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Eurovision winner Niamh Kavanagh’s performance for residents at a Co Wicklow nursing home has been called “better than medicine”, as the power of music in care facilities is highlighted this week.

An advocacy group is holding an event, Music Speaks, coinciding with Nursing Homes Week, which aims to highlight the memory-jerking and communicative power of melodies for people living in care facilities.

This will see more than 100 residents in 30 nursing homes singing and playing music for an online performance that will be shared with other nursing homes.

This includes 100-year-old Peig Ryan, a traditional musician and music teacher, performing Peig Ryan’s Polka at St Anthony’s Nursing Home in Pallasgreen, Co Limerick, and Tess Steedman, 98, a resident of Orwell Healthcare in…

BELEM, Brazil, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Hosting a United Nations climate summit for tens of thousands of people in any city is a daunting task. Doing it in a part of the Amazon rainforest unaccustomed to hordes of visitors will be even harder.

Belem, a city of 1.3 million in northern Brazil that will host the COP30 climate meeting in 2025, was put to the test during a summit of rainforest nations this week. With roughly half as many hotel beds as the 27,000 summit participants, room rates soared.

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NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: ‘Today’ show enthusiasts were pleasantly surprised as host Carson Daly’s son Jackson showcased his exceptional culinary skills in an Instagram photo. A snapshot shared by Daly’s wife Siri captured their 14-year-old son holding off a giant Beef Wellington dish on a cutting board. The teen was grinning widely in the picture.

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Earlier in March, Jackson debuted on ‘Today’ interviewing Blake Shelton for Daly’s ‘Pop Start’ segment. He also hosted a segment on NBC News ‘Nightly Kids Edition’, where he and Blake discussed the latter’s final season on ‘The Voice’. During the interview, Blake candidly advised Jackson that music might not be his path, given his singing abilities. However, it appeared Jackson had some potential in TV…

 The income tax department is investigating an Uttar Pradesh-based social media content creator on charges of alleged tax evasion on his income earned through hosting YouTube shows, official sources said Tuesday. The department came across the activities of the social media influencer based in Bareilly district of the state recently, after the state police shared with it information about his financial activities.

The I-T sleuths have recorded his statement and is looking into his transactions, bank accounts and the income tax returns (ITRs) filed by him in the past. The man hosts a share market analysis show on YouTube for the last few years and has had some income. He claimed that he has filed his ITRs and reflected all his earnings. It is being investigated, the sources…

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: ‘Jeopardy!‘ host Mayim Bialik did not really fare well as a host, accoring to fans of the game show. However, ‘The Big Bang Theory’ actress seems to be reminiscing about her good memories amid the trolling. 

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Bialik recently posted a throwback with Dustin Hoffman, thinking back on the time well-spent with the actor on a movie set. The game show host has not once acknowledged the hate she has been receiving on the internet for her hosting skills and sharing the platform with co-host, Ken Jennings. 

Also Read: ‘I’m still human’: Jeopardy!’s Mayim Bialik gets candid about feeling ‘worthless’ after backlash from game show fans

Mayim Bialik’s throwback picture with Dustin Hoffman

On June 28, the actress shared a wholesome selfie with Hoffman. The…