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‘Star Wars’ Han Solo Movie Releases First Cast Photo

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‘Star Wars’ Han Solo Movie Releases First Cast Photo

Donald Glover may be the next Simba for the upcoming live-action Lion King movie but, he still has work to do on the set of the upcoming Han Solo movie.

Donald Glover will work alongside Hail, Caesar breakout star Alden Ehrenreich and grow anticipation for the upcoming Star Wars spinoff, Disney has just released the first-look at the film’s cast, as well as the movie’s directors packed inside the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon.

Star Wars published the photo to mark the start of principal photography at Pinewood London Studios, where Star Wars: The Force Awakens was previously filmed.

In addition to publishing the photo, Disney also confirmed the crew behind the upcoming feature film in a statement. “Crewing the ship will be some of the industry’s top talent, including Academy Award nominee for his work on Arrival, Bradford Young (Director of Photography), Chris Dickens (Editor), Dominic Tuohy (SFX Supervisor), Rob Bredow (VFX Supervisor) and Brad Allan (Action Designer),” Disney explained.

Disney also added some of the returning crew members joining the project. “They will be joining returning Star Wars veteran crew members Neal Scanlan (Creature & Droid FX Creative Supervisor), Neil Lamont (Production Designer), Dave Crossman and Glyn Dillon (Co-Costume Designers), Jamie Wilkinson (Prop Master), Lisa Tomblin (Hair), Amanda Knight (Make-Up) and Nina Gold (UK Casting Director).”

The movie’s directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller also released a statement, “Watching such inspired people from all over the world, with such unique voices, come together for the sole purpose of making art, is nothing short of miraculous,” Lord and Miller said.

“We can’t think of anything funny to say, because we just feel really moved, and really lucky.”

The upcoming Han Solo standalone movie hits theaters on May 25, 2018.

WhatsApp Releases Their Version of Snapchat Stories

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WhatsApp Releases Their Version of Snapchat Stories

When Instagram copied Snapchat’s Stories feature last August, a report found Snapchat’s growth stalled by over 80%. Now, Facebook’s WhatsApp is releasing their version of Snapchat Stories.

On Monday, WhatsApp, a company Facebook owns, became the latest application to launch their version of the stories feature and they are calling it WhatsApp Status.

Instead of users posting a status message, the new feature will allow users to share photos and videos that last for up to 24 hours. The videos can last for 45 seconds, not just 10 seconds, and status updates are only shared within Whatsapp users’ address book and not followers you may not know, like Instagram.

But, that’s not all. WhatsApp’s version of Stories allows for users to share GIFS as a status message.

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This news comes after Snapchat announced Spectacles are now available for sale to Snapchat users the country as the company prepares for their IPO. But, as the company pointed out their paperwork for their highly-anticipated initial public offering, the camera company said their biggest competitor was Facebook. “We face significant competition in almost every aspect of our business both domestically and internationally,” Snap Inc explained. Not to mention, the company pointed out that their competition “mimic our products and therefore harm our user engagement and growth.”

“We face significant competition in almost every aspect of our business both domestically and internationally,” Snap Inc explained. Not to mention, the company pointed out that their competition “mimic our products and therefore harm our user engagement and growth.”

But, these new features implemented by WhatsApp should not become a surprise. Last December, Instagram’s product manager Kevin Weil said the company “built on a format that Snapchat invented.” Weil added, “It’s a format, [and] we believe that format will be universal.”

40% of a Child’s Weight is Linked to Their Parents, Study Finds

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40% of a Child’s Weight is Linked to Their Parents, Study Finds

Research has shown that children with obese parents suffer from mental and motor difficulties, but a new study published in the Journal of Economics and Human Biology suggests being overweight can have a significant impact on a child’s weight.

University of Sussex researchers found that between 35 to 40 percent of fat or thin a child is linked their parents’ genes. Scientists also found a high correlation between obese children and their parents suggesting 55 to 60% of obesity is genetically related.

Moreover, scientists report 20% of a child’s body mass index (BMI) is linked to the mother, while the other 20% was due to the father.

Researchers were able to reach these results by examining the height and weight of over 100,000 children and their parents from across the world.

Lead author, Peter Dolton, an economics professor at the University of Sussex released a statement about the study saying, “This gives an important and rare insight into how obesity is transmitted across generations in both developed and developing countries.”

Dolton added, “We found that the process of intergenerational transmission is the same across all the different countries.”

Obesity is linked to an extensive list of health problems including diabetes and cancer. Previous studies have shown even weekend workouts are beneficial to an individual’s health. But, the study suggests that healthy habits can only do so much.

