Month: May 2021

Angelina Jolie discusses life as a single mom: Ive been alone a long time now – Fox News
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Angelina Jolie discusses life as a single mom: Ive been alone a long time now – Fox News

Angelina Jolie is opening up about being a single mother of six. The "Maleficent" actress appeared on E!'s "Daily Pop" this week to discuss her upcoming film, "Those Who Wish Me Dead," in which she dished on her life at home with her children. Asked how she juggles it all, from her Hollywood career, humanitarian efforts and parenting six, Jolie, 45, revealed the symbiotic support system she has with her kids. "I have six very capable children," the actress shared. "Of course you wake up and you just feel like, 'I've got to make sure they're OK. I've got to make sure they're mentally OK,' but honestly, I think a few years ago it switched and they're thinking, 'I've got to make sure mom's OK.'" ANGELINA JOLIE REFLECTS ON ‘PRETTY HARD’ LAST ‘FEW YEARS’: ‘I’VE BEEN FOCUSING ON HEALING OU...
Chrissy Teigen ashamed over past Courtney Stodden bullying: Im so sorry – Page Six
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Chrissy Teigen ashamed over past Courtney Stodden bullying: Im so sorry – Page Six

Chrissy Teigen is sorry for being a bully. The model atoned in a lengthy Twitter thread on Wednesday for cyber-bullying Courtney Stodden in the past after the reality star accused Teigen, 35, of once telling them to kill themself. “Not a lot of people are lucky enough to be held accountable for all their past bulls–t in front of the entire world,” Teigen wrote. “I’m mortified and sad at who I used to be.” She added, “I was an insecure, attention seeking troll. I am ashamed and completely embarrassed at my behavior but that…is nothing compared to how I made Courtney feel.” Earlier this week, Stodden, 26, alleged of Teigen in a Daily Beast interview, “She wouldn’t just publicly tweet about wanting me to take ‘a dirt nap’ but would privately DM me and ...
The cast for the first Knives Out sequel is shaping up to be pretty awesome – The Verge
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The cast for the first Knives Out sequel is shaping up to be pretty awesome – The Verge

At the end of March, Netflix acquired the rights to two Knives Out sequels in a blockbuster deal reportedly worth more than $400 million, and the cast for the first sequel is quickly shaping up to be as epic as the one for the original movie. We got the first inkling about the new cast on Monday, when Deadline reported that Dave Bautista was joining the cast of the film. (He talked about his role with Polygon’s Tasha Robinson in an interview published on Tuesday.) Then, on Tuesday, Deadline had another scoop, reporting that Ed Norton has signed on as well. And on Wednesday, The Hollywood Reporter said that musician and actress Janelle Monáe is joining the cast. They’ll all appear alongside Daniel Craig, who will reprise his delightful role as Detective Benoit Blanc in both sequel...
Mass. is seeing an increase in fatal opioid overdoses, and deaths are surging among Black men – Boston.com
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Mass. is seeing an increase in fatal opioid overdoses, and deaths are surging among Black men – Boston.com

Overdose deaths in Massachusetts are rising again, with the most drastic increase in deaths occurring among Black non-Hispanic men in the state. Public health officials announced Wednesday that opioid-related overdose deaths in Massachusetts increased by five percent in 2020, with the number of fatal overdoses climbing slightly higher than the last peak seen in 2016. “This is the first increase in annual opioid-related deaths in Massachusetts in three years and coincides with the extraordinary public health challenges stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic,” the state Department of Public Health said in a statement. Fatal overdose rates among Black non-Hispanic males made up the largest increase in the uptick of deaths, according to the state. There were 2,104 confirmed and estimate...
Rare black fungus increasingly found in COVID-19 patients in India | TheHill – The Hill
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Rare black fungus increasingly found in COVID-19 patients in India | TheHill – The Hill

