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    Samsung has been working on a new project called 'Neon' and the company been teasing it left, right and center on social media. From what it looks like, Neon appears to be some kind of a mysterious 'artificial human' project wherein we'll see digital humans.
    Obviously it's hard to tell what Samsung has been cooking for us behind the scene, but some of the latest teasers and leaked videos have made it easier for us to understand what's going on.
    A few hours back, the lead of Neon, computer-human interaction researcher Pranav Mistry, sent out a tweet saying that he's flying to CES 2020 in Las Vegas. The tweet was accompanied by an image showing one of the project's avatars. Mistry noted that their “Core R3” tech can now “autonomously create new expressions, new movements, new dialog (even in Hindi), completely different from the original captured data.”
    Flying to CES tomorrow, and the code is finally working :) Ready to demo CORE R3. It can now autonomously create new expressions, new movements, new dialog (even in Hindi), completely different from the original captured data. pic.twitter.com/EPAJJrLyjd
    — Pranav Mistry (@pranavmistry) January 5, 2020 Looking at Mistry's tweet, it certainly looks like they've built some kind of a digital avatar that can act as, say, your digital assistant or even beyond that.
    Not just his, but an unlisted video taken out from Neon's website also revealed even more similar human figures. You can watch the video below and see how real these digital humans look. They certainly don't look like computer-generated graphics.

    The video has left us with more questions than before. Are these computer-generated humans or are these real humans? Can they be programmed to do anything? Will we be able to talk to them? Will they stay on your computer and phones or will they be out in the real world in the form of a robot?
    Quite honestly, nobody has answers to those questions except Samsung. But thankfully, we won't have to wait too long since Samsung will be showcasing Neon at CES in less than 48 hours. So keep your eyes peeled. You might want to stay tuned for this one.

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    In the latest episode of Bigg Boss we saw that the contestants collectively voted out Shefali Bagga from the house. Shehnaz Gill looked upset after Shefali's exit from the Bigg Boss 13 house.
    In the upcoming episode, we are again going to see a lot of twists and turns which will lead to tiffs between housemates. In the latest preview of tonight's episode, we saw Shehnaz slapping Sidharth Shukla.
    Sidharth and Shehnaz have been having problems in their friendship as Shehnaz says that she has an issue when Sidharth doesn't give her enough attention. Meanwhile, Madhurima and Vishal also start fighting and former calls Vishal 'Chottu' and orders him to get tea.
    View this post on Instagram ð¤TODAY PRECAP ð¤ What's your opinion for this Comment ð ð @biggboss__khabar #salmankhan #sidharthshukla #shehnaazgill #vishaladityasingh #madhurimatuli #colorstv #realityshow #voot #mtv #biggbossupdates #biggbosspromo #biggboss13 #biggboss #bb13
    A post shared by Bigg Boss khabarðï¸ (@biggboss__khabar) on Jan 5, 2020 at 11:03am PST
    Vishal refuses and Madhurima is seen beating Vishal with her slippers and later Vishal is seen demanding Madhurima to be thrown out of the house.
    Bigg Boss calls them to the confession room and asks them if they are going to live properly under one roof. 
    Sidharth starts teasing Shehnaz by calling Mahira the only 'sorted' girl in the house and also keeps on calling Shehnaz jealous of Mahira indirectly. Shehnaz is seen breaking down and throwing her 'chappals' at Sidharth.
    She tells Sidharth that he is continuously hurting her and has also maligned her name by calling her jealous.

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    The Australian bushfires and the catastrophic consequences have sent shock waves across the globe as people attempt to fathom what awaits the future of mankind. Over 24 people and over 500 million mammals have already lost their lives in the recent bushfire which spread across acres of land and was estimated to have burnt parts which were over double the size of Belgium. 
    View this post on Instagram Australia ð Photo from NRMA insurance, “help is who we are” campaign. #australia #bushfiresaustralia Sites for good causes you can search & donate to include: www.cfa.vic.gov.au www.givit.org.au www.cfsfoundation.org.au www.redcross.org.au www.koalahospital.org.au
    A post shared by Ocean (@theocean) on Jan 5, 2020 at 3:24pm PST
    As people and good Samaritans on the planet debate about the climate change and the ongoing drought which contributed to the bushfire, many are trying to raise money in order to help the victims. One such person is an Instagram model and influencer based in LA called Kaylen Ward who came up with her own idea of raising money and ended up donating a huge chunk in no time. Kaylen offered to sell nudes to anybody donating towards the bushfire victims and ended up raising over $500,000! She initially thought this would be her bit and whatever she could manage, she'd do. Little did she know that this idea will blow up the internet and her inbox will be flooded with requests and donation receipts.
    I'm sending nudes to every person who donates atleast $10 to any one of these fundraisers for the wildfires in Australia. Every $10 you donate = one nude picture from me to your DM. You must send me confirmation that you donated.
    Please RT #AustraliaOnFire #AustraliaFires pic.twitter.com/VIgzCUy6Wf
    — THE NAKED PHILANTHROPIST (@lilearthangelk) January 4, 2020 Guys. Im so happy right now I am crying. We've officially donated $5,000 to save Australia. Thank you all so much!
    — THE NAKED PHILANTHROPIST (@lilearthangelk) January 4, 2020 While obviously some people judged her choice of raising this money and became keyboard pushers of hate on social media, surprisingly the support she garnered was huge.
    A woman @lilearthangelk raised $100k in a day for charity by sending nudes to people who had proof of donating to the Aussie wildfires and all I gotta say is not all heroes wear clothes.
    — WitchyTwitchy â (@witchytwitchytv) January 5, 2020 I love it not just because she did it, but because she knew she had the platform to do it and make a difference.
    — Bailey Queen Birthday January 11th! (@BaileySeeking) January 5, 2020 However, in recent news, her Instagram account was suspended by the company owing to violation of its policy. Posting sexually suggestive content is against the policy of the app. Kaylen took to social media updating what was happening which sadly includes her family now disowning her for this, but this internet hero of the moment vows to continue doing her bit.
    My IG got deactivated, my family disowned me, and the guy I like won't talk to me all because of that tweet. But **** it, save the koalas.
    — THE NAKED PHILANTHROPIST (@lilearthangelk) January 5, 2020 Instead of being judgemental of her choice, one might just take a minute and analyse the fact that she made use of her resources and her followers and did her bit in whatever way she could. While most celebrities only tweet out messages of condolence and 'condemn' these events, some people like Kaylen do whatever it takes to raise money for a cause. 

