Tessa Thompson and Ramy Youssef on Westworld, Ramy and Why Representation Matters

 Posted on August 25, 2024  |  10 minutes  |  2130 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Ramy Youssef’s Golden Globe win this year, for his comic role on his series “Ramy,” came as a delightful surprise. And on “Westworld,” Tessa Thompson is casting into the future, imagining a woman of color who’s eventually inhabited by an android — and keeping her work human scale throughout. [Read More]

The CEO of a startup that planned to deliver babies in space says that it's suspending operations ov

 Posted on August 25, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  421 words  |  Aldo Pusey

SpaceLife Origin is pulling out of its plans to help people conceive and deliver babies in space. The Netherlands-based startup made headlines in October with the lofty goal of becoming the first company to "make human reproduction in space safely possible." But according to a statement posted by CEO Kees Mulder on the company's website in June, there were "serious ethical, safety, and medical concerns" that have caused him to suspend the two missions planning to safely conceive and deliver babies in space. [Read More]

Watch Dr. Pimple Popper Pop a 'Mashed Potato' Cyst From an Eyebrow

 Posted on August 25, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  130 words  |  Larita Shotwell

The video begins with Dr. Lee carefully making an incision over the cyst that's just below her patient's eyebrow. Yes, that means she's fully coming at his eye with a scalpel which may just make you shudder more than the pop itself. Once open, Dr. Lee begins using both hands to squeeze either side of the cyst until the contents begin to come free. According to one Instagram user, the inside of this eyebrow cyst looks just like 'mashed potato. [Read More]

Who Is Bret Baier? Details on the Fox Political Pundit

 Posted on August 25, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  528 words  |  Martina Birk

Bret Baier Will Be Moderating the GOP Debate — Here's What We Know About His Politics!By D.M.Published Aug. 23 2023, 10:14 p.m. ET Source: Getty ImagesThe first 2024 Republican presidential primary debate kicks off on Aug. 23, 2023, and will be moderated by Fox News anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum. The political showdown sees Ron DeSantis, Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Chris Christie, Doug Burgum, Mike Pence, and Asa Hutchinson compete for the GOP presidential nomination. [Read More]

Why Prescription Drugs Aren't Part of Obamacare

 Posted on August 25, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1566 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

After six years, the Affordable Care Act has extended health care coverage to millions of people. But affordability problems remain, most prominently in the area of prescription drugs. Obamacare left the pharmaceutical industry largely unregulated while requiring it to pay for some of the law’s increased drug coverage. “That is probably my single greatest regret, is we didn’t have the chance to get negotiating power for Medicare for drugs. That would have made a profound difference,” said former Sen. [Read More]

About 500 Golfers To Storm Abuja For Harmony Inaugural Cup

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  505 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

About 500 golfers are expected to participate in the Harmony Inaugural Cup competition in Abuja. The Captain’s Inaugural Tournament of the IBB International Golf and Country Club in Abuja is aimed at bringing together past captains of the club to compete among themselves. Chairman of the Captains Inaugural Tournament Committee, Andrew Yakubu, at a press conference in Abuja to herald the event said the tournament would be held at the club’s standard golf course with 18 holes covering over 100 hectares. [Read More]

Adam West: His 1966 LIFE Magazine Cover

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  230 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

Adam West, who famously portrayed Batman in the 1960s television series, died at the age of 88 Friday. West’s family announced his death Saturday through a verified Facebook page. While appearing on the “Batman” television series, West posed on thecover of LIFE magazine’s March 11, 1966, issue. On the cover, West is surrounded by Bat-Signals with the headline reading, “Mad New World of Batman, Superman and the Marquis de Sade.” [Read More]

British-Nigerian actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje makes his directorial debut with the award-winning '

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  371 words  |  Martina Birk

The latest chapter of the British-Nigerian actor's career begins with his directorial debut 'Farming', which he directs and stars in. Loosely based on Akinnuoye-Agbaje's life story, it tells the story of a London-born Nigerian child named Enitan who struggles with his identity after being intentionally placed in a white working-class home in hopes of giving him a brighter future.  ''One of the most shocking social experiments in recent UK history involved the farming out of Nigerian children to white families in the 1960s," [Read More]

Canada Imposes Travel Ban On Nigeria Over Omicron

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  190 words  |  Larita Shotwell

The Canadian government in the early hours of Wednesday imposed a travel ban on Nigeria following the two cases of the Omicron Variant detected in the country. The North American country in the statement also banned nine other countries over the new COVID variant. The affected countries are South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Nigeria, Malawi and Egypt. The Minister of Transport in the country, Omar Alghabra, said foreign nationals who had travelled to these listed countries in the last 14 days would be temporarily banned from entering Canada. [Read More]

Edo: Why Obaseki Is Yet To Form His Cabinet

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  333 words  |  Larita Shotwell

The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has given reasons why Governor Godwin Obaseki is yet to form the state cabinet. He disclosed that Obaseki is delaying the formation of his cabinet because he wants people who voted him in to be part of the process to select commissioners. Naija News reports that Philip Shaibu made this known on Sunday while speaking to newsmen shortly after the Fathers Day ceremony at St Paul Catholic Church, Benin City where he also served as a chief mass servant during the service. [Read More]