Month: August 2020

RuPauls Drag Race Winner Tyra Sanchez Arrested for Vandalism – TMZ
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RuPauls Drag Race Winner Tyra Sanchez Arrested for Vandalism – TMZ

Exclusive Tyra Sanchez -- the retired drag queen who won season 2 of "RuPaul's Drag Race" -- got busted for spray-painting graffiti in ATL. Tyra was arrested Thursday and is facing one count of criminal damage to property. According to Atlanta PD ... officers responded to a vandalism call around 10:30 AM at an apartment complex. The security guard there told cops someone spray-painted "Don't Move Here Ever" on the side of the building, and another witness said they saw the suspect in the act of tagging the wall. The cops were able to locate and ID the suspect -- who turned out to be Sanchez -- and haul...
Iggy Azalea and Tinashe Want You to ‘Dance Like Nobody’s Watching’: Stream It Now – Billboard
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Iggy Azalea and Tinashe Want You to ‘Dance Like Nobody’s Watching’: Stream It Now – Billboard

Iggy Azalea and Tinashe team up once again, this time on “Dance Like Nobody’s Watching.” "DLNW" is the first track from Iggy’s independently-released third studio album End of an Era, and it marks the Aussie artist’s first release since she became a mom. "So soooo excited about this one!,” she recently wrote about the retro tune. “All hands on deck rmx is one of my favorite moments!” Azalea and Tinashe also collaborated on the 2014 track “All Hands On Deck,” which hit No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and appeared on Tinashe’s debut album Aquarius. Stream “DLNW” below.  
Singapore scientists find coronavirus variant with milder infections – Reuters
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Singapore scientists find coronavirus variant with milder infections – Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Office workers wearing protective face masks walk in Singapore's central business district, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Researchers in Singapore have discovered a new variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus that causes milder infections, according to a study published in The Lancet medical journal this week. The study showed that COVID-19 patients infected with a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 had better clinical outcomes, including a lower proportion developing low blood oxygen or requiring intensive care. The study also showed the variant, which has a large deletion in a part of its genome, elicited a more robust immune response. The study involved researchers from various Singapore institutions,...
Lights, Camera… Zoom!
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Lights, Camera… Zoom!

Screen + Sound + Stage Text by Shraddha Jahagirdar-Saxena Voot Select’s four-episode murder thriller, written by Mautik Tolia, Nikhil Nagesh Bhat, Ayesha Syed and Radhika Anand, and directed by Bhat, released on Thursday. The Gone Game – with an ensemble cast that includes names like Sanjay Kapoor, Arjun Mathur, Shriya Pilgaonkar and Shweta Tripathi Sharma – has innovatively adapted to the circumstances that we are all living in and firmly rooted its narrative in the present crisis. The very first scene places the action in the initial weeks of lockdown as statistics about the pandemic flash across our screens, along with the names of cities across the globe that have been begun to be impacted by it. We learn that Sahil Gujral, a le...
Megan Thee Stallion says person who shot her was Tory Lanez – The Associated Press
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Megan Thee Stallion says person who shot her was Tory Lanez – The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than a month after she was shot in the feet after a party in the Hollywood Hills, Megan Thee Stallion said for the first time Thursday night that fellow hip-hop star Tory Lanez was the person who pulled the trigger. “Yes ... Tory shot me. You shot me and you got your publicist and your people going to these blogs lying,” the 25-year-old rapper, whose legal name is Megan Pete, said in an Instagram Live video. “Stop lying. Why lie? I don’t understand.” Representatives for Lanez, a 28-year-old rapper and singer whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, did not respond to requests for comment late Thursday night, and have not responded to several previous requests for comment from The Associated Press. Pete said she did not tell Los Angeles police who came to the scene o...
Lori Loughlin, Mossimo Giannulli Face Sentencing in College Admissions Scandal – TMZ
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Lori Loughlin, Mossimo Giannulli Face Sentencing in College Admissions Scandal – TMZ

