Month: April 2022

Johnny Depp trial – live: Actor testifies on vulgar Amber Heard texts, assaulting cabinets, and blood painting – The Independent
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Johnny Depp trial – live: Actor testifies on vulgar Amber Heard texts, assaulting cabinets, and blood painting – The Independent

Johnny Depp reacts to photo Amber Heard took of him asleep with spilt ice cream Lawyers representing Amber Heard cross-examined Johnny Depp for a full day on Thursday following his two days of testimony in his $50m (£38.2m) defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife. The trial has now adjourned, and resumes on Monday for a third week at the Fairfax County Courthouse in Virginia. Heard is being sued by Depp for implying he abused her in a 2018 op-ed. Although she did not name him, he claims her allegations have made it difficult for the actor to land movie roles, turning him from “Cinderella to Quasimodo” in Hollywood. The actor has testified about a traumatic childhood with an abusive mother saying his relationship with Heard mirrored that, describing her as “bullying” him. On Thursda...
UK COVID patient dies after one continuous infection lasting record 505 days – New York Post
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UK COVID patient dies after one continuous infection lasting record 505 days – New York Post

A British patient has died after the longest COVID infection on record — regularly testing positive for a staggering 505 days. The unidentified patient, who had a weakened immune system, succumbed after suffering “one continuous infection” that lasted nearly 17 months, according to Dr. Luke Blagdon Snell, of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. COVID throat-swab tests “were positive each time — the patient never had a negative test,” Snell told the BBC, as per The Times of London. “And we can tell it was one continuous infection because the genetic signature of it, the information we got from sequencing the viral genome, was unique and constant in that patient,” the doctor said. Snell told the BBC that “at 505 days, it certainly seems to be the longe...
Bucatini all’Amatriciana Recipe
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Bucatini all’Amatriciana Recipe

A Classic Roman Dish - Bucatini all'Amatriciana Like many of you, Meg and I watched the Stanley Tucci special on CNN called Searching for Italy. In the Rome episode, he has lunch at Armando Al Pantheon to enjoy their famous rigatoni all'amatriciana, one of Rome's famous pastas. I made it a little different and call it bucatini all'Amatriciana. Of course I had to run out and buy the ingredients so we could make it at home. Not a lot of ingredients and very simple to prepare and absolutely delicious. Let's look at some of the ingredients. Bucatini Bucatini is a pasta that looks a lot like spaghetti but it is thicker and has a whole running down through the strand. My kids like to say it looks like a straw made out of pasta.  If you lived in Naples, Italy, you would call...
Bucatini all’Amatriciana Recipe
Food & Nutrition

Bucatini all’Amatriciana Recipe

A Classic Roman Dish - Bucatini all'Amatriciana Like many of you, Meg and I watched the Stanley Tucci special on CNN called Searching for Italy. In the Rome episode, he has lunch at Armando Al Pantheon to enjoy their famous rigatoni all'amatriciana, one of Rome's famous pastas. I made it a little different and call it bucatini all'Amatriciana. Of course I had to run out and buy the ingredients so we could make it at home. Not a lot of ingredients and very simple to prepare and absolutely delicious. Let's look at some of the ingredients. Bucatini Bucatini is a pasta that looks a lot like spaghetti but it is thicker and has a whole running down through the strand. My kids like to say it looks like a straw made out of pasta.  If you lived in Naples, Italy, you would call...
Kris Jenner Testifies on Being Told About Blac Chynas Alleged Death Threats to Kylie Jenner – E! NEWS
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Kris Jenner Testifies on Being Told About Blac Chynas Alleged Death Threats to Kylie Jenner – E! NEWS

She is also simultaneously suing Rob for assault, battery and harassment, seeking upwards of $100 million in damages. While on the stand on April 21, Kris testified about Rob and Chyna's romance, describing it as "a rocky relationship from the start."  When asked why wasn't she concerned about Rob's relationship with Chyna when the Lashed Cosmetics founder had allegedly threatened to kill Kylie, Kris said she was "used to a lot of drama" in the family. As for why she never confronted Chyna about the alleged threat against Kylie, she testified, "You want to give people a second chance and we had moved on." "As a mom, I wanted everybody to be happy," Kris said during her testimony, adding that Rob and Chyna "had a very rocky relationship, so we all just tried to get through it and hop...
Cynthia Plaster Caster dead at 74: Artist captured rock star privates – New York Post
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Cynthia Plaster Caster dead at 74: Artist captured rock star privates – New York Post

Cynthia “Plaster Caster” Albritton, an avid music fan who became infamous in the ’60s and ’70s for her plaster casts of rock stars’ erect penises, has died after a long illness. She was 74. The passing of the self-proclaimed “recovering groupie” — and 2010 Midwestern mayoral candidate — was confirmed by her representative, Variety first reported. The native of Chicago’s South Side launched her plaster-casting career in the Windy City, circa 1968, after meeting an unlikely patron: Iconoclastic rocker Frank Zappa found the 20-year-old’s artistic vision funny and creative — although he declined to, uh, sit for her — and helped her relocate to Los Angeles. American artist Cynthia Albritton — alias Cynthia Plaster Caster — poses with the penis sculptures she made wit...
Kanye West Raps About His Family on Pusha Ts New Album – TMZ
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Kanye West Raps About His Family on Pusha Ts New Album – TMZ

Pusha T's new album features a few verses from Kanye West, who used his guest spot to spill some of his feelings about his family situation ... and also some famous real estate. Ye pops up on 2 songs ... "Dreamin Of The Past" and "Rock N Roll," and not shockingly he's got the divorce from Kim Kardashian and his kids on his mind. In "Rock N Roll," he says, "I ain't come to pick up the kids to pick a fight" ... seemingly referencing the arguments he claims to have had with Kim about spending time with their 4 children. Then, on "Dreamin Of The Past" he raps about the importance of keeping a family together. So...
Massive DNA study of human cancers offers new clues about their causes – Engadget
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Massive DNA study of human cancers offers new clues about their causes – Engadget

A team of UK scientists has analyzed the complete genetic makeup of 12,000 tumors from NHS patients and discovered 58 new mutations that provide clues about their potential causes. The team, comprised of scientists from Cambridge University Hospitals and the University of Cambridge, used data from the 100,000 Genomes Project. That's a British initiative to sequence the whole genomes of patients with cancers and rare diseases.  Team leader Professor Serena Nik-Zainal said this is the largest study of its kind and that the vast amount of data her team worked with allowed them to detect patterns in the genetic alterations or "mutational signatures" found in the tumors. By comparing their results with other studies, they were able to confirm that 58 of the mutational signatures they found w...