Mississippi HBCU gets $10M from Netflix CEO and wife

Mississippi has been fired after reading the children’s book I Need a New Butt to a group of second-graders. Assistant Principal Toby Price was fired after reading a book to children with the title ‘I Need A New Butt'Toby Price told local media that he was laid off from Gary Road Elementary School in Byram, south of Jackson, without warning after reading the Dawn McMillan book to students aged seven and eight, WJTV reported. In a Facebook post on 7 March, Mr Price confirmed that he had been let go “for reading an awesome book to kids”.

Mississippi has been fired after reading the children’s book I Need a New Butt to a group of second-graders. Assistant Principal Toby Price was fired after reading a book to children with the title ‘I Need A New Butt'Toby Price told local media that he was laid off from Gary Road Elementary School in Byram, south of Jackson, without warning after reading the Dawn McMillan book to students aged seven and eight, WJTV reported. In a Facebook post on 7 March, Mr Price confirmed that he had been let go “for reading an awesome book to kids”.

Elvis Presley had married Priscilla Presley on May 1 - the King bought a ranch. He named it the Circle G Ranch, and as a born-and-bred Mississippi local, he was keen to fill it up with all kinds of animals.

Deion Sanders is revealing for the first time he had two toes amputated on his left foot after he was diagnosed with three life-threatening blood clots.The Jackson State University head football coach and pro football Hall of Famer made the stunning revelation in a preview of the latest episode of his docuseries,  for. The legendary NFL cornerback underwent surgery on his foot last fall — during the team's historic 11-2 run and SWAC championship -- to fix a dislocated toe and an inflamed nerve.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group imprint Alfred A. Knopf announced today that it will publish Cormac McCarthy’s new novels The Passenger and Stella Maris this fall. The former title will be published on October 25, with the latter being unveiled on November 22, and a box set of both volumes set for publication on December 6.

At their own pace. After Devin Booker shared some rare insight into his romance with Kendall Jenner, a source exclusively tells Us Weekly that the couple are “very much in love.”

Respecting their privacy. Ben Napier and wife Erin Napier want their two daughters to have a say in whether they appear on Home Town.

Another baby for Britney Spears? The singer has been vocal about her desire to have children with fiancé Sam Asghari.

A tough transition. Erin Napier and Ben Napier’s 4-year-old daughter, Helen, is nine months into being a big sister to Mae — and the little one is still getting her bearings.

The US version of the Eurovision Song Contest has secured some big-name contestants, with Michael Bolton, Macy Gray, Jewel and Sisqó all confirmed to be competing in the inaugural competition, which launches this month.

EXCLUSIVE: Frank Grillo (Captain American franchise, Kingdom) has signed on to star opposite Harvey Keitel in Justin Price’s action-thriller Hard Matter for Wonderfilm Media, which is currently in production in Biloxi, Mississippi.

WeCrashed,” a new drama limited series starring Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway.Based on the podcast “WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork” by Wondery, “WeCrashed” tells the story of WeWork, a commercial real estate company that provides shared workspaces for technology startups. The show focuses on the rise and fall of Adam Neumann, the Israeli businessman who founded the company and stepped down in 2019 as its value plummeted.The trailer shows Neumann starting the company with his wife Rebekah (Anne Hathaway) and developing it into a global brand.

A.D. Amorosi With its ominous threadbare melody and chilly minimalist percussion, Gunna and Future’s “Pushin P” (featuring Young Thug) has been an anomaly on a Top 10 recently filled with family-friendly fare like songs from “Encanto” and the latest Adele ballad. Credit a large part of the success of that track to the writing, production and beat-making skills of Wesley Tyler Glass, aka Wheezy.With his personal credo, “Stay wavy, it’s a tsunami world,” Wheezy’s come a long way from his start manning the boards for underground hip-hop artists like Shad da God and apprenticing under producer Metro Boomin.

PETAL, Miss. -- Henry Danton, who had an international career as a ballet dancer and teacher before moving to Mississippi late in life and continuing to teach even as he passed his 100th birthday, died Feb.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix co-CEO Reed Hastings and his wife, Patty Quillin, an independent film producer, are personally donating $10 million to Tougaloo College, a historically Black college and university in Mississippi, and the school’s partnership with Brown University.Of the total, $5 million will fund scholarships at Tougaloo, in Jackson, Miss., and $5 million will establish the Brown-Tougaloo Partnership Scholarship Fund at Brown, which is located in Providence, R.I. The gift is the largest ever to the Brown-Tougaloo Partnership, which began in 1964 during the civil rights movement, and has connected more than 760 students, faculty and staff from both institutions through academic exchanges, fellowships, research projects and other initiatives.