Exclusive Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, are about to learn their fate in their college admissions case, and there are some interesting twists and turns. The hearing will go down Friday afternoon -- it will be a virtual appearance with Lori and Mossimo via Zoom from their home in Los Angeles. As we reported, they struck a plea deal back in May with federal prosecutors. Both pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud -- and Lori agreed to serve 2 months in prison, while Mossimo will do 5 months. He also pled guilty to an additional charge of honest services wire and mail fraud. Based on their deal, house arrest is off the table ... ...
A very serious disease: Bethel health leaders plead for more COVID-19 testing as new death is reported – Anchorage Daily News
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A very serious disease: Bethel health leaders plead for more COVID-19 testing as new death is reported – Anchorage Daily News

We're making this coronavirus coverage available without a subscription as a public service. But we depend on reader support to do this work. Please consider joining others in supporting local journalism in Alaska for just $3.23 a week. A new coronavirus death this week in a Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta resident is adding fuel to regional calls for stricter testing protocols to prevent the transfer of the virus from urban hot spots like Anchorage. About a dozen people tested positive in Bethel in the past week, including five state court and jail workers — a marked increase given 54 total cases confirmed in the region between March and mid-August. Officials at the regional health agency, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp. are imploring local...
Meghan Markle, Prince Harry make joint appearance from new Santa Barbara home – Fox News
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Meghan Markle, Prince Harry make joint appearance from new Santa Barbara home – Fox News

Now that they've settled in Santa Barbara, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have made an official joint appearance -- virtually. The royal couple appeared from their home in a video conference call with leaders within the Queen's Commonwealth Trust who are working to make positive use of digital media and take action against online bullying and the like. The 35-year-old prince urged the activists to keep up the good work, and joked that he felt "way too old." MEGHAN MARKLE, PRINCE HARRY BELIEVE SANTA BARBARA IS THEIR PERMANENT HOME AFTER 'TURBULENT' TIME: REPORT "You've got to stop, we're not old!" said Markle, 39, said in response. "But it's true," Harry continued. "This is the world you're going to inherit." In reference to their 1-year-old son, Markle added: "And Archie." The Duk...
BTS’s ‘Dynamite’ Video Obliterates YouTube Premiere Record – Forbes
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BTS’s ‘Dynamite’ Video Obliterates YouTube Premiere Record – Forbes

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 21: (L-R) Jimin, Jungkook, RM, J-Hope, V, Jin, and SUGA of the K-pop ... [+] boy band BTS visit the "Today" Show at Rockefeller Plaza on February 21, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) Getty Images BTS just released their new single, “Dynamite,” ending the wait for one of the most highly anticipated songs of 2020. How highly anticipated, you ask? Well, the song’s dazzling music video just obliterated the record for the biggest premiere in YouTube history, leaving the runner-up in the dust. The “Dynamite” video got off to an, ahem, explosive start, with millions of people tuning in to watch when it went live at midnight EST. The video premiere attracted at least 3 million concurrent viewers, according to YouTube’s l...
Big Brother 22: Julie Chen Drags Nicole Anthony After Eviction and Fans Praise the All-Stars Host – Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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Big Brother 22: Julie Chen Drags Nicole Anthony After Eviction and Fans Praise the All-Stars Host – Showbiz Cheat Sheet

Julie Chen has been the host of Big Brother since its inception on CBS. The TV personality is a fan just like viewers that watch at home. When Chen gets into analyzing the game she gets passionate and during Thursday’s eviction, fans saw her get fiery. After Nicole Anthony was evicted from the house, Chen went in hard on her for messing up her own game by not trusting her allies. Nicole Anthony and Julie Chen | Monty Brinton/CBS via Getty Images / Robert Voets/CBS via Getty ImagesHow did Nicole Anthony get evicted? It was another week of twists and turns inside the Big Brother 22 house. This week, Memphis Garrett was in power and put David Alexander and Anthony on the block. The latter was nominated for eviction after Garrett warned her to play the Safety Suite twist...