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Thanks to music streaming, television synchs and television music competitions, older songs and album cuts are finding new life more often than ever before. Such was the case recently with singer-songwriter Brandon Lake’s “Gratitude,” which has spent four weeks atop Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart and resides in the top 10 of the Christian Airplay chart. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Gratitude” was an album cut on Lake’s 2020 album House of Miracles (released via Bethel Music), but it took some time for it to catch on. “Over the past couple of…

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Success in Star Wars comes with complications. When you introduce characters as popular and momentous as the Mandalorian and his sidekick Grogu in time periods before movies and events that have already been made, people want to know: What happened to these characters? In other words: Why didn’t Mando show up to help the Resistance in the Star Wars sequels? If Grogu is basically a major Jedi-in-the-making, how come he didn’t try to stop Palpatine from somehow returning?The creators of The Mandalorian are thinking about these things too. The Mandalorian writer/director/producer Dave Filoni told The Hollywood Reporter that he and the rest of the show’s creative team “talk about many different…

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03 Mar 2023 Young Adult Books for Fans of Ransom Riggs Ransom Riggs is best known for his Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series – an action-packed, atmospheric, and engrossing coming-of-age series. If you’re looking for similar new young adult books to add to your reading list, we’ve got you covered with these releases from best selling authors Olga Tymofiyeva, E.K. Johnston, Trang Thanh Tran, Mackenzi Lee, Nic Stone, and Orson Scott Card. Just City by Olga Tymofiyeva Release Date: November 27, 2022 This award-winning, “must read” novella will take the readers on an adventure and make them question their own…

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It’s almost time to say goodbye to The Last of Us for now. On The Last of Us Season 1 Episode 9, the storyline will adapt the final chapter of the first video game in the series. Whether the HBO hit will remain faithful to the source material, we don’t know. But given how the series has managed to stay faithful while enhancing several aspects, there’s a good chance The Last of Us Season 1 will end in a way that pleases fans. Joel was adamant at the beginning of the season that Ellie is cargo, but their friendship has…

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An illustration of Argentinosaurus, possibly the most massive dinosaur that ever existed. (Image credit: Warpaintcobra via Getty Images)The largest animal ever to walk on Earth was likely the dinosaur Argentinosaurus, a hulking 77-ton (70 metric tons) titanosaur that lived about 90 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous. For comparison, the heaviest animal on land today is the African elephant (Loxodonta), which weighs less than 7 tons (6 metric tons). And both look positively dainty next to the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), which, at an average of 165 tons (150 metric tons), may be the heaviest animal ever to have…

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Burberry Fall 2023. PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF LAUNCHMETRICS.COM/SPOTLIGHT Just as fashion can offer a stark reflection of reality, it can also provide aspirational escapism. This week, designers brought a mix. By Natalie Michie Date February 21, 2023 It’s almost impossible to witness fashion these days without being confronted by the state of the world. Each new trend is seemingly born out of our desire to grapple with cultural events, from the ongoing war in Ukraine and the natural disasters in Turkey and Syria to the uneasiness accompanying a looming recession. As such, throughout London Fashion Week Fall 2023, viral moments were…

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Saga, the Solana-powered smartphone, is only a few months away from its release. The phone, that will bring along a crypto layer built atop the Android operating system (OS), will sport titanium accents, a 6.67-inch AMOLED display with full-HD+ resolution (1080×2400 pixels) and a 120Hz refresh rate among several other features. The phone is being launched by OSOM, a new company formed by the team behind the Essential Phone 1 (PH-1), after the latter went defunct. The abbreviation OSOM stands for ‘Out of Sight, Out of Mind’.The official webpage of Solana Mobile has posted details about the Saga smartphone that…

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[] Skip to main content “U guys are making something out of nothing,” commented makeup mogul on a post accusing her of shading the star. Kylie Jenner is clearing the air after her recent posts raised a few eyebrows. When fans started accusing the makeup mogul of shading Selena Gomez‘s brow shape on Wednesday (Feb. 22), Jenner almost immediately shut it down by commenting on a TikTok about the alleged insult. “This is reaching,” the Kylie Cosmetics founder wrote. “No shade towards selena ever and I didn’t see her eyebrow posts! u guys are making something out of nothing. this…

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HBO has dropped the promo trailer for The Last of Us‘ upcoming seventh episode, titled “Left Behind,” which is directed by Liza Johnson from a screenplay written by game creator Neil Druckmann. The next episode will premiere this Sunday, February 26. The video teases an Ellie-centered episode which includes the long-awaited introduction of Ellie’s friend Riley, portrayed by Storm Reid. It provides us a glimpse of her past as a student at FEDRA’s military school, as well as the live-action adaptation of Ellie and Riley’s memorable mall sequence from the original video game. Check out The Last of Us Episode…

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What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Archangel: The Book of Mammon? The Archangel series is comprised of seven books, one for each deadly sin and the demon paired with it. The first book, The Book of Mammon, features greed and it’s inspired by its effects on humanity, individually and collectively. The series aims to dig deep into virtue and vice, good and evil, angels and demons, and provide a fresh but also thrilling and entertaining perspective. If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of Archangel: The Book of Mammon, what would…

