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Published by BANG Showbiz English Rihanna’s new Savage X Fenty sportswear line is “inspired by everyday life”. The ‘Umbrella’ hitmaker – who welcomed her first child, a son, with her boyfriend rapper ASAP Rocky in May – called her athleisure collaboration with Adam Selman “sexy” and “functional”. The 34-year-old singer – whose real name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty – told Vogue: “I was inspired by everyday life. Everything is a sport. Being pregnant is a sport. For me, it was about fit and fabric, and I let Adam play with everything else. The pieces are sexy and snatch you, but it’s functional and that’s what describes the whole Sport collection. Sexy. Functional. Fashion.” Adam – who is a long-time creative partner of Rihanna and has made some of her most iconic looks such as the naked dress she wore to CDFA Awards in 2014 – believes the line of “lingerie-inspired activewear” is unlike “anything else”. The designer told the same outlet: “It’s the perfect marriage of lingerie-inspired activewear that isn’t like anything else on the market. We wanted to create something unique and bold that can speak to the existing customers, but also open up a whole new realm of possibilities for us.” Adam – who has worked with Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, RuPaul and Mick Jagger – thought it important to make the line to be technical while still “sexy”. He said: “Sometimes, when innovation and technology are used in activewear, it gets very techy – I wanted to keep it invisible and sexy, so you feel it, but without noticing it visually. It has all the things we know and love from Savage X Fenty – it’s disruptive, inclusive, bold and sexy, while still being powerful and playful at the same time.” View the full article

Published by Tribune News Service At the Global Fund Seventh Replenishment Conference last month, President Joe Biden pledged $6 billion in U.S. funding to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and strengthen health systems worldwide. The announcement is a welcome sign of the administration’s continued interest in global health as attention to the COVID-19 pandemic wanes. But despite this and other recent commitments, the United States is still doing too little to address the danger of new and resurgent diseases. The recent spread of monkeypox and even polio, though unlikely to reach pandemic levels, underscores this fact. Loo… Read More View the full article

Published by Raw Story By Sarah K. Burris Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has dispatched his “election police” to arrest Florida voters who were told they were allowed to vote by election staff but they weren’t supposed to. A few years ago, Florida citizens overwhelmingly voted in support a ballot measure that restored voting rights to felons who had served their time. So, those felons went to the polls and relied on government employees to tell them what to do. Now they’re being arrested. Republican commentator Alyssa Farah Griffin implied that it was all a political ploy by DeSantis to force Democrats to support pedophil… Read More View the full article

Published by Kaiser Health News Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Related Links Kids’ Mental Health Care Leaves Parents in Debt and in the Shadows As Links to MS Deepen, Researchers Accelerate Efforts to Develop an Epstein-Barr Vaccine Centene Gave Thousands to Georgia Leaders’ Campaigns While Facing Medicaid Overbilling Questions Don’t Drill Your Own Teeth! And Quashing Other Rotten Dental Advice on TikTok What do pandemic preparedness, mental health care services, and over-the-counter hearing… Read More View the full article

Published by Orlando Sentinel ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida adopted a trio of education rules Wednesday that carry out its new culture-war laws, including one that threatens public school teachers with the loss of state certification if they violate requirements of the state’s so-called “don’t say gay” and “anti-woke” legislation. More than 50 people spoke at the State Board of Education meeting held at an Orlando hotel, both to denounce and applaud the new rules, all of which were adopted. The laws were approved earlier this year by the Republican-dominated Florida Legislature and then signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who pushed fo… Read More View the full article

Published by Sports Illustrated By Nick Selbe Perkins: “I’ve decided that I’m going to make a change, and stop running away from myself.” Hampton defensive back Byron Perkins made history Wednesday by becoming the first football player at an HBCU to come out as gay. Perkins, a redshirt junior from Chicago, made the announcement on his Instagram account story, saying that it was time to “stop running away.” “I’ve decided that I’m going to make change, and stop running away from myself. I’m gay,” Perkins wrote. “Let it be known that this is not a ‘decision’ or a ‘choice.’ Yes, this is who I am, this is who I’ve been, and this … Read More View the full article

Published by PopCrush The mother of one of Jeffery Dahmer’s victims is slamming those who dress as the serial killer on Halloween. Shirley Hughes, the mother of Tony Hughes, recently shared that when people dress as the serial killer, it becomes exploitative and can traumatize their families. Speaking to news outlet TMZ, Shirley told them that the costumes were “evil.” “If Netflix hadn’t streamed the show … None of the families would be revictimized … and then there’d be no Dahmer costumes this year,” she added. Last month, Netflix released a series focused on the serial killer. Produced by Ryan Murphy, Dahmer — Mo… Read More View the full article

