James Earl Jones (Actor) - On This Day

 Posted on August 26, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  134 words  |  Billy Koelling

Profession: Actor Biography: James Earl Jones is an American actor with a career spanning decades and fields of entertainment. He is one of the few to have received an 'EGOT' which requires winning an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. Jones began with his Broadway debut in 1957, winning a Tony Award for his role in The Great White Hope. He played the same role in the 1970 film adaptation of this play, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. [Read More]

John Carlos (Sprinter and Civil Rights Activist)

 Posted on August 26, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  230 words  |  Martina Birk

Full Name: John Wesley Carlos Profession: Sprinter and Civil Rights Activist Biography: After taking the bronze medal in the 200 meters at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, Carlos along with gold medal winner and fellow African-American Tommie Smith caused huge controversy when they gave the Black Power salute on the medal podium. The incident drew world attention and as a result the International Olympic Committee expelled the pair from the Games. [Read More]

John Kelly Speaks About Fallen Soldiers: Read the Transcript

 Posted on August 26, 2024  |  14 minutes  |  2884 words  |  Tandra Barner

GENERAL KELLY: Well, thanks a lot. And it is a more serious note, so I just wanted to perhaps make more of a statement than an — give more of an explanation in what amounts to be a traditional press interaction. Most Americans don’t know what happens when we lose one of soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, our Coast Guardsmen in combat. So let me tell you what happens: Their buddies wrap them up in whatever passes as a shroud, puts them on a helicopter as a routine, and sends them home. [Read More]

Kelis Cookbook Interview: 'My Life on a Plate'

 Posted on August 26, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1289 words  |  Kelle Repass

Sandwiched between a kitchen counter and a mad-scientist lab of stews and sauces, Kelis is hunched over a small pyramid of yucca root, inspecting it like a jeweler would examine a diamond. She’s seven and a half months pregnant with her second son and brutally jetlagged—she’s just returned from a three-day food tour of Taipei—but she wants to make sure the yucca attains the perfect level of crispiness before it becomes her version of poutine, the Canadian french fry dish, that will accompany an oxtail stew boiling behind her. [Read More]

Ladies, what do you think of men who wear thongs?

 Posted on August 26, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  554 words  |  Patria Henriques

Ladies, what do you think of men who wear thongs? | Pulse Nigeria This article contains content for adults. If you are under 18, you should not see it. I'm over 18 Cancel See content November 22, 2022 4:37 PM Some men think people should be allowed to wear whatever undies they choose to wear and not be judged for trying to be free. But what do women think? [Read More]

Liberty Mutual Insurance Review 2024

 Posted on August 26, 2024  |  13 minutes  |  2649 words  |  Patria Henriques

From car insurance to pet insurance and everything in between, Liberty Mutual has been a major player in the insurance market for nearly 100 years. While there are some questions surrounding the customer experience, the company is known for its affordable prices and offers good value for basic insurance coverage. TIME’s Take Liberty Mutual is a well-known insurance brand, particularly for auto insurance. Its affordable coverage includes bundling and other discounts, though other types of insurance, such as renters insurance, aren’t priced as competitively. [Read More]

Medicine: Cortisone Shortage | TIME

 Posted on August 26, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  438 words  |  Tandra Barner

An assistant cashier in a New Jersey bank, arrested last January for embezzling $9,000 from his till, had a shocking story to tell. He was a sober, hard-working family man, a devoted husband, father of six children. He told authorities he had taken the money to buy cortisone for his wife, who had suffered for years from crippling arthritis. The drug had made a new woman of her. While the dosage continued, she was free of pain, able to leave her bed and care for her children. [Read More]

Michael Bay (Film Director) - On This Day

 Posted on August 26, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  500 words  |  Martina Birk

Profession: Film Director Biography: Michael Bay is an American film director and producer best known for his action films characterized by special effects and explosions. His notable works include Bad Boys (1995), The Rock (1996), Armageddon (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), and the Transformers series. Raised in Los Angeles by adoptive parents, Bay's passion for film started early. At age 15, he interned with George Lucas on Raiders of the Lost Ark. [Read More]

Miracle warns ex-housemates from dragging him into BBNaija reunion

 Posted on August 26, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  93 words  |  Billy Koelling

“Pls don’t bring my friends and I into your reunion lies and propaganda,” he wrote on Friday night, March 22, 2019, after the Reunion show aired on the dedicated Big Brother Naija channel. ADVERTISEMENT When asked, Nina said her ‘friend,’ Miracle told her that Tobi and Alex had sex in South Africa. ADVERTISEMENT Ebuka informed viewers the trainee pilot, is currently in an aviation school in far away the United States of America. [Read More]

Most error-prone zodiac signs | Pulse Nigeria

 Posted on August 26, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  319 words  |  Patria Henriques

None of us are immune to blunders but some zodiac signs seem to be the real masters of the art. Do you know that feeling when someone blurts out something completely inappropriate in the company of others? Or maybe you remember when someone started generating chaos out of control, without paying attention to anything or anyone? Have you ever met someone who couldn't hold anything in their hands without dropping it? [Read More]