Dolton explained, “These findings have far-reaching consequences for the health of the world’s children. They should make us rethink the extent to which obesity is the result of family factors, and our genetic inheritance, rather than decisions made by us as individuals.”

A study published earlier this year found obese parents lead to child development issues. Published in the journal of “Pediatrics” researchers found children from obese mothers were more likely to have problems with their fine motor skills.Also, children of obese fathers were also more likely to have issues with problem-solving tasks, and challenges interacting with others.

NASA Hosting News Conference on a Discovery “Beyond Our Solar System”

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NASA Hosting News Conference on a Discovery “Beyond Our Solar System”

NASA will hold a major press conference on Wednesday to reveal a “discovery beyond our solar system.”

The press conference will reveal new information bout planets that orbit stars outside of our solar system, according to a news release. However, NASA has not announced details surrounding the event.

Researchers are searching for life outside of our solar system in hopes of finding planets with similar conditions on planet Earth that could have the necessary materials for life to exist.

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MERRITT ISLAND, FL – FEB 12: NASA logo in Kennedy Space Center on February 12, 2012 in Merritt Island, Florida. It is the launch site for every United States human space flight since 1968. (Songquan Deng / Shutterstock, Inc.)

The live press conference will take place on February 22nd at 1 P.M. EST. The event will be streamed live on NASA’s TV station and their website. Researchers, scientists, and astronomers will be attending the press event. Also, NASA will answer questions on social media when users use the hashtag #AskNASA during the conference. Also, the agency will hold an Ask Me Anything on Reddit, following the briefing.

This news comes after NASA announced the winners of the “space poop” challenge. Scientists, physicians, and engineer were rewarded for their creative ideas on how to poop in a space. While it may sound ridiculous, it is rather difficult to do in space when there is no gravity. NASA called for people to create an innovative way to fix the problem. One of the solutions included using catheters and compartments to collect and store the waste.

Kris Jenner: Filming Was “Therapeutic” for Kim Kardashian After the Paris Robbery

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Kris Jenner: Filming Was “Therapeutic” for Kim Kardashian After the Paris Robbery

The upcoming season of Keeping Up with the Kardashians is only days away. In preparation for the upcoming new season of the hit reality drama, Kim Kardashian is seen recounting what happened to her during the Paris Robbery – where several men broke into her room, held her at gunpoint, and robbed her of millions of dollars worth of jewelry.

While Kris Jenner, the executive producer behind Keeping Up with the Kardashian, has seen the interview, she says she still has not finished watching it.

During an appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres show, Jenner explained, “I just saw some of it. I couldn’t even watch the whole thing it was so upsetting. It was such an upsetting time, and something so awful happened to somebody you love so much. And it’s just like — ugh — it chokes me up every time to think about it.”

Jenner added, “Like, I get choked up just thinking about it and talking about it. But it’s remarkable to listen to her tell the story, and she does that, moment by moment.”

Kris Jenner explains that the details of the Paris Robbery do not air until the second half of KUWTK. However, Jenner revealed filming helped Kardashian recover from the incident.

“When we started filming again and getting up and running, you know obviously Kim was around because we all practically live together on the street,” Jenner explained. “And we started filming and what was coming out of that was very therapeutic for her, I think. To just explain to us and walk us through.”

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Khloe Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner and Kylie Jenner at the Cosmopolitan’s 50th Birthday Celebration held at the Ysabel in West Hollywood, U.S. on October 12, 2015. (Tinseltown / Shutterstock, Inc.)

Jenner added, “She just thinks that it might bring some awareness. You know, it’s changed the way we live our lives and just the way we take care of our kids and our grandchildren. So it’s been a process.”

After the Paris Night robbery, Kim Kardashian stopped filming on the show and posted very few photos on social media. However, months after the incident, Kim Kardashian has slowly resurfaced to the public limelight.

Also, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian have moved out of Kris Jenner’s home. “They moved to their home in Bel-Air. I said to her, ‘I kind of forgot you had a house across town. You should have been living there the whole time!’

This news comes after photos of the Paris night robbery surfaced online revealing the location, evidence, and details from the evening Kim Kardashian was duct-taped and robbed.

Uber CEO Launches Investigation After Sexual Harassment Accusations

Jonathan Antonio
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Uber CEO Launches Investigation After Sexual Harassment Accusations

Fresh on the heels of the #DeleteUber hashtag went viral, Susan Fowler, a woman working for Uber from November 2015 to December 16, has revealed her alleged experiences of sexual harassment and discrimination while she worked at the ride-sharing company.

Following the report, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick ordered an “urgent investigation” into Fowler’s accusations. Also, Kalanick promises to fire anyone who allowed for the sexual harassment to occur at the company.

Fowler, who worked as a site reliability engineer at Uber, said that on her first day at work her manager sexually harassed her.

