TV chef in hot water after ‘horses—’ Chinese food diss
“Bizarre Foods” host Andrew Zimmern has been axed from prime time on the Travel Channel amid the controversy over his assertion that Chinese food in the Midwest is being served in “horses - - t restaurants.”
The celebrity chef’s “Bizarre Foods” juggernaut franchise and sister show, “The Zimmern List,” have been bumped by network owner Discovery, Inc. into a graveyard rotation slot on Saturday mornings to run their course, Page Six has confirmed.
Filming has stopped on both shows midseason, sources tell us, and is not expected to continue further.
The move comes after the James Beard Award-winning chef offended the Asian-American community in comments to promote his Midwestern Chinese restaurant chain by saying: “I think I’m saving the souls of all the people from having to dine at these horses - - t restaurants masquerading as Chinese food that are in the Midwest.”
His comments sparked outrage, with Ruth Tam writing in the Washington Post, “[He] has the noble cause of ‘saving’ white people from eating bad Chinese food. When Chinese people make Americanized Chinese food for white people, Zimmern calls it ‘horses - - t.’ But when he does it, it’s ‘unique.’ ”
Eater also fumed, “Zimmern simultaneously denigrates Philip Chiang . . . and elevates himself to the position of being the person capable of opening middle America’s eyes to the myriad regional cuisines of a vast, diverse culture.”
Eating humble pie, Zimmern responded, “I am completely responsible for what I said and I want to apologize to anyone who was offended.”
A Travel Channel rep insisted Zimmern wasn’t given the chop because of his insensitive comments, but admitted his remaining episodes have been relegated, saying, “The shows, along with other food content on Travel, will no longer air on prime time, but on Saturday mornings in rotation. This decision came before Andrew’s comments were made.”
It is believed Zimmern’s shows on the Cooking Channel and the Food Network will continue as scheduled.
His rep didn’t get back to us.
This article originally appeared in Page Six.
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How About 6 Vaccines In One? FDA Approves New Vaccine From Sanofi, Merck
Would you rather have one shot or multiple shots? Unless you are an aichmophiliac, your answer would probably be one.
Aichmophilia is the obsessive interest in sharp or pointy objects. Not sharp like a hounds-tooth jacket, but sharp like knives, swords, and needles. For everyone who does not have aichmophilia, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved a combination “diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-hepatitis B-poliomyelitis-invasive haemophilus influenza type B disease” vaccine.
Vaxelis is a hexavalent vaccine, which is a heckuva lot of valents. The prefix hexa- means six. So, a hexapod is an insect with 6 legs. A hexagon is a shape with 6 sides. A a hexa-doughnut would be a doughnut with 6 of something.
A vaccine’s valence is the number of different types of antigens the vaccine contains. An antigen is something that stimulates your immune system to react. Usually, for a vaccine, it is either a part of or the entire body of a virus or bacteria. The vaccine essentially says, “hey, check this out immune system. This is what you want to be ready to defend against.” Therefore, a vaccine isn’t a mysterious concoction but a way of exposing you to a microorganism without you actually getting the disease.
Of course, this name wouldn’t quite flow off the tongue and the acronym DTPHPHIB spells absolutely nothing with far too many consonants. Therefore, Sanofi and Merck, who developed the vaccine in a joint-partnership, are calling this combination vaccine Vaxelis.
The valence of a vaccine then translates into the number of different types of microorganisms that the vaccine can protect you against. A monovalent vaccine has a single type of antigen and stimulates your immune system to ward off one type of microbe. A bivalent has two and protects against two. A trivalent vaccine like the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, has three. A quadrivalent has four. A pentavalent vaccine has five like the diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whole cell), hepatitis B (rDNA) and Haemophilus influenzae type B conjugate vaccine. This is often referred to as the DTP-HepB-Hib vaccine, which is much easier to say and sounds a bit like a cheer.
