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The 9-year-old boy who was shot Monday by his teacher’s estranged husband at an elementary school in San Bernardino, California, is on the road to recovery, his family says.

In a statement released Wednesday via the school district, Nolan Brandy’s parents identified him as one of the victims struck by gunfire Monday morning while standing near his special education teacher Karen Elaine Smith inside her classroom at North Park Elementary School.

Nolan’s family also shared a photo of him smiling in his hospital bed.

The boy was originally listed in critical condition after the shooting and was...

Special education teacher Karen Elaine Smith had had enough of her relationship with her husband, Cedric Anderson. Relatives say there were signs of trouble shortly after the couple wed on Jan. 28 at the Bethesda Temple Church in Los Angeles.

“He always showed his good side,” Karen’s mother, Irma Sykes, tells People. “He never showed the other side. Once they were married, he showed the other side.”

Police say Smith and Anderson, both 53, were married just two months before Smith packed her bags and moved out of their house in Riverside, California, in the middle of March.

Smith’s mom tells People,...

“Our family angel.”

That’s how relatives are remembering 8-year-old Jonathan Martinez, a student who was shot and killed on Monday at an elementary school in San Bernardino, California.

Police say Jonathan was one of two students hit in the gunfire at North Park Elementary — though their teacher, 53-year-old Karen Elaine Smith, was the target.

Smith’s “estranged” husband, Cedric Anderson, came to her special education classroom just before 10:30 a.m. and opened fire on her without saying a word, according to police. He then shot and killed himself.

Jonathan and another boy, 9, were behind Smith at the time and were also hit,...

Cedric Anderson, the suspect who shot and killed his estranged wife, Karen Elaine Smith, along with an 8-year-old student at a California elementary school, described Smith as an “angel” on his apparent Facebook page.

The page that appears to belong to Anderson, 53, also has a photo in March with Smith, also 53, enjoying a date night. Police say the couple had only been married for “a few months” and had been separated for several weeks. Anderson shot and killed himself, police said.

A video posted in February appears to show Anderson saying Smith was “making me really happy.” He also said,...

One child and two adults are dead and one other student has been hospitalized following a shooting at the North Park Elementary School campus in San Bernardino on Monday, according to multiple media reports. The shooting occurred just after 10:30am at North Park School. The gunman was among those killed, according to Ktla 5. Officials are describing the shooting as a “murder suicide” — AP reports that one out of the four shot in a classroom was a teacher. An eight-year-old male student is among the dead as is Karen Elaine Smith, a 53-year-old teacher at the school. She was shot and killed by her.

The Legend of Gavin Tanner.

We Were Here and Flushed have scooped the nominations for the West Australian Screen Awards.

The West Australian Screen Awards celebraes excellence and achievements in feature film, short film, web series, music videos, television production, documentary, games and interactive productions.

Short drama We Were Here, directed by David Vincent Smith and produced by Joshua Gilbert and Simon Camp, earned six nominations, the most for the awards.

Short comedy Flushed, directed and produced by Richard Eames, also received six nominations.

ABC comedy TV series The Legend of Gavin Tanner, written and directed by Matt Lovkis and Henry Inglis and produced by Lauren Elliott received five nominations, as did short drama Sol Bunker, produced by Glen Stasiuk and directed by Nathan Mewett.

Film and Television Institute Wa (Fti) chief executive, Paul Bodlovich, said the WASAs were one of the most important events on the cultural calendar in Western Australia.

Britain's Got Talent winner says 'plans are in operation' for long-mooted biopic

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• Video: James Corden on playing Paul Potts

The long-mooted biopic of Britain's Got Talent star Susan Boyle looks like it is finally getting off the ground, thanks to the success of One Chance, the film about another Bgt celebrity, Paul Potts.

Speaking at a press conference to launch her Christmas single, Boyle said: "There are plans in operation for that" and to "watch this space".

A film about Boyle, who won the 2009 edition of Britain's Got Talent, has been in the pipeline for years, with rumours even suggesting that Glenn Close and Catherine Zeta Jones were interested in playing her. (Boyle's choice, apparently, would be Elaine Smith, who played Mary in Rab Nesbitt.)

Despite some adverse reviews – the Guardian's Peter Bradshaw called it a "treacly, tepid heartwarmer" – One Chance represents a significant step...

Susan Boyle’s amazing journey from obscurity to overnight singing sensation will be the subject of a new musical, titled I Dreamed a Dream, according to Reuters. Scottish actress Elaine Smith will portray Boyle in a touring show scheduled to premiere in Newcastle, England on March 23, 2012. “I never thought my life story would end up on the stage, but a lot has happened in two years and it is a very exciting prospect,” Boyle said in a statement. “I hope everyone enjoys the show and I promise there will be a few surprises along the way.”

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