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My earliest reading memoryWhen I was around nine, my dad said I was old enough to take on the responsibility of reading bedtime stories to my younger brother. And so, one night at a time, I read him all of The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary and then Bunnicula, by James and Deborah Howe, a book about a vegetarian vampire rabbit that we both loved. I was so incredibly proud to be the one telling him the story. I felt so grown up.My favourite book growing upLove, Lucy by Lucille Ball. I picked it up when I was…

A guild of some of the most dedicated World of Warcraft Classic Hardcore players in the world was brought low by a notorious griefer, ruining 10,000+ hours of work in the process.The guild HC Elite were attempting to conquer all of WoW Classic's raid content using the community's unofficial "Hardcore" (aka one-life permadeath) ruleset before Blizzard introduces their own official Hardcore servers later this summer. Until July 11, they had nearly succeeded, conquering almost every challenge the game could…

Mary Elizabeth “Mary Beth” Jenkins. (Photo courtesy of the Jenkins Family) Coloradans can appreciate the legacy of real estate broker and consultant Mary Beth Jenkins through the lens of some of the projects she was involved with, including Denver’s McGregor Square and the redevelopment of the old Westminster Mall site. The 66-year-old founder of the Laramie Co., a commercial real estate agency, died June 26, with loved ones nearby, according to her family. A memorial service and reception will be held at 11 a.m. July 22…

Jeannie Mai Jenkins and Jeezy are teaching their baby girl about her mixed roots at an early age. Jenkins, one of the Emmy-winning co-hosts of “The Real,” chatted earlier this week with Jennifer Hudson about how much her life has changed since the daytime series was canceled in April 2022. Before “The Real,” Jenkins said she thought she would never remarry, let alone have a family.“Now I’m a mom, I got married, I fell in love,” she said on the “Jennifer Hudson Show” on Tuesday. “You just never know what happens. The best…

London-based, Grammy award-winning producer and saxophonist Venna has just released his new EP, Equinox, and it’s definitely worth your time.Following 2021’s well-received Vennology project, Equinox features an all-star line-up, including Knucks, Masego, Mick Jenkins, Yussef Dayes, and more. The 6-track offering sees Venna flex his production chops as he experiments with soundscapes that complement his collaborators while staying true to his unique, jazz-inflected sound.“Misty”, featuring North West London rapper Knucks,…

New films in the Star Wars series from Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige and Black Widow director Patty Jenkins appear to have been permanently shelved, with another project from actor-director Taika Waititi now looking more likely, according to a report in Variety.Jenkins’ project, known as Rogue Squadron, was first announced by Disney in December 2020 as a standalone film about “a new generation of starfighter pilots … in a boundary-pushing, high-speed thrill-ride”; it was intended for release in 2023 but has since…

Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez (Getty Images)Things are quickly shifting over at Lucasfilm with the Star Wars feature slate. Variety reports that Patty Jenkins and Kevin Feige’s movies are officially shelved. Taika Waiti remains standing with the plan to star in his own movie.All of this news comes in advance of Star Wars Celebration being held in early April, where more announcements about the franchise will break. Really it’s been wild to see the names come and go with promises of new installments in the Star Wars saga.…

Screengrab via YouTube/The Late Show with Stephen Colbert In a weird twist that no one really saw coming, Disney Plus Star Wars properties are kicking butt while the tentpole movies are basically in resuscitation mode. The Mandalorian and Andor are global phenomena while the last big Star Wars movie, The Rise of Skywalker, came out in 2019 to mixed reviews and made less than half of the previous movie’s gross. Interestingly, this doesn’t look like it’s going to change anytime soon — per Deadline — which revealed…

Since releasing his acclaimed Venology six-tracker last year, it feels like Grammy-winning saxophonist and producer Venna has been on the ultimate victory lap, spreading his wings and just generally having fun with life.Late last year, the London-born musician dropped off “Sicily’ Box”, a cosmic, almost spiritual jam with Yussef Dayes, Marco Bernardis and Rocco Palladino, and it sounds as if he’s had just as much fun with Masego and Mick Jenkins on his new joint “Casa Lopez”. It’s wholly different from “Sicily’ Box”, but…

Film-maker Mark Jenkin originally intended to brand his superbly haunting follow-up to Bait (2019) as “a lost Cornish folk horror” film. He was persuaded to drop most of those descriptions: Enys Men isn’t lost (although it does feel like a recently unearthed magical relic from another era); it isn’t really horror (despite that ultra-creepy trailer); and the word “folk” is oddly misleading. That left “a Cornish film” – a simple phrase that perfectly encapsulates the myriad mysteries soaked into the dreamy, tactile…