culture
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White House May Be Done With Selfies
Thanks to Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, looks like selfies with the president may be shut down for good. During the Red Sox’s official visit to the White House the designated hitter took what appeared to be an impromptu photo with the POTUS holding up an Obama baseball jersey. Turns out that Big Papi…
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Honey Maid Sticks It to the Haters With Love
In early March, Honey Maid launched an adorable commercial celebrating “wholesome” families of every kind that included a two-dad family, a rocker family, a single-dad family, a military family and an interracial family—homage to the types of families that are usually unnoticed (or at least underappreciated) in the mainstream media. “No matter how things change,…
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Library of Congress Musical List Ignores Rap
The Library of Congress recently announced the 25 newest additions to its ever-growing vault of American musical works. There are some highly deserving entries in the collection, such as Isaac Hayes’ soundtrack to Shaft, Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Fortunate Son and U2’s Joshua Tree, but there was one major oversight. On a list that included Buck…
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11-Year-Old West Philly Girl Killed by Gun Fired by 2-Year-Old Brother
An 11-year-old Philadelphia girl was pronounced dead after an accident in which her 2-year-old brother shot her in the arm on Sunday, NBC 10 reports. Jamara Stevens and her three siblings—a 14-year-old boy, 7-year-old girl and 2-year-old boy—had found the loaded .357-caliber handgun in their West Philadelphia home and were playing with the weapon when…
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Body Found in Lake May Be Missing Doctor Teleka Patrick
A body discovered early Sunday morning by a man fishing in a lake in Indiana is believed to be that of missing Kalamazoo doctor Teleka Patrick, MLive.com reports. Police have yet to officially identify the body, but Jim Carlin, a private investigator hired by the family to aid in the search for missing doctor, believes…
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NBA Player Dante Cunningham Arrested for 2nd Time in 3 Days
Minnesota Timberwolves power forward Dante Cunningham is again in trouble with the law. He was arrested Sunday on suspicion of making terroristic threats, his second arrest in less than a week. Cunningham, 26, was charged Thursday with felony domestic assault in an incident involving his girlfriend. The woman told police that Cunningham attacked her during…
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Chiwetel Ejiofor—the Next Bond Villain?
Chiwetel Ejiofor, still glowing from his best actor Oscar nomination for 12 Years a Slave, is rumored to be the front-runner to play the villain opposite Daniel Craig in the next James Bond movie, according to The Wrap. Sony and MGM, which are partnering on the next Bond film, and Ejiofor’s reps are being tightlipped…
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Women Are Expected to Buy Men Drinks Now? I Quit
There are a million tales I could tell about the joy, agony and angst of being single. If not a million, then definitely a thousand. OK, hundreds. But today you get this one—said in my best Sophia Petrillo-from-The Golden Girls voice. Picture this: Washington, D.C. Present day. A young woman is sitting at the bar chatting…
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Pharrell Williams ‘Happy’ on Saturday Night Live
Pharrell Williams, known almost as much for his signature mountain hat as his music, took some merciless ribbing on Saturday Night Live this weekend. Guest host Anna Kendrick took to the stage in one sketch, donning an outfit of leprechaun green, the color of Pharrell’s famous hat. She and Vanessa Bayer played two adoring—if somewhat…
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Missing 8-Year-Old Relisha Rudd Yearned to Leave DC Homeless Shelter
Before 8-year-old Relisha Rudd went missing over a month ago, she longed to leave the bleak surroundings her family called home. She called the homeless shelter at the former Washington, D.C. General Hospital, where her family has lived for two years, a “trap house,” or a dismal place with bedbugs and no playground, the Washington…