This is Pretoria (Reuters).Oscar Pistorius, a former Paralympic winner from South Africa, was freed on parole on Friday, almost 11 years after killing his girlfriend in a crime that shocked a country used to seeing a lot of violence against women. The 29-year-old model Reeva Steenkamp was killed on Valentine’s Day 2013 by Pistorius, who was known as “Blade Runner” because of his carbon-fiber artificial legs. He has said over and over that he thought Steenkamp was an intruder when he fired four shots into the bathroom of his Pretoria home, which is why he has been convicted more than…
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Neither Clinton nor Trump have been blamed for anything wrong that happened with the late sex offender. A lot of court papers about the late guilty sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were made public on Wednesday. They include the names of a lot of important people. Former Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump are two of them. Epstein killed himself in jail while waiting for his trial on federal sex-trafficking charges. Neither Clinton nor Trump have been accused of any crime in connection with Epstein. Where Did The Papers Come From? The papers, which add up to almost 1,000 pages, were…
Willis Gibson got a kill screen on a game that was made 21 years before him. You can find Tetris on almost every console, computer, and gadget. It’s one of the most famous and long-lasting video games of all time. Many of these versions have ends built into story modes and other modes like that, but until now, people thought they couldn’t beat the original endless mode. The 13-year-old boy is the first person to “beat” the NES version of Tetris, 34 years after it came out. This was reported by YouTuber aGameScout. We put the word “beat” in quotes…
Explosions In Iran After a blast in Kerman, Iran, on Wednesday, January 3, 2024, people stay close to a man who was injured. On Wednesday, Iran’s state-run media said that explosions at a celebration for a famous Iranian general who was killed in a U.S. bombing in 2020 killed at least 73 people and injured more than 170 others. Associated Press photo by Mahdi Karbakhsh Ravari. AP reports that in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, At a memorial for a famous Iranian general killed in a U.S. drone strike in 2020, two bombs went off minutes apart, killing at least 103…
“What a terrible way to start the year,” one Shika resident said as they waited in queue for water. More than 40 people were killed when a 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit Japan on New Year’s Day. Rescuers are working hard against the clock and strong aftershocks on Tuesday to find survivors. The earthquake in Ishikawa prefecture sent over-a-meter-high tsunami waves that destroyed buildings, started a big fire, and tore roads apart. On Tuesday, the damage to the Noto Peninsula was clear: buildings were on fire and houses were flattened, and there was more damage along the coast. A person in the…
Ainsley, Gutierrez, Lebowitz, Thorp V, and Prindiville, along with Frank Thorp V and Tara A record number of migrants forced the Biden administration to close four ports of entry at the southern border. This week, the ports will be reopened, top administration officials said Tuesday. Eagle Pass, Texas; San Ysidro, California; Lukeville, Arizona; and Nogales, Arizona are the four ports of entry that will be open again to the public on Thursday. They were closed for most of December because U.S. Customs and Border Protection had to move resources to deal with the large number of people trying to get…
Money Heist: Berlin Season 2 could be the next show in the “Money Heist: Berlin” series. It looks into the past of the character Berlin and was made by Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato for Netflix. It builds on what the first series started. Fans are eagerly waiting for news about this possible installment and the possibility of spin-offs with other characters, which makes the show even more exciting. We know when Money Heist: Berlin Season 2 will come out because we have all of the following information. When Will Season 2 Of Money Heist: Berlin Come Out There…
Reuters: TOKYO -After a crash with a Coast Guard plane at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Tuesday, all 379 people on board a Japan Airlines plane luckily escaped a fire. However, local media reported that most of the Coast Guard plane’s crew had died. One of the Coast Guard’s planes was involved in the crash. It was on its way to Niigata airport on Japan’s west coast to bring help to people who were hurt in the powerful earthquake that happened on New Year’s Day and killed at least 48. NHK, a public station, said that five of the six crew…
