mummies out of their coffins when Congress comes back in September. The battle over averting a government shutdown is like a vampire. It sucks most other legislative activity out of Congress until there’s a deal. That’s because most Members want no part of a government shutdown. Lawmakers from both sides know that government funding is one of the most important inflection points on the political calendar.
Let’s examine where we stand with government funding.
Congress approved a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown in March. That interim spending package funded the government through September 30, the end of the federal fiscal year. The House approved the bill. But lawmakers worried about a potential government shutdown because breaking a filibuster on the measure required 60 votes. That entailed support of some Democrats since Republicans only have 53 votes in the Senate.
At the last minute, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced he would help Republicans crack the filibuster. Schumer didn’t vote yes on the bill itself. But the New York Democrat argued that avoiding a shutdown at that point was better than enduring one under President Trump – and Elon Musk who was then fully empowered at DOGE.
Some longtime Capitol Hill hands and Congressional observers feared the government might shutter for a lengthy period if it closed. Schumer and other Democrats asserted that the President and Musk would use that as justification for never re-opening some parts of the government since they lacked funding from Congress.
Progressives excoriated Schumer for not extracting a major concession from President Trump and Congressional Republicans which reflected Democratic values and priorities. Liberals used Schumer’s decision as justification to demand new Democratic leadership in the Senate. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., appeared to seethe at Schumer’s maneuver, sidestepping questions from reporters about the break.
White House Budget Director Russ Vought says he wants a less bipartisan appropriations process. That’s fine. But this is about the math. House Republicans must stick together to pass any spending package there. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., can only lose three votes and still pass a bill without Democratic assistance. Likewise, Senate Republicans can only lose three votes there, too. But the real hurdle is the filibuster. That’s where 60 votes are necessary. And that means the GOP must lean on Democrats – assuming they’re willing to help out.
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It’s really unclear if Republicans can stick together to approve a spending package. Keep in mind that it’s almost a certainty that any spending measure must simply renew all current funding on a temporary basis. A lot of Republicans are fed up with this appropriations rut – especially since Johnson promised to do things differently once he claimed the Speaker’s gavel in October 2023. Remember that some conservatives helped bounce former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., less than two years ago because he propounded an interim spending plan.
Some Republicans are beginning to lose patience with Johnson on spending plans. But remember that most Republicans will support whatever appropriations plan the GOP brass concocts – as long as it has the blessing of President Trump.
So Vought may advocate for a more partisan process. But that won’t result in policy achievements and GOP spending priorities unless Republicans convince Democrats to play ball.
Here’s another dynamic: some members of the conservative Freedom Caucus are hinting they simply want to re-up the current levels of funding again. Yes, lawmakers approved those spending plans under President Biden and a Democratic Senate. Therefore, much of the federal government is still operating under Democratic spending blueprints. But Democrats would demand more money for the next spending round. The same with some Republicans. So voting to renew the old money – regardless of who pushed for it – is less than Congress could have spent. That’s why some Freedom Caucus members suggest this would serve as a de facto spending cut.
They’re not wrong. Federal spending is almost always on an upward trajectory. This would level things off and bend the annual spending curve for the first time in decades.
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So, if your goal is to trim funding, this may be the most plausible option under the present political circumstances.
Remember, it’s about the math.
Moreover, Republicans have only approved a pittance of the funding cuts demanded by DOGE. Congress passed a bill to slash $9 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and foreign aid. That’s not a lot. And Republicans could barely approve that bill. How they rescind other funding remains to be seen. However, Republicans could greenlight all the old money – and then promise budget hawks they will attempt to claw back other tranches of spending through future recissions packages later in the fall or winter.
But Democrats won’t go for that. They’d view that as Republicans dropping a Hershey’s bar in their trick or treat bag – and then exchanging it for a rock.
It’s unclear if Democrats have explored soaping the Republicans’ windows at the Capitol this fall if Republicans attempt that gambit. But this could be a chance to find out.
That brings us to the conundrum facing Schumer. One might question how the politics have changed since March – although President Trump and Musk are no longer in league with one another. But progressives will expect Schumer to demand a king’s ransom in exchange for Democratic votes breaking a filibuster.
In other words, both Johnson and Schumer face decisions of frightening proportions very soon.
It may seem as though October 1 is a long way down the calendar. It’s not. To ignore how complicated this may become is the legislative equivalent of whistling past the graveyard.
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This is going to become a rather spooky fall when it comes to funding the government.
Makes you want to just sit in the corner, pull a blanket up over your head and devour a bag of Halloween candy.
Jen Pawol receives first MLB umpire report card after milestone debut in Atlanta
Jen Pawol made MLB history over the weekend as the first female umpire to be featured in a big league game after over a decade serving in the minor leagues.