“My new manager sent me a string of messages over company chat. He was in an open relationship, he said, and his girlfriend was having an easy time finding new partners but he wasn’t,” Fowler explained. He was trying to stay out of trouble at work, he said, but he couldn’t help getting in

“He was trying to stay out of trouble at work, he said, but he couldn’t help getting in trouble, because he was looking for women to have sex with.”

Fowler then took screenshots of the messages and told Uber’s Human Resources department. However, she was told “Even though this was clearly sexual harassment,” it was his “first offense.” As a result, the HR department said, “they wouldn’t feel comfortable giving him anything other than a warning and a stern talking-to.”

Fowler explained HR told her she could transfer to a different team or stay on the same team as the manager that sexually harassed her. However, HR told her if she did stay, to expect him to give her a “poor performance review.”

Fowler then explained, “One HR rep even explicitly told me that it wouldn’t be retaliation if I received a negative review later because I had been ‘given an option.’”

Fowler learned that the manager had done the same thing with other women but, the HR department told all of the women he would not get disciplined because it was his “first offense.”

Fowler added that the company is a “game-of-thrones political war” within the company undergoing “complete, unrelenting chaos.”

Fowler also explained another incident where she a manager discriminated her and other women working at Uber. Uber ordered over a hundred jackets for men, but none for women because only six employees were working at the company. Managers told the women if they wanted a leather jacket, then they would have to “to find jackets that were the same price as the bulk order price of the men’s jackets.”

Fowler explained throughout her experiences at Uber she continued to show “proof” to the company’s HR department including emails and screenshots. Ultimately, an HR rep suggested that Fowler was “the common theme” in all the reports. However, Fowler said Uber never documented a single complaint she had with the company. Also, HR told her she was on “very thin ice” for reporting his manager to HR. As a result, Fowler contacted the Chief Technology Officer, but the company did not do anything because the manager was reportedly a “higher performer.”

Fowler ultimately left the job.

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has ordered an investigation into the sexual harassment and discrimination complaints calling them “abhorrent and against everything we believe in.”

Snapchat Spectacles Are Now For Sale Online

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Snapchat Spectacles Are Now For Sale Online

Snap, Inc, is getting ready for their upcoming their initial public offering at the New York Stock Exchange. Now the most popular app among teens is now expanding their line of features and products with Spectacles.

What are Snapchat Spectacles?

Snap is making their Spectacles Eyeglasses available to the public around the country. Spectacles allow Snapchat users to share 10-second video clips and then upload them directly to Snapchat. Last November, Snapchat debuted the headset in Venice Beach, California and were quickly resold online for up to $1,000 each.

How to buy Snapchat Spectacles?

Now, Spectacles are available to shoppers in the U.S. for $129.99. Buyers can choose from three different colors including: black, blue and red. Consumers who purchase Snapchat’s eyeglasses will have them delivered within two to four weeks.

After someone purchases a pair of Spectacles, all they have to do is pair the device with their phone. The eyeglasses are always on and the LED ring on the front of the glasses turns on once the video start recording. The videos will automatically appear in their memories tab.

The decision to release Spectacles to the public comes after the company is reportedly working on improving their augmented reality technology. The new feature will allow Snapchat users to “identify environmental elements” and interact and augment reality in real time.

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NEW YORK CITY, NY- December 21, 2016: Snapchat’s Snap Inc. Fifth Avenue pop-up store sells Spectacles at Bot vending. (NYCStock / Shutterstock, Inc.)

While, Snap, Inc. calls themselves a camera company instead of a social media company, the decision to sell Spectacles to the public en masse will give Snap the ability to prove to their investors whether or not they are worth the investment. However, it is important to note that Snapchat explained their biggest competitor is Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram.

A recent report suggested Snapchat’s growth stalled by over 80% following the release of Instagram Stories. In fact, Snapchat had the lowest growth quarter after Instagram Stories since the company released their data in 2014.

“We face significant competition in almost every aspect of our business both domestically and internationally,” Snap Inc explained. Not to mention, the company pointed out that their competition “mimic our products and therefore harm our user engagement and growth.”

Kim Kardashian Paris Robbery Photos Surface Online

Jonathan Antonio
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Kim Kardashian Paris Robbery Photos Surface Online

Just days after The Ellen DeGeneres Show posted a trailer for the upcoming interview with Kris Jenner, TMZ now has shared Kim Kardashian robbery crime scene photos.

Last October, Kim Kardashian traveled to Paris for fashion week. One night, she was held at gunpoint and robbed inside her hotel. The robbers gained access into the hotel by threatening the concierge. Once inside Kim Kardashian’s hotel room, the thieves duct taped her arms, legs and mouth while also holding her at gun point.