In an NFL game on Sunday afternoon, the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Cincinnati Bengals. Takara Swift and Travis Kelce are all set for 2024! The pop star and the athlete, both 34 years old, were seen leaving Kelce’s New Year’s Eve NFL game together after the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Cincinnati Bengals 25–17 to win the AFC West division title. A picture posted on Instagram by Nick Wagner of The Kansas City Star shows Kelce leaving the game wearing a black beanie and a black and white striped sweater. The “Maroon” singer was standing next to him, rocking…
Abdul says that the director has sexually assaulted her twice. The claims by Paula Abdul that Nigel Lythgoe sexually attacked her are being denied by him. In a lawsuit brought earlier this week in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Abdul, 61, accused Lythgoe, 74, of multiple counts of sexual assault. She said that he sexually assaulted her twice while they worked together on American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance. She told TMZ in a statement in response to Abdul’s claims, “To say that I am shocked and saddened by the allegations made against me by Paula Abdul…
The head of Poland’s armed forces thinks a Russian missile went into Polish airspace for almost three minutes and then went back into Ukrainian airspace. Gen. Wieslaw Kukula said the missile went about 25 miles (40 km) into Polish airspace early Friday morning. It was the warning at the same time that Ukraine said Russia had the most airstrikes in a day since the war started. Once President Andrzej Duda saw the object on radar, he called an emergency meeting to talk about security. There have been about 200 police officers searching the area where the object was found in…
This is Taylor Swift’s way of getting in touch with a fan who wrote an emotional TikTok about her. The 34-year-old pop star shared a sweet comment on the video from a Swiftie mom on Thursday. Swift said that the woman’s words had “so moved” her. The TikTok video from Wednesday showed a woman with the name @saywhaaat crying as she talked about how the “Cruel Summer” singer has affected her and her young daughter. “Hi Taylor, My name is Jenny. I’ve always liked them. I grew up with you because we are the same age. “You kind of saved…
For an extra monthly fee, streaming service users will be able to choose a version without ads. Beginning in the new year, Amazon Prime Video users will see that the streaming service now has ads. After saying in September that “Prime Video shows and films will include limited advertisements,” Amazon has now set 29 January as the start date for the change. For an extra $2.99 a month, users will be able to get a choice without ads. Amazon has started taking pre-registrations for this service. “This will let us keep putting money into interesting content and keep putting more…
Erdogan says that Turkish universities are open to scholars who are under fire for standing up for human rights in Gaza. Erdogan, the president of Turkey, said on Wednesday that there is “no difference” between what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is doing in the attacks on Gaza that have been going on for months and what Adolf Hitler did many years ago. “How are you (Netanyahu) different from Hitler?” Erdogan asked at a science awards event in Ankara, the capital. These things will also make us look for Hitler. Is there anything that Netanyahu does that is worse than…
During the busy holiday week, a winter storm with heavy snow, freezing rain, and strong winds made driving dangerous across the Plains and upper Midwest. The storm’s strong wind gusts on Monday and Tuesday—sometimes 50 to 60 mph, and in some places up to 75 mph—caused blizzards and made driving “difficult to nearly impossible,” according to the National Weather Service. Some parts of Nebraska, South Dakota, Kansas, Colorado, and Wyoming were warned of blizzards on Monday and Tuesday. Blizzards happen when strong winds and blowing snow last for at least three hours and make it impossible to see more than…
South Korean Actor Not Aware As of Saturday, December 23, 2023, actor Lee Sun-kyun, gets out of a car and walks over to the Incheon Metropolitan Police. Lee from the Oscar-winning movie “Parasite” was discovered asleep on December 27, according to South Korean police. Lee was found unconscious at an unknown place in Seoul on Wednesday, but police did not say where they found him or what they found. (AP photo by Son Hyun-kyu)ASSOCIATE PRESSMore South Korea’s SEOUL (AP) — Authorities say that Lee Sun-kyun, a famous South Korean actor best known for his part in the Oscar-winning movie “Parasite,”…
