By John M. Barry No matter their politics, people nearly always listen to those who say what they want to hear. Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States. https://t.co/Hkj9FSRG5y — John Sipher (@john_sipher) October 19, 2020 Hence, it is no surprise that the White House and several governors are now paying close attention to the “Great Barrington Declaration,” a proposal written by a group of well-credentialed scientists who want to shift Covid-19 policy toward achieving herd immunity — the point at which enough people have become immune to the virus that its spread becomes unlikely. Is this Melania? A rare, […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107659/91/1076599167_0:156:3000:1844_1200x675_80_0_0_500baff8adca5ba360b03ade74c6fa34.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Max Gorbachev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/sport/202010171080802750-he-wants-to-get-our-vaccine-covid-positive-ronaldo-wows-russian-fans-with-his-language-skills/ The football superstar has recently found himself in hot water over his decision to return to Italy after he tested positive for coronavirus in Portugal. Italy’s Sports Minister claimed the athlete violated the country’s safety measures and accused the 35-year-old of lying to Italian authorities. Cristiano Ronaldo continues to amaze football fans this time though not with his performance on the pitch, but with his language skills. The 35-year-old was apparently tired of spending time alone because of his coronavirus diagnosis and decided to communicate with his fans via an Instagram live […]
Las Vegas is known as the world’s boxing capital and has been host to many of history’s biggest fights. Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard and Floyd Mayweather have all fought in the “boxing mecca”. If 2020 were any normal year the match-up between Ukrainian-born Vasyl Lomachenko and Honduran-American Teofimo Lopez would be a huge spectacle with thousands of boxing fans cramming into the 20,000-seater MGM Grand arena. But on Saturday, 17 October, only a few hundred spectators – first responders from Nevada with special invitations – will be at ringside, socially distanced, in what is known as The Bubble. […]
UFC octagon girl Camila Oliveira has been giving fans a cheeky sneak peek behind the scenes at Fight Island as the promotion continues its latest stint in Abu Dhabi with a packed run of events. Brazilian beauty Oliveira has been doing the honors with the cards between rounds on Yas Island, kicking things off with UFC 253 on September 27 as the UFC returned to the base it has set up to help ride out the Covid-19 pandemic. In-between events, Oliveira has shown off all the delights that the island has to offer, posing on the beach in a bikini and […]
As President Donald Trump received treatment for the coronavirus at Walter Reed Medical Center last week, he and his aides worked on the stagecraft for his big return home. It needed to be showy and it would require television networks to have their cameras pointed at the White House during the beginning of their primetime shows. Disembarking from Marine One, Trump walked across the lawn, climbed two flights of stairs to the balcony of the residence, looked directly at the cameras and removed his mask. It was as overly dramatic as it was medically dangerous. For the White House the goal […]
Donald Trump hosted hundreds of people outside the White House on Saturday for his first in-person event since contracting COVID-19—but his administration wouldn’t say whether he’s still infected with the virus. “We gotta vote these people into oblivion,” Trump told the crowd of supporters in a brief 18 minute speech from a White House balcony. The in-person event marked Trump’s return to the campaign spotlight after announcing his COVID-19 diagnosis on Oct. 2 and being hospitalized at Maryland’s Walter Reed hospital. Trump appeared on several conservative media outlets, and plans to hold rallies in Florida on Monday, Pennsylvania on Tuesday and […]
With just a few more weeks to go until Election Day, Jordan Klepper is still putting his life on the line to make fun of Trump supporters at the president’s increasingly irresponsible rallies. After checking out one of Trump’s infamous boat parades over the summer, the Daily Show correspondent strapped on his mask and headed to Pennsylvania where he trolled the parking lot outside Harrisburg International Airport for the most embarrassing people he could find. “On the day Donald Trump most likely contracted COVID at an event in the Rose Garden, he hosted another, slightly different kind of superspreader event,” Klepper […]
In a much publicised show segment, models clad in the budding designer’s colourful underwear walked the catwalk dancing to “Doom”, a 2017 song by producer Coucou Chloe that recited a verse from the hadith – a record of Muhammad’s words and actions. rihanna has used music where a hadith is being used as lyrics for her fenty LINGERIE show. this is very disrespectful and should be apologised for. if this was a bible verse the world would have erupted. please share pic.twitter.com/wAiyLQuNCT — ⚡️playboi fardi 💥 (@balaayo4) October 5, 2020 Rihanna issued an apology to the Muslim community on Tuesday […]
