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Pope Francis decrees new celebration dedicated to Virgin Mary

noreply@blogger.com (Roselyn Emk) — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 09:06:00 +0000

Pope Francis has
officially declared a
feast day for
celebrating the Virgin
Mary as the "Mother of
the Church." It is the
latest feast day Francis
has instituted to honor
women in the church.

The Roman Catholic Church
now has an official day to
celebrate the Virgin Mary , the
Vatican announced on
Saturday.
Pope Francis decreed that the
feast day, which designates
Mary as the "Mother of the
Church," would be celebrated
on the Monday following
Pentecost. This year, the day
falls on May 21.

The decree stated that the
feast day is intended to
celebrate Mary not only as
the mother of Jesus, but also
as a fundamental figure in
the church.
Francis hoped the feast day
would "encourage the growth
of the maternal sense of the
church in the pastors,
religious and faithful, as well
as a growth of genuine
Marian piety."

The Catholic Church already
has a liturgical celebration
honoring Mary as the
"Mother of the Church" that
began in 1975. Individual
countries, dioceses and
religious orders have also
held Virgin Mary celebrations
for longer periods of time —
but Saturday's decree means
the celebration will now
apply to all of the Roman
Catholic Church.

It's the latest official
celebration that Francis has
decreed to honor women
involved in Jesus' life. In
2016, Francis declared the
feast of St. Mary Magdalene.

'The Emoji Movie' wins Golden Raspberry for worst picture

noreply@blogger.com (Roselyn Emk) — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 08:55:00 +0000

The infamous Razzie
Awards have been
announced, with
voters from around
the world deciding on
the worst movie flops
of 2017. "The Emoji
Movie" — an animated
film staring Sir Patrick
Stewart — was picked
as worst picture.

There were movie flops
aplenty in 2017, with
"Hollywood's recycled trash
heap" hitting an all-time high,
the organizers of the annual
Razzie Awards said in a
statement on Saturday.

The Razzie Awards are
traditionally held a day
before the glamour-filled
Academy Awards, with the
smaller-scale event awarding
Golden Raspberries to the
worst movies of the previous
year.
On Saturday, the
organization proclaimed "The
Emoji Movie" to be the worst
picture of 2017.

The animated comedy features
British acting legend Sir
Patrick Stewart as the voice
of the poop emoji, and is the
first animated film to win
worst picture in the Razzies'
38-year history.
The film also took the
trophies for worst director
— going to Tony Leondis — as
well as worst screenplay and
worst screen combo for "any
two obnoxious emojis," the
organizers said.

Tyler Perry made Razzie history
with his win for 'Boo 2! A Madea
Halloween'.

Tyler Perry as worst
supporting actress

Some 1,000 voting members
also awarded trophies to
other big flops of 2017.

Notably, the voters panned
the erotic thriller "Fifty
Shades Darker" as worst
sequel, while also labeling
one of its stars, Kim Basinger,
as worst supporting actress.
The Saturday ceremony also
made history by awarding
worst actress to a man, Tyler
Perry. The comedian won the
category for his performance
as a black woman in "Boo 2!
A Madea Halloween."

Cruise, Gibson take
punches The Golden Raspberry for
worst actor went to Tom
Cruise for his role in the
much more ambitious
feature, "The Mummy." In it,
Cruise plays a US army
sergeant who accidentally
unleashes an evil spirit from
the era of Egyptian pharaohs.
The movie was aimed at
setting up a large franchise
akin to the Marvel Cinematic
Universe.

However, critics
and viewers panned the
movie upon release, putting
those plans in question.
Mel Gibson also earned a
spot among the Golden
Raspberry winners for his
supporting role in the
comedy "Daddy's Home 2."

'We won't be missing
you'
Razzie organizers also
mocked alleged sexual
predators in the
entertainment industry,
following the series of
scandals unleashed by the
#MeToo movement.

In an Oscar-like "in memoriam"
video, the group showed the
likes of producer Harvey
Weinstein, director Woody
Allen and actor Kevin
Spacey.
"Very sorry ... but we won't
be missing you — or your
kind," the video said.
The winners of the Golden
Raspberry are awarded a
$4.97 trophy consisting of a
plastic strawberry covered in
gold paint.

Although winners
rarely show up to take
ownership of the statue,
Hollywood stars Halle Berry
and Sandra Bullock attended
the ceremonies in Los
Angeles to accept the trophies
in person, in 2005 and 2010
respectively.

Vatican Bank’s Ex-Chief Indicted For Embezzlement And Money Laundering.

noreply@blogger.com (Roselyn Emk) — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 08:36:00 +0000

Vatican prosecutors have indicted Angelo
Caloia and his lawyer over embezzlement losses
of more than $60 million.

New recruits of the Vatican’s elite Swiss Guard march in front of the tower of the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR) during the swearing-in ceremony at the Vatican May 6, 2014.

