Author: Michael

We may not have flying cars in the year 2026, but at least we still have the stars of the "Back to the Future" trilogy. Here’s what they look like all these decades later. #BackToTheFuture #CastUpdate #MovieStarsToday Michael J. Fox – Marty McFly | 0:00 Christopher Lloyd – Emmett "Doc" Brown | 1:29 Crispin Glover – George McFly | 2:26 Lea Thompson – Lorraine Baines McFly | 3:19 Thomas F. Wilson – Biff Tannen | 4:12 Claudia Wells – Jennifer Parker | 5:04 Elisabeth Shue – Jennifer Parker | 5:49 Mary Steenburgen – Clara Clayton | 6:36 Flea – Douglas…

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It was a coincidence that I found myself talking to one of the leading advocates for Palestinian rights in Gaza this weekend, Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib. Alkhatib is a senior fellow at the think tank The Atlantic Council in Washington D.C. and has a new book out called “Hamas and its Two Million Hostages,” which argues for ending Hamas rule in Gaza and empowering Palestinians to have agency in their own land. I was interested in learning about the book and he agreed to meet via Zoom.  But over the previous two days, a controversy had broken out over remarks made…

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Stand-up comedian and creator Corey O’Brien and his longtime boyfriend, former NFL player Ryan “R.K.” Russell, are teaming up for their first professional collaboration with the short-form digital comedy series “The Parking Guy” set to premiere Sept. 3. The scripted series stars O’Brien as Doug, a parking enforcement officer navigating awkward, absurd and unexpected interactions while working what the show describes as “the world’s most-hated profession.” Russell serves as creator and director, while O’Brien and Russell executive produce through Russell’s Red Velvet Productions. Designed as a social-first, short-form episodic comedy, “The Parking Guy” will roll out digitally across TikTok, Instagram…

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This year, more than 180 programs were nominated for Emmy Awards. While eight of those shows hit double digits in nominations, 88 of them — almost half the total — had to settle for a single one. Those one-nom programs ranged from “Antiques Roadshow,” claiming its usual spot in the Outstanding Structured Reality Program category, to “Your Way Out — Coinbase,” one of the finalists for Outstanding Commercial. But one show, “Your Friends & Neighbors,” did something remarkable: It earned only one Emmy nomination, but that nom was for Outstanding Drama Series. Voters thought the Apple TV series’ second season…

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