French news TF1 has released photos related to the armed robbery of Kim Kardashian in October. The photos were obtained by TMZ and give the world an inside look into Kim Kardashian’s hotel on the night of the robbery.

The first few photos give us a look into Kim’s hotel bathroom where she was allegedly forced into a bathtub. In addition, photos of the duct tape used by the suspects to restrain her while the suspects made away with millions of dollars in jewelry.

Four men are facing charges after 16 people were arrested in January in connection to the Paris robbery. According to TMZ, the people involved in the robbery used codes to discuss the crime over the phone.

Following the robbery, most of Kim Kardashian’s lost jewelry was allegedly melted down and sold. However, her ring is still reportedly in the robbers possession because they are afraid to sell it because the stone highly recognizable.

This news comes after the robbers allegedly received all of the information they need to commit the robbery by looking from Kardashian’s social media posts.

Shia LaBeouf Moves Anti-Trump Protest to Albuquerque, New Mexico

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Shia LaBeouf Moves Anti-Trump Protest to Albuquerque, New Mexico

Shia LaBeouf is continuing with his anti-Trump protest. After getting shut down in New York City, Shia LaBeouf moved his anti-Trump art exhibit, “He Will Not Divide Us,” to Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The performance artwork by LaBeouf and performance art collaborators Nastja Säde Rönkkö and Luke Turner first started outside of New York’ Museum of Moving Image on January 20th, Inauguration Day. But, according to Shia LaBeouf’s website the museum “abandoned the project.”

Starting February 20th, the “He Will Not Divide Us” exhibit will appear on a wall outside the El Rey Theater in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Shia LaBeouf broke the news of the new location on Twitter. LaBeouf tweeted, “HEWILLNOTDIVIDE.US  NOW LIVE El Rey Theater, Albuquerque”

LaBeouf planned for the protest to last throughout Trump’s first four years as President of the United States. But after several incidents, including one an altercation that led to LaBeouf getting arrested, the museum decided to close their doors on the performance art exhibition. In a statement, the museum said, “While the installation began constructively, it deteriorated markedly after one of the artists was arrested on the site of the installation and ultimately necessitated this action.”

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CANNES, FRANCE – MAY 15, 2016: Actor Shia LaBeouf at the 69th Festival de Cannes. (Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock, Inc.)

The Museum of the Moving Image added, “Over the course of the installation, there have been dozens of threats of violence and numerous arrests, such that police felt compelled to be stationed outside the installation 24 hours a day, seven days a week.”

What is Shia LaBeouf’s ‘He Will Not Divide Us’ performance art exhibit?

The website behind the “He Will Not Divide Us” exhibit says the performance art collaboration is open to the public for 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for the duration of Trump’s presidency. The performance art exhibit is calling for others to say “He will not divide us” as a way to show “resistance or insistence, opposition or optimism”.

Jay Z’s TIDAL Releases ’17’, a Short Film to Fight Social Injustice

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Jay Z’s TIDAL Releases ’17’, a Short Film to Fight Social Injustice

The rapper, entrepreneur, and father is expecting twins with his Grammy award-winning wife, Beyoncé. But, Jay-Z is focusing on building his music streaming business and fighting social injustices with his music app, Tidal.

Tidal has partnered with social justice group, Sankofa.org, to premiere 17, a 17-minute short film inspired by people who became victims of police and racial violence. The video includes music from hit recording artists including Ty Dolla $ign, Raphael Saadiq, Mali Music and Elijah Blake.

Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz wrote and directed the musical short film. The video centers around a 17-year-old named Jacobi Nelson as he experiences racism and police violence.

To mark the release of the short film, Sankofa.org and Tidal have launched a social media campaign called #IAM17. The social media campaign is being used to encourage others to share their stories of experiences they had at 17.

In a press release by Tidal, 17 is an introduction to Sankofa’s upcoming debut compilation album. The organization was launched by singer Harry Belafonte four years ago to connect artists and leaders to work together to fight injustice and human rights issues.

The exclusive Tidal content open to TIDAL members and non-members. A portion of all funds raised from the 17 short film will be used to support Sanokfa.org’s social justice grassroots partners who are “working and organizing on the front lines for progressive social change.”

Jay-Z’s Tidal deal with Sprint

This news comes after Sprint purchased 33% of Jay Z’s Tidal last January. As a result, Sprint will make TIDAL available to Sprint’s 45 million costumers and will provide exclusive content to Sprint costumers. In a statement, Jay-Z commented on the Sprint partnership by saying, “Sprint shares our view of revolutionizing the creative industry to allow artists to connect directly with their fans and reach their fullest, shared potential.”

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