Black Rock Coalition bands like funk-metal group 24-7 Spyz and shoegaze oddballs the Veldt—particularly when the Veldt’s murkiness resolves into a major-key chorus.
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Hannah Jocelyn,
Pitchfork,
22 June 2026
His trilogy is, likewise, a straphangers’ gallery of metropolitan oddballs, from Zippo, a pyromaniac turned blaxploitation filmmaker, to Uncle Rich, a master criminal who stages a daring raid on the Waldorf-Astoria from a disused train tunnel with the help of a homeless army.
Hugh Jackman has fought mutants, slayed vampires and gone toe-to-toe dancing with Zac Efron.
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Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
The post-apocalyptic horror film stars Will Smith as a virologist and the last living human in a New York ravaged by a plague that turns humans into vampiric mutants.
Her lab has found even modest additions to the diet — a handful of nuts or an avocado — can enrich certain beneficial bacteria over the course of a few weeks.
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Will Stone,
NPR,
22 June 2026
Including foods like avocado, olive oil, nuts, or seeds can make your meal more satisfying and may also stimulate digestion.
O’Hara worked consistently across her 50-year career in both film and television, best known for playing beloved kooks and amiable wackos, though her range was boundless.
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Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
What so many of these talking heads have in common—legitimate experts, well-meaning journalists, and kooks alike—is how costly their recommendations are.
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