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Maksym Havrylenko, CEO of innovative OCHIS COFFEE eyewear brand, holds eco-friendly sunglasses as he picks up coffee waste in a cafe in Kiev, Ukraine May 13, 2019. -Reuters
Wake up and smell the coffee - from your Ukrainian sunglasses!
KIEV - Ukraine's innovative OCHIS eyewear brand is getting customers to literally smell the coffee - by making sunglasses out of coffee waste.Driven by an ambition to create eco-friendly yet fashionable sunglasses, OCHIS COFFEE CEO Maksym Havrylenko experimented with various herbs like mint, parsley, and cardamom, before he found the right natural material in coffee waste.Green industries already use coffee waste to produce furniture, cups, printing ink, and biofuel, but Havrylenko is a pioneer in using it to make sunglasses, which smell of the freshly brewed beverage."First, coffee is black which is a classic color of sunglasses which suits everything. Secondly, there are lots of coffee grounds in the world. There are millions of tons of coffee grounds in the world,"...
August 28, 2019

Wake up and smell the coffee - from your Ukrainian sunglasses!

Taylor Swift
Swift, Cardi B and Missy Elliott bring girl power to VMA show
LOS ANGELES — Taylor Swift won video of the year and Ariana Grande was voted artist of the year in a girl-powered MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) show on Monday, while rapper Cardi B won best hip-hop video and newcomer Lizzo celebrated large women.Alternative pop singer Billie Eilish, 17, beat Lizzo to be named both best new artist and best breakthrough or PUSH artist in the fan-voted awards show.Another newcomer, Lil Nas X, took home the song of the year award for "Old Town Road," his country rap collaboration with Billy Ray Cyrus that ruled for a record 19 consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard singles chart.Swift and Grande went into the ceremony in Newark, New Jersey, with a leading 10 nominations each.With Grande on tour in Europe and absent from Monday's show,...
August 27, 2019

Swift, Cardi B and Missy Elliott bring girl power to VMA show

Scottish actor Gerard Butler arrives for the Los Angeles premiere of
'Angel Has Fallen' rises to top of N. American box office
LOS ANGELES — Lionsgate's action-packed political thriller "Angel Has Fallen" debuted atop the North American box office with $21.4 million in ticket sales, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said on Monday.Gerard Butler plays a Secret Service agent wrongly accused of trying to kill the president (Morgan Freeman) in the third film of the franchise. It also stars Nick Nolte and Jada Pinkett Smith.Last weekend's leader, Universal's raunchy tween comedy "Good Boys," took second spot on a sleepy late-summer weekend with $11.6 million.In third was another new release, Sony's "Overcomer," a Christian-themed movie about a former basketball coach (Alex Kendrick) who helps prepare a young asthmatic orphan (Aryn Wright-Thompson) for a huge...
August 27, 2019

'Angel Has Fallen' rises to top of N. American box office

Actor Jussie Smollett leaves court after charges against him were dropped by state prosecutors in Chicago, Illinois, in this March 26, 2019 file photo. — Reuters
Chicago judge may tap special prosecutor to review actor Jussie Smollett's case
CHICAGO, Illinois — The case of ex-"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett, who sparked a firestorm in Chicago by reporting a racist attack authorities have ruled a hoax, returns to court on Friday, when local media say a judge may tap a special prosecutor to review the case.The actor, who is black and gay, stunned the city when he told police on Jan. 29 that two masked men threw a noose around his neck and poured chemicals on him while yelling racist and homophobic slurs and expressing support for US President Donald Trump.A month later, State's Attorney Kim Foxx charged Smollett, best known for his role as a gay musician on the Fox Television hip-hop drama "Empire," with filing a false police report and accused him of paying $3,500 to two men to stage the attack to...
August 23, 2019

Chicago judge may tap special prosecutor to review actor Jussie Smollett's case

Mick Jagger, left, Ronnie Wood, second left, Charlie Watts, second right, and Keith Richards, right, of The Rolling Stones perform onstage at Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Thursday. — AFP
Rockin 'n' rollin on Mars: Rolling Stones have space rock named after them
NEW YORK — The Rolling Stones have rocked stages around the world in their more than 50-year career. But now their influence has gone into space after NASA's Mars InSight Mission named a rock on the planet after the band.Slightly larger than a golf ball, the "Rolling Stones Rock" is said to have rolled some 3 feet (1 meter), spurred by the InSight spacecraft's thrusters during touchdown on Mars in November, NASA said."In images taken by InSight the next day, several divots in the orange-red soil can be seen trailing Rolling Stones Rock," it said. "It's the farthest NASA has seen a rock roll while landing a spacecraft on another planet."Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr. announced the name as Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie...
August 23, 2019

