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Drew Griffin death: CNN honors reporter after cancer battle

Veteran investigative journalist Drew Griffin has died after a long battle with cancer, his employer, CNN, confirmed Monday. He was 60.The broadcast news outlet cited Griffin’s family and did not elaborate on his cancer diagnosis. During his illustrious career, Griffin received Emmy, Murrow and Peabody awards for his journalism, which spanned politics, sports, business and healthcare.In a Monday note to staff, CNN chairman and CEO Chris Licht called Griffin’s death “a devastating loss to CNN and our entire profession,”…

Drew Brees lightning strike is fake, promotional stunt for online sportsbook

Drew Brees #9 of the New Orleans SaintsGregory Shamus | Getty Images Sport | Getty ImagesLegendary New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees faked being struck by lightning as part of a promotional stunt for betting company PointsBet.A video clip posted to Twitter on Friday showed Brees filming a commercial for PointsBet in Catatumbo, Venezuela, a location known for its lightning strikes, when a bolt apparently hits him and knocks the production off kilter.It was viewed more than 1 million times as of midday Friday.Brees…

Black Friday Weekend Drew Millions of Shoppers Back to Stores

More shoppers flocked to stores over the Thanksgiving weekend compared with last year, a sign that many consumers are returning to their prepandemic shopping behavior.Roughly 197 million Americans visited stores or shopped online in the period between Thanksgiving Day and Cyber Monday, according to an estimate released Tuesday by the National Retail Federation.…

Drew Barrymore Talks Pitching The Wedding Singer To Adam Sandler And Why Charlie’s Angels Felt Like A Breath Of Fresh Air

We’ve seen Drew Barrymore take on a number of different roles that have shaped her into the great actress she is today. She’s really come a long way since her early role as the precious 7-year-old Gertie in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial which has ranged over the years from cute and sexy to kick-ass roles. While talking about her best movies, this actress/talk show host spoke about pitching The Wedding Singer to Adam Sandler and why being a part of Charlie’s Angels felt like a breath of fresh air.Drew Barrymore really knows…

Bass drew more votes than any mayor candidate in L.A. history

A record number of Los Angeles voters cast ballots for mayor in this month’s election, the result of changes in the electoral calendar, the state’s easing of voter registration rules and the provocative contest between U.S. Rep. Karen Bass and businessman Rick Caruso, according to analysts and nearly complete returns from county officials.Bass took advantage of the new political landscape to drub her rival, notching a nearly 10-percentage-point margin. Nearly 928,000 Angelenos cast votes for mayor, surpassing the previous…

Drew Barrymore ‘became free of torture’ after quitting alcohol

Drew Barrymore ‘Became Free Of Torture’ After Quitting Alcohol ( Photo Credit – Facebook ) Actress Drew Barrymore believes that quitting alcohol was among the most “liberating” things she’s ever done. The 47-year-old actress has described her decision to quit alcohol as “one of the most liberating things in (her) journey of life”, reports femalefirst.co.uk. In her magazine titled Drew, she explained: “One of the bravest things you can do is slay those dragons and finally change an awful cycle in which you’ve found…

Drew Barrymore `became free of torture` after quitting alcohol

Actress Drew Barrymore believes that quitting alcohol was among the most "liberating" things she`s ever done. The 47-year-old actress has described her decision to quit alcohol as "one of the most liberating things in (her) journey of life", reports femalefirst.co.uk. In her magazine titled Drew, she explained: "One of the bravest things you can do is slay those dragons and finally change an awful cycle in which you`ve found yourself stuck. For me, it was to stop drinking." Also Read: Sylvester Stallone visits iconic…

Andor Season 2 Drew Inspiration From a Mystery Summer Film

What movie is he talking about, Cassian?Image: LucasfilmThree weeks still remain in Andor season one but the creation of season two is well underway. Showrunner Tony Gilroy and his team are hard at work getting ready to film the show’s final 12 episodes—and in a new interview, the man behind Rogue One and Michael Clayton offered up a very tantalizing tease.Speaking to Script Magazine, Gilroy revealed that a recent Hollywood film—and, more specifically, that film’s trailer—inspired him and his team in prep for Andor season

Exploring the Underground Comix Movement with Drew Friedman

After tackling a solemn book rendering the Presidents of the United States, Drew Friedman returns to a familiar milieu with his new Fantagraphics book, Maverix and Lunatix: Icons of Underground Comix. With his unique hybrid of expressionist, hyper realistic/pointillistic, yet still cartoony portraiture, Friedman presents an illustrious group leading the vanguard of the alt-comics movement in all of their raw glory. These depictions–homely, haunting, and tragicomic–show the human ingenuity that redefined what comics could…

Unwitting Horror Icon Justin Long Reveals What Drew Him to His Latest Tale of Terror

via 20th Century Studios The horror genre has seen its fair share of peaks and valleys over the course of its history, but 2022 has undoubtedly been a absolute mountain range, from Jordan Peele’s Nope making for a third triumphant bow in just as many directorial efforts, to Ti West launching himself to new heights with X and Pearl, and A24 further capitalizing on such commotion with the likes of Bodies Bodies Bodies. But it’s Zach Cregger’s solo directorial debut in Barbarian that can lay claim to the peaks of…