Notices by Flipboard Culture Desk (culturedesk@flipboard.social)

Sitcom director James Burrows died this week at age 85. Alan Sepinwall writes about his remarkable career, starting in the theater before getting his big break with "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," then co-creating "Cheers" and directing pilots for "Friends," "Taxi," "Frasier" and more.

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#Television #Entertainment #JamesBurrows

Actor Tom Hardy has been fired from the Paramount+ crime series “Mobland,” according to multiple reports. The show boasts an all-star cast that also includes Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren and quickly became one of the streamer’s top performers. At issue was Hardy’s frequent clashes with producer Guy Ritchie, which reportedly resulted from the actor’s tardiness on the set. The Independent has more:

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#Culture #TV #Mobland

Early May 1996 is a time that is seared into the memories of mountaineers across the globe. Eight climbers who were caught in a blizzard high on Mount Everest died in one of the worst disasters the climbing world had ever seen. It was also the best-documented. Writer Jon Krakauer was part of a guided expedition covering his experience for Outside magazine and later wrote the bestselling book “Into Thin Air.” Thirty years later, Krakauer sat down with @NationalGeographic’s Grayson Schaffer and reflected on the disaster, why he wishes he’d never have gone, and the current state of Everest climbing:

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#Culture #MountEverest #Mountaineering #Climbing #IntoThinAir #JonKrakauer

The Met Gala theme this year will be Costume Art and the co-chairs will be Beyonce, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams, and Anna Wintour. So far, so normal. However, the event is garnering criticism and calls to boycott because of its lead sponsors, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos. Here's more from @CNN.

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#MetGala #Fashion #Culture #JeffBezos

A new movie app, Binge, warns you of upcoming jump scares in real time. Here's more from @Sarahp. (Boo!)

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#Movies #Cinema #Film #JumpScares #Apps

What does it mean that so many powerful men seem to give zero hoots about spelling, punctuation and grammar? @WSJ takes a look at the missives of Trump, Jeffrey Epstein and others to find out if it's a power move, friendliness, or simply the fact that they don't have secretaries to correct all their errors anymore.

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#Language #Grammar #Spelling #Trump #Epstein

Mabel Stark was born in 1888 or 1889 and grew up in Princeton, Kentucky. She trained as a nurse, and then, she became a tiger trainer. @ConversationUS tells the story of her courage and kindness.

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#MabelStark #WomensHistoryMonth #History #Histodons

Paramout Skydance finally outbid Netflix this week for Warner Bros Discovery, committing to paying $111 billion. But that doesn't mean CNN will be owned by the Ellisons tomorrow. @Slate says that there are multiple uphill slogs ahead before the deal goes through, including legal challenges from Democratic state attorneys on antitrust grounds and regulatory hurdles in Europe. Plus, Paramount Skydance is taking on a huge amount of debt — Warner Bros.' existing $33 billion load plus tens of billions of Gulf state-backed money. "There’s a not-insignificant chance the Ellisons will soon find themselves way, way over their heads, having overpaid drastically for a portfolio that’s not gonna be anywhere as lucrative for them," writes Nitish Pahwa.

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#Media #Entertainment #DavidEllison #WarnerBros #Paramount #Skydance

What does the death of Rev. Jesse Jackson mean for public policy, the civil rights struggle, and journalism? @Edeggans writes about the importance of the fight to uphold Rev. Jackson's legacy.

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#BlackHistory #JesseJackson #CivilRights #BlackMastodon

Five members of the USA's men's hockey team skipped the White House's celebration of their Olympic gold. Brock Nelson, Jackson LaCombe and Jake Oettinger are all from Minnesota, while Kyle Connor is from Michigan and Jake Guentzel is from Nebraska. The women's team turned down President Trump's invitation, but have accepted one from rapper Flavor Flav to party with him in Las Vegas. Here's more from @NJcom.

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#Trump #WhiteHouse #USPolitics #USNews #Hockey #Sports #Olympics #FlavorFlav

Disney asked "Andor" creator Tony Gilroy not to use the word "fascism" when he was promoting its second season. Now, he's saying it — and talking about how the show's storylines connect to current U.S. politics. "So you get out your 'Fascism for Dummies' book for the 15 things you do, and we tried to include as many of them as we could in the most artful way possible," he told @THR. "How were we supposed to know that this clown car in Washington was going to basically use the same book that we used? So I don’t think it’s prescience so much as the sad familiarity of fascism and the karaoke menu of things that you go through to do it. You could list them from the show, or you could list them from the newspaper."

