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Free Comic Book Day 2017
Saturday, May 6, at the WIU Malpass Library, Quad Cities Library, or A Boy and His Tiger comic book store in downtown Macomb. "This year's selection of free comics is incredible", said Free Comic Book Day spokesperson Michael Moccio . "We believe this is going to be one of the best Free Comic Book Days yet and we're excited for everyone to experience it!" Some stores may host special events in addition to giving away free comic books, such as having artists or costumed heroes paying a ...
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Scruffy-looking nerf-herders get together to celebrate Star Wars Day
Star Wars mania is in full swing for Thursday's Star Wars Day. Did you dress up as a character as a kid (or, you know, as an adult) for Halloween? With a single Instagram photo, the actor served us up a world where he can celebrate in a way we'd all like to: by hanging out with Han Solo's bestie Chewbacca and a few of the Wookiee's closest friends.
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Blade Runner 2049 Debuts Gorgeous New Posters
Ford will reprise his role as Dekkard from Ridley Scott's original movie, and in March it was revealed that Edward James Olmos will also return as enigmatic cop Gaff. As for Ryan Gosling's K, this one says: " A new civilization begins now ." . Be sure to share yours in the comments section below. Officer K ( Ryan Gosling ), a new blade runner for the Los Angeles Police Department, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos.
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Kangana Ranaut Launches A Flaring Queen 'Manikarnika' Poster At Varanasi Ghats
The 30-year-old actress also shared an update on the progress report of Manikarnika , about which very little is known. Kangana is also makes her debut as a writer with Hansal Mehta's film Simran. "Before this no amount of failure or success could make me feel like an achiever and now I feel I just don't want to waste", she said. The film is based on the life of legendary freedom fighter Rani Laxmibai and is slated to release in April 2018.
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Cinco de Mayo events scheduled Friday, Saturday
Cinco de Mayo is a holiday celebrated in many USA cities with a large Mexican-American population but how many people actually know what they are celebrating? While celebrations include throwing back tequila shots and eating Mexican food, Cinco de Mayo is not a holiday where you're supposed to get drunk and eat tacos until the salsa runs out.
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Fox News Co-President Bill Shine resigns as turmoil continues
In Shine's place, the Fox executive announced, will be Suzanne Scott as president of programming and Jay Wallace as president of news. Shine played a played a key role in building Fox News Channel into a cable juggernaut, having joined the 21st Century Fox unit when it first launched in 1996.
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Alanis Morissette's ex-manager jailed for six years over fraud
In January, Schwartz - who worked at GSO Business Management, which boasts famous clients such as 50 Cent, Tom Petty and Sofia Coppola - pleaded guilty to wire fraud and filing a false tax return after admitting to stealing nearly $5 million from Morissette between May 2010 and January 2014 and $1.7 million from two other clients.
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Hospital Where Jimmy Kimmel's Son Had Open-Heart Surgery Sees Spike in Donations
He made this statement while responding to TV Host Jimmy Kimmel's recent emotional plea for a healthcare reform. On Monday, Kimmel shared the incredibly personal story of how his newborn son William "Billy" Kimmel needed open heart surgery just days after being born.
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Fox News President Bill Shine Resigns
Shine played a played a key role in building Fox News Channel into a cable juggernaut, having joined the 21st Century Fox unit when it first launched in 1996. Subsequently, dozens of advertisers left The O'Reilly Factor, which he hosted for 21 years. "Suzanne and Jay are recognized industry leaders". Ailes was dismissed from the network last summer following multiple allegations of sexual harassment.
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Macron re-enlarges his margin against Le Pen - Opinionway poll
French flags were flying alongside European Union flags. Speaking at a convention centre in northern Paris, Macron, however, said Le Pen "had fed off worry and hate for years". The ministry said Macron used "unacceptable comparisons and mental shortcuts that lead to errors in public opinion" and denied that Poland is an ally of Le Pen.
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Wladimir Klitschko posts Classy Message On Social Media
Twice Klitschko returned to his feet after hitting the canvas in the 11th until, with him no longer able to defend himself from another hurtful Joshua barrage, American referee David Fields was forced to intervene. Klitschko, who suffered his first stoppage defeat since Lamon Brewster beat him in 2004, was full of respect for his conqueror. Previous concerns about his durability proved unfounded as he also demonstrated exceptional heart and resilience to avoid defeat after swallowing ...
