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Last Notes npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Fútbol is life! Cristo Fernández, who played Dani Rojas in "Ted Lasso," has made his professional soccer debut in the U.S., playing for El Paso Locomotive FC against New Mexico United on Saturday. Here's Good Morning America with the details. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Romantic comedies are no longer considered a good box-office bet, and most go directly to streaming. It wasn't always this way. Here's @[email protected] 's list of the 10 best '90s rom-coms. We want to know, are you a fan of the genre (when it's done well)? Tell us your favorite in the comments — ours is "When Harry Met Sally." npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan has been denied entry to the United States at Miami International Airport, in spite of the fact that he holds a valid visa. He was set to be the first person from his country to officiate at the World Cup finals. Here's more from AFP. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk "Rose of Nevada" is a new time-travel movie from British auteur Mark Jenkin. He spoke to Far Out magazine about shooting on film, his unique approach to sound design, and whether the movie is science fiction. We want to know, what do you think is the best time-travel movie/franchise ever made? npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk The yellow-and-black smiley face is ubiquitous now. One of the earliest uses of it was in 1963, when insurance company Worcester Mutual Fire Assurance wanted to improve morale after they cut a tenth of their staff. "An ambitious upstart in marketing named Joy Young — can’t make this stuff up! — pitched a smile button, to make employees smile. Instant greenlight," writes Playboy's Bill Shaner. Here's his story of the smiley's connection with "the exploitative tendencies of a new free market economic regime." We want to know, what do you think of when you see the smiley? npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk The vacation practice of reserving sun loungers with towels has become a matter for the courts after a German man sued his tour operator and won a €900 ($1,056) payout. In his lawsuit, he said the operator had failed to enforce his Greek resort's ban on towel reservations, with loungers unavailable even at 6 a.m. Here's more from [@BBCNews](https://flipboard.com/@BBCNews ). npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Austrian soccer player Alex Manninger, who won 33 caps for his national team and played for Arsenal and Juventus, ending his career at Liverpool, has died at the age of 48 after his car was struck by a train, [@BBCNews](https://flipboard.com/@BBCNews ) reports. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Not our favourite — lacks the sweetness of “Parks and Rec” or the depth of “The Good Place” but funny enough! npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Yes, they are top two for us — recently finished a rewatch of "The Good Place" and just started "Parks and Rec" again, so the other might change! "A Man in the Inside" isn't getting much love here but it's very good! npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk "Parks and Recreation" should not have been made according to the powers that be at NBC, and it certainly shouldn't have lasted seven seasons. [@IndieWire](https://flipboard.com/@IndieWire ) shares this extract from a new book, "Parks and Rec: The Underdog TV Show That Lit’rally Inspired a Vision for a Better America," by Jennifer Armstrong. Here's a question: Which of the shows that Mike Schur created or co-created is your favorite? npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk "Live Nation has vehemently denied acting as a monopoly." 🤨 npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster illegally monopolized the ticketing market, a jury has found. NBC has all the details. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Let's get the band back together! "The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum" is set to be released on Dec. 17 2027, directed by Gollum himself, Andy Serkis, with Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood and Lee Pace also back. Here's more from [@THR](https://flipboard.com/@THR ). npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk The band Geese bubbled along on the musical periphery for three albums until the end of last year. Then their fourth record, "Getting Killed" dominated the year's top 10 lists, they appeared on SNL and at Coachella, and became practically a household name. Some thought their rise was not organic. [@WIRED](https://flipboard.com/@WIRED ) dug into what might have happened and found digital marketing agency Chaotic Good Projects. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Moya Brennan, the Emmy and Grammy-winning singer in traditional Irish band Clannad, has died at age 73. Here's a tribute to her from the Irish Times. