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A tiny bit better – The Economic Times
Insightful wisdom, sometimes revealed in film dialogue, leaves an inspiring impact. In an engaging scene from the film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," the fictional character of a struggling 1960s actor named Rick Dalton strikes up a…
Milo Ventimiglia wants to “inspire guys with a heart of gold” | Lifestyles
Milo Ventimiglia hopes his "This Is Us" character will inspire guys with a "heart of gold."The 44-year-old…
Short Writer Deesha Philyaw: ‘I wanted to challenge the church’s sexual obsession’…
OWhen asked to choose their favorite story from The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, Deesha Philyaw's acclaimed debut collection, most people, the author tells me, say Peach Cobbler. This funny yet heartbreaking tale centers on Olivia, a…
WVU Students Prepare for Cyberspace Attacks with Operation Locked Shields | Today
Jack Lizmi and Heather Fetty are participating in Operation Locked Shields exercises from April 19-21.
(WVU Photo/Brian Persinger)
Armed with keyboards, ones and zeros, a team of West Virginia…
Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue reunite for Neighbors finale | Neighbors
They were one of TV's most popular couples, and now they're getting back together, especially for you — or at least Neighbors viewers. Scott and Charlene, played by Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue, will return after more than 30 years for…
The author will visit the Dayton Library | News, Sports, Jobs
DAYTON — Joseph, award-winning novelist "Joe" LeValley, a Dayton native, will give a brief presentation and lead a discussion on books, writing, and related topics,…
Letters to the Editor, April 28, 2022
Content of the article Just read Warren Kinsella's diatribe to the Toronto Star in the April 25 Sun (“Far from a good idea”). I think the support Pierre Poilievre is getting in every town he goes to – scaring left-leaning types like…
No “universe”? Good luck with your marketing!
Studio K110 worked with Samyang Foods for the advertising campaign of the food company's…
The program takes a “Da Vinci Code” approach to exploring music
What if Robert Langdon, acclaimed professor of symbology at Harvard University (and fictional hero of Dan Brown's bestselling novels, including "The Da Vinci Code") explored hidden symbols and secret codes buried in the music rather than…
‘Selling Sunset’ Chrishell Stause Sells Carrie Bradshaw’s Apartment
She can sell the sunset, but can Chrishell Stause sell Carrie Bradshaw's apartment, the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air mansion and more fictional houses?
In honour of sell sunset season 5, we put Stause's real estate…
Diagnostic debriefing to a fictional patient in 2042
That's the question Alberto Espay, MD, sought to answer in a recent essay that won the Lancet Neurology 20th Anniversary Essay Competition. The essay, "Your Post-Visit Summary: May 29, 2042" revolves around the diagnostic…
Build the ultimate baseball team using only movie characters
If you had to put together a team made up entirely of characters from baseball movies, who would you choose? Would you call Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn from major league to close the big game? Would you put his former drum mate Jake Taylor…
Coral Springs woman sentenced to federal prison for insurance fraud • Coral Springs Talk
By Kevin Deutsch
A Coral Springs woman was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison this week and ordered to pay nearly $500,000 in restitution following her wire fraud conviction, prosecutors said.
Between May 2011 and…
Howard Tilton Library reclassifies ‘The Great Gatsby’ as queer literature • The Tulane…
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Tulane University has announced that beginning in the fall of 2024, the Howard-Tilton Memorial…
Forbes Expands into the Metaverse with Launch of Virtual Billionaires NFT Collection on FTX
NEW YORK, April 11, 2022--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Forbes today unveiled a preview of its Virtual Billionaires NFT Collection, a first-of-its-kind NFT project for the media industry. The collection includes a set of fictional investors with a huge…
Syracuse University Art Museum Presents “Steady/Retcon”
The Syracuse University Museum of Art is pleased to announce “Steady/Retcon,” featuring the work of studio arts, film and media arts, and enrolled MFA thesis candidates at the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Curated by Laura Dvorkin…
Estelle Harris, known for her role in ‘Seinfeld,’ has died at 93
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN
Estelle Harris, the actress best known for playing George Costanza's mother on "Seinfeld," died Saturday, her agent told CNN. She was 93 years old.
