Men in Black star, Rip Torn Dead at 88

Rip Torn, an emmy-award winning comedian and Men in Black star is dead. The comedian who was 88, died peacefully at his home in Connecticut on Tuesday afternoon with his wife and two of his daughters by his side.



Torn who is best known for his role as Artie, a talk show producer, on the HBO show The Larry Sanders Show, starred as Zed in Men in Black in 1997.


“His remarkable career on stage and screen spanned seven decades, ranging from an early career of dark, threatening roles to iconic comedic performances later in life,” his publicist said in a statement announcing his death.

Jay-Z joins cannabis company as 'Chief Brand Strategist'

Billionaire rapper, entrepreneur and philanthropist Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter will serve as the chief brand strategist for Caliva, a California company.



"Anything I do, I want to do correctly and at the highest level. With all the potential in the cannabis industry, Caliva's expertise and ethos makes them the best partner for this endeavor" Jay-Z said in a statement on Tuesday when the partnership was announced.



In addition to influencing Caliva's creative direction, social justice will be a key component of Jay-Z's role, Dennis O'Malley, chief executive officer of Caliva said. He'll be involved in outreach programs such as job training, advocacy and workforce development to help create more opportunities in the industry for people who were negatively affected by the War on Drugs.


"We think this is a sea change in terms of the visibility to the industry. We take this partnership with a lot of responsibility, a lot of humility, a lot of accountability moving forward.

In this position, Mr. Carter will focus on and work to increase the economic participation of citizens returning from incarceration many of who are not seeing the monetary benefits of legalization through advocacy, job training and overall employee and workforce development," company officials said in a statement.

Jay-Z now joins Montana, Snoop Dogg, Whoopi Goldberg, Willie Nelson, Martha Stewart as part of a growing list of celebrities who have jumped into the cannabis business in recent years as a number of states have legalized marijuana in some form.



The California-based Caliva grows, manufactures and sells a variety of branded products including cannabis flower, pre-rolled joints, vaporizers, edibles and topical lotions sold online via delivery and in more than 250 dispensaries across its home state. Earlier this year, Caliva raised $75 million from a group of investors including Montana and former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz.

Suspected serial bank accounts hacker arrested in Lagos (photo)

The Lagos state police command have arrested 27-year-old suspected serial fraudster, Ramon Oshodi, who is well known for hacking into peoples’ bank accounts through their phones, Automated Teller Machine, ATM, cards and their Facebook accounts.



According to the police, Oshodi was arrested on Thursday June 27th by a team of Anti-Crime Patrol attached to Mushin Police Station, Olosan-Mushin, Lagos, after he had successfully swindled his victims to the tune of N4.5 million. He was on a motorcycle at 7:30a.m when he was stopped by policemen who conducted a search on him and found on him, five ATM cards and SIM cards belonging to different individuals on him. Also found on him was N91,000 cash.



When interrogated, Oshodi narrated how he hacks into his victim's bank account and steals their money. According to him, whenever he steals any of his victim's phone, he removes the SIM cards, works on them and, thereafter, hacks into their bank accounts. He told the police that he buys stolen phones and ATM cards from the ghetto at Akala-Idioro, Mushin. He also revealed to the police that he hacks into people’s bank accounts through his access to their Facebook accounts after getting their date of birth, which some of the victims used for their various bank accounts.



Oshodi upon his arrest, has been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate’s Court sitting at Ikeja, Ogba on a seven-count charge of conspiracy, breach of peace, fraud, stealing, receiving of stolen properties and unlawful possession of ATM cards.



He pleaded not guilty to the charges and was given a bail of N300,000 with two sureties in like sum. The case has been adjourned till July 25th for mention.

Michelle Obama pens down touching tribute to Cameron Boyce

Michelle Obama is remembering Cameron Boyce, and the former US First Lady has already penned down a touching tribute to him.



Sharing a throwback photo with the late Disney star on a movie project at the White House, Michelle said it was enough time to recognize Boyce's 'incredible talent' and 'incredible heart'.


“I was lucky enough to share a few moments with Cameron Boyce — on set, at the White House, and on a service project — enough time to recognize that not only did he have incredible talent, but also an incredible heart. Sending out a lot of love and hugs to his family, friends, and his many, many fans,” she wrote.

Justin Bieber shares loved up photo of wife Hailey sleeping on his chest

Justin Bieber is a husband in love and he's not keeping this from the world.



The singer shared a beautiful photo of Hailey Baldwin Bieber sleeping next to him.



"My lips get jealous of my arms cuz I can hold you with them," he captioned the photo.

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Punch Newspaper sacks longest-serving editor, Martin Ayankola over offensive cartoon on Pastor Fatoyinbo

Punch Newspaper has sacked its longest serving editor Martin Ayankola, following outrage over a controversial cartoon published last Thursday.


Ayankola, who was appointed on December 2012, is the longest-serving editor in the 46 years history of The PUNCH.


The newspaper had on July 4 published an article on its back page by Abimbola Adelakun with the title “What Does Mrs. Fatoyinbo Know”. The article, which examined the rape allegations against Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) was illustrated with the cartoon of a man desecrating the bible with urine.


Punch had apologised after the cartoon was greeted with backlash. An emergency meeting was convened by the board on Monday where Ayankola was directed to resign before the close of work. The editor had only returned from a one-week suspension before the cartoon saga.


It is also suggested that the columnist and the chairman of the editorial board could be affected by the board’s decision. According to reports, Punch management had been shopping for Ayankola’s replacement for a while.