The Chase viewers think quiz show predicted the coronavirus pandemic
Posted on August 5, 2024
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The Chase ‘predicts’ the coronavirus pandemic
A historic question on the show appeared to be reminiscent of the coronavirus lockdown. The Chase viewers were left reeling last night after an answer appeared to echo the current situation in the UK. The ITV quiz show, hosted by Bradley Walsh, which was filmed weeks before the coronavirus lockdown began, had a question titled " "World War Two railway posters asked Is your journey really.
[Read More]Who Killed Ben Glenroy on Only Murders in the Building?
Posted on August 5, 2024
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Who killed this fine actor? Yes, we mean fine on multiple levels. The third season of Only Murders in the Building has raised an important question: Would anyone actually pay to see a Broadway musical in which three infants are accused of murder? That is a question we cannot answer — personally, I say “yes,” especially if Meryl Streep and Ashley Park are starring in it — but we can try to answer the other major question of the season: Who killed Ben Glenroy (Paul Rudd), the beloved, obnoxious star of the play formerly known as Death Rattle?
[Read More]Ava DuVernay Notes Distinction Over Angela Bassett's First-Ever Oscar
Posted on August 4, 2024
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Play video content A SPECIAL MOMENT Ava DuVernay's just like the rest of us ... thrilled that Angela Bassett's finally bagged an Oscar at the Governors Awards, but she's also clarifying it's its own thing -- separate from an Academy Award at the big show.
TMZ got the director out in NYC, where she made the distinction between the Governors Awards and the prestigious, world-renowned Academy Awards coming up in 2 months .
[Read More]Comedian Charlie Murphy Dead at 57 After Leukemia Battle
Posted on August 4, 2024
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Gallery Launch Gallery Getty Charlie Murphy, Eddie's older brother, and a very successful and popular stand-up comedian in his own right has died ... TMZ has learned.
According to Charlie's manager, he died from leukemia Wednesday morning in a NYC hospital. He'd been going undergoing chemotherapy. Family members tell us they're absolutely shocked because they thought he was getting better.
We're told the family would call him frequently, and he'd even joke they were calling too much.
[Read More]Bull review a riveting and uncomfortable 55 minutes
Posted on August 4, 2024
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The ObserverTheatreReviewYoung Vic, London
Mike Bartlett’s follow-up to Cock is a masterclass in the workings of collusion
Susannah Clapp reviews the Changeling Susannah Clapp reviews Fever The surprising twist in Bull is that there is no twist. In Clare Lizzimore’s sharp, outstandingly well-acted production, Mike Bartlett’s new play drills into the head and heart like a screwdriver. It attacks its subject from slightly different angles but always presses on the same tender spot.
[Read More]Is the term mansplaining sexist? You asked Google heres the answer | Erynn Brook
Posted on August 4, 2024
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The autocomplete questionsGender This article is more than 5 years oldIs the term ‘mansplaining’ sexist? You asked Google – here’s the answerThis article is more than 5 years oldErynn BrookEvery day millions of people ask Google life’s most difficult questions. Our writers answer some of the commonest queries
There’s a short answer and a long answer to this question. The short answer is: no, it’s not.
The long answer requires a bit more background, so let’s start at a basic level and work up from there.
[Read More]On 'Take It Like a Man,' Amanda Shires takes aim for the heavens
Posted on August 4, 2024
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"I know the cost of flight is landing."
Amanda Shires sings this line in the chorus of "Take It Like a Man," the title track of her new album. It would be easy to read the lyric as specific only to the song, but the line encapsulates so much of what makes Shires an artist deserving of the word "singular." Within her songwriting, her activism, her musical collaborations and her personal life, Shires always takes aim for the heavens, landings be damned.
[Read More]Pennsylvania school district hit with anti-trans bomb threat after conservative media covers local b
Posted on August 4, 2024
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Redeem now A Pennsylvania school sent students home early this week after receiving an anti-trans bomb threat.Perkiomen Valley School District is embroiled in a debate over bathrooms and transgender students.An email claimed "bombs" had been planted at the school and a Target. A school district outside Philadelphia sent thousands of students home early on Thursday after officials there received an emailed threat promising death and destruction if trans students were allowed to use bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity.
[Read More]Virginia police FINALLY retrieve body of driver who plunged off pier in SUV after SEVEN days - but s
Posted on August 4, 2024
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The body of a motorist who drove off the edge of a pier has been recovered after nearly a week in the water but police are yet to reveal any details about who the person is or what drove them to their death.
Horrific footage emerged last week showing the car smash through barriers on Virginia Beach Fishing Pier on Saturday morning and plunge over the edge.
Crews have now finally been able to remove the vehicle and its occupant from the water, after a rescue mission earlier this morning after five days of high winds that made the recovery effort too dangerous.
[Read More]Waiting for a Star to Fall: Boy Meets Girl on how they made a pop classic
Posted on August 4, 2024
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How we madePop and rock‘We were at a Whitney Houston concert in LA. I glanced up and saw a shooting star. It felt like a sign from the heavens’
Shannon Rubicam, singer-songwriterWe’d written How Will I Know and I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) for Whitney Houston, so were given tickets when she played the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on her first tour in 1986. After she sang How Will I Know, I glanced up and there was a shooting star in the night sky above the amphitheatre.
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