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#Andor #Television #StarWars #TonyGilroy #TrumpAdministration

Robert Duvall, best known for films like “Tender Mercies,” “The Godfather,” and “Apocalypse Now,” has died at 95. “To the world, he was an Academy Award-winning actor, a director, a storyteller. To me, he was simply everything,” his wife Luciana said in a statement. Duvall distinguished himself in his portrayal of recluse Boo Radley in 1962’s “To Kill a Mockingbird.” His enduring line from “Apocalypse Now” — “I love the smell of napalm in the morning” — was shot in one take as jets flew overhead and shells exploded nearby. “There wasn’t any time to think,” Duvall told Roger Ebert in 1983. “I heard over the intercom that we only had the use of the jets for 20 minutes. One flyby and that was it. I just got completely into the character, and if he wouldn’t flinch, I wouldn’t flinch.” Read more from @THR:

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#Culture #Film #Movies #TV #RobertDuvall #Entertainment

James Van Der Beek, the star of "Dawson's Creek," has died of colorectal cancer at age 48. Here's @Variety's tribute to him.

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#JamesVanDerBeek #Cancer #Celebrity #Hollywood #RIP #InMemoriam

Ebo Taylor, the Ghanaian guitarist, composer and band leader, has died at age 90. Here's @BBCNews's tribute to one of the most influential African musicians in history.

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#EboTaylor #Music #AfricanMusic #RIP #InMemoriam

This year will see the first Academy Award for Best Casting. @IndieWire takes a look at the past 25 years of movies and decides which would merit a hypothetical casting Oscar, from "Moonlight" to "Minari."

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#Movies #Cinema #Film #Casting #AcademyAwards

Looksmaxxing, the relentless drive to "maximize" one's appearance, is increasingly mainstream — and having an overwhelmingly negative effect on young people's mental health. @MarieClaireUK takes a look at the origin of the term in incel communities, how young people are paying to get strangers to assess their appearance, and the spread of Looksmaxxing to the aesthetics industry.

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#Beauty #Lifestyle #MentalHealth #Looksmaxxing

Everyone who has lost someone knows the feeling of waking up crestfallen when among your first thoughts in the morning is the painful reminder that they’re not coming back. Those who knew Catherine O’Hara, or just laughed from the comic icon’s many hilarious portrayals over her decadeslong career, are experiencing that pain today. @RollingStone gives us a lift with this list of O’Hara’s best performances: https://flip.it/0Auxef

Plus, @npr reminds us how O’Hara played drunk better than anyone: https://flip.it/Gw4Kzx

@people shares the role that was most important to O’Hara: https://flip.it/yHgKW8

@enews reports on the sudden illness that resulted in her hospitalized O’Hara: https://flip.it/5Efssc

And @AlJazeera has tributes from her fellow actors: https://flip.it/6bK6Zm

#Culture #CatherineOHara #Entertainment #Film #Movies #Hollywood #Canada

What happened at last night's Golden Globes? @RollingStone's @Flipboard Storyboard has all the details, from Nikki Glaser's no-holds-barred monologue to the most WTF moments.

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#GoldenGlobes #Entertainment #AwardCeremonies #Hollywood #Cinema #Movies #Television

A philosophy professor at Texas A&M University has been told to change his syllabus to omit some teachings from Plato's "Symposium" in order to comply with guidance banning advocacy for “race and gender ideology.” Martin Peterson's course on contemporary moral issues covers concepts like Aristophanes' myth of the the split human and Diotima's Ladder of Love. Here's Spectrum Local News's coverage, plus a story from Daily Nous that includes the email exchange where Professor Peterson is told either to remove the modules and readings, or be assigned to a different course.

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#Education #Literature #Philosophy #University #GenderIdeology #Plato #Texas

Brigitte Bardot, the iconic French actress who became a sex symbol and animal activist, dies at 91. Bardot advocated for rescue animals in her final social media posts just days before her death. Read more from @people:

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#Culture #Celebs #Entertainment #Film #Animals #BrigitteBardot #AnimalRights