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Why Vampire Weekend found ‘fifth-album energy’ in ‘Seinfeld’ and the Beastie Boys
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Why Vampire Weekend found ‘fifth-album energy’ in ‘Seinfeld’ and the Beastie Boys

LA Times  

The members of Vampire Weekend are very good at this. “On every album, they make complexity irresistible,” says Thomas Mars of the French band Phoenix, which drafted Koenig to appear on the song “Tonight,” from 2022’s “Alpha Zulu” LP. Phoenix has invited Koenig to play “Tonight” onstage several times over the last couple of years, including during the closing ceremony …

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When ‘English Teacher’ wanted to tackle jocks in drag, Stephanie Koenig said, ‘Pick me, coach’
3 months, 3 weeks ago

When ‘English Teacher’ wanted to tackle jocks in drag, Stephanie Koenig said, ‘Pick me, coach’

LA Times  

Stephanie Koenig first met Brian Jordan Alvarez 11 years ago, when they were both cast in a UC Santa Barbara student film, although both were already out of college. In FX’s “English Teacher,” Stephanie Koenig stars as Gwen Sanders alongside her friend and frequent collaborator Brian Jordan Alvarez, who plays Evan Marquez. She’s so free on camera, but she’s also …

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The eye-popping $77 billion haul that shook up the NBA landscape — and the future of media
4 months, 2 weeks ago

The eye-popping $77 billion haul that shook up the NBA landscape — and the future of media

New York Times  

Well past midnight in Paris with final preparations for the Olympics finishing up, NBC Sports president Rick Cordella was tired and in need of sleep. He received the text from the NBA’s lead negotiator, Bill Koenig, informing him that TNT was making a play with its matching rights for Amazon Prime Video’s streaming package, not NBC’s. “This was clearly a …

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From a boy to a swordsman
4 months, 3 weeks ago

From a boy to a swordsman

China Daily  

Cheung Ka-long celebrates beating Italy's Filippo Macchi in the men's foil individual gold-medal bout at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Monday. Two years ago, in a quandary following his gold medal win in the men's individual foil at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Edgar Cheung Ka-long watched Michael Jordan's documentary The Last Dance for a second time to learn …

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From a boy to a swordsman
4 months, 3 weeks ago

From a boy to a swordsman

China Daily  

Cheung Ka-long celebrates beating Italy's Filippo Macchi in the men's foil individual gold-medal bout at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Monday. Two years ago, in a quandary following his gold medal win in the men's individual foil at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Edgar Cheung Ka-long watched Michael Jordan's documentary The Last Dance for a second time to learn …

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Vampire Weekend brings Ska Night to the Hollywood Bowl
6 months, 1 week ago

Vampire Weekend brings Ska Night to the Hollywood Bowl

LA Times  

Wednesday night, it turned out, was Ska Night at the Hollywood Bowl. That’s how Ezra Koenig described Vampire Weekend’s latest visit to the iconic venue in the Cahuenga Pass, where he and his bandmates arrived this week not long into a world tour behind their fifth studio album, “Only God Was Above Us.” In truth, the LP has less to …

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Vampire Weekend review, Only God Was Above Us: A journey through modern disaster that ends with hope
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Vampire Weekend review, Only God Was Above Us: A journey through modern disaster that ends with hope

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. Read our privacy policy “A journey from cynicism to …

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The odds for more sports betting expansion could fade after rapid growth to 38 states
11 months, 3 weeks ago

The odds for more sports betting expansion could fade after rapid growth to 38 states

Associated Press  

— At his suburban St. Louis home, Brett Koenig can pull out his smartphone and open a sports betting app. “So that can create some friction.” The states where sports betting remains illegal are Alabama, Alaska, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Utah. Kevin Stitt announced a plan in November to allow in-person sports betting …

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Sharon Graham: Gruesome death of man in woodchipper - involving his ex-lover and her new male partners - labelled 'sinister' and 'Shakespearean', as she pleads not guilty
1 year, 2 months ago

Sharon Graham: Gruesome death of man in woodchipper - involving his ex-lover and her new male partners - labelled 'sinister' and 'Shakespearean', as she pleads not guilty

Daily Mail  

Crown alleges Ms Graham was the architect of the murder A woman charged with the murder of her ex-partner was allegedly the architect of the gruesome 'Shakespearean' plot to have him fed to a wood chipper, a jury has been told. Sharon Graham, 61, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of ex-partner Bruce Saunders in November 2017 'But the …

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Vatican knew about Hitler's persecution of Jews during Second World War
1 year, 3 months ago

Vatican knew about Hitler's persecution of Jews during Second World War

Op India  

The Vatican had knowledge about the Holocaust orchestrated by the Nazi regime in German-occupied Poland, revealed a World War II era letter sent to the then Pope Pius XII. Letter by German Jesuit puts the Catholic Church in the spot Although the Catholic Church and its apologists have always claimed that it couldn’t verify reports about Nazi crimes then, the …

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Wartime Pope Pius XII likely knew about Nazi gas chambers in the Holocaust as early as 1942
1 year, 3 months ago

Wartime Pope Pius XII likely knew about Nazi gas chambers in the Holocaust as early as 1942

