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Nashville Theater Shooting: Shooter Reported To Be Dead

A man wielding a pellet gun and an ax was shot dead by police after attacking theatergoers with pepper spray and exchanging fire with authorities inside a screening of Mad Max: Fury Road at a movie theater near Nashville, Tenn., officials said. The shooting at the Hickory 8 Theater in Antioch, Tenn. follows soon after a movie theater shooting in Lafayette, La. left three dead last month. The Nashville Police Department’s bomb squad detonated a backpack containing a fake bomb left behind by the shooter late Wednesday afternoon.

Nation: WHITE HOUSE WEST San Clemente, California

TIME August 15, 1969 12:00 AM GMT-4 FOLLOWING the most hectic fortnight of his presidency, Richard Nixon paused last week to recharge. Accompanied by Mrs. Nixon, he flew cross-country to spend a month at the new summer White House—a ten-room Spanish-style villa on a 75-foot cliff overlooking the Pacific at San Clemente, Calif. Cotton Point is ideal for the privacy-loving Nixons. Shielded from the road by a stand of eucalyptus trees, the five-acre estate offers both solitude and convenience.

Netflix Doc 'The Program' Exposes the Troubled Teen Industry

No farting without permission. No looking in the mirror. No smiling. These are some of the countless rules that teens had to follow at Academy at Ivy Ridge, a disciplinary boarding institution that operated in upstate N.Y. between 2001 and 2009. Marketed as a school that would help troubled teens, in reality, many Ivy Ridge attendees endured mental and physical abuse and were made to take part in cult-like activities. Their stories come to light in the new documentary series, The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping, out March 5 on Netflix.

Passover Food and Drink: How Coca-Cola Became Kosher for Passover

Starting when Passover begins on Friday night, Jews who are keeping kosher for the holiday must forgo foods with wheat, corn and other grains for the eight-day festival, severely restricting their diet. But one luxury is not out of reach: Coca-Cola. The Atlanta-based soda maker provides a kosher-for-Passover version of its mainstay cola, identifiable by its yellow cap. Unlike most commercial sodas in the U.S. that are sweetened with corn syrup, this concoction uses sugar, helping it pass muster for those avoiding grains—and making it popular among those who say they prefer the flavor.

Princess Inikpi: Do you know the story of this princess of the Igala people?

The legend of Princess Inikpi is morbid but empowering. She is remembered among the Igala people as a very beautiful and intelligent princess, whose selfless commitment and sacrifice helped rescue and keep the survival of the Igala nation. Though some parts of the historical recount differ depending on who is telling the story, there are many parts that are clear. ADVERTISEMENT Princess Inikpi was the only beloved daughter of Ayegbu Oma Idoko, the then Atta of Igala kingdom.

Queen Elizabeth's Style Evolution Over the Years in Pictures

Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne wasn’t just characterized by her impressive reign and noted diplomacy. The monarch’s fashion over the years consistently favored regal elegance over fads, with an impressive post-coronation wardrobe that spoke to the deep understanding she had of her role as a leader of her country—leaving us with a sartorial legacy that ranks as one of the most iconic in the world. Much like her public life, the Queen’s wardrobe was a visible manifestation of her intensive role as a British monarch.

Rating the outfits of Nigerian celebs at Netflixs Queen Charlotte premiere

Here’s our rating of the outfits of Nigerian celebrities at the Queen Charlotte premiere in South Africa. Over the weekend, many Nigerian celebrities attended the premiere of Netflix’s series, Queen Charlotte. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7scHLrJxnppdkuaqyxKyrsqSVZLOiv8eipqdnopbBqrrGZquhnV2kwrWyyK2qZqeWYruqs8SroJqmXZiyrbHBrGSarF2jsrWyy6KvrGWhqrKmuoycn5qqnKTBtbGMqamepZmav6Z7yZ2rapqbpQ%3D%3D

Reality TV star Nengi shows off new butt cheek tattoo

The 25-year-old, who shot to fame on the highly acclaimed Big Brother Naija lockdown edition, took to her Instastory to share a photo and video of her latest body art. Nengi said she was delighted and satisfied with the intricately designed tattoo, which reportedly took an impressive six hours to complete and reportedly cost ₦17 million. Nengi shows off her new ink Pulse Nigeria ADVERTISEMENT Even with her initial reservations about enduring the lengthy session, she commended the tattoo artist for their skills and dedication, affirming that the final result was worth every minute of the process.

Rebel Wilson (Actress and Producer)

Profession: Actress and Producer Biography: Rebel Wilson is an Australian actress, best known for her role as Fat Amy in the Pitch Perfect film series (2012-2017) for which role she won the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance. Her career began on Australian television, with the comedy series Pizza (2003-2007) and a sketch comedy show called The Wedge (2006-2007). These roles provided the basis for her to begin writing and producing, such as the series Bogan Pride (2008), and for her eventual move to the United States.

Review: Ava DuVernay's Origin Humanizes the Writing Process

Making a movie about the writing of a book is an almost impossible mandate. How to translate the process—the research, the long, lonely hours of filling screen after screen with prose, the invisible band of self-doubt that can encircle a writer during the toughest times—into terms that work visually on-screen, that draw an audience into a mode of work that’s intensely private? Ava DuVernay pulls it off intelligently with Origin, playing in competition at the Venice Film Festival, which follows journalist Isabel Wilkerson, played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, as she brings her 2020 book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents from conception to completion.