‘Unprecedented’ Hajj begins — with 1,000 pilgrims, rather than the usual 2 million
Islam’s most important annual pilgrimage began Tuesday with just a small fraction of its regular number of worshippers, amid concerns over the…
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Iceland is an outpost of normality amid Covid pandemic
It was a casual hug from an old friend and yet it proved to be so traumatizing. I had arrived back in my native Iceland the day before and now armed…
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Annual El Paso Humane Society Telethon: Paw to paw competition
EL PASO, Texas — Instead of having an in-person fundraising event this summer, StormTrackers Nichole Gomez and Iris Lopez are doing something…
Continue Reading ‘The Witcher’ is getting a prequel on Netflix
“Toss a Coin to Your Witcher” and thank the universe for Netflix. The streaming giant has announced a prequel of its popular show…
Continue Reading Oprah Winfrey launching new show on Apple TV+
Apple TV+ has quickly become the new home of Oprah Winfrey. The streaming service has announced a new series featuring the media mogul. “The…
Continue Reading Paradise lost: Eviction looms for hermit living alone on Italian island
For even more videos from this part of the world head to Great Big Story. For more than 30 years, Mauro Morandi has been the sole inhabitant of a…
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‘El Refinado’ seeks to give Borderland a refined dating experience
EL PASO, Texas — No question the Covid-19 pandemic can place a hardship on couples, making dating nearly impossible and putting a strain on even…
Continue Reading Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas welcome baby
Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner have welcomed their first child. “Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas are delighted to announce the birth of their…
Continue Reading Covid-19 forces LA Michelin Star restaurant Trois Mec to close
Trois Mec, which earned a Michelin Star in 2019, is the latest Los Angeles restaurant to throw in the white napkin after the pandemic destroyed its…
Continue Reading On top of everything else, coronavirus is now ruining summer vacation plans
The arrival of warm summer days and an end to multiple travel bans had lots of us hoping that our much-anticipated vacations could be back on the…
Continue Reading Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae Young are off the market
Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae Young have both flipped and are now ready to ride off into the sunset together. In a match made in real estate…
Continue Reading A Red Lobster employee found a rare blue lobster. Instead of cooking it, the restaurant sent it to an Ohio zoo
A rare blue lobster has received a reprieve after a restaurant sent it to an Ohio zoo for conservation instead of consumption. An Akron Zoo Facebook…
Continue Reading Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are officially Greek citizens
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have a special reason to celebrate this week: they’re both officially Greek citizens. In a picture posted on social…
Continue Reading “The Little Mermaid” composer Alan Menken becomes an EGOT with Daytime Emmy win
Alan Menken picked up a Daytime Emmy, making him a member of the elite “EGOT” group of stars who have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony…
Continue Reading Doja Cat tested positive for coronavirus after downplaying it
Back in early March Doja Cat had some words for those she said were unnecessarily afraid of Covid-19. During an Instagram Live on her verified…
Continue Reading ‘The Kissing Booth 3’ has already been filmed and there’s a teaser trailer to prove it
Just days after “The Kissing Booth 2” debuted on Netflix, the streaming giant has announced that the hit teen romance will become a…
Continue Reading Vietnam to evacuate 80,000 tourists from Da Nang after three residents contract Covid-19
Vietnam is evacuating 80,000 people — mostly local tourists — from the popular resort city of Da Nang after three residents tested…
Continue Reading Kansai Yamamoto, fashion designer, dies age 76
Acclaimed Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto, known for his avant-garde collections and career-defining collaboration with David Bowie, has…
Continue Reading ‘Enter The Dragon’ actor John Saxon dies at 83
American actor John Saxon, who starred opposite Bruce Lee in the classic film “Enter the Dragon,” has died at 83, his wife tells CNN.…
Continue Reading Olivia de Havilland, star of ‘Gone With the Wind,’ dies at 104
Olivia de Havilland, a two-time Oscar winner and for decades the last surviving star of “Gone With the Wind,” has died at the age of 104,…
Continue Reading Actress Spencer Grammer injured after trying to break up altercation, NYPD police source says
Actress Spencer Grammer was injured in New York City while trying to break up an altercation, a police source told CNN on Sunday. Grammer, 36, and a…
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Olivia de Havilland Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of Academy Award-winning actress Olivia de Havilland. Personal Birth date: July 1, 1916 Death date: July 26, 2020…
Continue Reading Roles reversed as a St. Bernard dog was the one that needed rescuing from England’s tallest mountain
St. Bernard dogs are the ones that traditionally have come to the rescue of humans. But in a reverse of circumstances, humans rescued a St. Bernard…
Continue Reading Turkey’s Erdogan orders the conversion of Hagia Sophia back into a mosque
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ordered the conversion of the city’s historic Hagia Sophia back into a mosque after a court annulled…
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Olivia de Havilland, Oscar-winning actress in ‘Gone With the Wind,’ dies at 104 in Paris
PARIS, France — Olivia de Havilland, the doe-eyed actress beloved to millions as the sainted Melanie Wilkes of “Gone With the Wind,” but also a…
Continue Reading Octavia Spencer calls on Hollywood to increase casting of people with disabilities
Octavia Spencer is urging Hollywood to make casting people with disabilities a priority. The actress is part of a new PSA that calls for increased…
Continue Reading British tourists disappointed by UK U-turn on travel corridor with Spain
British tourists have been left disappointed by a UK government decision that requires all people returning from Spain to self-isolate for 14 days.…
Continue Reading The movies will return someday, and here are the ones we’re really stoked about
Even films about impending apocalypses and world crises cannot get us through the very real world crisis we’re living through, at least not…
Continue Reading Naya Rivera’s ex-husband, Ryan Dorsey, shares his grief and says they were together a day before she vanished
Ryan Dorsey, the ex-husband of 33-year-old Naya Rivera, posted a heartbreaking tribute to the actress on Instagram after investigators announced her…
Continue Reading A Nollywood film about two women in love faces an uphill battle in a country where homophobia is rampant
Two women lay in bed in a tight embrace, one is stroking the other’s hair and whispers that she is in love with her. These intimate scenes…
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