ABC  

Pope Pius XII, whose papacy covered World War II, likely knew about the Nazi attempt to exterminate Jewish people in the Holocaust as early as 1942, according to a new letter found in Vatican archives. Key points: The letter from a Jesuit priest tells the pope's secretary about 6,000 Polish and Jewish people were being killed in "SS-furnaces" a day …

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BBC News effort tries to popularize new reporting methods, boost transparency
1 year, 5 months ago

BBC News effort tries to popularize new reporting methods, boost transparency

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The BBC is more aggressively bringing “open source” reporting and efforts to expose disinformation to its day-to-day reporting, a move that signals a potential shift in journalism’s embrace of new technology. The just-announced creation of a new BBC Verify unit is also an attempt by the news organization to be more transparent in its reporting, said Deborah …

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Cat Steals The Show In This Interview On Prince Harry
1 year, 6 months ago

Cat Steals The Show In This Interview On Prince Harry

News 18  

Prince Harry of the British Royal Family is making headlines once again. As Koenig shared her expert insights from her location in Virginia via video call, her mischievous cat, Fleur, decided it was the perfect moment to make a grand entry. A clip of this was shared on Twitter with the caption “Incredible cat cameo.” and it is worth a …

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Missouri Senate OKs limits on race education in schools
1 year, 10 months ago

Missouri Senate OKs limits on race education in schools

Associated Press  

— Missouri K-12 public school teachers would face limits on how they talk about race and history under a bill approved Wednesday in the state Senate. The proposal is the latest of GOP-led efforts nationwide to push what supporters call parent’s rights and crack down on what some conservative politicians have dubbed “critical race theory.” Critical race theory is a …

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Serial: How one podcast changed the face of true crime and cast doubt on Adnan Syed’s murder conviction
2 years, 2 months ago

Serial: How one podcast changed the face of true crime and cast doubt on Adnan Syed’s murder conviction

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I don’t think we can understand how the …

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‘Serial’ host: Evidence that freed Syed was long available
2 years, 3 months ago

‘Serial’ host: Evidence that freed Syed was long available

Associated Press  

The creator of a true-crime podcast that helped free a Maryland man imprisoned for two decades said Tuesday that she feels a mix of emotions over how long it took authorities to act on evidence that’s long been available. The judge’s order to release Adnan Syed and vacate his murder conviction Monday came after the local prosecutor started a unit …

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Adnan Syed: Serial podcast reveals notes about another potential suspect led to conviction being tossed
2 years, 3 months ago

Adnan Syed: Serial podcast reveals notes about another potential suspect led to conviction being tossed

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The “messy” notes, which were found deep within …

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ModernHaus, New York hotel review: Slick looks and a high-spirited rooftop in trendy SoHo
2 years, 5 months ago

ModernHaus, New York hotel review: Slick looks and a high-spirited rooftop in trendy SoHo

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Young couples and leisure travellers whirr bright wheelie cases in and out of the polished wooden lobby accented by oversized, …

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Livestreamed carnage: Tech’s hard lessons from mass killings
2 years, 7 months ago

Livestreamed carnage: Tech’s hard lessons from mass killings

Associated Press  

These days, mass shooters like the one now held in the Buffalo, New York, supermarket attack don’t stop with planning out their brutal attacks. Another Twitch user watching the live video likely flagged it to the attention of Twitch’s content moderators, she said, which would have helped Twitch pull down the stream less than two minutes after the first gunshots …

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Detailed ‘open source’ news investigations are catching on
2 years, 7 months ago

Detailed ‘open source’ news investigations are catching on

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — One of the more striking pieces of journalism from the Ukraine war featured intercepted radio transmissions from Russian soldiers indicating an invasion in disarray, their conversations even interrupted by a hacker literally whistling “Dixie.” It was the work of an investigations unit at The New York Times that specializes in open-source reporting, using publicly available material like …

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Vantage Point: Is Alcaraz the next Nadal?
2 years, 7 months ago

Vantage Point: Is Alcaraz the next Nadal?

The Hindu  

“He already has a great level of tennis today, but I really believe that he is going to be a fantastic player in the near future.” – Rafael Nadal, on just-turned-18 Carlos Alcaraz in May 2021 Flash back 19 years. “At the age of 18, Alcaraz’s volley is much better than Nadal’s was,” said Koenig. Alcaraz’s willingness to come forward …

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Man searching woods for deer antlers discovers remains of MMA fighter missing since March 2020
2 years, 11 months ago

Man searching woods for deer antlers discovers remains of MMA fighter missing since March 2020

The Independent  

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Columbo at 50: How Peter Falk’s shambling detective became an enduring TV icon
3 years, 3 months ago

Columbo at 50: How Peter Falk’s shambling detective became an enduring TV icon

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 Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The show’s star Peter Falk liked to call this …

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Why the world still loves 1970s detective show Columbo
3 years, 3 months ago

Why the world still loves 1970s detective show Columbo

BBC  

Why the world still loves 1970s detective show Columbo Alamy Fifty years on, the cop show featuring a bumbling but brilliant homicide detective has attracted a new generation of fans. "It flipped everything on its head," agrees David Koenig, author of a new book, Shooting Columbo: The Lives and Deaths of TV's Rumpled Detective. Instead, with distinctive posture, exaggerated hand …

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