Harris, whose distinctive voice was in demand in a…
8 fictional schools that were as wild as Euphoria’s East Highlands High
Euphoriait's East Highlands High School has got to be one of the craziest and most stressful high schools in America.
RELATED: 7 Unanswered Questions We Have After 'Euphoria' Season 2
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Man convicted of sex crimes gets new trial | News, Sports, Jobs
MOUNDSVILLE — A man who previously pleaded guilty to child sex crimes is facing a new trial after sentencing guidelines were not followed, prosecutors say.
In June…
Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner: Book Review
Have you heard of Persephone Books, a unique – I use the word deliberately – bookstore originally located in London and recently moved to Bath of Jane Austen fame? I didn't have one either until I was looking for a Christmas present for a…
Is ‘Pachinko’ based on a true story?
Pachinko is Apple TV+'s new drama that spans decades in the life of a family across generations.The drama follows its characters through many significant historical periods, such as the Japanese occupation of Korea, the AIDS crisis, and the…
CT author releases book and fashion line inspired by Talitha Getty
Talitha, a Dutch-born model and actress married to John Paul Getty Jr., was no stranger to the camera, but Westport's Jane Green said it was one photo in particular - an image of Talitha and her husband posing on the roof of their riad in…
Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Black Adam’ under fire for lack of diversity in casting,…
Dwayne Johnson's next film, 'Black Adam', finds itself mired in controversy over casting shortcomings.
DC Extended Universe's "Black Adam," starring Dwayne Johnson as the titular antihero, is being criticized by Marvel…
Newcomers guide: What to know about Austin
Once known as Waterloo, Austin is a college town, a tech town, a music town and, of course, a capital town.Between the lines: There's no shortage of lovely nooks and neighborhoods, but finding a place that fits your budget is the trick.…
Elden Ring PvP Players Fist Fight, Stop To Clean With Soap
Two immensely creative and humorous Elden Ring PvP players suddenly stop their intense fight to clean themselves up with soap.
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Cryptocurrency in 401(k) plans? Might Look More Like “Crypto-nite,” Says DOL in Latest Release |…
Kryptonite is a fictional substance that causes the mighty Superman to lose all of his strength. According to a recent release from the US Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration (“DOL”), cryptocurrency could pose…
‘Turning Red’ Fictional Boy Band, 4*Town, Features FINNEAS as Vocalist (&…
Billie Eilish and FINNEAS are the masterminds behind the turn red group of boys. They created three songs for 4*Town, with FINNEAS even appearing as one of the band members. Here's what we know about this fictional boy band and…
Viewers Covet Lucille Ball’s Fictional Movie Desi Arnaz Over Real-Life Document – Media Play…
Lucile Ball, Desi Arnez, Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem
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March 11, 2022
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Local people, places inspired seventh grade superhero novel
AGAWAM - Samantha Izzo, a seventh-grade student at Agawam Junior High School, recently published her first novel, 'Tale of the Animagee.'
Izzo's inspiration to write this novel began in third grade and came from his teacher and the…
Wilmington actor stars in new NBC miniseries ‘The Thing About Pam’
WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - Fans of Wilmington actor Drew Scheid can see him in his latest role as Travis Hupp, the son of the main character of the new NBC miniseries The thing about Pam. Two-time Oscar winner Renee Zellweger plays Pam Hupp,…
How rich is Bruce Wayne/Batman?
