<p>US President Joe Biden met with his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday and the top of his agenda was illegal migration and drugs. In other news, the ban on use of TikTok on government-owned and managed devices widened in the US with New Jersey and Ohio joining other states in blocking the popular video app on Monday. Finally,&nbsp;Virgin Orbit reported an “anomaly” in its rocket on Tuesday that stopped it from reaching orbit, ending Britain's attempt to become the first European country to launch a satellite into space.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Biden is in Mexico for the first time as president where he was scheduled to meet Lopez Obrador and also hold three-way talks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at what is dubbed the "Three Amigos" summit.&nbsp;The two reaffirmed their commitment to using "innovative approaches" to deal with irregular migration, the White House said in a readout.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong><a href="http://www.wionnews.com/world/new-jersey-and-ohio-also-ban-tiktok-on-government-owned-devices-550886" hreflang="en">New Jersey and Ohio also ban TikTok on government-owned devices</a></strong></p>

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<p>New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, a Democrat, said that he was also banning software vendors, products, and services from more than a dozen vendors including Huawei, Hikvision, Tencent Holdings LTD, ZTE Corporation and Kaspersky Lab.</p>

<p><strong><a href="http://www.wionnews.com/science/britains-satellite-launch-fails-to-reach-orbit-after-rocket-anomaly-550889" hreflang="en">UK’s historic satellite launch fails to reach orbit after rocket ‘anomaly’</a></strong></p>

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<p>Virgin's LauncherOne rocket was carried under the wing of a customised Boeing 747 dubbed "Cosmic Girl" for the "horizontal launch" mission, which departed from the seaside town of Newquay in southwest England. The rocket was later released over the Atlantic Ocean, as per Reuters.</p>

<p><strong><a href="http://www.wionnews.com/science/watch-30-foot-humpback-whale-washes-up-at-the-jersey-shore-experts-launch-investigation-550884" hreflang="en">Watch: 30-foot humpback whale washes up at the Jersey Shore; experts launch investigation</a></strong></p>

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<p>A&nbsp;humpback whale about 30 feet&nbsp;long washed up at the Jersey shore this weekend, concerning the residents and environmentalists. The Atlantic City official said that the whale was discovered on the beach near South Mississippi Avenue on Saturday, only a few blocks away from where a previous whale washed ashore.&nbsp;This is the third such occurrence in a month.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Watch |&nbsp;Bolsonaro in Florida hospital; Over 1500 supporters detained after Brazil riots</strong></p>

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US President Joe Biden met with his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday and the top of his agenda was illegal migration and drugs. In other news, the ban on use of TikTok on government-owned and managed devices widened in the US with New Jersey and Ohio joining other states in blocking the popular video app on Monday.

US President Joe Biden met with his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday and the top of his agenda was illegal migration and drugs. In other news, the ban on use of TikTok on government-owned and managed devices widened in the US with New Jersey and Ohio joining other states in blocking the popular video app on Monday. Finally, Virgin Orbit reported an “anomaly” in its rocket on Tuesday that stopped it from reaching orbit, ending Britain's attempt to become the first European country to launch a satellite into space. Click on the headlines to read more: Biden discusses illegal migration and drugs with Mexican President Lopez Obrador Biden is in Mexico for the first time as president where he was scheduled to meet Lopez Obrador and also hold three-way talks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at what is dubbed the "Three Amigos" summit. The two reaffirmed their commitment to using "innovative approaches" to deal with irregular migration, the White House said in a readout. New Jersey and Ohio also ban TikTok on government-owned devices New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, a Democrat, said that he was also banning software vendors, products, and services from more than a dozen vendors including Huawei, Hikvision, Tencent Holdings LTD, ZTE Corporation and Kaspersky Lab. UK’s historic satellite launch fails to reach orbit after rocket ‘anomaly’ Virgin's LauncherOne rocket was carried under the wing of a customised Boeing 747 dubbed "Cosmic Girl" for the "horizontal launch" mission, which departed from the seaside town of Newquay in southwest England. The rocket was later released over the Atlantic Ocean, as per Reuters. Watch: 30-foot humpback whale washes up at the Jersey Shore; experts launch investigation A humpback whale about 30 feet long washed up at the Jersey shore this weekend, concerning the residents and environmentalists. The Atlantic City official said that the whale was discovered on the beach near South Mississippi Avenue on Saturday, only a few blocks away from where a previous whale washed ashore. This is the third such occurrence in a month. Watch | Bolsonaro in Florida hospital; Over 1500 supporters detained after Brazil riots

Morning news brief: Biden holds discussion with Mexican Prez, UK fails satellite launch attempt, and more

<p>In a repeat of what the US witnessed following Joe Biden's election as President in 2021, Brazil's Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court were under attack from former president Jair Bolsonaro's supporters Sunday. Meanwhile,&nbsp;Biden arrived in Mexico City on Sunday ahead of the North American Leaders' Summit and received a red-carpet welcome from Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.</p>

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<p>Biden will hold one-on-one meetings with Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Monday and Tuesday and also together in what is dubbed the "Three Amigos" summit.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/brazils-presidential-palace-congress-supreme-court-attacked-by-bolsonaros-supporters-550573">Brazil's presidential palace, Congress, Supreme Court attacked by Bolsonaro's supporters</a></p>

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<p>Lula, who was inaugurated on January 1, blamed Bolsonaro for inflaming his supporters. The latter has been making baseless allegations about potential election fraud after losing to Lula due to divisive nationalist populism. He has not conceded defeat till date.</p>

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<p>Israel's police has been instructed to remove Palestinian flags from public spaces by the country's new far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. The minister informed the media about the same on Sunday.&nbsp;</p>

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In a repeat of what the US witnessed following Joe Biden's election as President in 2021, Brazil's Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court were under attack from former president Jair Bolsonaro's supporters Sunday.