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In the search for new forces and interactions beyond the Standard Model, an international team of researchers involving the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz has now taken a good step forward. The researchers, among them Prof. Dr. Dmitry Budker, are using an amplification technique based on nuclear magnetic resonance. In their work recently published in Science Advances, they use their experimental setup to study a particular exotic interaction between spins: a parity-violating interaction mediated by a new hypothetical exchange particle, called a Z’ boson, which exists in addition to the…

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Fans of The Voice were left in shock late last year when it was revealed that Blake Shelton would be stepping away after The Voice Season 23. Shelton has been with the series since the beginning of its run in 2011. The departing coach shed light on his decision to depart during Monday’s edition of the Today show. While appearing alongside his Voice co-stars Carson Daly, Kelly Clarkson, Niall Horan, and Chance the Rapper, he revealed that the pandemic got him thinking about the future. “I think I was close to calling it a day right when COVID hit,” Shelton…

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The mini adrenal glands that have been grown in the labKotaro Sasaki/University of Pennsylvania Tiny human adrenal glands similar to those found in 4-month-old fetuses have been grown from stem cells in the lab for the first time. The achievement may help to develop treatments for conditions in which these glands don’t function properly. Adrenal glands are located in the kidneys and make molecules that are involved in our metabolism, our response to stress and the production of sex hormones. Previous attempts to grow small versions of the glands from induced pluripotent stem (IPS) cells – adult cells that have…

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Utter the word “acne” and you’ll hear a collective sigh—everyone knows how annoying and challenging acne can be. Maintaining a simple skincare routine is one thing, but things get a bit trickier once breakouts, scarring, grimy makeup, oily skin, and more begin to threaten the clear, blemish-free skin you’ve worked so hard to achieve. To understand acne is to know that there isn’t one singular product or treatment that can eradicate those pesky blemishes from your skin once and for all. Between targeted over-the-counter products, prescription medication or in-office treatments from your dermatologist, and a lot of patience, you’ll begin…

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Over time, they refined TDI-11861. In mice, the drug didn’t appear to interfere with sexual functioning or cause any side effects. And most importantly, the sperm were normal again a day later. Of course, there is a big caveat: Mice are not people. But humans also have the sAC enzyme, and in males, it’s also involved in sperm movement. Buck and Levin are reassured that the strategy might be safe in people by another team’s report from 2019, which described two infertile men with mutations in the gene that makes sAC. The men were otherwise healthy, except for having a higher risk…

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Godflesh have announced a new album, their first in six years. It’s titled Purge and it’s out June 9 via Avalanche. The record’s first song, “Nero,” will be released on April 3. See the album’s full tracklist below.Since 2017’s Post Self, the long-running English industrial act has released the compilation Long Live the New Flesh and the live album Pure Live, which arrived late last year. Bandleader Justin K. Broadrick first shared the news that the group was working on a new record in a Facebook post early last year.Read about Godflesh’s 1989 debut, Streetcleaner, in Pitchfork’s list of “The…

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Though director Mark Steven Johnson’s 2003 movie Daredevil ended up being met with mixed-to-negative reviews from critics and fans, at the time of its production, some big stars were raring to be in it. In a recent interview with Yahoo, Johnson revealed a few big contenders for the different roles in Daredevil. When asked about the casting process, the director explained that the studio wanted a star to play the main character due to how unknown Daredevil was to general audiences at that time. “Yes, they definitely wanted a star because the character was so unknown and they felt it…

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What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Verity Easton? I’ve always been fascinated by ancient Egypt. I was particularly struck when I heard the story of Dorothy Eady, a British woman who believed she was the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian priestess. Another impetus for writing this book was that I had been laid off from my day job. If you look at the dedication to Verity Easton, I wanted my daughter to know that no matter what happens to her, she can still put effort into doing something worthwhile. If you had to pick theme…

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Tyler Golden/HuluHistory of the World: Part IIThe shamelessly joke-a-minute spirit of legendary clown Mel Brooks (now 96) fuels a four-night sequel (through Thursday) to his 1981 sketch-comedy romp through world history. Brooks is seen only briefly, his head attached CGI-style to buff bodies, but he’s heard throughout, narrating a show that, like Brooks, will do anything and roast any sacred cow for a laugh. Nick Kroll, Ike Barinholtz and Wanda Sykes lead a starry cast as the first night sets up most of the running gags, involving the Civil War, the Russian Revolution, Shirley Chisholm’s historic run for the presidency—and…

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Recent advances in newborn heart surgery have greatly reduced brain injuries in infants with congenital heart disease, according to a 20-year study by scientists at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals and British Columbia Children’s Hospital (BCCH). The study, begun in 2001 and published this month in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, analyzed brain imaging data from 270 full-term UCSF and BCCH newborns with congenital heart disease (CHD) for changes in brain injuries before and after newborn cardiac surgery. The scientists confirmed that recent advances in surgical and clinical care that maintain a higher postoperative blood pressure resulted in…

