Vaccine vs variant: Promising data in Israel’s race to…

Israel´s swift vaccination rollout has made it the largest real-world study of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine. Results are trickling in, and they are promising. More than half of eligible Israelis – about 3.5 million people – have now been fully or partially vaccinated. Older and at-risk groups, the first to be inoculated, are seeing a … Read more

Promising antibody drugs might not work against new variants, scientists say

Antibody cocktail drugs that offered ‘great hope’ in treating Covid-19 are ineffective against worrying new variants of the virus, research suggests.  Lab tests found the experimental treatments, known as monoclonal antibodies, failed to neutralise strains one or more of strains which emerged in Kent, South Africa and Brazil. The drugs are derived from cloning a … Read more

Variety writer DEFENDS his ‘sexist’ review of Carey Mulligan’s movie Promising Young Woman

The writer behind Variety’s review of Carey Mulligan’s movie Promising Young Woman has spoken out in his won defence amid accusations of sexism. Dennis Harvey recently became the target of an online furore, after he referred to the actress, 35, as an ‘odd choice’ for the femme fatale role, while suggesting that producer Margot Robbie … Read more

Dublin stabbing: Promising Irish footballer, 16, is stabbed to death in street attack

A promising Irish footballer who had trials with Scottish top-flight side Dundee United has been stabbed to death in a Dublin street attack while trying to defend a delivery driver. Josh Dunne, 16, died in hospital after suffering serious injuries during an assault in Dublin’s north inner city on Tuesday night. The centre-forward had recently … Read more

Bus driver jailed for killing ‘promising’ academic after crashing double-decker into railway bridge 

A bus driver who killed a ‘promising’ academic from China and seriously injured another student after crashing his double-decker into a railway bridge has been jailed. Eric Vice, 64, was driving the service to Swansea University when its upper deck collided with a bridge as he took a detour from his usual route to ‘beat … Read more

Hilaria Baldwin returned to Instagram just HOURS after promising to take a social media break

Just hours after announcing she would be taking a break from Instagram amid controversy over her Spanish heritage, Hilaria Baldwin returned to the social media platform with a slew of new family photos.   Hilaria, 36, posted a throwback snap of herself eating pizza as she breastfed her newborn son Eduardo on Monday, along with several … Read more

Golden Globes moves Borat 2’s Maria Bakalova to lead actress and Promising Young Woman to drama

With awards season starting to heat up, the Golden Globes governing body, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, are making a few intriguing new changes. While studios submit their films for consideration to the HFPA, the organization conducts its own review, and can make changes accordingly as they see fit. Two of the biggest changes for … Read more

Nicki Minaj announces docuseries for HBO Max promising to give an ‘unfiltered’ look at her life

Nicki Minaj is coming out with a docuseries on HBO Max.  To commemorate the 10-year-anniversary of her debut studio album Pink Friday the 37-year-old rapper treated her fans to the special announcement.  Taking to Instagram to share the news of her long-awaited project, Nicki said she was ‘excited’ to give her fans a ‘raw and … Read more

Boris Johnson plans to ‘reset’ premiership by promising northern Tory MPs he will not abandon them

Boris Johnson plans to ‘reset’ his troubled premiership by promising northern Tory MPs he will not abandon them Boris Johnson will use the next fortnight to relaunch his troubled leadership The PM will pledge to northern Tory MPs that he will ‘never veer off the course’ This follows the departure of Dominic Cummings amid worries he is … Read more