Speedy Quiz: What Was Demi Lovato’s 1st TV Role?

In 2002, Demi Lovato, then ten years old, began her acting career on the children’s television series Barney & Friends.

What other notable TV appearances did Lovato have?

They appeared on Prison Break in 2006 and played the lead character in Camp Rock in 2008. In May 2012, Lovato became the youngest ever judge and mentor for the American The X Factor‘s second season.

What’s new?

In their YouTube Originals documentary series, Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil, which premiered on March 23, 2021, Lovato opens up about past traumatic experiences as a teenager working for the Disney channel. Watch Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil’s official trailer.

R.I.P Yaphet Kotto, best known as Lieutenant Al Giardello from the ‘90s cop show,  Homicide: Life on the Street, and unforgettable roles in the films Alien, The Running Man, Live and Let Die, and Midnight Run. Kotto was born in New York City. His mother was of Panamanian and West Indian descent. His father was the Crown Prince of the Royal Bell family of Cameroon but was raised Jewish. His mother converted to Judaism. His maternal grandparents raised him.

News Fact:

Yaphet Kotto died Monday, March 15, 2021, in the Philippines, at age 81. Kotto’s death was announced by his third wife, Tessie Sinahon, in a Facebook post, saying she was sad and in shock after losing her husband of 24 years.

Tashnuva Anan Shishir, Marvia Malik, Diana Zurco, and India Willoughby are all the first transgender newscasters in their respective countries. Anan Shishir debuted as Bangladesh’s first transgender TV news anchor on Monday, March 8, 2021. Diana Zurco debuted as a newscaster on Argentinian public TV in 2020. Marvia Malik made history in Pakistan by becoming the first transgender newscaster in a conservative Muslim country back in 2018. India Willoughby became Britain’s first transgender national television newsreader on Channel 5 in 2017.

More Facts:

Other transgender newscasters include American Eden Lane of PBS and India’s Padmini Prakash of Lotus New. Ireland’s Jonathan Rachel of RTE presents the news in both his male or female persona.

The Dead Sea Scrolls are ancient fragments of biblical texts dating back almost 2,000 years and thought to have been hidden during a Jewish revolt against Rome. The first set of Dead Sea Scrolls was found by a Bedouin shepherd near the salty lake in 1947 and are among the most important archaeological finds of the 20th century.

Were new dead sea scrolls found lately?

The Israel Antiquities Authority announced Tuesday, March 16, 2021, that a four-year archaeological project uncovered portions of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets, including the books of Zechariah and Nahum. It is the first such discovery in 60 years.