Remember the Oscar-nominated 2004 feature documentary “Super Size Me?"

Its director, Morgan Spurlock, died Thursday in upstate New York due to complications of cancer. He was 53. Variety has his obituary: https://flip.it/emMZIy

#MorganSpurlock #Documentary #Film #Cinema


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Welcome to Flipboard’s collection of culture and entertainment picks. We'll bring you insightful interviews, revealing reviews and thought-provoking features. Posts are handpicked by Flipboard editors. Boosts do not imply endorsement, but are used to highlight posts we think the community might find interesting. #Culture #Entertainment #TheArts #Food

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It's Canada's Thanksgiving this weekend, so here's a helpful reminder from the Beaverton about covering your leftovers. Happy Thanksgiving. 🇨🇦

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#Canada #CanadianThanksgiving #Food #Satire


An unexplained chronic illness left author Richa Kaul Padte with the burning need to win her doctors' approval — to be their favorite. In this essay for Hazlitt, she unpicks and unpacks this feeling, and sheds light on the frustrations of living with, "the confluence of my intersecting symptoms and how they shape my life. The unsolvable injustice of my illness."

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#Essays #Health #ChronicIllness


Bandcamp's union, nostr:npub1w90nxx2zg25k5369d8ezlyj2prkgnghmf2yrw4cuk2rchuhn4rrsprhndh is seeking recognition from its new owners, music marketing company Songtradr. Epic Games sold Bandcamp last week amid extensive layoffs. A statement from the union says staff were told by Epic Games that Songtradr would offer positions to some, but not all employees. Pitchfork has more information. The union is sharing a petition on its Mastodon account.

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#Music #Bandcamp #Unions


nostr:npub15xjxr8t7yvhcvhsp25dzrmhldy8s8m0nx8fl2wxxx0u3u0snzrvs0s3fmv He's incredible! The album is gorgeous — one to listen to straight through in order.


In an Instagram post today, Sufjan Stevens dedicated "Javelin" to his late partner, Evans Richardson, who died in April. “He was an absolute gem of a person, full of life, love, laughter, curiosity, integrity, and joy. He was one of those rare and beautiful ones you find only once in a lifetime —precious, impeccable, and absolutely exceptional in every way.” Out magazine has more.

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#Music #SufjanStevens #LGBTQ #Pride


In 1937, granite artist Luigi "Louis" Giovanni Brusa died of silicosis, a lung disease caused by inhaling miniscule particles of the rocks he carved. The moment of his death is captured in "The Dying Man," an extraordinary monument that he commissioned a talented peer, Donato "Don" Coletti, to create. Atlas Obscura tells the tragic tale of Vermont's Italian gravestone carvers and the sculpture that serves as a warning and memorial to them.

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#History #Art #Culture


Photographer Charles Traub's latest book is "Skid Row," a collection of shots he took in Uptown Chicago and the Bowery, NYC, in the late '70s and early '80s. Here's a sample of what you'll find in the book, courtesy of Blind magazine. There's also an exhibition at New York's School of Visual Arts, which is on until Oct. 26.

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#Photography #Books #Art #Culture #NewYork #Chicago


Lou Reed died almost exactly a decade ago. There've been several biographies of him written since, but perhaps none so exhaustive as Will Hermes's "Lou Reed: The King of New York," which covers his journey from Long Island boy to rock star, acknowledging throughout Reed's famous hatred of being written about. This Air Mail review offers a taste of the book.

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#Books #Bookstodon #Music #LouReed


50 years ago today, Elton John and Bernie Taupin's masterpiece, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," was released. Shondaland has this track-by-track writeup of an album writer Jonathan Riggs calls "one of the best albums of all time, which highlights both an artist at the peak of his powers and the vibe of an entire musical era."

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#Music #Albums #EltonJohn


Frommer's writer Jason Cochran says that airlines "obtain competitive advantages by pretending flights are cheaper than they actually are" — a practice known as "drip pricing." He breaks down which European and U.S.-based carriers are the worst offenders in the added-fee department (Spirit Airlines customers pay an average of 736% over the original quote).

