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How a librarian became a social media sensation spreading a message of love and literacy

Mychal Threets takes to TikTok and other platforms to advocate for libraries. He's also tackling topics such as inclusivity and mental health.

LINE-UPS from Fir Park

Motherwell: Kelly, O'Donnell, McGinn, Casey, Blaney, Gent, Miller, Halliday, Spittal, Nicholson, Bair. Substitutes: Oxborough, Mugabi, Paton, Zdravkovski, Shaw, Moses, Ferrie, L.Ross, Butcher. Livingston: George, Brandon, Devlin, Obileye, Nottingham, MacKay, Sean Kelly, Jason Holt, Stephen Kelly, Pittman, Anderson. Substitutes: Wright, Montano, Car...

Keila Shaheen Talks New Edition of Bestselling “Shadow Work Journal”: ‘It’s All About Coming Back to Yourself’ (Exclusive)

The second edition of Shaheen’s TikTok sensation ‘The Shadow Work Journal’ includes exercises from therapists

Bar singer steps in for Olly Murs to support Take That

Murs could no longer make the gig when his flight was cancelled - but Daniel Rooney "saved the day".

Every 'Star Wars' Movie Ranked, From Worst to Best

Disney promised a new "Star Wars" movie every year after it acquired Lucasfilm, but the big-screen saga seemed to hit a pause with "Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker." But while many would call themselves "Star Wars" fans, even they will admit that the movies in the saga are by no means created equal. In reverse order, here is a rundown of the best and worst that these films (not counting the cartoons, the Ewok spin-off or the infamous Holiday...

BTS’ label Big Hit apologizes to fans after reports of neglect

HYBE subsidiary Big Hit Music released an update on the legal suit against the violation of BTS’ artist rights, as they apologized to the fans for the stress given that the K-pop boy group became collateral damage over the internal feud within the management. Big Hit Music said in their statement that they will persist in taking legal action against the malicious comments directed at BTS and their alleged association with the pseudoscience group...

The Beatle who never was

LIVERPOOL — It was supposed to be the usual one and a half-hour, hop-on, hop-off ride on a double-deck bus taking tourists around this English port city. The itinerary included stops at Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields, two subjects of Beatles songs with pass-throughs of the homes where John Lennon and Paul McCartney grew up. What made the trip interesting was guide Chris Hough’s historical anecdotes not just on the Beatles but also on the city....

Kendrick Lamar doubles down with fiery Drake diss: Listen to '6:16 in LA'

Kendrick Lamar has released his second Drake diss in a week. Listen to "6:16 in LA."

'Running Man PH' Season 2 holds advanced screening of first episode for fans

Loyal fans of “Running Man Philippines” just had the chance to watch the first episode of the show's second season in advance! The event held on Saturday afternoon at GMA Network was graced by the seven runners, Mikael Daez, Glaiza De Castro, Buboy Villar, Lexi Gonzales, Kokoy de Santos, Angel Guardian, and Miguel Tanfelix. Mikael said that the first episode was just the “tip of the iceberg” and that fans should prepare themselves for more...

'Star Wars' actor Mark Hamill visits White House. He leaves with a pair of Biden sunglasses

The actor has been posting on social media in support of Biden's re-election campaign this week. He rolled out a nickname for the president: Joe-bi-Wan-Kenobi

Baby Reindeer gave star the same feelings as Pride

Jessica Gunning, who portrays a stalker in the Netflix show, previously played a Welsh MP in Pride.

Usher's Lovers & Friends canceled, music festival cites Las Vegas weather

Organizers for Usher's Lovers and Friends Las Vegas music festival announced the last-minute cancelation in a statement Friday, citing severe weather.

Beyoncé collaborators Willie Jones, Shaboozey and the conflict of being Black in country music

Opinion: The late country music star Charley Pride made his Blackness safe for white fans. His success suggests modern Black artists must do the same.

Bad Bunny’s Complete Dating History

He seems to enjoy long-term romance.

Arthur Nery has a new breakup song

The tune Segundo Seguro dropped only a few days ago but it is already showing unusual strength as it early on entered the Spotify chart with over three million streams. Written and performed by Arthur Nery, the song is the newest addition to the heartthrob from Cagayan de Oro’s growing repertoire of music for failed relationships. Now Segundo Seguro is merely a single and not a full-length album like those breakup epics we recently got, The...

Spoilers! How Jerry Seinfeld pulled off that 'fantastic' TV reunion for his Pop-Tart movie

Jerry Seinfeld explores a love of Pop-Tarts and the 1960s with Netflix's "Unfrosted." He also paid homage to one of his favorite TV shows. (Spoilers!)

New 'The Acolyte' trailer for May the 4th, plus 'Star Wars' movies, TV shows in the works

When's that Baby Yoda movie coming? What the heck is the "The Acolyte"? What to know about every film and TV series in the "Star Wars" pipeline.

