The Pain Wouldn’t Stop — Because Her Medication Had Been Stolen

LaVonne Borsheim’s family could not understand why she was suffering such intense pain. Ms. Borsheim, 86, had long contended with rheumatoid arthritis and other health problems, including hip and knee replacements and heart failure. Her husband, Roger, cared for her in their small house in suburban Minneapolis, meticulously administering the prescribed daily OxyContin and oxycodone…

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TS Madison Steals the Spotlight

Nineteen minutes into the film “Zola,” the actress TS Madison delivers a devotion that becomes a kind of mantra for the rest of the film. “Dear heavenly father, we come to you thanking you today for all the bounties that you’ve bestowed upon us, Jesus,” her character, a stripper named Hollywood, recites with her head…

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Love at First Slice

When Lauren Annunziata sat down to eat pizza at her cousin’s birthday party in October 1995 at Kids N’ Action, a children’s entertainment center in Brooklyn, she had no idea that her future husband was at the same table as her. In fact, the only evidence that remains of Ms. Annunziata and Gabriel Vincent Piscione’s…

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