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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With perfect posture, the big man stands on the sideline, right hand over his heart. The national anthem plays and Chiefs guard Trey Smith looks like he’s in a dream. A tear rolls down his cheek. As the song concludes, fans at Arrowhead Stadium replace the final word. “And the home…
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CBS When it returned for its second season in September 1965, “Gilligan’s Island” was broadcast in color for the first time. The show just happened to straddle the line between CBS’s transition from black and white to color broadcasting, and thus its first season forever remains immortalized…
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An Episcopalian bishop who tried to lecture President Trump on his first full day in office has a history of attacking the commander-in-chief. Mariann Budde caused a stir inside the Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday as Trump attended the National Prayer Service. Budde made comments concerning LGBTQ people and undocumented migrants during the service, seemingly…
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MEDLEY, Fla. — Outside a custom-built arena on the outskirts of Miami, a line of fans waited to sit on a throne composed largely of basketballs. They wrote personal answers on a sign asking, “What does Unrivaled mean to you?” Empowerment. Leadership. Community. Future. Not even some evening rain could extinguish the buzz that had…
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When Jim Henson died in 1990, he had already negotiated a deal to sell his beloved Muppet characters to the Disney corporation, feeling that a big, brand-driven company could keep Muppet movies alive while he took a break to focus on more creative, strange, ambitious projects. Disney has since run hot and cold with the…
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Parents’ fury as playpark is ordered to be torn down after ONE neighbour complained it was too noisy
By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN Published: 14:06 EST, 20 January 2025 | Updated: 14:09 EST, 20 January 2025 Parents are furious after a playpark has been ordered to be torn down following just one noise complaint. The play area, in Hailey Park, Cardiff, is a popular spot for youngsters to socialise and run about. It has slides,…
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The road to the Super Bowl goes through Kansas City. After dispatching the Houston Texans, the Chiefs will play in the AFC Championship Game for a seventh straight year. They’re now just two wins away from the greatest achievement in the Super Bowl era: a three-peat. Standing in their way are the Buffalo Bills, who…
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This post contains spoilers for “Severance” season 2, episode 1, “Hello, Ms. Cobel.” In the opening minutes of the “Severance” season 2 premiere, Mark S. (Adam Scott) walks into Lumon Industries’ Macrodata Refinement office and practically skids to a halt: His co-worker friends have been replaced by three new faces. “Who are you people?” Mark asks, mirroring the…
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Across seven hours on Friday afternoon, the Australian Open morphed into an American tennis trout farm. It was nearly impossible to watch a singles match without seeing a red, white and blue flag on the scoreboard, as two early-twenty-somethings and one teenager who looks even younger than his 19 years rumbled through…
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Universal Pictures 2006 was a good year for Denzel Washington on the big screen, because he starred in two high-grossing, high-quality thrillers: “Deja Vu” and “Inside Man.” Just as “Deja Vu” was “Vertigo” as a time-traveling action movie, “Inside Man” was director Spike Lee’s 21st century update on Sidney Lumet’s “Dog Day Afternoon.” Written…