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TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. — Virgin Galactic rocketed to the sting of house with its first vacationers Thursday, together with a former British Olympian who purchased his ticket 18 years in the past and a mother-daughter duo from the Caribbean. ...

A 14-year-old rapper and social media star who was reported to have died has mentioned she is in reality protected and alive.A press release on Lil Tay's Instagram account on Wednesday, purportedly from her household, mentioned she and her brother had each died. But the TMZ web site quoted her as saying her account had been "compromised" and used to unfold "jarring misinformation" about her and her sibling.In a press release offered by her household to TMZ, she mentioned: "I want to make it clear that my brother and I are safe and alive, but I'm completely heartbroken, and struggling to even find the right words to say."It's been a really traumatising 24 hours. All day yesterday, I used to be bombarded with infinite heartbreaking and tearful cellphone calls from family member...

Phil Mickelson has wagered greater than $1 billion during the last three many years and wished to position a $400,000 wager on the 2012 Ryder Cup whereas enjoying for Team USA, in accordance with a much-anticipated e-book by famend gambler Billy Walters. ...

Visitors to a preferred seaside have been urged to not go away socks at a memorial for a Harry Potter elf.Dobby the house-elf is a personality within the widespread ebook and movie sequence about JK Rowling's younger wizard. Fans created the memorial at Freshwater West in Pembrokeshire, on the seaside the place his loss of life in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 was filmed.People have been leaving pebbles - some with messages on them - on the shrine for a few years. Image: The Dobby memorial at Freshwater West. Pic: Richard Thomas But environmental considerations have been raised after individuals have additionally been leaving socks on the filming location. Dobby himself as soon as obtained a sock...

The lengthy watch for the following Grand Theft Auto recreation might be delivered to an finish subsequent 12 months, its writer has teased.Take-Two has not launched a brand new instalment within the acclaimed crime collection since 2013, with Grand Theft Auto V on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Numerous re-releases for subsequent consoles have helped it turn into one of the profitable leisure merchandise ever made, with greater than 185 million copies shipped ultimately depend.Its widespread on-line mode, the place gamers can spend actual cash on quite a few in-game objects, has additionally contributed to producing about $6bn (£4.7bn) in complete income.Speaking at an investor name this week, Take-Two government Lainie Goldstein teased the corporate was getting ready for "reco...

Kuwait has banned the movie Barbie in a bid to guard "public ethics and social traditions," whereas a Lebanese minister has made strikes to censor the movie on grounds it "promotes homosexuality and sexual transformation".The Kuwaiti ban got here shortly after Lebanon's tradition minister Mohammad Mortada criticised the film, saying it "contradicts values of faith and morality" by diminishing the significance of the household unit. Barbie, directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, has taken greater than $1bn (£784m) in field workplace gross sales worldwide - a cool "Barbillion" as it has been dubbed. It is the primary movie by a solo feminine director to surpass the billion-dollar benchmark.Mr Mortada mentioned the storyline helps rejecting a fathe...

Sir Billy Connolly has unveiled 4 new artworks on the market.The much-loved Scottish comic, 80, has been a eager artist since 2012, and has unveiled the brand new drawings by way of the Castle Fine Art gallery. The items have been launched by way of his Born on a Rainy Day artwork collection and are being bought for £1,250 every - although they are often purchased as a set for £4,500 framed or £3,300 unframed.The items are named Pontius Tries Pilates, One Armed Juggler, Nightmare and Drunk Donkey."The Big Yin" stated he at all times wished to offer Pontius Pilate a "keep-fit name", including the thought got here to him when his spouse joined a pilates gymnasium. Image: Pontius Tries Pilates He added: "I said ...

Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have been honoured of their residence city with a pair of statues to have a good time their musical achievements with The Rolling Stones.The bronze sculptures, dubbed The Glimmer Twins, seize Sir Mick strutting with a microphone whereas Richards strums a guitar. Created by artist Amy Goodman after she was commissioned by Dartford Borough Council, the statues have been unveiled at One Bell Corner in Dartford on Wednesday.Ms Goodman stated that sculpting the works had been "one of the hugest honours" of her profession and referred to as the expertise "very overwhelming".She stated the method of making the work, which concerned making fashions, casting into bronze and assist from the Talos Art Foundry workforce, took a few 12 months. ...

The punk artist who designed the quilt for the Sex Pistols file God Save The Queen has died on the age of 76.Jamie Reid was greatest identified for his work on the sleeve's controversial defaced portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. He additionally labored with the Sex Pistols on their album Never Mind The B*******.Brighton artwork sellers the John Marchant Gallery, which labored with Reid for 25 years, shared information of his loss of life in an Instagram publish.Posting {a photograph} of the artist, they wrote: "We sadly announce the passing of Jamie MacGregor Reid 16 January 1947 - 8 August 2023, Artist, iconoclast, anarchist, punk, hippie, insurgent and romantic. "Jamie leaves behind a beloved daughter Rowan, a granddaughter Rose, and an enormous legacy. Universal Majesty, Ver...

NEW YORK — Hip-hop was born within the break - that second when a track’s vocals dropped, devices quieted down and the beat took the stage. At the f...