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Sickening portrayal of rape culture.

Sickening portrayal of rape culture.

Sam Levinson’s The Idol: A Painful, Sleazy, and Incoherent Mess The first two episodes of The Idol premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and, unsurprisingly, they were bad. Rape Culture: The Show was never going to be a great concept, especially after firing the original director, Amy Seimetz, who was replaced by Levinson. Costly reshoots followed Seimetz’s departure, completely changing …

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Harpswell Anchor: Libraries Promote Lifelong Learning

Harpswell Anchor: Libraries Promote Lifelong Learning

Summer Professional Development for Maine’s Library Staff It’s June! When I was a full-time teacher (I still teach remotely), June meant that summer was here. It meant packing and returning home to Harpswell with my children to enjoy swimming, boats, trips to Katahdin, or lighthouses and picnics. Lots of picnics and lots of tidal pool exploration. Yet, as a teacher, …

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Online and in-person entertainment picks.

Online and in-person entertainment picks.

The La Jolla Light has compiled a list of both online and local in-person events, including the Mount Soledad Memorial Association’s Memorial Day ceremony honoring Navy Aviation Radioman 3rd Class Walter “Uncle Bert” Mintus, the Sanford Burnham Prebys lecture “G12: Can Science Mend a Broken Heart?” with Alexandre Colas, and the La Jolla/Riford Library’s Pen to Paper writing class. Families …

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Irina Shayk elevates lingerie to high-fashion.

Irina Shayk’s Bold Boudoir Style at Cannes Film Festival 2023 Less is more—quite literally—for supermodel Irina Shayk, who stepped out of France’s Hotel Martinez on May 22 in a sexy sheer black nightgown and matching lingerie set. And no, Irina didn’t roll out of bed to attend British Vogue and Chopard’s Cannes Film Festival 2023 event; instead, she made a …

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