Manchester United fans are divided after the club announced the capture of former Paris Saint-Germain striker Edinson Cavani on a free transfer on Monday. The club confirmed the Uruguayan, who was a free agent after he left PSG when his contract expired in June, has signed a two-year-deal at Old Trafford. Cavani bagged 200 goals and 43 assists in 301 matches for PSG, although last season he struggled for fitness and played just 22 times, scoring seven goals. While United have not had to shell out a transfer fee, Cavani will reportedly earn £10.4 million ($13.5 million) a year, amounting to roughly […]
Former Manchester United defender Patrice Evra led the way as fans of the Old Trafford club vented their fury and despair after a 6-1 home hammering at the hands of former manager Jose Mourinho and Tottenham Hotspur. United took the lead at Old Trafford inside two minutes through a Bruno Fernandes penalty, but Tottenham were ahead after seven minutes after they quickly responded through Tanguy Ndombele and Son Heung-min. Ndombele bundled the ball in after Harry Maguire and Eric Bailly calamitously failed to clear their lines, while Son raced onto a quickly taken freekick from Kane to slot home. The Red […]
Viewers of the FIA Karting World Championship final have called for Luca Corberi to be banned for life after he hurled his bumper at a car from the side of the track before appearing to physically assault a rival after the race. The 23-year-old former junior champion was declared “public enemy number one” by commentators after he stood by the side of the circuit and waited to throw his bumper into the path of another car as it raced in the showpiece in his native Italy. Corberi, whose family owns the Lonato track where the race took place, is believed to have […]
The Week 4 game between the New England Patriots and the Kansas City Chiefs has been put back after Cam Newton became the highest-profile star so far to test positive for COVID-19, leading to fears of further chaos for the NFL. Newton and Chiefs practice squad quarterback Jordan Ta’amu were confirmed to have tested positive the day before Sunday’s showdown, continuing a concerning week for the competition after the Tennessee Titans’ clash with the Pittsburgh Steelers was postponed two days earlier. The game between the Titans and the Steelers, which was the first postponement since the return of the NFL during the pandemic, will […]
Tennis star Yulia Putintseva took out her French Open frustrations on her racket on Wednesday after she crashed out at Roland Garros after suffering a third-set collapse in her match with unseeded Argentine Nadia Podoroska. No. 23 seed Putintseva was defeated by two sets to one (6-3, 1-6, 6-2) early on Wednesday by the unheralded Podoroska, eliminating her from the tournament in which she has twice been a quarter-finalist, and it was clear that she was unhappy with her performance. At one particularly contentious moment in the match, Putintseva could no longer restrain her emotions as she furiously slammed her racket six times into […]
Tennis fans have reacted furiously after Germany’s Laura Siegemund did not own up to a double-bounce that was missed by umpire Eva Asderaki in her comeback win over Kristina Mladenovic at the French Open on Tuesday. At set point with Mladenovic 5-1 up in the first-round contest, the German returned a drop shot that bounced twice rather than concede the point. Siegemund saved a further six set points as she battled back to win the first set 7-5, before taking the second set 6-3 to advance to the second round at Roland Garros. Fans were quick to react on social media, […]
An audacious piece of fielding by Nicholas Pooran has left the cricketing world in awe after a breathtaking save during an Indian Premier League game in Sharjah. The Kings XI Punjab player showed stunning reflexes to deny Rajasthan Royals batsman Sanju Samson six runs, diving full length over the boundary rope before catching the ball. Pooran showed sublime presence of mind, knowing he was over the rope, to acrobatically flick it back while in the air. Most impressively, the West Indian managed to pull of the feat without hitting the rope when he jumped and released the ball before he landed […]
Luis Suarez scored twice and provided an assist in a superb 24-minute cameo on his Atletico Madrid debut, showing former club Barcelona a sign of what they could be missing after his bitter departure. Suarez came off the bench to replace Diego Costa in the 70th minute of Atletico’s game against Granada with his team 3-0 up, and set about making an instant impact for his new club. The Uruguayan teed up fellow substitute Marcos Llorente for a finish two minutes later, before finding the net himself with a looping header at the back post in the 85th minute. He capped […]
The boy band has not yet seen its debut but already has the attention of K-pop fans. Netizens who are fond of K-pop, and there are many, were shocked by an accident related to the rookie band Enhypen on 26 September. Videos of a mess created by sasaengs (fans who follow idols on official and unofficial schedules to take photos and video for their own websites) were spread on social networks and saw strenuous objection and indignation from fans worldwide. Enhypen, a joint project of Big Hit Entertainment and Belift Lab, had a schedule in light of preparing for their debut […]
