Month: February 2023

When word of emancipation reached them, the last men and women kidnapped in West Africa and sold to American enslavers just wanted to go home. They’d only been in the Mobile, Alabama, area about five years; they belonged in Yorubaland. So they saved their tiny wages and offered $1,000 to the captain of the Clotilda,
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Last week Haymarket Books made three ebooks on Black history available for free in a statement of support and solidarity with those in Florida and nationwide fighting book bans and education censorship. Now Libro.fm is working with Cantor Audio to offer the audiobook versions of those same titles available for free, also in solidarity with
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When it comes to Emily Ratajkowski, you might be asking Rataj..how..ski do I pronounce her name? Not to worry, as the 31-year-old model recently shared exactly how to say her moniker. In a TikTok shared by Tory Burch Feb. 15, Emily declared it’s “Rat-Ah-Kof-Sky.” Now, Emily has introduced herself many a time on camera by saying “Rat-Ah-Cow-Skee,” but
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Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s Puss in Boots: The Last Wish had a happy Valentine’s Day, swashbuckling to a new global milestone. The spinoff sequel crossed $400M with Tuesday’s numbers bringing the worldwide kitty to $401.5M. The split is $160.1M domestic and $241.4M at the international box office.  The Oscar nominated pic from directors Joel Crawford and Januel
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EXCLUSIVE: For the first times since pre-pandemic times, a Super Bowl trailer broke the 100M view threshold on social media in the 24 hour period following the Big Game. That was Disney/Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 which clocked 134.1M views across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook as measured by social media
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As any visitor to my home may note, I’ve long been drawn to the simultaneously bold and delicate look of linocut art, a very hands-on type of relief printmaking wherein ink is transferred to paper via a carved linoleum block. Perhaps it’s time to make a few prints of my own. U.K.-based artist Sam Marshall’s
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Models falling, kicking off their heels, and visibly reaching out for help while on the verge of tears are everywhere right now, and it all has to do with the runway’s newest obsession: precarious heels. The biggest offender? Arguably Valentino, where multiple models fell hard on the spring 2023 runway, and then again during haute
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EXCLUSIVE: Performance artist, comedian, actress, playwright and elected Koreatown Los Angeles representative, Kristina Wong, has inked with CAA in all areas. Wong has mounted several solo shows here in Los Angeles, however, her latest Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord, earned her a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama last year. Sweatshop Overlord, a co-production between Center Theatre Group
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Rihanna, February 2023 (Adam Bow/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) News Rihanna Explains Why She Performed at the 2023 Super Bowl Halftime Show, Offers Album Update in New British Vogue Interview The musician discussed why she chose to perform during the NFL’s biggest event after declining a previous offer in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick By Matthew
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Raquel Welch, who paved the way as both an actress and international sex symbol has died … TMZ has learned. According to family members, Raquel died this morning after a brief illness. Welch first rose to fame for her back-to-back roles in “Fantastic Voyage” and “One Million Years B.C.” — both in 1966. Welch only
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Ahead of EFM, Dread, the specialty horror label of distribution and financing outfit Epic Pictures, along with Iconic Events, said they plan to release anthology film Satanic Hispanics on 800 screens in th U.S. Canada and Mexico this September. The film is in five segments directed by Alejandro Brugues (Juan of the Dead), Gigi Saul
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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Former child star Austin Majors, who was best known for his role on NYPD Blue, has died. He was 27. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s office confirmed Majors, who also used the name Austin Setmajer-Raglin, died Feb. 11 in a residential building. Read more: ‘The Flash’
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