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Noomi Rapace Opens Up About Filming With Real Lambs For Suspenseful Horror Film ‘Lamb’

Noomi Rapace wears a chic velvet look to Lamb gala screening on Wednesday night (December 8) in London, England. The 41-year-old actress joined director Valdimar Johannsson and producer Hrönn Kristinsdóttir for the event. Speaking in an interview with THR recently, Noomi opened up about how she filmed with four baby lambs, as well as real babies and puppets for Ada, the sheep who becomes Maria’s daughter. “Working with animals...

New lactation pods on Sentosa launched to give nursing mums more privacy

Nursing mothers who breastfeed their children no longer have to worry about feeling overly exposed in public or having to use a less-than-sanitary restroom when they head down to Sentosa. From today onwards, five mobile, free-standing lactation pods will be placed throughout the family-friendly hotspot for a trial period of six months. Here’s how to use them: How the pods...

Secret plot to invade Malaysia’s Sabah hatched in Philippines: Source

A secret meeting to discuss plans to send an armed militia to invade the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo island is believed to have been held by a senior local government official in the southern Philippines, a senior regional security source has told This Week In Asia. The Dec 1 meeting was conducted by a locally-elected...

Malaysian ex-PM Najib’s 12-year jail sentence upheld in 1MDB-linked case, says appeal court

Malaysia’s second highest court has upheld a 12-year jail sentence previously handed to former prime minister Najib Razak in the first of several criminal cases linking him to the 1MDB financial scandal. The three-judge Court of Appeal ruled that the High Court’s decision to convict Najib of all seven counts in the trial last July was...

‘YYDS’, ‘lying flat’, ‘metaverse’, ‘awakening era’: China’s 10 2021 buzzwords

The following top 10 buzzwords of the year have been released this week by the National Language Resources Monitoring and Research Centre, an institution administered by the country’s Ministry of Education, after checking billions of posts on Chinese social media for trending terms. 1: YYDS or “forever God” The four English letters are the initials of yong...

Canada and Britain join diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics, amid human rights concerns

Canada and Britain have announced diplomatic boycotts of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, joining the US and Australia in taking such action amid allegations of human rights abuses in China. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday (Dec 8) said his government was "deeply troubled" by Chinese rights violations. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly cited concerns about the treatment of...

F1 Racer Lewis Hamilton Sells His NYC Penthouse Apartment for $49.5 Million – Look Inside with These Photos!

Lewis Hamilton has sold his incredible New York City penthouse apartment for a whopping $49.5 million. The 36-year-old Formula One race car driver bought the bachelor pad back in 2017 for $43.9 million, so he earned a big profit on the sale, according to the New York Post. The penthouse has three floors and spans 8,900 square feet of...

Derek Hough Meets the ‘Ted Lasso’ Cast at Producer Jennifer Klein’s Holiday Party

Derek Hough and girlfriend Hayley Erbert look so hot together while stepping out for date night! The 36-year-old Dancing With the Stars judge and the 27-year-old pro dancer were spotted arriving for producer Jennifer Klein’s Holiday Party on Saturday (December 4) at a private residence in Brentwood, Calif. Inside the party, Derek and Hayley met up with Ted Lasso stars Brett Goldstein (Roy Kent) and Toheeb Jimoh (Sam Obisanya). Also at the...

Scooter Braun’s Estranged Wife Yael Cohen Responds to His Divorce Filing, Five Months Later

Yael Cohen has submitted her response to estranged husband Scooter Braun‘s divorce filing. If you didn’t know, Scooter filed for divorce back in July 2021 and at the time, he agreed to pay spousal support and he asked for joint custody of their three children – Jagger, 6, Levi, 5, and Hart, 3.   E! News is reporting that in Yael‘s response, she asked for Scooter to pay spousal support...

“Squid Game’s” Lee Jung Jae Appears on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”

After starring in Netflix’s Squid Games, South Korean actor Lee Jung Jae shot to international fame and was invited as a guest to American talk show, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Accompanied by a translator, the actor introduced himself and shared his thoughts on the success of the hit series. The actor revealed that he could have never have imagined the...