Gale Sayers, who held or shared 12 NFL records when he retired, has died at age 77. He famously dedicated an award to his friend and teammate, Brian Piccolo. Bettmann/Bettmann Archive hide caption toggle caption Bettmann/Bettmann Archive Gale Sayers, who held or shared 12 NFL records when he retired, has died at age 77. He famously dedicated an award to his friend and teammate, Brian Piccolo. Bettmann/Bettmann Archive Gale Sayers, a graceful and quick Chicago Bears running back whose elusiveness bedeviled defenses and delighted fans, has died at age 77, the team and the NFL announced Wednesday. Sayers was a fearsome […]
Whoopi Goldberg had one piece of advice for former Vice President Joe Biden ahead of next Tuesday’s debate with President Donald Trump. “All Joe has to say is, ‘I may look sleepy, I may be sleepy, but I didn’t let 200,000 people die in the middle of a pandemic,’” The View moderator said on Wednesday after playing a clip from Trump’s massive outdoor rally in Pennsylvania from the night before. As Sunny Hostin put it, “It looks like COVID-Palooza.” She added, “No masks, no social distancing, everybody crammed together and Donald Trump doesn’t care. He doesn’t care. He’s actually still downplaying […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/10/1080474564_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_d5b758876e8915536ca87b34ac57b47d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sangeeta Yadav. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202009161080476926-b-towns-highest-paid-actor-akshay-kumar-breaks-the-internet-with-laxmmi-bomb-teaser-fans-in-frenzy/ ‘Laxmmi Bomb’ is a remake of the Tamil movie Muni 2: Kanchana by Raghava Lawrence who has also directed its Hindi adaptation. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film will release directly online at Disney+Hotstar on 9 November 2020. Superstar Akshay Kumar, the Forbes 2020 Top 10 Highest Paid Male Actors in the world, has dropped the teaser of his upcoming movie Laxmmi Bomb featuring him, opposite Kiara Advani. It will stream worldwide on Disney+Hotstar on 9 November, 2020. He has created a lot of buzz on social media with a glimpse […]
Diana Rigg first beguiled baby boomers in the ’60s as Emma Peel on The Avengers. Half a century later she was charming millennials as “Princess Olenna Tyrell” on Game of Thrones. Rigg, who died of cancer September 10 at the age of 82, had not only the ability to transcend generations but genres as well, moving effortlessly from the stage to film and then to television, making those transitions all her life. Respected on the stage, famous on screens large and small, but never troubled by the constraints of celebrity—her private life remained pretty much just that, and she never suffered […]
Chelsea coach Frank Lampard has spoken with glee about his first five days with new $100 million midfielder Kai Havertz, praising the 21-year-old and fellow German newcomer Timo Werner ahead of the return of the Premier League. Chelsea ended their long pursuit of one of the stars of the Bundesliga last season by signing Havertz last week after drawn-out negotiations between transfer chief Marina Granovskaia and bosses at Bayer Leverkusen. Havertz has had to hit the ground running under the watch of Lampard at Chelsea’s Cobham training complex, where he has been preparing for a Premier League season that starts with a […]
A long-standing obsession with clowns has led Simón Wilches-Castro, a Colombian animator working on special projects at L.A.-based animation studio Titmouse, to some of the most rewarding credits in his rapidly-rising career, including Charlie Kaufman’s new critically acclaimed, narratively abstract Netflix film I’m Thinking of Ending Things. “Everybody is interested in scary clowns, but I think there’s a side to them that’s a little bit more tragic than scary because they have to pretend to be somebody that is happy all the time, when life is not always happy,” Wilches-Castro told The Daily Beast. Raised in the rural town of Popayán […]
A winning streak for the US Open Number One seed Novak Djokovic has ended abruptly after he “accidentally” hit a line judge with a ball right in the throat. The incident earned the Serb a disqualification. The game against Pablo Carreno Busta did not go well for the men’s number-one tennis player; Djokovic was trailing 5-6 in the first set in the fourth round. He lost his own serve after being treated for pain in the left shoulder. The Serbian star then took a ball from his pocket and, with his racket, sent it flying towards the back of the court, […]