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#Travel #TravelIndustry #Airlines #Lifestyle


Sufjan Stevens' new album, "Javelin," is out and Pitchfork loves it, describing it as tender, raw, direct and contemplative. "If it sounds like he is occasionally singing to us from rock bottom, it’s only so we can witness the steady ascent onward," says critic Sam Sodomsky. Here's the full review.

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#Music #SufjanStevens #Review #NewMusic


nostr:npub1prpzccpkdzhjuqlespwacv0903dhlvpv60jcn27h5q3uy895t8yqp32xkn  They just reopened the writers' room after the WGA strike ended, so still a little while till we see the show. They're shooting in Albuquerque, but no crime, no meth!


It's been 10 years since the finale of "Breaking Bad." Series creator and showrunner Vince Gilligan talks to Variety about his favorite unsung moments, what he'd change about the ending, and his next project, an Apple TV+ sci-fi show starring "Better Call Saul" actor Rhea Seehorn.

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#Television #BreakingBad #VinceGilligan


Norwegian writer and playwright Jon Fosse has won the Nobel Prize in literature, "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable." Fosse is the first writer who writes in Nynorsk to win the prize. AP has more on his life and work.

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#NobelPrize #Literature #Books #Bookstodon


Actor Julia Ormond is suing Harvey Weinstein for sexual battery in a lawsuit that also names The Walt Disney Company, CAA and Miramax. “Brazenly, none of these prominent companies warned Ormond that Weinstein had a history of assaulting women because he was too important, too powerful, and made them too much money,” the suit states. Variety has the story.

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#Hollywood #Celebrity #HarveyWeinstein

CW: Harvey Weinstein, sexual assault references


nostr:npub1cczzlxa6d8jkd8xl8v5lhgyjhtzhjs7p5644hrtvdh45znj5avhsxu7l0l This thread has some great recommendations! https://beige.party/@RickiTarr/111177365578857512


Uproxx's Steven Hyden saw U2 perform at the Sphere in Las Vegas on Friday. Here's what he thought of the experience. "The Sphere is overpowering and ridiculous, technologically advanced and rooted in an old-time 'more is more' show-business sensibility, and supported by some of the industry’s most powerful players even though it’s possibly unsustainable. Put another way: The Sphere is U2," he says.

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#Music #LiveMusic #U2 #Sphere


"The Exorcist: Believer" is out on Oct. 6, and according to the BBC, it's not a patch on the original Here's the review:

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#Movies #Entertainment #Exorcist


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"Surely You Can't Be Serious," co-written by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker (ZAZ), tells the story of how "Airplane" got off the ground. Salon spoke to the trio about their weirdest flights, how they cast "Airplane," whether the movie crosses the line of good taste, and fart jokes.

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#Movies #Books #Bookstodon #Comedy #DontCallMeShirley


"I Am a Noise," a new documentary about the iconic Joan Baez, opens in theaters on Oct. 6. Smithsonian Magazine's Jennie Rothenberg Gritz talked to Baez about her life as an activist and musician, Bob Dylan, motherhood, and her move away from the spotlight and towards her art. "I have not missed being on the stage for a second,” she says.

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#Movies #JoanBaez #Documentary #Music


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Merriam-Webster has added 690 new words to the dictionary. Here are some of the words that made it in, from edgelord to zhuzh.

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#Language #Culture #Lifestyle


Could Paris go car-free for the 2024 Olympics? The Parisian Green Party is proposing exactly that, and that the city should offer free public transport for the six weeks of the event. Time Out has the lowdown on how likely it is to happen.

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#Travel #Paris #Climate #Olympics


"Shift Happens" is a book about the evolution of the QWERTY keyboard, which is now 150 years old. nostr:npub1su4t3c2h2fl2ws6hfcnn5r7jdn87qvhvaafe5uv3hcwygxz3rjssf6a0dw talked to author Marcin Wichary about why he wrote it, the hardest part of the project, and what would have happened if the "Shift Wars" of the late 19th century had gone a different way.