In a repeat of what the US witnessed following Joe Biden's election as President in 2021, Brazil's Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court were under attack from former president Jair Bolsonaro's supporters Sunday. Meanwhile, Biden arrived in Mexico City on Sunday ahead of the North American Leaders' Summit and received a red-carpet welcome from Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Click on headlines to read more: Biden reaches Mexico following strategic stop at US-Mexico border as immigration takes centrestage Biden will hold one-on-one meetings with Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Monday and Tuesday and also together in what is dubbed the "Three Amigos" summit. Brazil's presidential palace, Congress, Supreme Court attacked by Bolsonaro's supporters Lula, who was inaugurated on January 1, blamed Bolsonaro for inflaming his supporters. The latter has been making baseless allegations about potential election fraud after losing to Lula due to divisive nationalist populism. He has not conceded defeat till date. Ben-Gvir orders Israeli police to remove Palestinian flags from public spaces Israel's police has been instructed to remove Palestinian flags from public spaces by the country's new far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. The minister informed the media about the same on Sunday. Watch | Sweden awaits Turkiye's approval to join NATO × Watch | UK PM Rishi Sunak signals he is open to discussing pay rises for nurses ×

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<p>In a galaxy far, far away, a young man in a sea of sand faces a foreboding destiny. The threat of war hangs in the air. At the brink of a crisis, he navigates a feudalistic world with an evil emperor, noble houses and subjugated peoples, a tale right out of mythology and right at home in George Lucas’ brainpan. But this is “Dune,” baby, Frank Herbert’s science-fiction opus, which is making another run at global box-office domination even as it heads toward controversy about what it and its messianic protagonist signify.</p>

<p>The movie is a herculean endeavor from the director Denis Villeneuve (“Arrival”), a starry, sumptuous take on the novel’s first half. Published in 1965, Herbert’s book is a beautiful behemoth (my copy runs almost 900 pages) crowded with rulers and rebels, witches and warriors. Herbert had a lot to say — about religion, ecology, the fate of humanity — and drew from an astonishment of sources, from Greek mythology to Indigenous cultures.</p>

<p>Inspired by government efforts to keep sand dunes at bay, he dreamed up a desert planet where water was the new petroleum. The result is a future-shock epic that reads like a cautionary tale for our environmentally ravaged world.</p>

<p>Villeneuve likes to work on a large scale, but has a miniaturist’s attention to fine-grained detail, which fits for a story as equally sweeping and intricate as “Dune.” Like the novel, the movie is set thousands of years in the future and centers on Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), the scion of a noble family. With his father, Duke Leto (Oscar Isaac), and his mother, Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), Paul is about to depart for his new home on a desert planet called Arrakis, aka Dune. The Duke, on orders from the Emperor, is to take charge of the planet, which is home to monstrous sandworms, enigmatic Bedouin-like inhabitants and an addictive, highly valuable resource called spice.</p>

<p><br />
Much ensues. There are complicated intrigues along with sword fights, heroic deaths and many inserts of a mystery woman (Zendaya) throwing come-hither glances at the camera, a Malickian vision in flowing robes and liquid slow motion. She’s one piece of the multifaceted puzzle of Paul’s destiny, as is a mystical sisterhood (led by Charlotte Rampling in severe mistress mode) of psychic power brokers who share a collective consciousness. They’re playing the long game while the story’s most flamboyant villain, the Baron (Stellan Skarsgard), schemes and slays, floating above terrified minions and enemies like a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day balloon devised by Clive Barker.</p>

<p><br />
The movie leans on a lot of exposition, partly to help guide viewers through the story’s denser thickets, but Villeneuve also uses his visuals to advance and clarify the narrative. The designs and textures of the movie’s various worlds and their inhabitants are arresting, filigreed and meaningful, with characters and their environments in sync.</p>

<p><br />
At times, though, Villeneuve lingers too long over his creations, as if he wanted you to check out his cool new line of dragonfly-style choppers and bleeding corpses. (This isn’t a funny movie but there are mordantly humorous flourishes, notably with the Baron, whose bald head and oily bath indicate that Villeneuve is a fan of “Apocalypse Now.”)<br />
That impulse to linger is understandable given the monumentality of Villeneuve’s world building (and its price tag). But the movie’s spectacular scale combined with Herbert’s complex mythmaking also creates a not entirely productive tension between stasis and movement.</p>

<p><br />
Not long after he lands on Dune, Paul is ushered into the new world of its tribal people, the Fremen, a transitional passage leading from dark rooms to bright desert, from heavy machinery and vaulted spaces with friezes to gauzy robes and the meringue peaks of the dunes. Paul is on a journey filled with heavy deeds and thoughts, but en route he can seem caught in all this beauty, like a fly in fast-hardening sap.</p>