How to Watch the 'Star Wars' Animated Shows in Order

It wouldn't be Star Wars if it wasn't almost needlessly impossible to figure out the correct timeline of events taking place in a galaxy far, far away. With the addition of many animated series dropping on Disney+ (and before), the world and characters are continuing to flourish but for chronological events completionists it's getting a big hard to navigate. Consider this your complete guide to watching all the animated Star Wars shows in order....

Kevin Spacey denies new allegations of inappropriate behavior to be aired on UK television next week

LONDON (AP) — Kevin Spacey, the Oscar-winning actor, has denied new allegations of inappropriate behaviour from men who will feature in a documentary on British television that is due to be released next week. In an online interview with journalist Dan Wootton, Spacey said he has never done anything illegal and admitted that he has struggled to get back to work after being acquitted last year of criminal charges in a London court. “I can’t go...

Bubble Shows ‘The Conners,' ‘Walker,' ‘Lopez vs. Lopez' and Other Series Await Their Fate as Upfronts Approach

Some of this TV season’s blood has already been spilled - looking at you, “NCIS: Hawai’i” - but as we head toward upfronts week, there are still a number of broadcast shows “on the bubble.” But as the networks settle in on a diet of mostly stable franchises and fewer series pilots, there’s also less […]

Box Office: Ryan Gosling's ‘The Fall Guy' Lands $10.4 Million Opening Day

The summer box office isn’t exactly starting with a bang. Universal’s action-romance “The Fall Guy,” starring Ryan Gosling as a Hollywood stuntman courting a rising director played by Emily Blunt, earned $10.4 million from 4,002 locations on its opening day, a figure that includes $3 million and change from preview screenings. The feature is now […]

To feel again

May 5, 1956. A Saturday night. My cousin and I went to our first jam session. Remember what that is? A dance party where all the girls were seated on one side of the dance floor and all the boys were standing on the other side. She wore blue. I wore pink. Our lipstick — I was 12 years old at the time, she was 13 — was Tangee. It’s like a neutral shade that mixed with your lips and created a color that was supposed to suit your face. We still...

Makati a finalist in WWF competition

MANILA, Philippines — Makati City has earned a spot as a national finalist in the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)’s One Planet City Challenge (OPCC) 2024. The OPCC, which was launched in 2011, was previously known as the Earth Hour City Challenge, a friendly competition that recognizes cities with proactive climate initiatives and commitment to sustainable urban development. “This distinction not only celebrates Makati’s environmental...

The ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' Cast Can't Stop Greeting Each Other as Primates: ‘That Is Never Going to Go Away'

The morning of the “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” premiere, stars of the film Peter Macon and Ras-Samuel discovered they were staying at the same hotel while getting breakfast. And when they met eyes from either end of the buffet line, they did not greet each other with a wave or a simple […]

Thai influencer says he’s ‘breaking up’ with cannabis as country plans to recriminalise drug

When Thai racer and actor Saranyoo Prachakit announced online that he was “breaking up” with cannabis because it was altering his brain, he didn’t think it would cause such a stir. But within hours of posting his candid update on Instagram in late April, his words were plastered across the nation’s television screens. “I decided to stop using weed ...

Actress Jenny Slate's Catbird Jewelry Collection Is an Ode to Maternal Figures

The actress just launched a Mother's Day gift-worthy jewelry collection full of personal touches.

Lea Salonga, Mario O'Hara, Mike de Leon among Gawad CCP 2024 awardees

Recipients of the prestigious Gawad CCP Para sa Sining 2024

Lewis Pullman replaces Steven Yeun in Marvel's Thunderbolts

A 'Star Wars: Tales of the Empire' Character Cheat Sheet

This Star Wars animated series takes a trip to the Dark Side. Here's a refresher on who's who in the Galactic Empire.

Teacher of Piano star Lucy Illingworth: It’s not a miracle, it’s just hard work

Teacher of Piano star Lucy Illingworth: It’s not a miracle, it’s just hard work - A new Channel 4 documentary, The Incredibly Talented Lucy, follows their journey together after Illingworth won the musical competition.

Jar Jar Binks Actor Ahmed Best on ‘Star Wars: Phantom Menace' Backlash: "Everyone Came at Me"

Jar Jar Binks actor Ahmed Best opened up about how the backlash he received for Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace kept him from wanting to work for years following the 1999 release. In a conversation with People in honor of the 25th anniversary of the first installment in the Star Wars prequels, […]

Ghanaians party big time with Medikal at O2 concert

The sold-out show had the cream of Ghana's talent in the British capital, to the delight of fans.

Tom Brady roast on Netflix: Live stream, time to watch Kevin Hart, Rob Gronkowski and more from Netflix Is A Joke Fest

Here is everything you need to know about the "The Greatest Roast of All Time," including how to watch the event.

