Putting Harriet Tubman's Face on the $20 Bill Isn't Progress
Posted on August 23, 2024
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| Billy Koelling
The Biden Administration announced its plan to return to an Obama-era initiative to put Harriet Tubman’s face on the U.S. $20 bill. Her image would replace Andrew Jackson, the notoriously racist President, known both for owning hundreds of slaves and for his brutal and genocidal policy of Indian removal. Based on current designs, a statue of Jackson would remain on the back of the bill, while Harriet Tubman would grace the front.
[Read More]RECAP: Bachelor in Paradise: Welcome To The Jungle
Posted on August 23, 2024
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| Billy Koelling
Welcome to Paradise! (Or, at least, The Bachelor franchise’s version of it.) The show brings together the chaff separated from the wheat of various seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. They are the also-rans in the great love stories of Andi and Josh, Sean and Catherine and Desiree and whatshisname. It’s a veritable pu-pu platter of attractive, fit, tanned and well-coiffed consenting adults all looking for love and more time in the spotlight.
[Read More]ReelDeel2022: Best and worst dressed celebrity wedding guests
Posted on August 23, 2024
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| Tandra Barner
Here are some of the best-dressed guests; Ini Edo ADVERTISEMENT
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[Read More]Religion: Faith Quiz | TIME
Posted on August 23, 2024
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| Martina Birk
Curious, Professor George Herbert Betts, of Northwestern University, made out a questionnaire and sent it to 500 ministers in or near Chicago. Four hundred thirty six ministers answered his inquiries. All wrote “Yes” when they answered the question: “Do you believe God exists?” Their other replies were varied. Questions and answers in the order of assent (figures in percentages): Do you believe that Jesus lived a life wholly blameless and .
[Read More]Remembering Don Fowler, the Ultimate Party Insider
Posted on August 23, 2024
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| Martina Birk
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday.
Democratic politics lost a legend this week, but you’ve probably never heard of him. Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Don Fowler led the party during Bill Clinton’s 1996 re-election campaign and, over the course of five decades in politics, helped candidates navigate the tricky terrain of his home state of South Carolina.
[Read More]REVIEW: Holla If Ya Hear Me: Tupac Shakur on Broadway
Posted on August 23, 2024
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| Patria Henriques
The first thing people are likely to notice when they walk into the Palace Theatre on Broadway, where the new Tupac Shakur musical Holler If Ya Hear Me has just opened, is a lot of empty seats. Most of the orchestra section has been cleared out, and a new tier of stadium-style seating erected just above it, connecting with the mezzanine to make a smaller, more intimate theater space. But what about those unused seats?
[Read More]Rob Lowe DirecTV Ads Aren't Ok Rules Better Business Bureau
Posted on August 23, 2024
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| Patria Henriques
Comcast has a problem with “Super Creepy Rob Lowe,” and the cable giant now has the backing of the Better Business Bureau in its fight against the impossibly handsome actor and all his alter egos, also including “Crazy Hairy Rob Lowe” and “Painfully Awkward Rob Lowe.”
The BBB’s National Advertising Division, acting on a complaint from Comcast, says that DirecTV’s commercials featuring Lowe and his mutant versions make misleading claims on DirecTV’s behalf in their commercial spots.
[Read More]Same Sex Marriage: Guy Fieri Officiates at 101 Gay Weddings in Florida
Posted on August 23, 2024
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| Martina Birk
February 24, 2015 4:24 AM EST
The host of Food Network’s Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy Fieri officiated at a mass wedding ceremony in Miami, Florida on Saturday for 101 same-sex couples.
Celebrity chef and Florida native Art Smith, who has cooked for Oprah Winfrey and former governor Bob Graham, organized the giant wedding on Miami Beach, writes the Associated Press. He summoned some of the country’s top chefs, who were in town for the South Beach Wine and Food Festival, to help out.
[Read More]Scott Pilgrims Precious Little App
Posted on August 23, 2024
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| Kelle Repass
So, you’re so excited about the Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World movie that you spent yesterday downloading both the soundtrack and score (My recommendation: Make sure you grab the Sex Bob-Omb tracks, at least), and playing the videogame, but you haven’t actually read Bryan Lee O’Malley’s original graphic novels yet? Fear not, late adopter; there’s an app for that.
Oni Press and comiXology have launched the Scott Pilgrim App, giving readers not only a chance to download all six books in the series (The first five of which are $6.
[Read More]St. Patrick's Day History: An Irish Holiday's Link to Mexico
Posted on August 23, 2024
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| Patria Henriques
Though St. Patrick’s Day is a holiday about Ireland that’s perhaps most famously celebrated in the United States, one of the more festive St. Patrick’s Day venues is Mexico City. There, in the city’s San Jacinto Plaza, a plaque commemorates the “martyrs” of St. Patrick’s Battalion who gave their lives to the Mexican cause.
Also known as the “San Patricios,” that group consisted largely of Irish natives who defected from the U.
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