VATICAN CITY - A former
president of the Vatican Bank has been
ordered to stand trial on charges of
embezzlement and money laundering, the
Vatican said, the highest ranking Holy See
financial official to be indicted.
A statement by the bank, officially known as
the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR), said
the former president’s legal counsel was also
indicted.

The two are Angelo Caloia, 78, who was
president of the IOR from 1999 and 2009, and
lawyer Gabriele Liuzzo, 94. A third person who
was originally under investigation, former IOR
director general Lelio Scaletti, died several
years ago.
Caloia and Liuzzo have both repeatedly denied
wrongdoing. They were not immediately
available for comment on Friday.

The bank said “unlawful conduct” by the three
was carried out between 2001 and 2008 during
“the disposal of a considerable part of the
institute’s real estate assets.”
It said damages had been estimated to be more
than 50 million euro, or about $61 million, and
that the IOR would be seeking compensation for
damages. The trial is due to start on March 15.

PIER MARCO TACCA/GETTY IMAGES
Angelo Caloia, former president of the Vatican Bank, pictured in December 2011 in Milan, Italy.

It was reported exclusively in December 2014
that the Vatican’s top prosecutor, Gian Piero
Milano, had frozen millions of dollars in
accounts held by the three men.
They were suspected of embezzling money while
managing the sale of 29 buildings sold by the
Vatican bank to mainly Italian buyers between
2001 and 2008, according to a copy of the
freezing order reviewed by sources at the time.

In the freezing order, Milano said the men
regularly under-represented the proceeds from
real estate sales in the Vatican bank’s official
books. The men allegedly received the difference
between the real sale prices and the amount
officially recorded separately and often in cash,
according to the order.
Some of the proceeds were deposited in a Rome
bank account that was not registered on the
IOR’s balance sheet, the prosecutor said.

The bank’s internal investigation into the
alleged scam begun in 2013 by then-president
Ernst von Freyberg, a German businessman.
Freyberg commissioned an independent audit of
the sale of properties that had been owned by
the bank after noting suspicious accounting
procedures under previous administrations.
Feyberg, who was president until 2014, began
an overhaul of the bank, which for decades was
embroiled in numerous financial scandals.

Thousands of accounts were closed and last
year Italy put the Vatican on its “white list” of
states with cooperative financial institutions,
ending years of mistrust and providing an
endorsement of efforts by Pope Francis to
clean up finances.

Moneyval, the monitoring body of the Council of
Europe, has said in several evaluations that
while the Vatican has made great strides in
cleaning up the IOR and other financial
departments, it needed to be much more
aggressive in bringing cases to trial.

Roy Moore Is Now Asking For Money On Facebook To Defend Himself

noreply@blogger.com (Roselyn Emk) — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 08:27:00 +0000

The defeated Senate candidate has been sued
by a woman who says he sexually abused her
when she was 14.

JIM WATSON
Roy Moore’s legal fees keep piling up.
Former Republican Senate candidate Roy
Moore has asked supporters for financial
assistance to defend against a defamation
lawsuit brought by an Alabama woman who
accused him of sexually abusing her when she
was 14 years old.

In a Facebook post this week, Moore said his
“resources have been depleted” and he has
“struggled to make ends meet” due to legal
fees and expenses. He thanked his supporters
and encouraged them to make donations to his
defense fund.

“I now face another vicious attack from lawyers
in Washington D. C. and San Francisco who
have hired one of the biggest firms in
Birmingham Alabama to bring another legal
action against me and ensure that I never fight
again,” he wrote in the lengthy screed. He took
the time to excoriate “gays, lesbians, and
transgenders,” “the ultra-liberal media” and “the
Washington establishment.”

During Moore’s campaign last year, an
Alabama woman named Leigh Corfman told
The Washington Post that he had touched her
sexually when she was a teen and he was
32. Her story prompted other women to come
forward with their own allegations about
encounters with Moore that ranged in severity
from sexual harassment to attempted
rape. Some of them were also under 18 at the
time of the incidents.

Corfman filed a defamation suit against Moore
in January after he repeatedly denied her
account.
“[Moore] and his campaign called me a liar and
immoral when I publicly disclosed his
misconduct,” she said in a statement. “By this
lawsuit, I seek to do what I could not do as a
14-year-old — hold Mr. Moore and those who
enable him accountable.”

A donation site for Moore has raised $32,200
out of a $250,000 goal as of Saturday. He has
been asking for money since at least January ,
when he sent an email to supporters requesting
contributions.

Moore was defeated in the Senate race by
Democratic candidate Doug Jones, who was
sworn into office in January. The former judge
has still not formally conceded the loss.

