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Neil Patrick Harris Joins Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Special

Who are you?Image: BBCIt feels like we’ve recently learned more about Doctor Who’s upcoming 60th anniversary celebrations next year than we have about the impending departure of Jodie Whittaker’s current Doctor a few months from now. And yet, the more we learn about the 60th, the stranger and stranger it gets.The latest news out of the BBC is that Neil Patrick Harris has joined the upcoming special in a major, undisclosed role. An image of Harris’ character was released, but no further details were actually given about

Ethics And Conversational Assistants | by Patrick Meyer | May, 2022

OpinionIn recent years, trust and consideration of ethical rules have become an essential part of the AI landscape. Early abuses have led legislators to regulate the industry after the fact. This article discusses the ethical issues of conversational assistants considering these new regulations.Photo by Tingey Injury Law Firm on UnsplashOn September 28, 2018, the Governor of California approves Chapter 6 ordering that Bots must make it clear that they are just software.On September 7, 2020, the CNIL (Commission Nationale…

Dirty Dancing’s Jennifer Grey Explains Why She Refused To Do Her Iconic Lift With Patrick Swayze Until The Day It Was Filmed

Dirty Dancing is a movie that teaches audiences what physical chemistry looks like between two people – the way that two bodies can be in sync with each other through the beautiful expression of dancing. We remember the film for the insane spark between actors Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze, the quotable “No one puts Baby in a corner,” and the infamous lift scene. Believe it or not, however, Grey actually refused to do the iconic lift with Swayze until the day it was filmed.In the final scene of Dirty Dancing, the…

Conservatives investigating complaint by Patrick Brown team about racist email

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Canadian Politics 'Anyone promoting racism has no place in our party and should lose their membership' said Pierre Poilievre in response to the email Author of the article: Conservative member of Parliament Michelle Rempel Garner holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick The Canadian Press Article content OTTAWA — The Conservative Party of Canada is investigating a complaint lodged by…

Conservative party investigating complaint by Patrick Brown team about racist email

Article content OTTAWA — The Conservative Party of Canada is investigating a complaint lodged by Patrick Brown’s leadership campaign about a racist email it says it received from a member. Article content Calgary MP Michelle Rempel Garner, who is helping Brown in the race, shared a screenshot on Twitter of an email that she says the campaign received from an active member of the party. The Canadian Press has not been provided with a copy of the email in question. The text that Rempel Garner shared expresses support…

11 years after her death, Neil Patrick Harris apologises for mocking Amy Winehouse

11 Years After Her Death, Neil Patrick Harris Apologises For Mocking Amy Winehouse(Pic Credit: Instagram, Wikipedia) Reacting to the criticism of a resurfaced image from a Halloween party he hosted back in 2011, which included a buffet platter made to look like the corpse of Amy Winehouse, ‘How I Met Your Mother’ and ‘Gone Girl’s star Neil Patrick Harris has apologised for his actions in the past, reports ‘Variety’. Winehouse, a genre-defining jazz vocalist and songwriter, died on July 23, 2011 at the…

Neil Patrick Harris finally reacts to Amy Winehouse backlash

Neil Patrick Harris regrets turning the death of singer Amy Winehouse into a gory gag at a 2011 Halloween party. More than a decade later, the actor is now facing a firestorm that reignited last week when the image returned to the internet’s consciousness.“A photo recently resurfaced from a Halloween-themed party my husband and I hosted 11 years ago,” the five-time Emmy winner said Monday in a statement to Entertainment Weekly. “It was regrettable then, and it remains regrettable now. Amy Winehouse was a…

Neil Patrick Harris sorry for Amy Winehouse Halloween joke

Neil Patrick Harris is apologizing for the “regrettable” joke he staged more than 10 years ago at a Halloween party, at the expense of singer Amy WInehouse, who had died three months earlier of alcohol poisoning. At a October 2011 party involving Harris and his husband, David Burtka, a macabre buffet platter of meats, elaborately arranged to look like Winehouse’s corpse, presumably on an autopsy table, was served according to the Daily Beast. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. – DEC. 18: Neil Patrick Harris is photographed on the…

Neil Patrick Harris apologises for Amy Winehouse ‘corpse meat platter’ after old photo resurfaces

Neil Patrick Harris has issued an apology for a resurfaced photo of a Halloween party where he and his husband served a meat platter styled to look like Amy Winehouse’s decaying corpse.The platter, which made light of the late singer’s untimely death, included a sign that read: “The Corpse of Amy Winehouse.”In a statement to Entertainment Weekly, the How I Met Your Mother star said: “A photo recently resurfaced from a Halloween-themed party my husband and I hosted 11 years ago. It was regrettable then, and it remains…