The National Film Registry has selected 25 films to be preserved by the Library of Congress, including:

• Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
• Super Fly (1972)
• Hairspray (1988)
• The Little Mermaid (1989)
• Iron Man (2008)
• Pariah (2011)https://t.co/oEkDlHsAgu
- NPR (@NPR) December 14, 2022

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Sigourney Weaver with her parents Elizabth Ingles & Sylvester Weaver


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Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols Has Passed Away at Age 89 https://t.co/0pEkz1xOYl pic.twitter.com/Ml4kZcvyJY
- Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) July 31, 2022

The original Uhura, Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols has passed away at 89 from natural causes. Her family put out a lovely statement on her official fb.

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Diana Ross with and without The Supremes


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Peter Max, an iconic artist whose psychedelic works ruled the 60s and 70s (as well as designs for the 2006 Olympics and the 2000 Subway Series between the Yankees and Mets), is in an involuntary and abusive conservatorship, according to his daughter Libra. The 83-year-old has suffered from Alzheimer’s for the ( Read more... )

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BeKindRewind talks about the adaptive process of turning Breakfast at Tiffanys from Queer and Mildly Racist to Compulsory Het and WILDLY RACIST and how that affected both the casting process and how people think about the film now.

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The Chiffons "He's so Fine" 1963

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The Velvet Underground playing in theaters and on Apple TV+ October 15

The Velvet Underground created a new sound that changed the world of music, cementing its place as one of rock and roll’s most revered bands. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd Haynes, this kaleidoscopic oral history combines exclusive interviews with ( Read more... )

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15 Groundbreaking TV Show Moments That Were Actually A Really Big Deal When They Aired https://t.co/zVY8X4EkBL
- Guncelkal.net (@guncelkalnet) April 23, 2021

-There's always a first for everything and these moments shook tv audiences at the time.

-5 moments (read the rest at the link) that were groundbreaking at the time of airing were:

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