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Day: 8 May 2016

  • ISIS Throw “Gay” Man To His Death To “Cleanse His Sins”

    ISIS Throw “Gay” Man To His Death To “Cleanse His Sins”

    A man who it is claimed had gay sex has been thrown to his death from a building near Aleppo.

    CREDIT: Twitter
    CREDIT: Twitter

    *Picture warning* This report contains pictures some readers may find distressing.

     

    Islamic State fighters in Syria have claimed the life of yet another man accused of being gay by throwing him off a building in the northern Syrian city of Manbij near Aleppo.

    A crowd of men and children watched the sickening moments as the young man was pushed from unfinished building structure in Manbij City.

    According to sources ISIS called on the residents to watch as charges of sodomy against the man were read out by the ISIS Sharia Court.

    An ISIS member reportedly said,

    “Throwing gays this way will cleanse their sins”

    The barefooted young man, who was wearing all black and who was blindfolded, was then stoned by members of the gathered crowd after failing to die from the impact of his fall.

    https://twitter.com/Terror_Monitor/status/729019283334782976

    A crowd of around 100 people, with some children with them are seen in the pictures published by the Terror Monitor group. After the man landed at the foot of the building some of the on-lookers, took up rocks to stone the defenceless man to death.

     

  • Ben Whishaw’s London Spy Misses Out On Bafta

    Ben Whishaw’s London Spy Misses Out On Bafta

    The highly acclaimed British drama, London Spy has missed out on winning a Bafta.

    CREDIT: (C) WTTV Limited - Photographer: Joss Barratt
    CREDIT: (C) WTTV Limited – Photographer: Joss Barratt

    The highly acclaimed London Spy, starring Ben Whishaw has missed out winning a Bafta after This Is England ’90 won best the Mini Series for Channel 4.

    The series was also up against The Enfield Haunting for Sky Living and Doctor Foster for BBC One.

    London Spy was the gripping gay spy drama about two men who became romantically involved after a chance meeting in London. The series starred Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent, Mark Gatiss and Charlotte Rampling.

    Meanwhile Transparent, starring Arrested Development’s Jeffrey Tambor won Best International for Amazon Prime.

  • Amazon’s Transparent Wins Bafta

    Amazon’s Transparent has won a Bafta.

    The second series of US export Transparent, starring Jeffrey Tambor has picked up a gong at this year’s Bafta Awards. The Bafta win follows the programme’s success in the Emmys in the US, where it picked up two awards.

    The series picked up the International award beating The Good Wife. Transparent was also up against Narcos (Netflix) and Spinal (Canal +).

    Transparent is the critically acclaimed comedy series which follow the lives of a family as the father (Tambor) makes the transition from male to female.

    Transparent is an original production for Amazon’s streaming service, Amazon Prime.

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  • FILM REVIEW | Evolution

    FILM REVIEW | Evolution

    ★★★★ | Evolution

    Young boys and their mothers are the only inhabitants in a seaside town in the highly unusual film ‘Evolution.’

    CREDIT: Metrodome
    CREDIT: Metrodome

    It’s a world without men, a world where each woman has one son, where they all live in similar white-washed yet minimalistic homes, right off the coastal rocks of an unnamed country.

    It’s here where Nicholas (Max Brebant) lives with his mom (Julie-Marie Parmentier). She feeds him a greenish-like goulash soup at every meal, and also makes sure he takes his medication. She takes Nicholas to play along the rocks of the ocean with the other boys in town, each with their mothers close at hand. But at the heart of soul of this community is a hospital, staffed entirely by women, where all the boys are eventually hospitalized. It’s here at this hospital where the boys are subject to strange medical treatments that perhaps undermine the role of evolution. They are given shots in their stomach, administered to them while they lie strapped to a bed, females nurses surrounding them, with no emotion, all white, and wearing white. What does it all mean? What are the boys being given? And why does Nicholas’ mother, along with the other mothers, venture late at night next to the ocean and writhe naked with each other in the rocks?

    French with English subtitles, ‘Evolution’ messes with our head with the idea that evolution (the beginning of life) is created by women, and that perhaps God is woman. Its imagery, tone and darkness reveals too much yet not enough. It’s a film that leaves the viewer attempting to interpret what they’ve just seen, what they’ve just witnessed.

    ‘Evolution’, directed by Lucille Hadzihalilovic, is a film that she says is steeped in elements from her childhood. The barren landscapes, a faceless hospital, and the rough seas gives us a dreamlike haze into a world of innocence, beauty and cruelty.

    It’s film that’s not easy to watch – there are big gaps of silence, and the ending may be a bit confusing, but upon watching it you’ll get the idea of what message the film is attempting to deliver.

    It’s beautiful yet strange.

     

  • 15 Times Davey’s Instagram Cured The Thirst

    15 Times Davey’s Instagram Cured The Thirst

    Internet celeb Davey Wavey certainly knows how to satisfy his audience.

    Here’s 19 times the YouTuber quenched the thirst.

     

     

    2) Reach Out And Touch Me

    Thirst quenched rating: 8/10

     

    3) Bed goodness

    Thirst quenched rating: 9/10

     

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    4) Back For Good

    Thirst Quenched Rating 8/10

     

    5) On The Couch

    Thirst Quenched Rating: 6/10

     

    6) Bottom’s Up

    Thirst Quenched Rating: 10/10

     

    7) Look No Hands

    Thirst Quenched Rating: 7/10

     

    8) We’re together

    Thirst Quenched Rating: 15/10

     

    9) Feel The Power

    Thirst Quenched Rating: 4/10

     

    10) Baitbus?

