Biz vets bow Karlin-Green Media

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  769 words  |  Tandra Barner

Bjorck Film execs buy co., founder to remain as consultant HOLLYWOOD — Bjorck Film Corp., a distribution consultancy founded by Lennart Bjorck in 1977, has been bought by company president Penny Karlin and VP Kelly Green, who will form Karlin-Green Media. [Read More]

CanWest slots diverse skeds

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  714 words  |  Kelle Repass

Sked to include 'Malcolm,' 'Simpsons,' 'Jordan' TORONTO — CanWest Global Communications laid out a lineup for next season thick with new buys and a heavy counterprogramming strategy for its webs Global Television and CH. [Read More]

Companies Hid Dangers of PFAS Forever Chemicals For Decades

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  9 minutes  |  1826 words  |  Billy Koelling

The female employees at the DuPont chemical company’s Washington Works plant in Parkersburg, W. Va., were not given much of an explanation in 1981 when they were all abruptly moved away from any part of the factory that produced a category of chemicals then known as C8. They certainly were not told about their eight recently pregnant coworkers who had worked with C8 and given birth that year—one of them to a baby with eye defects and just a single nostril; another to a baby who had eye and tear duct defects; and a third with C8 in its cord blood. [Read More]

D-Day: Daisies from the Killing Ground

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  13 minutes  |  2736 words  |  Martina Birk

On the Atlantic coast of France, just above the pointing finger of Brittany, Normandy juts out like a green thumb into the blue-gray waters of the English Channel. At this time of year, the lush countryside is lit up with apple, pear and cherry blossoms. Along narrow country lanes, lilacs bloom around stone farmhouses and over ancient walls. Cowslips, daisies and bluets ripple through the wet pastures, interrupted regularly by thick hedgerows. [Read More]

Domestic violence is the issue - Cassie Ventura on 2016 video with ex Diddy

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  421 words  |  Kelle Repass

On Thursday, May 23, Cassie took to Instagram to share her thoughts and emotions, expressing gratitude for the overwhelming support she has received. "Thank you for all of the love and support from my family, friends, strangers and those I have yet to meet," she wrote. Cassie further explained how the public's outpouring of love has helped her find peace. "The outpouring of love has created a place for my younger self to settle and feel safe now," [Read More]

Education: The Battle of Waterloo, 1947

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  516 words  |  Billy Koelling

Waterloo is a sleepy Oklahoma town, a whistle stop on the Santa Fe. Its people are mostly dirt farmers who raise wheat on the red, rolling land, or “sundown farmers” who work in the oilfields nearby. Waterloo’s white frame schoolhouse can be seen from the homes of almost every one of the eight families who send their kids to school there. Last week Waterloo was astir with the biggest local news in 25 years. [Read More]

EFCC to go after ex-minister's son over alleged $115 million missing funds

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  215 words  |  Kelle Repass

In the meantime, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo, MD, Fidelity Bank, was arrested last Wednesday by the anti- graft agency, together with other top officials of the bank, after revelations from Diezani's son that the bank was used to prosecute the lodgment and transfer of the fund, which at the time was put at N23 billion. Ugonna would be instrumental to arresting persons involved in the case, an unnamed senior EFCC official told an online medium yesterday, according to Nigeria CommunicationsWeek. [Read More]

ESSENCE's Black Women In Hollywood Awards 2020: Here are celebrities that rocked braids

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  38 words  |  Kelle Repass

Here are celebrities that rocked braids at the ESSENCE's Black Women In Hollywood Awards.

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Fentanyl Killed My Sister. Here's What I'd Say to Her Dealer

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1402 words  |  Billy Koelling

In 2015, 33,091 people died from opioid overdoses in the U.S. My sister was one of them. She passed away on July 31, 2015 at the age of 44. I often think about her last day and what her final moments were like. I also think about the person who gave her the drugs that ended her life. Below is what I might say to that person if we ever met. [Read More]

Game of Thrones: Funny Dragon GIF, Memes From Spoils of War

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  259 words  |  Martina Birk

August 7, 2017 2:10 PM EDT Warning: This post contains spoilers for season seven of Game of Thrones. On Sunday night’s episode of Game of Thrones, Daenerys Targaryen’s fire-breathing dragon wasn’t just her ace in the hole during the Loot Train Battle. It was also a gift to the internet. Just as Jaime Lannister gave Bronn the telltale sign of hubris — “we can hold them off” — Dany surprised the Lannister army by flying onto the scene on top of Drogon. [Read More]