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Late at night, Thomas trudged up the stairs, exhausted from a long day at work. As he reached the landing, he heard his daughter’s soft, familiar voice…

At first glance, Aileen Wuornos seemed ordinary — a shy blonde girl from small-town Michigan, her blue eyes reflecting both innocence and sadness. But behind that fragile…

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He’s long captivated audiences with his controlled intensity, yet off-screen James Todd Spader is private, ritual-driven, and defiantly low-tech. Born to teachers in Boston and raised in…