President Faye with 2 first ladies

 Posted on August 26, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  265 words  |  Martina Birk

Senegal, which is one of 58 countries in the world that legalises polygamy, has never before had a president practicing this type of marriage. Everything changed after the presidential elections on March 24, which brought an unexpected victory to the opposition candidate, Faye. He won 54.3% of votes, even though he was still in prison two weeks before the elections for criticising the independence of the Senegalese judicial system on social media. [Read More]

Record label boss Kashy Godson laid to rest days after falling to his death

 Posted on August 26, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  110 words  |  Patria Henriques

The C.E.O. of Cash Nation Entertainment was alleged to have committed suicide even though his family thinks otherwise. The music executive was buried according to Muslim rites on Friday, March 12, 2021, in Ghana. ADVERTISEMENT In attendance were close family and friends. While some allege he jumped from his house balcony after battling depression for a long time, others alleged he was pushed off the building by someone he had a business transaction with. [Read More]

Revisiting Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet as It Turns 25

 Posted on August 26, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1350 words  |  Tandra Barner

Romeo and Juliet is rarely lauded as the greatest of Shakespeare’s plays, an honor that usually goes to Hamlet or Macbeth or King Lear. Yet Romeo and Juliet might be the most important Shakespeare: It’s the one almost everybody reads first, the one that entices our young, unformed selves to struggle with its language, initially so strange to modern ears. It’s a story of gang wars fueled by testosterone, love at first sight, and melodramatic, I-can’t-live-without-you double suicide, but it’s also the gateway drug to one of the richest, most resonant bodies of work in the English language. [Read More]

Richard Chamberlain (Actor) - On This Day

 Posted on August 26, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  200 words  |  Kelle Repass

Profession: Actor Biography: Richard Chamberlain is an American actor who first gained fame for his role as Dr. Kildare in the eponymous 1960s television series. He was also the first actor to play Jason Bourne featuring in this role, later played to great acclaim by Matt Damon, in the 1988 television film The Bourne Identity. After his success in Dr. Kildare, Chamberlain appeared in numerous television productions, including Centennial (1978-1979), Shōgun (1980), and The Thorn Birds (1983), which earned him a Golden Globe Award. [Read More]

Rising comedian crashes SUV | Pulse Nigeria

 Posted on August 26, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  55 words  |  Patria Henriques

According reports, the popular comedian was involved in the auto crash around Ijesha, Surulere area of Lagos State.

It was further reported that Smith, who was driving the SUV himself, ran into a trailer that was reversing on the freeway.

Sources claimed though the automobile was badly damaged, the comedian survived the crash unhurt.

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Shine TTW drops debut single 'No Religion'

 Posted on August 26, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  133 words  |  Kelle Repass

Song Title: No Religion Genre: Afrobeats Date of Release: October 28th, 2022 ADVERTISEMENT Producer: T.U.C, Spax Length: 2 minutes 17 seconds Features: NONE ADVERTISEMENT Label: The Plug Details/Takeaway: The song is an introspective mood shifter that expresses the burning desire of someone on the grind to make it against all odds. "I'm in the land of no religion (no religion, no religion). [Read More]

Star Wars Photos: See Original Mega-Fans From 1977

 Posted on August 26, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  235 words  |  Tandra Barner

December 16, 2015 8:30 AM EST These days, as The Force Awakens hurdles into theaters, it’s not a mark of distinction to love Star Wars. If you want to stand out, you have to line up days in advance, watch from space or shell out for rare memorabilia. But when the first Star Wars film was released in 1977, the world was stunned by the extent of some people’s devotion, as these news photos from the time show. [Read More]

The Anniversary You Cant Refuse: 40 Things You Didnt Know About The Godfather

 Posted on August 26, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  81 words  |  Tandra Barner

Following the scene where Michael has to kill Sollozzo and McCluskey, he gets into a car that pulls up right as he runs out of the restaurant. Though it’s hard to tell onscreen, Al Pacino actually jumps onto the car’s running board. Or, misjumps. Pacino timed the leap wrong and twisted his ankle, requiring the use of a cane and crutches for almost two weeks. Next Everyone Wanted to Know What Brando Looked like as the Don [Read More]

The Astrodome Is Astrodoomed

 Posted on August 26, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  207 words  |  Billy Koelling

David J. Philli / AP Voters in Houston rejected a referendum on Tuesday to turn the Astrodome into a massive convention center, making it likely that the iconic stadium will be demolished. The vote, which would have allocated more than $200 million to turn the world’s first domed stadium into a convention and event center, failed with 53 percent voting against, according to an AP tally after nearly every vote was counted. [Read More]

The Goddess Myth: Why Many New Mothers Feel Guilt and Shame

 Posted on August 26, 2024  |  16 minutes  |  3280 words  |  Billy Koelling

Giving birth to her first child at home without medication was a foregone conclusion for Margaret Nichols. Pain would yield to will, and that would be that. Throughout her pregnancy, the 40-year-old New York City meditation teacher pored over the natural-birth canon, books like Ina May Gaskin’s Spiritual Midwifery and Bountiful, Beautiful, Blissful by Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa. She became active in an international Facebook group dedicated to home and water births, stockpiling mindfulness tips to help her override the physical agonies of labor. [Read More]