(NEXSTAR) — A New Batman hits theaters this Friday with the premiere of “The Batman” — the latest reboot in the long-running Batman movie franchise. The film marks Robert Pattinson's debut as Bruce Wayne, with fans around the world…
A review of The World Cannot Give
Early in my freshman year at a quirky liberal arts school, some students organized an extracurricular reading of Plato. Symposium in our teacher's apartment. For practical and legal reasons there would be no wine, but…
What I learned from dinner with Volodymyr Zelensky
The haggard face of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has hit the headlines in recent days. The courage he has shown since Russia invaded his country has been remarkable and, given his past life as an actor, has surprised many.…
Star Wars fans launch The Amidala Initiative to support trans youth
A galaxy far, far away may be fictional, but its main messages — and its fans — are very real. At its heart, Star Wars is a story about good standing against evil, fighting hate with the most powerful force of all: love. In response to a…
I ignore negative comments — Kemi Ikuseedun (Maman wa)
Published February 27, 2022
Sketch maker and actress, Kemi Ikuseedun, known as Mummy wa, the fictional wife of Mr Macaroni, said she did not pay attention to negative comments.
Speaking in an interview with Sunday spoon, she says, “I…
Echoes – Announcements – e-flux
“Time passes.Another disaster.A crater in our consciousness.
And we begin to remake the world.—Himali Singh Care, As big as what
An echo, a sound wave reflected from a distant surface, connects different places and times.…
Astronomers identify real-life Tatooine using new method
Astronomers have used a new technique to confirm a real Tatooine, the fictional planet with two suns that was home to Luke Skywalker in 'Star Wars'.The planet, Kepler-16b, is about 245 light-years from Earth, is a gas…
‘Uncharted’ Action Sequences Pass, But Not Exactly The Next Marvel-like Franchise | Way…
Solving puzzles is fun. Watching other people solve puzzles is less fun. Watching entire movies built…
“Fictional bad boys destroyed my self-esteem.”
It took me until I moved to college to realize that the reason for my low self-esteem and constant need for male validation was due to my obsession with fictional bad boys. I had spent most of my high school years developing meaningless…
Greg Berlanti and Julie Plec will adapt the book Chasing Hillary
This straight-to-series order is the latest comedic addition to HBO Max's ever-expanding lineup of content.
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Top 10 fictional buildings | Books
ROn the other hand, since everyone supposedly thinks it contains a book, I wonder if every novelist thinks their mind contains unbuilt architecture. I know I do. Not the technical stuff, of course. Trigonometry and structural…
15 Fictional Black Rom-Com Couples We Hope We’ll Always Be Together
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The essence of black love is one of the most endearing forces in the world, capable of filling anyone's…
Our Favorite Fictional Women in STEM
February 11 marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a UN-designated day designed to address gender equity in STEM fields and improve access to science for women and girls. . Women have long been underrepresented in…
The best recent sci-fi, fantasy and horror – review summary | science fiction books
The This by Adam Roberts (Gollancz, £16.99)Imagine a social media app implanted in the roof of the mouth for more immersive connectivity. This small step turns out to be a giant leap in human evolution, a kind of telepathy that brings…
Ugandan author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija flees the country: Lawyer | News
Rukirabashaija was released from prison in late January after an arrest linked to tweets about President Yoweri Museveni.A Ugandan author who spent nearly a month in jail after criticizing President Yoweri Museveni has fled the country, his…
Got more than 5 parking tickets in LA? Your car won’t be impounded — yet
The City of Los Angeles has suspended impounding cars for unpaid parking tickets — at least for now.