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    WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump doubled down on Sunday on a threat to attack Iranian cultural sites despite accusations that any such strike would amount to a war crime.
    After his top diplomat, Mike Pompeo, had insisted that any military action would conform to international law, Trump said he would regard cultural sites as fair game if Iran resorted to deadly force against US targets.
    "They're allowed to kill our people, they're allowed to torture and maim our people, they're allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up our people and we're not allowed to touch their cultural site? It doesn't work that way," Trump told reporters.
    "If they do anything there will be major retaliation."
    Also read: Iran says to forego 'limit' on nuclear enrichment centrifuges
    His comments on his return from a break in Florida followed a welter of criticism over a Tweet on Saturday night in which he said sites which were "important to... Iranian culture" were on a list of 52 potential US targets.
    Tehran's foreign minister had reacted to those initial comments by drawing parallels with the Daesh's destruction of the Middle East's cultural heritage.
    And as Twitter was flooded with photos of revered Iranian landmarks in ancient cities such as Isfahan under the hashtag #IranianCulturalSites, leading US Democrats said the president would be in breach of international protocols if he made good on his threat.
    "You are threatening to commit war crimes," Senator Elizabeth Warren, one of the top Democrats hoping to challenge Trump in November's election, wrote on Twitter.
    "We are not at war with Iran. The American people do not want a war with Iran."
    "Targeting civilians and cultural sites is what terrorists do. It's a war crime," added fellow Senator Chris Murphy.
    In a flurry of interviews on the Sunday talkshows, Secretary of State Pompeo said the US would not hesitate to hit back hard against Iran's "kleptocratic regime" if it came under attack, but pledged that any action would be consistent with the rule of law.
    Also read: How the world is reacting to US killing of top Iran general
    Both sides have traded threats since a US drone strike in Iraq on Friday killed Qasem Soleimani — one of the most important figures in the Iranian government.
    "We'll behave lawfully. We'll behave inside the system. We always have and we always will," Pompeo told the ABC network.
    "The American people should know that every target that we strike will be a lawful target, and it will be a target designed with a singular mission, of protecting and defending America."
    His comments came after his opposite number in Tehran Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted that "targeting cultural sites is a WAR CRIME".
    "A reminder to those hallucinating about emulating ISIS war crimes by targeting our cultural heritage: Through MILLENNIA of history, barbarians have come and ravaged our cities, razed our monuments and burnt our libraries," said Foreign Minister Zarif.
    "Where are they now? We're still here, & standing tall."
    Threat 'Un-American'Nicholas Burns, who served as US ambassador to NATO under president George W Bush, said the Trump administration would be guilty of hypocrisy given it was part of international efforts to deter Daesh from destroying countless pre-Islamic artefacts, including in the Syrian UNESCO-listed site of Palmyra.
    "Donald Trump's threat to destroy Iranian cultural sites would be a war crime under UN Security Council resolution 2347 — supported by the Trump Administration itself in 2017 to warn Daesh and Al Qaeda of similar actions.
    "His threat is immoral and Un-American," said Burns, now a professor at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
    Others drew comparisons with the Taliban's 2001 destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan
    Also read: US 'self-defense' argument for killing Soleimani meets skepticism
    Pompeo refused to give details on the 52 potential targets which Trump said had been drawn up to represent each and every hostage held in the standoff at the US embassy in Tehran four decades ago.
    But one former official expressed skepticism that military planners would agree to target cultural sites.
    "I find it hard to believe the Pentagon would provide Trump targeting options that include Iranian cultural sites," said Colin Kahl who was National Security Adviser to former vice president Joe Biden.
    "Trump may not care about the laws of war, but DoD (Department of Defense) planners and lawyers do... and targeting cultural sites is war crime."


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    Tom Hanks was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes 2020Tom Hanks, regarded as one of the nicest men in show business, was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes on Sunday to mark his 30-year movie career.
    The boyish-looking Hanks, now 63, was presented with the Cecil B. DeMille award at a ceremony where he also was nominated in the best supporting actor race for his role as the late, beloved US children’s television presenter Mister Rogers in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
    Hanks began his acceptance speech by joking about his early career stint on the 1970s TV comedy The Love Boat and saying that he had a bad cold that had made him particularly emotional.
    He thanked his wife, Rita Wilson, and five children before acknowledging a long list of actors and directors who he said had contributed to his long success.
    “You’re a dope if you don’t steal from everybody you have every worked with,” Hanks said, naming Meryl Streep, Meg Ryan, Denzel Washington, and Charlize Theron, among others.
    Hanks made his movie breakthrough in Big in 1988, playing a teenager who wakes up to find himself in the body of an adult.
    He went on to win back-to-back Oscars and Golden Globes in 1994 and 1995 for his roles in AIDS drama Philadelphia and comedy Forrest Gump.
    Tom Hanks was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes 2020Genial and dependable, he has become known as 'America’s Dad' thanks to performances in more than 70 movies, including romantic comedy Sleepless in Seattle, war movie Saving Private Ryan, action film Sully and the voice of friendly cowboy Woody in the Toy Story animated franchise.
    Hanks attributed some of his success in the movies to a lesson he learned while working at a Shakespeare theater festival when he was a young actor: being on time.
    “Showing up on time is one of the greatest liberating acts you can give yourself in a movie,” he said.
    The Cecil B. DeMille award is given annually by Golden Globe organizers the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to an actor, director or producer who has made a lasting impact on the film industry. Past recipients include Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep, Oprah Winfrey, Jeff Bridges and Harrison Ford.