While she made her debut on the bases during the Atlanta Braves-Miami Marlins Saturday doubleheader, she was behind the plate for the first time during the series’ finale on Sunday.
Pawol’s umpire report card is in.
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UmpScorecards, which accumulates data for all home plate umpires throughout the season, shared Pawol’s performance results from Sunday. She called 92.72% of balls and strikes accurately, according to the outlet, getting 140 out of 151 taken pitches called correctly.
The average for umpires this season has been 94.23%, according to the data.
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Breaking down the report card more, Pawol’s called ball accuracy was 95%, with five of the 104 balls called inaccurately. The average for umpires this season is 97%.
For called strike accuracy, her mark was 88%, which is the average for all umpires in 2025. She called six of 47 strikes inaccurately, according to the report.
While the relative accuracy was -1.4% below expected, Pawol received a great review from Marlins manager Clayton McCullough after the game.
“I think Jen did a really nice job,” he said, via The New York Post.
“I think she’s very composed back there. She handled and managed the game very well. And big day for her. Big day for Major League Baseball. I congratulated her again on that because it’s quite the accomplishment.”
Pawol, who played softball at Hofstra University, spent 10 seasons in the minor leagues, serving as an umpire for more than 1,200 games. She said that “the dream actually came true” when she ran onto the field during Saturday’s doubleheader, where a loud cheer from fans at Truist Park in Atlanta rained down.
“I’m still living in it, and I’m just so grateful to my family, to Major League Baseball for just creating such an amazing work environment, to the umpires that I work with – we have just amazing camaraderie. We’re working hard, but we’re having fun. And I’m just so thankful,” Pawol said.
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While Pawol’s next MLB assignment remains unclear – she’s what’s considered a rover that is called up from the minor leagues to call games – history was made in Atlanta this weekend.
Texas teams with George Strait to rush aid as Dems flee state during crisis
Despite Democratic lawmakers fleeing and holding up vital relief efforts, Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s flood relief was faster than California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom’s response to the L.A. wildfires.
This weekend, Abbott helped to present more than 60 of the families most impacted by the catastrophic floods in the Texas Hill Country with $25,000 relief checks, which the governor called an initial “down payment” on the relief still incoming.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Abbott explained the funds were a result of Texas partnering with country music legend George Strait and other private groups to ensure that funds raised by the star went straight to those who suffered the worst damage.
Abbott said that both he and Strait agreed there is a need for speed to help these people as quickly as possible.”
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“We’ve seen in other states when there’s been travesties that occurred there, like the fires in California, and so much money was raised and never has gotten to the people who needed it, we want to make sure that did not happen in the state of Texas,” Abbott explained.
“There has been an outpouring of support to Texas organizations to help the people of this state,” he added. “Now our job is to make sure it gets into the hands of the people who need it the most.”
This comes just over a month after much of central Texas suffered a devastating flood that killed over 100 and decimated homes and businesses.
In response to the suffering, Strait, a Texas native, held a concert on July 27 to raise funds for those most impacted. Just two weeks later, victims are already receiving relief checks from the concert.
Abbott said that Strait was insistent that “he was doing this for one reason, because he was sick and tired of the people who’ve been damaged and harmed the most by the storm are not getting the money they need.”
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“So, what we did we set up an operation to make sure we were able to identify who sustained the worst damage, then make sure that they would be on the receiving end of these checks,” he explained.
Strait’s concert closely resembles a similar star-studded benefit concert, titled “FireAid,” in California that raised more than $100 million for victims of the wildfires in Los Angeles.
FireAid billed itself as “a benefit concert for wildfire victims.” Aside from music by the likes of Lady Gaga, Jelly Roll, Katy Perry and Olivia Rodrigo, the five-hour show featured multiple stories from victims of the Altadena and Palisades fire who had lost their homes.
Fox News Digital reported in July that six months later, victims in the city’s most impacted neighborhoods still had not received any direct funds raised by the concert.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, a spokesperson for FireAid told Fox News Digital that “to most effectively deliver aid to the community as quickly as possible, we partnered with vetted and trusted local nonprofits who had the capacity and infrastructure to directly reach the individuals in need.”
The spokesperson said “this assistance provided food security, housing, resources for schools and more directly to individuals in the affected communities.”
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They said that to date, FireAid has “distributed two rounds of funding totaling close to $75 million to organizations helping people on the ground and expect to distribute the remaining $25 million by the end of the year.”
“The funds address the urgent needs from individuals in our communities— from immediate financial assistance, to childcare, groceries, mental health and housing and rebuilding public spaces as well as fire prevention. The grants have been distributed to more than 160 frontline nonprofits, schools, and local organizations which were identified and selected by FireAid,” said the spokesperson.
Abbott claimed that several factors have made Texas’ response to the flooding disaster very different from California’s.
