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Four songs were performed on the app by a user named georgedevolder, a variant on the New York Republican’s full name of George Anthony Devolder Santos, in the mid-2010s. Uncovered by Rolling Stone magazine, the man identified as Santos can be heard performing “Let It Go” and “Friends Like Me” from Disney hits Frozen and Aladdin, Leonard Cohen’s iconic “Hallelujah” and “Cups,” as sung by Anna Kendrick in the 2012 movie Pitch Perfect....

NEWSWEEK: Vernon Jordan is a producer of “Thurgood”? George Stevens Jr.: Vernon has been a kind of mentor to me in terms of the black community, starting with the 1991 miniseries I wrote and directed on the story of Brown v. Board of Education called “Separate but Equal,” in which Sidney Poitier played Thurgood Marshall. Vernon introduced me to the key people who had worked with Marshall at the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund....

Two weeks after a gruesome compound fracture of his right leg, George said Friday he remains hopeful that he can make it back onto the court late next season even though it’s a longshot. George called the injury a “freak accident.” “All I can do at this point is sleep, watch TV and lay down, so it’s tough for me. I’m used to being active, lifting weights, being in the gym,” George said as his mother and father watched his news conference from a few feet away....

On Thursday, The New York Times reported that Warnock has pulled in $40 million since the November 3 general election, with Ossoff following closely behind. Warnock’s campaign was unable to confirm its fundraising totals to Newsweek. Newsweek also reached out to Ossoff’s campaign for confirmation and additional comment, but did not hear back before publication. Several prominent Democrats have launched their own fundraising efforts to help the Warnock and Ossoff campaigns....

Chris Wishart and Pamela Foladare’s young daughter, Addison, lost her life on Saturday, one day after it was discovered that she had contracted the virus. She had recently undergone colon surgery, and her recovery had initially appeared to be going well. However, her parents took her back to the Children’s Hospital of Georgia when her condition deteriorated. She started vomiting and lost the ability to hold down food. “She was good....

A new poll from BUSR and the University of Las Vegas found that 44 percent of Georgia voters would back Kemp in a hypothetical runoff against Abrams, who ran for governor in 2018 and is tipped to run again in 2022. The Republican incumbent’s lead is just 4 percentage points—the same figure as the poll’s margin of error—meaning there is a decent chance he could be overtaken by Abrams, who has been credited with helping the Democrats to flip Georgia in the presidential election and in this week’s Senate runoffs....

After avenging their SEC championship game loss to Alabama to win the program’s first national title since 1980, the Bulldogs are now on the cusp of producing one of the greatest NFL draft classes of all time — the majority of which will come from that otherworldly defense. Georgia has numerous draft-eligible players, which puts the program in contention for multiple NFL draft records. Those include most first-round selections (six, a record currently owned by Miami and Alabama’s 2004 and 2021 draft classes, respectively); most overall selections (14, owned by Ohio State and LSU’s 2004 and 2020 draft classes, respectively); and most selections in the first three rounds (10, owned by Ohio State and LSU’s 2016 and 2020 classes, respectively)....

Georgia’s Cobb County Republican chair, Jason Shepherd, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday morning he and his associates need “more information” before they can sign on to Powell’s election fraud lawsuit. Powell has brought lawsuits in both Georgia and Michigan which allege widespread voter fraud issues such as forged ballots and observers being unable to watch vote tabulation. But in addition to the paperwork being riddled with formatting and typographical errors, one of the GOP plaintiffs never even agreed to be listed on the lawsuit....

On Saturday, aerialist Anna Traber exchanged vows with Sven Lier in her hometown of Breisach, with both suspended from a tightrope. The ceremony began when father-of-the-bride Johann Traber, 66, drove the couple over the thin cable on a motorcycle. Photos on social media show Traber, 33, and Lier, 32, sitting together on a flower-covered swing opposite an officiant, seated on a trapeze. The couple’s mid-air wedding in Breisach’s marketplace appeared to have drawn quite a crowd....

