Month: October 2020

Jeffrey Epstein and Leon Black, the billionaire cofounder and CEO of the investment company Apollo Global Management, had a business relationship for decades, but the nature of it has remained mostly hazy. Epstein advised Black on various business and philanthropy matters and served on the board of his family foundation, and U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney
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On Sunday, October 11, the Nigerian government announced that a notorious part of the country’s police unit called SARS (Special Anti-Robbery Squad) had been dissolved following widespread protests against the unit’s brutality, BBC reports. Among the prominent figures attending demonstrations and promoting the #EndSARS hashtag were Nigerian musicians such as Davido, WizKid, Tiwa Savage, and
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The fans have been wondering what Dancing with The Stars season 12 contestant Chelsea Kane has been up to since her time on the dancing competition. Originally known as Chelsea Staub, she changed her name around the time that she appeared on DWTS. During that season, Chelsea was partnered with professional dancer Mark Ballas. As an actress, she’s found consistent
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Diverse representation is of importance, and that’s why it’s an ongoing discussion in the media. The fact of the matter is people deserve to see themselves reflected in the media they consume. When discussing racial diversity specifically in the media, Indigenous representation is disturbingly underrepresented or misrepresented. Not to mention riddled with stereotypes, one-dimensional, or
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At this year’s virtual NYCC, a comic book called Zaadii: The Legend of Z-Hawk was unveiled. The comic was inspired by 3-year-old Zaadii Tozhon Tso, a young boy who loved superheroes and was tragically killed by a distracted driver in 2015. Renowned comics creatives Gail Simone, Jim Calafiore, and Jeffrey Veregge have created a comic
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JUSTIN SULLIVAN/GETTY IMAGES; JARED SOARES; AP/SHUTTERSTOCK. It seems like several lifetimes ago that Michelle Obama shocked a public steeped in couture-clad First Ladies by rotating through a kaleidoscope of young designers—Thakoon and Jason Wu among them. In her Netflix documentary Becoming, Obama addresses the pressures that caused her to embrace clothing as part of her
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Louis Tomlinson’s four-year-old son, Freddie, is his total look-alike. Mom Briana Jungwirth’s adorable new photo has fans freaking out about the resemblance. There’s no doubt about it: Freddie Tomlinson is the spitting image of his father! “Always You” singer Louis Tomlinson‘s four-year-old son is looking more and more like him by the day, as made
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Girls should be encouraged to live their dreams and not be discouraged from being ambitious, right? However, young people are now being actively asked to ‘rethink,’ ‘reskill’ and ‘reboot,’ in a series of government-backed adverts which include an image of a girl called ‘Fatima,’ who is seen tying up her ballet shoes. In order to
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EXCLUSIVE: Julian Fellowes’ The Gilded Age may take a little longer to make it to screen. Deadline understands that production on the long-gestating drama has been shut down due to COVID-19. It’s understood that two crew members on the show, which is a co-production between HBO and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, tested
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Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos has voiced shock that a censorship debate has sprung up around the controversial Cuties film after a Texas grand jury indicted the streamer over the feature. In comments at the virtual Mipcom market on Monday, Sarandos said Cuties was misunderstood in America after the indictment claimed it “appeals to the prurient interest
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Anyone familiar with my articles will know that I have two primary obsessions. First and foremost, I absolutely adore The Last of Us and wholeheartedly believe that its sequel is the crowning achievement of this console generation. Secondly, I am utterly fascinated by how videogames use readable documents to teach mechanics, influence puzzles, build atmosphere,
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The “Champagne Papi” is in full on daddy mode.  On Oct. 11, Drake celebrated his son Adonis Graham‘s third birthday with a relaxed at-home celebration. The rapper posted a photo of himself and Adonis on Instagram in a room full of balloons, captioned, “Young Stunna.” According to Drake’s Instagram Story, his mother Sandi Graham was also in
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Seven months ago, if you told me I would be bumming a cigarette from Sean Penn in a parking lot repurposed from Dodger Stadium for emergency use during a viral pandemic, the two of us surrounded by hundreds of cars full of nervous people afraid their bodies harbored an invisible predator that had attacked over
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The History Channel has greenlit the new nonfiction series Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman (working title) which will look back at some of the biggest jailbreaks from some of the most notorious prisons in the world. The six one-hour series will be hosted and executive produced by the Oscar-winning actor, and he’ll produce with Revelations Entertainment
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Here’s the first trailer for Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, the feature film version of the Olivier Award-nominated stage musical. 20th Century Studios/Disney is releasing the movie on February 26 in both the U.S. and UK. Starring newcomer Max Harwood in the titular role alongside a supporting cast including Richard E. Grant as a drag queen
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