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    Accused in Nankana Sahib protest case. Photo: Screengrab from video on TwitterNANKANA SAHIB: The main culprit accused of orchestrating a demonstration near a Sikh holy site in the small town of Nankana Sahib in Punjab was arrested on Sunday for his role in the affair, according to a representative of the provincial government. 
    The Focal Person (Digital Media) to CM Punjab, Azhar Mashwani, took to social networking website Twitter to make the arrest public, saying that a First Information Report against the accused had been registered by the local police as well. 
    "The main culprit in #NankanaSahib incident Imran has been arrested. FIR # 6/2020 u/s 295A/290/291/341/506/148/ 149, 6 sound system /7ATA has been registered at Nanakan Police Station," said Azhar Mashwani on Twitter.
    Also read: Protesters in Nankana Sahib disperse after assurance of justice
    Protest in Nankana SahibAngry protesters had last week gotten into a scuffle with the police over the arrest of some unidentified individuals in a case involving the marriage of a young couple. The protesters had dispersed after negotiations with the government who assured them of justice. 
    Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Dr Noor-ul-Haq Qadri said the protest was staged by the family and neighbours of a young man who had married a few months ago. The protesters claimed that police had raided the man's house, arresting him and a few others.
    However, PTI's local leader, Shahzad Khalid, spoke to the protesters, assuring them that justice would be provided, after which they dispersed. Interior Minister Brigadier (retd) Ijaz Ahmed Shah had later said that the situation in Nankana Sahib was normal. 
    Also read: Nankana incident 'condemnable', against my 'vision', says PM Imran
    PM Imran condemns incidentPrime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday also condemned the Nankana incident and said it was different from the state-sponsored oppression of minorities in India.
    The prime minister, in a series of tweets, said that the Nankana incident was “against his vision and will find zero tolerance and protection from the government including police and judiciary”.
    'Nankana Sahib symbol of brotherhood'Interior Minister Ijaz Shah had on Sunday visited the town on PM Imran's instructions to review the situation after the incident.
    Addressing a press conference at Gurdwara Janamasthan, he said that all the communities were living with brotherhood and peace in Nankana Sahib and such example could not be found in any other city of the country and the world. 
    He said that anti-state elements were the enemy of the nation and country and they would be dealt with iron hands.


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    Brad Pitt looks forward to running into Jennifer Aniston at the Golden Globes 2020Fans could barely hold their excitement as Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston arrived at almost the same time at the red carpet of the Golden Globe Awards 2020 on Sunday.
    The two Hollywood icons and ex-couple had bagged nominations at the star-studded and glitzy award show and had left fans with bated breath as they arrived nearly 20 minutes apart from one another at the red carpet.
    The Ad Astra actor even expressed that he would be looking forward to his reunion with his former wife as he told Entertainment Tonight: “I'll run into Jen; she's a good friend. The second most important reunion of her year."
    He further spoke about his nomination for Once Upon A Time In Hollywood in the category of supporting actor: “I don't know about that. You know, it's a subjective thing. I just wish there were more awards so more things could get the attention it deserves. There’s always some great work that maybe gets found later."
    Jennifer on the other hand, had bagged the nomination for best actress for The Morning Show.
    The couple had been married from 2000 to 2005 after which Jennifer married Justin Theroux and Brad got together with Angelina Jolie. Neither of their respective relationship however, could last long.


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    US President Donald Trump. Photo: FileWASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump threatened "major retaliation" on Sunday if Iran avenges the killing of a key military commander and he warned of massive economic sanctions against ally Iraq if the country expels US troops based there.
    The twin threats came as Iran announced it was further reducing compliance with a tattered international nuclear accord, ending limitations on numbers of centrifuges used to enrich uranium.
    The latest blow to the accord, which was meant to ensure Iran did not develop a nuclear weapon under cover of its nuclear industry, deepened the regional crisis set off by Friday's killing of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad.
    Also read: Iraq mourns Iran's military chief Qassem Soleimani
    Trump ordered a US drone to fire a missile at Soleimani, one of the most influential people in Iran's government, when he was near the Iraqi capital's international airport.
    Angry, black-clad mourners thronged the streets of Iran's second city Mashhad on Sunday to pay last respects to the remains of Soleimani and chant "death to America."
    Trump bluntly warned Iran against taking vengeance, repeating his insistence that US bombing targets could include Iran's cultural heritage sites. Critics say that would qualify as a war crime under international law.
    "If they do anything there will be major retaliation," Trump told reporters on Air Force One, as he flew back to Washington — and a looming Senate impeachment trial — from vacation in Florida.
    Trump had already threatened bombing of 52 unspecified targets in Iran if Tehran attacks US troops and interests in the region.
    In his latest comments, he was adamant that targets could include places of cultural significance in a country boasting an ancient heritage and two dozen UNESCO-listed sites.
    "They're allowed to kill our people," a defiant Trump said. "They're allowed to torture and maim our people. They're allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up our people. And we're not allowed to touch their cultural site? It doesn't work that way."
    Iraq tensions also soarThe situation in neighboring Iraq, a US ally, also deteriorated, with the future of some 5,200 American soldiers there in doubt.
    Many Iraqis have expressed outrage over the killing of Soleimani, who masterminded deep Iranian influence in the country. A top Iraqi military figure Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis was killed in the same US strike.
    In Baghdad, unidentified attackers launched a pair of rockets on Sunday, hitting near the US embassy in the high-security Green Zone for the second night in a row. That was just hours after Iraq's foreign ministry summoned the American ambassador over the drone strike.
    Also read: Two rockets target Iraqi air base housing US troops
    And Iraq's parliament voted to request the government end an agreement with a US-led international coalition to fight the hardline group Daesh in the region.
    If the government agreed, that would effectively require the departure of US soldiers supporting the local troops in the anti-Daesh fight.
    Caretaker prime minister Adel Abdel Mahdi, who called the US drone strike a "political assassination," indicated he would back the troops' ouster. He said the choices were immediate expulsion or withdrawal under a timeframe.
    Trump told reporters that a forced departure of US troops would prompt sanctions even worse than those already imposed, to devastating effect, on Iran's economy.
    "If they do ask us to leave — if we don't do it in a very friendly basis — we will charge them sanctions like they've never seen before," Trump said.
    "It'll make Iranian sanctions look somewhat tame."
    Also read: Iraq could 'pay price' for US strike on Iran commander: analysts
    Trump said the main US base in Iraq was "very extraordinarily expensive."
    "We're not leaving unless they pay us back for it," he said.
    Earlier, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sounded a softer note, saying "the Iraqi people want the United States to continue to be there to fight the counterterror campaign."
    Threats and revenge callsSoleimani was one of Iran's most popular public figures, seen as a hero of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.
    He was also the key figure behind Iran's effective network of proxy militias and alliances across a region where Iran is in often deadly rivalry with US allies Israel and Saudi Arabia.
    Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has vowed "severe revenge."
    What that will look like is the subject of heated speculation in the Pentagon and the White House. Analysts say Iran may be limited in its room for maneuver if it wants to avoid full war with the far more powerful United States.
    Also read: Iran and 'free nations of region' to avenge general's killing: Rouhani
    But a former head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards threatened on Sunday to turn the Israeli cities of Haifa and Tel Aviv "to dust" if the US attacks targets in Iran.
    And Khamenei's military adviser, Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan, told CNN that Iran's response to the assassination "for sure will be military and against military sites."
    The crisis comes as Trump is embroiled in his own domestic political turmoil. He was impeached by the House of Representatives for abuse of office and obstruction of Congress.
    The Senate, where his Republican party has a commanding majority, is wrangling over when and how a trial will take place, as the clock ticks down on the November presidential elections.


