On a golden day last September, I visited the ruins of the first Greek city on the Iberian Peninsula, a settlement from the sixth century B.C. called Empúries. Traders venturing down present-day Spain’s Costa Brava, a rugged stretch of coastline in northeastern Catalonia, had recognized the advantages of the location: …
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UPDATE: 6:34 P.M. Golf legend Tiger Woods’ life was saved because he was wearning his seatbelt and because the interior of the vehicle he was in was basically intact, Los Angeles County police and fire officials said in a press conference late Tuesday (Feb. 23). Woods crashed his car, a …
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Last week, a man from Kansas City, Missouri, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, and child endangerment in a shooting that took place on Feb. 17 that claimed the lives of two people. According to KHSB 4, over the weekend, the Jackson County Prosecutor’s office charged …
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On a snowy February afternoon, Myles Rowe met up with some friends to go sledding in Central Park. Like many young men his age, the 20-year-old Pace University student is an avid skateboarder. For him, slushing through the snow is a nice twist on an activity he loves. You could …
Read More »Walter Mosley, left, attends the 2018 National Art Awards in New York on Oct. 22, 2018; Denzel Washington in Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)Photo: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File (AP), TriStar Pictures (AP) The leading character of the 1995 neo-noir mystery Devil in a Blue Dress, Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins is getting …
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Rosamund Pike plays Marla Grayson, a con artist whose grift is particularly cruel: She bribes a doctor into declaring elderly people unable to look after themselves, then becomes their court-appointed legal guardian. Marla is savvy and severe, but her greatest skill as a scammer is her knowledge of the countless …
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Actor Daniel Kaluuya became a household name after his breakout role in the 2017 classic Get Out. However, the Judas and Black Messiah star recently revealed he wasn’t even invited to the Sundance premiere. While appearing on The Graham Norton Show, the 31-year-old said, “[During] the Sundance world premiere, I …
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Charges have been dropped against a Black teenager who was walking along a roadway during the recent Texas winter storm, while a police department is investigating the actions of the police officers involved in detaining the 18-year-old. According to Fox 4 News, Rodney Reese spent a night in jail after …
Read More »Spike Lee attends Gordon Parks Foundation: 2018 Awards Dinner & Auction on May 22, 2018 in New York City; Stefon Bristol attends the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards on February 08, 2020 in Santa Monica, California.Photo: Bennett Raglin for Gordon Parks Foundation, Jon Kopaloff (Getty Images) Spike Lee will once …
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A tennis ball covered in spikes. That’s all we’ve got. More than a year has passed since the first reports of human-to-human transmission of the novel coronavirus, and its most memorable visual signifier is a stylized illustration of the virus itself. That spiky ball floats in the background of explanatory …
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