    Thirst Quenched Rating: 7/10

     

    11) Humping In The Dessert

    Thirst Quenched Rating: 11/10

     

    12) Together

    Thirst Quenched Rating: 14/10

     

    14) Armpit

    Thirst Quenched Rating: 10/10

     

    15) Naughty Reindeer

    Thirst Quenched Rating: 9/10

  • Gay Man Killed After Meeting On Hook Up Site

    A man was killed after arranging a meeting on a hook up site. Four men have been charged with his murder.

    A man in his 40s was robbed, brutally beaten, stripped and left for dead after he arranged to meet someone for sex online in Nampa, Idaho.

    Four men charged with robbery and murder could now face the death penalty. Three Nampa residents, Kelly Schneider, 22, Kevin Tracy, 21, Jayson Woods, 28, and Daniel Henkel, 23 were arraigned in Canyon County court. They face charges of felony robbery and first-degree murder.

    According to KTVB.com the victim, Steven Nelson, 49 arranged to meet with Kelly Schneider after meeting him on a hook up site. They arranged to meet at Gotts Point at Lake Lowell. When they arrived it is alleged that “Schneider threw Nelson to the ground and kicked him repeatedly.”

    During the attack Mr Nelson is reported to have pleaded for his life, begging his attackers not to kill him.

    They then allegedly stole his credit cards and wallet and keys, later withdrew $123 from Mr Nelson’s account. Henkel and Schneider were captured on CCTV using the victim’s bank cards to withdraw funds.

     

    After the attack Mr Nelson managed to seek the attention of nearby homeowners, who immediately called the emergency services. He had suffered broken ribs and was bleeding from the ear. He later died from a cardiac arrest a number of hours after the attack.

    Before he died Mr Nelson was able to speak to police about his attackers and was able to give descriptions leading to the arrest of the four men.

  • COMMENT | Is Binge Watching The Future Of TV?

    I’ve recently found myself slipping into an alarming condition – binge watching. I know, I know, it’s hardly life threatening in terms of health…but if left unchecked, could be relationship threatening!

    Ok, let’s start at the beginning – what is binge watching? According to the Oxford Dictionary, it’s a verb (that’s a “doing” word – all that education wasn’t wasted) and originated back in the early 1990s with terms like binge drinking, binge eating, etc. Binge seems to be something we add to words to make them sound bad, or as a warning.

    So, back to binge watching, where we define the phrase as watching multiple episodes of a programme/series in one sitting. Netflix did a quick survey back in 2014 and found that 73% of its viewers defined it as watching at least 2-3 episodes in a single sitting, typically of the same series – and this is my definition too.

    It’s only right that Netflix is mentioned as it feels like one of the main “suppliers” to binge watchers worldwide – think about it and pre-streaming, the only way to binge watch was to buy the physical DVD or (even further back) video.

    Now, however, things have changed substantially and we have Now TV, Amazon Prime, Netflix, and lots more streaming services coming online that supply us with what we want, when we want it – entire series of programmes in a single sitting, immediately.

    So what’s the appeal? Why do we do it? How did we lose that glorious anticipation we felt when we were so into a new series, we couldn’t wait for the next episode – but did?

    Let’s be honest, there are some series so popular that they aren’t released as a series in totality – whether this is due to contractual restrictions or simply to keep you coming back next week, it doesn’t matter. We can still have access to the entire back catalogue and enjoy classic moments in between new episodes – yes “Game of Thrones”, I’m looking at you.

    So, while I love the concept and appeal of fresh episodes each week – think “The Night Manager” – I also love the feeling of making a new discovery or reacting to a recommendation and watching as many episodes as possible to keep that theme or storyline going.

    As an example, I missed ‘Looking” when it first came out but based on friends recommendations and the fact that Murray Bartlett (Dom) is a cutie-pie with a nice bum, I bought the 2 series available via iTunes and binge watched them. I couldn’t stop – simply because I’d found characters that I liked (mostly) and storylines that interested me and I now owned both series so had access to watch as much or as little as I wanted. My addictive personality meant that 2 series lasted about a day and a half, but what a glorious day and a half!

     

    I’ve found myself doing it with other programmes too – am part way through season 2 of “How To Get Away With Murder” (OMG!) and me and my partner are watching a couple of episodes per evening rather than watch TV. This is after watching season 1 via Netflix in a couple of sittings. This is where binge watching comes into its own – it you haven’t watched this programme, its a complex murder mystery played out over a season, with multiple characters and storylines interweaving and, if I’m honest, I would have lost the plot if I’d had to wait too long between single episodes. But by binge watching, I was able to keep on track and really enjoy the series.

    I can’t help but feel that our viewing habits are changing enormously and this has to have an impact of the future of TV as we know it. On demand and catch-up play such a huge part in my current viewing habits – and it would seem, in the lives of my friends (on and off line).

    I recently asked a simple question across my social media platforms and got the same answer. The question? Do you binge watch? The answer – a resounding yes, but for a variety of reasons. These ranged from sheer boredom to catching up on a series you’ve missed, or re-watching an old series you love.

    My reasons for doing it? All of the above! I work from home mainly and as this can be quite lonely and quiet at times, like to have some noise on – I dislike radio, and as a control freak (of sorts) don’t like someone else choosing my music or chatter, so I like being able to put something on in the background and dip in and out between emails, spreadsheets and WebEx’s.

    I recently watched 8 series/seasons of The Big Bang Theory while involved in a soul-destroying admin task…some may say watching a single episode is soul-destroying but I quite liked the canned laughter and jokes.

    So, the upshot is that I feel binge watching is becoming the norm and a good way to play catch-up for series you may have missed or been recommended by friends/family. As more of us change our lifestyles and work patterns, the traditionally way to view programmes has to change too and, so far, its not doing too bad a job.

    Got to go now, there’s 7 seasons of Buffy on Netflix and they ain’t gonna watch themselves…

     

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