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At first the two Pennsylvania sisters, then just 7 and 4, saw their babysitter as a “welcoming face.”

But that friendly persona eventually revealed what prosecutors call “a real life boogeyman” — a man who allegedly sexually molested them over the course of four years, recording his crimes on the doors of a shed.

On Wednesday, almost two decades after their abuse and soon after their accused abuser was arrested, the sisters, now 26 and 23, came forward to speak out.

At a news conference at the offices of the Network of Victim Assistance, in Jamison, Pennsylvania, the women opened up about their lives after...

It’s a sight Jennifer Schorn, an assistant district attorney in Pennsylvania, will not soon forget: the mobile home of a suspected serial child rapist — allegedly filled with children’s used underwear, explicit photographs and other “trophies” collected over the years — that she toured last week with police.

“It was very late at night when I got the call that I needed to come down and see the trailer first-hand,” says Schorn, a Bucks County Ada, who talked to People to offer an inside look at how investigators came to arrest 58-year-old William Charles Thomas.

“This is all so depraved,...

Pennsylvania police believe they have captured a serial child rapist whose victims could stretch back 40 years and who allegedly kept a home of horrors documenting his perversions, authorities announced on Monday.

Describing him as a “real-life bogeyman” and “trophy collector,” prosecutors said they arrested 58-year-old William Charles Thomas, a mobile home park handyman in Falls Township, Pennsylvania.

Thomas is charged with child pornography and dissemination of child pornography, according to court records obtained by People. The records show he is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday on additional charges in connection with a series of sexual assaults dating back to 1997, including five counts of child rape,...

“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” earned high marks from the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild, garnering three nominations for their annual awards honoring achievements in film, television, commercials, and theater. It’s not on the Oscar shortlist of seven , however.

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Eligible for Hair and Makeup Oscars are Guild nominees “Deadpool,” “Florence Foster Jenkins,” “Hail, Caesar!,” “Star Trek Beyond” and “Suicide Squad.” Not Oscar shortlisted, however, are Guild nominees “La La Land,” “Loving,” and “Nocturnal Animals,” which garnered two nominations apiece. Also ineligible for the Oscar are nominees “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” “Silence,” “Hacksaw Ridge,” and “Doctor Strange.”

On the television side, “Saturday Night Live” led with four nominations, followed by “Westworld,” “Game of Thrones,” and “Penny Dreadful” with three each. “Transparent,” “Stranger Things,” and “Empire” each received two.

The Guild will...

The BBC has unveiled its plans to mark the centenary of World War I this year, airing a wide range of documentaries, drama and arts to recognise the impact of the conflict.

"This summer is the moment to explain and reflect on how the war started and to examine its lasting effects," the BBC's Adrian Van Klaveren said. "It's a time of national commemoration as we remember those who died and so the BBC will be there to share events and unite people in their acts of memorial." Read on to find out what the BBC has arranged...

Commemoration

World War One Commemoration (August 4)

The major events in the UK and across Europe to mark Britain's declaration of war will be covered by Huw Edwards in London and Sophie Raworth in Belgium. The service of commemoration for the Commonwealth in Glasgow will be covered, along with the memorial in Belgium's...