Published by City AM By Adam Bloodworth My Policeman review: Harry Styles is not yet a good actor, but Styles gives the fans exactly what they want in this gripping LGBTQ drama Amid all the rumours of a feud between Harry Styles, his director-girlfriend Olivia Wilde and their co-star Florence Pugh on the set of Don’t Worry Darling – a rumour that grew stronger when Pugh didn’t turn up to press conferences – you’d have been forgiven for forgetting Styles has another flick out. Not just any flick: one where he gets his naked butt out and, clearly having engaged with an oh-so modern intimacy coordinator, has some of … Read More View the full article

Published by uInterview.com Actor Kevin Spacey began his testimony in his sexual assault lawsuit in New York on Monday and gave on-record responses to the accusations outlined against him by fellow actor Anthony Rapp. Rapp accuses Spacey of touching him inappropriately in a Manhattan party when Rapp was 14 and Spacey was 26, and is seeking $40 million in damages. Spacey is accused of inviting the young actor to a private room, when he then lifted up Rapp “like a groom carrying a bride over the threshold,” and then laid him on a bed and climbed on top of him. Rapp also said in his testimony that he quickly squirmed out an… Read More View the full article

Published by Raw Story By Sky Palma Prosecutors at the Justice Department say there is sufficient evidence to charge Donald Trump with obstruction of justice when it comes to allegations that he mishandled classified documents, although they’re not quite sure on how to indict him, Bloomberg reports. “The team that’s part of the classified records probe has not yet made a formal recommendation to Attorney General Merrick Garland, who would ultimately approve or reject such a move, according to people familiar with the matter,” Bloomberg’s report stated. “It’s also unlikely officials would bring only obstruction charg… Read More View the full article

Published by Raw Story By Sky Palma An Idaho man who was jailed for allegedly yelling homophobic slurs while trying to run over two women with his car is facing a new charge of arson. But according to Idaho law, he cannot be charged with a hate crime, The Advocate reports. Matthew Lehigh, 31, was charged with three counts of aggravated assault and one count of malicious injury to property along with the felony arson charge related to his burning of Pride flags and vandalism at a LGBTQ community center in Boise. “The women were standing next to their vehicle when the suspect intentionally drove his car at them, the w… Read More View the full article

Published by Raw Story By Travis Gettys Donald Trump and his right-wing allies are pushing wild election-fraud conspiracy theories as ballots have already started being cast in some states. Posts on Reddit and other social media sites are purporting to show evidence of ballot stuffing, including photos taken by volunteers from the right-wing Clean Elections USA group, whose members are monitoring drop boxes for so-called “ballot mules,” and the former president has been boosting those claims, reported Vice. “My dedicated dropbox watching team caught this and sent it up the chain. What do you see in the picture?” sai… Read More View the full article

Published by Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump was scheduled to give a deposition on Wednesday in a defamation lawsuit brought in New York by writer E. Jean Carroll after the former president denied having raped her. Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist, sued Trump in Manhattan federal court in November 2019, five months after he denied raping her in the mid-1990s. In denying the allegations, Trump said at the time that Carroll was “not my type.” Trump has accused Carroll of making up the original accusation and said the courts should have thrown out the lawsuit. Alina Habba, a lawyer for Trump, has called the case “entirely without merit.” U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan last week denied Trump’s bid to delay the case, stating that subjecting Trump to a deposition in the case would not impose an “undue burden” on him. An Oct. 19 date was set for Trump’s deposition. Trump had argued that the case should be put on hold while an appeals court decides whether he was acting in his official capacity as president when he called Carroll a liar. His lawyers have argued that Trump was shielded from Carroll’s lawsuit by a federal law providing immunity to government employees from defamation claims. Carroll has said she also plans to sue Trump on Nov. 24 for battery and inflicting emotional distress. On that date, a recently enacted New York state law gives victims of sexual misconduct a one-year window to sue over alleged sexual misconduct even if the statute of limitations has expired. Carroll has accused Trump of raping her in late 1995 or early 1996 in a dressing room at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan. Trump has accused her of concocting the rape claim to sell her book. (Reporting by Luc Cohen; Editing by Noeleen Walder and Will Dunham) View the full article

