Playboy Bunnies and Hugh Hefner in the 1960s: The TIME Cover Story

 Posted on August 17, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  774 words  |  Tandra Barner

The ’60s had been a hell of a decade for Hugh Hefner and Playboy. By 1967, the magazine had gold-plated contributors like Vladimir Nabokov, James Baldwin and Ray Bradbury; a booming circulation of 4 million; and, to a remarkable degree, mainstream acceptance. The apotheosis of such broad welcome, perhaps, was the appearance of Hefner—or, rather, his cardigan-wearing, pipe-smoking statue equivalent—on TIME’s March 3 cover. In the upper left corner, over a yellow stripe partially obscuring the magazine’s T and I, are the words “THE PURSUIT OF HEDONISM. [Read More]

Police to investigate Francis Odega over disturbing video

 Posted on August 17, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  388 words  |  Billy Koelling

In the video, Odega was heard saying he would stab his wife and his sister in law and won’t mind going to jail after that. In the same video published by Instablog9ja on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, the actor’s daughter, Success Odega pleaded with Nigerians to prevail over her father to pay her school fees. ADVERTISEMENT She said: “I am here to beg my father to pay my school fees because all the avenues to reach him have been unfruitful. [Read More]

Praise This Review: Chloe Bailey and Anjelika Washington Charm as Cousins Competing in S

 Posted on August 17, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  953 words  |  Martina Birk

Backed by 'The Gospel' producer Will Packer, Tina Gordon assembles an entertaining musical about a singer who gets her break performing with a youth choir. In the pleasantly amusing “Praise This,” Chloe Bailey is the self professed nonreligious Sam, a musical artist in the making who finds her niche in Atlanta’s competitive gospel youth choir scene. Director Tina Gordon crafts a musical that’s carried through by a charming cast and highly entertaining ensemble performances. [Read More]

Rema talks about creating art that will endure for generations

 Posted on August 17, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  479 words  |  Billy Koelling

In an interview with Apple Music Africa Now Radio, Rema discussed evolving his sound and making art that would endure for decades. While speaking with the host Nandi Madiba, Rema stated that music for him is like a calling instead of a process of combining elements. The hitmaker stated that he taps internally to create art as he considers himself a vessel chosen to leave a mark in the world. [Read More]

Ricky Van Shelton (Country Singer)

 Posted on August 17, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  333 words  |  Billy Koelling

Profession: Country Singer Biography: Ricky Van Shelton was an American country music singer who had a series of hits during the late 1980s and early 1990s. His debut album Wild-Eyed Dream (1986) was pivotal to his rise in the country music scene. Shelton won the Country Music Association's (CMA) Horizon Award in 1988 and was inducted into the Virginia Musical Hall of Fame in 2006. Shelton moved to Nashville in 1984 where he was discovered after an audition with Columbia Records. [Read More]

Sidney Poitier is dead | Pulse Nigeria

 Posted on August 17, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  166 words  |  Billy Koelling

The news was announced by the Bahamas Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell. The movie star died at the age of 94. The cause of his death is yet to be ascertained. ADVERTISEMENT Until his death, he was the first black man to win a Best Actor Oscar Award. His career spanned over decades with a staggering list of accolades, including an Academy Award, a Presidential Medal of Freedom and a knighthood. [Read More]

Singer's wig falls off while performing! [Watch]

 Posted on August 17, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  109 words  |  Kelle Repass

After impressively delivering her beautiful ballad 'No be u', Waje went on to perform 'Ijeoma' which was a more local sound. Performing smoothly with the live band, the singer gesticulated and thrilled guest but had her wig fall off abruptly, shocking guests. As soon as her hairpiece dropped on the ground, the crowd screamed! Waje suddenly realized her wig wasn't sitting where it was, picked it up and played the situation by going on to perform without it! [Read More]

THE ADMINISTRATION: The Other Brother

 Posted on August 17, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  390 words  |  Martina Birk

In guiding U.S. foreign policy, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles will make use of information supplied to him by his younger brother, Allen Welsh Dulles, 59, whom President Dwight Eisenhower last week tabbed as the new head of the Central Intelligence Agency—its first civilian boss.* As longtime partners in the Manhattan law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, the brothers Dulles are used to working together. “They are closer than any two brothers I have ever known,” says an old friend. [Read More]

The Best Books of 2024 So Far

 Posted on August 17, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1267 words  |  Martina Birk

What does it mean to really belong? What happens when we can no longer recognize where we came from? And what do we owe to the places that raised us? These questions and more drive the best books of the year so far, a crop of novels, memoirs, and essay collections that tackle love, loss, friendship, and more. From Lydia Millet’s exploration of our collapsing planet to Kaveh Akbar’s portrait of an orphaned son looking for answers about his family’s history, these narratives interrogate deep feelings about the world and how to find a place in it. [Read More]

The Best Streaming Services for Movies, TV, Sports, and More

 Posted on August 17, 2024  |  17 minutes  |  3558 words  |  Kelle Repass

We’ve all been there: You settle in for a night in front of the TV, load up the menu screen to see all the different options available, and then just…can’t make a decision. Or perhaps in looking at last month’s bank statement, you’ve decided that some of these monthly fees have just got to go…but which ones? Ever since every entertainment company decided to launch its own streaming service, choice paralysis has become an unwelcome bedfellow. [Read More]