Thandiwe Newton reclaims her name after it s been misspelled her entire career
Thandiwe Newton is her name. Her mother, a Zimbabwean princess, and her father, a lab technician from Cornwall, England, named her Thandiwe, meaning beloved in Zulu.
The w first disappeared from her name in Catholic school, forming a more anglicized Thandie. At school she was made to feel like an in-house missionary project, writes Diana Evans in a cover story for
In Newton s first film, the w was carelessly missed in her credit; she was credited the same way in subsequent roles, but no more. The
Westworld star said she is now grateful to not be complicit in the objectification of Black people as others . Her
Migrant child discovered in Rio Grande Valley after being abandoned by group
Last Thursday, a Border Patrol agent driving in the Rio Grande Valley found a migrant child in distress, with the distraught boy telling the official that the group he d been traveling with had abandoned him.
Their interaction was recorded, and in the video, the 10-year-old is seen crying as he explains that he hadn t been with his parents. Customs and Border Protection told NBC News the boy was found on a rural road near La Grulla, Texas, and he told the agent that he fell asleep and when he woke up, the rest of the group was gone. The boy, a migrant from Nicaragua, is safe, Customs and Border Protection said, and will soon be transferred from a Border Patrol facility to a shelter run by the Department of Health and Human Services.
93rd Academy Awards: Oscar 2021 nominees, guests will qualify for essential work purpose waiver to attend ceremony
They will also be allowed to travel to and from the testing centre, rehearsals and other Academy-organised activities during the lead up to the show. Instagram: @theacademy
Updated: Apr 7, 2021, 01:35 PM IST
Oscar nominees and their guests will qualify as essential workers to attend the upcoming Academy Awards amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. As per Variety, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced in a letter on Tuesday that those involved in the Oscars ceremony, which will include nominees and guests, will qualify for the essential work purpose waiver.
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Kim Kardashian confirmed to have a lot of money
So much money, in fact, that she made this year s
Forbes list of People With a Lot of Money (which
Forbes prefers to call its World s Billionaire List ). It is Kim s first time appearing on the list â alongside 492 other newcomers â since her stake in KKW Beauty and her shapewear company Skims tipped her from being absurdly wealthy and into the category of profanely wealthy.
Meanwhile,
another person with a reputation for being talentless but very, very rich tumbled nearly 300 spots on
Not long before former President Donald Trump left office, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) privately approached the White House and asked for blanket preemptive pardons for himself and unidentified congressional allies to cover any crimes they may have committed, two people with knowledge of the discussions told