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    Photo: FileISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence has been summoned again today to discuss the amendments to the Army Act, Air Force Act, and Navy Act, a few days after it approved the bill aimed at regularizing the tenure of service chiefs.
    The meeting of the standing committee was called after it was established that the rules and regulations of the parliament were violated during the January 3 session of the committee. The parliament will vote on the bill after the go-ahead of the defence committee. 
    Sources said that parliamentary secretary Captain Jamil Ahmed presided over the session, which was against the parliamentary procedures.
    Also read: Defence standing committee to meet again to discuss amendment bills
    Sources further said that Ahmed did not call for a vote when the time came to approve the bills, violating the rules and regulations of the lower house. Hence, Amjad Khan Niazi will chair the session of the standing committee when it meets today to discuss the amendment bills and approve them by a vote.
    In the previous meeting, members of the upper house had also been called to discuss the bills. However, senators have not been asked to attend Monday meeting, suggest reports. 
    Opposition's supportThe Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have already given their assent to the amendment bills. The PML-N has announced it will support the bill 'unconditionally' while the PPP has called for the 'democratic legislative process' to be followed.
    Also read: NA to vote on bill formalising services chiefs' tenure
    These laws will set the maximum age limit of the three services chiefs — chief of army staff, chief of air staff and chief of naval staff-- at 64 years. If the bills get passed, the prime minister will have the power to extend the tenure of any service chief and the president will give his final nod to the extension or reappointment. 
    Under the clause 8B of the bill, the president, on the advice of the prime minister, may “reappoint the Chief of the Army Staff for additional tenure of three (03) years, on such terms and conditions, as may be determined by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister, in the national security interest or exigencies, from time to time”.
    “Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law, or any order or judgement of any Court, the appointment, reappointment or extension of the Chief of the Army Staff, or the exercise of discretion by the appointing authority in this regard, shall not be called into question before any court on any ground whatsoever.”
    Also read: ECP issues list of lawmakers failing to disclose asset detailsSC directs govt to legislate on COAS tenureBack in November, the apex court had asked the government to legislate on an extension in the COAS's services within six months, allowing General Bajwa to stay in office until then, after briefly suspending the notification of the extension in his tenure.
    Prior to that, PM Imran in August had approved the extension in the COAS's services through an executive order. Former chief justice Asif Saeed Khosa had in late November taken up a petition 'in public interest', challenging the extension in service of the COAS. 
    Last month, after the top court issued the detailed verdict in the COAS case, the government had filed a review petition in the SC, pleading the court to form a larger bench to hear the case, and requesting it to keep the proceedings in-camera.


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    Golden Globes dominated by '1917', 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'World War One movie 1917 and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, set in 1960s Tinseltown, won the top movie prizes at the Golden Globes on Sunday on a night packed with upsets.
    1917 was named best drama, beating presumed front-runners The Irishman and Marriage Story both from Netflix, while the nostalgic Once Upon a Time in Hollywood from Sony Pictures won for best comedy or musical, as well as two other statuettes.
    British director Sam Mendes was also named best director for his immersive 1917 from Universal Pictures.
    “That is a big surprise,” said Mendes, who beat Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino.
    Joaquin Phoenix, who played a terrifying Joker, and Renee Zellweger, who played Judy Garland in Judy took the drama movie actor honors. Taron Egerton (Rocketman) and Awkwafina (The Farewell) were first-time acting winners in the comedy/musical field.
    Golden Globes dominated by '1917', 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'Tarantino took home the Golden Globe for the screenplay of his love letter to the industry, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, while Brad Pitt was a popular winner for playing a laid-back stunt double in the movie.
    Laura Dern was named best supporting actress for her role as a ruthless divorce lawyer in Marriage Story, defeating presumed favorite Jennifer Lopez as a feisty pole dancer in Hustlers.
    British comedian Ricky Gervais, hosting the awards ceremony for a fifth time, threw caution to the wind with expletives and jokes that drew mostly nervous laughter in the room of A-list celebrities.
    In the television honors, HBO’s media dynasty show Succession and Amazon Studio’s quirky British comedy Fleabag were the big television winners.


