Month: April 2021

Paul Ritter Dies: ‘Friday Night Dinner’ & ‘Chernobyl’ Star Was 54 – Deadline
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Paul Ritter Dies: ‘Friday Night Dinner’ & ‘Chernobyl’ Star Was 54 – Deadline

UK stage and screen actor Paul Ritter, best known for long-running Channel4 comedy series Friday Night Dinner, has died of a brain tumour aged 54, his agent has confirmed. Ritter’s prolific small screen output included key roles in 2019 HBO hit Chernobyl, ITV drama Vera and Paul Abbott’s No Offence. Among his feature credits were Quantum Of Solace and Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince and he has a supporting role in John Madden’s upcoming WWII drama Operation Mincemeat starring Colin Firth.T Ritter was also an admired stage actor, and was nominated for an Olivier award in 2006 for his performance in Coram Boy and for a Tony award for his 2009 starring role in the Norman Conquests. He also played John Major in Stephen Daldry’s The Audience. Related Story ...
Paul Ritter Dies: ‘Friday Night Dinner’ & ‘Chernobyl’ Star Was 54 – Deadline
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Paul Ritter Dies: ‘Friday Night Dinner’ & ‘Chernobyl’ Star Was 54 – Deadline

UK stage and screen actor Paul Ritter, best known for long-running Channel4 comedy series Friday Night Dinner, has died of a brain tumour aged 54, his agent has confirmed. Ritter’s prolific small screen output included key roles in 2019 HBO hit Chernobyl, ITV drama Vera and Paul Abbott’s No Offence. Among his feature credits were Quantum Of Solace and Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince and he has a supporting role in John Madden’s upcoming WWII drama Operation Mincemeat starring Colin Firth.T Ritter was also an admired stage actor, and was nominated for an Olivier award in 2006 for his performance in Coram Boy and for a Tony award for his 2009 starring role in the Norman Conquests. He also played John Major in Stephen Daldry’s The Audience. Related Story ...
Paul Ritter Dies: ‘Friday Night Dinner’ & ‘Chernobyl’ Star Was 54 – Deadline
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Paul Ritter Dies: ‘Friday Night Dinner’ & ‘Chernobyl’ Star Was 54 – Deadline

UK stage and screen actor Paul Ritter, best known for long-running Channel4 comedy series Friday Night Dinner, has died of a brain tumour aged 54, his agent has confirmed. Ritter’s prolific small screen output included key roles in 2019 HBO hit Chernobyl, ITV drama Vera and Paul Abbott’s No Offence. Among his feature credits were Quantum Of Solace and Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince and he has a supporting role in John Madden’s upcoming WWII drama Operation Mincemeat starring Colin Firth.T Ritter was also an admired stage actor, and was nominated for an Olivier award in 2006 for his performance in Coram Boy and for a Tony award for his 2009 starring role in the Norman Conquests. He also played John Major in Stephen Daldry’s The Audience. Related Story ...
Paul Ritter Dies: ‘Friday Night Dinner’ & ‘Chernobyl’ Star Was 54 – Deadline
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Paul Ritter Dies: ‘Friday Night Dinner’ & ‘Chernobyl’ Star Was 54 – Deadline

UK stage and screen actor Paul Ritter, best known for long-running Channel4 comedy series Friday Night Dinner, has died of a brain tumour aged 54, his agent has confirmed. Ritter’s prolific small screen output included key roles in 2019 HBO hit Chernobyl, ITV drama Vera and Paul Abbott’s No Offence. Among his feature credits were Quantum Of Solace and Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince and he has a supporting role in John Madden’s upcoming WWII drama Operation Mincemeat starring Colin Firth.T Ritter was also an admired stage actor, and was nominated for an Olivier award in 2006 for his performance in Coram Boy and for a Tony award for his 2009 starring role in the Norman Conquests. He also played John Major in Stephen Daldry’s The Audience. Related Story ...
DMXs family, supporters held prayer vigil as he remains hospitalized – Fox News
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DMXs family, supporters held prayer vigil as he remains hospitalized – Fox News

