Helen Hunt: ‘An Oscar's not a big game-changer. It's not like your worries are over’

By Martha Hayes

 

Helen Hunt: ‘I was very famous. It made me nervous.’ Photograph: Sven Baenziger/Roba Images/Lickerish

 

Helen Hunt was 34 when she won the best actress Oscar for As Good As It Gets, and the attention made her anxious.

 

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Cara Delevingne says modelling 'f***ed' movie career due to 'trying to look hot'

By James Brinsford

 

Cara Delevingne has said her modelling career hasn't helped her acting

 

Cara Delevingne has revealed her background in modelling has made it difficult to become an actress because she was always "trying to look hot".

 

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Bounty for street racers starts September 3

By THE NATION

 

 

The police are launching an online campaign on September 3, which promises netizens Bt3,000 if they can provide evidence of motorcyclists either racing on the street or preparing for a race and if that tip off results in the suspects’ prosecution within 10 days of arrest, assistant police chief Lt-General Damrongsak Kittiprapat said. 

 

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Expect more job loses as exports contract, tourism slows: NESDC

By Wichit Chaitrong
The Nation

 

NESDC secretary-general Thosaporn Sirisumphand

 

Unemployment is set to rise amid a contraction in exports and a tourism slowdown, warned the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) on Monday.

 

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Tony Blair warns UK Labour: Don't fall into election 'elephant trap'

 

Britain's Former Prime Minister Tony Blair attends a service of thanksgiving for Lord Heywood in Westminster Abbey in London, Britain June 20, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/Pool

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is laying an election “elephant trap” for the opposition Labour Party that it should avoid, former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair warned on Monday.

 

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Justice Ministry warns of fake Facebook page

 

Photo credit: MCOT

 

The Justice Ministry warned on September 2 about the existence of a fake Facebook page trying to pass off as an official page from the ministry.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121322-justice-ministry-warns-of-fake-facebook-page/

 

Household debts rise, as consumers default on loans: NESDC

By THE NATION

 

 

In the first quarter of this year, household debt nationwide stood at Bt13 trillion, rising by 6.3 per cent and accounting for 78.7 per cent of the total GDP – the highest since the first quarter of 2017, the latest report on Thailand’s Social Situation and Outlook in the second quarter of 2019 from the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) showed.

 

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Police hunt cabbie who stripped Chinese passenger of Bt3.6m worth valuables

By THE NATION

 

 

Police is hunting for a Bangkok cabbie who allegedly stole valuables worth more than Bt3.6 million from a Chinese businessman early on September 1.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121329-police-hunt-cabbie-who-stripped-chinese-passenger-of-bt36m-worth-valuables/

 

Heated debate over rent results in Nigerian man getting arrested

By THE NATION

 

 

A Nigerian man has been charged with assaulting an officer on duty after he accidentally landed a punch on a patrolman trying to break up a dispute between him and his landlord. 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121330-heated-debate-over-rent-results-in-nigerian-man-getting-arrested/

 

Phuket murder suspect arrested after 20 years, caught by traffic stop

By The Phuket News

 

Police in La-ngu stand with arrested suspect Seree Thong-iab (holding paper to hide face), 43, in front of the police station. Photo: La-ngu Police

 

PHUKET:-- A man wanted for murder committed in broad daylight on Thepkrasattri Rd 20 years ago has been arrested in Satun province, south of Phuket, after he was stopped for driving a car without license plates.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121331-phuket-murder-suspect-arrested-after-20-years-caught-by-traffic-stop/

 

Thailand still ranks No.1 in region in road accidents: national think tank (see infographics)

By THE NATION

 

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1121334-thailand-still-ranks-no1-in-region-in-road-accidents-national-think-tank-see-infographics/

 

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