'Star Wars' Day is sign of franchise's mass appeal. It owes a lot to Frank Herbert's 'Dune'

'Dune' author Frank Herbert said, "I will try hard not to sue" when 'Star Wars' was first released in 1977. The series have plenty of similarities.

Rachel Cruze: The 5 Most Valuable Lessons That I Learned From Budgeting

Rachel Cruze has shared all sorts of financial tips over the course of her career, but in one of the latest episode of her podcast, "Be Smart With Your Money (and Enjoy Your Life)," she gives...

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s Complete Relationship Timeline

A source spoke about how the couple supports each other professionally.

BTS’ Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting group

Army, loyal fandom of K-pop phenomenon BTS, urged Hybe to protect the group from an ongoing dispute between the company and its sublabel Ador CEO Min Hee-jin in a statement published through local media outlets on Friday. The fandom said “We support BTS, not Hybe” in a full-page advertisement printed in major newspapers. The group said while an internal feud over management at Hybe is underway, the name of BTS is being damaged by false news and...

FS1 host calls Patrick Beverley 'misogynistic' 'clown'

Nick Wright is apparently no fan of the controversial NBA instigator and Barstool Sports podcast host Patrick Beverley, especially after Beverley ended his season in Milwaukee by throwing a ball at a fan and chastising an ESPN producer in the locker room. In a diatribe against Beverley on Friday’s episode of First Things First, Wright took aim at Beverley, calling him a “delusional, cheap shot artist, misogynistic clown” with a “terrible...

Drake and Kendrick Lamar get personal on new songs

The rappers make allegations of domestic violence and secret children as their feud intensifies.

Singer Gabrielle considers wearing eye-patch again

The singer says wearing an eye-patch was "truly empowering" and a "game changer" for her career.

8 Shows Like “Baby Reindeer ”to Watch After Streaming the Netflix Hit

If Netflix's new stalker drama kept you at the edge of your seat, there's plenty more like it out there to stream

Mammoth Lakes Film Festival Reveals 2024 Lineup – Film News in Brief

The Mammoth Lakes Film Festival revealed its lineup for this year’s festival, taking place from May 22 – 26 at venues across Mammoth Lakes. The festival will open with the California premiere of director Lucy Lawless’ “Never Look Away,” which follows a CNN combat camerawoman who gets injured and must find the strength to carry […]

Rio de Janeiro set for Madonna’s massive Copacabana beach concert that will be her biggest ever

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Madonna will give a free concert on Copacabana beach Saturday night, turning its vast stretch of sand into an enormous dance floor. It comes after Rio de Janeiro spent the last few days readying itself for the historic performance by the “Queen of Pop.” Rio’s City Hall has said some 1.5 million spectators are anticipated, more than 10 times more than Madonna’s record attendance of 130,000 in Paris’ Parc des Sceaux in 1987....

Bruce Springsteen to start European leg in Cardiff

US rocker Bruce Springsteen returns to Europe for the latest leg of his marathon tour.

Adam Driver Controls Time in First-Look Clip for Francis Ford Coppola's ‘Megalopolis'

Adam Driver is an architect who can control time in the first-look clip for Francis Ford Coppola’s upcoming, self-funded film, Megalopolis. In the more-than-two-minute video, Driver’s Cesar Catilina makes his way onto the edge of a skyscraper, seemingly considering jumping. As he’s about to fully step off the building, he shouts “Time stop” and the […]

Is SNL new tonight on May 4, 2024? Here's the answer

We've had a great season of Saturday Night Live, with some fantastic moments, from Christopher Walken's Foo Fighters introduction to the surprisingly hilarious Beavis and Butt-Head sketch to a very funny Scarlett Johansson's surp

How ‘The Fall Guy' Went From Dark Noir to Maximalist Love Story by ‘Using the Language of Stunts'

Action romance is a tricky genre to master - it requires the right balance of heart and spectacle. But when done well, à la "True Lies" or "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," it will live on forever in the rewatch rotation. Stunt coordinator-turned-director David Leitch has launched cars straight into the air and staged fight scenes […]

A successful woman in her 40s with a toyboy pop star? Great on screen in The Idea of You, scary in reality

Anyone for a toyboy? The hit of the season has been The Idea of You, the film adaptation of Robinne Lee’s bestseller in which a woman in her 40s (played by Anne Hathaway) falls mutually in something-or-other with a pop idol in his 20s (played by Nicholas Galitzine). On the one hand, I bristle at the idea that being fortysomething is particularly old. Or that a rich, beautiful, successful, intelligent woman is making some sort of wild...

Special educational needs teacher lands BGT golden buzzer with ‘unique’ voice

Special educational needs teacher lands BGT golden buzzer with ‘unique’ voice - The performance received a standing ovation from the audience and all four judges.

Now ex-neighbour says he'll give evidence in court against Rayner

Chris Hinett told MOS he'd given a statement to the police, which is investigating allegations that Ms Rayner broke the law by failing to declare her living arrangements.