China Passenger Plane Crashes into Mountain with 132 Onboard, Sparks

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  243 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Play video content UP IN FLAMES New video shows the moment a Chinese passenger plane crashed into a mountainside, causing a huge forest fire ... and 132 are feared dead. The China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 was heading from Kunming to Guangzhou Monday when it lost contact with air traffic control -- and the horrifying footage shows the plane taking a nosedive into a mountainous area. Fire and smoke immediately started billowing from the crash site. [Read More]

'New Yorker' Cartoon Editor Explores What Makes Us Get It

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  701 words  |  Martina Birk

How About Never - Is Never Good for You? By Bob Mankoff Purchase BookPurchase close overlay Buy Featured Book TitleHow About Never - Is Never Good for You?AuthorBob Mankoff Your purchase helps support NPR programming. How? Amazon iBooks Independent Bookstores Bob Mankoff has been contributing cartoons to The New Yorker ever since 1977 and now, as cartoon editor, he evaluates more than 500 cartoons submitted to the magazine each week. [Read More]

`Zoom actor dead at 21

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  673 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

Nathan was studying at Julliard Jared Nathan, a budding actor who as a teenager performed on the popular PBS children’s show “Zoom,” was killed in a car crash. He was 21. [Read More]

Alexis Michalik Compagne

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1004 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Alexis Michalik Compagne – Une histoire d’amour inspirée par sa récente rupture, pour laquelle Alexis Michalik a remporté le Molière du meilleur réalisateur, l’a poussé à prononcer un discours de remerciement sincère. Un maître absolu des arts du théâtre et de la scénographie. La vie personnelle d’Alexis Michalik, 37 ans, n’a pas été aussi fructueuse. Mardi 23 juin, lors de la 32e cérémonie du nom des Molières, le jeune homme hors pair en a profité pour prononcer un extraordinaire discours de gratitude. [Read More]

Whos afraid of the noble false widow?

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  564 words  |  Martina Birk

SpecieswatchWildlifeFor those with vivid imaginations the white markings on the black back of a noble false widow spider (Steatoda nobilis) can look like a skull and crossbones, or in other cases just a skull. Perhaps it is a warning that the spider has a nasty bite. The poison will not be fatal, however, rather on a par with being stung by a wasp and or a bee. The species is one of six similar spider varieties found in Britain, but is not native, having arrived in 1879 in a bunch of bananas from Madeira. [Read More]

Why Christina Aguilera Got Upset When Kelly Clarkson Recorded Her Song

 Posted on August 7, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  496 words  |  Martina Birk

Kelly Clarkson and Christina Aguilera are two of the biggest powerhouse vocalists of the 2000s, so it only makes sense that Aguilera co-wrote one of Clarkson’s hits. Oddly enough, Clarkson wasn’t aware of Aguilera’s involvement with the song. Aguilera got upset over the circumstances that led to Clarkson recording the song. How a song went from Destiny’s Child to Christina Aguilera to Kelly Clarkson According to Digital Spy, our story begins with Destiny’s Child. [Read More]

Chargers' J.C. Jackson Vows To Return From Injury At '110%,' 'Gonna B

 Posted on August 6, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  289 words  |  Martina Birk

Play video content COMIN' BACK BETTER Great news, Chargers fans ... J.C. Jackson tells TMZ Sports his rehab is going super well -- and he now expects to return to the field at "110 percent" in 2023. Jackson spoke with us all about his recovery from a ruptured patellar tendon this week out in Los Angeles, and he said while he's not quite at full strength yet, all signs are pointing toward him coming back to SoFi Stadium better than before. [Read More]

Angie Kim on her novel 'Happiness Falls'

 Posted on August 6, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  35 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

NPR's Scott Simon talks with novelist Angie Kim about her family thriller, "Happiness Falls." It's about a missing father and his special needs son who may or may not know what happened to him.

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Eddie Murphy's Daughter Bria Marries Michael Xavier During Intimate Ceremony: PICS

 Posted on August 6, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  348 words  |  Larita Shotwell

Congrats are in order for Eddie Murphy’s daughter, Bria Murphy and her now-husband, Michael Xavier. On Saturday, 32-year-old actress and 36-year-old actor said “I do” in front of 250 of their closest family and friends in Beverly Hills, California, during a private ceremony.   For the occasion, Bria looked gorgeous in a white off-the-shoulder gown by Netta BenShabu. The groom was dapper in a tux by Knot Standard, styled by Dion Lattimore.   [Read More]