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk To be fair, she is a huge star — No. 1 records in the U.S. and U.K., opened for Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande and (most impressive to us) was the guest host of the recent Muppets special. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Singer Sabrina Carpenter is an outspoken critic of MAGA yet by performing at Coachella, she's helping fund its agenda. [@realjuddlegum](https://threads.net/@realjuddlegum/ ) explains how. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Sid Krofft, who with his brother Marty co-created kids' TV shows like "The Banana Splits Adventure Hour," "H.R. Pufnstuf," "Land of the Lost," has died at age 96. [@THR](https://flipboard.com/@THR ) takes a look at his extraordinary career. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk "It actually takes a lot of courage to do something that nobody asked for at great personal expense," writes Joe Viner in his satirical defense of JD Vance for [@McSweeneysFlip](https://flipboard.com/@McSweeneysFlip ). Here's the full essay, entitled: "We have achieved our goal of making everything worse than it was before." npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk A 45-second film, "Gugusse and the Automaton," made in 1897 by French filmmaker George Méliè, has been found in a trove of reels donated to the U.S. Library of Congress. France 24 tells the story of how this piece of cinematic history — now restored, digitized, and viewable on the library's website — ended up in the collection of a Pennsylvania potato farmer's great-grandson. See the film at the second link. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Justin Bieber has taken his share of shots as he’s risen from child stardom to global headliner. So we’re not trying to pile on here. But his highly anticipated performance at Coachella left at least one reviewer a bit letdown. “[Fans] wanted nostalgia; they wanted a dance party. They wanted a pop star with a microphone headset and a flock of backup dancers. They wanted choreography. Bieber had other ideas.” Read more from @npub1nf4…d2gu, including a take on where Bieber may want his career to go: npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Ralph Fiennes reprising the role of Voldemort for HBO’s “Harry Potter series? “That ship has sailed,” the actor recently said. What about Tilda Swinton? Fiennes seems to think she would be a more than adequate replacement. Read more from [@Variety](https://flipboard.com/@Variety ): npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Is this the year the movie theater industry finally turns the corner? So far, 2026 has started strong, and Hollywood is releasing the most movies in the post-pandemic era. But it’ll take more than a few good films to get moviegoers back in theaters. [@Variety](https://flipboard.com/@Variety ) talked to theater owners to weigh in on the theater experience, from annoying texters to the next generation of stars. So, how often do you go to the movie theater? npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk The BBC has released findings from its investigation into how the N-word was broadcast during its coverage of the BAFTA Awards. The organization's complaints unit found that the inclusion of the word was highly offensive, with no editorial justification, and breached its standards, but that this was unintentional. Here's more from [@ew](https://flipboard.com/@ew ). npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk A new movie app, Binge, warns you of upcoming jump scares in real time. Here's more from @npub19g4…6a0t. (Boo!) npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk The Wireless Festival in the U.K. has been canceled after headliner Kanye West (YE) was denied permission to enter the country this summer, with the Home Office saying his presence would not be conducive to the public good. According to a statement from the organizers, “As with every Wireless Festival, multiple stakeholders were consulted in advance of booking YE and no concerns were highlighted at the time." Here's [@Variety](https://flipboard.com/@Variety ) with the full story. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Artists across music are mourning the loss of legendary drummer James Gadson. He was 86. Gadson’s versatile skills made him an in-demand session drummer who recorded with the Temptations, Barbra Streisand, Gladys Knight, Herbie Hancock, B.B. King, Ray Charles, Leonard Cohen, Paul McCartney, D’Angelo, Beck and many, many others. “He was a wonderful man,” his wife Barbara said. “He was a great husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, and one hell of a drummer.” Read more from @[email protected] : npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Seventy-five years ago, photographer Robert Capa embarked on an ambitious project: a visual storytelling of the generation of young people emerging from World War II. Today, Magnum Photos has deployed photographers in 10 nations to recreate the project with imagery of the modern world’s up-and-coming generation: Gen Z. Here’s a sampling of their work: npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk There’s nothing like going to a concert and seeing all those phones light up across the arena. Right? Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde agrees, although maybe not for the reason you’re thinking. And that’s why she may never tour again. “I can’t handle it. Something about the energy in the place is disrupted,” Hynde recently said. Phones may be killing live music, but the industry has a few solutions that could restore the soul of live performances. Read more from [@FlipboardUK](https://flipboard.com/@FlipboardUK ): npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk "Personally, I'm not interested in making myself or my people visible to allies who do nothing for actual, living trans individuals. But I am interested in what [poet Édouard] Glissant talks about: the celebration of opacity as a joy, as a way of rejecting a simplified narrative," Eveleth writes. "And so I'd like to know what trans people want to see [@COYOTEMedia](https://flipboard.com/@COYOTEMedia ) feature. What is missing in media coverage right now? What questions do you have? What do you want us to be writing about, investigating, highlighting? How can we make COYOTE more useful to you?" npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Today is Trans Day of Visibility. Reo Eveleth writes for [@COYOTEMedia](https://flipboard.com/@COYOTEMedia ) about how visibility without protection is a trap. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk One of the many problems afflicting the U.S. at the moment is gambling and prediction markets. Derek Thompson takes a look at the state of things now, and explains why he believes things will get worse. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Road trips have played a crucial part in shaping the American identity. Keegan-Michael Key knows this as well as anyone. The comedian, actor and singer took childhood drives to the Rockies with his family and long tours on the college comedy circuit with his partner Jordan Peele. "It's becoming a bit of a lost art, isn't it?" mused Key, best known as half of the comedy sketch duo Key & Peele. "And being able to fold a map back up the way that you opened it. [With] Google Maps, you go, 'How did we do this before?'" Read more of Key’s love letter to road-tripping, from [@BBCNews](https://flipboard.com/@BBCNews ): npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk 1980s indie music wasn’t supposed to grow into a bigger thing. “Indie was odd, misshapen, flawed and messy. It was never meant to be popular or endure,” Stephen Armstrong writes. And yet the Gen Xer recently found himself in a club, almost thinking he’d time traveled back to the decade of The Cure and Talking Heads when he saw the girls dancing and the boys lumbering. Turns out the Gen Z crowd can't get enough of it. Read more from [@Independent](https://flipboard.com/@Independent ): npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk James Tolkan, who hated "slackers" in "Back to the Future" and tore strips off Tom Cruise's Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in "Top Gun," has died at age 94. Here's [@THR](https://flipboard.com/@THR )'s tribute. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Gil Kerley's shop, Quirky Books in Albuquerque, N.M., became a haven for unhoused people. His neighbors were not happy. Alexander Sammon writes for [@Slate](https://flipboard.com/@Slate ) about the complicated rise and fall of the Quirky camp. "I pressed Gil one more time on what possibly could’ve motivated him to do this, to risk his store and his neighbors’ stores too for people he barely knew. 'I just believe you have to help people at the bottom,' he said. I believe he believed that," Sammon concludes. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Netflix prices are going up again. All subscription tiers in the U.S. went up today by at least $1 in the U.S. During the company's January earnings report, it said it expected 2026 revenue to range between $50.7B and $51.7B. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Cynicism and nihilism aren't going to get us out of this mess. [@DennyCarterBFT](https://flipboard.com/@DennyCarterBFT ) argues the case for earnestness and virtue-signaling in the face of fascism. "I can think of worse societal trends than people — particularly young people — saying, 'I approve of this good thing and I want credit and adoration for that.'" npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk RE: https://flipboard.social/@CultureDesk/116286162517150165 npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Where does the money go if you buy Harry Potter books or support the franchise by watching the HBO series or visiting attractions at Universal Studios theme parks? Potter author J.K. Rowling has established a new fund, using her personal funds, that “offers legal funding support to individuals and organisations fighting to retain women’s sex-based rights in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces.” Here's more from The Advocate. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Alan Ritchson plays righteous, brutal Reacher on the eponymous Amazon Prime show, but isn't ACTUALLY Reacher. Or is he? Life imitates art as Ritchson had an altercation with a fellow resident of the Nashville suburb of Brentwood. Ronnie Taylor, annoyed at Ritchson's loud motorcycle, initiated the fight. He stormed into the street as Ritchson rode by, yelling, cursing and waving his arms, causing Ritchson to fall from his motorcycle, then pushing him twice. The result? According to [@Defector](https://flipboard.com/@Defector ), Taylor was "absolutely whomped by the armoire-sized star of Amazon's 'Reacher.'" Defector says it won't speculate about what type of guy Taylor is, but observers that he has a framed poster of the 1964 film "Zulu" on his wall, and on a hat rack, a red baseball hat with white lettering in a familiar style. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Marmite is such a divisive foodstuff that its slogan is "Love it or hate it." @[email protected] 's Kristen Hartke explains why we should all have a jar of it in our pantries, and shares recipes for everything from grilled cheese to coffee cake, all of which have a dollop of the salty yeast extract. We want to know, do you love it or hate it? npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk "Wonder Man" was pretty good — funny and weird, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Ben Kingsley were just great. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk RE: https://flipboard.social/@CultureDesk/116280379858826434 npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Every day we see another headline that looks like it was generated during a game of Mad Libs. Here's today's, via [@people](https://flipboard.com/@people ). npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Yes, "Hawkeye" had real fun family vibes for us! npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Yes, we confess we also haven't watched everything (there were a couple of animated shows that we hadn't even heard of...). npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Yaaaay! Our favorite MCU TV show in ages is getting a second season. "Wonder Man," starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Ben Kingsley, is coming back, as are both lead actors and co-creators. Here's [@THR](https://flipboard.com/@THR ) with everything they know so far. Tell us which is your favorite of the (many, many) MCU shows that have been produced since Disney took the reins? We can only have 14 responses in our poll, so we've excluded all animated shows — sorry "What If..." fans. Tell us your top four in the comments — we're "WandaVision," "Loki," "Agatha," "Wonder Man," not necessarily in that order. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk The legend of Betsy Ross is that she sewed the first U.S. flag. @npub1gpe…88e5 takes a look at the true story of her contribution to U.S. history, and how it is emblematic of many women's roles. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Leonid "Leo" Radvinsky, the owner of OnlyFans, has died at age 43. A spokesperson for the company, which Radvinsky acquired in 2018, says he had cancer. Here's more from [@Variety](https://flipboard.com/@Variety ). npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Children's entertainer Ms. Rachel has been an advocate for the kids of Gaza for years. Now, she is turning her attention towards home, and the children who are detained by ICE. She spoke with NBC about her efforts to help them, working with lawyers and immigration activists and bringing more attention to the conditions of kids at Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk “Saturday Night Live UK” debuted last night 50 years after the legendary show launched in the U.S. Tina Fey hosted, with Wet Leg as the musical guest. The show began with a cold open featuring U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer quivering over a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump. It had the makings of a laugh machine – on paper. Deadline’s Baz Bamigboye was left unimpressed. Other reviews landed all over the map. Read more from [@Deadline](https://flipboard.com/@Deadline ): npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk David Alvarado won the Festival Favorite award at the Sundance for “American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez.” The documentary was a portrait of the playwright who used his artistic abilities to help his childhood friend Cesar Chavez deliver a pro-labor message to farm workers around California. Then earlier this week The New York Times published a bombshell report in which multiple women accused Chavez of sexually abusing them when they were as young as 12. The allegations have sparked a difficult discussion around how to separate a movement from its leader. Read more from [@IndieWire](https://flipboard.com/@IndieWire ): npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk As March Madness grips much of the U.S. sports world, it’s a good time to reflect back on the 1966 NCAA basketball tournament’s championship game: Kentucky, then a four- time champion vs. unheralded Texas