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Getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is like a rite of passage if you’re in the entertainment industry. Essentially, it solidifies that you've hit it big time and are among the best of the best to ever grace either the big or small screens. Octavia Spencer is one of the latest stars to receive the honor, and some of her friends, including Allison Janney, were there to celebrate the occasion. And during the event, Spencer shared a sweet moment with Janney.On December 8, Octavia Spencer received the 2,742nd star on…

Clarks Originals and Compound founder Set Free Richardson are going all out in commemoration of their new collab project.“Wallabees are a staple of the hip-hop community and fashion culture,” Richardson said in a press release. “Being able to work on a multifaceted campaign with Clarks that touches on fashion, music, basketball, and art is an honor.”The resulting collab shoe, seen in greater detail below and featuring Minnesota Timberwolves star Kyle Anderson, is the limited-edition Floor Seats Wallabee, the release of…

The Mariner 4 spacecraft was launched on November 28, 1964, and that day has since been celebrated annually as 'Red Planet Day'. The Mariner 4 spacecraft was launched on November 28, 1964, and that day has since been celebrated annually as 'Red Planet Day'. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful…

Author Marcus Sedgwick, who wrote more than 40 books for children and adults, has died aged 54. His literary agency RCW has confirmed his death, which it described as “unexpected”.Sedgwick’s work was shortlisted for more than 30 awards, including five nominations for the Carnegie medal, two for the Edgar Allan Poe award and four for the Guardian children’s fiction prize.He was also the most noted author in the history of the Printz award, with one win and two honour books. He won the Branford Boase award for his debut…

Young Dolph’s legacy is set to be both celebrated and continued with nationwide Day of Service efforts this week.Per a press release, Nov. 17—which, notably, is formally recognized as a Day of Service in Tennessee and Georgia—will be commemorated with a variety of philanthropy-focused activations across the country.“ community efforts and traditions will continue and much more,” the late artist’s sister, Carlisa Brown, said Tuesday. “His spirit of giving will continue to live in us as it did in him until his passing. We…

This weekend, Cinema Napa Valley partnered with The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) at Copia to host a fresh take on the 2022 Napa Valley Film Festival, one centered on food and wine, as well as cinematic stars. Honorees included Laura Dern, Luis Guzmán, Stephanie Hsu, Janelle Monáe, and Regina Hall. On Saturday, NVFF hosted a screening of “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” a film that shocked reviewers upon its early 2022 release with its stunning visual effects and brilliant blend of genres. A mixture of comedy,…

The odds are in our favor. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has wrapped production in Europe after a four-month shoot. One of its stars, Rachel Zegler, shared the news along with a heartfelt message about her time working on the upcoming 2023 movie. Rachel Zegler, who will play District 12 tribute Lucy Gray Baird in The Hunger Games prequel, took to Twitter to share that it’s a wrap! Check out her heartfelt post: many many many more words come to mind but i shan’t bore you by pretending i have…

As the Boomers aged into parenthood, one musical standby of their own youth became permanently enshrined in the Christmas canon. Every December, the generations young enough to have been reared on pop will put on A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector, a compilation album featuring 60s girl groups like the Ronettes and the Crystals singing the Yuletide standards. On the final track, however, mega-producer and impresario Spector delivers a direct address to the listener over the gentle strains of Silent Night,…

As has been often quoted since her death Oct. 4 at the age of 90, Loretta Lynn said that to make it, “You have to be different, great or first. I think I was just a little different.” Time and time again during Coal Miner’s Daughter: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Loretta Lynn, which took place Sunday night at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry and aired live on CMT, viewers were reminded that Lynn sold herself short: she was all three. Wynonna, The Gaither Trio and Larry Strickland opened the…

It's hard to believe that it's been almost two decades since Billy the puppet wheeled his tricycle-loving self onto the big screen and into horror fans' hearts. The original Saw just celebrated its 18th anniversary. What some might forget, thanks partly to the deluge of inferior sequels with ever more convoluted plots, is just how innovative and stripped-down that first movie was. There's a reason, so many years later, that its is still considered one of the best horror films of all time, and that's because of the…