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Mar 15 2024
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Pamela R. Leak, Baltimore actress, model and comedian known as ‘Ms. Maybelle,’ dies
Pamela R. Leak, an actress, model and comedian whose alter ego, “Ms. Maybelle,” was known by her trademark line,”Tell Em Shuggar,” died of undetermined causes March 1 at Sinai Hospital. The Pikesville resident was 57. “I’ve known Pam all of her life and her mother who used to work for me as a mixologist when I owned a club,” said Carlton C. Douglas, a Baltimore funeral director. “Pam always
Baltimore SunMar 13 2024
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Chicago TikTokers blast House approval of federal ban
In October 2020, Rod Thill decided to try parlaying his small social media following into a much larger audience. Showcasing his “relatable millennial humor” could work, he thought, by learning the algorithm of one of the most popular social media platforms in the world — TikTok. For Thill, it didn’t take long for his videos on the short-form video app to take off. Now the West Loop-based
Chicago Sun-TimesMar 13 2024
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Entertaining, thought-provoking new play at TPT
LEWISTON, ME — The Public Theatre, Lewiston/Auburn’s professional theatre is proud to produce the compelling new play Secret Hour, March 15 – 24. This will be the play’s second production after its world premiere last year in New York. Entertaining, humorous, poignant, and thought-provoking, if you’ve ever been in a relationship, you’ll be discussing this provocative new play all the way home
Twin City TimesMar 12 2024
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Marie H. Zecher
Born Henrietta Marie LaChance in San Pedro, CA on July 9th 1933. Kind, sincere, and having a sweet sense of humor is how she will be remembered, with admirable strength that her sons might have called delightful stubbornness at times. As a teen, Marie came to Saint Vincent’s in Santa Barbara, CA, where she lived and went to school. Her stories of the nuns, both kind and strict, as well as late
The Santa Barbara IndependentMar 08 2024
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Biden's big audition at State of the Union
President Biden arrived at the Capitol on Thursday night facing a tough assignment — a high-stakes State of the Union speech. He responded by throwing a punch — and then several more. The fiery performance, leavened by some humor at the close, aimed to rebut one of the main lines of Republican attack on Biden — the effort to portray the 81-year-old president as doddering and weak. That’s an
Los Angeles TimesFeb 28 2024
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A Tour of Vermont's Local Comedy Scene
Prior to moving to South Burlington from a Chicago suburb last July, my only exposure to Vermont humor was the clever wordplay of Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavors (see: Bohemian Raspberry and Yes Pecan!). But I've since immersed myself in the state's comedy scene, recently attending six local shows in just two weeks — and that was still a fraction of Vermont's comedic offerings. Multiple
Seven Days NewsFeb 27 2024
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Embracing weirdness at the Florida Man Games
The first-ever Florida Man Games in St. Augustine drew hundreds over the weekend, with contests like beer-belly wrestling and an "evading arrest" obstacle course. Why it matters: The inaugural event, pitched as "the most insane athletic showdown on Earth," invited locals to celebrate all that makes Florida, well, Florida. • "We understand that Florida is weird," organizer Pete Melfi told the
AxiosFeb 22 2024
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Fundraiser Ignites After Fire Destroys Actress Cocoa Brown's Home
A community has banded together to support actress and comedian Cocoa Brown after a devastating fire ravaged her Fayetteville, Georgia, home this week. The inferno, believed to have been sparked by a fallen candle, erupted so quickly that Brown had to flee with just the clothes on her back alongside her young son, Phoenix, and their pets. “Cocoa Brown has brought laughter and light to
Black EnterpriseFeb 17 2024
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Alexei Navalny’s Last Laugh
Something I’ve seen in Putin’s most effective opponents: Even if it costs them their life, they defy him with humor. A dark, satiric sensibility is a basic qualification for anyone in the Russian opposition. Those leaders I knew in Moscow, before I left Russia in 2022, liked to crack jokes during interviews with journalists and to judges at court hearings. Boris Nemtsov, though he had been
The AtlanticFeb 17 2024
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Young Russians mourn death of opposition leader Navalny amid suspicion of Putin involvement
The reported death on Friday of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has left many young Russians reeling from the loss of who they described as their last hope for a liberal democratic Russia. Navalny, who first rose to prominence as an anti-corruption blogger, captured the attention liberal Russians for leading the 2011 “white ribbon” protests against Valdimir Putin’s decision
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