According to an internal memo signed by Brian Hale, chief of parking enforcement for the city of LA, the city is stopping all towing and…
“Very cold people” make something beautiful out of a painful childhood
VERY COLD PEOPLEBy Sarah Manguso191 pages. Hogart. $26.Anatomy may be fate, as Freud said, but geography is also a major factor. The characters in Sarah Manguso's debut novel, "Very Cold People," seem literally shaped, like ice…
Five Underrated Fictional Baseball Players
Bobby Rayburn – The Fan
the fan is a movie you might not have heard of and features a ton of people you've probably heard of. Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, John Leguizamo and Benicio del Toro, all under the direction of…
What is a stock split? What Alphabet’s 20-to-1 split means for you
Alphabet announced this week that its board has approved a 20-to-1 stock split, meaning shares of Google's parent company will soon trade at a much cheaper price.The news - which came during a huge earnings report where the company reported…
BLACKPINK and Jisoo & Jung Hae In’s “Snowdrop” will premiere in India with…
Disney+ Hotstar has announced that the highly anticipated original series, “Snowdrop”, is set to premiere on the platform in India, starting February 2020. With the first episode airing on February 9, the 16-part series will release a…
Ex-NHL player’s settlement in sexual assault case raises alarm
The former lead prosecutor in Larry Nassar's serial sexual assault case, a state senator and a victims' rights group are sounding the alarm about Monday's expected outcome in the case of sexual assault of former NHL player Reid…
Before Roe v. Wade, a secret group offered abortions. Two new films tell the story.
Members of the Jane Collective, an underground group that helped women get abortions before it was legal, in an image from the documentary The Janes.HBOMonths before the Supreme Court's decision Roe v. Wade of 1973, seven women were…
Street Food Cinema returns to Santa Monica in February – NBC Los Angeles
What there is to knowThe pop-up drive-in cinema is located at Santa Monica Airport"La La Land", "Encanto" and other films are on the program, from mid-February 2022$20 car entry, $8 per person (both required); food trucks will…
Ugandan author and Museveni critic arrested again after release decision
By Elias BiryabaremaKAMPALA (Reuters) - A Ugandan court on Tuesday ordered the release on bail of an award-winning author and prominent government critic, but he was immediately rearrested, his lawyer said, extending weeks of detention that…
Suvendu slams Mamata’s speech at Bose event, Madan Mitra hits center
A war of words ensued between Trinamool's ruling Congress and the BJP over Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birthday celebrations on Sunday after Assembly Opposition Leader Suvendu Adhikari attacked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee about her…
How real could virtual reality become?
The challenge of understanding virtual worlds is something David Chalmers has considered for some time. In 2003, Chalmers, professor of philosophy and neural sciences and co-director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness at New…
COVID Exposures Lead Florida Studio Theater to Delay Comedy Opening
The Florida Studio Theater is postponing the opening of the hit Broadway and London comedy "The Play That Goes Wrong" by a week due to what it calls COVID-related complications.The play about the misadventures that befall an amateur theater…
Texas Classical Review » Blog Archive » Missteps Aside, ‘Carmelites’ Make Powerful…
Poulenc's "Dialogues des Carmélites" opened Friday night at the Houston Grand Opera. Photo: Lynn Lane
by Francis Poulenc Dialogues of the Carmelites returned to the Houston Grand Opera Friday night after a 33-year absence.…
A veteran journalist takes on the Nazis in a new novel
As a seasoned political journalist, Taylor Pensoneau placed great importance on precision and realism. Today, as an accomplished fiction writer, he does the same.Pensoneau just released "Devil on the Prairie" (Downstate Publications,…
North of Tyne Mountain Rescue appears in ITV episode Vera
There was a lot of excitement as scenes filmed in a quiet northeastern village aired on ITV's hit show Vera earlier this week.
Eagle-eyed viewers may have spotted Matfen, near Hexham, as Brenda Blethyn and the cast…
Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes, Dev Patel and Ben Kingsley join a Wes Anderson Roald Dahl…
Is Wes Anderson looking to challenge Ridley Scott in terms of prolific production? He has already City of asteroids going through post-production and about to kick off filming on another project, this time the Roald Dahl adaptation The…
Gareth Edwards’ sci-fi feature True Love adds Allison Janney to the cast
Deadline has revealed that the Oscar-winning actress, Allison janney, has signed on to join the cast of New Regency's upcoming sci-fi feature, True love. Although little is known about the film to be written and directed by Gareth…
A fictional London by Robi Rodriguez
Synonymous with the art of travel since 1854, Louis Vuitton continues to add titles to its âFashion Eyeâ collection. Each book focuses on a city, region or country seen through the eyes of a…
Ian Somerhalder, star of “The Vampire Diaries”, auditioned to play Christian Gray in…
Everyone's favorite fictional vampire was almost the star of a big movie franchise. Ian Somerhalder, who starred in The vampire diary during all eight seasons, was one of the many actors who auditioned for the role of Christian…
An abundance of friends is better than things
By Joan Hershberger
The big gala gala is drawing to a close. Saturated with too much food, fun and gifts, we've decided âit's time to ditch some thingsâ this year.