PROBLEM: Syrians Fight For Survival Amid Assad’s Poison Gas Warfare

noreply@blogger.com (Roselyn Emk) — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 08:17:00 +0000

In Syria's Ghouta region, attacks continue even
after a United Nations ceasefire.

Syrian director Humam Husari, right, and cameraman
Sami al-Shami, center, film a scene in the rebel-held
besieged town of Zamalka, Syria, on Sept. 19, 2016.
It’s exactly 3:00 p.m. in eastern Ghouta when Humam
Husari calls. “I’m in the basement,” says the 31-year-
The connection is poor, but it doesn’t break up. There is still
internet in the rebel enclave near Damascus, which has
been under siege by the Syrian regime for five years.
WhatsApp is the only link to the outside.
Syrian President Bashar Assad’s army is trying to bleed
out the area, where about 400,000 people are said to be
trapped. Despite a United Nations resolution on Saturday
calling for a 30-day ceasefire , Ghouta’s government
continued to bombard the region on Sunday and Monday.
“It’s the eighth day in a row that the bombs have been
falling,”. The filmmaker, who has
been based in Ghouta for five years, pauses for a
moment as if to make sure that the air raid is over. “The bombing just got too intense,” he says.
In desperation, the people of Ghouta have sought refuge in their basements. But since reports of renewed chlorine gas attacks have started making the rounds, even the basements don’t feel safe anymore.

Smoke rises from besieged eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria, on Feb. 27, 2018.

Drones Over The City It’s Sunday evening, less than 24 hours after the
international community agreed to a ceasefire. Even
Russia, Assad’s closest ally in the fight against the
rebels, voted in favor.
Airplanes, helicopters, and even drones take to the skies,
Husari says. They register every movement that someone
makes on the street. “Then artillery fire starts
immediately,” he explains.
According to a few shaky mobile phone videos and photos
that spread on Twitter on Monday, the attackers used
chlorine gas. Even at a low concentration, the gas can be
corrosive, damaging the skin and the respiratory tract.
According to the pro-opposition Observatory for Human Rights, one child died, a woman is in critical condition, and at least 13 others are injured.

A boy is treated at a medical center in Saqba, Syria, on Aug. 21, 2013, after government forces fired rockets that released deadly fumes over the rebel-held Damascus suburbs.

The Darkest Day Of The War
People in Ghouta have been victims of toxic gas attacks
before. The chemical attack on Aug. 21, 2013 not only
ended the lives of more than 1,000 people in southwest
Syria, it also became the turning point in the war.
U.S. intelligence quickly pinned the operation on Assad,
and U.S. President Barack Obama announced the
beginning of a military intervention. The Kremlin
increasingly started to take the side of its Middle Eastern
ally, turning the Syrian conflict into a playground for
international hostilities.
For the people of Ghouta, Aug. 21 is probably the darkest
day of this war. “I’ve seen 1,500 people die of the toxic
gas sarin,” says Husari, who made a short movie about
the survivors of the attack.
He knows that the Syrian regime denies carrying out the
attack. So does Russia. On Monday, Russian Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov referred to “nonsense stories from
East Ghouta, which cite an anonymous source claiming
that chlorine gas was used.”
But Husari does not remain anonymous. He knows what’s
happening in his region, and how absurd the regime’s
accusations are that the rebels are using the banned
weapons themselves.
“It makes no sense. Why would the opposition target their
own people?” he said.

A child is treated in the besieged city of Douma, Syria, on Feb. 25, 2018.

Heavy Artillery And No Way Out
While families persevered in the basements of the
settlements, several battles occured on the streets on
Monday between different rebel groups that are involved
in armed resistance against Assad in Ghouta. In this part
of the country, they are almost the last to stand in the
way of the Damascus-Moscow-Tehran axis.
Also among the rebels are Salafists, jihadis and former al
Qaeda cadres. In the city of Douma, the jihadi militia
Jaysh al-Islam is in charge, and in the western part of
the region, it’s the Failaq al-Rahman group, belonging to
the Free Syrian Army. New videos allegedly show fighters
from the Salafist group Ahrar al-Sham firing on Assad
forces in the region with heavy anti-tank missiles.
Any attempt to break through the government’s blockade
on humanitarian access seems futile, just as the
government’s repeated promises of an evacuation seem
improbable. “That is not an option. It just won’t happen,”
Husari tells HuffPost.
Then there is a bang in the background. Briefly, things are quiet. “Artillery,” Husari says, before swiftly
continuing to speak, almost as if nothing had happened. If people can’t even leave their basements, how could an evacuation be possible?

NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES
A man sifts through trash in Douma, Syria, on Aug. 8,
2015, amid the Assad regime's blockade on food and
medicine in eastern Ghouta.
Running Out Of Food And Diapers
Staying in basements, shelters, and hiding places is all
about persisting, especially for children and their mothers.
“There are 10 to 20 births in Ghouta every day,” Husari
says. “In terrible conditions — in the basements.”
There are no more diapers, and food is scarce. “People
are trying hard to find some more grain or flour to bake
bread down here,” he explains.
People are very hungry, which is becoming increasingly
life-threatening, especially for the youngest children. Most
mothers no longer have milk for their babies and don’t
know how to keep them alive.
Doctors, surgeons and medical assistants have also fled
underground. Since the beginning of the bombing, the
Assad regime has been targeting hospitals ― a
treacherous strategy that Damascus and Moscow
deployed during the siege of Aleppo . Thirteen hospitals
have been severely damaged in recent days, according to
Doctors Without Borders .
“Those still working have been set up underground. But
care is very poor,” Husari says.
‘The Last Thing People Here Think
About’
Husari seems calm. Only his frequent sighing reveals how
worried he is. He knows the war is far from over. That
there will be more attacks ― possibly with poison gas.
He reports that people are preparing and collecting water,
vinegar and towels to be able to protect their mouths and
noses in an emergency. But these resources are also
becoming scarce.
The International Committee of the Red Cross has not yet
been able to initiate the delivery of relief supplies for the
civilian population because of the ongoing lack of security
guarantees, a spokeswoman for the German Press
Agency said.
Most urgently needed are medical products, but also food.
The U.N. ceasefire is supposed to create a window of
opportunity for aid deliveries. But the people of Ghouta
have long since stopped believing in such promises.
Nevertheless, Husari does not want to talk about politics.
“That’s the last thing people here think about. For the world, it’s all politics; for us, it’s the struggle for survival,” he says.

Then he sighs again. “I sure would like to explain my political views to you. But I think they couldn’t matter less
at the moment.”

Genevieve Nnaji allegedly married at last!

noreply@blogger.com (Roselyn Emk) — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 07:53:00 +0000

There are fresh reports that Nollywood Star Actress, Genevieve Nnaji has gotten married at last!

According sources, the mother of one secretly traveled to an undisclosed island few weeks ago where she reportedly tied the knot.

The actress has not confirmed nor disclosed the news to anyone but her disappearance and the engagement ring she showed off on her IG page confirms the suspicion.

The identity of the man is still unknown.
Genny has been keeping her private life away from the public since her disappointment with the guy she almost got married to last year.

Recall she planned walking down the aisle in Milan, Italy last year 2016, with her boo Ugochukwu Udezue but it was
called off by him because she wanted their wedding to be secret, which he wasn’t in support of.

Reasons I can't marry Rita Dominic — Jim Iyke

noreply@blogger.com (Roselyn Emk) — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 07:38:00 +0000

Nollywood bad boy actor, Jim Iyke and screen
goddess, Rita Dominic have over the years been linked together on several occasions and the reason is not farfetched as the duo often played roles of lovers in movies back in the early 2000s.
However, Jim Iyke has opened up on his relationship with Rita in an interview.

When asked why he didn’t get married to the actress, he said: “Rita and I met when I was just beginning to embrace fame, and the comforts that came with it. The laurels, the distraction, even the destruction. And Rita is not the kind of woman that hangs around a lot.

We were very deep with each other. We still are great- friends though we don’t speak constantly. As a matter of fact, it may surprise you that we haven’t spoken to each other in over two years. But when we meet, we are cordial, and respectful. There is that deep rooted thing of a man or woman you shared something with”.

I don’t think Rita at that time was looking at longevity, truthfully. Don’t forget, I was the kid with the crazy afro, ready to start a fight anywhere. My life was about having a good time and as many conquests as possible. So, who wants that kind of guy?”

The ‘last flight to Abuja’ role interpreter further
revealed that he has no intention of settling down with the award-winning actress, the reason being that they both work in the same industry and he wants a different experience in marriage. He also gave reasons for his last failed relationship.

“I don’t think so, we come from the same circle, she
knows too much of what I know and I think I know too much of what she knows. You need that opposite attraction to survive the kind of life I live now. I want to come in and hear about your day, I don’t want to repeat what I have done with you.

I need to learn new things from you, I need you to teach me new tricks, and I need to, at least, pretend to be interested in what you are talking about in the evening. A dead
giveaway is the fact that I do know what you are
talking about,
I can fathom and predict it and I can end it, I don’t
want that kind of life. I want someone that is entirely different from my world, someone that can bring me to order.

The amazing relationship I had before now didn’t
work for special reasons and it is obviously because of that. I don’t want a drama queen, I just need a woman that will come to me with something different all the time, I don’t want a predictable life,” he quipped.

50 Cent delivers subliminal jibe to Rick Ross who's battling for his life : Wishes He Dies. See Here

noreply@blogger.com (Roselyn Emk) — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 06:53:00 +0000

It's no news that rappers 50 Cent and Rick Ross are enemies, but with recent news that the MMG boss is battling for his life at the hospital, 50 is still uncompassionate to his longtime rival.

