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October 16, 2024

Olivia Rodrigo Falls Through a Hole on Stage Mid-Show and Recovers Gracefully

Over the last couple of years, 21-year-old Olivia Rodrigo has become one of the top names in pop music. And despite her young age, she holds the professionalism and poise of someone who has been in the business for decades. The best example of this is a recent unfortunate fall the singer experienced during a show. Still, Rodrigo recovered in spectacular fashion.

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October 7, 2024

RIP John Amos: TV Father to a Nation of Fans Dies at 84

Actor John Amos, best known for his role as James Evans Sr. in Good Times and the adult Kunta Kinte in the famed miniseries Roots, has died at 84. The star passed away on August 21 in Los Angeles of natural causes. His death was only recently announced by his longtime publicist, Belinda Foster.

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September 29, 2024

Compelling Video Shows How the Fotoplayer Added Music and Sounds to Silent Films

Back in the day, silent films weren't limited to accompanying music. Thanks to a very clever instrument known as the photoplayer or fotoplayer, pictures got diegetic sounds such as thunder, bird chirps, doorbells, and gunshots, as well as a whole orchestra-worth of musical instruments. These instruments appeared in 1912, falling out of fashion with the arrival of “talkies” in the late 1920s.

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September 13, 2024

Flavor Flav Presents Jordan Chiles With a Bronze Clock After Her Olympic Medal Was Stripped Away

Embed from Getty Images Rapper Flavor Flav has proved to be a man of his word. Throughout the summer, he supported Team USA at the Olympics, sponsoring the women's water polo team and helping a track and field athlete pay her rent. His latest pledge was nice gesture for gymnast Jordan Chiles, who was stripped of her bronze medal for the individual floor competition.

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