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Jodie Foster Thought Robert De Niro Was ‘Really Uninteresting’ When They First Met on ‘Taxi Driver’: ‘I Remember Being Like, What Is Happening?’ but Then He ‘Opened My Eyes to What Acting Could Be’

Robert De Niro may be one of the most respected actors in the world, but when Jodie Foster first met him on the set of Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver” at just 12 years old, she wasn’t so impressed. Speaking during a career-spanning conversation at the Marrakech Film Festival on

Scientists find a hidden obesity trigger in soybean oil

Researchers at UC Riverside have uncovered why soybean oil, one of America's most widely consumed ingredients, drives significant weight gain—at least in mice. The findings point not to the oil itself but to the fat-derived molecules it produces inside the body, called