Carl Weathers, Who Immortalized Apollo Creed in ‘Rocky’ Movies, Dead at 76
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Breitbart ^
| 02/02/2024 | David Ng
Carl Weathers, who immortalized the role of Apollo Creed opposite Sylvester Stallone in Rocky and three of its sequels, has died. He
was 76. Weathers’ family announced that the actor died Tuesday. No cause of death was given. “We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Carl Weathers,” his family said in a statement sent to multiple news outlets. “He died peacefully in his sleep on Thursday, February 1st, 2024. … Carl was an exceptional human being who lived an extraordinary life. Through his contributions to film, television, the arts and sports, he has left an indelible mark and...
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Burt Young, Oscar-Nominated ‘Rocky’ Actor, Dies at 83
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www.hollywoodreporter.com ^
| 10/18/2023 | Mike Barnes
Burt Young, a former boxer who was in Sylvester Stallone‘s corner as his brother-in-law Paulie in the six Rocky films and received a supporting actor Oscar nomination for his turn in the original, has died. He
was 83. He died on Oct. 8 in Los Angeles, his daughter, Anne Morea Steingieser, told The New York Times Wednesday.
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This ROCKY BULLWINKEL EPISODE was BANNED For 45 YEARS
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Do You Remember? ^
| 17/8/23
"Rocky and His Friends" was an instant hit in 1959, and it appealed to both the young and the "young at heart." But
the Kremlin believed the show was anti-Soviet propaganda, and it was considered too shocking for viewers in The Great White North.
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Three ‘fairly mummified’ bodies found near remote Rocky Mountains campsite: officials
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NY Post ^
| 07/12/2023 | Isabel Keane
Three “fairly mummified” bodies were discovered in a remote Rocky Mountains campsite in Colorado this week — and may have been there since last year, authorities said. One
of the bodies was located by a hiker on Sunday, while two others were found by authorities on Monday, Gunnison County Sheriff Adam Murdie said. Two of the bodies were found inside a small, zipped-up tent while the other was outside in the camp. The bodies were found in a wooded, remote area, away from areas typically frequented by hikers. “This is not a typical occurrence anywhere, by any means,” Murdie said.
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[Catholic Caucus] A Rocky Beginning for Tucho Fernandez: Erotic Poetry, "Youth Ministry," and Covering Up for Predators
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Rorate Caeli ^
| July 5, 2023 | DC Rosary
[Catholic Caucus] A Rocky Beginning for Tucho Fernandez: Erotic Poetry, "Youth Ministry," and Covering Up for PredatorsThe appointment of Tucho Fernandez as Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has met with disapproval across the Catholic world-- even from unlikely sources.The problems began with the resurfacing of Fernandez's 1995
book, "Heal Me with Your Mouth: The Art of Kissing." The book includes sexually graphic, vulgar and disturbing poems written by Fernandez interspersed with insipid attempts at theological insight. Written when Fernandez was a parish priest, this is a book that should have raised alarm bells at the...
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San Antonio summer - off to a rocky start
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Kens5-TV ^
| today | Kens5-TV
WHT? SA is the capital of "If it bleeds, it leads", but this is ridiculous. My
receptionist's kid was at North Star Mall when it happened and did the right thing: went back into the store she was in and out the back entrance of the store, avoiding a lot of the chaos. And people still think that CC everywhere is an overreaction or paranoia...
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How A Rotten Sex Pistol And His Wife Modeled Life-Long Commitment In A Rocky World
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The Federalist ^
| 04/24/2023 | Steve Beard
Despite Johnny’s outrageous public persona, his marriage to Nora never fed salacious headlines. There’s
been only one woman in his orbit.When the notorious Johnny Rotten (aka John Lydon) appeared on the fledgling punk rock scene decades ago as the frontman for the Sex Pistols, he didn’t appear as a likely candidate for being fully committed to a 44-year marriage.Instead, he was public enemy No. 1 in Great Britain and was routinely denounced by politicians. He brutally mocked the monarchy in “God Save the Queen” and stirred a cauldron of teenage discontent with songs such as “Anarchy in the U.K.” and...