<p><br />
Chalamet looks young enough for the role (Paul is 15 when the novel opens) and can certainly strike a Byronic pose, complete with black coat and anguished hair. The actor has his moments in “Dune,” including in an early scene with Rampling’s Reverend Mother, who puts Paul through a painful test; Chalamet excels at imparting a sense of confused woundedness, psychic and physical. But he doesn’t move with the coiled grace of the warrior that Paul is meant to be, which undermines both his training sessions with the family “warmaster” (Josh Brolin) and in his later role as a messianic figure, one who is considerably less complicated and conflicted on screen than he is on the page.</p>

<p><br />
Written by Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth, the screenplay has taken predictable liberties. The movie retains the overall arc of the book despite having jettisoned characters and swaths of plot. There have been felicitous changes, as with the character Dr. Liet Kynes, an ecologist who’s a man in the book but is now a woman. Played by a formidably striking Sharon Duncan-Brewster, the character doesn’t receive nearly enough screen time, particularly given Kynes’ weighty patrimony and narrative function. But Duncan-Brewster — like so many of the other well-cast supporting performers — makes enough of an impression that she helps fill in the script’s ellipses.</p>

<p><br />
Throughout “Dune,” you can feel Villeneuve caught and sometimes struggling between his fidelity to the source material and the demands of big-ticket mainstream moviemaking and selling. It’s easy to imagine that he owns several copies of the novel, each copiously dog-eared and heavily outlined. (The movie is relatively free of holiday-ready merch opportunities, outside of a cute desert mouse with saucer-sized ears.) At the same time, Villeneuve is making a movie in a Marvel-dominated industry that foregrounds obviousness and blunt action sequences over ambiguity and introspection. There’s talk and stillness here, true, but also plenty of fights, explosions and hardware.</p>

<p><br />
The trickiest challenge is presented by the movie’s commercial imperatives and, by extension, the entire historical thrust of Hollywood with its demand for heroes and happy endings. This presents a problem that Villeneuve can’t or won’t solve. Paul is burdened by prophetic visions he doesn’t yet fully understand, and while he’s an appealing figure in the novel, he is also menacing. Herbert was interested in problematizing the figure of the classic champion, including the superhero, and he weaves his critique into the very fabric of his multilayered tale. “No more terrible disaster could befall your people,” a character warns, “than for them to fall into the hands of a Hero.”</p>

<p><br />
There’s little overt menace to this Paul, who mostly registers as a sincere, sensitive, if callow hero-in-the-making. Mostly, the danger he telegraphs exists on a representational level and the dubiously romanticized image presented by a pale, white noble who’s hailed as a messiah by the planet’s darker-complexioned native population.</p>

<p><br />
Whether Paul is white in the novel is, I think, open to debate. Herbert’s focus is on the human race, which, as the writer Jordan S. Carroll notes in a fascinating essay in the Los Angeles Review of Books, hasn’t prevented white supremacists from embracing the book. “Fascists love ‘Dune,’” Carroll writes, though he sees this love as a self-serving misreading.</p>

<p><br />
One of Herbert’s talents was his ability to blend his promiscuous borrowings — from Navajo, Aztec, Turkish, Persian and myriad other sources — into a smoothly unified future world that, as befits science fiction, is at once familiar and strange. The shadow of Lawrence of Arabia and colonialist fantasies does loom large, particularly because the Fremen and their language are drawn from Arabic origins. Still, the book gives you room to cast Paul in your head in whatever image you choose. But movies tend to visually lock in meaning, and, like David Lynch’s much-maligned 1984 adaptation with Kyle MacLachlan as Paul, this “Dune” is also about a white man leading a fateful charge.</p>

<p><br />
That doesn’t make Villeneuve’s “Dune” a white-savior story or not exactly or maybe just not yet. The movie ends before everything wraps up too neatly or uncomfortably, which injects it with some welcome uncertainty.</p>

<p><br />
Herbert wrote five sequels, and Duneworld continued to expand after his death; if the movie hits the box-office sweet spot, the story can presumably continue, which would be a gift for a franchise-hungry industry. Whether it will become the kind of gift that keeps on giving is up to the audience. Villeneuve has made a serious, stately opus, and while he doesn’t have a pop bone in his body, he knows how to put on a show as he fans a timely argument about who gets to play the hero now.</p>


In a galaxy far, far away, a young man in a sea of sand faces a foreboding destiny. The threat of war hangs in the air. At the brink of a crisis, he navigates a feudalistic world with an evil emperor, noble houses and subjugated peoples, a tale right out of mythology and right at home in George Lucas’ brainpan.

