Month: June 2021

Zack Snyder Settles Batman Cant Go Down On Catwoman Debate With NSFW Tweet – HuffPost
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Zack Snyder Settles Batman Cant Go Down On Catwoman Debate With NSFW Tweet – HuffPost

“Justice League” director Zack Snyder weighed in on the question that has obsessed fans of the DC Universe this week. Snyder, the director of multiple DC movies, responded with an illustration of the Caped Crusader doing what appears to be exactly that on Thursday. “Canon,” he captioned this image: The Defender of Gotham’s sex life came under the spotlight on Monday after “Harley Quinn” co-creator Justin Halpern told Variety that “a moment where Batman was going down on Catwoman” didn’t make the third season of the DC Entertainment-HBO Max adult animated series because of orders from up high. “DC was like, ‘You can’t do that. You absolutely cannot do that,’” Halpern recalled. “They’re like, ‘Heroes don’t do that.’ So, we said, ‘Are you saying heroes are just selfish lovers?’ They were li...
CDC investigating TB cases linked to tainted bone repair product used in more than 100 patients – The Washington Post
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CDC investigating TB cases linked to tainted bone repair product used in more than 100 patients – The Washington Post

Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It usually affects the lungs, but can attack any part of the body, including the kidney, spine and brain. Not everyone infected becomes sick, but if not treated properly, the disease can be fatal. Typical treatment for TB that is not drug-resistant is a six-month course of antibiotics.
People who have the AstraZeneca vaccine are NOT allowed in Bruce Springsteens Broadway show – Daily Mail
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People who have the AstraZeneca vaccine are NOT allowed in Bruce Springsteens Broadway show – Daily Mail

Foreign tourists who have the AstraZeneca vaccine will NOT be allowed to watch Bruce Springsteen's Broadway show because it is not FDA-approved Ban was revealed for Springsteen On Broadway, the first show to open Will affect Canadians and other foreign tourists who got AstraZeneca The AstraZenaca vaccine is not authorized for emergency use by the FDA Canadians fear other Broadway shows and U.S. venues will follow suit  By Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com and Reuters Published: 02:19 EDT, 18 June 2021 | Updated: 03:12 EDT, 18 June 2021 Foreign tourists who received the AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 will not be eligible to attend the first Broadway show to re-open, because the shot is not approved by the FDA, it has been revealed. The ban revealed this we...
Storage Wars Star Jarrod Schulz Denies Pushing Ex, Gearing Up For Trial – TMZ
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Storage Wars Star Jarrod Schulz Denies Pushing Ex, Gearing Up For Trial – TMZ

"Storage Wars" star Jarrod Schulz is preparing to go to trial in his domestic violence case ... insisting he didn't rough up his ex, Brandi Passante, and saying he wants the whole case dismissed. Jarrod's attorney, Benjamin Arsenian, tells TMZ ... Jarrod denies pushing or making any contact with Brandi, contrary to what prosecutors claim, and he has no plans on taking any plea deal unless it results in a complete dismissal of the case. Sources connected with the case tell us prosecutors have not put a deal on the table, and the case is going to trial. ...
I remember it very well: Dr. Fauci describes a secret 2020 meeting to talk about COVID origins – USA TODAY
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I remember it very well: Dr. Fauci describes a secret 2020 meeting to talk about COVID origins – USA TODAY

In the early days of the growing coronavirus outbreak that would soon become a pandemic, an elite group of international scientists gathered on a conference call to discuss a shocking possibility: The virus looked like it might have been engineered in a laboratory. “I remember it very well,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert at the National Institutes of Health, said in an interview with me on Wednesday. “We decided on the call the situation really needed to be looked into carefully.” The teleconference on Feb. 1, 2020, appears to have played a pivotal role in shaping the early views of several key scientists whose published papers and public statements contributed to the shutting down of legitimate discussion about whether a laboratory in Wuhan, China, might have ignit...
R.I.P. John Paragon, Pee-wees Playhouses Jambi the Genie – The A.V. Club
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R.I.P. John Paragon, Pee-wees Playhouses Jambi the Genie – The A.V. Club

