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‘The Potluck’ Off Broadway Review: One of the Quirkiest Musicals Ever Staged
We feel his pain right at the top of the show. Writer-composer Cesar Alvarez has been commissioned to write a musical he doesn’t really want to write. And for good reason: How do you write a show about an ambush, led by the Ku Klux Klan and Nazis (the National Socialist Party of America) who…
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‘The Whoopi Monologues’ Off Broadway Review: Kerry Washington Brings Back the Valley Girl, and Other Dubious Acts
Whoopi Goldberg did it alone not once but twice on Broadway. Her solo show “The Whoopi Monologues” opened in 1984 at the Lyceum Theatre, and she starred again 20 years later in its revival, again at the Lyceum. She played five female characters, and much of the show’s power and charm came from her quick…
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Deputy US Marshal gunned down while serving arrest warrant in Louisiana
A Deputy US Marshal was fatally shot while serving an arrest warrant in Louisiana on Monday, according to authorities. Members of the US Marshals Violent Offender Task Force and local sheriff’s detectives were “conducting a law enforcement operation” to arrest a wanted fugitive in Alexandria around 3 p.m. when the bullets flew, the Rapides Parish…
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Hunter Biden and Nick Fuentes Interview Escalates Into Near Physical Altercation
Hunter Biden and Nick Fuentes nearly came to blows during a recent sit down coordinated by Channel 5’s Andrew Callaghan, according to a representative for the YouTube channel. Earlier on Monday, TMZ reported that the son of former President Joe Biden and the far-right political commentator participated in an interview arranged by Callaghan in Philadelphia,…
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12 State AGs Seek Temporary Restraining Order to Block Paramount-Warner Merger Ahead of Litigation
Twelve state attorneys general on Monday asked a federal judge to temporarily block Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by issuing a temporary restraining order. In a filing obtained and viewed by TheWrap, attorneys general from the states of California, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon and…
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Jon Stewart Skewers Aging Congress After Lindsey Graham’s Death, Mitch McConnell’s Hospitalization: ‘This Is Not Right’
Jon Stewart tore into Congress’ aging members Monday after Sen. Lindsey Graham’s death and Sen. Mitch McConnell’s hospitalization, stating that lawmakers were “falling apart” from not just a lack of “political will,” but “bone density.” The comedian addressed the big updates out of Washington, D.C. during Monday’s monologue for “The Daily Show,” where he sounded…
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FBI offers $15K reward for tips after newborn found dead in Electric Forest music festival porta-potty
The FBI is now offering a $15,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the death of a newborn whose body was found in a porta-potty at a popular Michigan music festival. The new reward comes weeks after the dead infant was discovered in a portable restroom in the camping area of the Electric…
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California grad student left threats of violence in campus bathrooms, sparking fear, prosecutors say
The San José State University Police Department and the FBI have nabbed a man they say is the culprit behind a series of violent and hateful written messages left in men’s and gender-neutral bathrooms at the university. The scrawled threats promised bombings and knife and gun violence and sparked fear on campus, authorities say. The…
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Welder miraculously walks away after car explodes with him inside in quiet NJ suburb
A welder miraculously walked away after his car exploded in a quiet New Jersey suburb on Monday morning — waking up residents to debris flying into their homes, according to authorities. A 28-year-old man was inside his vehicle on Congressional Lane in Totowa, about 20 miles from Manhattan, around 5:30 a.m. when it was suddenly…
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‘Furious’ protesters descend on small Maine town after ‘horrific’ ICE killing
Mainers descended on the city of Biddeford Monday after a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a 26-year-old Colombian man, with protesters demanding an end to a federal agency that has killed citizens and immigrants alike. “Is this the America we want?” asked a sign carried by a woman through the streets of…