Month: May 2024

Adam Higginbotham’s international bestseller, Midnight in Chernobyl, chronicled the disastrous 1986 nuclear reactor explosion in Ukraine that was caused by a Soviet program plagued with a toxic combination of unrealistic timelines and dangerous cost cutting. His new book, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space, describes a surprisingly similar
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Chris Pratt & Katherine Schwarzenegger Facing Backlash Over Demolishing Historic Home Not everyone’s marveling at Chris Pratt‘s Mother’s Day message. The Guardians of the Galaxy star faced criticism after he wrote a touching tribute to the moms in his life—including wife Katherine Schwarzenegger—but did not mention ex Anna Faris, with whom he shares son Jack, 11.  “Happy Mother’s Day to all the
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News Nilüfer Yanya Announces Fall 2024 Tour Dates The British singer-songwriter will be on the road from September to December By Matthew Strauss May 13, 2024 Facebook X Nilüfer Yanya, photo by Molly Daniel Facebook X Hot on the heels of her new song, “Like I Say (I Runaway),” Nilüfer Yanya has announced a bunch
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Before this lil’ guy sitting at the dinner table turned into a talented singer and actor, he was just giving side eye to the camera and growing up in sunny Los Angeles with big dreams of becoming a star! Yes he’s big in the theatre world, but he also belted it out in “Pitch Perfect”
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Welcome to Today in Books, where we report on literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Library of Congress Charts a Roadmap to Reading  In preparation for the 2024 National Book Festival, which will take place this August in Washington, DC, the 56 state and territory Centers for the Book affiliated with
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Theo remembers feeling uncomfortable with how the world saw them from a very young age. Frustrations built up, from boys assuming that they couldn’t play chess to being forced to cut their own hair because hairdressers always insisted on more feminine looks. But experiences in art school, at comic-cons and playing tabletop roleplaying games, plus
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See Travis Barker’s Sweet Tribute to Kourtney Kardashian With New Photos of Baby Rocky! Kourtney Kardashian had a rosy Mother’s Day. The Kardashians star was overwhelmed when husband Travis Barker turned her entire foyer into an enchanted garden with countless overflowing bouquets of pink and white roses.  “Can’t get over this,” Kourtney wrote on her Instagram
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News Aminé Launching New Best Day Ever Festival in Portland Kaytranada, BadBadNotGood, Ravyn Lenae, and others will play the Oregon-born rapper’s inaugural hometown event By Matthew Strauss May 13, 2024 Facebook X Aminé, September 2022 (Frank Hoensch/Redferns) Facebook X Portland rapper Aminé has announced a new two-day music festival in his Oregon hometown. The Best
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Merry MerMay! MerMay is most known as an art challenge, where participants make a mermaid-themed piece of art every day based on prompts. Here are the 2024 daily MerMay prompts, including #Kaiju #Feline #CoastalGrandma and so many more. While I love to see mermaid artwork in my feed, I’ll admit that visual art is not
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