Therefore, the hexavalent Vaxelis is designed to offer protection against six diseases and significantly reduce the number of shots you need to get as a little kid. Thus, to be fully immunized against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, polio, and invasive haemophilus influenza type B disease, you will only have to get three doses of Vaxelis between your turning 6 weeks and turning 5 years old. If you are already older than 5 and have been through all the traditional shots, sorry. If you are going to drift past the 6 week to 5 years old age range into old age before 2020, you are also out of luck. Sanofi and Merck won’t be able to get their production lines in place to offer the vaccine widely until at earliest 2020.
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Janet Jackson is accused of removing a monument to her brother Michael from his childhood home for a video shoot and replacing it with a white board
- The stone tribute was erected outside Jackson’s childhood home after his death
- It disappeared last October and police said at the time that the family had it
- But a year later the huge monument has been replaced by a white board
A giant Michael Jackson monument which was mysteriously taken from his childhood home has been replaced with a white board.
Neighbours in Gary, Indiana, accused his sister Janet of removing the impressive plaque, although the family later claimed that it had been taken down temporarily and would be put back soon.
But a year on and there’s no sign of the huge plaque but instead a paper message board has appeared in its place, hanging on the railings.
The monument disappeared at the end of October last year and eagle-eyed locals said it was the same time as Janet came into town for her US tour – she was playing in nearby Chicago and visited the home the next day.
Gary Police Lt. Thomas Pawlak said at the time: ‘I guess it was taken down to do a video shoot. They are planning to do some landscaping in the spring. Once they are done, they’ll bring it back.’
Now tourists are complaining about the missing plaque and accusing the family of theft. Claudia T on TripAdvisor wrote: ‘Sad that the plaque was removed from front yard by family. They should put it back!!’
Another, called Dialjo, was furious that the family had taken the most impressive thing about the house, saying: ‘There is really nothing to see but a gated house. There are a few plaques and a place to leave a message on a white-board. Bring your own marker – the one their (sic) is dry.’
The stone was a mammoth epitaph to the King of Pop and paid its respects to the singer on one side, engraved with the words ‘Never Can Say Good Bye’.
The other side was adorned with pictures of Michael through the ages and a biography.
Now the only sign that the house ever belonged to the Jacksons is a plaque in the pathway which says ‘In Loving Memory of Michael J Jackson – You Gave Us A Lifetime of Love’ from all the Jackson family.
The other side was adorned with pictures of Michael through the ages and a biography.
Now the only sign that the house ever belonged to the Jacksons is a plaque in the pathway which says ‘In Loving Memory of Michael J Jackson – You Gave Us A Lifetime of Love’ from all the Jackson family.
The nine Jackson brothers and sisters, plus mum Katherine and dad Joe, lived at 2300 Jackson Street, all crammed into the two-bed house. Michael lived there until he was five years old.
One neighbor posted at the time of it going missing: ‘Just recently I noticed that the MJ memorial in the front yard has been removed.
‘To my knowledge, there has been no mention of where it went. It actually coincided with Janet’s time in the area performing in Chicago. I’m sure she might be able to shed some light on this. I’d be more than open to hear from her.’
Article via DailyMailUK
When to watch the Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse in January
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – Stargazers rejoice — you won’t want to miss this upcoming event that’s poised to be one for the books!
On Jan. 20 and Jan. 21, you’ll get a chance to see both a total lunar eclipse and the first supermoon of the year simultaneously!
It will be visible in the skies of all North of America, South America, plus part of Europe and Africa.
A total lunar eclipse happens when the moon and sun are on opposite sides of the earth. As the moon travels through Earth’s shadow, the moon will appear to have an orange tint, which is why it’s called a “blood moon,” according to Space.com.
Some are actually calling it a “super blood wolf moon” because lunar eclipses can occur only during a full moon and the first full moon in January is also known as a “wolf moon,” according to CNN.
The January lunar eclipse will occur when the moon reaches the part of its orbit where it is closest to Earth, also known as the perigee.
This means the moon will appear bigger, thus the name “supermoon.”
NASA says the January lunar eclipse will last about an hour.
For those of you in Louisiana, you’ll see the eclipse reach totality — the point at which it appears completely orange/rusty — from 10:41 p.m. to 11:43 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 20.
If you’re thinking of catching the next one, mark your calendars — the next total lunar eclipse is predicted for May 26, 2021.
