Month: October 2021

Covid-19 live updates: Pfizer vaccine 90% effective against hospitalization, death six months later, study says – The Washington Post
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Covid-19 live updates: Pfizer vaccine 90% effective against hospitalization, death six months later, study says – The Washington Post

After more than 12 years directing the nation’s premier biomedical research center, Collins, a 71-year-old physician-geneticist, will return to his lab at the National Human Genome Research Institute, part of NIH. He is the longest-tenured director of the Bethesda, Md.-based NIH, which he ran through the Obama and Trump administrations and into the first year of the Biden presidency.
Fans Share Experience of Flying Economy With Kanye West – HYPEBEAST
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Fans Share Experience of Flying Economy With Kanye West – HYPEBEAST

Continuing to make waves on social media, Kanye West was recently captured taking a flight from Los Angeles’ LAX airport. This time around ‘Ye made headlines as a number of fans revealed that they were flying commercial with the DONDA rapper. Unexpectedly deciding to fly economy, Kanye was spotted without his usual obscuring mask and was happy to take photos with fans that asked. DONDA collaborator also took to social media to share a photo of ‘Ye, saying, “‘Ye told me he been traveling solo commercial on some normal sh*t I thought he was capping.” Other fans revealed that Kanye was simply waiting to bo...
Son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan in custody in drugs probe – CNN
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Son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan in custody in drugs probe – CNN

Aryan Khan was arrested on Saturday night after police raided a ship off Mumbai and found narcotics, local media said. The court remanded Khan and two others in custody with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), the federal agency investigating the case. A spokesperson for Shah Rukh Khan did not respond to requests for comment. Calls to the NCB went unanswered outside regular business hours. "They have been accused of consumption, but there is no evidence for the same," Advait Tamhankar, a lawyer who appeared for one of the other two accused, said outside the courtroom. Television cameras showed a gaggle of reporters and police around Aryan Khan as he was ushered into a vehicle at the end of the hearing. He is scheduled to go before the court again on October 7. Many high-profi...
Seinfeld fans to Netflix: What’s the deal with these aspect ratios? – The A.V. Club
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Seinfeld fans to Netflix: What’s the deal with these aspect ratios? – The A.V. Club

Jerry Seinfeld and Jason Alexander Screenshot: Netflix Seinfeld has gone the way of Sneed’s Feed and Seed (formerly Chuck’s). Much like how FX and Disney botched their respective Simpsons streaming launches in 2014 and 2019, Netflix altered Seinfeld’s aspect ratio from 4:3 to a stretched 16:9 for their own. To non-nerds, this means that instead of the boxier look of the original broadcast version, Netflix retrofitted the show for modern, widescreen televisions. Unfortunately, however, the move cropped the show with reckless abandon, removing plot-crucial visuals in the process. One of the most glaring omissions comes from the episode “The Pothole,” in which George’s talking Phil Rizzuto keychain gets buried in the asphalt of a newly-filled pothole. You’d never know it from watching ...
Dave Grohl reacts to lawsuit over Nirvanas Nevermind album cover: Much more to life – Fox News
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Dave Grohl reacts to lawsuit over Nirvanas Nevermind album cover: Much more to life – Fox News

Dave Grohl is speaking out. In August, Spencer Elden – who was featured on Nirvana's "Nevermind" album cover in the nude as a baby – filed a lawsuit against Grohl, the estate of Kurt Cobain and several others associated with the rock band. In the suit, Elden claimed that those named in the suit sexually exploited him when they profited from his naked image. He's also alleged that the image is child pornography. Those facing litigation have stayed relatively tight-lipped since the news broke, but Grohl, who was the band's drummer, has broken his silence. EXPERTS WEIGH IN ON NIRVANA'S 'NEVERMIND' ALBUM COVER LAWSUIT: 'DEAD ON ARRIVAL' Dave Grohl has spoken out after being sued over his former band Nirvana's ‘Nevermind’ album cover. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty...
Israelis discover ‘traitor’ immune cells that first fight, then aid brain cancer – The Times of Israel
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Israelis discover ‘traitor’ immune cells that first fight, then aid brain cancer – The Times of Israel

In a breakthrough that could boost the effectiveness of treatments against one of the most common and deadliest types of brain cancer, Israeli scientists have discovered that some immune cells that fight the cancer later “switch sides” to help protect the tumor. Researchers at Tel Aviv University found that the “turncoat” white blood cells — neutrophils, known for their power in killing bacteria and fungi — battle hard against glioblastoma but then change their behavior and end up aiding its growth. Glioblastoma, the most common type of brain cancer, is one of the most deadly, with the average life expectancy of patients between 12 to 15 months from the moment of detection. “These immune cells are initially like an army that both kills tumor cells and also recruits oth...
Hrithik Roshan’s ex-wife Sussanne comes out in support of SRK-Gauri amid Aryan Khan drug case, says the s – Times of India
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Hrithik Roshan’s ex-wife Sussanne comes out in support of SRK-Gauri amid Aryan Khan drug case, says the s – Times of India

After several celebs from the Bollywood industry have lend support to Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan ever since their son Aryan Khan has been arrested from a surprise cruise raid on Saturday, now the latest one to come forward is actor Hrithik Roshan’s ex-wife and designer Sussanne Khan who shares a close bond with Mrs Khan. Also See: Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan arrest LIVE Updates Slamming the ‘witch hunt’ against Bollywood stars, Sussanne took to the comment section of a journalist who claimed that Aryan’s arrest should be a ‘wake up call for parents’ and declared her support for SRK-Gauri. Calling the situation sad and unfair for the ‘good kid’, she wrote, “I think this is not about Aryan Khan, as he was unfortunately at the wrong place at the wrong time, this s...
Elijah Wood Reveals Slap At Harvey Weinstein Hidden In Lord Of The Rings – HuffPost
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Elijah Wood Reveals Slap At Harvey Weinstein Hidden In Lord Of The Rings – HuffPost

The creative team behind the “Lord of the Rings” films disliked Harvey Weinstein so much that one of the film’s costumes was designed to be a dig at the Hollywood mogul, according to actor Elijah Wood.  Weinstein was one of the industry’s biggest powerbrokers before his rape conviction last year, and his Miramax production company had the initial rights to the “Lord of the Rings” films.  Wood, who played Frodo Baggins, told the “Armchair Expert” podcast that Weinstein had saddled filmmaker Peter Jackson some seemingly impossible conditions for getting the movies made with another studio, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  Jackson pulled it off anyway, securing a deal with New Line Cinema for what would become an iconic big-screen franchise. But he took at shot at Weinstein wi...