Spectators in an otherwise empty grandstand watch the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs on Sept. 4. Oaks is typically a daylong party, a kick-off to the Kentucky Derby, which runs the following day. Jess Clark/WFPL hide caption toggle caption Jess Clark/WFPL Spectators in an otherwise empty grandstand watch the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs on Sept. 4. Oaks is typically a daylong party, a kick-off to the Kentucky Derby, which runs the following day. Jess Clark/WFPL The Kentucky Derby, usually the first weekend in May, was postponed this year until Saturday due to the coronavirus pandemic. There won’t be any fans […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/17/1080256870_0:0:1390:782_1200x675_80_0_0_9b93a44c9c7b1151579fcdbf3d9add3f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202008231080256899-french-police-use-tear-gas-against-football-fans-in-paris-after-bayern-defeats-psg—video/ PARIS (Sputnik) – Police used tear gas against football fans who gathered in Paris on the night of the UEFA Champions League final that ended with FC Bayern Munich beating Paris St. Germain 1-0, a Sputnik correspondent reports. On Sunday night, hundreds of football fans accumulated on the avenue of Champs-Elysees, where mass gatherings are prohibited amid the coronavirus pandemic. Social distancing guidelines were impossible to observe because of the large number of people, according to a Sputnik correspondent. After the Champions League final ended, with French footballer Kingsley Coman (who was trained at […]
The game between German FC Bayern Munich and French Paris Saint-Germain Football Club took place on Sunday evening at Estadio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal. Fans of the German club took to the streets of Munich to celebrate the victory over its French rival with a total score of 1-0. In the 19 August semi-final, Bayern Munich beat French club Lyon with a total score of 3-0 at Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon, with Serge Gnabry and Robert Lewandowski scoring Bayern goals. In its turn, PSG players Marquinhos, Di Maria, and Bernat scored unanswered goals in the game against another German club, RB […]
British tennis star Andy Murray is continuing his preparation ahead of the US Open next weekend, but admitted that he misses the presence of the fans as he returns to action. Murray is currently competing at the Western & Southern Open, the warm-up event ahead of the start of the Grand Slam tournament in New York next week. And the Scot admitted that he’s isn’t back to full match sharpness as he works his way back from a hip injury that threatened to derail his top-level tennis career. He hasn’t played competitively since last November, but has eased his way back […]
Actors Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver in a scene from Marriage Story. The award-winning 2019 film can be watched with audio description that conveys scenes to viewers who are visually impaired. But Parasite, another popular award-winner, has not included such descriptions. Wilson Webb/Netflix hide caption toggle caption Wilson Webb/Netflix Actors Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver in a scene from Marriage Story. The award-winning 2019 film can be watched with audio description that conveys scenes to viewers who are visually impaired. But Parasite, another popular award-winner, has not included such descriptions. Wilson Webb/Netflix Most people never have to explain why they enjoy […]
The Gateway Pundit has reported repeatedly on Dr. Fauci’s many absurd statements, inconsistencies and outright lies. His greatest mistake that cost tens-of-thousands of American lives was condemning hydroxychloroquine treatments for coronavirus. Advertisement – story continues below The latest international testing of hydroxychloroquine treatment of coronavirus shows countries that had early use of the drug had a 79% lower mortality rate than countries that banned the use of the safe malaria drug. This means that Dr. Fauci, Dr. Birx, the CDC, the liberal fake news media and the tech giants have been pushing a lie that has had deadly consequences! TRENDING: Garbage […]
FA Cup winners Arsenal are facing a barrage of negative publicity after announcing that 55 jobs within the club are to be cut due to the coronavirus pandemic, as boss Mikel Arteta plots several lucrative transfer deals. A statement issued on Wednesday announcing the job cuts explained that the club were taking several measures to address the drop in broadcast revenue endured throughout the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with the numerous layoffs affecting the football, commercial and administrative departments of the team. Also on rt.com Arsenal outcast Mesut Ozil TURNS DOWN transfer to Fenerbahce as former Miss Turkey wife pushes for move […]
As Seth Rogen and his production company, Point Grey, feel their way through the novel coronavirus pandemic, one thing is certain: They won’t be taking their cues from Christopher Nolan. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Rogen quipped, “I’m waiting to see what Chris Nolan does… ‘WWCND’ is basically what we’re saying at all times. ‘What would Chris Nolan do?’” THR’s interview, conducted via Zoom, happened to take place on the same day that Warner Bros. and Nolan confirmed that Tenet’s release, previously set for August, would be delayed for a third time. The decision followed widespread controversy over the film’s intended […]
Golfer Bryson DeChambeau, who has hit the headlines recently for bulking up during quarantine and raging at a cameraman, has stunned fans again by asking tournament officials for help after his ball appeared to land on fire ants. Viewers and experts offered sympathy and ridicule to DeChambeau when he aroused suspicions by summoning a PGA official at the St Jude Invitational in Memphis, where he claimed that his shot was unplayable because of an apparent colony of red ants at the base of a tree. The world number seven was performing well on the seventh hole at the tournament, which has a top […]
