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Rob Ford Crack Video Surfaces; Late Mayor Hits Pipe, Rips P.M.

Five months after his death, a new video of late Toronto mayor Rob Ford smoking crack has just been released to the public. Not to be confused with the previous Rob Ford crack videos. It's a sad, but true statement that there have now been multiple. The newly-surfaced  Rob Ford crack video (below) is from 2013. In it, Ford hits the crack pipe while a friend trashes then-future Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, who was elected in 2015. The friend says, “I'd like to get that f–king Justin Trudeau and shove my foot as far up his ass because I'm sure it would go real far.” Ford laughs and concurs, adding “He's a fat dick.” Rob, who admitted smoking crack during his tenure as mayor of Toronto, also says he dislikes the notion that he's a right wing radical. Ford doesn't realize he's being recorded until the very end of the video, according to TMZ, which posted the shocking footage Thursday. In March of this year,  Rob Ford died in Canada. As for how this new video clip of the late politician surfaced? It was used as in exhibit in the extortion trial of a Ford friend, Sandro Lisi. Lisi, bizarrely enough, was charged with trying to extort a gang member to obtain the clip – a charge that was eventually dropped. Once the case was no longer active, the court lifted a gag order on the latest Ford crack video and it was released to the public. Ford denied he was an addict despite the rampant drug use that gained him international notoriety during his tenure in office.

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Lucy Jones, quake expert retires

In her 33 years with the U.S. Geological Survey, earthquake scientist Lucy Jones has become a universal mother for rattled Southern Californians. Working as an earthquake expert at the US Geological Survey for the last 33 years, Dr. Lucy Jones, 61, has been dubbed ‘the earthquake lady.’ During her tenure, Jones has become the go-to expert for media outlets on all things earthquakes. In 1992, she famously gave an on-air interview explaining the science behind J. Her methodology for earthquake

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Attend Fantastic Fest From Your Couch

Austin, Texas, is nice, but sometimes you just want a film festival to come to you, you know? Enter Fantastic Fest, which kicked off yesterday and will offer four of this year’s selections on IFC on Demand starting next week. Among them you’ll find the demonic thriller Heartless , the psychological thriller Red, White & Blue , the mountain-climbing horror show High Lane , and the Ozploitation entry Primal . And they’re even bringing last year’s fave Human Centipede back because hey, what the hell. You’ll miss the Q&A’ s, alas, but it’s a trade-off for avoiding airport security. Enjoy! [ Fantastic Fest ]

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The 9 Worst Shows NBC Aired During Jeff Zucker’s Tenure

It was a bittersweet moment for the Internet when Jeff Zucker announced earlier today that he was leaving NBC . Sweet, of course, because most people deem Zucker the enemy in the Great Late Night War of 2010, and it’s a nice bit of schadenfreude to see him walking out the same door as Conan O’B rien. But it’s bitter, too; now which network executive is everyone going to mock and insult? That remains up for debate, but what isn’t is that Zucker’s reign of terrible television is over. Ahead, take a trip with Movieline down memory lane to remember the 9 worst shows from his tenure.

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