Category: Culture
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Dolly Parton’s Tennessee amusement park hit by flash floods
A powerful thunderstorm dumped 3-5 inches of rain over a 2-hour period in the Pigeon Forge, Tennessee area, leading to severe flash flooding at Dollywood amusement park owned by Dolly Parton. The flooding caused road closures and a road collapse… Continue Reading
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Lady Gaga hints of engagement to tech entrepreneur in Paris
Gaga has not officially confirmed her engagement, and her representatives have not commented on the matter. The artist has been in a romantic relationship with Polansky, a successful tech entrepreneur, since late 2019. The couple were first… Continue Reading
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Eurosport fires Olympics commentator following sexist remark
Bob Ballard, a Eurosport commentator, made a sexist remark about the Australian women’s 4x100m freestyle relay team after their gold medal win at the Tokyo Olympics. “Well, the women just finishing up. You know what women are like… hanging… Continue Reading
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Upcoming Irish film to dramatize infamous Roy Keane
An upcoming Irish film ‘Saipan’ will dramatize the infamous fallout between former Ireland soccer manager Mick McCarthy and captain Roy Keane before the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan, known as the ‘Saipan incident.’ The film will re-enact the… Continue Reading
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Bella Hadid says she regrets Adidas sneaker campaign that evoked 1972 Munich Olympics massacre
Bella Hadid expressed regret for modeling an Adidas sneaker originally designed for the 1972 Munich Olympics, where 11 Israelis were murdered in a Palestinian terror attack. Hadid, a Palestinian-American supermodel and activist,… Continue Reading
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Washington Post apologizes for misleading headline following Majdal Shams attack
The Washington Post issued an official apology for its front-page headline regarding the Hezbollah missile strike in Majdal Shams that killed 12 children and teenagers. The headline published on Sunday read “Israel hits targets in Lebanon” below… Continue Reading
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This mother’s breast cancer saved her daughters’ lives
When I was diagnosed with cancer at 50, I was a mother of three young daughters and enjoying one of the best periods of my life. After many years of teaching and managing schools in the north, I decided to take a sabbatical year to study in a… Continue Reading
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A Manhattan synagogue played an unlikely role in the genesis of ‘Job,’ a new Broadway play
When the fourth and final season of HBO’s “Succession” wrapped in 2023, actor Peter Friedman — who played Frank Vernon, the longtime confidant of family patriarch and Roystar Wayco founder Logan Roy — had no idea what… Continue Reading
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Taylor Swift upset over UK stabbing rampage during program celebrating her songs: ‘I
Taylor Swift responded to the deadly stabbing spree that occurred during a dance workshop featuring her songs, in which three children were killed and at least 11 others were injured. “The horror of the attack that took place in Southport is… Continue Reading
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Two Israeli judokas eliminated from Paris Olympics
Judoka Sagi Muki, a former world champion, said that after the death of his coach’s son Omer Smadja, who was killed in Gaza, he found it difficult to concentrate; Gili Sharir was also eliminated from women’s judo competition by Olympic… Continue Reading