Month: September 2020

Goodfellas Inspired This 90s Kids Show – Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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Goodfellas Inspired This 90s Kids Show – Showbiz Cheat Sheet

Martin Scorsese has created some of the best movies of all time, whether about crime or not. He built a following in the 1970s and ’80s for his many films about Italian-American crime bosses. On September 19, 1990, Goodfellas became one of Scorsese’s biggest films to date. In the years since then, the movie has been referred to and honored many times in film and TV. (L – R) Joe Pesci,Martin Scorsese, and Robert De Niro | The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty ImagesMany of Martin Scorsese’s films were based on real people Given the long and storied history of the mafia in the United States, Martin Scorsese has had plenty of real-life material to work with over the years. Scorsese’s 1980 movie Raging Bull, for example, was based on the life of professional boxer Jake L...
Medical Experts: It Is Time to Embrace Cannabis for Medicinal Use – SciTechDaily
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Medical Experts: It Is Time to Embrace Cannabis for Medicinal Use – SciTechDaily

20 months after cannabis-based products for medicinal use were legalized in the UK, attitudes towards using them are still highly skeptical, say researchers. Attitudes towards cannabis products for medicinal use need to change with much greater appropriate use of such products to help alleviate patients’ pain, suggests research published in the journal BMJ Open. Researchers found that hundreds of thousands of UK patients were self-medicating with illegal cannabis-based products for medicinal use due to the fact that much of the medical and pharmacy professions have so far not embraced and prescribed legal cannabis-based products for their patients. In November 2018 when the UK made cannabis-based products for medicinal use (CBPMs) legal, most people assumed these would immediat...
Coronavirus live news: US nears 200,000 deaths as England pubs face curfew – The Guardian
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Coronavirus live news: US nears 200,000 deaths as England pubs face curfew – The Guardian

9.19pm EDT21:19 New Zealand records zero new coronavirus cases A break from the US now, to a country whose response to the pandemic could not have been more different. By Charlotte Graham-McLay: New Zealand recorded no new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, as restrictions on much of the country were entirely removed, and measures imposed on Auckland, the largest city, were due to ease further. There are 61 active cases of the coronavirus in New Zealand, 32 of them diagnosed as part of a community cluster in Auckland. The community outbreak prompted a second lockdown of the city last month, which is now easing. There is no recorded community spread of the virus in the rest of New Zealand, where the government lifted all physical distancing restrictions and limi...
Jimmy Kimmel’s Emmy Awards telecast plummets to record low ratings – Fox News
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Emmy Awards telecast plummets to record low ratings – Fox News

The virtual 72nd Emmy Awards hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on ABC drew 6.1 million viewers, a 20% drop compared to last year’s host-less version, according to TheWrap. “A new low for the annual awards show,” TheWrap’s Tony Maglio reported. JIMMY KIMMEL FACES BACKLASH FOR 'NON-APOLOGY' ADDRESSING BLACKFACE CONTROVERSY Kimmel, who hosted the awards for the third time, used his opening monologue to note how there was no audience at the Emmys this year due to the health and safety procedures in place amid the coronavirus pandemic. The virtual 72nd Emmy Awards hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on ABC drew 6.1 million viewers, a 20% drop compared to last year’s host-less version. (The Television Academy and ABC Entertainment via AP) "This isn't a MAGA rally, it’s the Emmys. Instead of the l...
Christina Anstead seen for first time since split from Ant Anstead – Daily Mail
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Christina Anstead seen for first time since split from Ant Anstead – Daily Mail

Christina Anstead was seen heading out in Los Angeles by herself on Monday. Wearing all dark colors, the 37-year-old blonde beauty from Anaheim, California kept her head down as she held on to a green smoothie while carrying a take-out lunch in a brown paper bag. This is the first time the Flip Or Flop star has been seen since announcing she and  husband Ant Anstead are separating. Solo lunch: Christina Anstead was seen heading out in Los Angeles by herself on Monday Anstead had on a black T-shirt partially tucked into her skintight dark denim jeans with a rip in one leg and a pair of heavy lace-up military boots with a thick sole. She had on dark sunglasses and her hair nicely coiffed with several beaded bracelets on her wrists and a black manicure. A black Louis V...
20 residents, two others test positive for COVID-19 at Westmoreland County care facility – WTAE Pittsburgh
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20 residents, two others test positive for COVID-19 at Westmoreland County care facility – WTAE Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH’S BREAKING NEWS TEAM HAS LEARNED THERE ARE 20 RESIDENTS AT WESTMORELAND MANOR WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY THOSE CASES CAME FROM POINT OF CARE TESTING AND MANY OF THE PATIENTS ARE ASYMPTOMATIC. ALL STAFF AND RESIDENTS ARE BEING TESTED COMPLETED BY TOMORROW MO 20 residents, two others test positive for COVID-19 at Westmoreland County care facility According to a news release from county officials, many of the cases are asymptomatic. Updated: 5:40 PM EDT Sep 21, 2020 Twenty residents, a contract staff member and an employee have tested positive for COVID-19 at Westmoreland Manor, a care ...
CDC Publishes — Then Withdraws — Guidance On Aerosol Spread Of Coronavirus – NPR
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CDC Publishes — Then Withdraws — Guidance On Aerosol Spread Of Coronavirus – NPR

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention briefly posted new guidance to its website stating that the coronavirus can commonly be transmitted through aerosol particles, which can be produced by activities like singing. Here, choristers wear face masks during a music festival in southwestern France in July. Bob Edme/AP hide caption toggle caption Bob Edme/AP The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention briefly posted new guidance to its website...