SCORERS: Germany - Thomas Muller 35’; Spain - Rodrigo 6' Spain travelled to Germany to take on their national side at Esprit Arena is Dusseldorf. The pleasantries seemed to go on for far too long as the hosts let the visitors take the lead with just 6 minutes on the clock. Rodrigo justifying his selection ahead of the more established Diego Costa and Alvaro Morata by adding to his 16 for Valencia already in the campaign....

France’s Nicolas Astier took silver with one rail down and Phillip Dutton of the United States won bronze. Eventing is a three-phased sport including dressage, cross country and show jumping. Jung, widely considered the best eventing rider ever, only turned to Sam, the 16-year-old German Sport Horse he rode to win gold in London, a week before the animals were due to fly to Rio. His first and younger choice, Takinou, had suffered an infection....

The world champions kept their 100 per cent record in Group C intact on Friday thanks to Bayern Munich defender Mats Hummels, whose 88th-minute header secured a 2-1 victory over Czech Republic in Prague. That win means that Joachim Low’s side are five points clear heading into the final three games and, depending on results elsewhere in the group, their place at next year’s tournament in Russia could be confirmed on Monday evening....

Transfer window winners & losers After coming through the youth ranks at Anfield, Gerrard became a Liverpool legend during his 17-years as a professional with the Reds. Gerrard bid an emotional farewell at the end of the 2014-15 season and spent 18 months in MLS with LA Galaxy, before it was announced last week that he would return to Liverpool as a full-time academy coach. The Reds revealed Gerrard would “serve as a coach at the youth complex in Kirkby, operating in a wide-ranging role in the professional development phase of young players”....

Many versions ago, miHoYo introduced the Serenitea Pot into Genshin Impact. As the name suggests, the feature allows players to create homes within a pocket realm confined in a divine teapot. The teapot is awarded following the completion of the “A Teapot to Call Home” world quest. After completing a major portion of the Liyue story arc, the world quest becomes available from Madame Ping in Liyue Harbor. RELATED: Genshin Impact Leak Reveals Tighnari Elemental Skill and Burst...

In act 2, gamers need to activate three Pursina’s Spikes and protect them from getting damaged by enemies. If any Spike is destroyed, the challenge will fail, and they need to repeat it. Guide to activate Pursina’s Spike in Genshin Impact’s Shadow of the Ancient 1) Unlock phase 2 of Shadow of the Ancient First, you need to talk to Hosseini in Ritou to start act 2 of ‘Shadow of the Ancients’ in Genshin Impact....

Ningguang is a playable Geo character in Genshin Impact who serves as the Tianquan of the Liyue Qixing, a committee of merchants and business owners who govern the region of Liyue. She’s gathered her fair share of fans with her otherworldly beauty, surprisingly warm heart, and important role in the game’s main storyline. RELATED: Genshin Impact 2.4: First Double Banner Limited Characters Leaked Reddit user bittersoup07- shared a short video of their Ningguang in the character select screen....

Conway, whose wife is Trump’s counselor Kellyanne Conway, shared a tweet by journalist Jenan Moussa of a video of Kurds throwing objects at American tanks with soldiers driving away from them. “When American troops first arrived in North Syria, Kurds received them as heroes with flowers and ululation,” Moussa wrote. “Now terrified Kurds in Syria are throwing tomatoes and stones at departing American forces.” He added: “@realDonaldTrump ’s legacy will be this, the Stormy Daniels payoff, impeachment, his psychologic issues, and his thousands of documented lies....

Gonzalez was a New York native who served in Iraq, the Pentagon Force Protection Agency said. He had been a part of the police force for three years. Gonzalez died after he was stabbed in a burst of violence at a transit center outside the building. A suspect was shot and killed by law enforcement at the scene. The suspect who was killed was identified as Austin William Lanz, 27, of Georgia, by several law enforcement officials....