In a galaxy far, far away, a young man in a sea of sand faces a foreboding destiny. The threat of war hangs in the air. At the brink of a crisis, he navigates a feudalistic world with an evil emperor, noble houses and subjugated peoples, a tale right out of mythology and right at home in George Lucas’ brainpan. But this is “Dune,” baby, Frank Herbert’s science-fiction opus, which is making another run at global box-office domination even as it heads toward controversy about what it and its messianic protagonist signify. The movie is a herculean endeavor from the director Denis Villeneuve (“Arrival”), a starry, sumptuous take on the novel’s first half. Published in 1965, Herbert’s book is a beautiful behemoth (my copy runs almost 900 pages) crowded with rulers and rebels, witches and warriors. Herbert had a lot to say — about religion, ecology, the fate of humanity — and drew from an astonishment of sources, from Greek mythology to Indigenous cultures. Inspired by government efforts to keep sand dunes at bay, he dreamed up a desert planet where water was the new petroleum. The result is a future-shock epic that reads like a cautionary tale for our environmentally ravaged world. Villeneuve likes to work on a large scale, but has a miniaturist’s attention to fine-grained detail, which fits for a story as equally sweeping and intricate as “Dune.” Like the novel, the movie is set thousands of years in the future and centers on Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), the scion of a noble family. With his father, Duke Leto (Oscar Isaac), and his mother, Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), Paul is about to depart for his new home on a desert planet called Arrakis, aka Dune. The Duke, on orders from the Emperor, is to take charge of the planet, which is home to monstrous sandworms, enigmatic Bedouin-like inhabitants and an addictive, highly valuable resource called spice. Much ensues. There are complicated intrigues along with sword fights, heroic deaths and many inserts of a mystery woman (Zendaya) throwing come-hither glances at the camera, a Malickian vision in flowing robes and liquid slow motion. She’s one piece of the multifaceted puzzle of Paul’s destiny, as is a mystical sisterhood (led by Charlotte Rampling in severe mistress mode) of psychic power brokers who share a collective consciousness. They’re playing the long game while the story’s most flamboyant villain, the Baron (Stellan Skarsgard), schemes and slays, floating above terrified minions and enemies like a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day balloon devised by Clive Barker. The movie leans on a lot of exposition, partly to help guide viewers through the story’s denser thickets, but Villeneuve also uses his visuals to advance and clarify the narrative. The designs and textures of the movie’s various worlds and their inhabitants are arresting, filigreed and meaningful, with characters and their environments in sync. At times, though, Villeneuve lingers too long over his creations, as if he wanted you to check out his cool new line of dragonfly-style choppers and bleeding corpses. (This isn’t a funny movie but there are mordantly humorous flourishes, notably with the Baron, whose bald head and oily bath indicate that Villeneuve is a fan of “Apocalypse Now.”) That impulse to linger is understandable given the monumentality of Villeneuve’s world building (and its price tag). But the movie’s spectacular scale combined with Herbert’s complex mythmaking also creates a not entirely productive tension between stasis and movement. Not long after he lands on Dune, Paul is ushered into the new world of its tribal people, the Fremen, a transitional passage leading from dark rooms to bright desert, from heavy machinery and vaulted spaces with friezes to gauzy robes and the meringue peaks of the dunes. Paul is on a journey filled with heavy deeds and thoughts, but en route he can seem caught in all this beauty, like a fly in fast-hardening sap. Chalamet looks young enough for the role (Paul is 15 when the novel opens) and can certainly strike a Byronic pose, complete with black coat and anguished hair. The actor has his moments in “Dune,” including in an early scene with Rampling’s Reverend Mother, who puts Paul through a painful test; Chalamet excels at imparting a sense of confused woundedness, psychic and physical. But he doesn’t move with the coiled grace of the warrior that Paul is meant to be, which undermines both his training sessions with the family “warmaster” (Josh Brolin) and in his later role as a messianic figure, one who is considerably less complicated and conflicted on screen than he is on the page. Written by Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth, the screenplay has taken predictable liberties. The movie retains the overall arc of the book despite having jettisoned characters and swaths of plot. There have been felicitous changes, as with the character Dr. Liet Kynes, an ecologist who’s a man in the book but is now a woman. Played by a formidably striking Sharon Duncan-Brewster, the character doesn’t receive nearly enough screen time, particularly given Kynes’ weighty patrimony and narrative function. But Duncan-Brewster — like so many of the other well-cast supporting performers — makes enough of an impression that she helps fill in the script’s ellipses. Throughout “Dune,” you can feel Villeneuve caught and sometimes struggling between his fidelity to the source material and the demands of big-ticket mainstream moviemaking and selling. It’s easy to imagine that he owns several copies of the novel, each copiously dog-eared and heavily outlined. (The movie is relatively free of holiday-ready merch opportunities, outside of a cute desert mouse with saucer-sized ears.) At the same time, Villeneuve is making a movie in a Marvel-dominated industry that foregrounds obviousness and blunt action sequences over ambiguity and introspection. There’s talk and stillness here, true, but also plenty of fights, explosions and hardware. The trickiest challenge is presented by the movie’s commercial imperatives and, by extension, the entire historical thrust of Hollywood with its demand for heroes and happy endings. This presents a problem that Villeneuve can’t or won’t solve. Paul is burdened by prophetic visions he doesn’t yet fully understand, and while he’s an appealing figure in the novel, he is also menacing. Herbert was interested in problematizing the figure of the classic champion, including the superhero, and he weaves his critique into the very fabric of his multilayered tale. “No more terrible disaster could befall your people,” a character warns, “than for them to fall into the hands of a Hero.” There’s little overt menace to this Paul, who mostly registers as a sincere, sensitive, if callow hero-in-the-making. Mostly, the danger he telegraphs exists on a representational level and the dubiously romanticized image presented by a pale, white noble who’s hailed as a messiah by the planet’s darker-complexioned native population. Whether Paul is white in the novel is, I think, open to debate. Herbert’s focus is on the human race, which, as the writer Jordan S. Carroll notes in a fascinating essay in the Los Angeles Review of Books, hasn’t prevented white supremacists from embracing the book. “Fascists love ‘Dune,’” Carroll writes, though he sees this love as a self-serving misreading. One of Herbert’s talents was his ability to blend his promiscuous borrowings — from Navajo, Aztec, Turkish, Persian and myriad other sources — into a smoothly unified future world that, as befits science fiction, is at once familiar and strange. The shadow of Lawrence of Arabia and colonialist fantasies does loom large, particularly because the Fremen and their language are drawn from Arabic origins. Still, the book gives you room to cast Paul in your head in whatever image you choose. But movies tend to visually lock in meaning, and, like David Lynch’s much-maligned 1984 adaptation with Kyle MacLachlan as Paul, this “Dune” is also about a white man leading a fateful charge. That doesn’t make Villeneuve’s “Dune” a white-savior story or not exactly or maybe just not yet. The movie ends before everything wraps up too neatly or uncomfortably, which injects it with some welcome uncertainty. Herbert wrote five sequels, and Duneworld continued to expand after his death; if the movie hits the box-office sweet spot, the story can presumably continue, which would be a gift for a franchise-hungry industry. Whether it will become the kind of gift that keeps on giving is up to the audience. Villeneuve has made a serious, stately opus, and while he doesn’t have a pop bone in his body, he knows how to put on a show as he fans a timely argument about who gets to play the hero now.

