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February 26, 2024

Pedro Pascal Emotionally Reveals He’s “a Little Drunk” While Accepting SAG Award

Actor Pedro Pascal gave a formidable performance on the first season of HBO's The Last of Us, earning him several awards nominations. While he has dutifully attended many ceremonies over the last several weeks, the Chilean-American actor has most often left empty handed. That's why he thought it would be okay if he indulged a little at the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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February 23, 2024

Emilia Clarke and Her Mom Awarded by Prince William for Creating Charity for Brain Injury Recovery

In 2019, actress Emilia Clarke was wrapping up her role as Daenerys on Game of Thrones, one of the biggest projects of her career. She then revealed in a New Yorker essay that she had survived two aneurysms years before, almost at the beginning of her career. This inspired many people who had gone through similar traumas to finally share their stories and their struggles to find treatment.

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February 12, 2024

Talented 9-Year-Old Violinist Joins Pianist for Impromptu Street Performance of ‘Carol of the Bells’

Those pianos sitting in public places are beacons of beautiful music. You never know whether a famous musician or a prolific pedestrian will stop and play a few notes for passersby. Being blessed with an exciting performance on your daily commute is a treat on its own, but some lucky travelers were regaled with a festive piano and violin duet, courtesy of pianist Aurélien Froissart and a talented 9-year-old named Dina Mourard.

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February 6, 2024

Research Finds That Playing an Instrument or Singing Helps Keep Your Brain Healthy

Music is a powerful medicine for the soul—and as recent research suggests, the brain. Particularly as one ages, keeping an active, varied mental world alive is critical to preserving cognitive abilities and can help stave off decline. A study out of the UK, recently published in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, found that playing music (rather than just listening to it)

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