Beau DeMayos Lawyer Accuses Disney of Gaslighting and Planting Illegal Unconsciona

 Posted on August 14, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1043 words  |  Tandra Barner

“X-Men ’97” creator Beau DeMayo‘s attorney has issued a statement in response to Disney saying DeMayo was fired from the series due to misconduct allegations. “Having much experience with Disney, the playbook is always the same,” attorney Bryan Freedman of Freedman Taitelman + Cooley said in a statement to Variety. [Read More]

Books: Fine & Bitter Tea

 Posted on August 14, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  398 words  |  Tandra Barner

LADY OF BEAUTY (192 pp.) — Kikou Yamata—John Day ($3). The Japanese say that in the finest tea one can taste the water with which it was made. Lady of Beauty is just such a subtle cup of literary tea. In it, Kikou Yamata, daughter of a Japanese diplomat and a French mother, tells the story of Nobuko Hayashi, aloof, highborn and exquisite, and how the war racked and finally killed her without using a bullet or a bomb. [Read More]

Britney Spears Posts Message to Haters: Kiss My Ass

 Posted on August 14, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  709 words  |  Tandra Barner

As the battle over Britney Spears’ conservatorship thundered on this week, the singer used her Instagram account late Thursday to post a remarkably unsubtle message to those she considers “haters”: “Kiss my ass. [Read More]

Call Me By Your Name Fearlessly Paints the Shape of Love

 Posted on August 14, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  568 words  |  Martina Birk

The Weinstein scandal and other outrages have kicked off an avalanche that no one can outrun. Women are angry, and men are confused. Everyone is talking about gender and power dynamics. But no one is talking about love. It may be useful to remember that art can do the talking for us. When it comes to love and sex, being confused is not only permissible, it’s also part of the bargain. [Read More]

Cardi B sings Timaya's 'I Can't Kill Myself' [Video]

 Posted on August 14, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  147 words  |  Patria Henriques

Over the past weekend, Grammy Award-winning American rapper, Cardi B visited Nigeria and Ghana. On Friday, December 6, 2019, she landed in Nigeria. En route Nigeria, she teased an unreleased remix to Davido's 'Fall.' When she landed in Nigeria, she visited a strip club and Cool FM. She then performed at Eko Atlantic on Saturday, December 7, 2019. That night she left for Ghana and a controversy ensued. [Read More]

Chinedu Ikedieze believes Aki and Paw-Paw's chemistry was predestined

 Posted on August 14, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  316 words  |  Martina Birk

He shares his journey to the legendary character of Aki and Paw Paw with Osita Iheme in a recent chat with Chude. Describing their first encounter on the Aki na Ukwa (2002) as one where they connected instantly, he said, " From the first day I met Osita, there was this chemistry". ADVERTISEMENT Chinedu is sure that, his meeting with Paw Paw on set that day and their characters were predestined, due to the varying circumstances that surrounded them before they met. [Read More]

Chuck Yeager Never Thought He Had the Right Stuff

 Posted on August 14, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  973 words  |  Kelle Repass

Frank Borman did not expect to hear a congratulations from Chuck Yeager one day in 1962—and that’s just as well because he didn’t get one. It wasn’t a surprise that Yeager wouldn’t extend much courtesy to the likes of Borman. There were rules, after all, and there was a hierarchy after all, and Yeager, who on Dec. 7 died at the age of 97, was then the commander of the flight school at Edwards Air Force Base in California, where test pilots were trained. [Read More]

Davido goes back to his roots in traditional Yoruba outfit

 Posted on August 14, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  41 words  |  Patria Henriques

The star, whose favourite designers are Gucci and Ferragamo, is seen here in the outfit and he even added a set of beads to complete the look.

He captioned the photo “King O.B.O”. He really looks like royalty, doesn’t he?

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Do You Really Need a Water Filter?

 Posted on August 14, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1256 words  |  Kelle Repass

All sorts of nasties—lead, mercury, radium, nitrates, norovirus, agricultural runoff, PFAS, and more—can lurk in your water. No surprise, then, that about 40% of U.S. homes filter theirs. But the options are endless, from simple $20 charcoal-filter pitchers to reverse osmosis, point-of-entry, or ultraviolet filters. Depending on what you choose, a water filter can cost you tens of dollars, or thousands. Here’s what to know if you’re considering a water filter—and how to tell if you need one. [Read More]

Drake's leaked files contain unreleased songs with Rema, Tems

 Posted on August 14, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  211 words  |  Tandra Barner

The Grammy-winning rapper recently had files leaked online with songs and video recordings among the nearly 100 gigabytes of content. Among the leaked content are unreleased songs featuring Rema and Tems which has sparked excitement from fans online. ADVERTISEMENT The collaboration with Rema was posted on X (formerly Twitter) in a video where Drake was playing the song for some of his OVO associates. An old Rema post on X from 2022 where he talked about his collaboration with Drake has also given credence to the leaked song. [Read More]