RELATED STORIES MTV has “severed ties” with The Challenge star Dee Nguyen over a pair of since-deleted tweets in which she made light of the Black Lives Matter movement and the death of George Floyd. Nguyen on Saturday tweeted, “Idk why some of u think I’m anti BLM. I’ve been saying that since the day […]
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Janet Street-Porter sparks uproar with Boris baby jibe ‘Should’ve planned arrival better’
“Hang on a minute, they’re in the middle of Brexit negotiations but they can’t think about having a baby?” Schofield remarked. “Well if you want to be Prime Minister where do you place all your [priorities] – Street-Porter continued but was interrupted by Willoughby. The presenter defended: “You don’t know, we don’t know anything about […]
Walmart reportedly ditches planned streaming service to focus on Vudu
Walmart has abandoned its plans to launch a new streaming video service, according to a report from CNBC. Instead of throwing resources behind a new product, the company will instead focus its attention on expanding its existing video platform Vudu. In response to the report, Walmart told Variety that Vudu is its focus but “to […]
Seized Ukrainian warships were armed beyond regular loadout & planned moving 'stealthily' – Moscow
Ukrainian ships that were seized last month carried more ammunition than usual, had guns in combat ready-mode and planned to ‘stealthily’ pass the Kerch Strait in violation of rules, Russian border and security officials said. The three vessels were detained on November 25 after they spent hours in Russian territorial waters, ignoring requests of officials […]
The biggest bang: Record-breaking mega-orgy planned for Denver
A Colorado events planner is plotting the world’s biggest orgy in her home city of Denver after a previous attempt failed to get off the ground. Pearl Derriere hopes to entice 1,000 participants, twice the existing world record. A group-sex enthusiast since her teen years, Derriere hopes the event will lead to a “sex positive […]
Falcon/Winter Soldier Marvel Series Planned for Disney's Streaming Service
A pair of Avengers favorites are teaming up on the small screen: Marvel is developing a miniseries about superheroes Falcon and Winter Soldier for Disney’s streaming service, our sister site Variety reports. Empire co-executive producer Malcolm Spellman has been hired to pen the series, which would be one of the previously announced standalone series Marvel is bringing […]
Direct flights planned between Russia's Crimea and Syria
Russia is interested in opening a direct air service to Syria from the Crimean Peninsula, according to Crimea’s regional governor Sergey Aksyonov. Read more “We are looking at opening air service between Crimea and Syria,” he told journalists. The peninsula and the Arab country are also interested in opening a steamship line. “Some ports need […]
WSJ: New Nintendo Switch planned for 2019
Nintendo has been on an excellent run between the release of the Switch and its mini retro consoles, and the Wall Street Journal reports that next year its new hardware launch could be a revised version of the Switch. Pitched as a way to “maintain sales momentum” it’s unclear exactly what might change in a […]
Russia gives US intel on planned chemical weapons provocation in Syria
Moscow has briefed US diplomats on a plan by militants to stage a false flag chemical weapons attack in Syria’s Idlib province meant to frame Damascus, the Russian ambassador in the US has said. Anatoly Antonov, the Russian ambassador in Washington, confirmed to the media on Wednesday he had met with the US special representative […]
Ryanair flights: Cancellations affect thousands of passengers – are MORE strikes planned?
Ryanair passengers experienced hundreds of cancelled flights last week due to pilot strikes across Europe. Pilots in Belgium, Sweden, Ireland, Germany and the Netherlands were on strike for 48 hours last Friday (10 August). Approximately 67,000 passengers were affected by the flight cancellations, with it being the fifth day of strike action for Irish pilots. […]