He took to his Instagram to share a photo of Ivan Drago from "Rocky IV", a precise scene where Drago is standing over Apollo Creed as Creed is dying. Drago says, "If he dies, he dies."

Many were quick to figure out that it was subliminal jibe at Rick Ross, who is reportedly on life support after suffering a Heart attack.

Blac Chyna Holds Hands With 18-Year-Old Rapper YBN Almighty Jay: Pics

noreply@blogger.com (Roselyn Emk) — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 06:47:00 +0000

Looks like Blac Chyna has a new -- and much younger -- man in her life!

The 29-year-old model was snapped holding hands with 18-year-old rapper YBN Almighty Jay on Wednesday night in Studio City, California. Rocking bright orange hair, a green bomber jacket and jeans, Chyna smiled big as she showed PDA with the up-and-coming music star, who also dressed casually in jeans and sneakers.

The outing marks the second date for the pair this week -- they were also spotted bowling in Studio City on Monday night.

Backgrid
The young rapper, who hails from Texas, became famous for his 2017 hit, “Chopsticks,” which has over 10 million views on YouTube.

It appears Chyna is putting her recent sex tape drama behind her. Late last month, ET spoke to Chyna's lawyer, Walter Mosley, about the leak of a sex tape allegedly featuring Chyna and an unknown man. The reality star's lawyers spoke out against the release of the tape, calling it "revenge porn."

"It’s a matter for the police to investigate. We’re taking that course of action," Mosley told ET.

When asked if they have any idea who released the tape, he replied, "We can speculate, but we don’t know. We’re going to turn over all of our leaks to the authorities and let them pursue the matter the best way that they’ve been trained to do."

Meanwhile, it looks like Chyna is focusing on her two kids, 1-year-old daughter Dream -- whom she shares with Rob Kardashian -- and 5-year-old son King, whom she shares with rapper Tyga. On Wednesday, she Instagrammed an adorable video of Dream giggling with King in the background.

blacchyna

Although, it appears there's still bad blood between Chyna and the Kardashian family. In a Keeping Up With the Kardashians episode that aired in January, Rob's sister, Khloe Kardashian, claimed Chyna was "taunting" Rob during their highly publicized feud.

Nicki Minaj verbally and physically abused me – Safaree alleges

noreply@blogger.com (Roselyn Emk) — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 15:52:00 +0000

The rave of the moment, Safaree has opened up on his previous relationship with popular female rapper, Nicki Minaj. According to him, he suffered various degrees of physical and verbal abuse while they were together.

Safaree stopped by the Casey Crew Podcast, hosted by DJ Envy and his wife Gia Casey, where he talked about his leaked photos and videos, his rise within the industry, and of course his past relationships.

While reflecting on his relationship with Nicki Minaj, DJ Envy said

“I don’t wanna say you were battered but you were an abused boyfriend…sometimes Safaree couldn’t leave the crib,” he said. “I swear on everything!”

Safaree responded and said,

“Nah, Nah that’s true but it’s because she was sheltered, she’s in her cocoon and I’m there with her. I didn’t really have a life outside of that. I was really comfortable but then the fights and stuff it was getting too crazy. I was like, you know what? I don’t wanna go to jail, I don’t wanna go to the hospital.”

He recalled an incident where Nicki asked him to get one of her bags from another room. However, the manner in which she asked him caused him not to respond to her request.

“I walked away, I’m not a confrontational person and I don’t like to argue. We’re not gonna be doing this all day every day, I’m not gonna have hands put on me and the verbal—it takes a while to get over that,” he said.

Safaree however want further to state that it took him more than 4 years to regain his confidence after the break up with the rapper.

The hip hop star has however been in the news recently for his leaked nude photo that went viral. In the photo Safaree’s huge private part could be seen and this has triggered a lot of ladies to the extent that he began to receive marriage proposals in his private mails.

WENGER ACCUSED OF OUTSTAYING ARSENAL WELCOME BY THE MAN WHO APPOINTED HIM

noreply@blogger.com (Roselyn Emk) — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 09:25:00 +0000

The long-serving Frenchman has resisted calls to step aside in the recent past, but has been urged to walk away by former chairman Peter Hill-Wood

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Arsene Wenger has been accused of outstaying his welcome at Arsenal by Peter Hill-Wood, the man who appointed him back in 1996.

Arriving in England as a relative unknown, the Gunners could never have imagined that 22 years later they would still be working under the guidance of the long-serving Frenchman.

Wenger has proved to be a shrewd addition, with three Premier League titles and seven FA Cup triumphs secured during his reign, but the general consensus among a growing number of Arsenal supporters is that a change in the dugout is required.