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Jordan Peeles Us Movie Trailer
From the writer director of Get Out Jordan Peele has got another horror that will make you go hummmmm? Coming March 2019
‘Sesame Street’ Did Grover Drop the F-Bomb?!
Grover may have taken his “blue” schtick a little too far — because it sounds like the muppet may have dropped an f-bomb on “Sesame Street.”
… or maybe he didn’t.
IT’S LIKE THE BLUE OR WHITE DRESS DEBATE FOR YOUR EARS!!
Here’s the deal, Grover was talking with another muppet about cameras during a recent episode … when he made a very excited comment.
Some people think he said, “Move the camera, yes, yes, that sounds like an excellent idea.”
Others think he said, “Yes, yes, that’s a f*cking excellent idea.”
So, is Grover’s mouth dirtier than Oscar the Grouch‘s trash can? Or are people with dirty minds just hearing what they WANT to hear, instead of what Grover actually said?
It’s just like the “Yanny” vs. “Laurel” debate all over again … except this time puppets and kids are involved.
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Macaulay Culkin legally changed his name to Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin
The results are in, and “Macaulay Culkin” is the winner. That’s what people voting on what Macaulay Culkin should change his middle name to overwhelmingly decided in a poll on the actor’s website.
So now the Home Alone star’s full name will be Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin, per USA Today. He announced the results in a Christmas Day tweet, in which he said he would legally change his middle name from its current “Carson” in 2019. Culkin announced the poll to change his middle name in November, and voting was open until Christmas Eve.
Options included the victorious “Macaulay Culkin” (60,990 votes); “TheMcRibIsBack” (14,558 votes); Kieran (13,559 votes); “Publicity Stunt” (9,644 votes); and Shark Week (7,515 votes).
(Culkin reprised his Home Alone role this year.)
via: http://www.newser.com/story/269117/macaulay-culkin-heres-my-new-middle-name.html
Former Walmart Santa Arrested After 2 Kids Found Buried in Backyard
A Georgia man employed by Walmart to portray Santa Claus was arrested after police found the bodies of his two kids buried in his backyard.
Elwyn Crocker Sr., 50, of Guyton, was arrested Dec. 21, accused of concealing the death of another person and cruelty to children in the first degree.
His 33-year-old wife, Candice Crocker; his 50-year-old mother-in-law; and that woman’s 55-year-old boyfriend have also been arrested for the same charges.
The arrests were made after Effingham County Sheriff’s deputies received a tip that Crocker’s daughter, Mary Crocker, was missing and they went to search the home, according to USA Today.
The girl had reportedly been missing for weeks, according to a Facebook post by the department. Her brother, Elwyn Crocker Jr., went missing in November 2016, when he was 14. No missing person report was filed for either child.
The bodies of both children were found “just inside the wood line,” a few feet from each other, police told USA Today. The day they were found, Dec. 20, would have been Mary Crocker’s 14th birthday, according to NBC News.
More tests are needed to determine the cause and manner of death, including toxicology reports, Effingham County Coroner David Exley told the media.
“I’ve been doing this 41 years and … I almost broke down in tears,” Sheriff Jimmy McDuffie said at a news conference. “It’s that bad. I cannot understand how you do children like this. It’s horrible.”
A third child was found alive in the home and was taken to the hospital for observation, NBC News reported.
A man who lived near the suspects told WSAV TV that he has a clear line of sight to their home and said that after Mary Crocker was last seen in public, he saw Elwyn Crocker Sr. using a shovel numerous times in the area where the kids’ bodies were found.
During the holiday season, Elwyn Crocker Sr. worked as Santa at the Walmart in Rincon, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Walmart spokeswoman Tara Aston released this statement to USA Today:
We’re devastated at this news. After reviewing the circumstances, we terminated Mr. Crocker. We are shocked at what has been reported and will do whatever we can to assist law enforcement.
HuffPost reached out to the Effingham County Jail to see if the suspects are still behind bars, but calls were not immediately returned.