Dynamo Kiev ultras have let off flares, marched outside a match and promised to make new boss Mircea Lucescu’s working life a misery, reacting with fury to the appointment of the former manager of fierce rivals Shakhtar Donetsk. New manager Mircea Lucescu resigned just days into his reign as Dynamo boss and was then re-appointed by club president Igor Surkis after flare-wielding ultras marched outside an under-19s match, having produced an illustration of the veteran coach looking at a blue and white noose with the message: “Heads up, mister.” The outraged group behind the protests, the White Boys Club, savaged the […]
On Saturday, two days into the MLB’s skeletal 2020 season, Fox Sports debuted a feature few asked for: virtual fans. Facing a schedule that dropped from 162 games to just 60, held in stadiums without crowds to boo, applaud, or smooch on the jumbotron, Fox announced via tweet that they had just the fix: a partnership with SportsMEDIA Technology and Silver Spoon Animation to insert the grainy, Sim-like visages of shrieking baseball lovers onto home screens everywhere, further blurring the line between reality and dystopian role-playing game. As one Reddit pundit put it: “Why.” As sports negotiate their return to televisions, […]
Liverpool’s Premier League-winning squad has been accused of tone-deaf choices on one of the most momentous nights in the club’s history, with fans fuming that the club’s players have chosen Kanye West and Coldplay for the music. Stars including Virgil van Dijk, Jordan Henderson and Mohamed Salah have selected the accompanying music for their official title ceremony at Anfield tonight, when the players will be handed their Premier League medals after the club won the league for the first time in 30 years last month. Their final home match of the season, against Chelsea, will take place without fans because of the coronavirus […]
Kanye West has penned a string of enigmatic tweets that has fans scratching their heads, warning his wife Kim Kardashian wants to have him ‘locked up.’ The mysterious posts were soon scrubbed without explanation. The billionaire entertainer took to Twitter late on Monday night with the odd series of posts, sounding alarms that his spouse was “trying to fly to Wyoming with a doctor to lock me up like on the movie Get Out” – a 2017 horror film – all because “I cried about saving my daughter’s life yesterday.” West noted that in the event he does get “locked up […]
What if the president gave a party and no one came? Those sending their regrets for Trump’s Florida prom include seven senators and too many House members to count. Come August, it seems likely that only Trump friends and family and those of service pet Mike Pence will be celebrating the re-coronation in Jacksonville. That’s not to say Republicans are suddenly worried about the country’s health; just their own. Since Trump bombed in Tulsa, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain, Don Junior’s girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle, and thousands of Oklahomans have tested positive for the coronavirus. Some Republicans […]
Days after the $15-million-a-year star was criticized for playfully taking a nap in the stands while his side played, Gareth Bale cut an isolated figure in Real Madrid’s celebrations as they secured their 34th Liga title. Bale celebrated his 31st birthday as an unused substitute during Real Madrid’s 2-1 win at home to Villarreal that secured the trophy with a match of the season to spare, only joining his teammates on the pitch in the aftermath of their decisive victory at the modest Alfredo Di Stefano training ground. READ MORE: Real Madrid WIN La Liga for first time in three seasons with […]
Daily Caller author David Hookstead shook up social media on Monday after revealing that custom “KillCops” and “F**kPolice” jerseys can be easily purchased on the NBA’s official website, while those with the “FreeHongKong” message were not available. It seems however, that this has now changed. Basketball fans are able to buy customized “FreeHongKong” jerseys on the NBA store’s American website as of Tuesday, which was not possible the day before, Daily Caller journalist David Hookstead revealed, after publishing an audio of his phone conversation with a shop assistant. According to the journo, his Monday attempt to order a customized jersey with […]
Porn star Kendra Lust appears to still be interested in rumored former flame James Rodriguez after sending the Real Madrid star a personal message on his birthday – and astonished fans reacted with a deluge of jokes and memes. Married American actress Lust, who has starred in hundreds of adult films, was originally linked to Rodriguez when eagle-eyed fans on social media spotted that the pair had followed each other in 2018. The former webcam model and stripper then tagged Rodriguez in a video of her twerking in a gym, although the relationship between the pair appeared to have gone quiet […]