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    Fortnite is still the biggest game in the world and there's no denying that. While we really don't need any numbers to prove it, but there are solid figures that tell that the battle royale game made more money in digital sales than any other video game in 2019.
    That's right! Fortnite was once again the top-grossing online video game of the year. It's not really a surprise since it topped the list last year as well, and we hardly saw any other game running to snatch that title this year.
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    According to the data revealed in a report, Fortnite managed to bring in a staggering $1.8 billion in revenue in 2019. That's a lot of money for a game that's technically free-to-play. Even the premium titles fail to scoop that much.
    That being said, it's worth pointing out that the overall sales figure is down a quarter from 2018. In 2018, Fortnite earned a record-setting $2.4 billion, a number that's still hard to fathom for an online free-to-play multiplayer game.
    If anything, then it should tell you that Fortnite's popularity is setting in. Fornite has become a household name now, and there's hardly anybody out there on the internet who's not familiar with Fortnite.
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    Part of the reason why people spend money on Fortnite is because of the content. The folks over at Epic Games managed to strike some of the best partnerships. The company teamed up with the likes of musician Marshmello, Marvel's Avengers, Nike for Air Jordan, and ended the year strong with Star Wars content.
    It's things like this that make people want to hand out money and buy new items. The more items you have on the store, the more battle passes and cosmetic items you're going to be selling. It's as simple as that.
    With its numbers, Fortnite also managed to beat out titles like FIFA 19, Call Of Duty Modern Warfare, Candy Crush, Pokémon Go, and more. Fornite managed to dwarf even the world's largest PC game, League Of Legends, which brought in $1.5 billion last year.
    Source: Superdata

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    Hailing from Nawada village in Patna, Sweety Kumari has been making a name for herself in a sport which is rather alien to India and its people: rugby. It is a game that requires impeccable coordination and speed to become successful at, and those are exactly the two things the 19-year-old is well regarded for, all over the world. 
    Declared as the “continent's fastest player” in the past, Kumari, who plays as a wing has become a social figure in her hometown and is single-handedly responsible for making her game equally popular as cricket, at least in her hometown. 

    It is a unique situation that Kumari finds herself in. She is a mega-celebrity in her village and people outside of India bring forwards their shoulders to get an autograph from her, but on a national level people continue to be unaware about this young athlete. 
    As 2019 came to an end, Kumari found her name to be shortlisted amongst nominations from all around the world by the reputed women's rugby website Scrumqueens and was later crowned the recognition as the 'international young player of the year'. 
    “She impressed from the start, but it was this year that she started making a big impact in Asia, at both sevens and fifteens. Described by Asia Rugby as the continent's fastest player, her explosive pace and power has resulted in her top scoring at most of India's sevens tournaments, as well as scoring two outstanding tries in their first ever test match win against Singapore,” Scrumqueens wrote.
    So what is it that makes her so special? A former sprinter who's fly past the finishing line in no time, Kumari's name first came to light when she was able to cross the 100m mark in just 11.58 seconds. So when she decided to move to the contact sport, all she's used to watching is defenders crashing into one another as she weaves her way through them with the bal in her hands. 
    During one of the plays in a match against the Philippines, Kumari dodged six defenders while successfully getting the ball across the tryline like lightening strike. “Six tacklers against Philippines and four in the next match with Singapore, nobody could catch me,” she says according to The Indian Express. “They all try, they come from front and behind, and pull me. But nobody can match my speed.”
    ðWheels and power! Sweety Kumari is some player - check out her second try for @rugbyindia in their defeat to the Philippines! pic.twitter.com/r5bvxXwKud
    — Asia Rugby (@asiarugby) June 20, 2019 “Scoring Machine,” that's the name given to her by her teammates and she has become more of a nightmare for the opponents' defensive lineups who have gone past double-teaming her and put three players on her just because of her ability to fly by them on command. 
    “Now the South African coaches plan for me because teams have started putting three defenders on me because of my speed. Indonesia did that, so that's the next challenge,” she says.
    Thoroughly committed to the game, the girl from Bihar has stopped watching movies and is obsessed with watching videos of some of the greatest rugby athletes such as Perry Baker and Carlin Isles instead. “You won't believe it, but sometimes I watch them run magically on ground, and dodge past defenders and I wonder, woh humaare jaise hai, ya hum unke jaise khel rahe hai? (Are they running like me, or do I run like them?) Of course, my real challenge will be outside Asia,” says the 5-ft-4 winger.
    A loyal fan of non-vegetarian food cooked only by her mother's hands, she is yet to give a shot to other chefs in the world. If she's travelling abroad and without her mother, she'd depend on things like bread, milk, cornflakes and lots and lots of fruits, which became iconic considering she made those six Filipino defenders taste dirt whilst only surviving on fruits for five days. 
    “It won't work always, but didn't I run fast?” she asks. “Nobody could catch me.”

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    Flares are seen over the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, December 31, 2019. REUTERS/FilesBAGHDAD: Two rockets hit near the US embassy in Iraq's capital Sunday, witnesses told AFP, shortly after the deadline from a hardline pro-Iran faction for local troops to get away from US forces.
    The vehemently anti-American group, Kataeb Hezbollah, had warned Iraqi security forces to "get away" from US troops at joint bases across Iraq by 5PM (1400 GMT).
    Sunday's attack marks the 14th time rockets have been fired towards US installations in Iraq over the last two months.


