Mike Pence Uses Fake Thomas Jefferson QuoteHow Can We Tell?

 Posted on August 19, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1019 words  |  Patria Henriques

Politicians and pundits often cite the Founding Fathers to prove that their views on the role of government are in line with the original vision for American democracy. But misquoting them has also become something of a tradition in itself. The latest such gaffe happened on Fox & Friends on Thursday. In the course of a discussion about Sens. Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy’s bill to revamp the Obama-era Affordable Care Act, Vice President Mike Pence backed up his argument with these words: “Thomas Jefferson said, ‘Government that governs least governs best. [Read More]

Music star says he did not stab anyone in UK

 Posted on August 19, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  247 words  |  Patria Henriques

"It is not really what these bloggers carried" said the artiste on the 2013 report that he killed someone in the UK and had been banned from entry the country. He revealed this during his episode of The . Curious to know why Burna Boy hasn't been to the United Kingdom Olisa Adibua asked him the reason for him not going to England. ""I'm not wanted there. I have not been wanted there" [Read More]

Police prevent bomb attack in Lagos hours before nationwide protest

 Posted on August 19, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  265 words  |  Billy Koelling

The Lagos State Police Command has prevented an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) from going off in the Ikeja area of the state on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development in a statement on Wednesday evening. The IED, contained inside a bag, was dropped by the roadside between Customs and Police Barracks along Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja. [Read More]

Pre-colonial Nigerian cultures: Hairdressing as a work of art

 Posted on August 19, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  21 words  |  Billy Koelling

Historically, care and presentation of African hair was expressive, over-the-top and beautiful.

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Scarlett Johansson Wants Publications to Take the 'No Kids Policy'

 Posted on August 19, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  427 words  |  Billy Koelling

This Saturday, while spending the day with my daughter and her father in New York City, my family and I were stalked by a photographer and documented for over six hours totally unbeknownst to us, while we were strolling, having dinner with and taking our 3-year-old daughter to the movies. The pictures were then published by both TMZ and The Daily Mail, packaged as “Scarlett Johansson and Ex-Husband Co-Parenting While Christmas Shopping,” and published for the viewing pleasure of the general public. [Read More]

Sharks Attack 2 People, Including 11-Year-Old, in Florida

 Posted on August 19, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  138 words  |  Tandra Barner

May 23, 2016 1:53 PM EDT Sharks attacked two people, including an 11-year-old girl, in separate locations in Florida over the weekend. The girl had been swimming in waist-deep water at Huguenot Memorial Park in Jacksonville on Saturday when a shark bit her back, arm and hand, her family told Action News Jax. The young victim, whose identity was not released, needed stitches on her hand and fingers and is expected to undergo surgery this week, according to the news outlet. [Read More]

Shaun of the Dead

 Posted on August 19, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1429 words  |  Tandra Barner

Brit slacker humor takes a tasty bite out of Stateside genre movies. Hitting U.K. screens April 9, only two weeks after Universal's remake of George A. Romero 1979 zombie flick, "Dawn of the Dead," this could mop up red-blooded returns among Blighty's younger auds, given a hefty ad-publicity push from distrib UIP. Brit slacker humor takes a tasty bite out of Stateside genre movies with “Shaun of the Dead,” whose pun on the George A. [Read More]

Shelley Duvall, The Shining and Nashville Star, Dies at 75

 Posted on August 19, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1065 words  |  Billy Koelling

Shelley Duvall, the big-eyed, waifish performer who won the Cannes actress award for Robert Altman‘s “3 Women” and endured Stanley Kubrick’s intense directing techniques to star in “The Shining,” died of diabetes complications on Thursday in Blanco, Texas, Variety confirmed with her partner Dan Gilroy. [Read More]

Terrence Howard Gushes Over Beyonces Lap Dance

 Posted on August 19, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  78 words  |  Tandra Barner

Here we go; No! I damn near broke the forest. ADVERTISEMENT Her lap dance skills are like a 9 but her spirit and her intent… I tried to talk to her once but I missed that opportunity and she was like this is what you missed…That was 100.We had a meeting, I looked at her, she looked at me…there was the kismet but then I tried to talk to her girl. [Read More]

The Best K-Pop Songs and Albums of 2022

 Posted on August 19, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1450 words  |  Kelle Repass

While rookie girl groups impressed like no other when it came to K-pop in 2022, they were not the only ones cementing a place in the year’s best music. Veteran performers like Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon proved why she’s a giant in the industry, and fourth-generation boy groups like Treasure showed that their star continues to rise. The best K-pop songs and albums of 2022 surprised us with their sound, their lyrics, and the feelings they evoke. [Read More]