The Danish group tells PEOPLE that Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice’s changes to their hit song “Barbie World” have helped them get even more popular. Aqua’s party is still going strong after almost 30 years in the business. This year, Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice reworked the Danish Eurodance group’s big hit “Barbie Girl” for the Barbie movie. This brought the band new success in the U.S., with a top-10 hit, two Grammy nominations, a U.S. tour, and a spot on the lineup for this year’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024. “It’s been out-of-this-world fantastic,”…
Someone who used to work for “Fast & Furious” star Vin Diesel is accusing him of sexual battery. USA TODAY got a copy of Asta Jonasson’s lawsuit, which was filed in Los Angeles on Thursday and says that the actor sexually assaulted her in Atlanta in the fall of 2010 while they were shooting “Fast Five.” The lawsuit says that Jonasson was hired by the actor’s production business, One Race, to do different jobs for him, such as planning and going to parties with Diesel and making sure she was close by for pictures when the actor went to events…
Channel 13 in Israel reported on December 21 that the elite Golani Brigade of the army had left Gaza after 60 days of war to “reorganize its ranks” because it had lost so many soldiers in the first few weeks of the battle in the strip. The news comes just a few days after it was said that the special infantry unit had lost a lot of soldiers in the ground attack on Gaza. An Israeli general who is now retired said this week that the Golani Brigade has lost 88 men since October 7. The former general said that…
The shortlists for the 96th Academy Awards have been released by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Greta Gerwig’s meta-comedy “Barbie” got the most mentions, with five. These included sound, original song for its three entries from Billie Eilish (“What I Was Made For? “), Dua Lipa (“Dance the Night”), and Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt (“I’m Just Ken”); and original score from Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt. The area where “Barbie” fell short the most was in hair and makeup, which was also the area that gave us the most shocks. The movies “Barbie,” “The Color Purple,”…
The hacker, who was 18 years old, shared clips of a new Grand Theft Auto (GTA) game and has now been sent to a hospital for life. Arion Kurtaj, an autistic Oxford student, was a key part of the international gang Lapsus$. Tech companies like Uber, Nvidia, and Rockstar Games were attacked by the gang and lost almost $10 million. The judge said Kurtaj was still a high risk to the public because he was good at cybercrime and wanted to do it. He will always be locked up in a hospital until doctors decide he is no longer a…
Nine health centers in Gaza are only partly working.WHO: Dead bodies are stacked in the hallway of Al-Ahli Hospital The World Health Organization said Thursday that there isn’t a hospital in northern Gaza that can work because there isn’t enough fuel, staff, or supplies. The WHO says that in all of Gaza, only nine of the 36 health facilities were partly fully operational. All of these sites are in the south of the enclave. “There are no hospitals that work left in the north,” Richard Peeperkorn, WHO’s director in Gaza, told reporters from Jerusalem through a video link. “Al-Ahli Hospital…
On Thursday, three days after the country’s deadliest earthquake in years killed 135 people, survivors were getting better in the hospital as rescue teams rushed to bring supplies. The number of deaths rose from 134 the day before, according to the state news agency Xinhua. Rescuers were still looking for people who were buried because the ground was so soft in northwest Qinghai Province. The strong, weak quake that happened in Qinghai and the nearby province of Gansu on Monday night hurt almost 1,000 people. Read More: Iran’s Oil Minister Says Gas Stations Have Been Hacked Doctors treated people with…
“Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” is one of four movies that are coming out this weekend. What movies will do well at the box office and which ones will not? The sequel to “Aquaman” starring Jason Momoa is likely to be the biggest new movie in North America. It will likely beat out “Migration,” an animated movie from Universal and Illumination, “Anyone but You,” a love comedy by Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell, and “The Iron Claw,” a biopic about a sports player. But the Warner Bros. comic book movie is in rough water. It’s aiming for a weak $35…