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#Books #Design #Tech #Culture


Book bans are spreading "like a fungus," according to high-school librarian Martha Hickson, who has been the victim of smear campaigns and received hate mail because of the reading material she provides for students. She talked to Reader's Digest about how she and her fellow librarians are fighting back.

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#Books #BookBans #Bookstodon #Libraries #Culture


So-called Revenge Travel, the increase in visiting other places after COVID-19 restrictions limited opportunities, appears to be abating. CNBC has more on the downward travel trend around the world. https://flip.it/5MNIfN
#Culture #Travel #RevengeTravel


As social media companies rise and fall, a number of books exploring the internet revolution have been published. Add “Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence and Power on the Internet” to the list. “Tech founders may control source code, but users shape the product,” author Taylor Lorenz writes. Here’s more from the AP: https://flip.it/lWa3Br
#Culture #Reading #Internet #Books #Bookstodon


“I have nothing to do with it,” Tom Hanks said of a fake ad featuring a fabricated image of his likeness. The two-time Oscar-winning actor went to Instagram to share the image, which appears to be AI-generated for a dental ad. ABC News has more, including the image in question. Take a look for yourself. Does it even look like Hanks? https://flip.it/As6-pH
#Culture #Entertainment #TomHanks #AI


Bruce Springsteen has officially released “Addicted to Romance,” a track that will appear in director Rebecca Miller’s new romantic comedy “She Came to Me.” The Boss collaborated with Bryce Dressner of The National on the song. Take a listen on Pitchfork. And fans of The National, see if you hear the band's sound come through on the track: https://flip.it/LANnnc
#Culture #Entertainment #Music #BruceSpringsteen #TheNational


In many native communities around the lands now called North America, many people identify with the so-called rez dogs that roam freely. Kendra Coulter, writing for The MIT Press Reader, dives into why the lives of these dogs cannot be uncoupled from human-human relationships.
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#Culture #NativeAmerican #Indigenous #NationalDayForTruthAndReconciliation #RezDogs


It's the weekend! Here's an NPR Tiny Desk concert from Sam Smith, starting with their 2014 Grammy winner "Stay" and ending with recent chart-topper "Unholy," all accompanied by an 11-person choir, pianist and guitarist.

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#Music #TinyDesk #SamSmith #NPR


Hollywood's depictions of masculinity have always been pretty gay. Queerty's Naveen Kumar writes about representations of masculine ideals, from Montgomery Clift in the 1948 Western "Red River" to Murray Bartlett and Nick Offerman in "The Last of Us."

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#Movies #Hollywood #LGBTQ #Pride


nostr:npub1wgwkcyw2nr8thtygp64gurvapqc8jfplq3l9nrql39szzv6l4sdqfx9vnm The school's founder, David “T.C.” Ellis, is a former rapper and a childhood friend of Prince. Here's a quick interview with him about his music career:

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Kahlil Gibran's "The Prophet" was published 100 years ago and has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide. JSTOR Daily takes a look at how this slim volume, which it describes as "woo-woo, vague and mystical," continues to be a big success, a staple at spiritual-but-not-religious weddings, so beloved it was even recited at Nelson Mandela's funeral.

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#Books #Bookstodon #Spirituality #Poetry


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High School for Recording Arts — aka Hip Hop High — is a public school in St. Paul, Minnesota, which teaches core subjects through a musical lens. Around 40% of its students are homeless and 85% have been out of high school for at least 18 months. "We're talking about some severe obstacles to their learning and their agency," says the school's executive director, Tony Simmons. This video from The 74 talks about its life-saving impact.

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#Music #Education #Culture


Las Vegas police have indicted a suspect in the Tupac Shakur case on a murder charge. Duane “Keffe D” Davis admitted in his 2019 memoir "Compton Street Legend" that he was in the Cadillac from which gunfire erupted in the September 1996 drive-by shooting and implicated his nephew, Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson, who died in 1998.

