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Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Gregg Allman is denying reports that he’s entered a hospice facility.
Relix.com reported that Allman had reportedly entered hospice care on Monday, but the 69-year-old rock legend quickly denied the rumor on his Facebook page, saying that he was at his own home in Savannah, Georgia, resting on his doctor’s orders.
The hospice speculation came up partly because Allman announced last month that he would not be touring this year. He also canceled previously scheduled concerts for June, according to Rolling Stone.
No reason was given for the canceled shows.
Allman’s last performance was in October at the Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta, Georgia, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
In recent years, Allman has suffered a variety of ailments, including an irregular heartbeat, a respiratory infection, a hernia and a liver transplant.
He’s also had problems with drug and alcohol abuse throughout his career, the latest being in 2012 when he entered rehab for medication treatment, according to Variety.
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Great Britain’s Laura Muir won her first championship gold medal when she broke a 32-year-old European Indoor Championships record in the 1,500-meter race on Saturday.
But when it was time for Muir to take her victory lap, a game of chicken ensued between the 23-year-old runner from Scotland and a stringent official.
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The vanity card at the end of Thursday night’s episode of “The Big Bang Theory” was no bazinga.
At the close of the episode on the eve of the presidential inauguration, a card from creator Chuck Lorre flashed on the screen with lyrics to George Harrison’s song “Beware of Darkness” and a timely quote from Monty Python:
Run away! Run Away!
Monty Python
The card is largely viewed as an anti-Donald Trump message, especially since Lorre, an outspoken critic of Trump, has referenced the now-president in cards before.
While stopping by Build Series to talk about his new horror movie “Rings,” actor Johnny Galecki, aka Leonard from “The Big Bang Theory,” said he didn’t see the card, but talked about Lorre’s character, calling him “generous” and “giving.”
“I know whatever he wrote, his heart’s in the right place,” said Galecki.
Though, the actor added, “We’re a comedy at the end of the day, and I think there’s a danger in making this show a political lightning rod, so we’re aware of that. Other people would do it better, anyway.”
While Galecki makes solid points, the comment that “other people would do it better” is debatable. After all, with everything going on in the world, it’d be pretty great to hear the “Soft Kitty” song right about now.
For everyone who needs to hear “Soft Kitty”:
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Jeremy Lin has now dribbled his way into the pages of a comic book.
The Brooklyn Nets point guard was featured as a character in Marvel’s “The Totally Awesome Hulk” #13, which was released last week. Since this particular incarnation of the Hulk is an Asian-American named Amadeus Cho, comic writer Greg Pak felt it would be perfect to incorporate Lin ― who appears as himself ― into the storyline.
“I was here in New York when Linsanity happened and it never stopped for me,” Pak, who’s Korean-American, told amNewYork back in September. “I just love the guy. And at a certain point, I just found myself thinking, ‘Hey, wouldn’t it be cool if the biggest Asian-American superhero met the biggest Asian-American sports star?’”
In the story, Cho meets Lin, who also appears in issue 14, and the two team up for a charity basketball game. But things eventually go south, Pak told the CBR.com. Cho who is a “cocky kid” and feels he’s got it all figured out, and Lin who values teamwork also experience a bit of conflict between themselves due to their personality differences. Through it all, the writer says on his blog that “someone big and green might just learn a little something.”
Though the basketball star was drawn to the comic in part because of Cho’s faux hawk ―a hairstyle similar to one that the athlete’s had in the past― he was also impressed with Marvel’s use of diversity, he told amNewYork. While there’s been a number of Asian superheroes, Asian-American characters aren’t all that common in comics, Pak explained.
“I have always been an Asian-American and had a special interest in seeing Asian-American characters,” Pak told ESPN. “Historically there hasn’t been a ton.”
Pak created Cho a little over a decade ago, building a character known for his impressive intellectual genius. Last year, Cho made history as Marvel’s first ever Asian-American Hulk after succeeding Bruce Banner with the entire “Totally Awesome” series focusing on Cho’s experiences. Marvel not only received praise for representation in its stories, but it also got props for its step in extending diversity to the creative team, The Washington Post points out.
