Month: December 2020

Donald Wildmon, founder of the American Family Association, an SPLC-designated hate group that received funding from the federal government. (YouTube) Anti-LGBT+ hate groups and schools that ban gay teachers because of their sexuality have been handed millions in coronavirus relief funds in the United States. More than $5 billion was handed to organisations under the
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Here on Crime Fiction Lover we promise never to fool around when it comes to your favourite literary genre. That’s why we bring you five new crime reads just about every week here in our On the Radar column. Every week the selection is varied and fascinating, and this time we’ve got everything from an
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7. Colin, Tony And The American Girls Colin’s (Kris Marshall) journey to Wisconsin (of all places to choose from in the United States) to meet American girls who he thinks are obsessed with British men isn’t the most romantic, rational, or realistic story in Love Actually, but in a movie that’s admittedly excessively sappy in
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Impersonator Kelly O’Brien sang the Dolly Parton “Jolene” cover to celebrate COVID-19 vaccine. (YouTube/ Anna Morris. “Vaccine”, a parody of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene”, has been released to celebrate the start of the COVID-19 vaccination programme. Dolly Parton has become a global hero in the fight against coronavirus after it was revealed that she donated $1
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If some stars’ names sound too good to be true, that’s because, most likely, they are. Believe it or not, a lot of celebs change their names when they enter the entertainment industry. Whether it’s because fans have a crazy hard time pronouncing them, or there’s a childhood nickname that just stuck over the years, plenty of
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The candle Otherland Gilded Collection Nordstrom.com $36.00 To make for a truly luxurious winter evening, you need to cater to all of the senses. A fragrant candle is a must, and this collection from Otherland offers spicy, zesty, woodsy, and leathery options that run the seasonal gamut . Find a scent that’s spot-on for your pal (we
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Ellen DeGeneres during a taping of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (Getty/Brooks Kraft) Staff on The Ellen DeGeneres Show have said ratings, advertising and celebrity bookings are tanking since the show became embroiled in a toxic workplace scandal. DeGeneres found herself at the centre of a media storm in July when former and current employees alleged that the
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FKA twigs (L) and Shia LaBeouf. (Getty) FKA twigs is suing her former boyfriend Shia LaBeouf for sexual battery, assault and emotional distress after he, she claimed in a lawsuit, knowingly gave her a sexually transmitted disease. Their relationship was rumbled by “relentless abuse”, the musician claimed in a lawsuit filed in the Los Angeles
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Back during the Golden Age of mystery writing the festive whodunit was a tradition. One of the many characters in The Dead of Winter curls up with Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot’s Christmas as he is trapped with others on an island cut off from the mainland by a blizzard. Nicola Upson continues the custom of
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Lil Wayne has pled guilty to one count of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, as TMZ reports and the Department of Justice confirms. The original charge stemmed from a December 2019 incident, in which authorities searched Wayne’s private plane upon its arrival at Miami-Opa locka Executive Airport and discovered
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Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg is back in the Oscar race with Another Round (Druk), a film whose star, Mads Mikkelsen, calls “an embracement of life.” The drama has an intriguing premise: four weary high school teachers test the theory that a constant level of modest inebriation opens our minds to the world. The friends experience
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The Daily Mail has been accused of implying that LGBT+ refugees from Russia and Albania “are undeserving of asylum” in the UK on the grounds of their sexuality. The newspaper has come under fire over a report on the number of people who were granted asylum in the UK in 2018 to escape homophobic and transphobic persecution. “Many
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