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#TupacShakur #News #Music


Phil Hartman would have turned 75 on Sept. 24. In honor of this, Dana Carvey and David Spade devoted two episodes of their "Fly on the Wall" podcast to their "SNL" castmate. They were joined by Mike Myers, Julia Sweeney, Will Ferrell, Conan O'Brien and more, who shared memories of working with Hartman, and reflected on what might have been. Entertainment Weekly is sharing the tribute here.

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#SNL #Television #PhilHartman #InMemoriam


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New episodes of "Doctor Who" will start streaming worldwide in November. The BBC has this two-minute guide to catch you up on 60 years of history, from where Gallifrey is located to what a Dalek is. Unfortunately, even they can't explain why all the recent Doctors have ended up wearing a fez.

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#Television #BBC #DoctorWho #Entertainment


In November, Martin Scorsese will turn 81. He's been through addiction, five marriages (and four divorces) and has barely stopped working since 1967. As his 27th movie, "Killers of the Flower Moon," is about to be released, GQ talked to him about getting old, paring down, and letting go.

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#Movies #Entertainment #MartinScorsese


nostr:npub150twxz5a0j865nsl6gpnz77wg2p4gmkqxx6v0yxvzzcfj2hph6yq5fr5td This is a good point. The board in her district, Spotsylvania County Public Schools, has voted to make it easier to remove books, and its superintendent pulled 14 books this spring for “sexually explicit material” — including Toni Morrison’s “Beloved.” Two members of the board also suggested burning books and there has been a proposal to close all school libraries.


11 people were responsible for 60% of book bans in the 2021-2022 school year. Jennifer Petersen filed 71 challenges in the district where her younger child goes to school, against books such as “Red, White and Royal Blue,” which is about a relationship between the son of a U.S. president and an English prince, and Jodi Picoult’s “Nineteen Minutes,” a novel about a school shooting. Here's the full story (may be paywalled).

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#Books #Bookstodon #Education #UnitedStates


Daft Punk has been celebrating the tenth anniversary of "Random Access Memories" all year. The latest release is a drumless version of the album. Listen to "Within" here.

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#Music #DaftPunk #RandomAccessMemories


Around 2,000 objects are missing from the British Museum, and it is calling for help in recovering them. Art expert Christopher A. Marinello tells NBC this undermines the museum's argument against returning treasures to colonized nations. “They’ve been saying, ‘These objects are much better preserved in the British Museum. We have much better security. We can’t trust that these objects would be safe in your countries.'"

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#Art #Culture #Museums #UnitedKingdom


The actor Sir Michael Gambon, who starred in "The Singing Detective" and who played professor Albus Dumbledore in the "Harry Potter" movie series, has died at the age of 82. The BBC looks at his success on TV, in the cinema and on stage.
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nostr:npub13e83hz5uff5fdwxugmfzayp2ts7xjhpa5h76xvasfq0hvg9jewdsw37t20 That sounds like a great book!


The film about Donna Dear and Paulette Greene is called "The Aunties." On Oct. 14, they will be hosting a screening at Mt. Pleasant Acres Farms in Preston, Maryland, titled Soulfest X We Will Be Elders. The event will also include meditations with the “Witness Tree," a poplar tulip where those escaping slavery would pray. The gathering will take place from 3-8pm, with the screening beginning at sunset.

#Documentary #History #Film #LGBTQ #BlackMastodon #ClimateJustice


Donna Dear and Paulette Greene — "the aunties" — have been a couple for almost 50 years, farming the land where Harriet Tubman took members of her family out of enslavement, and working for climate justice in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay. To celebrate the launch of a new documentary about them, them magazine talked to the aunties about how their enduring love and the historic land they steward.

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#Documentary #History #Film #LGBTQ #BlackMastodon #ClimateJustice


Is there treasure at the bottom of Hell Gate, a narrow tidal channel at the confluence of the Harlem and East Rivers, in the heart of New York City? Atlas Obscura looked into the 240-year search for the HMS Hussar, which reportedly carried the payroll for British troops in gold coins, and has been searched for by everyone from Thomas Jefferson to a guy named Joey Treasures.

