Month: January 2022

Gal Gadot Spoke Out Again About That Celebrity-Filled “Imagine” Cover – BuzzFeed
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Gal Gadot Spoke Out Again About That Celebrity-Filled “Imagine” Cover – BuzzFeed

"It wasn't the right thing." Gal Gadot might have finally realized that whole celebrity "Imagine" cover may not have been the best idea. Amy Sussman / Getty Images Back at the very beginning of the pandemic, the Wonder Woman star recruited her famous friends to perform a virtual cover of John Lennon's "Imagine." After sharing it on social media, it got a lot of backlash from viewers who thought it was insensitive, cringey, and pretty out of touch. Todd Williamson / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images ...
Lil Durk Encourages Kendrick Lamar, Rappers to Work With Morgan Wallen – TMZ
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Lil Durk Encourages Kendrick Lamar, Rappers to Work With Morgan Wallen – TMZ

Play video content TMZ.com Lil Durk doesn't want to be the last rapper to collab with Morgan Wallen ... he's encouraging Kendrick Lamar and others to work with him too, telling us Morgan's no racist. We got Lil Durk Tuesday on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills and asked him if Kendrick should get in the studio with Morgan, less than a year after the country superstar was seen using the n-word in public. Lil Durk vouches for Morgan and says they had a long talk about the controversy while they were working together on their new hit single, "Broadway Girls." Morgan's not hiding the fact he wants to work with other rappers like K...
Dr. Leana Wen explains the latest risks Omicron poses to families and children – CNN
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Dr. Leana Wen explains the latest risks Omicron poses to families and children – CNN

To begin with, what is the risk of Omicron to someone who is vaccinated and boosted? Are vaccinated children safe to go back to school? Is it safe to continue going to restaurants and concerts? And what's the best way to protect kids under age 5 who are too young to be vaccinated? For guidance, I spoke with our expert, CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen, who is an emergency physician and professor of health policy and management at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. She is also author of "Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health," and the mom of two young kids. Dr. Leana Wen: Everyone wants to know what's the risk of this new variant to us and our families. Overall, there is reassuring news: Research strongly points to Omicron caus...
Late-night hosts Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers test positive for COVID-19 – NPR
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Late-night hosts Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers test positive for COVID-19 – NPR

Seth Meyers and host Jimmy Fallon appear on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on Jan. 28, 2014, in New York City. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Seth Meyers and host Jimmy Fallon appear on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on Jan. 28, 2014, in New York City. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images As the omicron variant of the coronavirus ...
Kourtney Kardashian shares throwback pics from 2005 Mexico vacation: You look the same! – Yahoo Entertainment
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Kourtney Kardashian shares throwback pics from 2005 Mexico vacation: You look the same! – Yahoo Entertainment

Kourtney Kardashian shared throwback photos from her 2005 vacation to Cabo with sisters Kim and Khloe. (Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)Kourtney Kardashian is ringing in the new year with memories of a vacation past. The Poosh founder — who lately has been using her social media to share photos of herself and newly minted fiancé Travis Barker — took to Instagram Wednesday to post some throwback pics of herself with sisters Kim and Khloé from their 2005 trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Momager Kris also makes an appearance in the slideshow. The photos are a true blast from the past and include Kourtney sporting a leopard print bikini, Kim rocking bangs, and Khloé with dark locks. In fact, the photos are such a throwback that they weren’t even taken on an iPhone — in one photo, Khloé ...
Ridley Scott Chooses Vanessa Kirby To Play Josephine Opposite Joaquin Phoenix’s Napoleon In Apple Epic ‘Kitbag’ – Deadline
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Ridley Scott Chooses Vanessa Kirby To Play Josephine Opposite Joaquin Phoenix’s Napoleon In Apple Epic ‘Kitbag’ – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Vanessa Kirby is Ridley Scott’s choice to play Empress Josephine opposite Joaquin Phoenix’s Napoleon in Kitbag, the historical drama for Apple that begins production this spring. She will replace Jodie Comer, who exited the project over scheduling. Her reps are negotiating a deal for Kirby, who is coming off an Oscar nomination for her gut-wrenching performance in Pieces of a Woman. Scripted by Scott’s All the Money in the World collaborator David Scarpa, Kitbag explores Bonaparte’s origins and his swift, told through the lens of his addictive and often volatile relationship with the Empress. Scott and Kevin Walsh are producing for Scott Free. Deadline first broke the news of Scott’s plan to direct the film and reunite with Gladiator star Phoenix in October of 2020, a...
Gnarly garlic in nose TikTok trend makes stuffy noses worse: docs – New York Post
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Gnarly garlic in nose TikTok trend makes stuffy noses worse: docs – New York Post

Shoving garlic cloves up your nose is snot a good idea.  One of the new year’s most hazardous trends isn’t just odious — it reeks of pseudoscience, experts said. The harebrained hack has unofficial healers corking up their nostrils with raw garlic cloves for approximately 10 to 15 minutes in attempt to unclog a stuffy snout. After the user removes the garlic, a flash flood of mucus gushes from their noses, prompting the semblance and sensation of actual decongestion. But what’s really happening is far from therapeutic, Erich Voigt, associate professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at NYU Langone Health, told The Post. “It’s terrible,” the ear, nose and throat expert said. “The body wants to immediately expel the garlic and its chemicals, so it...
Salt Lake County officials urge residents to protect themselves in unusual COVID-19 advisory – Salt Lake Tribune
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Salt Lake County officials urge residents to protect themselves in unusual COVID-19 advisory – Salt Lake Tribune

Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber. Salt Lake County officials issued a public health advisory Tuesday, urging residents to take more stringent coronavirus precautions this month as local COVID-19 transmission rates spike to levels not seen since November 2020. The Utah Department of Health reported 4,661 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, just short of the state’s all-time high of 4,706 new cases reported on Dec. 30, 2020. The rolling seven-day average of new coronavirus cases also now stands at 3,754 — the highest that figure has ever been. The previous high was 3,392 on Nov. 2...
California coronavirus cases reach record high – Los Angeles Times
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California coronavirus cases reach record high – Los Angeles Times

Coronavirus cases in California exploded into record territory as counts from the holiday weekend were tallied, and officials are warning that the next few weeks are crucial in the fight against the highly infectious Omicron variant. The mounting toll was evident in long lines for those seeking tests and increasingly crowded conditions at some hospitals. In a sign of how widespread the coronavirus is, the share of tests coming back positive reached a seven-day rate of 20.4%, the highest during the pandemic so far, according to the California Department of Public Health. “We need to quickly adapt to periods of high transmission, like right now,” San Francisco Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax said in a statement Tuesday. “The next several weeks are absolutely critical. It is within our po...