‘Dune’ review: A hero in the making, on shifting sands

<p>Lance Bass is father to two little babies now!</p>

<p>The *NSYNC singer has welcomed a baby boy and a baby girl into the world &nbsp;with his husband, Michael Turchin. The couple has named them Violet Betty and Alexander James respectively and these new addition to the Bass-Turchin family happened via surrogate, reports claim.</p>

<p>On Thursday, Bass took to Instagram to share that the day before, the 'baby dragons' had arrived.&nbsp;<br />
"The baby dragons have arrived!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I can not express how much love I feel right now. Thank you for all the kind wishes. It meant a lot. Now, how do you change a diaper??! Ahhhhhhhh!" Bass captioned the twins' birth certificates he has posted as part of the announcement.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Bass and Turchin have been married since 2014 and announced in June of this year that they were expecting twins.</p>

<p>In July, Bass said the surrogate was 25 weeks pregnant and their twins were 'growing beautifully'.&nbsp;<br />
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<p>In 2018, Bass told a global news website that they were starting the process to have kids.</p>

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<p>"It's something we're very excited about. I mean, the reason I wanted to get married to this guy is I know he'll be an amazing dad," he had said.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Unfortunately, Bass revealed in March of 2020 that his surrogate had been eight weeks pregnant with a baby boy before losing the pregnancy to miscarriage. It was his and Turchin's ninth IVF attempt.&nbsp;<br />
"It's been a very long process, years in the making. There have been a lot of ups and downs … way more downs than ups," Bass said, reportedly.&nbsp;</p>

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"You try to trick yourself into not getting excited because you know anything can happen at any time, especially in those first few weeks when there's a huge possibility that the [embryos] won't stick," he explained. "You keep telling yourself that and trying not to get your hopes up, but you're always going to have those thoughts in the back of your brain where you're already planning out their lives. Especially once you know the sex -- you can't help but fast-forward over their entire lives and imagine who they’re going to be like, who they might marry and all kinds of stuff," Lance Bass said about the emotional turmoil he had to endure during that time.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>"That's the thing that sucks -- you can't help yourself from thinking those thoughts and having this perfect world scenario in your mind," he continued. "Getting over that has been hard. It's like all these hopes and dreams I had won't be happening this time. But everything happens for a reason and when it needs to happen, it’ll have to happen," he concluded.&nbsp;</p>


Lance Bass is father to two little babies now! The *NSYNC singer has welcomed a baby boy and a baby girl into the world with his husband, Michael Turchin. The couple has named them Violet Betty and Alexander James respectively and these new addition to the Bass-Turchin family happened via surrogate, reports claim.

Lance Bass is father to two little babies now! The *NSYNC singer has welcomed a baby boy and a baby girl into the world with his husband, Michael Turchin. The couple has named them Violet Betty and Alexander James respectively and these new addition to the Bass-Turchin family happened via surrogate, reports claim. On Thursday, Bass took to Instagram to share that the day before, the 'baby dragons' had arrived. "The baby dragons have arrived!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I can not express how much love I feel right now. Thank you for all the kind wishes. It meant a lot. Now, how do you change a diaper??! Ahhhhhhhh!" Bass captioned the twins' birth certificates he has posted as part of the announcement. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lance Bass (@lancebass) × Also read: Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae reacts to S2 rumours: I have to play him again Bass and Turchin have been married since 2014 and announced in June of this year that they were expecting twins. In July, Bass said the surrogate was 25 weeks pregnant and their twins were 'growing beautifully'. "I can't believe we will be dads in less than 3 months!" he had written. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lance Bass (@lancebass) × In 2018, Bass told a global news website that they were starting the process to have kids. Also read: Chris Martin's dedicates concert to partner Dakota Johnson: She's my Universe "It's something we're very excited about. I mean, the reason I wanted to get married to this guy is I know he'll be an amazing dad," he had said. Unfortunately, Bass revealed in March of 2020 that his surrogate had been eight weeks pregnant with a baby boy before losing the pregnancy to miscarriage. It was his and Turchin's ninth IVF attempt. "It's been a very long process, years in the making. There have been a lot of ups and downs … way more downs than ups," Bass said, reportedly. "You try to trick yourself into not getting excited because you know anything can happen at any time, especially in those first few weeks when there's a huge possibility that the [embryos] won't stick," he explained. "You keep telling yourself that and trying not to get your hopes up, but you're always going to have those thoughts in the back of your brain where you're already planning out their lives. Especially once you know the sex -- you can't help but fast-forward over their entire lives and imagine who they’re going to be like, who they might marry and all kinds of stuff," Lance Bass said about the emotional turmoil he had to endure during that time. Also read: Letitia Wright denies having anti-vaccinations views on set of Black Panther 2 "That's the thing that sucks -- you can't help yourself from thinking those thoughts and having this perfect world scenario in your mind," he continued. "Getting over that has been hard. It's like all these hopes and dreams I had won't be happening this time. But everything happens for a reason and when it needs to happen, it’ll have to happen," he concluded.

