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☆ Opinion: Being lesbian is no longer just a personal identity. It encompasses much more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Opinion Allison Hope | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Lesbian Visibility Week, celebrated each year at the end of April, was first observed in California in 1990 and is marked around the world and in lesbian living rooms across America — including mine. Many laws have criminalized gay men but not women, leaving us in slightly safer territory. Gay men are also more likely to be victims of hate crimes and violence. Gay men might be criminalized, but gay women have long been targeted, sometimes in heinous ways that fly under the radar of the law, and which go unprosecuted. On this Lesbian Visibility Week, I am grateful both to be seen and to slip quietly under the radar, unnoticed.

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He was a model to me of artistic labor and discipline, even if those early paintings were painfully amateurish. The painting followed me from Amherst to my first job in New York, and on to London and Delhi. IT WASN’T MY intention to start an essay about artistic beginnings with a story of artistic death. I’m especially moved by those first moments of validation by which an artist comes out to himself, as it were. It’s this, the inexorability of the correspondence between an artist and the world, that gives those first steps their magical quality.

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☆ ‘Oppenheimer’ cast members join Jane Fonda and more to turn spotlight on nuclear threat
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) is leveraging the attention on Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-nominated film “Oppenheimer” in an attempt to elevate the conversation about nuclear threat. In the run-up to Sunday night’s Academy Awards, the organization is launching a “Make Nukes History” campaign Wednesday in Los Angeles. “We want to raise our voices to remind people that while Oppenheimer is history, nuclear weapons are not,” the group writes in their letter. And political will is created when people demand it.”Cillian Murphy (as J. Robert Oppenheimer) and writer, director, and producer Christopher Nolan on the set of "Oppenheimer." The film tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, who along with a team of scientists, developed and designed the atomic bomb.

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☆ When a Job Becomes a Literal Hell
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Beatrice Loayza | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The women had suffered lithium poisoning while working at battery factories and began to break into fits of destructive rage during their shifts. In Lin’s retelling, the workers are resurrected as demons, seething with chaotic desire. The restaurant kitchen in FX’s series “The Bear,” which premiered in 2022, is a ticking time bomb of screaming, stove fires and oil burns. (“The Bear,” for all its frenetic pacing, dips into full-blown surrealism only during interludes showing lead chef Carm’s dreams.) These stories portray workers who are not simply anxious and exhausted but violently combusting.

Persons: Candice Lin’s, Lin, Aihwa, Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Éric Gravel’s, Carm’s Locations: New York, Malaysian, Malaysia, French Canadian, Paris

Damron’s design rocketing to internet fame is just one story of how women’s fan apparel has found itself in the spotlight. Within a month, that jacket's designer, Kristin Juszczyk, would score a NFL licensing deal. These meteoric success stories have illustrated the potency of a market for women’s sports apparel that merges fashion and fan culture. “I’m glad more of this stuff can start being made,” Robinson, a Black designer who runs Boujee Basics, says. The upfront costs were too steep for another Black designer, De'fron Fobb, 45, who wanted to craft items when the New Orleans Saints made the Super Bowl in 2010.

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☆ A guide to all the confirmed 'Game of Thrones' spinoffs, prequels, and sequels in development at HBO
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Following on from "House of the Dragon," there are lots more "Game of Thrones" spinoffs in the works. So here's everything we know about all the "Game of Thrones"-related projects that are in development, are rumored to be in development, or returning. "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight""A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight" is in development. I don't want to repeat what happened with GAME OF THRONES itself, where the show gets ahead of the books," he continued. "House of the Dragon" season twoEmma D’Arcy as Rhaenyra Targaryen in "House of the Dragon."

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The National Football League has urged teams for years to hire more minority head coaches. “The league has been struggling to raise the percentage of head coaches of color, particularly Black head coaches,” Lapchick told The Associated Press. Rivera believes the success of existing minority head coaches in the 2023 season “absolutely” impacted the number of minority hires this year. Rivera, like many minority head coaches, hopes that one day color won't be an issue. “There are enough good coaches now where we can start saying, 'Hey, let’s just call everybody a head coach, not necessarily minority head coach.

