Watch the First 'Hunger Games: Catching Fire' Trailer It won't be out until November, but The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is one of the most highly anticipated sequels of the year, so Lionsgate isn't wasting any time whetting audiences' appetites with trailers. More
First Amendment doesn't apply here: N.C. lawmakers push bill for state religion Republican lawmakers in North Carolina have introduced a bill declaring that the state has the power to establish an official religion — a direct challenge to the First Amendment. One professor of politics called the measure “the verge of being neo-secessionist,” and another said it was reminiscent of how Southern states objected to the Supreme Court’s 1954 integration of public schools. More
NC billboard reportedly calls out cheating spouse A billboard in Greensboro, N.C., claims to be from a scorned woman who apparently caught her husband with another woman, MyFox8.com reported. The red billboard has been slowing down traffic on Battleground Avenue and reads, "Michael, GPS Tracker – $250, Nikon Camera with zoom lens – $1600, Catching my lying husband and buying this billboard with our investment account, – Priceless. More
Two rats cooperate telepathically via brain implant Two rats — one in North Carolina, the other in Brazil — worked together on a task by communicating telepathically, thanks to implants in their brain. Electrical signals from a "leader" rat’s brain were collected, encoded and then zapped into the "follower" rat’s cortex in the form of an electrical signal. More
Billionaire hedge fund manager Paulson Leads Funds to Bermuda Tax Dodge Aiding Billionaires Last year, about $450 million belonging to top executives at billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson’s New York firm took a quick round trip to Bermuda. In April, the executives sent the money to a reinsurance company that they’d set up on the island 650 miles off the North Carolina coast. More
Thousands of runners flock to Grant Park for 43rd annual Shamrock Shuffle CHICAGO — Thousands of runners descended on Grant Park on Sunday morning for the 43rd annual Shamrock Shuffle. The event, an 8-kilometer run and 2-mile run/walk, kicked off at 8:30 a.m. at ... 03/24/2024 - 2:54 am | View Link
Rain or shine, thousands flock to DC for first weekend of Cherry Blossom Festival WASHINGTON (WJLA) — The iconic cherry blossoms in DC are finally in peak bloom. Despite Saturday's rainy, windy and chilly weather, thousands of tourists flocked to the nation's capital to get ... 03/24/2024 - 2:18 am | View Link
Indian activist's hunger strike for Ladakh autonomy draws thousands of supporters NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR - Famed Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk, on a hunger strike to bring autonomy to the Himalayan region of Ladakh, said on Saturday he was weak as his fast stretches into its 18th ... 03/23/2024 - 6:57 am | View Link
Current Weather WASHINGTON (7News) — Have you seen the iconic cherry blossoms in peak bloom yet? If not, now is the time to go as the National Cherry Blossom Festival is in full swing and your chance to see the ... 03/22/2024 - 6:01 pm | View Link
Gang violence drives thousands from Haiti's capital, hunger sets in Added to the political chaos and street violence is the specter of desperate hunger. Farhan Haq, a spokesman for the UN secretary-general, said new figures show nearly five million people -- about ... 03/21/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Giddy up! Beyoncé’s new album is out March 29, and the Grammy Award-winning artist released on Instagram what appeared to be a tracklist on March 27 that includes a reference to the chitlin circuit, a network of venues where Black musicians could perform safely between the 1930s and the 1960s.
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The heading for the Instagram post is “Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit,” and it pays homage to the unsung and pioneering Black performers who came before her, who paved the way for rock ‘n’ roll.
On March 28, the Biden-Harris campaign is hosting a fundraiser at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall, featuring former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton in addition to prominent figures from the entertainment industry. Described by Biden’s campaign as “historic” and the “most successful political fundraiser in American history,” the event is set to […]
New York Women in Film & Television hosted its 44th annual Muse Awards on Wednesday afternoon in New York City. More than 700 guests gathered at Cipriani 42nd Street to celebrate the achievements of honorees Fran Drescher, Alex Borstein, Kyra Sedgwick, Tantoo Cardinal, Latasha Gillespie, Millicent Simmonds, Michèle Stephenson and Oscar-winner Raney Aronson-Rath.
Godzilla has defeated just about anything that humanity and monsterkind have thrown at him. He stomps on tanks and knocks fighter planes out of the sky with ease, and he’s trounced King Kong and Mechagodzilla. If there’s a foe that Godzilla can’t seem to beat, though, it’s inertia. The latest movie, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, is tremendously, though certainly not unenjoyably, stupid.
The author Georgia Hunter grew up hearing that her granduncle kept a fake penis foreskin on hand in case he had to show proof that he wasn’t Jewish in Warsaw during the Holocaust.
As the story was told to Hunter, her relative, an architect named Adam, was so desperate not to be discovered as Jewish that he stuck a bandage on his member with an egg white and water mixture.