Opera-loving woman becomes last victim of 'Yellow Mama' | World news

 Posted on January 1, 0001  |  3 minutes  |  588 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

World newsOpera-loving woman becomes last victim of 'Yellow Mama'Alabama abolishes electric chair as US starts to reconsider its zeal for death penaltyTo the usual wave of public indifference, Lynda Block, who killed a policeman nine years ago, was herself killed in an Alabama jail yesterday, the 25th person to be executed in the US this year. However, she is likely to earn a special footnote in history as the last person ever to suffer that most American of deaths: the electric chair. [Read More]

Richard Simmons Does Not Endorse Pauly Shore Playing Him in New Short Film

 Posted on January 1, 0001  |  3 minutes  |  548 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Pauly Shore is playing fitness guru Richard Simmons in an upcoming short film -- though ET has learned that the project does not have the support of Simmons himself. New photos and a teaser trailer were released on Wednesday, which show Shore in costume as Simmons in The Court Jester, which is set to premiere during the Sundance Film Festival later this month. An unrelated feature film from The Wolper Organization is also in the works, also featuring the Encino Man comic in the starring role. [Read More]

Sbastien Lecornu Compagnon

 Posted on January 1, 0001  |  9 minutes  |  1724 words  |  Martina Birk

Sébastien Lecornu Compagnon – Personnalité politique Sébastien Lecornu est né le 11 juin 1986 à Eaubonne dans le Val-d’Oise. Ancien cadre de l’UMP et de LR, il a été président du conseil départemental de l’Eure de 2015 à 2017 puis de 2021 à 2022. Il a également été premier vice-président de la Communauté d’agglomération des Portes de l’Eure (CAPE) et de la Seine. Agglomération normande (SNA) de 2014 à 2020. [Read More]

Taylor Swift attended a party at an exclusive cannabis club and played an adults-only version of Uno

 Posted on January 1, 0001  |  3 minutes  |  534 words  |  Martina Birk

Redeem now Taylor Swift attended a party at an exclusive cannabis club in New York City on Wednesday. The singer was photographed playing "Uno Dare Adults Only" with Jason Sudeikis and Questlove. Rapper Bun B said the party had been catered by a cannabis chef and hosted at 'smokeasy'  The Astor Club. Taylor Swift attended a party at an exclusive cannabis club to celebrate The Roots drummer Questlove's birthday party in New York City on Wednesday, where she played an adults-only version of Uno Dare with the likes of Jason Sudeikis. [Read More]

The alien hunter: has Harvards Avi Loeb found proof of extraterrestrial life? | Space

 Posted on January 1, 0001  |  11 minutes  |  2156 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

Avi Loeb at the observatory near his office in Cambridge, MA. Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty ImagesThe astrophysicist and professor likes to ruffle feathers – and says his critics are merely jealous. He discusses UFOs, interstellar objects and the risks of his all-consuming search by Daniel LavelleAvi Loeb has a chip on his shoulder. For years, the Harvard astrophysicist has been trying to find aliens. He’s in the middle of trying to record the entire sky with an international network of telescopes and recently travelled to Papua New Guinea to find out if a meteor detected in 2014 was actually part of an interstellar spaceship. [Read More]

The big-eyed children: the extraordinary story of an epic art fraud

 Posted on January 1, 0001  |  12 minutes  |  2514 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

PaintingIn the 1960s, Walter Keane was feted for his sentimental portraits that sold by the million. But in fact, his wife Margaret was the artist, working in virtual slavery to maintain his success. She tells her story, now the subject of a Tim Burton biopicThere’s a sweet, small suburban house in the vineyards of Napa, northern California. Inside, a family of devout Jehovah’s Witnesses bustles around, offering me a cheese plate. [Read More]

The Most Unforgettable Degrassi: The Next Generation Episodes, According to the Cast

 Posted on January 1, 0001  |  17 minutes  |  3442 words  |  Martina Birk

Haven’t these kids been through enough? Degrassi: The Next Generation goes there. A place where other teen shows of the early aughts — Dawson’s Creek, One Tree Hill, The O.C. — visited often enough but never took up residency quite like the Canadian teen drama created by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood that has existed in various forms since 1979. Twenty years ago, Degrassi: The Next Generation tackled the realest of teen issues — sexual assault, bullying, teen pregnancy, self-harm, child abuse, gun violence — with a cast of actual teens. [Read More]

The winning $1.58 billion Mega Millions ticket is sold in Florida

 Posted on January 1, 0001  |  1 minutes  |  160 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

Someone in Florida won a $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot Tuesday night, ending a stretch of lottery futility that had stretched for nearly four months. The winning numbers drawn were: 13 19 20 32 33 and the yellow ball: 14. Before the big win Tuesday night, there had been 31 straight drawings since the last time someone won the game's jackpot on April 18. That enabled the prize to steadily grow to be the third-largest ever in U. [Read More]

Tig Notaro Really Wants to Play Tom Cruises Sister

 Posted on January 1, 0001  |  1 minutes  |  163 words  |  Aldo Pusey

During her appearance on last night’s Conan, comedian Tig Notaro chatted with O’Brien about her recent career swerve from her canceled Amazon series One Mississippi to her guest role in Star Trek: Discovery. Now that Notaro has some experience doing stunts and working alongside explosions, she feels more than ready to take on the role she was born to play: Tom Cruise’s sister. “I feel like by the time Tom hears about me and wants to work together that I will be able to do my own stunts,” Notaro says. [Read More]

WBD, SkyShowtime Pact With Spains Movistar Plus+ Which Secures Barbie, Max, Yellow

 Posted on January 1, 0001  |  3 minutes  |  584 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

In two new landmark, multi-year deals for Spain’s top pay TV operator, Movistar Plus+ has inked partnership carriage deals with Warner Bros. Discovery and SkyShowtime. Both agreements were announced Friday. Extending its partnership, the WBD deal takes in current linear networks on Movistar Plus+  – Warner TV, TCM, Discovery Channel, Eurosport and CNN – plus premier Warner Bros. entertainment from Jan. 1 such as “Barbie,” “Meg 2,” “The Nun 2,” “Friends, “The Big “Bang Theory,” “Mrs Davis” and “The Winchester,” plus Max, scheduled to launch in Spain in Spring 2024. [Read More]