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☆ Harry Belafonte, 96, Dies; Barrier-Breaking Singer, Actor and Activist
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Peter Keepnews | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

He provided money to bail Dr. King and other civil rights activists out of jail. His spacious apartment on West End Avenue in Manhattan became Dr. King’s home away from home. The suit was settled the next year, with Mr. Belafonte retaining possession.) In an interview with The Washington Post a few months after Dr. King’s death, Mr. Belafonte expressed ambivalence about his high profile in the civil rights movement. In Atlanta for a benefit concert for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1962, Mr. Belafonte was twice refused service in the same restaurant.

☆ Harry Belafonte, who mixed music, acting, and activism, dies at 96
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Bill Trott | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Belafonte was born in New York City's borough of Manhattan but spent his early childhood in his family's native Jamaica. A few weeks before the launch, Belafonte told Rolling Stone magazine that singing was a way for him to express injustices in the world. "We were instructed to never capitulate, to never yield, to always resist oppression," Belafonte told Yes! "The Navy came as a place of relief for me," Belafonte told Yes! Belafonte was the first Black performer to win a major Emmy in 1960 with his appearance on a television variety special.

DOHA, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Kylian Mbappe's meteoric rise showed no sign of stopping as the France forward sealed the holders' 2-1 win against Denmark to send them into the last 16 of the World Cup on Saturday. Mbappe has now scored 31 goals in 61 appearances for France - well on the way towards the all-time record of 51 held by Olivier Giroud and Thierry Henry. Mbappe has seven goals at World Cup tournaments - only behind Just Fontaine, who scored a record 13 in 1958, and already ahead of Henry's six in four visits to the finals. He is part of a collective that is very strong and has this goal of winning the World Cup in mind," Deschamps added. For the first goal, he benefited from fullback Hernandez's threat on the left wing to pounce after their one-two.

☆ Megan Thee Stallion and boyfriend Pardi celebrate 2-year anniversary
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

CNN —Megan Thee Stallion and her boyfriend Pardison “Pardi” Fontaine are celebrating two years together. The two took to Instagram to share a photo of Fontaine, jokingly biting Megan. “Yr 2 with U,” the Megan wrote. I love lovin you ..GOT 4 EVER 2 GO …”He added more pictures of them together at events. “That’s my boo, and I really like him,” Megan said of Fontaine.

☆ (video) Top 7 filme ale lui Alfred Hitchcock, pe care orice cinefil trebuie să le vadă
▼ + stars: | 2018-05-18 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

(video) Top 7 filme ale lui Alfred Hitchcock, pe care orice cinefil trebuie să le vadăFiecare dintre noi a auzit despre Alfred Hitchcock, puțini însă i-au privit filmele. De necontestat, regizorul nu numai a lăsat o urmă în cinematografia mondială, dar a influențat și alți zeci de regizori. Totuși, în 1968 a primit un Oscar onorific, Premiul în Memoria lui Irving Thalberg pentru întreaga sa carieră. Vă propunem să urmăriți mai jos o listă de 7 filme, realizate de Alfred Hitchcock, care și în prezent se bucură de un succes enorm în rândul cinefililor. Momentul în care lui Alfred Hitchcock îi este înmânat Oscarul onorific și discursul său genial :D

Persons: Alfred Hitchcock, Curios, Hitchcock, Irving Thalberg, Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, James Stewart, Kim Novak, Rod Taylor, Grace Kelly, Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier Locations: Northwest

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