Juneteenth.This holiday was named for, and is celebrated on, June 19 to commemorate thetrue ending of slavery in the United States.
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Arlene Golonka was an actress best known for playing Millie Hutchins/Swanson on “Mayberry R.F.D.” and “The Andy Griffith Show.”Golonka’s character on “The Andy Griffith Show” was Millie Hutchins, the love interest of Howard Sprague. As the show was retooled into “Mayberry R.F.D.,” she became Millie Swanson, the love interest of main character Sam Jones.
Golonka had many other roles on television as well as in movies and on Broadway. Her TV appearances include “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,”
.Juneteenth.This holiday was named for, and is celebrated on, June 19 to commemorate thetrue ending of slavery in the United States.
Heidi Ferrer was a writer known for her work on TV shows including “Dawson’s Creek” and “Wasteland.”If someone you know exhibits warning signs of suicide, he or she should not be left alone. Call the U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255. The Lifeline provides free, confidential support for people in crisis or emotional distress, 24/7 year-round.
Courtney Barnett has announced a sprawling North American headline tour, hitting 23 cities throughout the last weeks of 2021 and first two months of 2022.The tour will feature a changing roster of support acts. Bartees Strange is scheduled to appear at the 2021 dates in Arizona, California and Washington.
Juneteenth! This holiday -- named for and celebrated on June 19 -- commemorates the true ending of slavery in the United States. (You'll note, it is not Jan.
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorVidCon was first held in 2010, and in its earliest years it was closely aligned with YouTube. And YouTube, looking to support the event for digital video creators, has been the lead sponsor for the confab’s events going back to 2013.This year, it’s different: TikTok has signed on as the title sponsor for VidCon US 2021, which is set to return to the Anaheim Convention Center Oct.
Lisa Banes was an actress known for roles in movies including “Gone Girl” and “Cocktail.”“Cocktail” (1988) was one of Banes’ earliest films; she played Bonnie, who was involved in a love triangle with Tom Cruise’s character. In “Gone Girl” (2014), she was Marybeth Elliott, mother of Rosamund Pike’s main character.
Karol G is ready to hit the road again. On Monday June 14th the global superstar announced her highly anticipated return to the stage with her upcoming, “Bichota Tour.” The singer made the announcement on social media with an amazing video aboard “Flight KG0516” and in the bathtub.
Gabby Douglas is sharing her support for tennis star Naomi Osaka, after she withdrew herself from the 2021 French Open tournament. In a new interview with USA Today, Douglas explained why Osaka's decision to exit the tournament made sense, saying she too struggled after the 2016 Olympic Games.«Coming from that [I focused on] really healing myself, healing my mind and my body,» Douglas shared.
Martha White was a housekeeper whose refusal to leave the whites-only section of a bus was the catalyst for a 1953 bus boycott in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.White was on her way home from work on June 15, 1953, when she boarded a city bus and saw just one open seat – in the front row, just behind the driver. Though the seat was in the section reserved for white passengers, White sat, eager to rest after a long day.
Jim “Mudcat” Grant was a Major League Baseball player who was the first Black pitcher to win 20 games in a season in the American League.After playing in the minor leagues for four seasons, Grant made his MLB debut with the Cleveland Indians in 1958. In 1964, he was traded to the Minnesota Twins, where he would have some of the best years of his career.
Soaking up summer! Thomas Rhett, Jade Roper and more celebrity parents have loved taking their little ones swimming this year.
Pixies have announced a series of US tour dates, culminating in their previously announced support slots with Nine Inch Nails.The 11-date tour takes place this September, beginning in Port Chester, New York before ending up in Tulsa, Oklahoma.“Over the past year, it’s been wonderful to spend so much time with our families,” said Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago said of the tour in a statement.“I’ve been doing a lot of cycling and playing music, Paz has been working on art projects, music, film,
Comedian and “Los Espookys” co-creator Ana Fabrega has joined the cast of Warner Bros. and Plan B’s “Father of the Bride” remake alongside star Andy Garcia, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.Fabrega joins a cast that includes Gloria Estefan, Adria Arjona, Isabela Merced, Diego Boneta, Enrique Murciano and Macarena Achaga.
Jay Weissberg A middle-aged gay American travel writer rents an apartment in Tel Aviv from a laid-back film student in Eytan Fox’s formulaic audience-pleaser, “Sublet.” Venturing ever so discreetly into the kind of darker ruminations that marked his best-known films (“Yossi & Jagger,” “Walk on Water”), Fox offers no surprises in this too-neatly packaged midlife-crisis story carefully designed to cater to an older gay demographic.
Glassjaw have announced plans to perform their first albums in full on an extensive US tour next year.The band will mark 20 years of their 2002 album ‘Worship And Tribute’, and also take in planned anniversary celebrations for 2000’s ‘Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence’ that were curtailed by the coronavirus pandemic.“It felt fitting to celebrate both simultaneously as the world begins to open back up,” a press release reads.