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Suspected gunman who shot Dallas firefighter had long rap sheet
The firefighter was taken to Baylor Medical Center in Dallas . The attack prompted police to block access to the area until a police robot searched Brown's home, where it found Brown and his roommate dead. The department requested a "citywide assist", meaning it asked for the help of any available Dallas officer. Dallas police say they are still trying to piece everything together and say a lot of what happened is captured on 911 recordings and survielance tapes.
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Kurt Russell broke Marvel rules
How Starhawk and his crew will be implemented further into the MCU - especially with Gunn being unsure about their inclusion in "Vol. 3" - is a subject that calls for a lot of discussion. The first movie showed a complex relationship between Yondu and Quill. The music isn't very bad, there are some really good songs, they just didn't fit as well as they did in Vol.1.
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Tag Team Match Added, Title Match, More
WWE is clearly making an effort to get both secondary titles up a level on both Raw and SmackDown . All the better to keep Rollins looking like a top guy. So, this fight is going to be a game changer for him in the coming events and fights. "The Drama King" begins each match with some operatic singing - which serenaded fans with before a quick loss to Tye Dillinger last night.
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Reasons Why Chris Jericho's Last Run Was His Best Ever
Chirs Jericho beats Kevin Owens Jericho got off the gates well with a big elbow drop on Owens followed by a standing dropkick. And in that context, it's hard to find much fault with the last match between the two former best friends.
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HBO developing story ideas for 'Game of Thrones' spinoffs
And they do have some time - Thrones' seventh season is premiering this summer, but there's still the eighth and final season to be scripted and filmed following that. For now, HBO is simply saying that, "There is no timetable set for these projects". Plus, there's all those Emmys to consider ( GoT set records for the most Emmys ever won in the prime-time ceremony).
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Southwest Airlines to end overbooking policy
Dao reportedly suffered a concussion, broken nose and sinus injury while he was dragged from the plane by Chicago Aviation Department officers. It took a viral video showing the violent removal of a bloodied passenger from one of its flights to do it, but United Airlines is trying to improve its customer service.
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Tubelight teaser: Salman Khan fans have lots to cheer about
Salman Khan had earlier promulgated on Twitter, the release of the teaser later in the day today. Salman Khan is producing this film under SKBH productions. Salman Khan makes his first appearance at 55 seconds. Those who have missed out, do not worry because we've carefully curated the Tubelight posters for you.
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Comey 'mildly nauseous' to think FBI affected election outcome
Much of the hours of questioning centered on Comey's decision to notify Congress, less than two weeks before the presidential election, about new emails relating to the investigation of former Secretary of State Clinton's use of a private email server for official business.
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Rishi at peace with attendance at Vinod Khanna's prayer meet
The 44-year-old actor took to Twitter, where he posted a black-and-white picture from his childhood which shows him, his father and younger brother Akshaye enjoying a day-out on the beach. "Thank you my film brethren for your solidarity shown towards the Khanna family". After lashing out at the young stars of Bollywood, Rishi Kapoor is now happy with this gesture of his mates and also thanked everyone for attending the meet.
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Here's why Kanye West refused to attend the MET Gala
But fast forward 12 turbulent months and Kim , 36, was left to tread the red carpet alone as the "stressed" rapper stayed at home. "He's been taking some time off and really loving that". "Their behaviour completely detracted from Kim's current standing in the industry", they added. Turning down an invite means he might not be asked back again.
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GOP revives struggling health care bill and plans House vote
Today's vote was the second attempted by the Republican party do away with Obamacare . But passing the measure would be a step toward keeping one of President Trump's central campaign vows , and fulfilling Republicans' long stated goal of overturning Obamacare , as the Affordable Care Act is also known.
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Government Announces Cleanest Cities of India. Indore Tops The List
Madhya Pradesh's Indore was declared as India's cleanest city, while Gonda in Uttar Pradesh has been ranked the dirtiest. Indore is the cleanest city in India, closely followed by Bhopal, Visakhapatnam, Surat, Mysuru, Tiruchirapally and the New Delhi Municipal Council, according to a government survey released on Thursday.
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School evacuated after student dresses as Darth Vader for Star Wars day
Williamson said his father convinced his mother, likely with the help of her general anesthesia. Darth Vader is alive and well. and working at a Memphis hospital. Marvel's been on a roll with Star Wars comic books, and now it looks like one of the characters created for them will become a vintage-style toy: the anti-heroic archaeologist Dr.
