Month: November 2020

Stephen Colbert Shows How Quickly His Celebration Turned To Rage – HuffPost
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Stephen Colbert Shows How Quickly His Celebration Turned To Rage – HuffPost

“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert’s elation over President-elect Joe Biden’s victory against President Donald Trump quickly took a dark turn on Tuesday. “Yesterday, I was pouring champagne to toast the new administration,” Colbert said, the champagne bottle next to him. “And today...” Then, he broke the bottle and held it up menacingly. “I will cut you if you come near me because there’s some crazy [bleep] going on out there!”:  The reason for his anger? Trump’s relentless attempts to use lawsuits to overturn the election results. Colbert also noted that Attorney General Bill Barr had ordered prosecutors to investigate claims of voter fraud on Trump’s behalf around the nation, despite no evidence.  “Now the DOJ is just chasing down urban legends that get passed around the In...
Jason Momoa says he was completely in debt after Game of Thrones – Insider – INSIDER
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Jason Momoa says he was completely in debt after Game of Thrones – Insider – INSIDER

In an interview with InStyle, Jason Momoa said that he "couldn't get work" after appearing in "Game of Thrones." Momoa played Dothraki warlord Khal Drogo in the HBO show but was killed off in season one, and it wasn't until later that the show became a massive hit. Momoa said: "It's very challenging when you have babies and you're completely in debt." Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. Jason Momoa has said that he couldn't get work after starring in season one of "Game of Thrones." The actor played Dothraki warlord Khal Drogo, who weds Emilia Clarke's Daenerys Targaryen and is killed towards the end of the show's inaugural season. Drogo's death, therefore, came before HBO's "Game of Thrones" became the huge hit it ended up being, so Momoa didn't feel th...
This Impressive Plasma Jet Eradicates Coronavirus on Surfaces in Seconds – ScienceAlert
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This Impressive Plasma Jet Eradicates Coronavirus on Surfaces in Seconds – ScienceAlert

Amongst the many problems we've had with the spread of COVID-19 is the coronavirus's ability to survive on surfaces for hours on end. While we can effectively wipe down hard materials or sterilize them with alcohol, what about more delicate surfaces like cardboard?   Even in the atmosphere, SARS-CoV-2 can survive up to a few hours; on cardboard it can last for up to 24 hours, and viable particles have been detected on plastic up to three days after it was contaminated. Scientists across many disciplines are throwing their vast talents into tackling the pandemic. Now, a team led by engineer Zhitong Chen from the University of California in Los Angeles may have found a solution. They just demonstrated cold plasma has the ability to destroy the virus on a wide range of surfaces without ...
A new drug cocktail could help fight the toughest cancers – Engadget
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A new drug cocktail could help fight the toughest cancers – Engadget

In response, Wyss’ researchers took a best-of-both-worlds approach, mixing chemo-and-immunotherapy drugs together. On top of that, they added synthetic DNA strands that improve immune response further and, crucially, strands that prevent cancer cells from hiding from treatment. The approach kills a bunch of cancer cells, and then directs immune response to attack them ,and anything that looks like it, nearby.  On laboratory tests in mice which had Triple-Negative, researchers found that the cocktail improved immune response by around eight percent. More importantly, they claim that all of the mice who were infected, treated and re-infected were able to survive without relapsing. It’s still very, very early days, but it’s possible that this general-...
Britney Spears afraid of father Jamie, wont perform while he controls her career, lawyer alleges – Fox News
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Britney Spears afraid of father Jamie, wont perform while he controls her career, lawyer alleges – Fox News

Don't expect to see Britney Spears on stage anytime soon. According to her lawyer Samuel Ingham, the pop icon fears her father Jamie and will not resume her music career as long as he controls her estate via her conservatorship. The conservatorship was established after her public meltdown, and Jamie has overseen her life and finances for well over a decade now. The legal guardianship would also give him a say in her career. "My client has informed me that she is afraid of her father,” the lawyer alleged in a hearing on Tuesday. “She will not perform again if her father is in charge of her career.” BRITNEY SPEARS REVEALS SHE'S THE 'HAPPIEST' SHE'S 'EVER BEEN' AMID CONSERVATORSHIP EXTENSION Spears is attempting to remove her father as sole conservator in the case, but on Tuesday, Los...
Jason Momoa Says He Was ‘Completely in Debt’ and ‘Starving’ After His ‘Game of Thrones’ Stint Ended – TheWrap
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Jason Momoa Says He Was ‘Completely in Debt’ and ‘Starving’ After His ‘Game of Thrones’ Stint Ended – TheWrap

Jason Momoa is inarguably one of the biggest movie stars on the planet — when you are the title character in a billion-dollar movie that really isn’t in dispute — but the actor says in a new InStyle interview that a decade ago things were a bit more dicey around the time of his breakthrough role on “Game of Thrones.” Momoa had been acting steadily since the 90s, including a long stint on “Stargate Atlantis.” But it was his turn as Khal Drogo on the 2011 first season of “Game of Thrones” that made him a name for people outside of the genre space. The catch? His character was killed off in the penultimate episode, well before the show became the monster hit that defined the 2010s — and of course, he completed his scenes before the show even aired. Also Read: James Wan's 'Aquaman...
Bring Back Brick Chicken
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Bring Back Brick Chicken

To be fair, brick chicken has been here all along. The al mattone method of cooking birds dates back to the Roman era, when a sizable tile (called a mattone) was placed over the bird inside a terra cotta Dutch oven (of sorts) that was heated over an open flame. You can still buy a similar set throughout Tuscany, where pollo al mattone remains a regional standby. In Russia and the Caucasus, a similar dish, called chicken tapaka, is likewise a stalwart. But, like many New Yorkers, I met brick chicken in the early aughts at Williamsburg’s Marlow & Sons, an effortlessly hip American tavern that, along with its sister restaurant, Diner, helped define the modern Brooklyn restaurant. It was a half bird, partially deboned and cooked under a cylindric...