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John Fetterman's First Hearing Gets Off to a Very Rocky Start
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townhall.com ^
| April 19, 2023 | Matt Vespa
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) is back on the Hill after a lengthy hospital stay to treat clinical depression. What
started as a few weeks' stay turned into weeks with reports that the Pennsylvania Democrat wouldn’t be released until mid-April. Fetterman’s doctors were reportedly trying to figure out his medication. As soon as that news broke, the former Braddock mayor was discharged on March 31. We’re glad that the senator is doing better with his mental health issues, but it doesn’t mitigate the cognitive ones impacting his ability to do his job. Mr. Fetterman suffered a severe stroke in April of...
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A Real Threat: Rocky Horror Cupich Show
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Gloria TV ^
| April 17, 2023 | Gloria TV
A Real Threat: Rocky Horror Cupich ShowThe Maundy Thursday Eucharist at notorious St Sabina Parish in Chicago Archdiocese was a kind of Protestant service with some "words of consecration".Being Novus Ordo, the performance had no altar but a banquet table around which sat twelve men and women dressed as vice presidents of
the banquet - as if a banquet needed a president.It included choreographed dances, purple lighting effects, disco ball strobe lights, brutal noise with crashing cymbals and yelling and tinkly piano music.During the show, Father Michael Pfleger celebrated his own person.Chicago's Cardinal Cupich who supposedly cares about Catholic doctrine...
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Connecticut man fights off 4 suspects in attempted carjacking in harrowing video (Rocky Hill)
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foxnews ^
| 4/15/2022 | Timothy H.J. Nerozzi
Four Connecticut carjacking suspects flee scene after woman yells they were calling the police A man in Connecticut traded blows with multiple people who were attempting a brazen broad-daylight carjacking on April 10. Police
are searching for the four suspects captured on camera attempting to steal a car parked in a residential driveway in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. The homeowner's Ring video surveillance system captured the entire incident, and police released the video as they seek to identify the suspects.
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Yo, Adrian: A Set of Old ‘Rocky’ VHS Tapes Sold for Over $53,000
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robbreport.com ^
| APRIL 13, 2023 | By LOUISA BALLHAUS
Heritage Auctions is suddenly seeing new categories of collectibles soar in resale value. The
auction world provides a unique opportunity to see just what people value these days, and exactly how much they value it—and some new categories of collectibles entering the auction fray have exploded from seemingly nowhere, like a sudden demand for VHS tapes seen by Heritage Auctions in Dallas, Texas. Heritage previously only peddled in coins, comics, movie posters, and sports paraphernalia, but the company has vastly expanded their offerings in recent years to reflect a new world of buyers that sees a far wider range of...
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rocky horror picture show - the time warp
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Rocky Horror Picture Show ^
| 1975 | Riff Raff
Song from the Musical: The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Time Warp - Performed by Riff Raff (Richard O'Brien), Magenta (Patricia Quinn) & Columbia (Nell Campbell)
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Lufthansa tells passengers on rocky flight from hell to delete photos, videos: report
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NY Post ^
| 03/11/2023 | Melissa Klein
Passengers on a Lufthansa flight from hell that dropped almost 4,000 feet in severe turbulence were asked to delete their photos and videos of the terrifying event, according to a report. Before
the March 1 flight made an emergency landing at Washington, DC’s Dulles Airport, a flight attendant twice made an announcement to get rid of any images, passenger Rolanda Schmidt told Insider. “I think we were all just like, ‘What?!'” Schmidt said. The second announcement implied that the request was to protect passenger privacy, she said. Another passenger confirmed to Insider that they were asked to delete photos. But...
