Foreign women perform ‘sexual jihad’
Malaysian, Australian and British women are traveling to the Middle East to perform jihad al-nikah to boost the morale of ISIS fighters. Unnamed Malaysian intelligence official:
These women are believed to have offered themselves in sexual comfort roles to ISIS fighters who are attempting to establish Islamic rule in the Middle East. This concept may seem controversial but it has arisen as certain Muslim women here are showing sympathy for the ISIS struggle.
The official says a Malaysian woman in her 30s went to Turkey in December and met up with middlemen to complete the journey to Syria via land routes, while a Malaysian woman in her 40s linked up with the militants in April. Intelligence exchanged with other countries revealed that Sunni Muslim women from Australia and the United Kingdom have also joined up with ISIS.
The Talks interview
Zimmer gives an interview to The Talks. He discusses the kind of music he listens to and listening to his own film scores.
You know, what happens is that I come home and the last thing I want to hear is anything of mine. But the kids all started playing piano and cello and they now play my stuff. I sort of love it and I sort of hate it at the same time. To them dad doesn’t do anything special. Dad supplies them with more notes that they can have fun with.
Tavis Smiley interview
Holliday discusses her career and latest CD, The Song Is You, in this interview for PBS.
So it’s a whole other life now and so I had to see if there was a time – and actually, that American Idol performance, I’m glad you mentioned it because it did give me courage to say, well, maybe I should sing something again.
Tavis Smiley interview
O’Neill discusses his five seasons on Modern Family and 11 seasons on Married With Children in an interview with PBS.
I don’t know what to make of it. You know, the funny thing is that when they hired me in this one, in Modern Family, I’m not sure that they knew quite what to do with me because as it was written the guy was what I’m playing now, which is a very successful businessman. And I think they were thinking, “Al Bundy? Shoe salesman? Maybe we’ll…” The pilot, I was kind of like, you know, selling mufflers or something. They never said.
Talk is Jericho interview
Batista appears on Talk is Jericho to discuss his recent WWE run, Guardians of the Galaxy and getting noticed on the streets.
The first big movie for me was “Man with the Iron Fist” and we went into downtown Shanghai. I had all these kids coming up to me and they were surprised because I was on TV. I’d been on TV for like ten years.
WWWE.com interview
Heyman speaks to WWE.com about Shane Douglas and transforming ECW in the 1990’s.
We were the only non-WWE, WCW, AWA promotion building its own stars. We were riding this wave of momentum. Admittedly, my sights were not set on anything regional. The name “Eastern” did not brand our product. I wanted a global branding for our unique form of sports-entertainment. The only way to describe the vision we were implementing was the word “Extreme.” I didn’t like “Hardcore,” because it was limiting. I didn’t like “Eastern,” because it was regional. “Extreme” is a global branding word. And I could keep the letters!
Pierce Brosnan interview
Seacrest interviews Brosnan during On Air With Ryan Seacrest and asks him questions about his role in the film The November Man.
It took five years to bring it to the screen. I optioned this series of books by Bill Granger. It worked out really well. I suppose I should have picked up the gun sooner after the days of Bond. It’s kind of a hard-nosed, gritty character.
‘Interventionism created ISIS’
Paul criticizes Clinton’s foreign policy in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, saying that interventionism led to the rise of ISIS:
To interventionists like former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, we would caution that arming the Islamic rebels in Syria created a haven for the Islamic State. We are lucky Mrs. Clinton didn’t get her way and the Obama administration did not bring about regime change in Syria. That new regime might well be ISIS.
He adds:
[…] Those who say we should have done more to arm the Syrian rebel groups have it backward. This is not to say the U.S. should ally with Assad. But we should recognize how regime change in Syria could have helped and emboldened the Islamic State, and recognize that those now calling for war against ISIS are still calling for arms to factions allied with ISIS in the Syrian civil war.
Interview
Perumal accepts all the allegations of fixing and admits of fixing around 80-100 football matches.
I was on the bench at times, and telling players what to do, giving orders to the coach. It was that easy. There was no policing whatsoever.
‘Massacred 700 Turkmen’
The UN says ISIS has massacred about 700 Shiite Turkmen. The victims include ‘women, children and old people,’ UNICEF Iraq chief Marzio Babille says. The killings are reported to have been carried out in the northern Iraqi village of Beshir between July 11 and 12.
Shape Magazine interview
Andrews talks to Shape Magazine about why she became a sports broadcaster.
Growing up, I spent a lot of time watching football on the couch with my dad. He’d tell me stories about the players, coaches, and the games, and I loved learning about his favorite teams. He helped me become a fan of the sport, and I wanted to able share those stories on-air with viewers for a living.
CNN interview
Johnson, friend of deceased teenager Brown speaks about the funeral, police brutality, the false police report and his friendship with Brown:
He was a good friend, never spoke down about anybody, didn’t really tease anybody about being smaller than him because he was bigger than a lot of people we were around. He was a real good friend he didn’t like to see other people down.
Jen Kirkman interview
Kirkman’s favorite moment on the show: Chelsea suggests $100,000 Sex Offer on Chelsea Lately.
No, No I am taken care of.
Howie Mandel interview
Seacrest interviews Mandel during On Air With Ryan Seacrest and questions him about his role as one of the four hosts of America’s Got Talent.
The beauty of this is if you don’t like something, you know, if you don’t like music I don’t know who doesn’t like music but if you don’t like songs or pop music, you wait 90 seconds and there’s a guy, you know, juggling monkeys. There’s something for everybody and in this world of A.D.D., we are the perfect show for absolutely everybody and the whole family.
‘Fears of imminent massacre’
There are fears a massacre is imminent of around 13,000 Shiite Turkmen in the northern town of Amerli held under siege by ISIS since June 15, the UN says. The population includes 10,000 women and children who are living in horrendous conditions with severe food and water shortages and no medical services. UN Human Rights High Commissioner Navi Pillay:
The Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan region of Iraq, and the international community must take all necessary measures and spare no effort to protect members of ethnic and religious communities, who are particularly vulnerable, and to secure their return to their places of origin in safety and dignity.
Look UK cover
Goulding appears on the cover of the August 2014 issue of Look UK magazine.
Tavis Smiley interview
Sandoval discusses his career and current tour in this interview for PBS.
Music is the engine who move my soul, you know, and I’m happy when I’m working. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t say that. I shouldn’t say that, the working. That’s wrong. When I’m playing, when I writing, when I practicing, I’m happy. You know, you want to see me unhappy is when I no have nothing to do. And then my wife notice that and she tried to find something to entertain me.
Tavis Smiley interview
Parsons discusses his role in HBO’s The Normal Heart and portraying the same role on Broadway in an interview with PBS.
It’s a beautiful cast, yes. Mark Ruffalo, Julia Roberts, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch, myself, Joe Mantello, who was in the play version with me. It goes on. Everybody in it. The thing that startled me most when seeing it, the screening of the movie for the first time, was how grounded every performance was in it. A lot of that credit goes to Ryan Murphy, obviously – the direction he gave, the direction he didn’t give, and just sheerly for casting it.
Alyssa Milano interview
Milano talks at the MDA Telethon Blue Carpet about her career and activism.
I just hope we can raise a lot of money, so that kids can grow up to be adults.
Josh Charles Interview
Jimmy remembers a fake Twitter account he made for Charles.
Mixter Josh Charles, Mr. Josh Charles – loves cookies – nom, nom, nom.