NSYNC singer Lance Bass, husband Michael Turchin welcome twins

<p>Hollywood star Megan Fox's horror-thriller action film will be premiering in India soon!</p>

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Directed by S.K. Dale in his debut venture, the film also stars Callan Mulvey, Eoin Macken, Aml Ameen and Jack Roth in pivotal roles.</p>

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<p>The film is set to premiere on October 8 on Lionsgate Play.&nbsp;</p>

<p>'Till Death' follows the life of <a href="https://www.wionews.com/photos/from-jennifer-lopez-to-megan-fox-all-the-wild-outfits-from-2021-vmas-412727#lil-nas-x-412715">Emma (Fox)</a> and her husband who are out on a romantic getaway in their secluded lake house. After a while, Emma wakes up to the shocking realisation that she has been handcuffed to her dead husband. Being trapped and isolated in the dead of winter, Emma has to fight off hired killers to escape her attacker's twisted plan.</p>

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<p>Interestingly, director S.K Dale could not help reading the entire script in one go. It so happened that he thought he would read just the first 20 pages and go to sleep. However, he ended up reading the entire story till 2 am. 'The Coatmaker' and 'Tommy' are some of Dale's previous works.&nbsp;</p>


Hollywood star Megan Fox's horror-thriller action film will be premiering in India soon! Directed by S.K. Dale in his debut venture, the film also stars Callan Mulvey, Eoin Macken, Aml Ameen and Jack Roth in pivotal roles.

Hollywood star Megan Fox's horror-thriller action film will be premiering in India soon! Directed by S.K. Dale in his debut venture, the film also stars Callan Mulvey, Eoin Macken, Aml Ameen and Jack Roth in pivotal roles. Also read | Oxford English Dictionary adds 26 new words and they are all Korean The film is set to premiere on October 8 on Lionsgate Play. 'Till Death' follows the life of Emma (Fox) and her husband who are out on a romantic getaway in their secluded lake house. After a while, Emma wakes up to the shocking realisation that she has been handcuffed to her dead husband. Being trapped and isolated in the dead of winter, Emma has to fight off hired killers to escape her attacker's twisted plan. Also read | HBO releases first trailer for 'Game of Thrones' prequel, 'House of the Dragon' Interestingly, director S.K Dale could not help reading the entire script in one go. It so happened that he thought he would read just the first 20 pages and go to sleep. However, he ended up reading the entire story till 2 am. 'The Coatmaker' and 'Tommy' are some of Dale's previous works.

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Nicki Minaj's son 'Papa bear' turned one on Tuesday and the celebrated rapper left no stone unturned to make it a memorable one for the little man. For the special occasion, a Kung Fu Panda-themed birthday party was thrown by Nicki, who shares her baby boy with husband Kenneth Petty.

Nicki Minaj's son 'Papa bear' turned one on Tuesday and the celebrated rapper left no stone unturned to make it a memorable one for the little man. For the special occasion, a Kung Fu Panda-themed birthday party was thrown by Nicki, who shares her baby boy with husband Kenneth Petty. Also read: Jennifer Aniston's sex scenes secret revealed by Jake Gyllenhaal "On Sept. 30th you turned 1. Mama is so proud of you, PapaBear. You’re the best boy in the whole wide world. I don’t know what I did to deserve you, but God bless you, son. Mommy & Daddy will never stop loving you. #KungFuPanda," Nicki Minaj captioned her birthday post for him. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Barbie (@nickiminaj) × Her second post for Papa Bear goes as this, "The kids were so 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 omg. The absolute best. They did face painting, making balloons, making headbands, bouncy house, photo booth, etc. and once everyone left I forgot we didn’t cut the cake ‼️‼️‼️🤣 I had to bring my baby out in his pajamas. Boy u gon get this bday song whether u like it or not. 😒🥴😂It was so much fun. To everyone who sent a gift, he hasn’t opened gifts yet but thank you, love you. Happy 1st bday 🐻. My world, my everything. 🙏♥️🎂 🥳 🎉 🎉🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉 yes I know I’m spamming your timeline but it’s for my pumpkin pie munchkin." View this post on Instagram A post shared by Barbie (@nickiminaj) × The proud parents had close friends and family over for their son's birthday party, with Minaj sharing snaps of their guests and the decorations. Nicki also shared throwback video and photos of her son over the past one year. In an Instagram Story, the rapper shared that they didn't sing Papa Bear 'Happy Birthday' or cut the cake until after the guests had left. Also read: Disney ‘Princess Concert’ Tour postponed due to COVID concerns "I had to bring the baby out in his pajamas for us to sing to him. Boy u gon get this song whether u like it or not," she wrote. Check out the other birthday posts here: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Barbie (@nickiminaj) × View this post on Instagram A post shared by Barbie (@nickiminaj) ×