Persons: CHARLOTTE, Richard Lapchick, “, ” Lapchick, Rooney, Morris, Canales, “ I'm, ”, Ron Rivera, ” Rivera, — Morris, Pierce, Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin, Tampa Bay’s Todd Bowles, Houston’s, Mike McDaniel, Robert Saleh, Rivera, Bowles, Ryans, Tomlin, McDaniel, let’s Organizations: National Football League, The Institute, Diversity, NFL, Associated Press, Rams, Falcons, Buccaneers, New York Jets, Lebanese Locations: N.C, Carolina, Washington, Mayo, Tampa, Mexican American

Kasean Pryor made a go-ahead free throw with 4 seconds left, and South Florida rallied from a 20-point deficit to stun the Tigers 74-73 on Thursday night. Pryor finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds, and reserve Selton Miguel led USF with 23 points, going 5 of 10 from 3-point range. David Jones led Memphis with 25 points and Quinerly finished with 15. Jones had 18 points in the first half — including a run of 11 straight — for Memphis, which led 47-32 at the break. BIG PICTURESouth Florida: The Bulls, who improved to 1-3 on the road this season, upped their intensity in the second half and didn't panic when Memphis took its big lead.

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers will have to try and move on after a nightmarish loss to Arizona without quarterback Kenny Pickett. Pickett is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery to repair a high right ankle sprain on Monday. Tomlin declined to get into specifics on how many games Pickett might miss. He missed multiple games during his 2020 season at the University of Pittsburgh after having surgery on his left ankle. 2 overall pick in the 2017 draft also took over against Jacksonville on Oct. 29 after Pickett left with a rib injury.

Persons: Kenny Pickett, Pickett, Mitch Trubisky, Tomlin, Jonathan Ledbetter, he's, Trubisky, Diontae Johnson, Mason Rudolph, ”, He’s Organizations: PITTSBURGH, The Pittsburgh Steelers, Arizona, Pittsburgh, Cardinals, University of Pittsburgh, Houston, Jacksonville, Steelers, Carolina, AFC, AP Locations: New England, Pittsburgh

WASHINGTON (AP) — The newest group of Kennedy Center honorees, including comedian Billy Crystal and actor Queen Latifah, are being feted Sunday night at a star-studded event commemorating their lifetime achievement in arts and entertainment. Opera singer Renée Fleming, music star Barry Gibb and prolific hitmaker Dionne Warwick also are being honored at the black-tie gala. Bill Cosby received both honors, but they were rescinded in 2018 following his sexual assault conviction, which later was overturned. Along with his late brothers Robin and Maurice, the trio launched a nearly unmatched string of hits that defined a generation of music. Fleming sang the national anthem while Latifah performed “America the Beautiful.”

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The momentary bliss-fueled blackouts that used to consume T.J. Watt after every big play still come. So maybe it's best to let others — like older brother J.J. Watt — serve as his hype men. Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin called Watt “the best defensive player on the planet” on Tuesday. Pittsburgh safety Minkah Fitzpatrick — himself a three-time All-Pro — laughed when asked if he took Tomlin's praise of Watt personally. “I just want to continue to be the best player I can be for myself and for this team.”___

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers fired embattled offensive coordinator Matt Canada on Tuesday, two-plus years into a tenure in which the team struggled to generate points and yards with regularity. The Steelers (6-4) have remained in playoff contention in spite of an offense that ranks 28th in yards and points. Political Cartoons View All 1260 ImagesPerhaps most damning for Canada is the way quarterback Kenny Pickett's growth has stagnated. The emergence of the run game last winter fueled a 7-2 push that helped Canada keep his job. But with Pickett seeming to regress and options becoming increasingly limited, Tomlin decided there was only one big move left.

Persons: Matt Canada, Mike Tomlin, Canada's, Tomlin, Najee Harris, Diontae Johnson, Kenny Pickett's, Pickett, —, Mike Sullivan —, Pickett —, Dorian Thompson, Robinson, Thompson, ___ Organizations: PITTSBURGH, The Pittsburgh Steelers, Steelers, Cleveland, Browns, Tennessee, New York Giants, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh Locations: Cleveland, Canada, Green, Tampa Bay, New England, Arizona, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh

☆ NFL Week 8: Patrick Mahomes out to make history against Denver Broncos
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Hannah Brewitt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Jacksonville Jaguars @ Pittsburgh Steelers, 1:00 p.m. Jonathan Bachman/Getty ImagesTwo potential AFC playoff contenders face off when the Pittsburgh Steelers host the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday afternoon. Earlier this week, quarterback Kenny Pickett was asked why he thinks the team comes out of the gate so slow. ETJacksonville Jaguars @ Pittsburgh Steelers, 1:00 p.m. Australia: NFL+, ESPN, 7PlusBrazil: NFL+, ESPNCanada: NFL+, CTV, TSN, RDSGermany: NFL+, ProSieben MAXX, DAZNMexico: NFL+, TUDN, ESPN, Fox Sports, Sky SportsUK: NFL+, Sky Sports, ITV, Channel 5US: NFL+, CBS, NBC, FOX, ESPN, Amazon Prime

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“(She) was like ‘We have a Code Yellow alert’ and I was just kind of out of it,” Pickett said. '”Things didn't quite get that far, though an oil pressure issue forced Pittsburgh's charter plane to make an emergency landing in Kansas City. The plane landed safely, though not everyone on the flight took the unexpected detour in stride. By then, Tomlin expects his team's attention to be on the Texans, not on their unexpected layover in Kansas City. “My desire is that as we move away from it, we talk less about it, because I don’t want it to be an excuse in any way, or some galvanizing thing in any way,” Tomlin said.

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers' charter flight home following a Sunday night win in Las Vegas made an emergency landing in Kansas City early Monday. The station reported the plane was dealing with an oil pressure failure in one of the engines. The team was originally scheduled to arrive in Pittsburgh around 5:30 a.m. EDT after improving to 2-1 by holding off the Raiders. Veteran defensive tackle Cam Heyward had a little fun with the situation, joking on X with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and pop star Taylor Swift that the team needed a ride to Pittsburgh. Swift attended Kansas City's blowout victory over Chicago on Sunday as a guest of Kelce's.

Persons: Burt Lauten, Cam Heyward, Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift, Swift, Mike Tomlin, ___ Organizations: PITTSBURGH, The Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City, Team, KDKA, Raiders, Veteran, Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City's, Chicago Locations: Las Vegas, Kansas, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Houston

You can stream the game live via Peacock or a live TV streaming service if you don't have any of those. For $6.99 per month, NFL+ offers live streams for all local broadcasts and primetime games, including Sunday Night Football, Monday Night Football, and Thursday Night Football. Jets, Oct. 1 (NBC, $5.99 on Peacock)Week 5: Cowboys vs. 49ers, Oct. 8 (NBC, $5.99 on Peacock)Week 6: Giants vs. Bills, Oct. 15 (NBC, $5.99 on Peacock)Week 7: Dolphins vs. Eagles, Oct. 22 (NBC, $5.99 on Peacock)Week 8: Bears vs. Chargers, Oct. 29 (NBC, $5.99 on Peacock)Week 9: Bills vs. Bengals, Nov. 5 (NBC, $5.99 on Peacock)Week 10: Jets vs. Raiders, Nov. 12 (NBC, $5.99 on Peacock)Week 11: Vikings vs. Broncos, Nov. 19 (NBC, $5.99 on Peacock)Thanksgiving Game: 49ers vs. Seahawks, Nov. 23 at 8:20 p.m. ET (NBC, $5.99 on Peacock)Week 12: Ravens vs. Chargers, Nov. 26 (NBC, $5.99 on Peacock)Week 13: Chiefs vs. Packers, Dec. 3 (NBC, $5.99 on Peacock)Week 14: Eagles vs. Cowboys, Dec. 10 (NBC, $5.99 on Peacock)Week 15: Ravens vs. Jaguars, Dec. 17 (NBC, $5.99 on Peacock)Week 16: Bengals vs. Steelers, Dec. 23 at 3 p.m.

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Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles host Kirk Cousins and the Minnesota Vikings in their home opener in prime time for the second straight season. Philadelphia overpowered the Vikings on both sides of the ball in a convincing 24-7 victory on Monday night in Week 2 last season. Hurts threw for 333 yards, the offense racked up 486 yards and the defense held Minnesota to 264 yards. The Patriots (0-1) stifled Jalen Hurts and Philadelphia’s dynamic offense and would’ve won if the offense wasn’t inept. Against spread: 0-1.