The lifestyle hero of Lee Child's…
Islamic comic book content finds growing audience
(RNS) - During a panel in November at the famous San Diego Comic-Con, Sohaib Awan described "Beyond the Forest", an upcoming series of graphic novels, as "a Muslim Narnia", referring to fantasy novels written by British author CS Lewis (a…
This is where Mamma Mia was really filmed
Most of "Mamma Mia!" was filmed on the Greek island of Skopelos in the Aegean Sea. Like Kalokairi, Skopelos is a small island with no way to get there other than a ferry ride to its shores. Before the film, the island didn't know…
Fiction to watch in 2022 | fiction
Wwhether it's a hangover after a few years of the pandemic, a sign that writers have had particularly productive lockdowns, or maybe it's the many centenarians to come - Odysseus, Land of waste and Jacob's bedroom - but 2022 moans…
‘Dickinson’ series finale review – AppleTV + Emily Dickinson Show pulled off a…
Two years ago when Dickinson launched on Apple TV + as the flagship comedy of the newly created streamer, I spared no ink to make it scroll, call it's "a din of dissonant elements, a show that demeans the real Emily Dickinson by…
Welsh Government Takes Risk With New Restrictions As Treasury Money May Be ‘Fictitious’,…
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The spies who fight to love James Bond
There are times in the latest Bond film where art mimics life a little too much. No time to die involves a deadly biological weapon, which is baffling during a raging pandemic. The fictitious MI6 leader known as "M" laments the…
Hogwarts at GCU | Shehr
The building's features remind visitors of JK Rowling's Harry Potter series. - Author's photosLLast year, the historic Government College University (GCU), Lahore building, with its imposing towers and turrets designed in the tradition…
London house that starred in Love Actually goes on sale with an asking price of $ 6 million
A gorgeous London house featured in the 2003 hit rom-com Love in fact hit the market for $ 6 million.Situated in the idyllic inner-city suburb of Notting Hill on one of its most iconic streets - St. Lukes Mews - the former stable…
Special Agents Neutralize Threats, Protect Air Force Interests> Robins Air Force Base> Post Display
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, GA - Counterintelligence, hacking, and espionage aren't just exciting plot points for fictional spy novels or TV shows.
It's realistic national security questions that keep Airmen busy at the Office of…
“Hocus Pocus 2” Filming Gives Federal Hill Business a Boost
PROVIDENCE - As Hollywood film crews directed extras, dressed Bette Midler liners and stretched warning yellow tape around a sprawling section of Atwells Avenue last weekend, markets and restaurants Italians at the edge of the plateau at…
RAY’S PICKS: ‘Wrecking Crew’ Celebrates Studio Musicians | Ray’s choices
Streaming on Hulu through December 31."The great flight" (1949): I'm a huge fan of Jane Greer, and she's never better than playing with Robert Mitchum. This time around, they're both chasing the same thief (Patric Knowles) across Mexico.…
Netflix’s most realistic apocalypse movie reveals controversial science debates
"Is this real? Is this a fucking joke?Those frantic words, spoken by Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) in one of the opening scenes of Netflix's upcoming sci-fi comedy, Do not seek, convey the urgency of the situation he is facing and…
Voting Systems Firm Smartmatic Says MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is on “No Claims Crusade”
Voting systems company Smartmatic has called for the dismissal of MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's lawsuit against them.
Smartmatic has argued that Lindell's claims…