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    Missiles and a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on display at Baharestan Square in Tehran, Iran, September 27, 2017. Nazanin Tabatabaee Yazdi/TIMA via REUTERS/FilesTEHRAN: Iran on Sunday announced its fifth step back from a nuclear deal, saying it will forego the "limit on the number of centrifuges", amid mounting tensions with the United States.
    The announcement came after a US drone strike Friday killed top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq, sparking fury in Iran which has vowed to avenge his death.
    Read more: Iran condemns Trump as 'terrorist in a suit' after attack threat
    Earlier in the day, Iran condemned US President Donald Trump as a “terrorist in a suit” after he threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites hard if Tehran attacked Americans or the US assets in retaliation for Soleimani's killing.
    As the two countries assailed each other in a war of words, the European Union (EU), Britain, and Oman urged the parties to seek to de-escalate the crisis.
    Also read: Two rockets target Iraqi air base housing US troops
    Soleimani, Iran’s pre-eminent military commander, was killed on Friday in a US drone strike on his convoy at Baghdad airport, an attack that took long-running hostilities between Washington and Tehran into uncharted territory and raised the spectre of wider conflict in the Middle East.
    Related:Iraq calls for foreign forces to leave after US killing of Iran commander
    'Iranian hackers' claim breach of US govt website
    American strike in Iraq prompts anti-war protests in US cities


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    Bollywood stars Salman Khan, Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan: File photoMUMBAI:  The Indian government invited numerous Bollywood stars and film industry personalities to a private gathering on Sunday in an effort to garner support for a new citizenship law that has triggered weeks of sometimes violent protests nationwide.
    At least 25 people have been killed so far in clashes with the police during five weeks of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA.
    If combined with a proposed national register of citizens, critics of the CAA fear it will discriminate against India’s Muslim minority and chip away at its secular constitution.
    Two industry sources told Reuters they had received invites to Sunday’s gathering at a five-star hotel in Mumbai. Roughly 20 to 25 people from both the Hindi and Marathi film industry are expected to attend the event, one of the sources said.
    An invitation seen by Reuters said the event hosted by two senior leaders of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) aimed to “facilitate a discussion on myths and realities pertaining to the (CAA)”.
    Wooing Bollywood stars, who have a huge social media following among Indians of all faiths, could help the BJP alter some of the negative narrative around the new law.
    The law, and the outrage it has prompted, pose a dilemma for a film industry that has some big-name Muslim personalities, but caters predominantly to India’s majority Hindu population. A handful of Bollywood figures have condemned the CAA, while some others have faced criticism for not weighing in on the issue.
    Modi, who spearheads the Hindu nationalist BJP, has often appeared alongside actors and film industry figures at public events. The industry has, in turn, produced films that some critics have said approached political endorsements.
    On Saturday, more than 100,000 people took part in a peaceful protest against the CAA in the southern city of Hyderabad.
    Further protests were planned on Sunday in Mumbai, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and several other Indian cities.
    A source close to the BJP who is involved in organising Sunday’s private gathering said several party leaders had been enlisted to help explain the rationale of the CAA to various professional groups such as lawyers.


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    'Mere Paas Tum Ho' star Ayeza Khan had received offer from Bollywood: reportPakistani TV actor Ayeza Khan was offered to work in Bollywood and was also interested in grabbing the role, however, the opportunity was quashed after Pakistan and India relations worsened.
    The Mere Paas Tum Ho actor disclosed this in an interview with host Ahsan Khan last year.
    Ayeza, who is riding high with her controversial role in Mere Paas Tum Ho, said “I was contacted by director Imtiaz Ali for one of his films. I was interested in it too, however, due to deteriorated Pak-India relations it could not be possible.”
    In the same program, Ahsan Khan revealed that Bollywood director Sanjay Leela Bhansali also wanted to cast Ayeza Khan in one of his films.
    Bhansali had also been in talks about roping Ayeza Khan,  Ahsan added.
    It is pertinent to mention here that the Mere Paas Tum Ho star has yet to work in any film from either of the neighboring countries. However, her fans are hopeful to see her on big screens soon.


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    Jennifer Aniston didn’t want to be seen as a ‘pity party’ after Brad Pitt splitHollywood's most sought-after actor Jennifer Aniston is largely held as someone who hasn't been lucky in her love life. 
    However, the 50-year-old Friends actor thinks otherwise as one of her older interviews has started resurfacing in light of the latest headlines she has been making with her ex-husband Brad Pitt over their rekindled friendship.
    Speaking to Vogue back in 2008, the Murder Mystery actor had reiterated that her relationships with John Mayer and Vince Vaughn, holding the latter responsible for pulling her out of her dark hole.
    She said that while she loved Vince and the two seemed to be great fit for the other, their relationship came to an end naturally.
    Soon after that, Jennifer was making headlines with John Mayer after she accompanied him on his England tour despite admitting to know “little” about his music.
    While she had wreaked havoc over her linkup with a singer almost nine years younger than her, she expressed her regret over the kind of attention and negative light she was being presented in by the media.
    She further expressed in the interview that while people see her as someone who hasn’t been lucky with love in her life, she deems herself to be quite fortunate.
    “I actually feel I've been unbelievably lucky in love. Just because at this stage my life doesn't have the traditional framework to it—the husband and the two kids and the house in Connecticut—it's mine,” she said.
    She further urged the public back then in the old interview to stop treating her as a “pity party” and to stop reading too much into things pertaining to her personal life.  


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    The tuna was caught off northern Aomori Prefecture and weighed 276 kilograms (608 lbs)TOKYO: A bluefin tuna sold for 193.2 million yen ($1.8 million) in the first auction of the new year at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market, the second highest price on record, NHK broadcaster reported.
    The tuna was caught off northern Aomori Prefecture and weighed 276 kilograms (608 lbs), according to NHK, which translates into a price of about 700,000 yen per kilogram.
    The successful bidder was Kiyoshi Kimura, the head of the company that runs sushi restaurant chain “Sushizanmai,” NHK said.
    Last year Kimura paid a record 333.6 million yen for a tuna at the auction, exceeding his previous record price in 2013.