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#History #Culture #NewYork #UnitedStates


Dan Harmon was once a constant presence on social media, but after scandals about his on-set behavior and tasteless jokes, he shut down his Twitter account and podcast, and went to therapy. Now, he's talking to The Hollywood Reporter about everything: the "Community" movie, his new series, "Krapopolis," and his thoughts on the allegations against "Rick and Marty" co-creator Justin Roiland.

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#Television #Entertainment #RickAndMorty #DanHarmon #JustinRoiland


"Stranger Things" star Millie Bobby Brown's novel, "Nineteen Steps," is a bestseller, but has come under fire both for the prose style, and the fact that Brown didn't write it. nostr:npub1cy06su88dl9crjvthx56mdpgd0m9dauplnjf58rvcqynj6p8uygq9uggw4 takes a look at how it came to be, and why ghostwritten celebrity novels are so loathed.

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#Books #Bookstodon #Celebrity #MillieBobbyBrown #Culture


The story of McDaniel's missing Oscar statue is a decades-old mystery, which The Coloradoan details here:

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#Entertainment #Movies #TuneIn #BlackMastodon


The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced it will bestow a replacement Oscar on Hattie McDaniel, 60 years after hers went missing. The statue will be given to Howard University, as McDaniel intended. She was the first Black person to win a competitive Academy Award, which was given in 1940 for her supporting performance in “Gone with the Wind.” Variety has the details.

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#Entertainment #Movies #TuneIn #BlackMastodon #HBCU


A Texas law that would have restricted drag shows has been declared unconstitutional, with a federal judge issuing a permanent injunction. U.S. District Judge David Hittner said the law "violates the First Amendment as incorporated to Texas by the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution." ABC has more:

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#Culture #LGBTQ #Drag #USConstitution


Personal sharing on LinkedIn is booming, with users telling their connections about divorces, health problems and other vulnerable moments and life events. Business Insider looks into how and why the network is changing, and the proliferation of meme accounts that are mocking this content.

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#Tech #SocialMedia #LinkedIn #Culture


David McCallum, who was best known for playing Ilya Kuryakin in "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.," died yesterday at age 90. Variety has this tribute to the actor, who also played Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard on "NCIS." “He was the kindest, coolest, most patient and loving father," his son Peter said. “He was a true renaissance man — he was fascinated by science and culture and would turn those passions into knowledge."

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#Entertainment #Television #InMemoriam #RIP


Stevie Nicks has announced more dates for her U.S. tour, which starts tomorrow in Pittsburgh. Pitchfork has details of where all the shows will take place, which will be co-headlined with Billy Joel, and a link to purchase tickets.

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#Music #Entertainment #StevieNicks #BillyJoel


Update: SAG-AFTRA members have voted to authorize a strike against the video game industry. This does not guarantee a work stoppage, but permits union negotiators to call for a strike if necessary. Negotiations for the new contract, which covers voice, motion capture, stunt work and other performances on video games, restart tomorrow. Signatory companies include Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts and Epic Games.

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#SAGAFTRA #VideoGames #GamesIndustry #Strike


A data set of more than 191,000 books has been used without permission to train generative AI systems by Meta, Bloomberg, and others. “Books3” was based on  pirated ebooks, most of them published in the past 20 years. The data set is at the heart of several lawsuits brought against Meta. The Atlantic's Alex Eisner is sharing this database of authors that have been used for training. Story may be paywalled.

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#Books #AI #Bookstodon #Meta #Technology


When Kerry Washington decided to appear on a 2018 episode of “Finding Your Roots,” the PBS series in which celebrities learn about their ancestral histories, the actress-activist had no idea what she would discover. Then her parents apprised her of a family secret they’d been keeping. NPR tells us what Washington learned and why she says it has helped her build a deeper connection with her parents. https://flip.it/XkJ8CM
#Culture #Entertainment #Hollywood #Film #TV #KerryWashington


SAG-AFTRA's video game performers are also in the spotlight as they head back to the negotiating table tomorrow. Polygon has the details on this, including what's at stake, which game companies could be affected, and the possible outcomes.

