Day: May 8, 2024

US and Philippine military forces sink ship during largescale drills in disputed South China Sea

11:06 am May 8, 2024

U.S. and Philippine forces, backed by an Australian air force surveillance aircraft, unleashed a barrage of high-precision rockets, artillery fire and airstrikes Wednesday and sank a mock enemy ship as part of largescale war drills in and near the disputed South China Sea that have antagonized Beijing. Military officials and diplomats from several countries watched […]

Michael Douglas feels intimacy coordinators take ‘control away from filmmakers’

11:00 am May 8, 2024

Michael Douglas is getting real about the use of intimacy coordinators on set. During a recent interview with Radio Times via The Telegraph, Douglas compared the process of filming sex scenes to how it was done in the past versus today, with an intimacy coordinator on set. “I’m past the age where I’ve got to […]

Mexico implements visa requirements for Peruvians in effort to slow migration to US

11:00 am May 8, 2024

Julia Paredes believed her move to the United States might be now or never. Mexico was days from requiring visas for Peruvian visitors. If she didn’t act quickly, she would have to make a far more perilous, surreptitious journey over land to settle with her sister in Dallas. Mexico began requiring visas for Peruvians on […]

Purdue star, NBA Draft prospect Zach Edey throws putrid first pitch at Cubs game

10:57 am May 8, 2024

Stick to basketball, Zach Edey. The Purdue big man was invited to throw out the first pitch at Tuesday’s Chicago Cubs game, and, well, it was not great. Give him credit. The 7 feet, 4 inch star, rocking his No. 15 on the back of the royal blue pinstripes of the Northsiders, went to the […]

California Gov Gavin Newsom roasted over video promoting state’s ‘record’ tourism: ‘Smoke and mirrors’

10:00 am May 8, 2024

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has his head in the clouds – at least that’s the case with a new video he posted to tout what he says are “record-breaking tourism numbers” in the state. In the video, Newsom appears to be suspended high in the air above the Golden Gate Bridge, leading some online to […]