Long before there was a Katniss Everdeen, future victor of the Hunger Games and Panem’s No. 1 revolutionary icon, there was Lucy Gray Baird — a young woman who also hailed from District 12 and found herself recruited as a tribute in a fascist world’s annual entertainment death march. She …
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Enemies to lovers is one of the romance’s messiest tropes, but Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell mastered hiding their hate in the official trailer for Anyone But You, in theaters Dec. 22. The film features the two Hollywood stars at a destination wedding where love is in the air — …
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The 1963 March on Washington did not merely come together on its own via a whim, a wish, and good will. It took years of strategizing, planning, building coalitions, dodging bureaucratic obstacles and opponents both within and outside the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement. Students and veteran activists worked phone lines, …
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Forest and Bird, the conservation group committed to defending nature across New Zealand, had everything planned out for its 100th anniversary celebration. They would — as they do annually — open up the vote for the Bird of the Year, this time billed as Bird of the Century. There would …
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The movies like to lionize stunt people, from the fugitive thriller The Stunt Man to Brad Pitt’s Cliff Booth in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood to the upcoming big-screen reboot of The Fall Guy. They do dangerous work in near-anonymity, toiling in close proximity to stardom with few of …
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The Friends family‘s outpouring of tributes for Matthew Perry continued as Jennifer Aniston remembered her late friend and cast mate in a moving social media post. “Oh boy this one has cut deep… Having to say goodbye to our Matty has been an insane wave of emotions that I’ve never …
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David Schwimmer is the latest Friends cast member to pay tribute to his late co-star Matthew Perry following the actor’s death in October. “Thank you for ten incredible years of laughter and creativity,” Schwimmer wrote to his friend “Matty” on Instagram. “I will never forget your impeccable comic timing and …
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A little over six months ago, Gwyneth Paltrow — an actress who has won an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and an Emmy (an EGGO?) — won one whole dollar in a civil suit against a retired optometrist who collided with her while skiing. The prize was the result of a …
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Lisa Kudrow posted her own personal tribute to her Friends co-star Matthew Perry, who died on Oct. 28 at the age of 54. “Shot the pilot, Friends Like Us, got picked up then immediately, we were at the NBC Upfronts,” Kudrow wrote in her post, paired with a photo of …
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Earlier this year, the Academy Awards asked Jimmy Kimmel to return as host for the ceremony, marking his third time in the role. At the time, he grew weary about the recurring opportunity, saying: “Being invited to host the Oscars for a third time is either a great honor or …
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