Fans who have been banned from attending stadiums during the coronavirus pandemic watched with a mix of admiration and unease as more than 20 dancing robots were filmed stamping and gyrating in sequence in a huge empty stadium. A humanoid robot named Pepper and a set of four-legged bots called Spot replaced supporters at the 40,000-capacity Fukuoka Dome in Japan, performing a range of moves in sync with the fight song usually accompanied by fans before Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks’ baseball matches. The robots stood on a podium, wore Hawks caps and flags, waved their arms and tapped their feet in time ahead of […]
The fashion-loving daughter of Singaporean billionaire Peter Lim has pledged to “stand up for the Chinese race” against angry Valencia fans, insisting that “we can do anything we want with the club and no-one can say anything.” Aesthetic clinic owner Kim Lim has repeatedly been told to “go home” during irate exchanges with seething supporters of the Spanish side, who believe the club has been poorly run during a season that began with a UEFA Champions League campaign but looks likely to end in a finish well outside of the European qualification places. In a now-deleted Instagram post, Lim claimed she had been affected by fans […]
In an action-packed series of snapshots of her glamorous life in quarantine, Maria Sharapova has shown herself playing tennis, working out, battling crows in her garden, relaxing on a boat in California and wearing a mask. A huge fan of celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson, former world number one Sharapova pictured herself with her head on the floor of her California home and one leg in the air during one of her frequent workouts. The 33-year-old, who also revealed that she had been on a trip to a luxury hotel with art dealer boyfriend Alexander Gilkes, then pictured one of the heavy rings she works […]
After the US hip-hop artist announced he would be running for presidency some detail of his biography resurfaced, making the fans of another music icon, Britney Spears, fly off the handle. On Sunday, the hashtag #freebritney started trending globally on Twitter after the pop princess’s fans launched an online campaign to put an end to her conservatorship: in 2009 she had been appointed a legal guardian by a court due to mental health issues. Few facts about Britney Spears’ conservatorship and why #FreeBritney is very important issue: – she can’t drive or vote– she has 10% custody of her children– her calls and […]
A midseason update for ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’ and ‘Warzone’ has one difference fans are pointing out: the removal of the ‘kay’ hand gesture, which has been deemed racist by politically correct activists on social media. When I tweeted about this, it was a joke, but you actually removed the “OK” hand gesture from the game? lol pic.twitter.com/Zc9rR8RvOu — 🇨🇺GG RELOADED🇨🇺 (@GOHGAMER) July 1, 2020 Producers behind the games have released no official word on the removal of the symbol from the game, leaving fans only to speculate as to the reason. Changes have been made to gameplay in the […]
Guests from the crypto investor Ari Paul to Harvard prof Dr. Vikram Mansharamani discuss bitcoin, the economy and social unrest. June 2020 will go down in the history books as an extremely chaotic and confusing period. In this “Best of the Month” retrospective, we look at some of the best guest conversations from The Breakdown, including: Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. Source […]
Aussie Margot Robbie will reportedly lead the all-women cast in an upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean spinoff, which is said to shift away from the portrayal of iconic Captain Jack Sparrow. Australian actress Margot Robbie is set to take over after Johnny Depp in the Pirates of the Caribbean and star in an all-female rendition of Disney’s most lucrative franchise, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Robbie is expected to lead the cast in the new spin-off, with writer Christina Hodson, author of Birds of Prey, tapped to pen the script for the new, female-fronted pirate movie. However, far from everyone seems […]
LONDON—Police helicopters and emergency dispersal measures were needed in the early hours of Saturday morning as cops battled to stop soccer fans gathering in a known coronavirus hotspot to celebrate Liverpool’s long overdue Premier League title. The grim predictability of fans abandoning social distancing to celebrate their teams’ victories had been one of the major arguments against soccer being allowed to return in England. Prime Minister Boris Johnson ignored the warnings as his government searched desperately for a way out of the monotony of lockdown. As far back as April when up to a 1,000 people were dying every day in […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107972/34/1079723420_0:296:3116:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_f303c6550a1833f3e73705b6f452a44d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202006261079723344-thousands-of-liverpool-fans-celebrate-premier-league-title-at-anfield-stadium—videos/ The Reds were crowned Premier League champions for the first time since the 1989-1990 season, after Manchester City FC was defeated by Chelsea FC, losing any chance to catch up with the leaders. Thousands of Liverpool FC fans have gathered outside Anfield stadium to celebrate their first Premier League title in 30 years, chanting and shooting off fireworks in their favourite team’s colour. According to the Daily Mail, around 5,000 fans took to the stadium on foot and by car before police sealed off the roads around it. However, they were careful to avoid ruining […]
