NBA vs. WNBA: Who had a better season in the bubble?
SJ Grant/Courtesy
There were plenty of successes and drawbacks to the bubble format the NBA and WNBA used this past season. Here are some of them.
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‘Schitt’s Creek’ shuts out competition, Zendaya scores historic acting win at 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards
Though every comedy series other than “Schitt’s Creek” went home empty-handed, the night was an overall improvement over recent ceremonies that tended to award endurance over quality.
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Game of Thorns: Week 7 of ‘The Bachelor’ proves we are not all family
Peter flies on over to Des Moines, Iowa to meet Kelsey and her equally platinum blond family.
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How ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ has grown increasingly political in the age of Trump
To say that the Trump administration has had an impact on Kimmel’s punch lines would be an understatement — his increase in ratings could be credited to some extent to his poking fun at Trump’s unorthodox speeches and frequent use of Twitter.
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Top UC Berkeley alumni in the arts world to name-drop
While references to famed engineer Butler Lampson or physicist Barry Barish may be hard to fit into a conversation, here are a few of the best UC Berkeley alumni in the entertainment world to bring out the next time you see your high school friends.
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College Avenue Safeway location banned from selling alcohol until October
The store had its alcoholic beverage license suspended by state authorities for selling alcohol to minors three times in the span of three years.
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2019-20 TV season pilot watch, the rankings: ABC
Even with Shonda Rhimes wooed away to Netflix and her current shows coming to an end, in its coming season ABC seems to still be going strong.
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Deafening sound of discrimination
Off the Beat
From the first moment I witnessed someone laughing at my father for his deaf accent, I realized people could be incredibly cruel. And I quickly learned that life wasn’t fair. My father was born deaf and didn’t grow up in a deaf community, so he struggled to communicate with hearing
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On Charlie Brown, seasonal stress and facing the holiday blues
…this final remark speaks to the broader message of the film, acknowledging and validating feelings of disillusionment surrounding the holidays. Instead of simply trying to cope with failure during the holiday season when Charlie Brown is confronted with it again and again, he eventually just owns it.
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Picks of the Week: Treats and tunes for the 1st week of November
On Monday, make a playlist. Pack it full of songs from Billboard’s hit chart, Spotify’s Discover Weekly and your friends’ list of favorites. Set it to play while you walk to pick up the week’s groceries or to Starbucks for your first holiday drink of the season — my choice is a classic peppermint mocha, with whipped cream, of course.
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