Month: April 2023

Singer and guitarist Susanna Hoffs rose to fame with the Bangles in the 1980s. With her new book, she proves her immense writing talent isn’t just confined to songs.

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FORT WAYNE, IN—In a move that would completely derail the contest through a toxic combination of resentment and hubris, a stranger whose unachieved athletic goals would ruin a pickup game at a local community basketball court Wednesday reportedly called next. “I got next game,” said the newcomer standing at the edge…

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As for Gen X, we get it: you effortlessly straddle the gap between digital natives and “the olds,” and you know how to do everything perfectly. Good for you.

In 1985, graphic novelist Alison Bechdel came up with criteria for whether she’d watch a movie. It’s become known as the Bechdel test, and it’s surprisingly hard for films to pass these days.

Ben Affleck directs a movie that tries (and fails) to squeeze dramatic tension out of the origins of the Air Jordan. Matt Damon and Viola Davis star in this soulless dramatization.

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As Mike Huddleston was walking out of an airport, he fell. Due to a degenerative condition that weakens his muscles, he couldn’t get up. He was stuck until he heard, “What can I do to help?”

Shields has had a long career as a model, and a Broadway film and television actor. A new two-part Hulu documentary looks at her childhood roles and the toxic culture that perpetuates misogyny.

Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd. is filled with dense compositions about family lore and romantic entanglements.

Ratman’s origin story? He was bitten by a rat on a night he was very drunk.

This year’s performers included J. Cole, Drake, Usher, Burna Boy, City Girls, Ari Lennox, Summer Walker, JID and many more.

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