Louis Vuitton & Off-White boss Virgil Abloh dies of cancer at age 41

Nov 28 2021

The fashion and art world is currently in shock after news that Louis Vuitton artistic director & Off-White chief executive officer Virgil Abloh has lost his battle with cancer at age 41.

The official Louis Vuitton Instagram account shared a post breaking the news, revealing that Virgil had been battling privately with cancer for several years.

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CEO of LVMH Bernard Arnault stated that the entire group is shocked at the terrible news, highlighting that Virgil was “not only a genius designer and a visionary, he was also a man with a beautiful soul and great wisdom. The LVMH family joins me in this moment of great sorrow and we are all thinking of his loved ones on the passing of their husband, father, brother, son and friend.”

That train guy from TikTok is apparently also a singer and the internet is loving it

Nov 28 2021

The ever-iconic British train-spotting legend known only as ‘Francis Bourgeois’ became somewhat of an internet sensation thanks to his series of videos in which he exhibits a pure sense of joy and genuine happiness whilst train-spotting. The 20-year-old engineering student gained thousands of fans for his reactions to all that is rail-related, with many Britons calling him a ‘national treasure’ for his pure, child-like reaction to his passion of trains.

@francis.bourgeoisHere we have 73962 (Dick Mabbutt) and 73965 (Des O’Brien). I’ve been trying to spot 73962 for over a year now!! ##trains ##trending ##fyp

♬ original sound – Francis Bourgeois

However, there seems to be more to this social media enigma that meets the eye, after a fan recently noticed a Spotify link in his Instagram bio to a song on Spotify. The song named ‘Whatley Quarry’ by artist ‘Boggy Can’ is a funky yet melancholic tune which is all about a quarry in Somerset.

via: Spotify

The quarry supplies limestone aggregate to local markets via road and a dedicated rail link, so its no surprise why our train-spotting friend would be inspired to write such a piece.

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MrBeast held a real life Squid Game for $456,000 and the internet went wild

Nov 28 2021

YouTuber, entrepreneur and philanthropist MrBeast is known for his super-expensive, highly-entertaining internet escapades but his latest projects truly takes the cake.

The popular YouTuber reportedly spent $3.5 million to recreate the games from popular Netflix Squid Game, welcoming 456 contestants to compete in a safe, violence-free iteration of the challenge. The game include replica set-ups of games like Red Light, Green Light, Tug of War, marbles and more, with the final game being musical chairs instead of the actual squid game.

Recreating Squid Games is costing more then I thought it would but i’m in to deep to stop now lol pic.twitter.com/Z196lyz4Ig

— MrBeast (@MrBeast) November 7, 2021

In a recent tweet, he stated that the project cost him much more than he expected but he was in too deep to quit at that moment, going on to create a video which has since garnered over 95 million views.

Would you take part in such a project?

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Labour party leads polls with 47,000 votes over PN; Times of Malta reveals

Nov 28 2021

The latest poll commissioned by Times of Malta has found that the Nationalist Party currently trails the Labour Party by around 47,000 votes, would an election be held tomorrow.

56.5 per cent of the electorate come in as Labour voters while 42.1 per cent would vote for the Nationalist Party, the survey held by market research firm Esprimi revealed. The results revealed in the Times of Malta poll highlight at 2.7 percentage point increase for PL and a 2.8 per cent drop for the Nationalists compared to the last survey held in August.

With regards to leaders, Prime Minister Robert Abela leads the way with 52.1 per cent of the voter base preferring him, 14.5 per cent going for Bernard Grech and 21.1 per cent stating that they prefer neither of the two. 12.3 per cent chose not to answer.

Do you know who you are voting for come next election?

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