Published by AFP The replica of Noah's Ark in Kentucky is in keeping with its supposed Biblical measurements: 150 meters (510 feet) long, 15 meters (51 feet) high, and 25 meters (85 feet) wide Williamstown (United States) (AFP) – A full-sized model of Noah’s Ark sitting in rural Kentucky promotes a worldview that draws visitors from across the United States — that the theory of evolution is false. The Ark Encounter and the associated Creation Museum espouse the belief that God literally created the Earth in six days around 4,000 BC. Evangelical Christians flock to see the spectacular staging and sharp denunciations of scientific facts such as that dinosaurs became extinct about 65 million years ago. Visitors also reflect America’s divided politics as the country heads into midterm elections, with creationists often aligned with the Republican Party on issues such as abortion and gay rights. “Dinosaurs are often used by evolutionists to proclaim their worldview. So we’ve taken the dinosaurs back, if you will,” said Mark Looy, cofounder of the ark amusement park and the museum. Standing a few steps from a model of an allosaurus skeleton, Looy said the site offers a different view of dinosaurs — that “most of them perished during the flood about 4,500 years ago.” The museum opened in 2007 in Petersburg, Kentucky, financed by a donation campaign and supported by Answers in Genesis, a group that believes in strict creationism. The Ark Encounter opened in 2016 about 70 kilometers (45 miles) away in Williamstown, and contains a replica of Noah’s Ark in keeping with its supposed Biblical measurements — 150 meters (510 feet) long, 15 meters (51 feet) high, and 25 meters (85 feet) wide. Bible ‘more than a story’ A combo ticket to the two sites costs $85, and Looys says more than a million people a year browse the exhibits — and also enjoy attractions such as zip-lining and a petting zoo Most visitors are committed to the cause. “My husband and I… believe the Earth is about 6,000 years old,” said Suzanne Swindle, a 37-year-old executive from Atlanta who came to show her four-year-old daughter that the Bible “is more than just a story.” However, she does not deny that species “adapt to their environment,” one of the pillars of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. Similarly, Mike Barrington, a 70-year-old former veteran who lives in Louisiana, calls himself a creationist, but he adds that the exhibit’s explanation of dinosaurs “is new to me.” Such contradictions are mirrored in the polls. According to a 2019 Gallup survey, 40 percent of Americans believe God created man less than 10,000 years ago. But other polls ask subtler questions with more options and find about 15 percent reject the theory of evolution, said Adam Laats, a historian at Binghamton University in New York and author of the book “Creationism USA.” Calling oneself a creationist in the United States is more “an identifying mark of a much broader cultural divide,” he said. “Someone would go and say, ‘Oh, I guess I’m a creationist because I don’t like pornography, I don’t want abortion rights, and I don’t want LGBTQ rights.'” Laats said decades of conflict over which institutions in the United States are trustworthy — ranging from justice and politics to science and the media — has created “radically different ideas about truth and reality.” Election issues The themes are at the heart of key midterm elections on November 8 and Laats sees “a correlation between the most archetypal MAGA (Donald Trump) conservatives and the most ardent museum-type creationists.” At the two sites, “you’d find mostly Republicans,” Mark Looy said, and while the attractions must stay away from endorsing candidates, “we don’t shy away from some of the hot button issues of the day.” In one clear example, a dummy video game at the museum reflects a binary reading of the world. Two camps confront each other: “Man’s world,” associated with “abortion” or “gay marriage,” versus “God’s word,” synonymous with “marriage” and “sanctity of life.” The mix of religion, activism and entertainment is also evident at the museum’s Garden of Eden. After strolling through a bucolic landscape with Adam and Eve, visitors arrive in a screening room with projected black and white photos of the Holocaust, drug addicts and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. To reinforce the message, big letters spell out: “Rejection of God’s word led to corruption.” Peggy Mast, a 74-year-old woman from Kansas, agrees. For her, “chaos reigns” in America, where “people are now committing anarchy with the acceptance of the administration of our government.” So the museum is “a wonderful place to reaffirm the very things that we know about God,” she added. View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Jonathan Majors hopes to play the “unbridled” Dennis Rodman. The 33-year-old actor is in talks to play the basketball maverick in the movie ’48 Hours in Vegas’, which tells the story of the sports star’s infamous trip to Las Vegas during the 1998 NBA Finals. Jonathan explained that he is desperate to take on the part of the “eclectic” athlete to test himself as an actor and compared it to his role as the trailblazing Navy pilot Jesse Brown in the film ‘Devotion’. He told Variety: “His character as a man is one that is unbridled. “He’s eclectic. He’s an open mind. He’s an open heart. And, selfishly, you want to play a role like that, because it’s gonna push you to that place. “Jesse Brown teaches me things about my soul and spirit. I know Rodman’s going to too, and I’m just looking forward to getting into it.” Jonathan will arrive in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) as Kang the Conqueror in the forthcoming movie ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ and he can barely believe that he is starring in the popular superhero films. He said: “Every time they call and say, ‘Hey, we need you for this’, it’s another miracle. “Every time there’s an event about it or something breaks about it, I go, ‘Yeah this is real.'” The ‘Jungleland’ star explained that he felt a sense of disbelief when her first saw himself as the supervillain on screen. Jonathan said: “He looks different than I do. He is a different man than I am. He used all my material, but he’s a different cat. “When I first heard the trailer, I didn’t recognise the voice, and he was narrating the whole thing. I was like, ‘What is that?’ I was like, ‘Oh, that’s a great line. That’s a bar; that is a bar.’ “And then they showed who it is and I was like, ‘Oh, oh, oh, okay, cool’.” View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Thebe Magugu is collaborating with Dior for a charity project. The South African designer has been tasked by Dior’s creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri to create a new interpretation of Christian Dior’s New Look – which caused a sensation back in 1947. The task mirrors a second-year assignment he had as a fashion student in Johannesburg and is in aid of the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project, a charity that aids young people in South Africa. Magugu explained that he is honoured to be working with Dior and explained how the brand’s fashion legacy has reached across Africa. The 29-year-old designer said: “I’m from a small mining town called Kimberly, a place which sometimes is completely overlooked on certain maps. But even there people are very familiar with Christian Dior. It sort of revolutionised how women dress.” Magugu also quipped: “It’s like I completed my homework eight years ago.” The designer made his jacket in red with “very small, rounded shoulders” and the skirt a swirling, full-circle style. He has reimagined the New Look’s cinched jacket as a cotton T-shirt, with straps included that allow the wearer to highlight the waist to a degree of their choice. Magugu described the T-shirt as a “universally understood item” that is fronted by two females holding hands in a “powerful symbol of sisterhood”. The designer revealed that the flaring skirt pays homage to the work of Chiuri. He said: “At Dior, I’ve always loved when she’s done the full-circle skirts. I’ve looked at those things forever.” Magugu praised Chiuri for her interest in South Africa and for her attempts to create links with a new generation of fashion designers. He said: “I think it’s quite exciting seeing how two brands from such completely different heritages, histories and geographies come together to sit down and have a visual conversation.” View the full article

