A 'Fast And Furious 8' Update, Surprising Global Poverty News, A Gender Swapped 'Twilight' & More
Hey, kiddies. It's time for your Enstars Rundown for day, where we run through the top stories that people are talking about in the world of news and entertainment. ENJOY!
Fast & Furious 8 May Have Found Its Director
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal studios has entered official talks with F. Gary Gray to helm the next entry for the action franchise (which is a guilty pleasure for many...even film snobs). Gray is riding high at the moment, since his last film was this summer's smash Straight Outta Compton, a biopic of the rap group NWA.
Californians Now Have The Right to Die
California Governor Jerry Brown signed the so-called "End of Life Option Act" into the law yesterday. The law now allows doctors to prescribe lethal dosages of medication to their patients suffering terminal illnesses and wish to end their lives without fear of prosecution.
Edwards Snowden Wants To Come Home
NSA leaker Edward Snowden wants to come home and may be working on a deal with the American authorities. Or at least that's what he said in a recent interview the BBC. Snowden, who's been living in Russia for the last two years, told interviews that he's offered to serve time in prison if it could mean he can come back to the U.S. and when asked if he and his lawyers were negotiating with the American government responded by saying "We're still waiting for them to call us back."
It's Breakfast All Day...at McDonalds
If you're an Egg McMuffin lover then today is your lucky day. The fast food chain will start offering its breakfast menu around the clock in ALL its locations nationwide. Just don't go TOO crazy for it.
Global Poverty Is Down
In a kind of nondescript announcement, the World Bank announced it estimates the news that for the first time EVER, the number of people around the planet living in extreme poverty will be below 10 percent of the world's population by the end of this year.
The Story Behind a Hashtag
You may notice the hashtag #HisNameIsCayden making the rounds today. Here's the deal with that: In mid-September, a guy (who's white) posted a selfie on Facebook with an African-American child taken at his office. He and his friends then made a slew of racist jokes and remarks in the picture's comments. The (very young) child is the son of the man's coworker and she responded with a heartfelt Facebook post over the weekend, writing "This little guy has every piece of my heart, he is my world and #HisNameIsCayden." The man's employer, Polaris Marketing Group, fired him on Friday and the company's CEO published a statement on the company's official Facebook page that read in part, "It breaks my heart that Sydney [the boy's mother] and her adorable son Cayden were subjected to such hateful, ignorant and despicable behavior. Cayden visits my office almost every afternoon after daycare, he's sat at my dinner table and I consider him a part of the PMG family."
A New Version of Twilight...With A Twist
There's a new version of the hit paranormal romance tale Twilight by the book's original author Stephanie Meyer. Life and Death, Twilight Reimagined is the same story as the first book, but with the genders of the two main characters flipped. Meyer wrote the book to celebrate the original's 10-year anniversary and also in response to those who criticized her main character of Bella for not being a fully in-depth female character.