Bob Newhart, Comedy Icon,Diesat 94
Posted on August 12, 2024
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| Kelle Repass
Bob Newhart, the genteel but sharply satirical comic whose TV series “The Bob Newhart Show” and “Newhart” were huge hits throughout the 1970s and ’80s, died Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 94.
Newhart’s publicist Jerry Digney said he died after a series of short illnesses.
Newhart was also known to younger audiences as Papa Elf in the 2003 Christmas classic “Elf,” his guest spots on “The Big Bang Theory” (for which he won his only Emmy, as a guest star in 2013) and most recently appeared in three episodes of “Young Sheldon.
[Read More]Breeze and Avelo Want to Fix a Broken U.S. Airline System
Posted on August 12, 2024
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| Billy Koelling
For years leading up to the pandemic, economic good fortune was converging on “superstar” cities like San Francisco, New York, and Boston, where big companies like Amazon were setting up new offices and high-paid workers were spending money on houses, food, and services.
Now that the migration to superstar cities has slowed, if not reversed, two new airlines are betting on the idea that they can build a successful national business by focusing on the rest of the country.
[Read More]Britain: City of Filth | TIME
Posted on August 12, 2024
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| Patria Henriques
TIME
January 30, 1989 12:00 AM EST
Sidewalks littered with rotting garbage and crumpled packaging. Roadsides strewn with sodden mattresses, broken chairs and abandoned supermarket carts. Concluded a report by Britain’s Royal Fine Art Commission last week: “London has become dirty, degrading and depressing.”
The commission attributed the filth in the British capital to a lack of personal discipline on the part of its 6.8 million inhabitants, and targeted everything from fast-food establishments to dog owners as contributors to the squalor.
[Read More]Burning Man 2015: Katy Perry on a Segway
Posted on August 12, 2024
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| Kelle Repass
September 8, 2015 10:40 AM EDT
Burning Man, an annual arts festival in the Nevada’s Black Rock desert, may have ended Monday, but video of pop star Katy Perry trying to keep her balance on a Segway in the middle of a sandstorm is still circulating on Instagram.
The star also uploaded video of her father Keith Hudson showing her the proper technique:
Other celebrities who were at Burning Man this year: Academy Award-winning actress Susan Sarandon, Oscar-winning actor Jared Leto, pop singer Cara Delevingne and model Karlie Kloss.
[Read More]Carly Rae Jepsen EMOTION Review
Posted on August 12, 2024
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| Billy Koelling
The ‘80s-pop renaissance that periodically seizes the Top 40 appeared to reach its zenith last fall, when a certain country star transitioned to bona fide diva on an album named after the year the Berlin Wall fell. But Carly Rae Jepsen, whose 2012 hit “Call Me Maybe” was so ubiquitous that even President Obama was once asked about it in an interview, might actually be the neon decade’s most dedicated student.
[Read More]Charles Gounod (Opera Composer) - On This Day
Posted on August 12, 2024
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| Kelle Repass
Full Name: Charles-François Gounod
Profession: Opera Composer
Biography: The French composer's reputation rests today on his masterpiece, the opera "Faust" which premiered in 1859 in Paris. Based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s play, the opera about a man who makes a deal with the devil was an international hit and is still performed worldwide.
Born: June 17, 1818
Birthplace: Paris, France Star Sign: Gemini
Died: October 18, 1893 (aged 75)
[Read More]Cleopatra (Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt)
Posted on August 12, 2024
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| Billy Koelling
Full Name: Cleopatra VII Philopator
Profession: Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt
Biography: Cleopatra reigned as Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, which made her the last active ruler of this dynasty. She was a descendant of Ptolemy I Soter, the companion of Alexander the Great who founded the dynasty in 305 BC.
Cleopatra initially reigned alongside her brother Ptolemy XIII, but this partnership ended in a civil war in which Cleopatra emerged victorious after the intervention of Julius Caesar with his Roman armies.
[Read More]Destiny 2 Ghost Skill Launches for Amazon Echo
Posted on August 12, 2024
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| Tandra Barner
Voice assistants like Amazon’s Alexa have always invited comparisons to robotic companions and artificially intelligent helpers from science fiction. Perhaps then it comes as no surprise that video game makers are seeing an opportunity in Alexa — specifically when it comes to Destiny 2.
Bungie and Activision are releasing a new Alexa skill Wednesday that makes it possible for players to speak with their Ghost companion verbally through an Echo device.
[Read More]Do Americans Need Prescriptions for Healthy Food?
Posted on August 12, 2024
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| Kelle Repass
As an internist in the public primary care clinic at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Dr. Hilary Seligman often asked her patients about their diets. One conversation that stands out involved a man in his 50s, a longtime patient she had just diagnosed with prediabetes. Asked to describe his meals, he revealed that his daily lunch was a sandwich of Spam between two cinnamon rolls.
“It really shocked me,” says Seligman.
[Read More]Haley Did New Hampshire Right. New Hampshire Didn't Care.
Posted on August 12, 2024
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| Patria Henriques
This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox.
Every four years, there’s at least one candidate who summons every ounce of earnestness and goes all-in to plant a flag in a specific state. You can’t help but admire their gusto and bravada, essentially telling the world that this is their sole focus. And, like clockwork, many of those committed Quixotic campaigns simply cannot get it together just quite right.
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