At the end of season 10, the last mask was taken off in the hidden-singer battle. On Wednesday, The Masked Singer had another night of big reveals. This time, though, one of the big stars who had been hiding won. Season 10 of the popular Fox singing competition show ended with a two-hour episode in which the four remaining celebrities (Cow, Donut, Gazelle, and Sea Queen) performed new songs before the audience and judges voted. Two of them went to the Battle Royale to compete for the title of winner. In the end, the masks were taken off, and the…
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the country will “definitely look into” any proof that it has ties to a plan to kill a US official. The US charged an Indian man in November with planning to kill a Sikh rebel leader in New York. The claims will not hurt relations between India and the US, Mr. Modi told the Financial Times. This is the first time he’s talked about it in public. “We are ready to look into anything a citizen of ours has done, good or bad.” “We will stand by the rule of law,” the prime…
After seeing a spoof trailer for “Home Alone 3,” fans can’t wait for a new movie with Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister again. Someone wrote on TikTok, “Don’t mess with my feelings.” Sad to say, the video for the next “Home Alone” movie looks too good to be true. The YouTube account VJ4rawr2, which is known for having fan-edited trailers, put out a parody trailer for a follow up to the Christmas classic, with Macaulay Culkin playing Kevin McCallister again. In the video called “Home Alone 3: Kevin’s Revenge,” which stars 43-year-old actor and co-star Catherine O’Hara, there are clips…
The US condemned what it called “unprecedented” attacks on ships in the Red Sea by Yemeni rebels. On Tuesday, the Huthis promised to keep up their military operations even though a new maritime security force was announced. The rebels have been attacking with drones and missiles. The most recent attack was on Monday and targeted two ships. These attacks are threatening to disrupt global trade, and major shipping companies have stopped all traffic through the Bab al-Mandeb strait. On Tuesday, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said that the attacks “threaten” the free flow of trade. This came one day after he…
On their podcast “Amy and T.J.” Tuesday, Robach said of the couple’s children, “We’ve let them lead the way up until now.” T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach are making Christmas a family event for everyone. Amy and T.J., who used to co-anchor GMA3’s “What You Need to Know,” talked about spending the holidays with their kids and how they handle the holiday season on their most recent episode of their iHeartRadio podcast. They were told that there is no “playbook” or “handbook” for what they and their kids are going through. She said on the show, “Everyone would love a…
Who is Time’s Person of the Year? Is Benjamin Button, her rag doll-like blue-eyed beauty, Cat of the Year? People who have pets have been posting their best “blue steel” photos on social media with their pets on their shoulders like the one on the magazine cover. “My goal is to make pop moments relatable,” said Ryan Sichelstiel, 31, a comedian and content maker. “I get a lot of ideas for posts while I’m in the shower, running, or driving. “My phone has a list of ideas.” He heard that the Today Show was going to break the 2023 Time…
A group with ties to Israel says it is responsible, blaming Iranian aggression in the region; 70% of stations were affected. DUBAI: On Monday, Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji revealed that a cyberattack was to blame for the problems at gas stations across the country. Iranian state TV and Israeli local media both said that the attack that stopped services at gas stations across the country on Monday was done by a hacking group that Iran says has ties to Israel. Before, Owji told Iranian state TV that services had been interrupted at around 70% of Iran’s gas stations and…
It’s New York City. When Mariah Carey ended her Merry Christmas One and All! Tour on Sunday night, she really made a moment. As the Queen of Christmas, she is all about making a scene. At the end of her tour, the singer from New York played to a packed Madison Square Garden. It was her second show at the famous venue and the last of 16 Christmas concerts. Carey, 54, said on stage, “You make me so happy, and the world needs love.” “There’s no greater joy than Christmas.” The holiday superstar performed a 90-minute show featuring holiday songs…
