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Opinion | Hollywood Needs to Bring Back the Four-Hankie Tear-jerker
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Tears are sacred. They express sadness, communicate joy, signal need and expunge stress. The very act of crying offers us more than just release; it can offer us clarity. Yet we live in an era when public crying is not just undervalued but actively mocked. Collective displays of sadness are dismissed as empty posturing, and…
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Knicks-Pacers Game 7 could come down to who wins the board battle
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The Knicks have held a sizable rebounding edge in their three wins at home during the second round, and they have conceded that advantage in each of their three losses in Indiana. Tom Thibodeau’s injury-decimated team likely will need that trend to continue Sunday in Game 7 at the Garden for a chance to advance…
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Are Those Mimes Spying on Us? In Pakistan, It’s Not a Strange Question.
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The street performers first appeared a few years ago along busy intersections of Islamabad. Coated head to toe in eye-catching gold paint, they stood perfectly still, leaning on glimmering canes and tipping their top hats open. Some cracked a smile or offered a slow nod when they earned tips from passers-by. Perhaps in a different…
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Simone Biles Wins Over Suni Lee and Gabby Douglas at Gymnastics Classic
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Simone Biles is a champion — again! Just over seven months after becoming the most decorated gymnast of all time, the 27-year-old Texan took home another title on Saturday, May 18, at the 2024 Core Hydration Gymnastics Classic in Hartford, Connecticut. She racked up an impressive all-around score of 59.500, topping the score she earned…
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The Best Water Bottles, According to PS Editors
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BrüMate Rotera Water Bottle ($40) If you’re someone who needs a water bottle with a built-in straw to stay hydrated, the BrüMate Rotera will be your new favorite. Its slim and sleek design is much more practical than meets the eye. The leakproof water bottle has a twist to sip mechanism that lets you keep…
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs News: Explaining The Multiple Lawsuits
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The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said they would be “unable to charge” Sean “Diddy” Combs after surveillance video obtained by CNN appeared to show the rapper assaulting his former girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, at a hotel. “We are aware of the video that has been circulating online allegedly depicting Sean Combs assaulting a young…
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‘SNL’ Parodies Spate Of Random Attacks On Actors In NYC
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The recent assault on Steve Buscemi on the streets of New York City spawned a skit for SNL that featured Jake Gyllenhaal as an NYPD sergeant urging bad guys to “stop punching character actors in the face.” Speaking at a press conference for reporters, Gyllenhaal called character actors “the life blood of the entertainment industry”…
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How to Live Forever | The New Yorker
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A friend of mine knew a wealthy man who had decided to live forever. That made him hard to be around, my friend told me, in an e-mail, because he was “always dropping to the floor to do ab crunches or running out for bottles of water or falling asleep or outgassing Chinese herbs.” Immortality…
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The 2024 Cannes Film Festival’s Standing Ovation-Meter
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Kinds of Kindness. Photo: Valery Hache/AFP via Getty Images To fully experience the Cannes Film Festival, you can’t merely read about it. You have to watch Mr. Bean’s Holiday, too. Seriously, folks, the media maelstrom of Cannes is wild, and this fest is particularly known for wildin’ out in one particular way: weirdly long standing…
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Disneyland Resort costumed character employees vote to unionize
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Disneyland Resort employees who portray costumed characters such as Mickey Mouse or Cinderella have voted to unionize under the Actors’ Equity Assn. The unit, which consists of 1,700 people, voted 953 in favor of unionization and 258 against, Actors’ Equity said Saturday night on the social media platform X. Of the votes tallied, 79% were…
