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Ana Matronic got her love of robots from Star Wars – Music News
Ana Matronic became obsessed with robots after watching ‘Star Wars’ because C-3PO reminded her of her dad. The Scissor Sisters member shared how her lifelong love of sci-fi began when she was barely three years old. The 47-year-old singer told Danielle Perry on the Absolute Radio podcast ‘Elevenses with Danielle Perry’: It started with ‘Star Wars’, which was the first film I remember seeing in the theatre, right around age three, not even age three. And I remember really clearly thinking that C-3PO was a lot like my dad. And we would joke that he was kind of like him and kind of like, uptight and fastidious and persnickety and…
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Study shows men spread COVID particles more than other populations
Fort Collins, Colorado – A study focused on tracking the spread of COVID-19 in performing arts settings has also unveiled the population of humans who spread the most COVID-19 particles. Researchers at Colorado State University learned that men more frequently spread the coronavirus particles than women or children. The study, which lasted months, was originally developed in an effort to see what those in the performing arts can do to facilitate a safe return to the stage following the pandemic. The performing arts, from the educational level all the way to Broadway performances, were some of the most drastically impacted fields. Theaters, concert venues and more were completely shut down…
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Dictionary.com Anoints Allyship Word of the Year for 2021 | Entertainment News
By LEANNE ITALIE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Allyship, an old noun made new again, is Dictionary.com’s word of the year. The look up site with 70 million monthly users took the unusual step of anointing a word it added just last month, though “allyship” first surfaced in the mid-1800s, said one of the company’s content overseers, John Kelly. “It might be a surprising choice for some,” he told The Associated Press ahead of Tuesday’s unveiling. “In the past few decades, the term has evolved to take on a more nuanced and specific meaning. It is continuing to evolve and we saw that in many ways.” The site offers…
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Incredible archival images show Chicago’s people, places and World War II soldiers during the ’40s
It’s a decade that has been called the golden age of newspaper photography. ‘We wanted to start the book in the 1940s,’ Michael Williams, one of its editors, told DailyMail.com. ‘This was an incredible period of photojournalism.’ The black-and-white photographs reveal Chicago during the decade: the soldiers going off to fight in World War II, the women who saw them off, and the parades and elation after it ended. Photojournalists took images that showed the city’s homeless, its famed Maxwell Street, which editor Richard Cahan called an incredible bazaar, and Japanese-American girls displaying their heritage after the war and forced internment. These indelible archival images – and millions of others…
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Lawyer: Artist didn’t know Michigan parents stayed in studio
A Detroit-area artist whose studio was where the parents of the Oxford High School student charged in a deadly shooting were found by police is cooperating with authorities and didn’t know the couple had stayed overnight, his attorney said Sunday. James and Jennifer Crumbley, who face involuntary manslaughter counts, were found early Saturday inside a Detroit commercial building. The couple’s attorneys have said they didn’t intend to flee, countering authorities who accused them of eluding capture for their alleged role in a school shooting that left four students dead. Their 15-year-old son, Ethan Crumbley, has been charged as an adult with murder, terrorism and other crimes. The couple went to…
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27 movies landing in theaters (or your streaming queues) this winter
Hollywood studios are planning on rolling out the proverbial red carpet for an eclectic mix of winter season fare, from Oscar-courting dramas (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”) and franchise reboots (“Scream”) to lower-profile offerings across genres. Here’s a guide to some of the notable titles slated for release between the middle of December and the middle of March. Of course, release dates — like most things on your calendar over the last two years — remain subject to change. December “West Side Story” (in theaters Dec. 10) Steven Spielberg, working from a screenplay by the Pulitzer-honored playwright Tony Kushner (“Angels in America”) and choreography by Tony-winning artist Justin Peck, breathes new life…
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