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The original singer of 'Reading Rainbow' theme song, Tina Fabrique, performs 'Butterfly in the Sky'! 🦋

Mississippi Residents Reaction to Peaceful Integration Protests, 1961.

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Michael Jackson had to cut a deal with a drug lord to film this video. The Brazilian government tried to block the shoot. A judge banned the filming. The police refused to enter the area. Rio was bidding to host the 2004 Olympics and didn't want the world seeing footage of its poorest neighborhoods. So Spike Lee walked into the favela (Rio's version of a hillside slum) and found the local crime boss. His name was Marcinho VP. He ran one of the city's biggest gangs, Comando Vermelho. He also happened to be a huge Jackson fan, and he provided the whole production with security for free. A higher court eventually overturned the ban. The police still wouldn't go in. So 1,500 police officers and 50 residents acting as security guards sealed off the favela. Jackson arrived by helicopter. He walked the streets handing out candy to the kids. The people who lived there had woken up early that morning to sweep the streets and take out the trash before he got there. Mid-shoot, two women burst through security. One knocked Jackson flat. Spike Lee helped him up and he kept dancing. That exact take is in the final video. For the Salvador half of the shoot, he worked with 200 drummers from a local group called Olodum. The media coverage put them on the map in 140 countries. They'd been a regional act before the shoot. They became a global one after. Over 200 million people watched the premiere around the world. The song itself peaked at #30 in America. In Germany it went to #1 and stayed on the chart for 30 weeks, the longest run of any Jackson song there. The video crossed 1 billion views on YouTube in 2023. Only one other Jackson video has done that: Billie Jean. He's the first solo male singer from the 1900s with two videos over a billion. The day after Jackson died in 2009, Rio's mayor announced they'd put a statue of him in the same favela where the video was shot. Locals said the turnaround of their neighborhood started with his visit.

Mecklenburg residents do need to push back about this though. Because both Wake and Durham reinstated Master’s pay for teachers who weren’t grandfathered in by the legislative policy. Chapel Hill already has relatively high pay. CMS should be reinstating Master’s pay.

‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’ Trailer: Joseph Zada's Haymitch Abernathy Fights for His Life in Panem's Second Quarter Quell variety.com/2026/film/news…

That was a great shot lol. Oh well. Duke had a great season! 💙🏀

St. John’s always makes us sweat, but we won! 💙🏀

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I’m glad I got my Roots Picnic ticket. I had a feeling that the Yankee Stadium tickets weren’t going to end well lol.

Rusty mocking Arthur’s accent 😂😂😂 #TheFallandRiseofReggieDinkins

That is very complex work. I feel bad for the ATC and the pilots families. The whole thing is sad.

The subway scene terrified me 😭

Watching the newest episode and yep. They were impulsive, unstable, and did not take their future lives and plans with one another seriously before they got married. And here it is on full display. #LoveStoryFX

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“Why won’t anyone Obama with me?!” “Yes we can…. bust the other team in the mouth!” 😂😂😂😂😂 #TheFallandRiseofReggieDinkins

Daniel and Megan the Stallion 😂😂😂 #TheFallandRiseofReggieDinkins

From college roommates, to Oscar winners Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson met as students at University in 2007.

Ryan Coogler is now an #Oscars Award winning filmmaker.

The full performance of “I Lied To You” from ‘SINNERS’ at the Oscars. See the full winners list: bit.ly/OscarWins26