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#HollywoodStrikes #Entertainment #VideoGames #GamesINdustry


The WGA may have reached an agreement to end its strike, but that doesn't mean the entertainment industry's union action is over. Deadline has this breakdown on what's to come on the labor front, including SAG-AFTRA's negotiations and IATSE's contract, which expires in 2024.

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#WGA #HollywoodStrikes #Entertainment #SAGAFTRA


Turns out that Taylor Swift is a football fan. Or at least a fan of Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. Dating rumors have circulated for weeks, but there she was in Kelce’s suite at the Chiefs’ game on Sunday, right next to Kelce’s mom and enthusiastically celebrating his touchdown catch. Then, the stars were seen leaving the stadium together. USA Today has more: https://flip.it/mjOmB1
#Culture #Entertainment #TaylorSwift #TravisKelce #Music #NFL


“Made in Taiwan,” a cookbook that celebrates centuries of Taiwanese culture and foodways, opens with a quote from activist Peng Ming-min: “[Neither] race, language, nor culture form a nation, but rather a deeply felt sense of community and shared destiny.” Atlas Obscura writer Diana Hubbell tells us how the book is a love letter to the island nation known for its culture, people and cuisine.
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#Culture #Asia #Thailand #Cooking #Foodie


Drew Barrymore will not resume production of her talk show after facing an outcry of opposition from striking Hollywood writers and her fellow actors. NBC News has more on her reversal: https://flip.it/VRJwcc
#Entertainment #Culture #DrewBarrymore #HollywoodStrikes #WritersGuildOfAmerica


Who needs office dress codes? Certainly not these “corporate goths” who aren’t afraid to redefine business casual. More from Business Insider: https://flip.it/QKOSiH
#Culture #Fashion #Goth #CorporateLife #Work


Update: Russell Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse. BBC reports: https://flip.it/mIDbnG
#Entertainment #Culture #Hollywood #RussellBrand


Russell Brand has posted a video in which he denies “serious criminal allegations” that he says will be made against him. The BBC says the actor and comedian may face serious claims of sexual misconduct. Here’s more: https://flip.it/eR6JoA
#Entertainment #Culture #RussellBrand #Hollywood


50 books have been nominated for this year's National Book Awards; the winner will be revealed on Nov. 15. Drew Barrymore was set to host, but her invitation was rescinded after she announced that her talk show will resume filming despite the strikes. The Washington Post has a breakdown of all the nominees (may be paywalled). Head to the organization's website for a free-to-read look at the longlist.

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#Bookstodon #WGAStrike #Books #SAGAFTRA


Time to wind down into the weekend with a concert from NPR's new Tiny Desk Korea series. Here's Kim Tae-hyung, 김태형 — aka V from BTS — with his first live performances of three tracks from the new "Layover" album.

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#Music #NPR #KPop #KimTaehyung #BTS


Japanese comedy drama "He's Expecting" imagines a world in which a small number of cis men have become pregnant. Its hero quickly experiences some of the scenarios we're used to seeing pregnant women navigate, from marginalization at work to patronizing information that minimizes the risks of childbirth. In this long read for Electric Lit, Jane Dykema takes a critical look at the TV show's insights and shortcomings.

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#TV #Culture #Netflix #TuneIn


150 years ago, British explorer Isabella Bird traveled the world, writing for magazines and becoming one of the first female fellows elected into the Royal Geographical Society. Smithsonian Magazine's Laura Kiniry followed in the footsteps of her famous expedition through the Rockies, of which Bird wrote: “Everything suggests a beyond."

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#Women #Travel #History


19 million Americans, at least half of whom are of Latino or Hispanic descent, live in the southern border region of the U.S. NBC talked to some "frontizeros" about the unique culture, patois, food and music that comes from living in the "places between places."

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#Culture #HispanicHeritageMonth #UnitedStates


Bill Willingham, creator of beloved comic series "Fables" has released the franchise into the public domain, citing a breakdown in his relationship with DC Comics. Here's the full statement that he posted on his Substack, in which he said of DC: " I gave them years to do the right thing. I tried to reason with them, but you can’t reason with the unreasonable."

