Eminem & Justin Timberlake Help Raise Over $2 Million For Manchester Bombing Victims
Today makes it a week since the Manchester concert bombing in the U.K. While many are still grieving, others are taking a stand by doing more then just reposting pictures on social media.
While Ariana Grande is reportedly hosting a benefit concert and is scheduled to pay for the funeral arrangements of the Manchester casualties, big name celebrities like Eminem and Justin Timberlake are doing their part, too.
The two men — among many — have taken a stand to aide some of the distress that is placed on Manchester by tweeting out a link where people can donate money.
XXL reports, together, the pair have raised over $2 million.
#justintimberlake
#eminem #manchesterbombing
Ricky John Best And Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche Were Killed On A Train In Portland While Trying To Defend A Muslim Teen From Being Stabbed
Two men were stabbed to death and one injured Friday on a light-rail train in Portland, Ore., after they tried to intervene when another passenger began “ranting and raving” and shouting anti-Muslim hate speech at two young women, police said.
Portland police on Saturday identified the two slain victims as 53-year-old Ricky John Best and 23-year-old Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche.
A third victim, 21-year-old Micah David-Cole Fletcher, is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
According to witnesses, a white male passenger riding an eastbound MAX train early Friday afternoon began yelling what “would best be characterized as hate speech toward a variety of ethnicities and religions,” police said. Some of the slurs were directed at two female passengers, one of whom was wearing a hijab, according to police. “This suspect was on the train and he was yelling and ranting and raving a lot of different things, including what we characterized at hate speech or biased language,” Portland police spokesman Pete Simpson said at a news conference Friday evening.
At least two men tried to calm the ranting passenger down, but “they were attacked viciously by the suspect” when they did, Simpson said. “It appears preliminarily that the victims — at least a couple of them — were trying to intervene in his behavior, deescalate him and protect some other people on the train when [the suspect] viciously attacked them,” Simpson said.
Police identified the suspect early Saturday morning as 35-year-old Jeremy Joseph Christian, of north Portland. Christian is being held without bail on two counts of aggravated murder, one count of attempted murder, two counts of intimidation in the second degree and one count of possession of a restricted weapon as a felon.
#portland #rickyjohnbest #myrddinnamkai
#jeremyjoseph
Chaplain Sacked And Evicted By Governor Ambode Gets 5 Free Furnished Apartment
Less than 48 hours after Venerable Femi Taiwo, Chaplain evicted by the Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode , from his official quarters, the cleric has been blessed with a fully furnished apartment.
Taiwo, who was sacked without any query or official reason, was ordered to exit his official quarters where he lived with his wife and two children within 24 hours after he allegedly angered the governor’s wife, Bolanle Ambode.
The PUNCH, on Friday, had reported that Venerable Femi Taiwo was sacked and ordered to vacate his official residence within 24 hours, a day after the wife of the governor, Bolanle Ambode, stormed out of the church during an anointing service.
Mrs. Ambode was said to have been unhappy that the priest did not accord her due recognition by anointing her before the other congregants. Members of the church were said to have filed out to receive anointing oil during the service without any preference given to Bolanle, who reportedly waited endlessly with her entourage.
Chapel of Christ the Light is under the control of the Lagos State Ministry of Home Affairs but the Office of the Lagos State First Lady supervises the church.
Pleas from church leaders and elders had failed to save the cleric, who still had two years to spend as the presiding chaplain.
New reports in say Taiwo has now settled into a new and furnished accommodation provided by members of his congregation.
Taiwo told Punch that he got five offers of apartment from different members of the African church congregation.
A source disclosed that church members who were angered and touched by the way the priest was treated decided to help the cleric and his family. “Apart from the apartment he moved to, he got four offers of apartment from different members of the African church congregation,” the source said.
#bolanleambode #femitaiwo
Amandla, have a thousand seats! Being gay is not something one should use for relevancy and attention.Shame on you! This is the 21st century and you can be whoever you want to be without shame and stigma. Sick and tired of these celebrities using aspects of people’s lives for attention. Amandla, you are gay – good. However, Ellen Degeneris came out decades ago and is living her life on her own validations and that is all that matters. Stop with the fanfare and live!
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Wish her all the best.
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