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Entertainment

Toussaint Jeanlouis stars in multiple roles in the “Life of Pi” National Tour

July 25, 2025

Photos by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade 2024Taha Mandviwala as Pi and puppeteers Anna Leigh Gortner, Shiloh Goodin and Toussaint Jeanlouis as Richard Parker. By Kharisma McIlwaine Ang Lee’s 2012 “Life of Pi “— a visually stunning, Oscar-winning adaptation of Yann Martel’s novel — earned four Academy Awards for its groundbreaking use of CGI and emotional…

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Movie Review: A weird ‘Superman’ is better than a boring one

July 22, 2025

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows David Corenswet in a scene from “Superman.” (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP) By Jake Coyle ASSOCIATED PRESS It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a … a purple and orange shape-shifting chemical compound? Writer-director James Gunn’s “Superman” was always going to be a strange chemistry of filmmaker…

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Stephen Colbert says CBS is ending his ‘Late Show’ in May 2026

July 22, 2025

This photo combination shows Jon Stewart, left, posing for a photo outside the Department of Veterans Affairs, July 26, 2024, in Washington and Stephen Colbert being interviewed at The Vatican, June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, Riccardo De Luca) By Alicia Rancilio and Andrew Dalton ASSOCIATED PRESS CBS is axing “The Late Show With Stephen…

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Wawa Welcome America features Hip-Hop trailblazer LL Cool J and Grammy award-winning R&B singer and Philly native Jazmine Sullivan

July 1, 2025

Parkway fireworks show— Photo by J. Fusco for Visit Philadelphia To headline Philadelphia’s July 4th concert and fireworks PHILADELPHIA – Welcome America, Inc. is featuring an exciting lineup of talent, new and returning programming, and free family-friendly events for the 2025 Wawa Welcome America Festival, Philadelphia’s annual July Fourth celebration. The festival will feature an…

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2025 Germantown Juneteenth Festival ducks the rain

June 22, 2025

The Johnson HousePhoto: Jessica Burghaus By Constance Garcia-Barrio Low clouds threatened rain on June 14 at the Germantown Juneteenth Festival. In fact, showers had swept through earlier in the day, delaying the celebration, but gray skies didn’t deter many festival goers. The Johnson House Historic Site, located at 6306 Germantown Avenue, hosted and sponsored the…

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A guide to what the Juneteenth holiday is and how to celebrate it

June 22, 2025

Youth marchers from Philadelphia’s Juneteenth parade in 2022.Photo: Bill Z. Foster By Terry Tang Associated Press It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining…

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