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Denver – Rocky Mountain High to Rocky Mountain Hellhole
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American Thinker ^
| 7 Feb, 2023 | Brian C. Joondeph
Seven years ago, Business Insider published, “14 reasons why Denver is the best place to live in America.” They recommended everyone consider Denver as “your next hometown” citing a strong job market, low unemployment, great restaurants, and practical perks such as a low crime rate and good schools. That
was then. How is Denver doing now as “trendy and desirable”? In answering that question, the Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle published, “Denver becoming America’s crime capital.” That’s quite the turnaround in less than a decade, especially when we think of New York City, Baltimore, or Philadelphia as America’s crime capitals. In...
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We Tried Rocky Mountain Oysters. Here’s What It Was Like
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Far & Wide ^
| 5/13/22 | Mariana Zapata
Although the practice of eating bull testicles is not very common in the United States anymore, it was once fairly widespread in the West You can still find the dish in the Midwest in cattle states like Texas and Oklahoma. Internationally, Spain champions them, as do Argentina and certain places in Mexico.
In Canada, they are called prairie oysters. Consuming bull testicles makes a lot of sense in areas where cattle ranching is a big industry. Bulls have to be castrated in order to control breeding or discourage aggression. And if you're already taking their balls off, why be wasteful...
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A rocky past haunts the mysterious company behind the Lensa AI photo app
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NPR ^
| January 20, 2023 | Bobby Allyn
A Belarussian millionaire living in Cyprus. A dinner with the CEO of Snap. A six-figure patent troll case. They
are all part of the history of Prisma Labs, a largely obscure artificial intelligence startup that spent years under the radar until November, when the company introduced "Magic Avatars." The feature in Prisma's Lensa app has allowed millions to turn mundane selfies into dazzling AI-generated animated portraits of fairy princesses and astronauts. And it has brought in tens of millions of dollars. Now, Prisma is trying to capitalize on the magic. Company executives are scrambling to come up with ways to...
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A New Frontier: NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Confirms Existence of Earth-Sized Rocky Exoplanet!
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Scitech Daily ^
| JANUARY 17, 2023 | By SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE
Exoplanet LHS 475 b and Its Star This illustration reflects that exoplanet LHS 475 b is rocky and almost precisely the same size as Earth based on new evidence from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The planet is only a few hundred degrees warmer than our home planet. The
planet whips around its star in just two days, far faster than any planet in the solar system, but its red dwarf star is less than half the temperature of the Sun. Researchers will follow up this summer with another observation with Webb, which they hope will allow them to definitively...
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Donald Trump Threatened Trade War Against Sweden to Release A$AP Rocky: Report
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Billboard ^
| 07/1/2022 | Rania Aniftos
In 2019, Rocky was arrested in Sweden along with his two bodyguards after a fight.Back in 2019, former President Donald Trump was personally involved in getting A$AP Rocky out of jail in Sweden after a street fight, and now, more details are emerging. Sweden’s
Justice Minister revealed to a local news source this week that Trump used bullying tactics, including threatening to wage trade restrictions against the country, to free the rapper. “If you can try and do something like this against Sweden, what will you then try and do to slightly weaker countries that don’t have the European Union...
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1 climber killed, 2 hurt in avalanche in Rocky Mountain National Park
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cbs ^
A climber was killed and two others injured Sunday in a rock fall and avalanche in Rocky Mountain National Park, officials said. A
woman suffered minor injuries and a man who suffered more serious injuries was rescued by a Colorado National Guard helicopter using a hoist during a break in wintry weather, a park press release said. Harsh conditions in the area complicated rescue efforts, CBS Denver reported. The park said rescue teams were "working in terrain above 11,500 feet" and were "experiencing winter like weather conditions," according to the station.
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Milley on ‘Rocky’ Relationship with Trump: ‘My North Star Is the Constitution’
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Breitbart ^
| 05/27/2022 | Jeff poor
In a preview of FNC host Bret Baier’s interview with Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Mark Milley that aired on Friday, Milley touched on his time serving under former President Donald Trump, which at times was tumultuous, as acknowledged by Milley on multiple occasions. Milley
emphasized his oath to the Constitution and insisted the military should be “apolitical.”
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