DMX's family members and supporters gathered for a prayer vigil on Monday outside of the New York hospital where he remained on life support. The 50-year-old rap legend was admitted to the hospital on Friday, following a heart attack. The crowd outside White Plains Hospital called "DMX! DMX!" and when urged to by the main speaker, crossed their arms in the shape of an X. A woman's sobs reverberated as those in the audience heard a recording of the rapper, whose birth name is Earl Simmons. Simmons’ longtime lawyer, Murray Richman, said Sunday that the rapper was admitted to the intensive care unit but he was not sure what caused the heart attack. DMX FAMILY, ATTORNEY SAY HE’S ‘FACING SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES,’ IN COMA AFTER HEART ATTACK DMX'S ex-wife, Tashera Simmons, left, and...
CDC inquiry sought on HIV outbreak in West Virginias largest county – Fox News
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CDC inquiry sought on HIV outbreak in West Virginias largest county – Fox News

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin on Monday submitted a congressional inquiry with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding an HIV outbreak in West Virginia's largest county. The West Virginia Democrat asked for the inquiry on behalf of the Kanawha County Commission two months after a CDC official warned that the county's outbreak was " the most concerning in the United States." Commission President Kent Carper said in a statement that the outbreak "is an important public health issue and is deserving of our full understanding." SCIENTISTS FIND 'HIV ELITE CONTROLLERS' LIVING IN CONGO, POSSIBLY PAVING WAY FOR VACCINE, CURE In a letter to Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the CDC director, Manchin asked that the CDC review the commission's concerns and reply by Friday. La...
Covid-19 Vaccine Developed By U.S. Army Begins Human Testing – The Wall Street Journal
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Covid-19 Vaccine Developed By U.S. Army Begins Human Testing – The Wall Street Journal

The U.S. Army will start testing among adult volunteers an Army-developed Covid-19 vaccine that researchers say may protect against a variety of coronavirus variants. Army doctors plan to start testing on Tuesday the protein-based shot in as many as 72 adults ages 18 to 55 at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring, Md., the institute said. The team will test whether the vaccine safely induces the desired immune response in study subjects. Initial results of the study could become available by midsummer. If the data are positive, the Army likely would try to join with a drug company to further test and develop the vaccine, said Kayvon Modjarrad, director of the institute’s emerging infectious disease branch. The experimental ...
Boston Medical Center clinic gives COVID-19 vaccinations to ineligible residents – WCVB Boston
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Boston Medical Center clinic gives COVID-19 vaccinations to ineligible residents – WCVB Boston

Several Massachusetts residents who did not meet the state's eligibility requirement received COVID-19 vaccinations at a clinic in Dorchester on Monday.Young people went to the clinic at the Russell Auditorium after social media posts said walk-in appointments were available for people living and working in Dorchester, Roxbury and Mattapan.This site is run through a partnership between Boston Medical Center and Codman Square Health Center. "Due to an error made in the clinic’s pre-registration process, the community vaccination clinic run by Boston Medical Center and local partners at Russell Auditorium began vaccinating community residents 18 and older. The clinic has ceased vaccinations for that age group, and we are adhering to state guidelines in advance ...
Larsa Pippen and Malik Beasley Break Up After Love Triangle Drama – Yahoo Entertainment
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Larsa Pippen and Malik Beasley Break Up After Love Triangle Drama – Yahoo Entertainment

Larsa Pippen and NBA player Malik Beasley have thrown in the towel. Her rep confirms to E! News that Larsa and Malik, who were first spotted together while holding hands at a Miami mall in November 2020, have called it quits on their romance. A source connected to the 46-year-old The Real Housewives of Miami alum tells E! News that the distance got to be tough for the pair. Malik, 24, is based in Minnesota as a member of the NBA's Timberwolves. "Larsa and Malik are not together," the insider shares. "Things got hard with travel, etc. It was more of a timing thing. They're still in communication but not together." The source continues, "Larsa invested in a digital fitness brand called Tonal and just made a lot of money. She bought a new Ferrari to celebrate and is focused on her businesses...
TI and Tiny deny sexual assault allegations from three further women – The Guardian
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TI and Tiny deny sexual assault allegations from three further women – The Guardian

Rap Rapper and wife reject ‘scurrilous accusations’ by women who allege the couple drugged and raped them, following similar allegations earlier this year Rapper TI and his wife Tiny have denied allegations of sexual abuse from three women, adding to denials earlier this year after four other women made similar allegations.On Friday, New York lawyer Tyrone A Blackburn announced he was “speaking with investigators from multiple jurisdictions to pursue criminal charges” after the new allegations. One woman alleges that in 2010, the couple forced her to take drugs, and then took her to a hotel for sex where “she could not consent”. Another woman alleges TI, real name Clifford Harris, and a male friend, drugged and raped her in a hotel room, also in 2010. The third woman alleges she was drug...