Month: February 2024

Carl Weathers passed away following a long battle with heart disease. On Feb. 9, a week after the Rocky star died at age 76, the official cause of his death was revealed. According to The Blast, which cited the actor’s death certificate, Weathers died naturally of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and had suffered from heart disease for years. He passed away at his home in
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It is unclear what exactly prompted West’s apology and for what specific actions he apologized. In response to West’s statement, the Anti-Defamation League said: “After causing untold damage by using his vast influence and platform to poison countless minds with vicious antisemitism and hate, an apology in Hebrew may be the first step on a
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Carl Weather’s death at age 76 left Hollywood and the general public stunned, leading to endless tributes from the likes of Adam Sandler and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Though he starred in many notable movies throughout his decades-long career, Weathers’ most memorable role is arguably that of Apollo Creed in the Rocky movies (which we’ve ranked). As
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Several outcomes from this shift have happened, and two of them are especially relevant to our moment in history around book banning. The first is that algorithms have impacted local news. The downfall of local news since 2000 has been well-documented — somewhere around one in four local newspapers have shuttered between that year and
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Write this down: Taylor Swift is officially in her Super Bowl era. The 14-time Grammy winner is gearing up to see boyfriend Travis Kelce and his Kansas City Chiefs teammates at their milestone game against the San Francisco 49ers on Feb. 11. And Taylor has already solidified her role as cheer captain this NFL season, attending 13 games decked out in Chiefs-inspired gear. In fact, the
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A golden girl will soon get the chance at finding love on reality TV, this time as the show’s star. ABC has revealed that new senior dating series The Golden Bachelorette, a spinoff of its most recent Bachelor spinoff The Golden Bachelor, is in the works and set to premiere this fall. The news was announced Feb. 10 at the Television
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Damo Suzuki, the Japanese musician who spent a handful of memorable years as the lead singer of Can, died yesterday (February 9) at the age of 74. Can’s label, Spoon Records, did not disclose a cause of death in its announcement, but Suzuki had been diagnosed with colon cancer in 2014. “His boundless creative energy
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Last year’s R.L. Stine-based Disney+ series “Goosebumps” will return for Season 2, we’ve learned this weekend, but the cast and setting will be switched up this time around. Variety reports, “The announcement was made during the Disney Branded Television presentation at the Television Critics Association winter press tour. As part of the announcement, it was
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The 1980s produced a ton of amazing movies, and with that, ushered in a crop of directors who still wow audiences today. Directors like Ridley Scott, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, and Tim Burton all found their groove in that radical decade (even if a few technically started before 1980). Other directors came out of the
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While Midnight Pulp and TokuSHOUTsu are joining forces for the 3rd annual “Monster Bowl” this Sunday, Shout! TV has put together their own Super Bowl alternative. Shout! TV proudly presents the “Wolf Bowl,” a supernatural streaming event broadcasting 24 hours of werewolf movies on Shout! TV and Scream Factory TV on Sunday, February 11. The 24-hour “Wolf
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After years of teasing, including some ramped-up activity this week, Vampire Weekend have officially announced their fifth studio album. The new album, Only God Was Above Us, is out April 5 via Columbia. Two songs from the LP—“Capricorn” and “Gen-X Cops”—are out February 16. See the album cover and tracklist, as well as a trailer,
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Come and Get It by Kiley Reid Kiley Reid’s debut novel Such a Fun Age was longlisted for the Booker Prize and chosen as  Reese’s Book Club pick. With both critics’ and readers’ love of this book, the bookish world has been buzzing about her next book, Come and Get It. After sitting out for
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When Jay-Z and Kanye West dropped Watch the Throne in 2011, they weren’t talking about the British royal family.  But, if you’re a royal watcher, well, you may as well interpret it that way, knowing all eyes are always on the monarchy and what changes the future holds.  The biggest of all (so far, that
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