A new billion-dollar facility opened by MLB’s Texas Rangers has been slammed by fans who say it resembles the sarcophagus designed to limit the spread of radioactivity from the ill-fated Chernobyl power plant. The $1.1 billion Globe Life Stadium is hailed by the team as being a state of the art facility capable of housing 50,000 fans and boasts a number of features such as air-conditioning but if the inside of the arena has been hailed as among the most advanced in the league, the outside of it hasn’t quite been met with the same enthusiasm. A video released online to […]
La Liga officials have been accused of affording Lionel Messi special protection after the Barcelona ace avoided a red card for a second game in a row despite stamping on a rival in Tuesday’s win against Athletic Bilbao. Chasing a loose ball in the 69th minute at the Nou Camp, Messi went in late on Athletic’s Yeray, bringing his studs down on the defender’s ankle. Yeray span around in agony at the challenge, with Messi immediately returning to the scene to apologize. Despite the presence of VAR, the Barcelona skipper avoided even a booking for the offence, and to rub salt […]
Despite earlier claims by US President Donald Trump and his 2020 re-election campaign chief Brad Parscale that almost one million tickets had been reserved for the president’s Saturday rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, around 6,200 supporters appeared at the event, according to local officials. US President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign on Sunday rejected claims that the present’s Saturday rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was sabotaged by anti-Trump activists on TikTok and K-Pop music fans who had threatened to purchase large numbers of tickets with no intention of showing up. “Leftists and online trolls doing a victory lap, thinking they somehow impacted rally attendance, […]
Brazilian freestyler Raquel Benetti, who sparked the quarantine keepie-uppie craze and likes to strip off while showing her skills, has revealed her latest adventure and asked fans to pick their favorite from a choice of outfits. The 29-year-old filmed herself standing in a nightie in her bedroom before jumping onto three separate pairs of football boots, editing the sequence so that her outfit changed each time she landed on the boots. As she hopped from pink to blue and lime pairs, her sports bras and figure-hugging shorts also changed colours while the accompanying message to her Instagram following of more than 1.2 million […]
English rugby’s governing body has been reviewing the national squad’s adopted anthem, penned by a freed slave, amid reports that fans could be banned from chanting the song due to its significance for racial justice issues. The Rugby Football Union (RFU) announced that it has been “reviewing… the Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” song, which has been an anthem of the British national side for over three decades, including at the 1991 Rugby World Cup. The song has been a permanent fixture on the British rugby scene since at least the late 1980s. Back then, it was adopted by the British fans […]
For the past decade, Chris D’Elia, one of the country’s top club comedians who packs theatres hundreds of times a year, has enjoyed the special status afforded to a few middle-aged comics who grasp and expertly deploy devices of the Gen-Z internet. The 40-year-old stand-up, who has three Netflix specials and a Comedy Central special called White Male. Black Comic, has maintained massive followings across social media—on Twitter, where he has 1.1 million followers; on Instagram, where he has 2.4 million followers; on TikTok, where he has 158,300 followers, despite posting just nine videos; and, when it was around, on Vine, […]
The US Open has been given the green light to go ahead in August after New York governor Andrew Cuomo confirmed the Grand Slam could take place, but noted fans would not be allowed. Cuomo said Tuesday that the US tennis showpiece will be held in late August, but that as discussed with the US Tennis Association, fans would not be present. “We’re excited about the US Open, [it] is going to be held in Queens, August 31 through September 13. “It will be held without fans, but you can watch it on TV – and I’ll take that,” Cuomo said, AP […]
Internet sensation Bella Angel, who has swapped tips with icons including Lee Westwood and Sergio Garcia during her budding career on the course, has delighted her vast fanbase by speaking of her excitement at returning to golf. The 22-year-old has kept her vast following of more than 212,000 entertained during lockdown by sharing a video of herself in a figure-hugging dress performing 1,000 golf keepy-uppies in a single day for charity. Known for her chic fashion and skin-baring outfits on the course, the popular personality cheekily told fans to “take me to the candy shop” and showed off her baking skills […]