Western. The Miners from El Paso won 72-65, marking the first time an all-Black starting five won college basketball’s top prize. But, writer Branson Wright points out, “What often gets lost is how badly the Miners were misread.” Read more of Wright’s fascinating article about this "seminal racial moment in sports" which took place 60 years ago at @[email protected] : npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Nicholas Brendon, who played Xander Harris in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," has died at age 54, his family says. Here's more from [@Variety](https://flipboard.com/@Variety ) npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk The Muslim festival of Eid begins today. Al Jazeera talked to some of the people in Iran, Gaza, and Lebanon who are trying to celebrate through war and economic crisis. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Iranians around the world celebrate Nowruz — new year — this weekend. [@BBCNews](https://flipboard.com/@BBCNews ) reports on how those still in the country are marking it in a time of war. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Action movie icon and martial arts master Chuck Norris has died at age 86. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk We'll put you down as a maybe? 😉 npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk ABC has pulled the next season of "The Bachelorette," which was due to start on Sunday, over domestic assault allegations against its lead, "Mormon Wives" star Taylor Frankie Paul. Here's [@THR](https://flipboard.com/@THR ) with more details, and here's our confession: We don't know who any of these people are. What's your attitude to reality TV? Tell us in the comments if there's a show worth our time. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk In 2022, Ohio police officers raided the home of rapper Afroman, best known for his 2000 hit "Because I Got High." They smashed down his door, guns drawn, and seized more than $5,000 in cash and property. No wrongdoing was uncovered, no charges were filed and the money was later returned. Afterwards, Afroman used home surveillance camera footage to make music videos and social media posts mocking the officers. Seven of them sued him for "emotional distress," but at a trial this week in Adams County, Afroman cited his First Amendment right to free speech. He also pointed out that none of this would have happened without the failed raid. "All of this is their fault, and they have the audacity to sue me," he said. After a few hours of deliberation, Afroman was cleared. Here's more about what happened, courtesy of [@Billboard](https://flipboard.com/@Billboard ). npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk "The White Lotus" season 4 has an absolutely stacked cast. The latest actors to be announced are Kumail Nanjiani and Max Greenfield, joining Helena Bonham-Carter, Steve Coogan, Vincent Cassel and Sandra Bernhard for scheming and shenanigans in St. Tropez. Here's a full list of everyone who's been cast so far, courtesy of [@THR](https://flipboard.com/@THR ). npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk PSA: Please don't wish people happy St. Patty's Day today! Here's what the Paddynotpatty website says. @npub13fk…z5hw's resident Irish person also asks you to put shamrock emojis on your social-media posts, not four-leafed clovers. ☘️ npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk A new UCLA study shows that films with 41-50% BIPOC casts perform best at the U.S. box office. "The diversity range closely mirrors the 45.2% BIPOC share of the U.S. population, suggesting that films reflecting demographic reality resonate with audiences," writes [@Variety](https://flipboard.com/@Variety )'s Arushi Jacob. The study also highlighted the need for more women-centered stories, as the number of films with female leads dropped sharply after a historic high in 2024. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk It's a record-breaking Oscar loss for songwriter Diane Warren, who, with her song “Dear Me,” losing to "KPop Demon Hunters" "Golden" became the person with the most Academy Award nominations and zero wins. It was the ninth consecutive loss for Warren, who has been nominated 17 times. “Well at least I’m consistent! And I set a new record tonite!! But U know me, I will be back if you’ll have me!!!” she wrote on Facebook. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Here's some hopefully cheerful news! "Jury Duty" season 2 will be out on March 20. The first season, which starred Ronald Gladden, who thought he was on a jury during a court case, was a surprise hit on Amazon Prime in 2023, being nominated for three Emmys and winning a Peabody Award. Season 2, "Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat," moves the action to a company offsite at a family-owned hot sauce company. This season's "Ronald" is an unsuspecting temp named Anthony. Here are more details from [@esquire](https://flipboard.com/@esquire ). npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk What does it mean that so many powerful men seem to give zero hoots about spelling, punctuation and grammar? [@WSJ](https://flipboard.com/@WSJ ) takes a look at the missives of Trump, Jeffrey Epstein and others to find out if it's a power move, friendliness, or simply the fact that they don't have secretaries to correct all their errors anymore. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk We had fun watching last night's Oscars and waffling on about them here, and we hope you also had fun reading our nonsense. Who else had fun? The stars, of course. Here's [@AssociatedPress](https://flipboard.com/@AssociatedPress )'s story about some of the moments the cameras didn't catch. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Documentary maker Louis Theroux's "Inside the Manosphere" has been well reviewed and discussed at length on social media, but will it actually have an impact? [@BBCNews](https://flipboard.com/@BBCNews ) talked to five young men about their reactions to the documentary, and to charities Women's Aid and Refuge about the criticisms that it did not feature female voices. If you've watched it, what did you think? npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Ireland has two patron saints — one of whom we talk about much more than the other. Here's @npub1gpe…88e5's story about St. Brigid, who shares her feast day, Feb. 1, with the start of spring. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Thanks for following our Oscars coverage tonight! Here's the full winners' list from [@Variety](https://flipboard.com/@Variety ), plus [@ew](https://flipboard.com/@ew )'s best and worst moments. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk And the last award of the night, best picture, goes to "One Battle After Another," directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It's his third Oscar this evening — and in his career. Here, [@NewYorker](https://flipboard.com/@NewYorker ) takes a look back at his films, from "Hard Eight" and "Boogie Nights" to today. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk 🇮🇪 Comhghairdeachas! Maith an bhean, Jessie Buckley, winner of the Oscar for best actress for her performance in "Hamnet." Here's [@IndieWire](https://flipboard.com/@IndieWire ). npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk They're coming thick and fast! npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Aaaand, we won, we won again! Children in our house playing "Golden" as the "KPop Demon Hunters" banger gets the best song Oscar. Here's [@RollingStone](https://flipboard.com/@RollingStone )'s interview with songwriters EJAE and Mark Sonnenblick. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk OK, that's what we get for stepping away from our screens for a minute. "Sinners" most recent win was for cinematography, not best song, as we said earlier. Here's [@AssociatedPress](https://flipboard.com/@AssociatedPress )'s coverage of Autumn Durald Arkapaw becoming the first woman to win in that category. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk We're not on board with "F1" as best picture, but it's a worthy winner for the best sound Oscar. [@Variety](https://flipboard.com/@Variety ) talked to the team who made you feel like you were actually in the car. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk One more in the bag for "Sinners." It's best original score for Ludwig Goransson, a long-time friend of Ryan Coogler and the composer of all his scores. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk "All the Empty Rooms" gets the award for best documentary short. Here's [@RollingStone](https://flipboard.com/@RollingStone )'s interview with CBS reporter Steve Hartman. The documentary follows him and photographer Lou Bopp as they document the bedrooms left behind by school shooting victims. "Our mourning period was shrinking from weeks to days to sometimes hours. I started just racking my brain to what I could do to restore people’s empathy, to restore my own empathy, and not be numb anymore to these tragedies. And that’s when I started thinking about the bedrooms that these kids left behind.” npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Of course! We're waiting for the cheers when "Golden" gets announced as Best Song too! npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk No surprise: "Avatar: Fire and Ash" has won the Oscar for best visual effects. Here's Gold Derby on why that's a notable achievement in the category. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk "Frankenstein" is cleaning up in all the design-related categories, adding to its hair and makeup and costume design wins with a third Oscar for production design. Here's [@RollingStone](https://flipboard.com/@RollingStone )'s story about how this was the movie Guillermo del Toro was born to make. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk "What fun we had." Rob Reiner's best friend of decades, Billy Crystal, delivered the tribute to him at tonight's Oscars. Here's more from [@Variety](https://flipboard.com/@Variety ) npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Yay, "Sinners"! Ryan Coogler wins for Best Original Screenplay. [@Deadline](https://flipboard.com/@Deadline ) shares the screenplay and some notes on the story here. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Yeah, we have read that he might have been the best of the lot but that unfortunately a lot of people (including us) didn't see the movie. The Academy now has a rule that all voters must have seen all nominated movies and there are some ways of enforcing that, but there are loopholes too. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk We got one right (though he wouldn't have got our vote). Sean Penn gets the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance in "One Battle After Another." He spoke to [@WMagazine](https://flipboard.com/@WMagazine ) about making the movie. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Best live action short is a tie between "The Singers" and "Two People Exchanging Saliva." It's not the first time that's happened! Here's Buzzfeed with more: npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk The first ever Oscar for casting goes to Cassandra Kulukundis for "One Battle After Another." Here's what to know about the award. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk "Frankenstein" wins for makeup and hairstyling too. Here's a little bit about the winner, Warrington-born Mike Hill, for [@BBCNews](https://flipboard.com/@BBCNews ). npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Best costume design goes to "Frankenstein." Designer Kate Hawley talked to Monocle about how that came together. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk One of the most memorable moments — among many — of "Sinners" is the "Pierce the Veil" scene, with Miles Caton performing "I Lied to You." He just recreated the performance at the Oscars, with a host of other performers including Raphael Saadiq, Misty Copeland, Eric Gales, Buddy Guy, Brittany Howard, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Jayme Lawson, Li Jun Li, Bobby Rush, Shaboozey and Alice Smith. Here's more from [@Variety](https://flipboard.com/@Variety ) npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Canadian film "The Girl Who Cried Pearls" is Best Animated Short. Here's a [@THR](https://flipboard.com/@THR ) story on how it was made. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Sadly not this time! According to the Guardian, she thanked her husband (Ed Harris) kids and dogs, and said: npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Hands up if your kids are running around the house shouting "We won, we won" because "KPop Demon Hunters" got the Best Animated Feature Oscar. Just us? Here's what we know about the movie's sequel, via [@BBCNews](https://flipboard.com/@BBCNews ) npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk And our first miss of the night — we thought Wunmi Mosaku would win, but Amy Madigan takes home this year's "Best Supporting Actress" trophy. Here's [@IndieWire](https://flipboard.com/@IndieWire ) with more. npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk We're pretty sure on Jessie Buckley and Michael B. Jordan, but could see Paul Thomas Anderson taking picture and director, Delroy Lindo taking best supporting and Amy Madigan winning supporting actress! And apparently voting closed before Chalamet made his silly opera remarks so he's in with a chance. And Rose Byrne is in with a chance for "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You." So when we say we're pretty sure... npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk We are Oscars ready! Who do you think will win the big prizes? Here are our picks (and [@vanityfair](https://flipboard.com/@vanityfair )'s list of nominees, to refresh your memories of who's been nominated): npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Leave it to SNL to keep pushing the boundaries of comedy about as much as network TV can push them. Here’s a recap of last night’s show. DO NOT skip over the “MAHAspital” skit. “If your favorite character from ‘The Pitt’ was the guy who punched the nurse in the face, you’ll love ‘MAHAspital.’ “ OK, it might be offensive to some, but we’re hoping the humor and creativity will supersede all that. Here it is, from [@ew](https://flipboard.com/@ew ): npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Tonight’s the night: The 98th Academy Awards have arrived. [@Vogue](https://flipboard.com/@Vogue ) tells us what time, how to watch, who’s hosting, and more: npub1ucssum98z9jeek64ezwcdxzqg2lyzczu7ydtmvhg94pzxu9vlkgsg2khzn Flipboard Culture Desk Sometimes it’s easier to ignore things that are difficult to see. Fortunately, there are journalists who won’t take no for an answer and bring light to the things that must be addressed. One such reporter was Nellie Ble, a 19th- century journalist who went undercover to expose the asylum system in which women (with or without mental illness) were often abused or neglected. More than a century later, Bly’s work was honored with a monument near the site of the asylum she investigated. [@AtlasObscura](https://flipboard.com/@AtlasObscura ) has more:
