Sabrina Carpenter hit back at a group of record producers who criticized her sexy image as “offensive” and called her lyrics “lazy.”The singer stressed that the comments made by English songwriting and record production trio Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and Pete Waterman were “totally regressive.”The trio of producers recently made very harsh remarks about Sabrina Carpenter, claiming that the singer’s actions were a setback for women’s rights.Article continues below advertisementSabrina Carpenter Calls Out ‘Regressive’ Record ProducersMEGADuring a conversation with The Sun, Carpenter addressed the scathing comments about her image and music made by top English record producers.The singer, clearly displeased…
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INVESTIGATING AN IMAGE CAPTURED IN THE FOG OF WAR Nghe said he took the iconic photo of Kim Phuc on Jun 8, 1972. He said he went to the town of Trang Bang that day as a driver for an NBC news crew and captured the image of Phuc running down the street, crying and naked with arms outstretched. He said he sold his image to the AP for US$20, and they gave him a print of the photo that his wife later destroyed. Representatives for the AP, who saw the film for the first time Saturday at the premiere,…
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Witnesses say they saw rebels entering the centre of the eastern city of Goma amid gunfire, as the UN calls for an end to the offensive.Gunfire rang out across parts of Goma, the largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), hours after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels said they had seized it despite the United Nations Security Council calling for an end to the offensive. The armed group announced the city’s capture in a statement early on Monday, as the DRC government said their advance was a “declaration of war” by Rwanda and the UN…
Like many Dallas Cowboys fans, Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Irvin doesn’t approve of the team’s head-coaching hire.On Friday, the Cowboys named Brian Schottenheimer their next head coach. Schottenheimer has been the team’s offensive coordinator for two seasons but has no head-coaching experience. In a clip posted to his YouTube channel on Saturday, Irvin — who starred for Dallas for 12 seasons — skewered the Cowboys and said they should’ve hired Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders instead. “Here’s my issue. We lost an opportunity here. I don’t know what happened with coach Schottenheimer, but [owner] Jerry Jones is a shrewd,…
Millions of Europeans will go to the polls this year in a test of the right-wing movements that surged in 2024’s historic elections — and of the liberal order that so many disgruntled Europeans turned against.Voters in Germany, Austria, France and the Netherlands have shown the potency of this new populist wave. What’s behind their dramatic shift? We asked them. In more than two dozen interviews across the continent, Europeans who voted for far-right parties talked about casting their ballots in fury, in frustration, in protest, but perhaps most of all in a bid to bring change to a system…
Purchasing power can vary greatly depending on where you live.A new Bankrate study examined data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis to see where the cost of living takes the largest (and smallest) portions of a paycheck. In the report, “cost of living” is defined as the money required to live in a certain area to cover the basics, including groceries, housing, utilities, transportation, and healthcare. It also factors in specifics, from apartment rent to the price of cooking oil.San Francisco topped the list with living costs taking the most bite out of the average worker’s wages. There, buying…
Any astronauts reaching the surface of the moon will be greeted first by a plume of dirt, sent flying by the boosters of their spacecraft. They will emerge and put bootprints in the dirt, take samples and study the dirt, and eventually they may use the dirt to make the fuel and other supplies needed to maintain a long-term lunar presence. When it comes to exploring the moon, it’s all about dirt. Planetary physicist Philip Metzger at the University of Central Florida is the king of moon dirt, or regolith. In 2013, he cofounded a group of research labs at…
Multiple people were injured when a vehicle drove into a crowd in Philadelphia after the Eagles beat the Washington Commanders at home to advance to the Super Bowl.Police said the vehicle drove into pedestrians, possibly accidentally, at an intersection along Broad Street, where throngs of fans customarily gather to celebrate big Eagles victories.The number of people struck or hospitalized was not immediately available. Video from the scene shows Philadelphia Fire Department personnel working on the injured in the street.Police said a driver was in custody. “Does not appear intentional at this time,” the department said on X.NBC Philadelphia showed video…
Australia’s internet regulator says X refused to take down a video of a high-profile stabbing in Sydney that was watched by Axel Rudakubana just before he murdered three young girls in Southport.The body, eSafety, said it “noted with great sadness” that Rudakubana viewed the violent footage of the attempted murder of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel.It said other major tech firms complied with its request to take the video down, but X – owned by Elon Musk – only blocked it in Australia, meaning Rudakubana was able to view it minutes before leaving his home to carry out his deadly attack.The…
Brussels has been eager to oust Hungarian leader Viktor Orban. The prime minister has grown bolder in his battle against Ukraine regarding the nation blocking gas imports from Russia. Orban has not declared that he may not renew the European Union’s required sanction on Russia unless Ukraine renews the Russian pipeline deal. A final decision will be made today. “Now the issue of extending sanctions is on the agenda, I have put on the handbrake and asked European leaders to understand that this cannot continue,” said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, speaking to state broadcaster Kossuth Radio. “Hungary cannot be made…