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#BillWillingham #Fables #ComicBooks #PublicDomain


The ancient art of sumo, which was first practiced in 23 B.C.E, is steeped in ritual, history, honor and glory, and in its home country of Japan, some wrestlers are celebrities. In America, it's mostly been a fringe sport until the past five years or so. Here's a look at how and why its popularity is growing stateside, as GQ peeps inside New York Sumo Beya.

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#Sport #Sports #Sumo #Lifestyle #Culture


"The Golden Bachelor" will be premiering on Sept 28. Entertainment Weekly described the show as "a kinder, gentler, older reality show." Here's its exclusive look behind the scenes, including conversations with the Bachelor himself, 72-year-old Gerry (pronounced Gary), a widower from Indiana who's looking for an adventurous, family-oriented woman who likes pickleball.

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#Television #Entertainment #TheBachelor #TuneIn


Extreme weather is affecting music festivals around the world,  from Uganda to Germany. Pitchfork looks at some of the impacts of wildfires, heat waves, heavy rains and typhoons, and how organizers are trying to adjust to the new reality.

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#Entertainment #Music #LiveMusic


It took writing a novel, "Idlewild," for James Frankie Thomas to realize he was trans. In a funny, moving essay for Lit Hub, he explains what led to his discovery. "How had my entire workshop read my novel so wrong?" he wonders. "Stranger still, how had they all read it wrong in the exact same way? There was only one possible explanation, something I’d long suspected but never dared to admit out loud: Everyone was stupid except me."

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#LGBTQ #Books #Bookstodon #Culture


If you're in New Orleans, take a look at what's coming up in OperaCréole's new season, including tributes to William Grant Still, Sybil Klein, and Mahalia Jackson.

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#Music #Culture #Opera #NewOrleans #MahaliaJackson


There were dozens of Black classical composers in 19th-century New Orleans, but they had few opportunities to present their compositions around the world, and that means their works have been largely forgotten — until recently. Atlas Obscura reports how OperaCréole, founded in 2011 by Black mezzo-sopranos Givonna Joseph and her daughter Aria Mason, is giving life to lost works as "an act of restorative justice."

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#BlackMastodon #Music #Culture #Opera #NewOrleans


"Rick and Morty" creator Justin Roiland used his fame to develop relationships with young fans, according to extensive evidence that 11 woman and nonbinary people shared with NBC News. One woman says that Roiland sexually assaulted her. Here's the full story, by tech and culture reporter Kat Tenbarge.

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#Entertainment #RickAndMorty #JustinRoiland

CW: Justin Roiland, sexual assault, explicit language


Marvel's VFX artists have voted unanimously to unionize with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). "When I started my first job at Marvel, I felt like I couldn't complain about the unpaid overtime, the lack of meal breaks, and the incredible pressure put on VFX teams to meet deadlines because I was just supposed to be grateful to be here at all," said Sarah Kazuko Chow, VFX coordinator. CNBC has more.

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#TV #Entertainment #HollywoodStrikes


Some women today — particularly high-income, highly educated ones — are using alcohol as a stress reliever. "Gradually, booze has become the 21st-century 'mother’s little helper,'" says Olga Khazan for The Atlantic. She talked to experts, and looked at the history of sedatives that are "meant to resign women to their fate."

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#Alcohol #Women #WomensHealth #History #Lifestyle


Ash Ketchum was a central figure of the Pokémon anime for 25 years until he became a World Champion and was put out to pasture. Polygon took a look at how the franchise is set to thrive without him.

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#Television #Animation #Pokémon  #TuneIn


Many of Lahaina's cultural riches were destroyed in the devastating wildfires last month. The Washington Post spoke to community members including Lucas Smith Sequeira, a 15-year-old who has had to relocate to Oregon, but is determined to maintain the legacy of his late grandfather, a master carver and canoe builder. “Hopefully, the school I go to has woodworking,” Lucas said. Story may be paywalled.