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    Bollywood diva Katrina Kaif on Saturday attended the wedding ceremony of her best friend and makeup artist Daniel Bauer in Goa.
    The photos and videos of the star-studded wedding ceremony have surfaced on the internet.
    In one of the video, Katrina Kaif could be seen dancing to her hit number Afghan Jalebi with the groom Daniel.
    The dance video has taken the internet by storm.
    Earlier, the Bharat star shared some pictures of the event in her Instagram Stories.
    She also shared her thoughts in the shape of an inspirational quote that spoke volumes about her outlook on life in general.
    The quote was accompanied by a lovely picture of the actress smiling for the camera. The picture was also taken from the wedding of Daniel.
    She captioned it, "Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year."
    On the work front, Katrina will be next seen in Rohit Shetty’s cop film Sooryavanshi opposite Akshay Kumar.
    The film will hit the cinemas in March 2020.


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    Tensions between Iran and the US spiraled after Trump ordered a drone strike that killed Qassem SoleimaniIran condemned Donald Trump on Sunday as a “terrorist in a suit” after the U.S. president threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites hard if Tehran attacks Americans or U.S. assets in retaliation for the killing of military commander Qassem Soleimani.
    As the two countries assailed each other in a war of words, the European Union, Britain and Oman urged the parties to seek to de-escalate the crisis.
    Soleimani, Iran’s pre-eminent military commander, was killed on Friday in a U.S. drone strike on his convoy at Baghdad airport, an attack that took long-running hostilities between Washington and Tehran into uncharted territory and raised the specter of wider conflict in the Middle East.
    “Like ISIS, Like Hitler, Like Genghis! They all hate cultures. Trump is a terrorist in a suit. He will learn history very soon that NOBODY can defeat ‘the Great Iranian Nation & Culture’,” Information and Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi tweeted.
    Soleimani was the architect of Tehran’s overseas clandestine and military operations as head of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei promised on Friday that Iran would seek harsh revenge for his death.
    Trump responded to that and other strong words from Tehran with a series of tweets on Saturday, saying Iran “is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets”.
    The United States has “targeted 52 Iranian sites”, some “at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD”, he said.
    The 52 targets represented the 52 Americans held hostage in Iran after being seized at the U.S. Embassy in 1979 during the country’s Islamic Revolution, Trump said.
    The two countries have no diplomatic relations and on Sunday, Iran summoned the Swiss envoy representing U.S. interests in Tehran to protest at “Trump’s hostile remarks”, according to Iranian state television.
    European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell urged Iran’s foreign minister by phone on Sunday to work to de-escalate the situation and invited him to Brussels to discuss ways of preserving world powers’ 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
    It was Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the deal in 2018 and reimposition of sanctions on Iran that touched off a new spiral of tensions after a brief thaw following the accord.
    IRAQI LAWMAKERS WANT U.S. FORCES OUTIn Iraq, many people including opponents of Soleimani have expressed anger at Washington for killing him and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis on Iraqi soil and potentially dragging their country into another war.
    Lawmakers planned a special parliamentary session on Sunday to push for a vote on a resolution requiring the government to ask Washington to withdraw U.S. troops from the country.
    “There is no need for the presence of American forces after defeating Daesh (Islamic State). We have our own armed forces which are capable of protecting the country,” said Ammar al-Shibli, a member of parliament’s legal committee.
    Despite decades of enmity between Iran and the United States, Iran-backed militia and U.S. troops fought side by side during Iraq’s 2014-2017 war against Daesh militants.
    The militia were incorporated into government forces under the umbrella of the Popular Mobilization Forces led by Muhandis. Some 5,000 U.S. troops remain in Iraq, most in an advisory role.
    IRAN SAYS U.S. HAS NO COURAGE FOR WARIran’s army chief, Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, was quoted by state television on Sunday as saying the United States lacked the courage for military confrontation with Iran.
    “In a potential conflict in the future, which I don’t think they (Americans) have the courage to carry out, there it will become clear where the numbers five and two will belong,” he said.
    Trump said on Friday Soleimani had been plotting imminent attacks on U.S. diplomats and military personnel. Democratic critics said the Republican president’s action was reckless and risked more bloodshed in a dangerous region.
    Oman has called on the United States and Iran to seek dialogue to ease tensions, Oman News Agency reported on Sunday. Oman, which maintains friendly ties with both the United States and Iran, has previously been a go-between for the two countries.
    British foreign minister Dominic Raab described Soleimani as a “regional menace” and said he was sympathetic to the situation the United States found itself in, while also calling for crisis diplomacy to avoid war.
    “There is a route through which allows Iran to come in from out of the international cold,” Raab told Sky News. “We need to contain the nefarious actions of Iran but we also need to de-escalate and stabilize the situation.”
    Related links:-
    Pakistan will promote peace, not take sides in US-Iran conflict: DG ISPR
    Trump vows to hit 52 Iranian targets if Iran retaliates
    Two rockets target Iraqi air base housing US troops



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    Sharon Stone shares her best kept beauty secrets and her most-adored productsAfter standing as an ultimate beauty icon in Hollywood for an extensive period, Sharon Stone has stepped forward sharing her best kept beauty secrets. 
    While she carries plenty of lipsticks in her bag at all times, she further revealed in an interview with Yahoo Lifestyle, about her old-school body cream which was her mother’s favourite.
    "My mom was an Avon lady, and she gave me a jar of Avon Rich Moisture cream, and she said, 'Put this on morning and night and you’ll thank me for the rest of your life,'” she said.
    Giving out some of the best beauty tips from work, Stone said: “Do eye makeup before base, because a smoky eye will fall all over your face. It’s the Bette Davis eyes secret."
    About her biggest beauty regret, Stone says: “When you’re young, people envy prettiness, [and] no one wants to tell you that you’re pretty. I wasn’t really secure in my beauty, because people weren’t secure enough to allow me to be beautiful. Now I look at films or clips and I think, Oh, I was such a pretty girl. I wish that I knew it."