Pics: Nicki Minaj throws 'King Fu Panda' themed first-birthday party for son

<p>Global star Priyanka Chopra Jonas has posted some breathtakingly beautiful pictures of her from the city of love, Paris, as she hosted the Global Citizen Live event. &nbsp;</p>

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Images of her posing like the diva she is with the iconic Eiffel Tower as backdrop has made her latest carousal go viral on Instagram.</p>

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Priyanka captioned the picture as, "An Evening in Paris." For the event, the 'Matrix 4' wore an Earth themed prabul Gurung dress.</p>

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However, in one of her videos shared on her Instagram Story, the actress said, “Here I am! Global Citizen live baby, in Paris."&nbsp;</p>

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<p>In another Story, PC&nbsp;wrote, "Over the next 24 hours, we are going to see the world of politics, music and activism come together with two urgent goals: to defend the planet and defeat poverty."</p>

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<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/priyanka-chopra-responds-to-the-activist-controversy-im-sorry-that-my-participation-in-it-disappointed-you-413672">She</a> also shared pictures and videos of Sir Elton John performing live for the cause.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
The Global Citizen Live event was a 24-hour performance-heavy livestream that's goal is to raise funds and awareness for vaccine equity all around the world.</p>

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Amid other world leaders and dignitaries, the royal couple will appear on the Great Lawn in Central Park to encourage the leading nations of the world to work together and put an end to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>

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The fundraising event has also called on G-7 countries, as well as the European Union, for immediate disbursement of one billion COVID-19 vaccines to the countries that are in dire need.</p>

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Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Jennifer Lopez, Doja Cat, Lizzo, Billie Eilish, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, among others, marked their attendance from different venues.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>The Paris edition, hosted by Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Denis Brogniart, saw performances by Ed Sheeran, Elton John, Black Eyed Peas, Doja Cat and Måneskin.&nbsp;</p>


Global star Priyanka Chopra Jonas has posted some breathtakingly beautiful pictures of her from the city of love, Paris, as she hosted the Global Citizen Live event.

Global star Priyanka Chopra Jonas has posted some breathtakingly beautiful pictures of her from the city of love, Paris, as she hosted the Global Citizen Live event. Images of her posing like the diva she is with the iconic Eiffel Tower as backdrop has made her latest carousal go viral on Instagram. Priyanka captioned the picture as, "An Evening in Paris." For the event, the 'Matrix 4' wore an Earth themed prabul Gurung dress. Also read: 'Massively grateful' Daniel Craig bids farewell to James Bond However, in one of her videos shared on her Instagram Story, the actress said, “Here I am! Global Citizen live baby, in Paris." View this post on Instagram A post shared by Priyanka Chopra Jonas (@priyankachopra) × In another Story, PC wrote, "Over the next 24 hours, we are going to see the world of politics, music and activism come together with two urgent goals: to defend the planet and defeat poverty." She also shared pictures and videos of Sir Elton John performing live for the cause. Also read: 'Blue Moon', Jessica Chastain, among San Sebastian festival winners The Global Citizen Live event was a 24-hour performance-heavy livestream that's goal is to raise funds and awareness for vaccine equity all around the world. Amid other world leaders and dignitaries, the royal couple will appear on the Great Lawn in Central Park to encourage the leading nations of the world to work together and put an end to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fundraising event has also called on G-7 countries, as well as the European Union, for immediate disbursement of one billion COVID-19 vaccines to the countries that are in dire need. Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Jennifer Lopez, Doja Cat, Lizzo, Billie Eilish, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, among others, marked their attendance from different venues. Also read: Ozark 4 first look: Jason Bateman, Laura Linney soaked in blood, embroiled in dispute The Paris edition, hosted by Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Denis Brogniart, saw performances by Ed Sheeran, Elton John, Black Eyed Peas, Doja Cat and Måneskin.

