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Writers of Color Santa Cruz County hosting third poetry reading at MAH – Santa Cruz Sentinel

October 1, 2024 Web Shared Hosting News 0

SANTA CRUZ — From Scotts Valley to Watsonville and everywhere in between, it is well-known that Santa Cruz County is an artist haven. That goes not just for visual artists and musicians but writers and poets as well, all coming from different walks of life with different stories to share.

There are enough writers of color throughout Santa Cruz County that an organization was formed in 2021 appropriately called Writers of Color Santa Cruz County to amplify writers of color and allow for opportunities to share their work. One avenue for the past three years has been poetry readings at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. That tradition will continue Oct. 10  when 17 local poets will read and showcase their work.

Organizer Vivian Vargas, a published author who founded the Heidelberg…


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Mayim Bialik Leaves Final Week Of Filming In Solidarity With Writers But Production Continues – MSN

April 27, 2024 Web Shared Hosting News 0

EXCLUSIVE: Jeopardy! has become one of the first game shows to be impacted by the writers strike.

Deadline understands that host Mayim Bialik decided against hosting the final week of filming for season 39, standing in solidarity with the striking writers.

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However, we understand that production on the final run of episodes for the season is going ahead with Ken Jennings taking over hosting duties. The final episodes of the season will be filmed at the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City between Tuesday May 16 and Friday 19 May.

Jeopardy!, which is produced by Sony Pictures Television, is a WGA show and features contributions from WGA writers, but the questions were written in advance of a season and the strike.

Bialik and Jennings have shared…


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Elon Musk to Headline Writers: Drop Dead

October 5, 2023 Web Shared Hosting News 0

The context collapse has escalated at the site formerly known as Twitter: Starting sometime yesterday, the previews that X automatically generates of shared links now strips them of headlines and displays only the lead art and the link’s domain name in the bottom-left corner.

For example, the preview card for my share of the story I wrote yesterday about Android 14 consisted of a header image we ran from Google PR, stamped with “pcmag.com.” Previously, the preview card would have included that image but also the headline and a snippet of the story’s text, which made it obvious you were looking at a shared link and not an attached photo. 

The move, which Elon Musk argued in August would “greatly improve the [a]esthetics” of X, both strips possibly crucial context from posts…


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Drew Barrymore dropped as awards show host over writers’ strike

September 13, 2023 Web Shared Hosting News 0


FILE - Drew Barrymore appears at the 24th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on March 19, 2023, in Washington. Barrymore will host the National Book Awards, where Oprah Winfrey will be a guest speaker. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)
Drew Barrymore will no longer be hosting the National Book Awards in November (Picture: AP)

Drew Barrymore has been dropped as the host of the 74th National Book Awards.

The National Book Foundation explained it had revoked the 48-year-old’s offer to host over her decision to bring back her self-titled talk show amid the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike.

The ceremony is set to take place in New York on November 15, but the National Book Foundation confirmed in a statement shared on X, formerly known on Twitter, that Drew would no longer be hosting.

In a tweet shared on Tuesday the foundation said: ‘In light of the announcement that The Drew Barrymore Show will resume production, the National Book Foundation has rescinded Ms Barrymore’s invitation to host the 74th…


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'Jeopardy!' host leaves show in solidarity with writers, more news – MSN

May 13, 2023 Web Shared Hosting News 0

Kelly Clarkson’s viewers wants answers. On Friday (May 12), Rolling Stone reported claims alleging the set of the singer’s eponymous talk show was a toxic workplace, quoting one current and 10 former staffers as saying they were “bullied and intimidated,” “overworked,” “underpaid” and “traumatized,” among other things, while working for Kelly’s producers. The outlet also noted the staffers, past and present, thought Kelly was unaware of what was going on behind the scenes. “NBC is protecting the show because it’s their new money maker, but Kelly has no clue how unhappy her staff is,” one person said. Still, the show host garnered criticism for failing to immediately address the report, choosing instead to promote new music on her social media.

However, later the same night the…


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