Calls for a parting of ways are mounting during another testing campaign, with former club chairman Hill-Wood conceding that an iconic figure is in danger of causing lasting damage to his legacy.

“I clearly am not very happy about what is going on,” Hill-Wood, who stood down at Emirates Stadium in 2013, told the Daily Star.

“I think that there probably ought to be a change of management.

“He has done fabulously well, it is just he has overstayed his welcome.

“I find it very sad because he was the great love of many and then it [overstaying his welcome] has destroyed it all.”

Wenger finds himself under pressure from supporters, former players and pundits, but he has stubbornly refused to waver in his stance.

The 68-year-old has always maintained that he is the best man from the job in north London and he has offered no indication that he is about to walk away.

Quizzed on his current situation, Wenger has said: “I am always ready for a fight. I am of course very disappointed but I have experienced these situations before.

“Yes of course [I am as confident as ever]. I have been in these situations in my life and I know what it takes - experience and the desire to change things.

“Does that desire still burn as strongly? Of course.”

'POGBA WOULD BE BETTER AT CITY OR SPURS THAN MAN UTD' - INCE

noreply@blogger.com (Roselyn Emk) — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 09:20:00 +0000

A former Red Devils star believes the £89 million midfielder is struggling to produce his best in England as he does not suit Jose Mourinho's system

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Paul Pogba is not suited to Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United and would be “a better player” at Manchester City or Tottenham, says Paul Ince.

Questions continue to be asked of an £89 million addition at Old Trafford and his contribution to the collective cause.

There have been flashes of brilliance from the France international since returning to England in the summer of 2016, but they have been countered by all too frequent displays of inconsistency.

Pogba is now seeing his future called into question, following a recent benching, and Ince concedes that the 24-year-old is the wrong fit for a side which places more emphasis on defensive strength than free-flowing Premier League rivals.

The former United midfielder told Paddy Power: “Pogba has been made a scapegoat for the way the team are performing, when he’s the one being played out of position. But he isn’t the only problem.

“If you put the Frenchman into Manchester City’s team, or even Tottenham’s team, you’ll see a better player.

“I don’t believe that the way Jose Mourinho has United playing is suited to him.

“Alexis Sanchez looks as though he’s trying to do everything at once, there’s no connection between the players.

“When you look at Spurs, there are players who work together so well, like [Harry] Kane, [Christian] Eriksen, [Mousa] Dembele and Son [Heung-min].

“They link up together – but it all feels disjointed in the Manchester United attack. They don’t know how to play with each other.”

Ince added on the Pogba poser: “Let’s get one thing straight. Pogba is not a defensive midfield player. But at the minute, he doesn’t fit in the team and the balance isn’t right.

“I’d go as far as to say that [Romelu] Lukaku, Sanchez and Pogba all on the same pitch just isn’t working out at the minute.”

at Old Trafford, Ince echoed those comments.

He said: “David De Gea is the only world class player at Manchester United – Paul Pogba isn’t there yet. Him and Anthony Martial have the potential to be, but there’s still some way to go.

“Fans of the club have an expectation of how they expect the team to play – and they just aren’t doing it at the minute.

“If United carry on playing the way they are, and forcing Pogba to play as a defensive player, you’re going to get supporters turning against you.”

Rick Ross Hospitalized After Being Found Unresponsive at Florida Home

noreply@blogger.com (Roselyn Emk) — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 07:38:00 +0000

Rick Ross has been rushed to the hospital.

Emergency teams were called to the 42-year-old rapper's Florida home on Thursday morning after he was found unresponsive, ET confirms.

According to a dispatch record, 911 was called after someone discovered Ross "slobbing at the mouth" when they tried to wake him. Local police were alerted when Ross, who has a history of seizures, became combative.

Ross is reportedly in a Miami area hospital getting treatment from the cardio unit, with signs that he may have suffered a heart attack. According toTMZ, Ross is on ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, which is essentially a form of life support.

In 2011, the rapper suffered two seizures within a six-hour period. He was hospitalized in Birmingham, Alabama, but later told BET’s 106 & Park, “It was a case of me not getting enough rest, enough sleep. I would get two hours of sleep and keep moving.”

BBNaija 2018: I’m not running away because we’ve had sex – Tobi tells Cee-c

noreply@blogger.com (Roselyn Emk) — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:58:00 +0000

Housemates in the Big Brother Naija 2018 reality show, Tobi and Cee-c have made up again.

Cee-c and Tobi, were both strategic partners right from the beginning of the show until Big Brother separated them.

They have also been caught making love in the house.

Late last week, Cee-c told fellow housemate, Angel that she would not hesitate to report Tobi to Big Brother if he (Tobi) comes close to her again.

Tobi had also complained about her to other housemates, vowing to have nothing to do with her again.

But last night, the two housemates were seen making up, with Cee-c begging Tobi to forget whatever that had happened between them.