A Black Man Called His Mom From a Hotel Lobby. Then He Was Kicked Out.
by Mihir Zaveri
A black man was staying in a Doubletree hotel in Portland, Ore., when he called his mother from the lobby, only to be told by a white security guard that he was trespassing and be escorted out of the building by the police.
The Dec. 22 encounter was captured on cellphone video by the man, Jermaine Massey, who posted it that night on Instagram, where it was shared widely. In other videos, Mr. Massey, 34, acknowledges that he has become part of the continuing documentation, through cellphone videos and social media, of black people being confronted by white authority figures or bystanders while going about their everyday lives.
“I’m afraid to just do normal things now,” Mr. Massey said in an interview Friday, calling the encounter racial profiling. “I’m cautious about what I’m doing, and how people are perceiving that, and I shouldn’t have to think twice about where I take a phone call, or what part of the hotel I can visit.”
Paul Peralta, the general manager of the Portland Doubletree, said in a statement on Friday that “we sincerely apologize to Mr. Massey for his treatment this past weekend, and deeply regret the experience he endured,” adding, “It was unacceptable and contrary to our values, beliefs and how we seek to treat all people who visit our hotel.”
Mr. Peralta said the hotel would ask a third party to “conduct a full investigation into the incident — reviewing our internal processes, protocols and trainings to ensure we are creating and maintaining a safe space for everyone.”
The hotel employees involved in the encounter have been placed on leave during the investigation, Mr. Peralta said. He did not answer further questions about who specifically would be put on leave.
Doubletree is part of Hilton Worldwide. The Portland Doubletree is independently owned and operated, a Hilton spokeswoman said. She said Hilton had “zero tolerance” for racism and was working with the Portland hotel’s management.
The incident was one of numerous widely publicized confrontations this year in which people have called the police on black people for innocuous activities. In October, the police were called on a black man who was babysitting two white children. A white apartment complex manager in Memphis was fired after she called the police on a black man wearing socks in the pool on the Fourth of July.
On the afternoon of Dec. 22, Mr. Massey checked into the Doubletree hotel, then went out to dinner and to a Travis Scott concert before returning around 11 p.m., he says in the videos.
He saw that he had missed a call from his mother and called her back from his cellphone in a secluded spot in the lobby. After a few minutes of discussing what he described as a private “family matter” with her, a security guard, who is white and has not been publicly identified beyond his name plate, which read “Earl,” walked up to Mr. Massey and asked what room he was in, Mr. Massey said.
“I said: ‘I don’t know, I’m having a conversation right now. Can you leave me alone right now?’” Mr. Massey recalls in the Instagram videos.
The guard then said that Mr. Massey was trespassing and that he was going to call the police, according to Mr. Massey.
At this point, the videos that Mr. Massey recorded of the encounter begin, showing the security guard standing over him and telling him that the police will arrive soon to escort him off the property. Mr. Massey points out that he is a guest at the hotel.
“Not anymore,” the security guard responds.
Another hotel employee — whose position is not clear in the video — walks over, and says the guard “wouldn’t ask me to call 911 without any cause.”
The second employee tells Mr. Massey to calm down and asks him what the problem is.
Mr. Massey then shows the guard and the other employee the envelope containing his room key.
The videos of the encounter end with a Portland Police Bureau officer telling Mr. Massey that the security guard is “in control of the property.”
Mr. Massey says in his later videos that he left the hotel after collecting his things from his room so as “not to make a bad situation worse.” The encounter with the police was not hostile, said Greg Kafoury, a lawyer for Mr. Massey.
Sgt. Chris Burley, a spokesman for the Portland Police Bureau, said in a statement on Friday that the hotel had the authority to ask Mr. Massey to leave, and that the police officer had offered to help him get to a new hotel, which Mr. Massey declined.
Mr. Massey drove himself to a nearby Sheraton.
Mr. Kafoury said that Mr. Massey was not satisfied with the hotel’s response so far, and that it had not publicly specified why he was targeted.
“We’re getting corporate-speak instead of straightforward answers,” he said.
via: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/us/black-man-kicked-out-hotel-portland.html
Alleged victim of Kevin Spacey sexual assault filmed part of incident
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