Gene Hackman, the prolific Oscar-winning actor whose studied portraits ranged from reluctant heroes to conniving villains and made him one of the industry’s most respected and honored performers, has been found dead along with his wife at their home. He was 95.
Foul play was not suspected, but authorities did not release circumstances of their deaths and said an investigation was ongoing.
Grammy-winning singer Roberta Flack, best known for her hit songs Killing Me Softly with His Song and The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face, has died. She was 88.
Her publicist confirmed the legendary singer’s death on Monday, LBC reports.
Marianne Faithfull, a British singer-songwriter and 1960s pop star who reinvented herself as a new-wave artist and smoky-voiced chanteuse, channeling her struggles with drug abuse and personal loss into songs of torment, anger, sorrow and resilience, died Jan. 30 in London. She was 78.
Jimmy Carter, a no-frills and steel-willed Southern governor who was elected president in 1976, was rejected by disillusioned voters after a single term and went on to an extraordinary post-presidential life that included winning the Nobel Peace Prize, died Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, according to his son James E. Carter III, known as Chip. He was 100 and the oldest living U.S. president of all time.
h/t Mauser
The timing of Brock’s passing is poignant. It’s long been a Thanksgiving tradition for radio stations across the country to broadcast Guthrie’s 18-minute spoken word ramble that made “Alice” famous.
MSNBC has faced widespread backlash after publishing an opinion piece sympathizing with the killer of Laken Riley.
Legal analyst Danny Cevallos came under fire for his take on the Georgia nursing student’s brutal murder and the trial of Jose Ibarra, 25, an illegal immigrant and member of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, published under a headline saying he ‘never stood a chance.’
Ibarra was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Thursday, as a judge found him guilty after hearing volumes of damning evidence, including Ibarra’s DNA found under Laken’s fingernails from when she fought for her life.
The media is the enemy of the people pic.twitter.com/LvB3O9O3q4
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 22, 2024
‘Blue days, all of them gone’, Al Jolson sang, almost a hundred years ago. ‘Nothing but blue skies from now on!’ Mr Jolson’s sunny sentiments seem to have been oddly prescient. For 97 years later, the great and the good of the public sphere – well, at least the ones who never stop telling themselves and us how great and good they are – are decamping en masse from X (formerly Twitter) to rival social-media site Bluesky.
It’s ok to be rude to white women because 52% of them voted for Trump. pic.twitter.com/TJ9qR4GY5H
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) November 22, 2024
Trans activist calls on LGBTQ people to get guns to threaten anyone who doesn’t let men in women’s bathrooms.
Democrats want men like this to invade women’s spaces. pic.twitter.com/U8eRuweXTF
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 22, 2024
#SocialMediaVideoCritique
**Professional Edition**
– Camera is shaky. Lock it off.
– Camera position is too low, raise it up.
– Lighting is inadequate, causing unnecessary shadows on Reid's face.
– Distracting ambient noise in background. Test audio beforehand and make needed… https://t.co/behzKmBhj5— Justine Bateman (@JustineBateman) November 22, 2024
To whoever did this, thank you for the opportunity to once again, prove our point.
And that's Congresswoman Nancy Mace, to you. Don't worry, we put this trash where it belongs. pic.twitter.com/LsEk312fw9
— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) November 21, 2024
This was posted on Blue Sky.
It is my pleasure to share it with you.
Post-Election Blues, an original song
How touching pic.twitter.com/LnJaWM5YgE
— Chief Trumpster (@ChiefTrumpster) November 20, 2024
MIND WASH
One of the greatest to ever do it! pic.twitter.com/sjWI9PbJtj
— RyanFJBLGB (@RyanPatrick1991) November 20, 2024
DOCUMENTS: @MarcMillerVM reneges on promise to restrict 1M foreigners in the workforce, OKs regulations @CitImmCamada admits will cost Canadian students jobs. https://t.co/lQ7jM60BN6 #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/QTSq4JjN5G
— Blacklock's Reporter (@mindingottawa) November 21, 2024
“Immigration Minister Marc Miller yesterday enacted new regulations he acknowledged will cost Canadian jobs, a first for any federal cabinet. Miller’s department in a legal notice quietly reneged on a public promise to limit foreign students in the workforce: “This may result in increased competition for Canadians.””
Teri Garr only has a handful of lines in The Conversation, and when she’s done with her scene she never appears again, but she breaks my heart as Harry Caul’s secret girlfriend who wants more than he’s willing to give and so chooses herself. “Harry, I was so happy when you came over tonight,” she says, “when I heard you open up the door, my toes were dancing under the covers. But I don’t think I’m going to wait for you anymore.”
I meant for this to be posted last night. Better late than never.