Published by Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. consular official spoke on Tuesday with Britney Griner and Paul Whelan, Americans detained in Russia, State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said. “There was a substantial proposal on the table earlier this summer to facilitate their release. Our governments have communicated repeatedly and directly on that proposal, and the Russians should take that deal,” he said at a news briefing. A consular officer spoke briefly on the phone with both detainees on Tuesday, he said without elaborating. (Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis and Doina Chiacu; Editing by Chris Reese) View the full article

Published by Reuters MOSCOW (Reuters) – American WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner, whose appeal against a Russian jail term is due to be heard next week, sent her supporters a message of thanks on Tuesday, her 32nd birthday. The two-time Olympic gold medallist was arrested on Feb. 17 at a Moscow airport with vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her luggage, and was sentenced on Aug. 4 to nine years in a penal colony on drug smuggling charges. Her appeal is due to be heard next Tuesday. “All the support and love are definitely helping me,” Griner was quoted as saying by her lawyers Maria Blagovolina and Alexander Boykov, who spent several hours with her in the Moscow pre-trial detention centre where she is being held. Griner pleaded guilty at her trial but said she had made an “honest mistake” and not meant to break the law. Cannabis is illegal in Russia for both medicinal and recreational purposes. “Today is of course a difficult day for Brittney,” said Blagovolina, who is representing Griner in court. “Not only is this her birthday in jail away from her family, team mates and friends, but she is very stressed in anticipation of the appeal hearing on Oct. 25.” Washington says Griner was wrongfully detained and has offered to exchange her for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer serving a 25-year prison sentence in the United States. It said last week it had had no consular access to her since August. Moscow has also suggested it is open to a prisoner swap. Bill Richardson, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who travelled to Moscow in September, has said he believes Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan could both be released by the end of the year. (Reporting by Filipp Lebedev; Editing by Kevin Liffey and Angus MacSwan) View the full article

Published by Taste of Country Dolly Parton made a trip to New York to officially accept her 2022 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy trophy, which celebrates her decades of charitable efforts, especially her Dolly Parton Foundation and its creation of the Imagination Library. As she accepted her award, the country legend delivered a nearly five-minute acceptance speech that packed in plenty of her signature light-hearted, down-home humor, and also conveyed the sincere gratitude she felt for the award. “I’m proud to have this. I was afraid I was gonna have to take my hair off to get this on,” Parton joked at the beginning of her… Read More View the full article

Published by New York Daily News Benoit Blanc is here and apparently queer. The Stephen Sondheim-loving Southern sleuth that Daniel Craig portrays in the “Knives Out” films has been outed. During a press conference Sunday at the London Film Festival, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” director Rian Johnson confirmed the sexuality of the beloved character. The filmmaker was asked whether Blanc was queer after a scene in the film appears to show him living with another man. “Yes, he obviously is,” Johnson replied. In the sequel to the 2019 star-studded blockbuster, set to start streaming on Netflix Dec. 23, the dapper detectiv… Read More View the full article