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Welcome to Flipboard’s culture and entertainment picks. You'll find insightful interviews, revealing reviews and thought-provoking features. Posts are handpicked by Flipboard editors. Boosts do not imply endorsement, but are used to highlight posts we think the community might find interesting. #Culture #Entertainment #TheArts #Food For more culture picks, follow Flipboard's federated Culture Desk (@theculturedesk) Header photo: Group of people having fun at concert. Photo by Getty Images
Sad news from the acting world: James Ransone, best known for roles in TV’s “The Wire” and horror film “It: Chapter Two,” has died by hanging at age 46, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. Read more from [@Variety](
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'The Wire,' 'It: Chapter Two' actor James Ransone dies by apparent suicide at 46
Ransone, a Maryland native, played a number of memorable roles in horror films over the past decade.
 And we know how hard things are for many people, so if you or anyone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources. #Culture #Entertainment #TV #Movies #TheWire #JamesRansone #SuicideHelp #MentalHealth
Bowen Yang is hilarious. He’s also leaving “Saturday Night Live,” the show that put the comedian on the map, after more than six seasons. Tonight’s episode of the NBC sketch series will be Yang’s last. "I loved working at SNL, and most of all I loved the people," said Yang, who first joined the show as a writer in 2018. "I was there at a time when many things in the world started to seem futile, but working at 30 Rock taught me the value in showing up anyway when people make it worthwhile." Read more from [@ew](
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Bowen Yang confirms 'SNL' exit with heartfelt goodbye: 'Grateful for every minute of my time there'
Bowen Yang confirmed that he is leaving 'SNL' after six and a half seasons with a heartfelt goodbye message: 'Grateful for every minute of my time ...
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According to a new study reported in @sciencefocus, swearing can be good for us, allowing us to score better in tests of strength and endurance. "T...
 Well, holy sh**, the fediverse is full of sweary Marys! 64% of respondents say they love a good swear, vs. 5% who like to keep it clean. A good number swear only when provoked, with a certain set of people and/or in the right place. We'd love if the results were broken down by location — specifically, if we could see the difference between Aussies and Scots and the rest of the world. As @npub1t6g3...hfs2 says: "I live in Scotland, so I'll use words that are fairly neutral intensifiers in modern Scottish English that in other dialects you might think of as swearing. "I'll also sometimes swear. You would definitely know the difference is all I'll say." View quoted note →
Film writer Coleman Spilde grew up in North Dakota. He visited two small-town independent movie theaters there, and found them thriving, and holding together communities. "We don’t just go to movies for vicarious adventures. We go to make memories, to forge new pieces of ourselves that we can carry with us after we leave the theater and walk back into the real world," he writes for [@Salon](
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Not the last picture show: A small-town theater brings hope to the heartland
So it turns out you can go home again — and what I found in two North Dakota movie theaters was marvelous
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According to a new study reported in @sciencefocus, swearing can be good for us, allowing us to score better in tests of strength and endurance. "The way I express it is to say that swearing is a cheap, readily available, drug-free means of self-help," Dr. Richard Stephens told the magazine. We want to know: Are you a swearer?
Swearing could give you a hidden physical edge, study finds | BBC Science Focus Magazine
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The Kennedy Center Board, which was handpicked by U.S. President Donald Trump, has voted to rename the iconic performing arts space the "Trump-Kennedy Center," [@AssociatedPress](
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 ) reports. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries told reporters that the board has no authority to rename the center in the absence of legislative action.
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Trump's handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump Kennedy Center
President Donald Trump’s handpicked board has voted to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump Kennedy Center.
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Movie dads were in crisis this year — haunted, and desperate to reconcile with their children, from Leonardo DiCaprio in "One Battle After Another" to Happy Gilmore. The Ringer's Jake Kring-Schreifels takes a look at what it means: An embrace of tenderness, a rejection of polarization, anger and machismo.
2025 Was the Year of the Movie Dad
From ‘One Battle After Another’ to ‘Sentimental Value’ to even ‘Marty Supreme,’ dads were trying to do better this year. There are a fe...
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Wildlife documentary film crews aren't supposed to intervene, whatever they see. [@BBCNews](
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 ) Wildlife magazine recalls when the team from BBC's Dynasties (2018) disregarded that.
“I know it’s natural but it’s bloody hard to watch.” There’s one rule in wildlife filmmaking – but this BBC team broke it | Discover Wildlife
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