“It starts with generosity … but the second thing is we don’t let things slow us down. We are very empathetic with those who have lost their homes, who’ve had their lives turned upside down, who are trying to get back into their homes,” he said. “So, we were able to cut through all the red tape and make sure that the money got into the hands of those who needed it the most.”
He went on to say that “now we’re working with the local governments to make sure these people are going to be able to take these dollars, these resources, and actually begin that construction process to get their homes rebuilt.”
This comes despite the governor’s ongoing showdown with Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives, who fled the state and brought the legislature’s efforts to pass new flood relief measures to a grinding halt. The Democrats fled the state in protest of redistricting plans that would potentially give Republicans five additional seats in Congress.
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The governor and other state leaders, including Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and House Leader Dustin Burrows, both Republicans, have filed legal action to arrest the rogue lawmakers and have threatened to remove them from their offices. Thus far, however, the Democrats have been able to evade Texas authorities and hold up any progress by denying the state House the necessary quorum to pass legislation.
“We’re able to give that to the victims, even though we have Democrats who’ve fled the state and been dishonorable to our state,” said Abbott, adding, “One thing about Texans is we stand and fight if we have principles we want to fight on. And what these Democrats have done, they fled the state, and that’s very un-Texan on their part.”
He went on to say that “we’ll get the financial resources to those who need it, but also we’re working to provide greater assistance for them in the meantime.”
“That said, there are laws that need to be passed, such as creating early warning systems, such as making sure we change what the rules are in the flood zones, and things like that. That’s going to require these Democrats showing back up and casting a vote,” he explained.
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“Know that the gears of government to improve the response to this disaster are being slowed down and denied because Democrats are not showing up and doing their job,” he went on. “So, despite the fact that we have a bunch of cowardly Democrats who turned tail and ran out of state and right here to do their job, my main focus that I put my time and attention to is helping out the flood victims of this tragedy to make sure they’re getting the resources they need and so we can accelerate the rebuilding process to get their lives back to normal as quickly as possible.”
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A spokesperson for Newsom’s office directed Fox News Digital to a press conference he held with several Texas Democrats, including state Rep. Ann Johnson, who claimed during the event that Democratic lawmakers “waited to address that issue” of flood relief for two weeks but that “they only put one bill up for us to debate in the House and it was redistricting.”
“We have an arrest warrant for us to go back to Texas for one bill only. They don’t want us to come back for flooding,” said Johnson.
She accused Republicans of “using those families as a distraction,” saying, “the governor can write a check right now to try to start the process and so its his decision what’s valuable to him.”
Johnson suggested that Democrats “will gladly show up” to address flooding, school testing, human trafficking or court infrastructure but not for the redistricting vote.
Fox News Digital also reached out to the Texas House Democratic Caucus for comment but did not receive a response by the time of publication.
Ford ditches Henry Ford’s assembly line with $5B bet on US workforce
Ford’s president and CEO offered an inside look at the auto company’s biggest manufacturing change since the Model T, while spotlighting a multi-billion-dollar bet on America’s supply chain.
“We’re announcing… $5 billion of new investments here in Kentucky and Michigan, to build a radically new vehicle,” Jim Farley said on FOX Business “Varney & Co.” Monday.
“And we’re going to build it completely different than Henry Ford’s moving assembly line.”
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On Monday, the Michigan-based motor company announced it would be pouring the money into 4,000 jobs at its Battery Park and Louisville, Kentucky, plants to deliver a new electric pickup truck and LFP prismatic batteries.
The “breakthrough” product, according to a press release, is the midsize four-door truck with a starting price of about $30,000.
“It’d be a lot more affordable and a lot lesser cost than an old Tesla, even, or a RAV4 hybrid imported. So we’re excited about this affordable vehicle,” Ford’s CEO said.
“Ford is the No. 1 truck hybrid maker in the U.S., best-selling vehicle in the U.S. for 47 years. The F-150 comes in a hybrid. It’s almost 30% of our customers,” Farley noted. “But for people that just commute, and they could charge at home, they don’t have to depend on chargers on the road, they only go 100 miles, 200 miles a day, an EV is actually really cheap… an EV can be a really good solution.”
The new electric truck will also be built on a newer, “better” assembly line that Ford now calls as assembly “tree.” In place of one long conveyor belt, three sub-assemblies will run down their own simultaneous productions before joining together.
“After 120 years, we’re gonna change the assembly line,” Farley said. “We’re gonna build it in three pieces, three separate parts, not one vehicle along one line. And that allows us to build it 40% faster with a lot less people and a lot less cost.”
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“We didn’t want to build this in South Korea or Japan. We had to take a completely radical approach to redesign the vehicle to make it affordable and profitable here in Kentucky,” he added.
The “electric, fun-to-drive and digitally advanced” truck is set to reach consumers in 2027.