Tobi on his own, also told Cee-c not to think he’s running from her because he had sex with her.

According to him, “I lost trust in you. Really I was scared judging from what Angel told me.

“When you began to tell people you’re taking me to Big Brother. See, you took it to this height.

“Anyway, I don’t want you to think maybe because of what we’ve had that I’m now running away from you.”

Cee also apologised saying, “You misunderstood the whole thing. Everyone in the house knows what I feel for you. Right now I feel betrayed.

“I’m sorry for whatever you think I might have done. But we can’t continue like this.

“Even if were not together, we can still talk to each other.”

Heather Locklear Arrested for Domestic Violence

noreply@blogger.com (Roselyn Emk) — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:51:00 +0000

Heather Locklearwas arrested on Sunday night in Thousand Oaks, Calif. on suspicion of domestic violence and battery on a police officer, Capt. Dean Cook of the Thousand Oaks Police Department toldVariety.
Locklear, 56, was charged with one count of domestic violence — a felony — and three counts of battery on emergency personnel, which are misdemeanors.

Police responded to the scene around 9:40 p.m. According to theLos Angeles Times, Locklear claimed an injury prior to cops’ arrival and was taken to a hospital before she was booked at Ventura County Jail. She has since posted $20,000 in bail.

According to audio of the 911 call obtained byTMZ, Locklear’s brother called the police after coming to her home, and finding Locklear and herboyfriend arguing. TMZ also reports that the actress kicked three deputies who tried putting her in custody.“
She was extremely hostile and uncooperative and at one point became combative with the deputies,” Sgt. Eric Buschow of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office told the Times.
The former “Melrose Place” star has been in trouble with the law before.

She was arrested in 2008 on suspicion of driving under the influence. Additionally, Locklear and ex-fiancé Jack Wagner were ordered to appear in court in 2012 after an alleged violent fight.Locklear’s rep did not respond to a request for comment.

The “Spin City” alum recently returned to TV for a guest-starring role in Tyler Perry’s TLC drama “Too Close to Home.”

Bill Cosby's daughter Ensa dies at age 44

noreply@blogger.com (Roselyn Emk) — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:39:00 +0000

Bill Cosby's daughter Ensa Cosby has died, ABC News confirmed. She was 44.In a statement, the Cosby family said they thank "many people for their prayers for their beloved and beautiful Ensa, who recently died from renal disease."
According to theMayo Clinic, renal disease is achronic kidney disease, in which one gradually loses function of that organ.Ensa Cosby was one of five children the 80-year-old comedian has had with his wife, Camille Cosby.
She did not follow in her father's famous footsteps in comedy or acting, but according to IMDb, she did appear in one episode of "The Cosby Show" in 1989.
This is not the first time the Cosby family has lost a child. In 1997, Bill Cosby's only son, Ennis Cosby, was killed at the age of 27 in Los Angeles during a robbery attempt.
The news of the loss of his daughter also comes one week before Bill Cosby is due back in court on March 5 for a pretrial hearing in the retrial of his sexual assault case that took place last summer.

The first attempt by the district attorney from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, to try the comedian for sexual assault ended in a mistrial. After six days of deliberation in June, the jury was unable to render a unanimous verdict on any of thethree counts of felony aggravated indecent assault with which Bill Cosby had been charged.

The trial stems from accuser Andrea Constand's claim that in 2004, Cosby gave her a drug at his home in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, that rendered her unable tostop his alleged assaults.

Bill Cosby never took the stand during the trial and has pleaded not guilty. According to portions of a decade-old Bill Cosby deposition that was read aloud in court, Bill Cosby claims he gave Constand Benadrylto "relax" her during a consensual sexual encounter.

He and his lawyers have always claimed his innocence in the case. Ensa Cosby was always a supporter of her father's, releasing a statement last year to Sirius XMRadio that she believed her father was innocent of sexual assault and that, "Racism has played a big role in all aspects of this scandal. "Ensa Cosby is survived by her parents, and her siblings Erika, Erinn and Evin Cosby.

Parents charged after newborn found in trash

noreply@blogger.com (Roselyn Emk) — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:20:00 +0000

Police in Louisiana say the parents of a newborn have been charged after the baby was found in the trash.
The Town Talk reports 30-year-old Thelma Kirkland and 31-year-old Carl Hall were arrested Friday and charged with attempted first-degree murder.
Police say the child is on life support.
An Alexandria police statement says officers were called to a house on Feb. 21. Upon arrival, they contacted emergency personnel, who were summoned earlier to a report of a miscarriage.
They told officers they arrived, began treating the mother and discovered the newborn baby in the trash.
Detectives learned the baby was placed in the trash after it was born. According to the investigation, the parents then waited over an hour to call for help.
It's unclear if the parents have lawyers.