    Moreover, she also spilled the beans on all the beauty products that go in her bag: “A little roll-on of Kai perfume and a thing of Weleda Skin Food. It’s a really great cream that you can buy at Whole Foods — terrific for the face and body. And then I have five lipsticks, but I don’t know [all of the brands]." 


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    Supporters of jailed activist Edward Leung gather outside the High Court in Hong Kong, October 9, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone SiuHONG KONG: Scuffles erupted between police and protesters in Hong Kong on Sunday, with dozens of arrests made, after thousands marched near the border, shouting pro-democracy slogans and venting their anger at mainland Chinese traders.
    The demonstrators in Sheung Shui took aim at so-called “parallel traders” from China who buy vast amounts of duty free goods in Hong Kong and take them back to the mainland to sell at a profit.
    Locals say it pushes up prices, overcrowds neighbourhoods, and adds to growing tensions between Hong Kong residents and mainland Chinese.
    “The mainland Chinese come here, block the streets with their bags ... rents have gone up and it has made things more expensive for Hong Kongers,” said Jasmin, a 19-year old student dressed all in black, who only gave her first name.
    “I want the government to know that too many of them are coming over here.”
    The marchers — including families with children — shouted slogans such as “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our times!”
    Organisers estimated 10,000 people took part in the march, while police estimated a crowd of 2,500 at its peak.
    After the march ended, protesters dressed in black and wearing face masks remained in the area despite calls from organisers to disperse immediately. At one point, riot police stormed through, hitting protesters with batons and using pepper spray. It was unclear what triggered their intervention.
    A few dozen people were arrested. They were seen sitting on the ground and leaning against a wall while police took down their details and were later escorted into two white buses.
    Many shops in the area were closed.
    Earlier in the day, in a separated incident, police fired tear gas to disperse a group of protesters hurling petrol bombs over the fence of the Sheung Shui police station before the march, damaging one police vehicle.
    Sunday’s protests follow a march in central Hong Kong of at least tens of thousands on New Year’s Day and an escalation in clashes with the police over the festive period.
    Anti-government protests in Chinese-ruled Hong Kong escalated in June over a now-withdrawn extradition bill but have since developed into a broader movement, with demands including universal suffrage and an independent inquiry against alleged police brutality.
    The police maintain they have acted with restraint.
    Many people in Hong Kong are angered by Beijing’s tight grip on the city which was promised a high degree of autonomy under this framework when the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
    Beijing denies interference and blames the West for fomenting the unrest.
    The protest movement is supported by 59 percent of the city’s residents polled in a survey conducted for Reuters by the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute.
    In a Saturday statement, China’s ministry of human resources and social security said the head of its Hong Kong Liaison Office — the most senior mainland political official based in the Chinese-controlled territory — had been replaced.
    Wang Zhimin, who had held the post since 2017, had been replaced by Luo Huining, who until November was the top communist party official in the northern province of Shanxi.
    Reuters reported exclusively in November that Beijing was considering potential replacements for Wang in a sign of dissatisfaction with the Liaison Office’s handling of the crisis.


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    Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday questioned Mubashir Lucman’s journalistic credentials amid reports that he had slapped the outspoken TV anchor at a wedding ceremony.
    Lucman, in one of his shows on a private TV channel, had invited another anchorperson who had salaciously linked Chaudhry with social media personality Hareem Shah.
    Chaudhry had reportedly taken exception to the allegation and, according to sources close to the matter, confronted and slapped Lucman at the wedding of provincial minister Mohsin Leghari’s son. Senior PTI leaders Jahangir Tarin and Ishaq Khakwani were also purportedly present at the time.
    The entangled pair were separated by other guests invited to the wedding.
    Chaudhry all but confirmed the incident when he retweeted the news story accompanied by some choice remarks for Lucman.
    “People like Mubashir Lucman have nothing to do with journalism … it is everyone’s duty to expose [such people]," he tweeted.
    It is pertinent to mention here that Chaudhry had also slapped another TV anchor named Sami Ibrahim in June 2019. He had also used slurs against Ibrahim in a subsequent statement.
    His outburst had come over Ibrahim’s allegation that some from within the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) — of which Chaudhry is a part — were conspiring against Prime Minster Imran Khan’s government and the Pakistan Army.


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    Pakistani actress Maya Ali was recently trolled for wearing a pair of ripped jeans, and instead of taking any offence the Teefa In Trouble starlet came up with a reply that proved she is blessed with a good sense of humor along with incredible acting skills. 
    Ali had shared one of her photos on Instagram that showed her donning ripped jeans as she struck a pose on one of her vacations abroad. 
    "I can buy you new jeans - that don’t have holes in them. Also you should ask for a raise," one of her over 3 million fans commented.
    Not only did the actor notice the comment, but also offered a funny reply.
     "I'll be grateful to you if you can give me your feather and diamante jeans.... I want some “glitter” in my life ria," she quipped with a ROFL emoji.




     


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    Kylie Jenner draws flak for cultural appropriation in her latest shootKylie Jenner has managed to draw flak on the internet once again for cultural appropriation in her now-deleted post on Instagram.
    The 22-year-old billionaire had turned to her Instagram to show a glimpse of her latest shoot where she can be seen wearing her hair in small twisted braids.
    Soon after social media users were unleashing their fury on to the socialite for cultural appropriation that led to Kylie deleting the post entirely.
    However, while the photo may have disappeared from the fashionista’s Instagram feed, it was still fresh in the minds of all critics who shared the photo and criticized the model for it.
    The shoot came from her Paper Magazine’s February 2019 shoot, photographed by Luca and Alessandro Morelli.


    As the Morelli brothers had shared the photo of the fashion icon wearing pigtails, fans headed over to their comment section to criticize them. 


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