The Federal Bureau of Investigation has fired as many as 20 FBI agents, including a group associated with a 2020 incident in which agents were photographed kneeling with demonstrators at the height of protests over the police killing of George Floyd, two people briefed on the matter said. The latest round of dismissals at the bureau came at the end …
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Pokémon Company Pushes Back Against ICE Use of Iconic Anime’s Theme Song
The Pokémon Company has distanced itself from a controversial U.S. Department of Homeland Security video that repurposed the franchise’s iconic anime theme song to promote an ICE raid. The Department of Homeland Security posted the clip earlier this week, splicing footage of ICE agents making arrests with imagery from the original Pokémon animated series and mock-ups of trading cards featuring …
Read More »Starbucks closing stores, including iconic Seattle roastery, as CEO deepens restructuring – Reuters
Starbucks closing stores, including iconic Seattle roastery, as CEO deepens restructuring Reuters Starbucks announces significant store closures and layoffs CNN Starbucks plans layoffs, store closures. Will Michigan be affected? Detroit Free Press Starbucks to close stores, slash 900 jobs in restructuring plan Yahoo Finance Starbucks to close stores, lay off workers in $1 billion restructuring plan CNBC Source link
Read More »Seattle’s Iconic Starbucks Reserve Roastery Among Stores Closing
Starbucks’ iconic Reserve Roastery in Seattle is among the stores the company is closing, Business Insider has learned. Starbucks on Thursday announced it would close many of its corporate-owned stores across North America, targeting locations where the company said it found it is “unable to create the physical environment our customers and partners expect” or where it doesn’t “see a …
Read More »Dawson’s Creek Reunion Includes Iconic Hollywood Filmmaker & Broadway Star
A recent reunion event for Dawson’s Creek brought together the beloved cast and crew of the iconic teen drama series, although the lead actor, James Van Der Beek, was absent. The event featured a surprise appearance by Steven Spielberg and included a live reading of the show’s 1998 pilot episode. Created by Kevin Williamson, Dawson’s Creek aired on The WB …
Read More »Robert Redford hit a forever home run with iconic ‘Natural’ role
There are many, many reasons why 41 years later “The Natural” remains the gold standard for baseball movies (and probably for sports movies as a whole). There are so many things to like across its 122-minute running time. I like that Joe Don Baker completely hams it up as The Whammer, and doesn’t even pretend like he’s anything other than …
Read More »Iconic ’80s Band Frontman Reveals Devastating Health Battle
Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil is revealing the devastating health issues that forced the band to postpone their residency last year. The beloved hair metal rocker, 64, who rose to superstardom in the ’80s alongside original bandmates Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, and Mick Mars, opened up in a new interview about the difficult journey to recovery he’s been on in the …
Read More »Star Trek Finally Delivers The Iconic Sci-Fi Crossover That Combines 120 Years of Lore
Two of the cornerstones of modern-day science fiction television, Star Trek and Doctor Who, have spent decades running on parallel tracks, and they’ve finally come together explicitly in 2025. Fans of both will know that the two shows have an awful lot in common. Both began in the 1960s, both boast expansive lore and Universes, and both have passionate, multigenerational …
Read More »Kirsten Dunst Reveals She Wouldn’t Want Sequel to Iconic Movie
Fall brings longer, colder nights, and everyone deserves a cozy, comfy bed. At the end of the day, you want nothing more than to melt into a cloud of comfort and drift off to dreamland (where you don’t have to work in the morning). But if your mattress feels more like concrete than cotton, that’s impossible. Luckily, Bare Home has …
Read More »Developer IO Interactive on why Bond needs to “earn” his iconic theme music in 007: First Light
Getting your hands on an iconic and beloved entertainment property is surely a blessing and a curse. On one hand, you get the opportunity to mine the history of the franchise and its stories for your own gain, and get to leverage the interest of a dedicated congregation of existing fans. On the other hand… there’s a lot of expectation. …
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