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Musicians are mourning the loss of legendary singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who has passed away following a battle with skin cancer. Superstar artists like Kenny Chesney, Elton John, Alan Jackson, Sammy Hagar and many others took to social media to honor the “Margaritaville” singer, who died on Friday night (Sept. 1), according to a post on his website. He was 76. “Jimmy passed away on the night of September 1st surrounded by his family, friends, music and dogs,” the statement reads. “He lived his life like a song till the very last breath and will be missed beyond measure by so…

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Do you think they will make a commemorative Billionaire Barbie doll? Think of the accessory opportunities.After years of stops and starts, and numerous scripts and different creative teams, the Barbie movie is officially a mega-blockbuster. Over the weekend, the film crossed $1 billion at the worldwide box office. That makes Greta Gerwig the first female director to helm a $1 billion movie solo. (Three previous movies that crossed $1 billion were co-directed by women: Frozen and Frozen 2 by Jennifer Lee, and Captain Marcel by Anna Boden.)Barbie was #1 at the box office last weekend for the third straight week. It earned another $53 million in…

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Credit: CC0 Public Domain A “significant increase” in wildfires has been caused by humans in National Forest lands in Oregon and Washington this year, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Between June 1 and July 28, 197 human-caused or undetermined-caused fire starts have been reported; the total number of fires in 2023 wasn’t immediately available. In 2022, 409 human-caused fires were reported in Oregon and Washington Forest Service land. In 2021, 494 were reported. “The reasons behind this increase are unknown, but human-caused fires are preventable,” the agency said in a news release. In Seattle, the Seattle Fire Department responded…

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BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R” Us theme song long before becoming an author. Whether you’re traditionally published or indie, writing a good book is only the first step in becoming a successful author. The days of just turning a manuscript in to your editor and walking away are gone. If…

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Uh oh. Is there an amnesia epidemic in Salem? According to spoilers for Days of Our Lives during the week of 8-28-23, Dick Van Dyke will appear as a man with no memory. Could he be connected to Victor’s death somehow? This storyline seems random. Despite the spoiler video focusing solely on Van Dyke’s appearance, it doesn’t happen til the end of the week. In the meantime, there are momentous events elsewhere. Philip becomes the latest person to make a shocking return from the dead, Paulina takes over as mayor, and Dmitiri tries desperately to prove his marriage is valid.…

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Sofia Richie Grainge’s wedding may have been in April, but it still has TikTok completely spellbound. Many people have taken to the app to attempt to re-create her wedding makeup after taking style cues from her lavish South of France gathering. One person who took notice of the wedding’s hold over the general public on TikTok? Richie Grainge herself. “I’ve seen a lot of you re-create my wedding makeup on your TikToks, and I’m so curious to see if I can re-create it on myself,” says Richie Grainge in a recent TikTok. “I know I have some of the products that Pati [Dubroff] actually used on…

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I began searching for an apartment in June, in much the same way I enter stores on Black Friday: steeling myself to join hordes of people all hyper-focused on their limited opportunity to snatch the same merchandise. But hunting for a home in a housing market with a critical lack of supply is worse than any mall sale. CNN reports that the US has a shortage of 2.3 million units, which makes apartment-searching an exhausting odyssey of scouring online listings, compromising with your spouse or roommate, and jumping to book tours for reasonably priced places. Granted, certain rental markets are…

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The summer sun has been anything but fun for many this year. Brutal temperatures torched records across the U.S. as they peaked globally in July. Relentless heat waves baked the Southwest and rolled into the Midwest and South, occasionally enveloping other regions that are completely unaccustomed to such extremes. Exposure to this kind of heat isn’t just uncomfortable; it can kill. As summer heat becomes more intense and indoor air-conditioning becomes a life-support system, the season may cease being a time to enjoy the outdoors—if we don’t find new ways to stay safe outside. “We’re seeing a compounding crisis of…

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Kevin Costner says he’ll “probably go to court” over the ongoing drama surrounding the hit Paramount+ series  Yellowstone. The actor broke his silence on tensions within the series crew while testifying during a child support hearing held as part of his ongoing divorce proceedings from Christine Baumgartner. Costner was discussing his financial situation while on the stand, and claimed that Paramount owes him $12 million for the not-yet-filmed second half of Yellowstone Season 5. “It’s a little disappointing that [it’s the] No. 1 show on television [and] I’m not participating,” Costner said. “I’ll probably go to court over it.” Yellowstone’s fifth…

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Marvel Studios has reportedly shifted the dates on a ton of its television series, including X-Men ’97, which The Hollywood Reporter says is getting a new release window. When does X-Men ’97 come out on Disney+? Originally planned to release in the fall of 2023, THR notes that the animated series will instead premiere sometime in early 2024. In a report on the changing slate for Marvel Studios, THR says that X-Men ’97 is being described “as a retro and a love letter to the original” X-Men animated series. A second season of X-Men ’97 also remains in the works,…