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Utility workers digging gas lines uncover 1,000-year-old skeleton in sitting position
Utility workers unearthed two pre-Incan tombs during a routine day on the job in Peru – one of many archaeological discoveries in the country this year.
The workers, employed by the energy company Cálidda, found the burials in Lima just recently. The employees have been digging trenches in the city as part of an ongoing underground gas network project.
Both tombs belong to the pre-Incan Chancay culture, which existed in Peru from 1000 to 1470 A.D. The Inca Empire spanned from roughly 1400 to 1533 A.D., with Spanish colonization beginning soon after.
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The two tombs were remarkably different.
One was empty, while the other held a 1,000-year-old skeleton.
Images show excavators working to remove the remains from the soil.
The tomb also contained four clay vessels and three “pumpkin shell artifacts,” according to The Associated Press (AP).
“Lima is unique among Latin American capitals, in that various archaeological finds are unearthed during nearly every civil project.”
The male skeleton was found in a torn cloth bundle in a sitting position. Its legs were against its chest.
Archaeologist José Aliaga told the AP the vessels contained iconography, along with some remaining black, white and red colors.
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“[It] allow[s] us to establish a connection with the pre-Incan Chancay culture,” the archaeologist said.
He added, “Lima is unique among Latin American capitals, in that various archaeological finds are unearthed during nearly every civil project.”
Local mother Flor Prieto walked through the area with her 7-year-old daughter during the excavation.
She told the AP she’d assumed the area had always been uninhabited.
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“I always thought they were paths where no one had lived,” Prieto observed.
“But now I know that people older than the Incas have lived there … It feels so exciting.”
This is far from the first skeleton that Cálidda has come across.
Over the past 20 years, the company has made more than 2,200 archaeological discoveries.
Earlier in June, excavators in Lima unearthed a millennia-old preserved female mummy during the same utility project.
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The skeleton, which still retained a small amount of brown hair, was found just 20 inches below the ground.
Jennifer Aniston opens up about Brad Pitt split and ‘love triangle’ tabloid storm
Jennifer Aniston reflected on the “vulnerable time” in her life after her infamous split from ex-husband Brad Pitt and the divorce coverage she took “personally.”
“The Morning Show” star recalled her first interview with Vanity Fair in 2005 and how “jarring” it was to speak about the end of her relationship.
“I haven’t looked at that article in forever,” Aniston told the outlet for the September cover story. “I just remember the experience of doing it – which was kind of jarring. It was also such a vulnerable time. But yeah, that was one for the memoirs.”
Aniston, now 56, revealed the advice she gave herself at the time: “Just pick yourself up by the bootstraps and keep on walking, girl.”
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Pitt was first introduced to Aniston in 1994 by their managers. However, their friendship wouldn’t turn romantic for a few years — the two went on their first date in 1998.
The couple announced their engagement while attending a Sting concert in November 1999. They later married in 2000 during a beachside ceremony in Malibu.
In 2004, Aniston announced she was ready to expand her family with Pitt. “It’s time. It’s time. You know, I think you can work with a baby, I think you can work pregnant, I think you can do all of it. So, I’m just truly looking forward to slowing down,” she told The Guardian.
That same year, the two split and finalized their divorce in 2005.
Pitt quickly moved on with his “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” co-star, Angelina Jolie.
By 2006, Pitt had split from Aniston and welcomed his first child with Jolie.
Aniston referred to this era of life as “the love triangle.”
“It was such juicy reading for people,” Aniston told Vanity Fair. “If they didn’t have their soap operas, they had their tabloids. It’s a shame that it had to happen, but it happened. And boy did I take it personally.”
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“It was such juicy reading for people. If they didn’t have their soap operas, they had their tabloids. It’s a shame that it had to happen, but it happened. And boy did I take it personally.”
She revealed she “didn’t have a strong enough constitution to not get affected by” the attention and speculation that followed after she and Pitt split.
“We’re human beings, even though some people don’t want to believe we are,” she explained. “They think, ‘You signed up for it, so you take it.’ But we really didn’t sign up for that.”
Pitt and Jolie welcomed twins in 2008 and eventually got married at the urging of their children in 2014. Jolie filed for divorce in 2016.
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Before his marriage to Aniston, Pitt experienced a whirlwind romance with Gwyneth Paltrow.
“Ironically, I went to her and Brad’s engagement party,” Aniston told Vanity Fair. The two women are still friends to this day, and the “Friends” star revealed they definitely do talk about Pitt at times.
“Oh, of course,” Aniston admitted. “How can we not? We’re girls.”
But, she pointed out that they tend to focus on other topics of gossip. “We’re always swapping advice – ‘What are you doing for this? What are you doing for that? Do you have a new doctor for that?’”
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