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☆ Google Promised to Defund Climate Lies, but the Ads Keep Coming
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Nico Grant | Steven Lee Myers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In October 2021, Google promised to stop placing ads alongside content that denied the existence and causes of climate change, so that purveyors of the false claims could no longer make money on its platforms, including YouTube. And yet if you recently clicked on a YouTube video titled “who is Leonardo DiCaprio,” you might have found a ramble of claims that climate change is a hoax and the world is cooling after a Paramount+ ad for the film “80 for Brady,” starring Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Sally Field and Rita Moreno. Before another video that purported to detail “how climate activists distort the evidence,” some users saw an ad for Alaska Airlines. These are not aberrations, according to a coalition of environmental organizations and the Center for Countering Digital Hate. In a report released on Tuesday, researchers from the organizations accused YouTube of continuing to profit from videos that portrayed the changing climate as a hoax or exaggeration.

☆ Irsina, the Italian village being repopulated by Americans
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Silvia Marchetti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

More than 15 families from the US and Canada have bought old properties in this remote village, known for its premium wheat fields and olive groves. The first foreign “pioneer” to buy a house in Irsina was Sandy Webster, a 63-year-old writer from San Diego. The couple fell in love with the village, bought an old house with thick stone walls, antique furniture and ancient maiolica-tile floors, and spent four years renovating it. “When we got here in 2016, over 80% of the population had fled to the newer district of Irsina, the old Irsina was empty and we loved how it looked. Their house, built into the old village walls, was on sale for 70,000 euros ($77,000).

☆ Still work to do says Goodell as old problems resurface
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Instead, he was grilled about the league's painfully slow progress when it comes to inclusion and diversity, particularly among head coaches. During last year's pre-game address, Goodell acknowledged that the NFL had fallen short when it comes to diversity and inclusion. Another persistent headache for the NFL are concussions, which jumped 18% during the 2022 regular season after three years of decline. The league came under intense criticism for its response to a concussion suffered by Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa in September. "Anytime we can change the protocols to make it safer for our players we're going to do that," assured Goodell.

Between '97 and '02, HBO released TV series like "Sex and the City," "The Wire," and "The Sopranos." Counterprogram, counterprogram, counterprogramFrom its very inception in the early 1970s, HBO executives came to believe that if HBO was to thrive in the long-run, it would have to focus on doing things differently than the big three commercial TV networks: ABC, CBS, and NBC. When HBO executives sent the first episode of "The Sopranos" to a focus group, it scored horribly. The screening was attended by the film's cast, HBO executives, and a collection of Russian dignitaries. Anybody could watch a new TV series from the comfort of their home, and the actors starring in new TV shows were rarely famous.

☆ NFL roundup: Eagles lock down No. 1 seed in NFC
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

1 seed in the NFC with a 22-16 win over the visiting New York Giants on Sunday. Hurts led six scoring drives and the Eagles never trailed the Giants (9-7-1), who had already sewn up the No. 6 seed and opted to rest quarterback Daniel Jones, Pro Bowl running back Saquon Barkley and other starters. Smith finished the regular season with 4,282 yards passing, surpassing Russell Wilson's team record of 4,219 set in 2016. Baltimore's Anthony Brown was 19-of-44 passing for 286 yards and two interceptions in his first career NFL start.

☆ ‘80 for Brady’ trailer’s got game
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Sally Field, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and Lily Tomlin star as a group of octogenarians who are hardcore Tom Brady fans who travel to Super Bowl LI. “That’s like 80 in people years.”“We’re 80 in people years,” Fonda’s character says. And, naturally, Brady makes an appearance. Brady told Variety he enlisted his friends and former Patriot teammates Rob Gronkowski, Danny Amendola and Julian Edelman to make cameos as themselves. Anytime I get my friends involved in things that I’m doing, it makes it that much more enjoyable for me.”

☆ Betty White's belongings being auctioned for the public to take home
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Danielle Broadway | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci/File PhotoSept 23 (Reuters) - Over 1,600 belongings from the late American actor Betty White will be up for auction this week, from her old TV and Disney VHS collection to her Cadillac. More personalized items include White's oil painting of herself as a young woman, monogrammed towels, and some handwritten personal notes from famous names like Lily Tomlin and Alex Trebek. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterWhite's diamond wedding band and the wedding band her third and last husband, Allen Ludden, wore are standout items. Visiting fans can see White's five Emmy statuettes, including one for "The Golden Girls" in 1986 and another for "Saturday Night Live" in 2010. Visitors can also see on display her tracksuit from "Hot in Cleveland," her sweater from "The Golden Girls," and hand-annotated scripts.

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