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Starbucks’ Most Beloved Offering Is Disappearing

Starbucks’ Most Beloved Offering Is Disappearing

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In Blaine, Washington, there is a very special Starbucks. Like every Starbucks, this one has tables and chairs and coffee and pastries and a pacifying sort of vibe. Also like (most) Starbucks, it has a bathroom, open to anyone who walks in. The bathroom is important because this Starbucks is located about three-quarters of a mile past Peace Arch, the busiest border crossing west of Detroit, and a wretched, wretched place where you can sometimes get stuck in a car for several hours without warning. The Blaine Starbucks looks out onto the magnificent Semiahmoo Bay and is, I guess for that reason, designed like a working lighthouse; at night, you can see it from all over the city center. The metaphor is almost too beautiful: Here is Starbucks and here is its warm light, guiding you to shore. Just about as soon as your huddled masses enter America, Starbucks is ready to take care of you. Do you need to pee? Of course you do. Too bad. Last week, Starbucks, which has had a new …

Beloved Chicago PD character’s fate hangs in the balance in first look at One Chicago crossover

Beloved Chicago PD character’s fate hangs in the balance in first look at One Chicago crossover

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The upcoming One Chicago crossover threatens to put our favorite first responders in jeopardy – and none more so than Sergeant Trudy Platt (Amy Morton) who is shown falling and being wheeled into surgery in the first teaser trailer. NBC shows Chicago Med, Fire and PD will come together for the first crossover in five years with the teams focusing on a possible gas explosion leaving over 50 victims in need of help. © NBCAmy Morton as Trudy Platt in Chicago PD It is unclear how Trudy – who is married to firefighter Mouch – has ended up unconscious and in need of medical attention, but the trailer, revealed by People, shows Dr. Mitch Ripley (Luke Mitchell) calling out, “she’s crashing,” as Mouch (Christian Stolte) looks on in tears. The trailer also reveals Lieutenant Stella Kidd (Miranda Rae Mayo) may be in trouble as she is below ground helping people off the L train when Battalion Chief Dom Pascal (Dermot Mulroney) calls on her to “evacuate immediately” as the tunnel begins to collapse. Christian Stolte as Mouch in Chicago Fire …

Amazon Mocked for Slapping AI-Generated Poster on Beloved 1922 Film “Nosferatu”

Amazon Mocked for Slapping AI-Generated Poster on Beloved 1922 Film “Nosferatu”

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In an astonishing feat of laziness, Amazon Prime Video service has adorned the iconic 1922 horror film “Nosferatu” with a slapdash poster that was obviously generated using AI. The poster — first discovered by eagle-eyed netizens last fall and resurfaced as Robert Eggers’ remake of the beloved classic wows critics in theaters — turns the vampire Count Orlok’s monstrous visage into a yassified rendition with a strangely slender body, his harrowing appearance replaced with an aesthetic straight out of a “Twilight” movie. To add suck further blood out of the original’s legacy, its iconic use of typography was exchanged for a font that closely resembles Papyrus, a typeface so widely hated that it spawned its own series of “Saturday Night Live” sketches. In other words, it’s exactly the kind of uninspired slop you’d expect an AI image generator to spit out. It’s a sign of the times — highlighting a worrying trend as companies like Amazon continue to undermine the work of human artists by leaning into cheapo AI. The online reaction to the insipid art …

How A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Its Beloved Soundtrack Album, Almost Never Happened

How A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Its Beloved Soundtrack Album, Almost Never Happened

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A Char­lie Brown Christ­mas uses a cast of ama­teur child voice actors, deals with the theme of sea­son­al depres­sion, and cul­mi­nates in the recita­tion of a Bible verse, all to a jazz score. It was not, safe to say, the spe­cial that CBS had expect­ed, to say noth­ing of its spon­sor, the Coca-Cola Com­pa­ny. In all like­li­hood, it would have been can­celed, but see­ing as it had already been announced and pro­mot­ed (and in any case, was com­plet­ed only a few days before it was sched­uled to air), the show went on. In the event, not only did it please the view­ers of Amer­i­ca, it went on to become one of the most beloved pieces of Christ­mas ani­ma­tion — and that jazz score went on to become one of the most beloved Christ­mas albums. In the new Dig­ging the Greats video above, bassist Bran­don Shaw breaks down some of the dis­tin­guish­ing char­ac­ter­is­tics of Vince Guaral­di’s score, with help from drum­mer Ryan Shaw (not just Bran­don’s broth­er, but also a musi­cian with his own direct con­nec­tion …

Dick Van Dyke shares incredible update after beloved cat Bobo goes missing during Malibu wildfires

Dick Van Dyke shares incredible update after beloved cat Bobo goes missing during Malibu wildfires

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Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Dick Van Dyke’s cat Bobo has been found after going missing amid an evacuation for the Malibu wildfires. The 98-year-old Mary Poppins actor turned to Facebook on Tuesday (December 10) to announce that he and his wife, Arlene Silver, were safe, but they were not able to locate one of their pets. “Arlene and I have safely evacuated with our animals except for Bobo escaped as we were leaving,” he wrote about the cat at the time. “We’re praying he’ll be ok and that our community in Serra Retreat will survive these terrible fires.” Many people turned to the comments section assuring Van Dyke that cats are self-sufficient animals that would be capable of surviving for a long period of time. The actor went …