This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up for it here. The Muggles Are Acting Up If you’re a person in this world, there is a high probability that something you like was canceled this week. Maybe it was the creator of a beloved series of young adult books who cemented her bigoted views about the transgender community. Maybe it was quaint cooking videos on YouTube with institutional blind spots toward race that were plain to see, […]
Who knew that K-pop stans’ talent for Twitter spamming could be harnessed for good—or that it would be so fun to watch? For years, fans of Korean pop groups like BTS have become famous (and, at times, infamous) for slathering social media with videos of their favorite artists. But over the past week, K-pop diehards have been putting their skills to another use: flooding police apps and harmful hashtags with videos of dancing pop stars to support Black Lives Matter protesters. They crashed a Dallas police cam app on Monday; they flooded the #WhiteLivesMatter hashtag on Wednesday; and on Friday they […]
Barcelona fans are being given the chance to recreate the look of their heroes by buying replicas of masks that the club’s squad and coaching staff are wearing to training – but fans say the products are capitalizing on COVID-19. While some of Barcelona’s European rivals have charged around a quarter of the price for masks, the reigning La Liga champions are asking for €18 (around $20) for each item, designed to protect against COVID-19 transmission. Barca encouraged their vast global fanbase to buy the garments and provided a gallery of famous faces wearing the new masks, including major summer signings Frenkie De […]
Viral 15:39 GMT 28.05.2020Get short URL Will the Real Slim Shady please pick up? No, he won’t – but he will keep you updated on upcoming events and try to sell tickets and merch directly through your DMs. Millions of fans can now text Eminem after he voluntarily shared his “personal” phone number. The rapper dropped the digits – 313-666-7440 – on Tuesday on Instagram and Twitter, where he has 53 million followers combined. “Dear Stan, I meant to write you sooner, but I just been busy,” he wrote in a reference to his 2000 hit Stan about a dangerously obsessed […]
UK 18:36 GMT 26.05.2020(updated 18:38 GMT 26.05.2020) Get short URL Rowling initially made her impact in the literary world with the Harry Potter series, which have sold more than 500 million copies globally and been adapted into numerous films and live productions. With the coronavirus pandemic having led to the cancellation of numerous cultural events throughout the world, Harry Potter author JK Rowling has excited fans by revealing that she intends to publish another book. The new release, called “The Ickabog”, will initially be published online on the writer’s website and will not in any way be linked to Harry Potter. […]
President Donald Trump’s Saturday morning started like so many of his mornings do: with a very early Twitter tirade. The president praised lockdown protesters harassing a local TV reporter, retweeted a cartoon depicting Rep. Adam Schiff as the Joker, and lauded a video of a right-wing columnist who was shunned by conservatives for supporting a Holocaust denier. In a spree of at least 28 tweets starting Saturday morning, Trump retweeted the video of Michelle Malkin, a former Fox News contributor who has since aligned herself with the most virulent corners of the far-right. In the video, Malkin very loudly complained about […]
Viral 08:34 GMT 15.05.2020(updated 08:37 GMT 15.05.2020) Get short URL The Life of a Wannabe Mogul author and avid, at least during the continuing lockdown, Instagrammer Bella Thorne recently announced an unprecedented cash giveaway, and has now turned heads with a makeshift photoshoot and distinct hint that her fans’ opinions do matter to her. Former Disney star Bella Thorne has racked up over 100,000 likes in under 15 minutes today, taking to Instagram to post a new look, and, asking for her fans’ feedback, to their visible joy. “New hair, thoughts?? E girl ???” the 22-year-old actress and singer posted with a couple of emojis, […]
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Last week, Jimmy Kimmel apologized for airing a deceptive clip that appeared to show Vice President Mike Pence delivering empty boxes to a nursing home. The vice president’s office apparently demanded an “on-air” apology as well. They got a lot more than that Monday night. “The trouble started because at one point in the video, after awkwardly lugging heavy boxes to the door, Mike Pence finds some empty boxes in the back of the van,” Kimmel explained. It turns out Pence was “joking” when he asked if he could just carry the empty boxes for the photo op. “How anyone can […]
It’s starting to get warmer, and even though I have AC, I am someone who is perennially hot, especially at night. A great way to avoid this is with an additional fan. Box fans are great options because they’re sleek and can be easily stored when you’re not using them. They are great for putting on your windowsill, have good control systems, and most importantly, come in all the sizes (not shapes, though, they only come as, well, boxes) you could need. To help you stay cool, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite box fans. FOR A STANDARD BOX FAN […]