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$1 million per homer? $27,000 a point? $229 per second? Sports is loaded with money oddities
1 month ago

$1 million per homer? $27,000 a point? $229 per second? Sports is loaded with money oddities

Associated Press  

These were Juan Soto’s numbers in 2024: 41 home runs, 109 RBIs, a.288 batting average. Soto’s $765 million, 15-year agreement with the New York Mets — the richest contract in terms of total value to a player in U.S. major sports history, a massive move by billionaire Mets owner Steve Cohen — provides a chance to look at the numbers …

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Golden Globes: The snubs and surprises in the 2025 nominations
1 month ago

Golden Globes: The snubs and surprises in the 2025 nominations

Hindustan Times  

The Golden Globes nominated more than 40 individual films Monday — and yet still managed to overlook quite a bit. Golden Globes: The snubs and surprises in the 2025 nominations The Globes have always had quirks, like A-lister tunnel vision, and while there might not be anything quite as glaring as the infamous year of “The Tourist,” this batch is …

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Salvation Mountain, one of California’s great art oddities, partially collapsed. Devotees vow to save it
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Salvation Mountain, one of California’s great art oddities, partially collapsed. Devotees vow to save it

LA Times  

Leonard Knight, a Korean war veteran and itinerant auto mechanic, showed up here in 1984 with the ambition of launching a 200-foot-tall balloon that he’d spent 10 years sewing by hand. So hopefully there’ll be some more magic but, in the meantime, we’ve just got to keep chipping away and find the funding wherever it’s hiding from us.” Part of …

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"Absolute abdication of their constitutional power": Trump's one weird trick for filling his Cabinet
2 months ago

"Absolute abdication of their constitutional power": Trump's one weird trick for filling his Cabinet

Salon  

If you wanted to test the loyalty of the U.S. Senate and its members’ willingness to capitulate to you and your agenda, you might do what the president-elect just did: nominate a slew of underqualified and unsavory characters to lead the nation’s most important institutions, all at once, and dare the upper chamber’s majority to say “no.” In the past …

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‘BBL Drizzy’ Was the Beginning of the Future of AI Music
55 years ago

‘BBL Drizzy’ Was the Beginning of the Future of AI Music

Wired  

During the height of the Kendrick Lamar–Drake beef earlier this year, disses and responses were flying thick and fast across social media. In the midst of it all, comedian and creator Will Hatcher helped make history when legendary hip-hop producer Metro Boomin sampled Hatcher’s song “BBL Drizzy” for his diss track instrumental of the same name. Everyone wanting to take …

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Tim Burton talks about his dread of AI as an exhibition of his work opens in London
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Tim Burton talks about his dread of AI as an exhibition of his work opens in London

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Burton said Wednesday that seeing …

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Former Wentworth deputy mayor Paul Cohrs sentenced to 30 years' prison for shooting mother
3 months, 1 week ago

Former Wentworth deputy mayor Paul Cohrs sentenced to 30 years' prison for shooting mother

ABC  

A former south-west New South Wales deputy mayor and businessman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after he shot his mother in the chest with a 12-gauge shotgun in her kitchen. Paul Cohrs, 64, was found guilty earlier this year of murdering 81-year-old Bette Cohrs-Schulz in her Red Cliffs home on October 30, 2018 following a lengthy dispute …

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'Padam, Padam' – our hearts go as Kylie Minogue announces new album and tour Down Under
3 months, 3 weeks ago

'Padam, Padam' – our hearts go as Kylie Minogue announces new album and tour Down Under

ABC  

Australia's favourite, Kylie Minogue, is heading down under for her biggest tour in a decade — and she says more dates are yet to be announced. What to expect from the tour — favourites and new mates "I love touring," said Minogue laughingly. "Of course, I'll have the biggest hits, and I'm definitely already knowing I'm going to leave some …

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Spacecraft's thruster glitch slows down Mercury mission, but flyby delivers stunning new data
4 months, 1 week ago

Spacecraft's thruster glitch slows down Mercury mission, but flyby delivers stunning new data

Hindustan Times  

A spacecraft carrying European and Japanese probes flew closer to Mercury than expected overnight due to engine issues, delaying the mission to explore the little-known, Sun-scorched planet. Mercury is "the most difficult" planet for probes to reach, explained Paris Observatory astronomer Alain Doressoundiram. The European Space Agency's operations team confirmed that "all went well" with the flyby overnight, the mission's …

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Review: How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Review: How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

Hindustan Times  

Bob Marley's dancing and singing Could You Be Loved was a phenomenon and perhaps the only gateway for many into the life of a Rastafari. She writes about the narrative structure of the novel: “I pull and pull this thread of violence back through the generations of my family, through my marked bloodline, and beyond them, back to Jamaica’s first …

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From planets to black holes, we look at the oddities of space
6 months, 3 weeks ago

From planets to black holes, we look at the oddities of space

NPR  

From planets to black holes, we look at the oddities of space toggle caption NPR/NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Klaus Pontoppidan, Joel Green If the fabric of the universe is a flat, rubbery sheet, Earth is a pothole that bends the fabric of spacetime into a funnel around it. We explore just that in the Short Wave Space Camp series. In …

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Meet the collectors of human body parts, from brains to fetal skeletons.
7 months ago

Meet the collectors of human body parts, from brains to fetal skeletons.

