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oral history Mar. 23, 2015 Read a New Oral History of Weird Al Yankovic’s ‘UHF’To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Weird Al Yankovic’s 1989 film UHF, The A.V. Club has a new oral history out today on the film that […] By Megh Wright ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7t8HLrayrnV6YvK5705qerGeknbJurY2vZWabnKqvcA%3D%3D

CBS Meteorologist Elise Finch Dies at 51

Elise Finch, an Emmy-winning meteorologist with WCBS in New York for 16 years, has died, the TV station announced Sunday. She was 51. Finch died at a local hospital; the cause of her death has not been determined, according to WCBS’s statement. “Elise has been a friend and team member at WCBS for 16 years,” the station said in announcing her death. “Elise was a gifted and consummate professional who took great care with her work.

DDG Trolls Halle Bailey Pregnancy Conspiracy Theorists: "The Internet So Gullible"

If she is expecting her first child, Halle Bailey has done a pretty impressive job of hiding it so far. Seeing as rumours have been following her and DDG for months now, though, it's clear that it's not good enough to keep the gossip at bay. Earlier today (November 13) fans of the couple thought they finally caught the YouTuber slipping by accidentally showing off Bailey's bump. However, a new tweet from DDG has us questioning whether he and his other half have been messing with our heads this whole time.

How 'Ching Chong' Became The Go-To Slur For Mocking East Asians

When Kwok-Ming Cheng went to a Whole Foods in New York City to pick up some pre-ordered sandwiches over the Fourth of July weekend, he wasn't expecting to get tapped with a new nickname. "Are you Ching Chong?" That's the question Cheng said he heard from a customer service representative at the grocery store. It's a slur I and many other Asian-American folks have heard at some point in our lives.

I was blown away by the work I saw: the Turner prize and the rise of neurodiverse art

Art and designSix years ago, they were told they shouldn’t be in the same building as ‘artists of calibre’. But, with a Turner nomination under their belt, life is changing for the Project Art Works collective and other neurodiverse artists ‘Everyone’s done brilliant, not just me.” I’m chatting to Lucy, an artist with Project Art Works, about the Hastings-based collective’s Turner prize nomination (they lost out to Belfast’s Array Collective in the end).