Month: January 2021

Chris Murphy, Longtime INXS Manager, Dies at 66 – Variety
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Chris Murphy, Longtime INXS Manager, Dies at 66 – Variety

Chris “CM” Murphy, the longtime manager of Australian band INXS (from 1979 until 1995 and again in the 2000s), has died in Sydney following a battle with Mantle Cell Lymphoma. He was 66. A representative for Murphy Petrol Group shared the news in the early morning hours of Saturday (Jan. 16): “It is with great sadness that Caroline Murphy and family confirm that Christopher (CM) Mark Murphy, chairman of Murphy Petrol Group has today passed away peacefully at his beloved Ballina property ‘Sugar Beach Ranch’ surrounded by his family. CM celebrated an illustrious career over 40 years and made an incredible impact on the global music and entertainment industry.  Best known for taking his ‘band of brothers’ INXS to worldwide stardom, CM Murphy influenced the lives of many around the ...
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States look for more Covid-19 vaccine doses as the nations death toll nears 400,000 – CNN
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States look for more Covid-19 vaccine doses as the nations death toll nears 400,000 – CNN

CDC officials implored Americans to continue with preventative measures against the coronavirus, while highlighting the variant first identified in Britain known as B.1.1.7. The B.1.1.7 variant appears to more readily infect human cells and one CDC simulation of its transmissibility raised concerns that it could become the most dominant form of coronavirus in March. The CDC called for continued and aggressive vaccine distribution to try and stem the tide. "Higher vaccination coverage might need to be achieved to protect the public," CDC researchers warned. On Friday, 3,258 people died of Covid-19 in the US, as the total number of deaths from the pandemic edged closer to 400,000. The nation also recorded its 11th consecutive day of more than 200,000 infections, per Johns Hopkins Univ...
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Coronavirus recoverers can become reinfected, spread virus to others – The Jerusalem Post
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Coronavirus recoverers can become reinfected, spread virus to others – The Jerusalem Post

People who have previously been infected with coronavirus and who are themselves protected by antibodies could still carry the virus and infect others, according to a study conducted in England. The study, called “SARS-COV-2 Immunity and Reinfection Evaluation” (SIREN) and conducted between June 18 and November 24, 2020, also found that while reinfection is possible, it appears to be rare, at least for the first five months after becoming sick.  The study was first published at the end of last week. It was written about in the peer-reviewed journal The BMJ and the science journal  Nature, among other publications. Of the participants in the study who had already fallen ill (around 6,600), only 44 (less than 1%) were reinfected with the virus. In other words, immune res...
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Ms. Tootsies restaurant owner: Local Black restaurant pioneer Keven Parker has died at 57 – WPVI-TV
16Jan By No Comments
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Ms. Tootsies restaurant owner: Local Black restaurant pioneer Keven Parker has died at 57 – WPVI-TV

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A pioneer in the Black restaurant community died Friday. Keven Parker owned Ms. Tootsie's Restaurant on South Street and another location at the Reading Terminal Market. Parker was known for his soul food, and particularly his mac and cheese. Last year in an interview with Action News, he said he makes "the best southern food in the City of Philadelphia." Former President Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Will Smith, and Patti Labelle have sampled Parker's winning cuisine. Parker's successful South Street restaurant name came in honor of his mother and her famous penchant for tootsie's rolls. Parker was 57 years old. Copyright © 2021 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.
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Ignoring Ban, Trump Supporters Traveled by the Busload to D.C. Rally With Help of Concert App – Billboard
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Ignoring Ban, Trump Supporters Traveled by the Busload to D.C. Rally With Help of Concert App – Billboard

For some hardcore Trump supporters like Ben Philips, of Bloomburg, Pennsylvania, the income earned through the site augments an existing pro-MAGA business. Philips is the owner of the Trumparoo toy company, which makes stuffed kangaroo toys with a Trump-like tuft of orange hair that he sells to passengers in the van caravans he organizes on Eventbrite, charging $25 per person. (Eventbrite typically charges $.79 per ticket sold plus 4.5% fee for ticket sales on its platform.) On Jan. 6 Philips died on the steps of Capitol Hill from a sudden stroke, hours after he dropped off a van full of Trump supporters he met on the site at the presidential rally, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Passengers learned of Philips’ death when he didn’t return to the van. After multiple calls to his ce...
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Saved by the Bell Star Dustin Diamond Gets NASCAR Honors – TMZ
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Saved by the Bell Star Dustin Diamond Gets NASCAR Honors – TMZ

Exclusive Dustin Diamond's got some pretty cool friends ... 'cause when one of them wanted to wish him well in his recovery from cancer the friend said screw Hallmark ... opting instead to plaster the message on NASCAR driver Josh Bilicki's car. Dan Block, the president of Insurance King, is honoring his close friend and the "Saved by the Bell" star by giving Bilicki's car a new wrap that'll pay homage to the classic TV show while wishing Dustin get well soon. We're told the car hasn't been wrapped yet, but TMZ's obtained a rendering of what the stock car will look like when it's done ... and you see the show's font and logo. The rear...
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‘Cheap shot’ criticism of COVID vaccines for 2M smokers before other groups is ‘false narrative,’ Murphy says – NJ.com
16Jan By No Comments
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‘Cheap shot’ criticism of COVID vaccines for 2M smokers before other groups is ‘false narrative,’ Murphy says – NJ.com

Gov. Phil Murphy pushed back Friday against criticism that the state included roughly 2 million smokers in the big expansion of coronavirus vaccine eligibility that started on Thursday, while leaving out some groups of essential workers like teachers. The governor, speaking during his regular COVID-19 briefing, said he rejected the “false narrative” that smokers are jumping the line as a “cheap shot,” and noted that the state was following federal guidance by including smokers. “I get it. I understand the optics here and that attacking folks who took up the habit of smoking and who are now addicted may be politically expedient,” Murphy said. “But at this time we are stuck in a position where we have to prioritize our limited vaccine doses based on medical fact and not political want,...
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Where did COVID-19 come from? – USA TODAY
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Where did COVID-19 come from? – USA TODAY

The coronavirus that conquered the world came from a thumb-sized bat tucked inside a remote Chinese cave. Of this much, scientists are convinced.   Exactly how and when it fled the bat to begin its devastating flight across the globe remain open questions.  In just one year, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has infected 100 million people and killed 2 million, 400,000 of them in the U.S. Answers could stop such a calamity from happening again. Researchers in China, under government scrutiny, have been investigating since January. This week, a World Health Organization delegation of scientists from 10 different nations finally was allowed in the country to explore the virus' origins.   "This is important not just for COVID-19, but for the future of global health security and to ...
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‘Law & Order: SVU’ Stars Mariska Hargitay And Chris Meloni Do An Instagram Fan Tease – Deadline
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‘Law & Order: SVU’ Stars Mariska Hargitay And Chris Meloni Do An Instagram Fan Tease – Deadline

The big tease was on today for Law & Order: SVU, as star Mariska Hargitay and former costar Chris Meloni provided more selfie evidence about his highly anticipated return to the series. Meloni struck first on Instagram, posting a black and white shot of him Hargitay with the caption, “We are a little bit closer.” That was followed a few hours later by Hargitay, who posted a color shot on Instagram proclaiming, “Now even closer,” with the hashtag “#EO.” Meloni is expected to return for a guest shot in his former role as Eliot Stabler. It’s a prelude to the debut of his own franchise vehicle, Law & Order: Organized Crime, and marks his first guest shot in the Law & Order universe since leaving the show nearly a decade ago. In the show’s world, he retired. In real life...
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