Slate  

This piece was originally published by WBUR. Pauley makes his living in what’s called the “oddities” market, buying and selling human remains and even binding books in human skin. That’s not required with human body parts.” Lodge, now 56, and his wife, 64, were arrested last June and charged by federal authorities with trafficking in stolen human remains. In written …

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Movie Review: The ‘Mad Max’ saga treads (hard-to-find) water with frustrating ‘Furiosa’
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Movie Review: The ‘Mad Max’ saga treads (hard-to-find) water with frustrating ‘Furiosa’

Associated Press  

At the beginning of “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” we are introduced to a kick-ass woman who rides a horse, then a motorbike, nails a few bad guys with sharpshooting finesse and fights off a mob. That’s one of the oddities of this latest offering in the Mad Max Cinematic Universe: Creator and director George Miller has taken the coolest …

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Late Night with the Devil invites a demon onto a 70s talk show, with disastrous consequences
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Late Night with the Devil invites a demon onto a 70s talk show, with disastrous consequences

ABC  

Fast facts Late Night with the Devil What: Australian horror where demonic forces are invited onto a 70s talk show, broadcast live. In Late Night with the Devil, a 1970s talk show host hungry for number one ratings invites a set of paranormal oddities onto a Halloween-themed episode: What could possibly go wrong? The Cairnes say the film was inspired …

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Voodoo doll, whoopie cushion, denture powder among bizarre trash plucked from New Jersey beaches
9 months, 1 week ago

Voodoo doll, whoopie cushion, denture powder among bizarre trash plucked from New Jersey beaches

Associated Press  

BRICK, N.J. — Jersey Shore beach season is almost here, and if last year is any indication, it will soon be time to pack the voodoo dolls, whoopie cushions, zip ties and denture powder. Those were just a few of the bizarre items plucked from the sands of New Jersey’s beaches last year by volunteers with the Clean Ocean Action …

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Acclaimed Executive, Manager Paul Heyman to be Inducted into 2024 WWE Hall of Fame
10 months, 1 week ago

Acclaimed Executive, Manager Paul Heyman to be Inducted into 2024 WWE Hall of Fame

News 18  

Paul Heyman first hustled his way into professional wrestling as a teenager with a press pass at Madison Square Garden in the 1970s. Heyman will be inducted April 5 at the WWE ceremony at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, the city that served as home base for his old Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion in the 1990s. “I consistently feel …

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Manager, executive Paul Heyman chosen for WWE Hall of Fame
10 months, 1 week ago

Manager, executive Paul Heyman chosen for WWE Hall of Fame

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — Paul Heyman first hustled his way into professional wrestling as a teenager with a press pass at Madison Square Garden in the 1970s. Heyman and WWE told The Associated Press that the 58-year-old wrestling lifer will be the first member of this year’s class. Heyman will be inducted April 5 at the WWE ceremony at the Wells Fargo …

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The Smile, Wall of Eyes review: An enthralling evolution of Radiohead’s original oddities
11 months, 3 weeks ago

The Smile, Wall of Eyes review: An enthralling evolution of Radiohead’s original oddities

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Yorke warns “strap yourself in” and Hitchcock strings crank …

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Column: Luke Barnett gains unique experience at Mater Dei instead of playing for dad at Aliso Niguel
1 year ago

Column: Luke Barnett gains unique experience at Mater Dei instead of playing for dad at Aliso Niguel

LA Times  

Mater Dei sophomore Luke Barnett decided to play for the Monarchs instead of his father, Aliso Niguel coach Keith Barnett. Aliso Niguel basketball coach Keith Barnett let his son, Luke, attend Mater Dei. His father has been able to see many of Barnett’s games and luckily had his team playing at Rancho Mirage in the same tournament as the Monarchs …

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This Man Brewed Momo With Chai And Nobody Is Happy
1 year, 2 months ago

This Man Brewed Momo With Chai And Nobody Is Happy

News 18  

The internet is an intriguing and sometimes unconventional realm where individuals frequently explore various facets of life, and this includes culinary experiments. The video showcases a vlogger attempting to create “momo chai.” In India, a piping hot cup of chai is loved by many. You might have come across fruit-infused chai, egg and apple tea, or even Hajmola tea. One …

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Top 5, Bristol: Denny Hamlin’s love of the game; four drivers eliminated from NASCAR playoffs
1 year, 3 months ago

Top 5, Bristol: Denny Hamlin’s love of the game; four drivers eliminated from NASCAR playoffs

New York Times  

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Five thoughts after Saturday night’s Round 1 elimination race of the NASCAR playoffs at Bristol Motor Speedway … 1. “Greatest thing ever.” Drivers weren’t particularly shy about expressing their feelings about Bristol Dirt while it existed, but they seemed emboldened after the track announced its demise on Friday. “It’s just something you try, and we probably tried …

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Love and Death shows great acting can’t save bad TV – ‘star power’ is a dying concept
1 year, 4 months ago

Love and Death shows great acting can’t save bad TV – ‘star power’ is a dying concept

The Independent  

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How these suburban vampires got help with home renovation — and late-night shopping
1 year, 5 months ago

How these suburban vampires got help with home renovation — and late-night shopping

LA Times  

“What We Do in the Shadows” has spent five seasons making fun of every imaginable vampire trope. “I wanted to write a love letter to the shows that gave me comfort when I was deeply uncomfortable.” McMaster says working on the episode, for which they were nominated, “was very much like creating a pilot, in terms of finding the right …

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Inside the 'oddities' community which has a LEGAL body parts trade
1 year, 6 months ago

Inside the 'oddities' community which has a LEGAL body parts trade

Daily Mail  

Members of the 'oddities' community that legally trades in human body parts have launched a staunch defense after an eight person was arrested for buying human remains stolen from the Harvard University morgue. Members of the 'oddities' community that legally trades in human body parts have launched a staunch defense after an eight person was arrested for buying human remains …

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