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The nation is seeing groups of angry protesters, some with face masks and others carrying rifles — on TV and on social media. But many people in the state don’t agree on when business should reopen.
The economic ramifications of the coronavirus are bleak enough, but the mental health crisis that frontline workers are about to face may be even worse.
Employees at a chain restaurant in Tennessee have to check the temperature of guests, or question them about COVID-19 symptoms, change gloves constantly, and enforce social distancing — and that’s just to start.
It’s been nearly two months since festivals and concert tours started getting canceled due to the coronavirus. In response, musicians have turned to livestreams and even virtual reality concerts to continue to provide entertainment. But as quarantine persists, many wonder when, or if, concert venues will be safe to reopen. But one LA-based designer could have invented a solution. The designer’s futuristic protective suit is virus-safe and allows for an optimal concert-viewing experience.
As reported by TMZ, Miguel Risueno, head of inventions at the design studio Production Club, unveiled a new technology that will allow people to gather in large crowds safely. The Micrashell suit mimics that of a spacesuit and its airtight top fully protects against all viruses.
According to a statement on the company’s website, Micrashell was invented in order to create safe socializing without the need for distancing: “Micrashell was born as a socially responsible solution to safely allow people to interact in close proximity. Specifically designed to satisfy the needs of nightlife, live events and entertainment industries, Micrashell is a virus-shielded, easy to control, fun to wear, disinfectable, fast to deploy personal protective equipment (PPE) that allows socializing without distancing.”
The suit can be controlled through an app and has a wide range of functions. It boasts an internal speaker that allows the user to stream music either directly from the band/DJ or from the room. A system in the suit even allows users to drink and vape safely. Additionally, the suit is a top only, which allows users to dress comfortably and easily use the facilities.
Check out the prototypes for the Micrashell suit above.
The focal point of Episode 6 of The Last Dance was Michael Jordan’s gambling, and the controversy that surrounded him in the 1993 playoffs after he took a trip to Atlantic City during the Eastern Conference Finals.
Jordan, infuriated by constant questions about his gambling habit and whether he had a problem, resulted in him going media silent for two weeks ahead of the NBA Finals. However, as they arrived in Phoenix for those Finals, Jordan called up Ahmad Rashad of NBC Sports — who was also his close friend — and said he wanted to do a sitdown interview before the game and talk about his gambling and get it all out there.
Rashad remembers scrambling to get a camera and get set up, but also wanted to do everything he could to make sure he didn’t look like a “homer” in giving Jordan an easy interview. As he recalled when speaking to Greg Braxton of the Los Angeles Times, Rashad asked NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol to write the questions for him, so as to ensure they got everything they wanted out of the interview.
“I said to Dick, ‘Here’s what I want you to do for me. I want you to give me the questions. You give me what you want out of this interview. That way it won’t look like I’m taking it easy on my friend.’”
What most remember about the interview is Jordan denying he had a gambling problem while wearing a pair of sunglasses indoors, which didn’t exactly help his case. Rashad said he and Michael laugh about it now, but not convincing him to take them off is his one regret about the entire thing.
“The only thing I wished, I wish he had taken those glasses off. I said, “Mike, can you take off the sunglasses?’ He laughed and said, ‘Aw, man, let’s just do this.’ ”
Having Ebersol write the questions — which neither Ebersol nor Rashad told anyone at the time — didn’t stop Rashad from getting criticized by his colleagues in the media for being too easy on Jordan, or simply being jealous of his access and wondering how he got the interview in the first place. Rashad’s friendship with Jordan is fascinating — and we really could use a documentary on Rashad’s life because it’s incredible — but in this instance he tried to go above and beyond to ensure he wasn’t giving Jordan an easy way out of what needed to be a strong interview.
After a viral TikTok dance helped Doja Cat’s Hot Pink song “Say So” go from underground fan favorite to Billboard behemoth, Nicki Minaj seems determined to cut out the middle man with her remix. The Queen Barb employed a “dance visual” after the remix’s release to help promote it, featuring a trio of women showing off synchronized moves inspired by the disco theme of Doja’s original music video for the track. The three women alternate between blond afros and cotton-candy pink wigs and outfits referencing Nicki’s look from her “Super Bass” video.
While it remains to be seen whether Nicki’s remix sparks its own viral dance trend, it did do what Nicki songs do best: Set off a wave of speculation that Mrs. Petty was again shading a nemesis — in this case, Wendy Williams. Nicki responded via Instagram, letting her fans know that the final shot on her second verse wasn’t aimed at Williams. Incidentally, the song itself arrived as a sort of peace offering between Nicki Minaj and Doja Cat after the Barbz lashed out at Doja Cat for calling the more toxic members of the fan club “Twitter gangsters.”
Meanwhile, “Say So” has seemingly become a go-to song for remixing; R&B singer PJ recently covered the song for her The Quarantine Tapes campaign.
Watch the dance visual for “Say So” above.