A cultural festival celebrating Hung Kings, known as the country’s founders, began yesterday in HCM City and Thu Duc City. A cultural festival celebrating Hung Kings, known as the country’s founders, will begin on Sunday (April 18) in HCM City and Thu Duc City. Photo suoitien.com The event opened with a series of traditional games and sports, and cooking competitions at the Hung Kings memorial area located in the Park of Culture and National History in Thu Duc City. The main ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the kings' death will be organised on the 10th day of the third month of the lunar calendar, which falls on Wednesday this year. It will include incense-offering rituals dedicated to the Hung Kings, the National Father Lac Long Quan and National Mother Au Co, hosted by officials from the People’s Party Committee, People’s Committee and Motherland Front Committee. A special exhibition of pictures and ancient objects featuring the country’s history and … [Read more...] about Cultural activities celebrate Hung Kings
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Prince Philip ‘did everything to help’ William, Harry with ‘no-nonsense’ tactics
Prince Philip reportedly used his ‘no-nonsense' tactics to help Prince Harry and William reconcile. This claim was brought forward by Finding Freedom co-author Omid Scobie and he told listeners, "I think we've seen the brothers on such different paths for such a long time. But the day was a day where those two paths crossed.” "They were two brothers that simply were grieving the loss of their grandfather. A grandfather who had really been the pillar of the family at many times." "Including the very dark days following the death of Princess Diana. He was the one that really supported Harry and William up in Scotland, keeping them preoccupied.” "He did everything he could as a grandfather to help his grandchildren. Of course he's a man himself who had experienced that separation from a mother." He concluded by saying, "His own mother was committed to an asylum for three years when he was just 10 years old. So I think he's always done his bit to look out for William and … [Read more...] about Prince Philip ‘did everything to help’ William, Harry with ‘no-nonsense’ tactics
Glass Entertainment Group Teams With Wondery For Podcast Slate, Expands Audio Division
EXCLUSIVE : Glass Entertainment Group , the production company behind CNN series Lincoln: Divided We Stand , is ramping up its podcast activity. The company has partnered with Amazon-owned podcast company Wondery on a slate of shows and has promoted a pair of executives to oversee its growing audio division. Through the deal with Wondery, the company behind series Dr. Death and The Shrink Next Door, it is launching true-crime series Bodies in the Ballroom and expanding its Confronting anthology. Bodies in the Ballroom , which will launch this summer, will explore the 1971 murders in Westfield, NJ, the site of one of the most mysterious family slayings. In an upper-class home, investigators discovered five brutally murdered bodies meticulously organized in the ballroom. A grandmother, mother and three children were counted among the deceased, but the father, John List, was missing and became the prime suspect, eluding justice for nearly 18 years. Related … [Read more...] about Glass Entertainment Group Teams With Wondery For Podcast Slate, Expands Audio Division
Derek Chauvin trial closing arguments hear cop squeezed life out of George Floyd because of officer’s ‘ego and pride’
DEREK Chauvin "betrayed the badge" when he squeezed the last moments of life out of George Floyd by pinning him under his knee, prosecutors maintained during closing arguments on Monday. Prosecutor Steve Schleicher told jurors in Hennepin County District Court this morning that policing is about "wearing your badge over your heart", but said Chauvin's "badge wasn't in the right place" during Floyd's arrest. Read our Derek Chauvin trial live blog for the latest updates "He had to know,” Schleicher said, emphasizing that Chauvin had knelt down on Floyd’s neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds, even as Floyd begged for his life. "He did it on purpose. This was not an accident," he said. "He knew better. He just didn’t do better. "He betrayed the badge and everything it stood for. It’s not how they’re trained. It’s not following the rules." Schleicher's final appeal to the jury came on Monday after more than three weeks of testimony from 45 expert witnesses - 38 for … [Read more...] about Derek Chauvin trial closing arguments hear cop squeezed life out of George Floyd because of officer’s ‘ego and pride’
Celebrities should let sleeping dogs lie
MOST celebrities these days have steadily maintained their public exposure via vlogs on their respective YouTube channels. Such popular platforms are an income-generating source in the absence of regular showbiz work, which is hard to come by given these pandemic-wrought times. Interestingly, vlogs are as varied as they are worth-watching or otherwise. Just when you thought you knew everything about them, wait, there are still too many unknown truths you’ll be bowled over to discover. And yes, there are also recent revelations of a forgotten past which are best relegated to oblivion, never to be relived. Unless it’s for a promo of a reunion movie of former sweethearts, we don’t see anything awkwardly amiss with dredging up the past. But if they’re now happily ensconced with their respective partners is another story. If we’re not mistaken, it was Sharon Cuneta who started it all what with her separate social media posts about her exes Richard Gomez and Robin Padilla. The … [Read more...] about Celebrities should let sleeping dogs lie