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#Lahaina #Culture #Wildfires #Hawaii


Danny Masterson's former co-stars Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis wrote support letters for him prior to his rape sentencing, as did Debra Jo Rupp and Kurtwood Smith, who played Kitty and Red Forman on "That '70s Show," and actor Giovanni Ribisi. Legal affairs journalist Meghann Cuniff has more on her Substack.

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#DannyMasterson #Entertainment #TV #Hollywood


Today is the 57th anniversary of the broadcast of "The Man Trap," the first regular episode of "Star Trek." In this archival nostr:npub1cy06su88dl9crjvthx56mdpgd0m9dauplnjf58rvcqynj6p8uygq9uggw4 story, Professor Stephen Benedict Dyson looked at the show's troubled journey to the screen, including a botched pitch by Gene Roddenberry, a rejected pilot, script problems and high production costs.

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#Television #History #Culture #StarTrek


It looks like Nintendo's Switch 2 may finally be on its way. Multiple video game publications are reporting that the console is being demoed to select third-party developers, with a rumored late 2024 launch. The original Switch came out in 2017 and continues to sell millions of units a year. nostr:npub1su4t3c2h2fl2ws6hfcnn5r7jdn87qvhvaafe5uv3hcwygxz3rjssf6a0dw has the details.

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#Gaming #VideoGames #Switch2


Fallon and showrunner Chris Miller apologized to staffers over Zoom after the story broke. "It’s embarrassing and I feel so bad. Sorry if I embarrassed you and your family and friends,” Fallon said. “I feel so bad I can’t even tell you.”

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"The Tonight Show" has been a toxic workplace for years because of Jimmy Fallon's erratic behavior and an ever-changing leadership team that don't know how to say no to the host, nostr:npub1szzwzg2qx07u977tu4fcz6e0y5jgpuv5dg87wrfa5xy0l044xywskxg5lr reports. Krystie Lee Yandoli  spoke to 16 current and former staffers about life behind the scenes.

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#Television #JimmyFallon #TonightShow


“That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson has been sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for raping two women 20 years ago: AP reports: https://flip.it/7G73_J
#Entertainment #TV #Hollywood #DannyMasterson


New albums don’t get much bigger than this. Next month, The Rolling Stones will release “Hackney Diamonds,” the band’s first album of original songs since 2005. Pitchford provides an early look, including which stars joined the band in recording and the meaning behind the album title: https://flip.it/4mNsAB
#Culture #Music #Entertainment #TheRollingStones #ClassicRock


In Ikaria, one of Greece’s many islands, it’s common for people to remain active well into their 90s, making the region a Blue Zone, areas of the world where people regularly live longer than average. Insider explains how Ikarians naturally weave health into their daily lives: https://flip.it/0z76rW
#Culture #Greece #Lifestyle #Health #BlueZone


nostr:npub1v8l9r5fl29tjerh7ukve7t2ju6futpze5aepejmzeysr9r6e4a9q7n0wyr King also referenced Mambo No. 5 in an Entertainment Weekly story in 2009. "I want to share that my wife once informed me that she would disembowel me with her sharpest Ginsu knife if I played the extended version one more time. I waited until she was running errands, then played it…not once but several times."

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nostr:npub16q2526xgshxywrsq6k3lyrztn79pqd764u77s90ne2666sc43rcqz0e7ya "While the deal allowed the Tuohys to profit from the film, the petition alleges, a separate 2007 contract purportedly signed by Oher appears to 'give away' to 20th Century Fox studios the life rights to his story 'without any payment whatsoever.' The filing says Oher has no recollection of signing that contract, and even if he did, no one explained its implications to him."


In order to legally comply with new state legislation, a school district in Iowa is using ChatGPT to decide which titles should be removed from school libraries. The AI was used for textual analysis, and flagged books include "The Color Purple," "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Friday Night Lights." All of these have been taken out of Mason City's 7-12th grade collections and stored as educators “await further guidance or clarity.”

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#Books #Bookstodon #Libraries #AI


Child soldiers have patrolled Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens since 1844, protecting people from...what, exactly? Fodor's tells us more: https://flip.it/RzRx1V
#Culture #Travel #Copenhagen #Europe