Rockin 'n' rollin on Mars: Rolling Stones have space rock named after them

Prince William and Kate Middleton are seen in this file picture. — Courtesy photo
No-frills Wills: British royals take commercial flight to see queen
LONDON — Britain's Prince William has taken a commercial no-frills flight to visit his grandmother Queen Elizabeth, winning plaudits and favorable comparisons to his brother Harry after the younger sibling was criticized for using private jets.William, wife Kate and their children took a Flybe flight to Aberdeen en route to Queen Elizabeth's Scottish summer residence in Balmoral.British newspapers said the flight cost 73 pounds a ticket ($89.16) and published pictures of William carrying the family's luggage by hand to the plane."We were delighted to welcome the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their family on board one of our flights again, this time when they flew from Norwich to Aberdeen with our franchise partner, Eastern Airways," British regional airline...
August 23, 2019

No-frills Wills: British royals take commercial flight to see queen

US singer Miley Cyrus and husband Australian actor Liam Hemsworth arrive for the Saint Laurent Men's Spring-Summer 2020 runway show in Malibu, California, in this June 6, 2019 file photo. — AFP
'I have nothing to hide': Miley Cyrus speaks out over marriage split
LOS ANGELES — Pop star Miley Cyrus on Thursday said she was no angel, but angrily denied rumors she had cheated on her estranged husband, actor Liam Hemsworth.In a series of postings on Twitter a day after Hemsworth filed for divorce after just seven months of marriage, the 26-year-old singer said she had nothing to hide."You can say I am a twerking, pot smoking, foul mouthed hillbilly but I am not a liar,” the "Wrecking Ball" singer wrote."I can admit to a lot of things but I refuse to admit that my marriage ended because of cheating," she said.Hemsworth and Cyrus announced through a representative earlier this month that they had separated, shocking fans of the former Disney Channel child star and leading to rumors and speculation in celebrity media about the...
August 23, 2019

'I have nothing to hide': Miley Cyrus speaks out over marriage split

Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein returns to the State Supreme Court in New York, after a break in a pre-trial hearing over sexual assault charges, in this April 26, 2019 file photo. — AFP
Harvey Weinstein to face new indictment in court
NEW YORK — Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday morning on an indictment in connection with his upcoming criminal trial, a spokesman for the Manhattan district attorney said on Thursday.The contents of the indictment could not immediately be determined. The spokesman for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance declined to comment on the substance of the indictment."He'll be there Monday," said Damon Cheronis, a lawyer for Weinstein, referring to his client. "He'll enter a plea of not guilty, because he is not guilty."Vance's office has accused Weinstein of having sexually assaulted two women, in 2006 and 2013. Prosecutors earlier this month sought to bring a new indictment that would allow jurors to hear...
August 23, 2019

Harvey Weinstein to face new indictment in court

English actor and director Tim Roth poses on the red carpet as he arrives at the 25th Sarajevo Film Festival in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in this Aug. 20, 2019 file photo. — Reuters
Bosnian-Dutch film wins top award at 25th Sarajevo Film Festival
SARAJEVO — A Bosnian-Dutch film about a girl leaving the Netherlands and returning to her native Bosnia to visit the sick father she has never met was chosen on Thursday as the best movie at the Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF), celebrating its silver jubilee.The jury chaired by Swedish film-maker Ruben Ostlund, whose film "The Square" won Cannes' Palme d'Or in 2017, awarded "Take Me Somewhere Nice" by Bosnian director Ena Sendijarevic with the 16,000 euros ($17,736) Heart of Sarajevo award.The film was selected from nine features competing for the top award. Ostlund described it as beautifully photographed and surreal. Overall, 53 other films competed in four different sections during the week-long festival, which has a special focus on South-East Europe.Georgian...
August 23, 2019

Bosnian-Dutch film wins top award at 25th Sarajevo Film Festival

Raymone Bain, Michael Jackson’s former spokesperson, holds up a document as she addresses a news conference in Washington, pn Thursday. — Reuters
Michael Jackson's ex-publicist touts foundation to 'protect' legacy
WASHINGTON — A former publicist for Michael Jackson on Thursday announced plans for a charitable foundation not affiliated with the late pop singer's family or estate, intended to defend and promote the legacy of the controversial entertainer.Raymone Bain, who represented Jackson in 2005 and 2006, said the Michael Jackson Legacy Foundation would seek to raise money for the charitable causes Jackson supported during his life, including the advancement of civil rights for African Americans.Bain told a Washington news conference that the foundation was in its early stages and that she had not yet contacted family members.Jackson's estate said on Thursday that Bain "is not authorized to act on behalf of the Michael Jackson Estate nor to use Michael Jackson’s name in any way...
August 23, 2019

Michael Jackson's ex-publicist touts foundation to 'protect' legacy

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