Ice Cube to receive star on Hollywood Walk of Fame this month
Ice Cube will soon receive his very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The superstar will be honored in the category of Recording by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. While Cube is now a sought-after director, producer and actor, he first found fame as a member of the groundbreaking West Coast rap group N.W.A., and then as a critically-acclaimed solo artist in his own right.
The ceremony takes place Monday, June 12 at 2:30 p.m. ET. in front of the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, California. Fans can watch the event via livestream on walkoffame.com.
This Friday, Ice Cube will appear on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher. It'll be interesting to see what his comments will be regarding Maher's use of the "N-word" last week on his show, for which he eventually apologized.
TLC takes it all the "way back" in new music video featuring Snoop Dogg
TLC are back with a brand new music video for their single "Way Back." In the clip, T-Boz and Chili are seen dancing with a large group of dynamic friends at a backyard party.
Of course, no celebration is complete without Snoop Dogg, who appears in the visual as well.
"Way Back" is the group's first single in fifteen years. It's from their fifth and final album, TLC, set for release on June 30. They are also scheduled to perform the track on NBC's Today Show tomorrow at 7 a.m. E.T.
The disc is the group's first release since third member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes was killed in a car accident in 2002. It was made possible via money donated by fans on Kickstarter -- more than 4,000 people together pledged over $430,000 for the group's campaign to create the studio project.
You can catch TLC as headliners on the I Love The '90s -- The Party Continues Tour, kicking off July 7 in Everett, WA. For more information on tickets, head over to ilovethe90stour.com.
TURKS AND CAICOS CIVIL SERVICE PARTNERS WITH CLEMENT HOWELL HIGH CAREER DAY
The Turks and Caicos Civil Service partnered with the Clement Howell High School on hosting a Career Day at the Gustavus Lightbourne Sports Complex in Providenciales on Thursday May 4th, 2017.
The event which was held to assist 3rd Formers in gaining a better understanding of the careers available ahead of selecting their subject areas of concentration for 4th and 5th Form, saw attendance from various areas across government including the Office of the Deputy Governor's Human Resource Directorate, the Attorney Generals Chambers and Office of Public Prosecutions, Customs Department, Dental Department, Sports Department, Police, Culture and Education Departments.
During the course of the day the students were provided with motivational speeches by Deputy Governor, Her Excellency Anya Williams and members of the civil service. In addition, students were provided with advice on which subject areas would prepare them for careers in various areas.
Commenting on the program of activities Deputy Governor Anya Williams said: "It was a pleasure for the civil service to participate in the Clement Howell High School Career Day; to share insight on the various careers that are available in Government and the steps that must be taken in order to prepare for these positions.
We encouraged the students to remain focused and to strive to do well. Reminding them that we live in a competitive society and that in order to succeed they must set a path towards prosperity which could be done by ensuring that at a very young age they made the right choices that would lead them in the correct paths.
As the future leaders of the Turks and Caicos Islands, we encouraged them to do well in their studies which would provide them with access to scholarships and that the Turks and Caicos Islands Community College should be chosen as their next step before seeking to enter the workforce.
We congratulate the staff and students on a successful Career Day and would like to thank them for providing us with an opportunity to make such a contribution."
Could You Be Loved gets a remake by Cedella
CEDELLA Marley has joined forces with party promoter/club owner Kamal Bankay to release a remake of her father's hit Could You Be Loved.Bankay told Splash that he got involved in the project after working with Las Vegas entertainment executive Jason Lema and entertainer Sol Shafer.
Shafer is executive director of music at Hakkasan Group while Lema is a Las Vegas disc jock.
“Tuff Gong's team heard some of the work and then we started discussing giving some of their catalogue a similar treatment. This would essentially bridge the gap between the EDM world and the Jamaica music world,” he said.
“It's one of Bob Marley's biggest and best tracks and his daughter reworking it would provide a story for the whole world to love,” he continued.
FIFA to fast-track host bidding process for 2026 World Cup
The host of the next World Cup will be decided sooner than expected.
FIFA approved a plan to fast-track the bidding process that determines which country will host the 2026 World Cup. An overwhelming majority of its more than 200 members voted Thursday in favor of this decision during its FIFA Congress in Bahrain.
The host country will be selected on June 13, 2018, two years earlier than previously scheduled.
Countries will have until August 11 of this year to express interest in hosting. They must meet a list of FIFA's technical specifications by March 2018.
The United States, Canada and Mexico announced a joint bid last month. If the three-nation deal is approved, it would be the first time the tournament was co-hosted by multiple countries since 2002, when South Korea and Japan teamed up.
The United States last hosted the World Cup in 1994.
Nadal wins 5th Madrid Open Title
Rafael Nadal beat Dominic Thiem 7-6 (10-8) 6-4 to win his fifth Madrid Open title and move into the world's top four.
The Spaniard has now won three straight titles, after his Barcelona Open and Monte Carlo Masters victories, while his record on clay this year is 15-0.
Nadal edged the Austrian in the tie-break of a tense first set that lasted one hour and 18 minutes.