YouTube's conspiracy video problem is just getting worse, researcher says...

noreply@blogger.com (Roselyn Emk) — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:08:00 +0000

The shooting in Parkland, Florida is only the most recent tragic event to feed a growing network of misinformation videos

There is a vast network of conspiracy videos on YouTube that feeds off tragic events — including the recent shooting in Parkland, Florida — according to a prominent misinformation researcher.

Jonathan Albright, research director for the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, has studied misinformation on YouTube going back to the 2016 presidential election. But even he was surprised by what he found after mapping out the videos that YouTube suggested alongside videos alleging conspiracies connected to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

“I didn’t expect to be shocked when I looked at the results,” Albright wrote in a Medium post published Sunday.

What surprised Albright wasn’t the existence of conspiracy videos. The internet has served as a platform for the paranoid to share their thoughts since its earliest days, a role that first caught wider notice after theories about the 9/11 terrorist attacks reached a growing audience.

Instead, Albright focused on the finding that the many thousands of conspiracy videos that he could identify were being pushed by YouTube’s “Up next” recommendations, which persuade users to stay on the site and watch more videos.
He found that the series of videos served up by the Google-owned platform created a self-reinforcing network that grew stronger as more tragic events occurred.
“Every time there’s a mass shooting or terror event, due to the subsequent backlash, this YouTube conspiracy genre grows in size and economic value,” Albright wrote. “The search and recommendation algorithms will naturally ensure these videos are connected and thus have more reach.”

1) YT conspiracy genre is thriving & grows w/every terror event, shooting, etc.
2) Youtube is propaganda's "endgame" b/c it's where content can be created & fully monetized
3) YT biz model algorithmically incentivizes scaled disinformation campaigns targeting victims of events
— J0nathan A1bright (@d1gi) February 25, 2018

Albright looked at a set of 9,000 clips that he found by searching for “crisis actor” videos on YouTube. A series of conspiracy theories posited that student survivors of the Parkland shooting, who had appeared on TV calling for greater gun control, were not students of the high school at all but rather people who had fabricated their experience for money or attention. The theories have been debunked.
YouTube did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The scale of the problem is not the focus of Albright’s work, but it is notable. YouTube went under the radar for its role in spreading disinformation around the 2016 election, with Facebook and Twitter getting most of the attention.
The network thrives because of the algorithm that YouTube uses to determine which videos to suggest to a user. YouTube displays a list of suggested videos anytime a user looks at any video on its platform. How that list is created is a secret, much like the algorithms that run Google’s search engine and Facebook’s news feed, but it is known to be optimized to keep users on YouTube for as long as possible.

YouTube is the most overlooked story of 2016. It's search and recommender algorithms are misinformation engines. https://t.co/AgMhfgVDN5
— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) October 4, 2017

Albright’s research comes as tech companies face growing criticism over the content that they host, surface and distribute. In response, they have become more willing to remove misinformation or extremist content, or at least limit its spread.
Those efforts have not stopped conspiracy theories from spreading, particularly around breaking news. One conspiracy video about a Parkland student hit YouTube’s “Trending” page, helping it amass more than 200,000 views.
YouTube remains just one part of the broader problem with the spread of what is now widely called “fake news” on the internet, but Albright noted that the platform plays a central role.
“From my experience, in the disinformation space, all roads seem to eventually lead to YouTube,” he wrote.

Eden Hazard ‘set to be offered £300,000-a-week extension’

noreply@blogger.com (Roselyn Emk) — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:56:00 +0000

Real Madrid will have to fork out £200m to land Eden Hazard from Chelsea this summer. (Source: Daily Mail)

Premier League giants, Chelsea, is planning to offer Eden Hazard a huge contract renewal to ward off the growing interest from Real Madrid, according to reports. The Belgian forward, has occasionally been identified as a top target for Los Blancos but Chelsea chiefs want Hazard to agree an extension worth around £300,000-a-week.

The current deal of the 27-year-old runs out in 2020 - meaning Chelsea are under no pressure to sell but the club are desperate to keep their star man happy.

Real Madrid will have to fork out £200m to land Eden Hazard from Chelsea this summer.
— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) February 20, 2018

Hazard's future could depend on the Blues qualifying for the Champions League after slipping out of the top four following their 2-1 defeat at Manchester United. And Real's interest could disappear should Zinedine Zidane get fired for poor domestic form. The Spaniards are also keen on Hazard's team-mate Thibaut Courtois as they look for a long-term option in goal. Despite his ability, Hazard's attitude has been questioned as Chelsea's title defences fell apart under Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte.
And Conte said: "We have to keep the same performance for 90 minutes, and we didn't have a great balance. "Every single player has to work with the ball and without the ball." Coach Zinedine Zidane is a huge fan of the 27-year-old, and the feeling is reportedly mutual as the Belgian star is one of Real's top targets in the coming transfer windows.