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Searching for a handful of books to round out your year of reading? Look no further than these seven recommendations that will spark great discussions at your next book club meeting. Each month, BookTrib helps book clubs pick their next read by sending 60 clubs around the country a box of several books — either from bestselling authors or authors you haven’t heard of but perhaps should. Now, BookTrib is bringing those authors and their books a little closer to you. Here are brief interviews with the authors of the books being sent to BookTrib’s book club network for the month…

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Mitchel Musso, best known for appearing on Hannah Montana, was arrested Saturday night. According to TMZ, the ex-Disney star was arrested after officers responded to a call at a nearby hotel. Patrons of the hotel claimed the actor “had been acting belligerent … and where he allegedly stole an item from the food market,” the outlet reports. The police reportedly told TMZ that the item the Musso apparently stole was a bag of chips. The actor is said to have become verbally abusive before walking off when staff members demanded that he pay for the item in question. Police found…

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According to assembly theory, before Darwinian evolution can proceed, something has to select for multiple copies of high-AI objects from the Assembly Possible. Chemistry alone, Cronin said, might be capable of that—by narrowing down relatively complex molecules to a small subset. Ordinary chemical reactions already “select” certain products out of all the possible permutations because they have faster reaction rates.The specific conditions in the prebiotic environment, such as temperature or catalytic mineral surfaces, could thus have begun winnowing the pool of life’s molecular precursors from among those in the Assembly Possible. According to assembly theory, these prebiotic preferences will be…

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On August 6, 1945, the U.S. used an atomic bomb for the first time in history, against the city of Hiroshima. The U.S. dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki three days later. Experts estimate that the two bombs instantly killed more than 100,000 people. The movie Oppenheimer has rightly received critical acclaim as a masterful recounting of the American effort to build those bombs and some scientists’ ethical anguish over their development and use. The movie presents the witch hunt and dismissal of the project’s scientific director, J. Robert Oppenheimer, in the vicious government war on science and culture during…

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These days, Red Hot Chili Peppers are Rock and Roll Hall of Famers with a string of successful albums that have helped define their career. But in 1984, the young rockers were just getting their start, fresh from high school and looking to make a name for themselves in the music industry. And while the band’s self-titled debut disc, released on Aug. 10, 1984, would not go on to sell millions of records or even generate a breakout hit, it did show the promise of things to come.The original lineup featured Red Hot Chili Peppers mainstays Anthony Kiedis on vocals and…

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[] item.expiry) { // If the item is expired, delete the item from storage // and return null window.localStorage.removeItem(key); return null; } return item.value } console.info(‘[ADMIRAL 2]: Admiral Status’, getAdmiral(“admiral_status”)); var admiral_status = getAdmiral(“admiral_status”); if ( ! getAdmiral(“admiral_status”) ) { checkAdmiralPromise = new Promise(function (resolve, reject) { if (typeof window.admiral !== ‘undefined’) { console.info(‘[ADMIRAL 2]: Checking User Status’); window.admiral(“after”, “measure.detected”, function({ adblocking, whitelisted, subscribed }){ if (subscribed) { setAdmiral(“admiral_status”, true, (1 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)); console.info(“[ADMIRAL 2] User Subscribed.”); resolve(‘measure.subscribed’); } else { setAdmiral(“admiral_status”, false, (1 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)); console.info(“[ADMIRAL 2]…

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The Serpent’s Teeth by Stephen Kronwith What’s it About? When a wealthy woman turns up murdered, suspects abound — including her four children. As the detective on the case delves into the family’s lives, their shared animosity tears at her psyche, bringing old fears to the surface and inciting new ones, threatening to tear her own idyllic family apart. “Love and hate go hand in hand … and each has been the motive for many a murder.” So contemplates Detective Jane Rieger-Franklin, a recurring character in Stephen Kronwith’s latest Agatha Christie-like fun ride of a novel, The Serpent’s Teeth. As…

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[This interview was conducted prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike authorization.] [Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for What We Do in the Shadows, Season 5, Episode 7, “Hybrid Creatures.”] When it comes to What We Do in the Shadows, fans may believe they’ve seen it all, but Season 5’s episode, “Hybrid Creatures,” certainly proved them wrong, as several startling creatures taking after Guillermo’s (Harvey Guillén) likeness were unveiled. Part of Laszlo’s (Matt Berry) experiments testing Guillermo’s slow transformation into a vampire, viewers got a peek at what happens when you mix his DNA with frogs, rats, sheep, dogs, and more…

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Photography by Carlyle Routh. Model, Reese Thompson for Next Models Canada. Plus, Naomi Campbell and Gigi Hadid stun in Boss’s fall campaign. By Annika Lautens Date August 25, 2023 The 2023 CAFA nominees are here On August 24, the Canadian Arts & Fashion Awards (CAFA) announced its 2023 nominees, and boy does Canada have a lot of talent! Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model Lauren Chan was nominated for Model of the Year; TikTok’s Carrie Bradshaw Carla Rockmore is up for the Digital Fashion Creator Award; designer Dorian Who got nominated in not one but two categories! The CAFA 2023 list goes…