Smugglers from other countries can buy almost all of the American-made parts they need to make assault weapons that can’t be tracked online. Now, criminal groups in Latin America are often better armed than the police who roam the ganglands. Police say that Teodoro Giovan de Oliveira and a gunrunner met near the entrance of a fishing gear shop on an unusually cool Miami afternoon to plan their next big deal. A police document from December 2017 shows that Oliveira had been hiding for months after a rival in the illegal weapons trade from Florida to Brazil was caught. This…
For his anxiety and depression, the “Friends” star used ketamine, but “ketamine in his system” couldn’t “be from that infusion therapy.” Matthew Perry’s cause of death has been made public, almost two months after he died suddenly. The medical examiner in Los Angeles said the popular Friends star died from “acute effects of ketamine.” As factors, drowning, coronary artery disease, and the impact of buprenorphine (a drug used to treat opioid use disorder) were named. Perry was honest about his opioid problem that had been going on for years. A death accident has been ruled as the cause (“drug and…
Emma Stone seemed very happy when she saw her ex-boyfriend Andrew Garfield at the premiere of her new movie, Poor Things. They broke up years ago. Fans posted videos of the 35-year-old actress recognizing Garfield, 40, from the front of the stage. She dated Garfield for four years before they broke up in October 2015. Read More: Spider Man Returning In A Marvel , Head Kevin Feige Confirms Stone can be seen pointing to someone in the crowd while she was on stage in one video, and she can be seen waving at Garfield as she walked out in another.…
Mark Kerr, a mixed martial arts fighter, is Dwayne Johnson’s new dramatic part. A24 revealed on Wednesday that the 51-year-old former wrestler will play the MMA and UFC champion in Benny Safdie’s upcoming movie The Smashing Machine. “Dwayne and Benny are both very talented, and the way they see Mark’s story is truly uplifting. “We are deeply honored that they have put their trust in us to work with them on this very special project,” Noah Sacco of A24 told The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. Safdie, who is 37 years old, co-directed Uncut Gems with Adam Sandler and Good Time…
After people said mean things about her looks and her new boyfriend Benny Blanco, Selena Gomez told them the truth. After the author of Rare Beauty and her boyfriend announced their relationship with music producer Benny Blanco, they got a lot of negative tweets about how they looked. The singer didn’t hold back when she replied. People were commenting on the @Popfactions account that someone called Benny “so unhandsome.” Selena answered, “I feel bad for you.” Following that, Selena got negative comments about how she looked, which made her talk about the plastic surgery she had. Read More: Selena Gomez…
Following his split from his wife Deborra-Lee Furness, Hugh Jackman is once again looking for love. Someone with inside information says that the Wolverine star is dating Sutton Foster, who used to work with him on Broadway in the revival of The Music Man until the beginning of this year. As of September, Jackman and his longtime wife are no longer together. However, Foster has been married to Ted Griffin since 2014 and is still together. There has been no outward sign that they are no longer together, and neither of them has filed for divorce. Read More: As Strike…
Mark Wahlberg Is A Dad Like All The Others “My teen son or daughter won’t stop playing video games.” “My daughter thinks she knows everything, and my wife Rhea Durham and I are brain dead in a lot of ways,” he tells PEOPLE at the Las Vegas opening of his movie “The Family Plan.” The Oscar-nominated actor said on The Talk in October 2022 that he and his family had moved from Los Angeles to Nevada so that they could have a “better life and pursue their dreams,” whether that was his daughter becoming an equestrian, his son becoming a…
The birthday love for Taylor Swift comes from her best friend Selena Gomez. She posted a picture of herself with Swift on Wednesday to celebrate the singer’s 34th birthday. She wrote, “Happy Birthday to the goddess that is @TaylorSwift.” She also put a picture on her Instagram Story that said “I love you.” The real picture of the two friends holds up a mirror while Swift kisses Gomez on the cheek. Swift is wearing a turtleneck sweater and a plaid miniskirt that go together, and Gomez, who is happy, is wearing a snakeskin jacket and a miniskirt that go together.…