One Tree Hill returns! Beloved 2000s teen drama lands sequel series at Netflix with original cast

One Tree Hill returns! Beloved 2000s teen drama lands sequel series at Netflix with original cast

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Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free A One Tree Hill sequel series is reportedly in development at Netflix with several of its original cast members set to return. Sophia Bush, who starred as Brooke Davis, Danneel Ackles, who played Rachel Gatina, and Hilarie Burton, who portrayed Peyton Sawyer, are said to have signed on as executive producers. Bush and Burton are expected to reprise their roles in the reboot, according to Variety, while Ackles is also in talks to return. The Independent has contacted Netflix for further comment. It is not yet known if Bethany Joy Lenz, Chad Michael Murray or James Lafferty will also return. Lenz played Haley Scott, who ended up marrying Lafferty’s Nathan Scott, the half-brother of Murray’s Lucas Scott. One Tree Hill was a popular coming-of-age drama that ran for nine seasons from 2003 to 2012. Its first three seasons debuted on …

The Gaza physiotherapist: My house was bombed – and my baby son and beloved husband died | World news

The Gaza physiotherapist: My house was bombed – and my baby son and beloved husband died | World news

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Suha Nasser. Composite: undefined/Guardian Design; Supplied image Suha Nasser, 27, is a physiotherapist from Jabalia. She was at home with her husband, baby and 31 relatives who were sheltering there with them when the street, including their house, was bombed. What was your life like before 7 October?I am from north Gaza, from Jabalia. I met my husband Mohammed at university in 2018 and was immediately attracted to his self-confidence. On top of that, he was kind, loving, supportive and always joking around. We got married in 2019 and I couldn’t have been happier, but what followed was our long struggle to start a family. We travelled to Egypt in May 2022, originally for a summer holiday, but found that the cost of fertility treatment in Cairo was much lower. In the end we spent four months there. Two weeks after the embryo transfer we had to make the journey back across the border to Gaza, which took two full days, across often dangerous checkpoints. I was exhausted and feared for my unborn child. In …

Beloved Cardiff pub demolished in 2012 reopens after brick-by-brick rebuild on new site | Cardiff

Beloved Cardiff pub demolished in 2012 reopens after brick-by-brick rebuild on new site | Cardiff

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For more than a century and a half, the Vulcan Hotel served dockers, railway workers, artists, sports stars, gamblers and dreamers and the demolition in 2012 of this beloved, spit-and-sawdust Cardiff pub felt like a bereavement. Twelve years on, the pints are about to flow and the pickled eggs served again after a painstaking project to move the old alehouse brick by brick to a new site and reopen it as a working pub. “It feels weird but wonderful,” said Gwyn Lewis, who was the Vulcan’s landlord when it was flattened, as he walked for the first time into the reconstructed, revamped pub, now to be found on the edge of the Welsh capital at the St Fagans National Museum of History. The stories began to pour out. How James Dean Bradfield, of Manic Street Preachers (who once told the Guardian that it was the “perfect example of an old-fashioned Welsh pub, beautifully basic”), used to come in for a quiet drink but would then get his guitar out for an impromptu gig. How a …

Great American Pure Flix showcases beloved stars, original world premiere films, and debuts third original series of 2024 during the month of May

Great American Pure Flix showcases beloved stars, original world premiere films, and debuts third original series of 2024 during the month of May

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A-list stars include Alexa Penavega, Carlos Penavega, Harry Lennix, Tim Tebow’s ‘Run the Race,’ starring Kristoffer Polaha, only some of the must-see programming on America’s top faith and family streamer NEW YORK — Great American Pure Flix, the top streaming destination for faith and family content, showcases A-list stars, original World Premiere movies, the World Premiere of the platform’s third original series in 2024, and new content dropping every Thursday at 8 p.m. throughout the month of May. As summer beckons with longer, brighter days, Great American Pure Flix is proud to be the place families come together to watch quality original entertainment. WORLD PREMIERE ORIGINAL MOVIES, ORIGINAL SERIES, SPECIALS FOR MAY 2024: LOVE’S SECOND ACT – Starring Jodie Sweetin (Craft Me A Romance, “Full House”), Tilky Jones (Sister of the Bride, “Shrinking”), and George Wendt (“Cheers,” Christmas With the Campbells), Love’s Second Act is a World Premiere Original Movie, Thursday, May 9 at 8 p.m. ET, exclusively on Great American Pure Flix. Jamie (Sweetin) is a filmmaker who needs inspiration to finish her screenplay after …

Family of Hainault attack victim Daniel Anjorin pay tribute to ‘beloved son’ | UK news

Family of Hainault attack victim Daniel Anjorin pay tribute to ‘beloved son’ | UK news

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The family of Daniel Anjorin have issued a statement paying tribute to their son, who was fatally stabbed as he walked to school, as Arsenal football club led tributes to the teenager. Daniel, a 14-year-old football fan, was attacked with a sword in Hainault, east London, and suffered fatal wounds to his neck and chest. His family issued a statement via the Metropolitan police that said: “We as a family are devastated by the loss of our beloved son Daniel. It is difficult for us at this time to process what has happened to him and that he will never come home. Daniel had left the house for school and then he was gone. “Our children have lost their loving and precious brother and we have lost the most loved and amazing son. We would like to send our best wishes to the other victims of this unthinkable incident. “We would also like to thank the local community for all of their support during this most difficult time. We ask that the media please respect …