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<p>Queen Elizabeth has summoned her grandson Prince Harry for a crisis meeting to discuss future arrangements for him and his wife Meghan following the <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/as-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-announce-separation-uk-monarchy-scrambles-for-solution-273323">couple's shock announcement </a>that they want to step back from royal duties.<br />
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Harry's father Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, and his elder brother Prince William will also attend the meeting, due to take place on Monday at the queen's Sandringham estate in Norfolk, eastern England, a Buckingham Palace source told Reuters.<br />
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Meghan, an American former TV actress, will try to join via telephone from Canada where she returned earlier in the week to rejoin the couple's baby son, Archie.<br />
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Harry and Meghan, officially known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, surprised the rest of the royal family on Wednesday by publicly announcing they wanted a "<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/meet-the-half-royals-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-how-will-the-separation-from-the-family-work-out-for-the-couple-273295">new working mode</a>l" that would allow them to spend more time in North America and to be financially independent.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>They did not consult the 93-year-old monarch or other members of the family before making their announcement on a new website, https://sussexroyal.com, a move which hurt and disappointed the queen and other royals, according to a royal source.<br />
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The meeting on Monday will be the first time the senior royals have met in person to discuss the concerns raised by Harry and Meghan.<br />
<br />
Officials had been holding talks behind the scenes since the bombshell statement to try to work out a new arrangement for the couple, and a royal source said those efforts progressed well.<br />
The consultations, which also included the British and Canadian governments, paved the way for a face-to-face meeting between Harry and the queen.<br />
<br />
The palace source said it remained the queen's aim to a find a resolution to the crisis in days rather than weeks but it would require "complex and thoughtful discussions" and any agreement would take time to be implemented.<br />
<br />
The split between Harry and the other Windsors is the latest crisis the royal family has faced in a period described last month as "bumpy" by the queen in a televised annual address.<br />
<br />
Such is the global interest in Harry and Meghan that their news has overshadowed a scandal surrounding the queen's second son Prince Andrew and his friendship with disgraced late U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein, who hanged himself in jail in August while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.<br />
<br />
In an TV interview last October, Harry admitted he and William had fallen out.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/prince-harry-and-meghan-markles-possible-move-might-affect-canadian-taxpayers-273290">Also read:&nbsp;Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's possible move might affect Canadian taxpayers</a><br />
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The&nbsp;news agency&nbsp;said the elder prince had spoken of his sadness at the rift. The brothers were close for years following the death of their mother Princess Diana in a Paris car crash in 1997.<br />
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The newspaper quoted William as saying to an unnamed friend: "I've put my arm around my brother all our lives and I can't do that any more, we're separate entities.<br />
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"I'm sad about that. All we can do, and all I can do, is try and support them and hope that the time comes when we`re all singing from the same page. I want everyone to play on the team."<br />
<br />
Earlier on Saturday, the news agency reported that Meghan had agreed to do voiceover work for Disney&nbsp;in return for the company making a donation to a charity she supports that works to protect elephants.<br />
<br />
A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman had no immediate comment on the report. Disney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.</p>


Queen Elizabeth has summoned her grandson Prince Harry for a crisis meeting to discuss future arrangements for him and his wife Meghan following the couple's shock announcement that they want to step back from royal duties.

Queen Elizabeth has summoned her grandson Prince Harry for a crisis meeting to discuss future arrangements for him and his wife Meghan following the couple's shock announcement that they want to step back from royal duties. Harry's father Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, and his elder brother Prince William will also attend the meeting, due to take place on Monday at the queen's Sandringham estate in Norfolk, eastern England, a Buckingham Palace source told Reuters. Meghan, an American former TV actress, will try to join via telephone from Canada where she returned earlier in the week to rejoin the couple's baby son, Archie. Harry and Meghan, officially known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, surprised the rest of the royal family on Wednesday by publicly announcing they wanted a "new working model" that would allow them to spend more time in North America and to be financially independent. View this post on Instagram “After many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new role within this institution. We intend to step back as ‘senior’ members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen. It is with your encouragement, particularly over the last few years, that we feel prepared to make this adjustment. We now plan to balance our time between the United Kingdom and North America, continuing to honour our duty to The Queen, the Commonwealth, and our patronages. This geographic balance will enable us to raise our son with an appreciation for the royal tradition into which he was born, while also providing our family with the space to focus on the next chapter, including the launch of our new charitable entity. We look forward to sharing the full details of this exciting next step in due course, as we continue to collaborate with Her Majesty The Queen, The Prince of Wales, The Duke of Cambridge and all relevant parties. Until then, please accept our deepest thanks for your continued support.” - The Duke and Duchess of Sussex For more information, please visit sussexroyal.com (link in bio) Image © PA A post shared by The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (@sussexroyal) on Jan 8, 2020 at 10:33am PST × They did not consult the 93-year-old monarch or other members of the family before making their announcement on a new website, https://sussexroyal.com, a move which hurt and disappointed the queen and other royals, according to a royal source. The meeting on Monday will be the first time the senior royals have met in person to discuss the concerns raised by Harry and Meghan. Officials had been holding talks behind the scenes since the bombshell statement to try to work out a new arrangement for the couple, and a royal source said those efforts progressed well. The consultations, which also included the British and Canadian governments, paved the way for a face-to-face meeting between Harry and the queen. The palace source said it remained the queen's aim to a find a resolution to the crisis in days rather than weeks but it would require "complex and thoughtful discussions" and any agreement would take time to be implemented. The split between Harry and the other Windsors is the latest crisis the royal family has faced in a period described last month as "bumpy" by the queen in a televised annual address. Such is the global interest in Harry and Meghan that their news has overshadowed a scandal surrounding the queen's second son Prince Andrew and his friendship with disgraced late U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein, who hanged himself in jail in August while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. In an TV interview last October, Harry admitted he and William had fallen out. Also read: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's possible move might affect Canadian taxpayers The news agency said the elder prince had spoken of his sadness at the rift. The brothers were close for years following the death of their mother Princess Diana in a Paris car crash in 1997. The newspaper quoted William as saying to an unnamed friend: "I've put my arm around my brother all our lives and I can't do that any more, we're separate entities. "I'm sad about that. All we can do, and all I can do, is try and support them and hope that the time comes when we`re all singing from the same page. I want everyone to play on the team." Earlier on Saturday, the news agency reported that Meghan had agreed to do voiceover work for Disney in return for the company making a donation to a charity she supports that works to protect elephants. A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman had no immediate comment on the report. Disney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Queen Elizabeth calls Prince Harry for crisis meeting post shocking announcement