John ParagonPhoto: Albert L. Ortega (Getty Images) John Paragon has died. An actor, writer, and director, Paragon was best known for his work alongside his fellow veterans of the Groundlings comedy team—and especially with long-time collaborator Paul Reubens, who tapped Paragon to help him write his early Pee-wee Herman stage shows, and to portray Pee-wee’s stalwart, box-based companion: Jambi The Genie. Per TMZ, Paragon died back in April of 2021, but his death only became widely known tonight; no cause of death has been made available. Paragon was 66. Originally from Alaska, Paragon got his start with the Groundlings in Los Angeles, where he worked alongside Reubens, Phil Hartman, Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson, and many other future comedy stars. (He and Peterson would have a long and...
Billie Eilishs boyfriend Matthew Tyler Vorce apologizes for using offensive slurs in old posts – Daily Mail
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Billie Eilishs boyfriend Matthew Tyler Vorce apologizes for using offensive slurs in old posts – Daily Mail

Billie Eilish first sparked chatter about a romance with Matthew Tyler Vorce when they were seen seemingly out of dates together beginning in April. Now, some two months into their relationship going public, Vorce has taken to his Instagram page to apologize for past racist and homophobic posts on Twitter and Facebook.  The 29-year-old actor reportedly used offensive slurs about Black and gay people, along with body shaming comments, which includes describing acclaimed singer Adele as the 'British Miss Piggy' back in 2012. Addressing his behavior, he wrote: 'I want to apologize for the things that I wrote on social media in the past.' Billie Eilish's boyfriend, Matthew Tyler Vorce took to Instagram and apologized for using racist, homophobic and body shaming slurs in ...
Five years before a vaccine can hold the line against Covid variants, Englands medical chief says – CNBC
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Five years before a vaccine can hold the line against Covid variants, Englands medical chief says – CNBC

Covid vaccinator, Petra Moinar, prepares syringes with the AstraZeneca vaccine before it is administered at Battersea Arts Centre on March 8, 2021 in London, England. Chris J Ratcliffe | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — England's top medical officer has warned that the coming winter will continue to be difficult for the country's health system despite the country's successful coronavirus vaccination program. A further easing of lockdown restrictions in England was delayed this week due to a surge in cases of the delta variant first discovered in India.  In a speech to the NHS Confederation Thursday, Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said the current wave of Covid infections due to the delta variant would likely be followed by another surge in the w...
These Brands Have Their Hearts In Sri Lanka And Their Eyes On The World
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These Brands Have Their Hearts In Sri Lanka And Their Eyes On The World

Fashion Text by Ranjabati Das. Interviews by Akanksha Pandey. Ingredients used for dyes (clockwise from top): avocado stone (for light pink and tan), a packet of mehndi powder (for dark brown), turmeric powder (for bright yellow), pomegranate skin (for yellow), madder root (for pink and red), onion skin (for yellow and green) and eucalyptus leaves (centre, for light green and yellow) Photograph by Deborah Grace “In any South Asian country, craft-based communities are a model of self-sufficiency and creative identity. A lack of focus on these erodes the basic identity and creates an ethical imbalance, and this happened in Sri Lanka as well. There is a renewed foc...
Tyler Perry, T. D. Jakes to buy remaining Fort Mac land – Atlanta Journal Constitution
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Tyler Perry, T. D. Jakes to buy remaining Fort Mac land – Atlanta Journal Constitution

If his deal goes through, Perry will own about 368 acres there. The entertainment district will be open to the public and not connected to the adjoining Tyler Perry Studios, his namesake film production facility. It will include a “theatre district, retail, restaurants and plenty of employment opportunities,” according to a news release. Jakes, who had been in talks since at least March about purchasing property, said in a news release he wants to develop “real estate and programs in response to the growing, nationwide need for affordable, attainable, and workforce housing.” He did not provide details.