Fresh Faces: 13 Young Celebrity Ad Campaigns

 Posted on August 17, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  167 words  |  Billy Koelling

Courtesy of BurberryHermione traded up her Hogwarts uniform for the chicest British brand in June 2009, when Burberry tapped the then-19-year-old Watson to model for its ad campaigns. Having emerged from her formative years as a fashion-forward, striking young adult, Watson was a dynamic choice for the venerable brand. The ads, which show her to be the chic Brit she is, feature Watson wearing the label’s iconic beige trenches, tartan-patterned bags and other items. [Read More]

Gideon Okeke, Linda Ejiofor help abused women, children

 Posted on August 17, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  87 words  |  Patria Henriques

The Tinsel actors visited the Hearts of Gold Hospice, a shelter for women who have been abused and children. Gideon Okeke and Linda Ejiofor took a selfie at the hospice. "Today, as should every other, was a good day to put a smile on people's faces...far detached from our work as entertainers. From the Hearts of Gold Hospice to The shelter for abused women and children. I'm glad I could" [Read More]

Green Fuels Are Accelerating Shipping Decarbonization

 Posted on August 17, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1067 words  |  Kelle Repass

Last year in Dubai, representatives from around the world came together to take stock of climate progress and reaffirm their commitments to reducing carbon emissions. One of the most ambitious targets came from a surprising sector. In a joint declaration made at COP28, five CEOs from the world’s largest shipping companies demanded an end date for building fossil fuel-only shipping vessels. A decade ago, this kind of ambition would have still been considered a pipe dream. [Read More]

Here are 5 signs that your partner is self-centered

 Posted on August 17, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  325 words  |  Tandra Barner

If you are wondering if your partner really cares about you, here are five signs that they do not. When you are in a relationship, you expect that your partner would actually care about you. In reality what this implies is that they sometimes make concessions, few sacrifices, a number of compromises here and there for your sake; they share parts of their material possessions with you and generally just be willing to occasionally go out of their way to make you happy. [Read More]

Hillary Clinton Wins Major Endorsement From the SEIU

 Posted on August 17, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  378 words  |  Kelle Repass

The Service Employees International Union, one of the country’s most influential and largest unions, announced Tuesday it would endorse Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid in the latest sign the former Secretary of State is outstripping her rivals in institutional party support. The 2-million-member strong union said that Clinton was the best candidate to represent working people’s interests, a blow to rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose campaign has hit Clinton on that angle. [Read More]

Hot Dog Sandwich: Newspaper Corrects Every Reference

 Posted on August 17, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  242 words  |  Tandra Barner

A local newspaper waded into the heated debate over whether a hot dog is a sandwich this week with a frank correction firmly placing itself in the “not a sandwich” camp. The Louisville, Kentucky Courier-Journal newspaper published an epic correction of their referrals to hot dogs as “sandwiches” over the years, beginning in 1887 and ending in 1966. The move puts the Courier-Journal in line with the official verdict from the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, which recently declared hot dogs are not sandwiches. [Read More]

How FX's 'Shgun' Miniseries Made It Through A Decade Of Setbacks

 Posted on August 17, 2024  |  17 minutes  |  3516 words  |  Martina Birk

In 2018, FX Productions sent screenwriter Justin Marks a copy of James Clavell’s historical doorstop “Shōgun.” For FX, it represented a fresh start for a beleaguered project, from which writing teams had come and gone; Marks was a rising talent, coming off two seasons of his buzzy spy drama “Counterpart” and the 2016 remake of “The Jungle Book.” The book sat glaring up at him from his coffee table for days. [Read More]

How School Boards Became the Hottest Elections of 2022

 Posted on August 17, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1580 words  |  Kelle Repass

On paper, Sarah Stiegler and Katherine Rice have a lot in common. They’re both nurses who cared for patients in Michigan hospitals during the pandemic. They’re both parents who started paying attention to school-board meetings after schools shut down in 2020. And they both worry about falling test scores that highlight the progress students lost during the last few years. But as candidates running for school board in Romeo, Mich., their visions are vastly different. [Read More]

How the NBA All-Star Game Lets Fans Down

 Posted on August 17, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  432 words  |  Billy Koelling

It’s no secret that the NBA has a defense problem. The average number of points scored per team per game has beensteadily climbing over the last 20 years, rising from 93.4 in the 2003-2004 season to an average of 115.4 in the 2023-2024 season as of February. But nothing encapsulates the NBA’s defense problem quite like the annual All-Star game, which wrapped up on Sunday evening in an event widely panned by fans and commentators alike. [Read More]