In addition to the main character and an appearance by the first American of Chinese descent in the NBA, there are also other Asian-American elements incorporated into the series’ storyline. There’s even Korean barbecue, karaoke, and Asian dads fighting over checks in issue 15, Pak told CBR.com.
Creating a superhero that reflects his own background was a very personal experience for the writer. And Pak’s already witnessing the power of representation in young minds.
“This little Asian-American kid came up with this wrinkled, big poster that he had had on his wall, and it was the Amadeus Cho Hulk poster,” the writer said, according to amNewYork.“This is his favorite book, and so he brought this poster from his bedroom into the shop for me to sign and he also had these books and everything. My heart grew three sizes.”
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In the nearly 180 years that historically black colleges and universities have been around, these schools have been a pillar in the black community and have made major contributions. However, the impact these schools had on its students over the years, often goes untold and has been overlooked while the relevancy of HBCUs has constantly been questioned by outsiders.
Yet, these educational institutions remain a crucial fixture in American history.
Acclaimed documentarian Stanley Nelson wanted to emphasize that in his forthcoming film “Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.” Nelson, who is the product of two HBCU graduates, told The Huffington Post that a film focusing on HBCUs has been long overdue.
“HBCUs have been instrumental in this country. Our parents and grandparents and great-grandparents, there was no other place they could go to school,” he said. “This is the cornerstone of the African-American community. And I think that most people don’t know anything about it.”
The documentary explained the factors that led to the inception of HBCUs and broke down some the challenges and triumphs these institutions have faced over the years.
Nelson, who directed “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution,” interviewed several historians for this project, including Howard University history professor Edna Medford.
“The story has not been told in a way that makes the world aware of how important these institutions have been throughout the years,” Medford, who appears in the film, told The Huffington Post in regards to the barriers black people have historically faced when trying to attain a college or university education.
“Education means so much to us and higher education becomes significant because we understand that we’re not going to be able to enter the mainstream society unless we can compete on that level. And so people sacrificed to create these institutions.”
In addition to historians, Nelson’s team tapped alumni, professors and current students to get a full scope on the societal and cultural impact of HBCUs. Nelson said he knew, however, that it would be impossible to tell the entire story with just a two-hour film. So he added an accompanying digital yearbook on the film’s website in which students and graduates can tell their personal stories and experiences at historically black colleges and universities.
While the film is still in the editing stages, filmmakers have also launched a homecoming tour to engage with and interview attendees for a separate series of videos which will also be featured on the website.
One thing Nelson said stood out to him while interviewing subjects for the film was the notion that HBCUs have always served as a safe space for black thought.
“The sit-in movement wasn’t gonna come out of Yale or somewhere else. It had to come out of black schools,” he said. “I think that’s really important that we understand that it’s a very different thing that if you were at a majority white school where you might have a little table at the lunch room, if that, and it’s hard to talk about issues that affect the African-American community. We are the majority for once and it’s not [at] church. We are the majority where people are talking about ideas.”
Through the film and interactive components, Nelson told HuffPost that he hopes “Tell Them We Are Rising” reaffirms the relevancy and impact of HBCUs. These institutions opened up doors to quality education, cultural confidence and camaraderie that many black people wouldn’t have been able to receive otherwise. As campus racism continues to exist at predominantly white schools across the country, Nelson said there is undoubtedly still a need to tell the story of historically black colleges and universities.
“Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Historically Black Colleges and Universities” premieres on PBS in fall 2017.
Watch the trailer for Firelight Films’s upcoming HBCU documentary below.
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An awesome breastfeeding photo is propelling this hockey player into the league of badass moms.
On Sunday, the popular Facebook page, Breastfeeding Mama Talk, posted a photo of Dallas mom and hockey player, Sabrina Pfeifer, breastfeeding her 5-month-old daughter, Kaci, at the ice rink.
”My pre-game routine is a little different these days,” the caption states.
