Month: November 2020

Johnny Depp leaves Fantastic Beasts films on Warner Bros request – CNET
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Johnny Depp leaves Fantastic Beasts films on Warner Bros request – CNET

Johnny Depp as Gellert Grindelwald in the second Fantastic Beasts movie. Warner Bros The Harry Potter universe Fantastic Beasts movies will recast dark wizard villain Gellert Grindelwald now that Johnny Depp has been asked to step down. Warner Bros. asked him to leave the film franchise, the actor confirmed on Instagram Friday. "In light of recent events ... I wish to let you know that I have been asked to resign by Warner Bros. from my role as Gri...
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Dr. Dres Estranged Wife Wants to Know If He Had Kids Outside Marriage – TMZ
6Nov By No Comments
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Dr. Dres Estranged Wife Wants to Know If He Had Kids Outside Marriage – TMZ

Dr. Dre's estranged wife is looking into whether the mogul was unfaithful during their marriage ... and she's demanding to know if he fathered children with other women. Nicole Young just filed legal docs, obtained by TMZ, asking Dre to hand over any paperwork relating to any paternity actions he may have been involved in during their 24-year union. It's not clear there are actually any paternity suits involving Dre ... Nicole's simply requesting he hand over any paperwork if there's anything on this front. As we've told you, Dre's divorce is extra nasty ... Dre and Nicole have been waging legal war over money and prenups, and there's been allegations of embezzlement and domestic violence. Unclear why exactly Nicole is asking ...
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King Von, Up-and-Coming Chicago Rapper, Shot and Killed in Atlanta – The New York Times
6Nov By No Comments
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King Von, Up-and-Coming Chicago Rapper, Shot and Killed in Atlanta – The New York Times

The emerging Chicago rapper King Von was one of three people shot and killed in Atlanta early Friday morning, the Atlanta Police Department said, during an altercation that involved both on- and off-duty police officers who were attempting to break up a fight. King Von, born Dayvon Bennett, 26, was among two groups of men who began arguing outside of the Monaco Hookah Lounge, near downtown, around 3:20 a.m., leading to gunfire, the authorities said in a statement on Friday. Two off-duty Atlanta police officers were working security at the establishment, and an on-duty officer was patrolling nearby, they said. Two of the officers confronted the shooters, leading to additional shots fired. The police said that three people were discovered at the scene with gunshot wounds and transported to...
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How a Coronavirus Mutation in Minks Could Wreak Havoc on Vaccine Development – Slate
6Nov By No Comments
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How a Coronavirus Mutation in Minks Could Wreak Havoc on Vaccine Development – Slate

Minks on a farm in Herning, Denmark. Ole Jensen/Getty Images Officials in Denmark announced Wednesday that they would be euthanizing every last mink in the country’s fur farms, some 17 million animals. The news came after a discovery by Danish scientists that SARS-CoV-2, the official name for the virus that causes COVID-19, had mutated in captive minks, producing a strain of the coronavirus that is not readily stopped by antibodies to the dominant strain of the virus. More troublingly, this new strain is still transmissible from minks to humans, raising dire concerns about the efficacy of vaccines currently in development worldwide. There are currently five reported cases of the new strain in minks and 12 cases in humans, al...
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Some People Already Have Antibodies That Recognize Covid-19, Thanks to Common Colds – Gizmodo
6Nov By No Comments
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Some People Already Have Antibodies That Recognize Covid-19, Thanks to Common Colds – Gizmodo

A health care worker in Washington D.C. holding up a blood sample collected to test for antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2. Photo: Win McNamee (Getty Images) A new study suggests that a small portion of the population carries antibodies that respond to the coronavirus behind covid-19 without having been infected—antibodies lifted from previous bouts with the common cold caused by related viruses. The research is the latest to indicate that some people may have a degree of preexisting immunity to the coronavirus. But though it’s possible these findings could help explain some trends in the pandemic, such as children being less vulnerable to severe illness, it’s still unclear just how protective this borrowed immunity could really be. The new study, published in Science on Friday, tested b...
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