Medical experts working in hospitals in India are getting slammed with COVID-19 patients. The situation has been worsening for several weeks, and a new report also notes a rise in cases of a rare fungal infection that affects the brain. The infection is called mucormycosis and is caused by fungi from a group called mucormycetes. These molds live in the environment, in the soil and on plants. Mucormycosis “is very serious, has a high mortality, and you need surgery and lots of drugs to get on top of it once it takes hold,” Peter Collignon, who is on the World Health Organization’s expert committee on antibiotic resistance and infectious diseases, told The Guardian. The fungi can get into your body through inhalation. “And when your immune system can’t keep them under control they ...
New Research Shows COVID-19 Alters Gray Matter Volume in the Brain – SciTechDaily
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New Research Shows COVID-19 Alters Gray Matter Volume in the Brain – SciTechDaily

  Covid-19 patients who receive oxygen therapy or experience fever show reduced gray matter volume in the frontal-temporal network of the brain, according to a new study led by researchers at Georgia State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology. The study found lower gray matter volume in this brain region was associated with a higher level of disability among Covid-19 patients, even six months after hospital discharge. Gray matter is vital for processing information in the brain and gray matter abnormality may affect how well neurons function and communicate. The study, published in the May 2021 issue of Neurobiology of Stress, indicates gray matter in the frontal network could represent a core region for brain involvement in Covid-19, even beyond damage related...
Dont Expect To See Emily Blunt Star In Any Superhero Movies: I Dont Like Them – HuffPost
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Dont Expect To See Emily Blunt Star In Any Superhero Movies: I Dont Like Them – HuffPost

Emily Blunt is feeling less than fantastic about superhero movies these days. Putting it, well, bluntly in a new interview this week, the British actor, who many fans have long hoped to see in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, firmly quashed rumors that she and her husband, John Krasinski, were in talks to star in the studio’s upcoming “Fantastic Four” film. “That is fan-casting,” she said on “The Howard Stern Show” on Wednesday. “No one has received a phone call. That’s just people saying, ‘Wouldn’t that be great?’” Fans had indeed hoped that the much-in-demand couple would be suiting up as Reed Richards (Mister Fantastic) and Sue Storm (the Invisible Woman) in the Jon Watts-directed movie, given their well-established chemistry and undeniable physical likeness to the comic book cha...
Sophie Turner Slams the Paparazzi After Her Infant Daughter Willa Is Photographed Without Consent – E! NEWS
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Sophie Turner Slams the Paparazzi After Her Infant Daughter Willa Is Photographed Without Consent – E! NEWS

Don't mess with protective mama Sophie Turner.  The Game of Thrones alum and new mom took to her Instagram Story with a since-deleted, very candid video of herself addressing the paparazzi after photos of her out with her 10-month-old daughter Willa were published online.  "I just woke up," she began her video message. "I guess yesterday some paparazzi managed to get a picture of my daughter and I and I just want to say that the reason that I am not posting pictures of my daughter and making sure that we can avoid paparazzi at all costs is because I explicitly do not want those photos out there." "She is my daughter. She did not ask for this life, to be photographed," the 25-year-old Dark Phoenix star explained as she continued to not mince her words. "It's f--king creepy that grown...
This Is Us Ending With Final Season 6 at NBC – TVLine
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This Is Us Ending With Final Season 6 at NBC – TVLine

Prepare to say goodbye to the Pearsons. NBC’s tearjerking family drama This Is Us will end with its sixth season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Though NBC and 20th Television declined to comment on THR‘s report, NBC is said to be planning an official announcement of the final season on Friday, when the network unveils its fall schedule for the 2021-22 season ahead of Upfronts Week. Back in 2019, This Is Us had been renewed for Seasons 4, 5 and 6 all at once, though at the time, no decision had been made about whether Season 6 would be the show’s last. Series creator Dan Fogelman, meanwhile, has been candid about the show’s potential lifespan, even stating in 2019 that the Season 3 finale should be viewed as the show’s “midpoint.” “I think we’re roughly in th...