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Photography by Getty Images From London Fashion Week to the Met Gala, the British actor’s style stays ready for the big screen. By Natalie Michie Date February 22, 2023 How does one describe the perfect performance? Thought-provoking. Surprising. Arrestingly interesting to watch. That’s how we feel about Simone Ashley’s style. Since starring as the protagonist of Bridgerton season 2, her outfits IRL have consistently exuded main character energy. And with her on-screen track record, that seems to come naturally. RELATED: Is Taylor Russell the Next Big Style Star? Née Simone Ashwini Pillai, the star first went viral in Netflix’s Sex…

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Redmi Note 12 series launch date has been officially confirmed by the Chinese smartphone brand. The Xiaomi sub-brand took to Weibo to confirm that the Note 12 series will launch in China on October 27. The line-up is said to include the vanilla Redmi Note 12, Note 12 Pro, and the Note 12 Pro+. Redmi has also confirmed some of the specifications of the Note 12 series. The new phones will be the first devices to be equipped with the recently launched MediaTek Dimensity 1080 SoC.The latest Note series from Redmi will be officially announced on October 27 in China…

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The National stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (March 3), where they performed their recent song “Tropic Morning News.” Watch it all go down below.The indie stalwarts announced their ninth studio album, First Two Pages of Frankenstein, earlier this year. They also shared the lead single, “Tropic Morning News,” which was co-written with lead singer Matt Berninger’s wife, Carin Besser. The album, which arrives April 28, features guest contributions from Taylor Swift, Sufjan Stevens, and Phoebe Bridgers.The National followed “Tropic Morning News” with the release of “New Order T-Shirt.” The single also inspired a T-shirt collaboration…

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Season 3 of The Mandalorian opens with a ritual, as a foundling is given his all-important helmet and armor for the first time. It looks like this may be a flashback to how the show’s title character, Din Djarin, got his armor — until the adult Din and (baby) Grogu show up to save the assembled Mandalorians from a rampaging space alligator creature. But there is a lot of symbolism in this scene you might have missed, from the images of forging armor suggesting the way The Mandalorian series is forging a new Star Wars mythology, to the way the interruption of the helmet ceremony…

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Burned Out by Dean Mafako Eric Philson came to the Children’s Hospital of Biloxi with a goal ― to build the cardiac intensive care unit from the ground up. The physician faces insurmountable odds: the devastating aftereffects of a hurricane, deprivation of essential staff and resources, and a cardiac surgeon resistant to change.  Dr. Philson will do whatever it takes to help improve the care for children, until the job begins to take a toll on his free time, marriage, and health. How much is he willing to sacrifice? Working hundred-hour weeks, overcoming the impossible, and facing personal ruin are…

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SPEAKING at the University of Cambridge in 1980, Stephen Hawking considered the possibility of a theory of everything that would unite general relativity and quantum mechanics – our two leading descriptions of reality – into one neat, all-encompassing equation. We would need some help, he reckoned, from computers. Then he made a provocative prediction about these machines’ growing abilities. “The end might not be in sight for theoretical physics,” said Hawking. “But it might be in sight for theoretical physicists.” Artificial intelligence has achieved much since then, yet physicists have been slow to use it to search for new and…

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After a decades-long career in television — and nearly a century on this planet — composer Gerald Fried has died at age 95. Fried died of pneumonia on Friday, February 17, at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Bridgeport, Connecticut, according to Variety. After getting his start in the early 1950s, Fried scored some 40 films, episodes of 40 TV shows, and three dozen TV movies and miniseries. Fried earned an Emmy Award in 1977 for his music composition for the landmark TV miniseries Roots, 10 hours of which he scored after Quincy Jones provided music for the first two hours. His…

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What initially caught my eye was her coat—a sublime wool robe coat complete with a rather practical hood. You could, however, argue that a hood is somewhat redundant in L.A., but that’s neither here nor there. As an aside, I was struck by just how versatile a coat choice hers is; a neutral robe that would live quite happily in my wardrobe for a very, very long time. Pairing it with the year’s trouser silhouette to note, puddle pants, this look strikes the perfect balance of being completely and utterly timeless, whilst also appeasing the current fashion mood. Well played, Jolie. While…

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Applying synthetic voices to books also brings new business and cultural challenges. “Most of the companies developing these AI technologies come from the technology sector, rather than the entertainment sector,” says SAG-AFTRA’s Love. “They lack the relationships, history of protections, and reliance on approval rights voice actors have come to expect.” Several authors told WIRED that Findaway has emerged as a reliable distributor, offering lucrative deals to list audiobooks across several platforms. But they also say that Findaway frequently prompts people to agree to updated agreements, usually with minor changes, when they log in to their accounts. The company added the…

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Glen Lockett, the in-house producer and engineer for legendary punk label SST Records who was better known as Spot, has died, former SST co-owner Joe Carducci announced. Spot had been on oxygen after his fibrosis impaired his lung function in late 2021, and, three months ago, he was placed in a hospital following a stroke, Carducci revealed in a Facebook post. Lockett died earlier today (March 4) at a healthcare facility in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. He was 72.As the longtime in-house producer for SST Records, Spot helmed the boards for essentially the crux of ’80s American punk rock. He produced more…

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