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‘Jurassic Park’ star Sam Neill made eerie comments about dying 3 years before ‘sudden’ passing
“Jurassic Park” star Sam Neill said he’d be “annoyed” if he died three years before his tragic passing at age 78. “I’d be annoyed because there are things I still want to do,” he explained on ABC’s “Australian Story” in October 2023. But Neill — who was battling cancer at the time — noted he wasn’t “in…
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While Trump declares that U.S. is enjoying ‘best economy ever,’ manufacturing jobs have been disappearing
Based on the words of President Trump, America is well on the way to becoming a “global superpower in manufacturing” — indeed, as he declared in a Father’s Day social media post, we are already experiencing the “BEST ECONOMY EVER.” (Capitalization’s his.) Here’s what the government’s own statistics tell us: Manufacturing investment has crashed during…
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Lindsey Graham gets brutal postmortem from political scientist: ‘Lived for nothing’
In an analysis looking back on the life of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), professor of political science Tom Schaller didn’t hold back his condemnation of the South Carolina Republican, whom he argued spearheaded the “gutting of American conservatism” to make way for President Donald Trump’s rise to power. “Lindsey Graham died a coward.…
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The comic book store will never be the same: How the latest ‘Big Bang’ spinoff was born
Television characters sitting around having conversations on sofas has served prolific producer Chuck Lorre very well. Starting early in his career, sitcoms such as “Roseanne,” “Dharma and Greg,” “Two and a Half Men” and “The Big Bang Theory” had much of the action happening in the living room. “I had spent almost 40 years writing…
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White supremacists over the moon at far-right vigilante movie pushed by Musk: report
A far-right film enthusiastically promoted by tech tycoon Elon Musk has white supremacists jumping for joy — as they see the film as a powerful tool to radicalize and recruit new people to the cause. The movie, “Citizen Vigilante,” was directed by controversial German filmmaker Uwe Boll and stars Armie Hammer, who plays a former…
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With AI character Tilly Norwood set for feature-film debut, Hollywood debates what it means to be an actor
For most of Hollywood’s history, the word “actor” has required little explanation. Actors search for emotional truth in imaginary lives. They collaborate with directors and scene partners, endure 4 a.m. call times and, if everything goes right, thank their agents while collecting awards. Tilly Norwood has done none of those things. That’s because Tilly exists…
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Teacher targeted by vicious right-wing hate now hailed for ‘saving lives’
In the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination last September, Rudy Giuliani unleashed a flood of X posts calling for the firings of teachers and other workers who shared critical posts about the murdered right-wing activist. Giuliani, former New York City mayor and President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney disbarred for false statements made about…
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Four Americans caught in horrific Mexico highway pileup that killed at least 10
Four Americans were reportedly caught in a fiery multi-vehicle crash in Mexico that left at least 10 people dead and about 10 others injured. The massive pileup happened Sunday after a tractor-trailer crashed into multiple vehicles on a highway in the western state of Jalisco, according to the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection of…
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Josh Grisetti, ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ actor and Broadway star, dead by suicide at 44
Actor Josh Grisetti died by suicide on Friday, according to his friend and Broadway star Rob McClure. He was 44. “It is with a shattered heart that I share that the brilliant Josh Grisetti took his own life on Friday,” McClure wrote on Instagram Sunday alongside a carousel of images of them together. “I’m not…
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As L.A. River morphs into impromptu stage for nature-loving musicians, gentrification fears remain
Yo-Yo Ma closed his eyes as he drew a bow slowly across his cello, playing the first notes of the Catalan lullaby “The Song of the Birds.” But this venue wasn’t like any vaulted concert hall he had toured globally. At Maywood’s Riverfront Park, Ma was accompanied by the vroom of nearby traffic, cascade of…