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Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are engaged
I've got my license. "When I saw him on one knee, I started laughing nervously, nearly hysterically", she told Vanity Fair of how Joe chose to pop the question. The couple began working together on the MSNBC talk show in 2007, although, at the time they both living separate lives with their respective partners.
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Ariel Winter struggled with fame
Ariel Winter found herself in a similar situation when she turned up to a Modern Family photoshoot. I was surrounded by so many great people that were really supportive of me and really, you know, wanted me to thrive. Winter's on-screen mom, Julie Bowen , expressed her admiration for Winter and talked about the young actress' confidence. "She knows exactly, and I've watched so much negativity bounce right off of her, and I'm like, 'Let me learn from you'".
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Bill O'Reilly, 'sad' over firing, returns to podcast
Fox News host Tucker Carlson made his debut in Bill O'Reilly's 8 p.m. time slot on Monday by tipping a proverbial hat to the host who was abruptly fired just a few days earlier. It is important to note that there is no clear reason O'Reilly "can't say any more". His 20-minute podcast remarks were the first since his exit Wednesday.
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Kim Kardashian announces she is working on a new reality show
The forever-busy entrepreneur will be the executive producer for a new reality show called Glam Masters, which will air on Lifetime . "The eight-episode show will pit some of the most creative and talented beauty bloggers against one another for an opportunity to be part of Kim Kardashian West's glam empire", Lifetime's website promises.
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Viacom (VIAB) Earnings, Revenues Beat Estimates in Q2
Net profit attributable to Viacom plunged 60 percent to US$121 million, or 30 cents per share in the second quarter, partly reflecting a US$174 million charge related to restructuring. But advertising revenue was down 4 percent in the USA, in line with management guidance, while it rose 1 percent worldwide when adjusting for foreign currency fluctuations.
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Philippines says Trump recognized 'great job' Duterte is doing
He has even expressed a grudging respect for North Korea's Kim Jong Un , and in an interview with Bloomberg News Monday said he'd be "honored" to meet with the young dictator under the right circumstances. In December, he admitted to having suspected criminals killed when he was mayor of Davao City. The Philippines leads ASEAN, which just released a statement indicating its most lenient stance yet on China building and arming manmade islands in the South China Sea .
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Blake Shelton on Gwen Stefani's injury: "She's getting better"
The injury forced Stefani to cancel a scheduled appearance at the 21st Keep Memory Alive Power of Love Gala but Shelton confirmed she will be singing on "The Voice" this week. "I don't do entertainment anymore, kids", Shelton says, nonchalant. Gwen has not commented on her ailment on social media, but used Snapchat to document the First Communion ceremony of her two eldest sons on Saturday.
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Alec Baldwin says Donald Trump rejected invite of 'SNL' return
Trump has been vocal about the portrayal of him and his administration in the past, so it's hardly surprising that he's refused to guest star on the long-running comedy sketch show - though he's done so in the past. Baldwin told DeGeneres that he was initially reluctant to do the impersonation. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard in my life. The show was roundly criticized for allowing Trump a wealth of free air time in the middle of the presidential campaign.
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Marvel's 'Runaways' gets an official poster
Now the official Twitter for the show has posted the official cast photo, which you can see in the tweet below. First things first. Marvel's Runaways is based on the award-winning Marvel comics created by Brian K. In the late 2000s, Runaways was originally in development as a feature film to be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Kevin Feige producing and Peter Sollett directing from a script by Drew Pearce.
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Salman Khan To Launch This Famous TV Actress In Bollywood
Mouni Roy, who is now the top-seller of the TV industry with his successful running drama show " Naagin 2 " on Colors TV, is all set to enter the Bollywood, with a bang of course! She has acted in shows like Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi , Devon Ke Dev - Mahadev, and Junoon - Aisi Nafrat Toh Kaisa Ishq.
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Janet Jackson Breaks Her Silence for the First Time Since Her Split
Janet Jackson is reportedly planning on taking her son on tour with her. Janet Jackson performs after the Dubai World Cup at the Meydan Racecourse on March 26, 2016 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. "I want to thank you guys for your patience and for all of your support throughout the years", Jackson said. "I'm continuing my tour as I promised", the 50-year-old new mother said.