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Taiwanese Minister for Economic Affairs Wang Mei-Hua said on a visit to the United States on Tuesday that if Taiwan remains safe, global supply chains of vital semiconductors would also be secure.Wang made the comments at an event hosted by Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies, as China steps up military pressure on Taiwan, which produces the vast majority of the world’s most advanced computer chips.Wang is in the United States this week to respond to what her office called “concerns” about supply chains and geopolitical issues and to visit US tech firms that are major customers of Taiwanese…

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It’s often said that ancient Egyptian royalty married within the family, with pharaohs marrying siblings and sometimes even children. But is there any truth to the claim?The answer is yes: People in ancient Egypt — both royal and nonroyal — married their relatives, but the details vary according to the time period and class.Among the general population, brother-sister marriages occurred frequently during the time the Romans controlled Egypt — from 30 B.C. to A.D. 395 — but they were rarer in earlier time periods, according to ancient records. Meanwhile, ancient Egyptian royals sometimes married their siblings — a practice that…

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Jimmy Buffett, the musical troubadour known for his island-tinged, rum-soaked hits including “Margaritaville,” “A Pirate Looks at Forty” and “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” as well as his empire of businesses including his chain of Margaritaville cafes, died on Friday (Sept. 1) at age 76. “Jimmy passed away on the night of September 1st surrounded by his family, friends, music and dogs,” an early Saturday morning (Sept. 2) post on his official website read. “He lived his life like a song till the very last breath and will be missed beyond measure by so many.” The Mississippi-born, Alabama-raised Buffett was a globally-known…

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Hulu’s How I Met Your Mother spin-off, titled How I Met Your Father, has been canceled after two seasons on the streaming platform. Variety revealed that the Hilary Duff-led series has been canceled after two seasons, meaning the series ends before audiences could find out who ended up being the father of Sophie’s children. The second season just concluded less than two months ago on Tuesday, July 11. What was How I Met Your Father about? “In the near future, Sophie (Duff) is telling her son the story of how she met his father: a story that catapults us back…

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A 300,000-year-old hunting weapon has shone a new light on early humans as woodworking masters, according to a new study. State-of-the-art analysis of a double-pointed wooden throwing stick, found in Schöningen in Germany three decades ago, shows it was scraped, seasoned and sanded before being used to kill animals. The research indicates early humans’ woodworking techniques were more developed and sophisticated than previously understood. The findings, published today (Wednesday, 19 July) in PLOS ONE, also suggest the creation of lightweight weapons may have enabled group hunts of medium and small animals. The use of throwing sticks as hunting aids could…

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A Bakery in Paris by Aimie K. Runyan What’s it About? This captivating historical novel set in 19th-century and post–World War II Paris follows two fierce women of the same family, generations apart, who find that their futures lie in the four walls of a simple bakery in a tiny corner of Montmartre. “Sometimes food is simple nourishment for the body. Sometimes it is nourishment for the soul. Sometimes it is an apology”. A Bakery in Paris (William Morrow) brings a fresh take to a historical fiction novel, and Aimie K. Runyan can bring together mystery, comfort and two strong…

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We are just weeks away from the Dancing With the Stars Season 32 premiere. We don’t have the confirmed cast for the series’ return to ABC, but we do know that another pro is bowing out. Witney Carson took to TikTok Sunday to reveal her decision to skip this year’s edition. “This was not a decision that we took lightly at all,” Carson declared, referring to herself and her husband Carson McAllister. “But we will not be doing Dancing With the Stars this season.” “And as much as that pains me to say, I just feel very at peace with…

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Networking firm Cisco Systems will add Microsoft’s Teams messaging app to its meeting devices, the two firms said on Wednesday, offering users an alternative to its own Webex video conferencing app.Cisco’s Jeetu Patel, head of Security & Collaboration, said the company aims to be the hardware platform for a wide range of conferencing software platforms.”The way this market is evolving is very similar to the way that the movie entertainment market evolved,” Patel said, with consumers having multiple subscriptions to streaming services like Netflix, Disney, HBO and Hulu.”There’s going to be times that people want to jump on a Microsoft…

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[]Archaeologists in southern Russia say they’ve discovered the ruins of a 2,000-year-old synagogue — a rare discovery given that buildings for Jewish worship from this period are seldom found outside the Holy Land.[]The team made the discovery just a few miles east of Crimea on Russia’s Taman Peninsula, where they’re excavating the remains of an ancient Greek colony at the Phanagoria archaeological site. The synagogue’s age hasn’t yet been verified in a peer-reviewed study,  but it may date to more than 100 years before the Second Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by Roman legions in A.D. 70.[]Although the archaeologists on…

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