The post received over 3,400 likes, and many other athlete moms shared their own breastfeeding stories in the comments section
Commenter Kit Thornton Adams posted her own pond hockey breastfeeding photo.
Pfeifer told The Huffington Post she’s been playing hockey since her senior year of high school in Wichita, Kansas and has worked as a hockey director, coach and referee. Now that she has Kaci, hockey still remains a big part of her life, as she plays on a coed team called Nuts & Knockers.
“My husband and I actually met playing hockey, and while we don’t get to play together anymore, we make sure we each get time at least once a week to be in a league,” Pfeifer said. “Kaci just comes along with us and pretty intently watches the game. We hope that that view will change in a few years with us both sitting in the stands while we get to enjoy watching her play.”
Having Kaci at games means that the mom can nurse her on the sidelines. Pfeifer said her breastfeeding journey has been incredibly positive thanks to her pre-birth education and the postpartum care she received from her husband and the support team at Dallas Birth and Women’s Center.
“It’s heartbreaking when I read or hear stories of other women who have not had such an easy go with it or get harassed for simply providing nourishment for their child,” she said.
Pfeifer is also grateful for the positive support from her teammates, whom she considers family. “In terms of having positive support, one of the main people I go to when I have questions is my good friend and teammate, Jess, who has breastfed all three of her children,” she said.
“There are other ladies in the leagues who have shared their stories with me as well, and the majority of my male teammates don’t even bat an eye as most of their wives have breastfed in some capacity,” she added, noting that there has been a bit of “good-natured teasing” as well.
Pfeifer hopes that her photo can inspire her fellow parents. “After seeing my photo, I hope that people know that life doesn’t have to totally stop after you have children ― your main focus just shifts.”
The mom added, “While it is certainly different, you can still enjoy your hobbies even if they are in a smaller capacity. I hope that after reading my story that people know with the right support it makes it much more likely that you can achieve your personal breastfeeding goals. You find your tribe in the most unlikely of places.”
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Yes, the headline on this story is a major spoiler, but you’ve had an entire summer to watch “Stranger Things,” so you can’t blame anyone but yourself.
Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way: For anyone who is somehow unclear about Barb’s fate in the Netflix series, show creators Matt and Ross Duffer would like you to know that SHE IS DEAD.
Obviously, right? Anyone looking the way Barb looked when viewers last saw her couldn’t possibly be alive. This isn’t a Jon Snow situation.
There are some people, however, who weren’t convinced that Barb’s story is over. Thankfully, the Duffer brothers put any confusion to rest during a live panel on Saturday night at Samsung 837 in New York City, after an audience member flat-out asked, “Is Barb dead?”
“I mean, yes ― yes, she’s dead. I thought we were pretty clear about that,” Matt Duffer said. “There’s a slug hanging out of her mouth ― out of her dead corpse. And then if you were still confused, [Chief Jim] Hopper finds her in the nest, also very dead.”
“So if you are holding out hope that she is still alive, that’s just wishful thinking,” Ross Duffer added.
Of course, the Duffer brothers have previously confirmed Barb’s death, but for whatever reason, Barb’s fate seems like a hard pill to swallow for some fans.
The Duffers were also asked about what’s to come on Season 2 of the hit show. They wouldn’t say much, but they told the crowd that the show picks up about a year after the first season’s events and that a portal to another dimension is still open. Additionally, they revealed that Will Byers (played by Noah Schnapp, who was also at the panel) may not be doing “amazing” in Season 2. That shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, considering viewers last saw Will coughing up slugs and possibly having visions or hallucinations of The Upside Down.
And despite all the talk of monsters, death, fear and how weird it was that terrycloth was a “thing” in the ’80s, perhaps the strangest part of the night was when an audience member asked 11-year-old Schnapp if he would go to prom with her. Actually, she directed the question to Will, since she apparently didn’t know his real name ― even stranger still.
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When you’re a kid, you exchange friendship bracelets with your best pals. When you’re an adult, you ask those people ― sisters, cousins, friends and roommates ― to be your bridesmaids.
Below, 25 photos that capture that sweet and silly bond between brides and their besties.
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