Month: February 2022

In February 1952, then-Princess Elizabeth arrived in Kenya on an official visit. She left as Queen. With the death of her father, King George VI, back in London, Elizabeth automatically assumed the throne, beginning a reign that has, as of Sunday, lasted a historic seven decades. The Queen is the first British monarch to ever celebrate her so-called Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years on the throne. In that time, 14 prime ministers have led the British government. On Sunday, Buckingham Palace released a new photo of the 95-year-old queen to commemorate her jubilee, showing her smiling beside a portrait of her late father and next to one of the red boxes in which she receives briefing papers.

Rogan used the word more than 20 times in the clips from different podcast episodes, which he said were compiled over a span of 12 years. In his apology, Rogan said it's the "most regretful and shameful thing" he has ever had to address publicly. "I know that to most people, there's no context where a White person is ever allowed to say that, never mind publicly on a podcast, and I agree with that," he said. "Now, I haven't said it in years," Rogan added. Rogan also addressed a video of him comparing a Black neighborhood to a Planet of the Apes movie. "I certainly would never want to offend someone for entertainment with something as stupid as racism," he said. Now Spotify, one of the biggest streaming services in the world, is under intense pressure because it is the exclusiv...

"Lata Di died at 8:12 a.m. due to multi-organ failure after over 28 days of Covid-19 diagnosis," Dr. Pratit Samdani, Mangeshkar's doctor, told reporters outside Breach Candy Hospital. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi paid his respects to Mangeshkar at the funeral, according to a post published from his verified Twitter account. Bollywood stars including Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan were seen at the wake, alongside cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, CNN affiliate CNN News-18 reported. The Indian government has ordered two days of national mourning for the late singer. The national flag will be flown at half-staff from Sunday through Monday, India's Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement Sunday. "There will be no official entertainment," the ministry added. Mangeshkar was a ...

Kat Von D had a frightening night Saturday -- and frightening is a gross understatement -- an intruder was wandering around her house as she and her son slept. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Kat was sound asleep at around 10:15 PM when something awakened her ... she saw a beam of light moving about the house. Kat took her 3-year-old, dashed out and 911 was called. Police came with sirens blaring and searched the house ... and what they found was shocking. A man in his 30's was upstairs, just walking around. It's unclear if he knows it was Kat's house or what his intentions were. He told cops he was buying the hous...

Saad said that he did not remember the conversation in full but that he recalled telling Rogan about a university dean getting fired after recommending a book with the n-word in the title — one, Saad said, that had been written by a Black civil rights activist. “If you’re using the n-word to describe a title, as told to you by a guest on your show, then maybe Spotify should have the most minimal of functioning brain and say, ‘That doesn’t seem to violate anything,’” Saad said in a video.