He broke world number seven Thiem early in the second set to set up the win.
Nadal will be confirmed as the new world number four, replacing 18-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer, when the new rankings come out on Monday.
Pope Francis acknowledges backlog of cases
Pope Francis acknowledged Saturday that the Vatican has a 2,000-case backlog in processing clerical sex abuse cases and says criticism of the slow pace was justified.
The pope added that more staff are being added and insists the Vatican is "on the right path."Francis was making his first comments about the criticism levelled at the Vatican's handling of sex abuse cases by Marie Collins, an Irish abuse survivor who resigned from Francis' sex abuse advisory commission in March.
Collins quit because of what she said was the "unacceptable" level of resistance within the Vatican to implementing the group's proposals to better care for victims and protect children from priests who rape and molest them.
Speaking to reporters while flying home Saturday from a trip to Portugal, Francis called Collins "a great woman" and said she was "a bit right" to complain about the slow pace in processing cases.
"Marie Collins was right on that point. But we are on the right path, as there were 2,000 cases backlogged," he said.
Francis didn't respond to the other issues raised by Collins, including the refusal of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith — which handles abuse cases — to create a tribunal to judge bishops who covered up for paedophile priests.
Instead, he focused on explaining why cases can take so long to process.
To improve efficiency, he said he had added more staff to the congregation and that talks were underway about providing more regional help to bishops to ensure their cases are properly documented before they arrive at the Vatican for review.
He denied he had ever agreed to a request for clemency from a paedophile priest
Associates skeptical Comey cleared Trump in Russia investigation
Associates of James Comey are highly skeptical that the former FBI director told Donald Trump he was not under investigation in the Russia probe as the president claimed in a letter firing Comey.
While it is conceivable there was a misunderstanding on Trump's part, the sources said Comey would never have cleared Trump with the investigation still underway.
"While I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation, I nevertheless concur with the judgment of the Department of Justice that you are not able to effectively lead the Bureau," wrote Trump Tuesday in a letter informing Comey of his termination.
Comey, a former United States attorney and deputy attorney general, is known to speak in a deliberate manner. It would have been highly inappropriate to discuss an active investigation and sources close to Comey said he knows better than anyone that one never knows how a probe will end until it's over.
When acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe was asked by the Senate Intelligence Community Thursday about Trump's characterization, McCabe declined to say whether the president was given assurances.
"I will not comment on whether the director and president had that kind of a conversation," McCabe said.
Asked if it "would have been wrong" for Comey to inform a person that he was not under investigation, McCabe said, "We do not typically answer that question."
McCabe also pushed back on White House assertions that the agency’s rank and file lost confidence in Comey. "I can tell you also that Director Comey enjoyed broad support within the FBI and still does to this day," McCabe said.
McCabe told senators that the firing of Comey has not affected his agency's investigation into whether Donald Trump's associates colluded with Russian officials to influence last year's presidential election, and McCabe promised to speak up if there is any effort by the White House to impede the wide-ranging probe.
"The work of the men and women of the FBI continues despite any changes in circumstance," he said, calling the Russia probe "a highly significant investigation," despite White House claims to the contrary.
Changing explanation for Comey firing, Trump says it was his decision
A few days after firing FBI Director James Comey, President Donald Trump offered a pointed evaluation of Comey's character and insisted that the determination was made before an evaluation of him by the Department of Justice.
"Look, he's a showboat. He's a grandstander," said Trump in an interview with NBC's Lester Holt. "The FBI has been in turmoil. You know that. I know that. Everybody knows that. You take a look at the FBI a year ago -- it was in virtual turmoil. Less than a year ago. It hasn't recovered from that."
Trump portrayed the decision as his alone, despite the initial administration depiction of the dismissal as one that came based on the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
"I was going to fire Comey," said Trump. "My decision."
The changing explanation of the decision to fire Comey comes amid word that Rosenstein was so upset with the White House for pinning the firing of Comey on him Wednesday that he was on the verge of resigning, an administration source told ABC News.
The White House initially said Rosenstein's recommendation was the reason Trump fired Comey.
Microsoft warns, cyber-attack over the weekend a wake-up call
A cyber-attack that has hit 150 countries since Friday should be treated by governments around the world as a "wake-up call", Microsoft says.
The computing giant said software vulnerabilities hoarded by governments had caused "widespread damage".
The latest virus exploits a flaw in a version of Microsoft Windows first identified by US intelligence.
There are fears of further "ransomware" attacks as people return to work today Monday.
A statement from Microsoft president and chief legal officer Brad Smith on Sunday criticised the way governments store up information about security flaws in computer systems.
"We have seen vulnerabilities stored by the CIA show up on WikiLeaks, and now this vulnerability stolen from the NSA has affected customers around the world," he wrote.
"An equivalent scenario with conventional weapons would be the US military having some of its Tomahawk missiles stolen."
The spread of the virus slowed over the weekend but this could be brief, experts have warned. More than 200,000 computers have been affected so far.
Many firms have had experts working over the weekend to prevent new infections. The virus took control of users' files and demanded $300 (£230) payments to restore access.