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The Guardian
2 days ago
- General
- The Guardian
Exiled pro-democracy activist on being Uyghur during Tiananmen Square protests
In 1989, a young Uyghur named Örkesh Dölet was a student leader in the Tiananmen Square protests. Throughout the protests, Dölet represented students in televised negotiations with Chinese Communist Party leaders. After the massacre, the 21-year-old was put on China's list of most wanted student leaders and so he fled the country. He now lives in exile in Taiwan. 'For every important choices I make in my life, my Uyghur-ness has always came in and played an important role,' he says. 'That we do the right thing, not the safe thing.'
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Exile Brewing Company wins gold at world beer competition
DES MOINES, Iowa — Exile Brewing Company won gold at the 2025 World Beer Cup. Some metro trails closed because of flash flooding At the World Beer Cup award ceremony held on May 1, Exile Brewing Company took home a gold award for their G.G. brew in the Munich-Style Dunkel beer category. According to Exile, their G.G. brew took home silver at the World Beer Cup in 2024 and has won several other awards at national beer competitions. 'We're proud of our team for their hard work and dedication to our craft,' Joey Hansan, head brewer at Exile, said in a statement. 'It's great to see that recognized with this gold medal from the World Beer Cup.' The World Beer Cup, established by the Brewers Association in 1996, is described as one of the world's most prestigious beer competitions. This year there were over 8,000 entries from over 1,700 breweries across 49 countries. Exile Brewing Company is located in downtown Des Moines. To learn more about the company and see a list of their brews visit their website. Metro News: MercyOne releases statement about split with Medical Center Anesthesiologists Exile Brewing Company wins gold at world beer competition Des Moines churches can act as emergency homeless shelters following council approval Des Moines police investigating shooting in gas station parking lot One dead in morning crash west of Bondurant Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Daily Mirror
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Netflix's You fans left gobsmacked as they discover cast's hidden talent
After the premiere of the fifth and final season, the cast of Netflix show You have showed off hidden talent in a now-viral video, which has left fans of the show completely gobsmacked Viewers have been left gobsmacked after discovering that the cast of Netflix's You possess a secret skill, which they flaunted on social media. The fifth and concluding season of the popular show You officially dropped on Netflix on April 24, 2025, leaving fans on tenterhooks as they witness the end of Joe Goldberg's gruesome saga, portrayed by Penn Badgley. The season features familiar faces from past seasons, such as Charlotte Ritchie as Kate Galvin, along with fresh additions, including Pitch Perfect star Anna Camp. Despite the show's grim theme, the cast appears to have formed a tight-knit bond. In a now- viral video shared on the podcast 'Podcrushed' social media channels, hosted by Penn alongside Nava Kavelin Sophie Ansari, some of the show's cast members decided to reveal a hidden talent. In the clip, Penn is seen operating the camera while smeared in what seems to be fake blood. Sporting a grin, he diverts his gaze from the camera and hushes his co-stars who were seated behind him, all looking in various directions. Charlotte Ritchie, Anna Camp, and 'You' executive producer Justin W. Lo, along with podcast co-host Nava Kavelin, were all sitting on the floor in a quiet moment before Penn Badgley began singing the bridge of Taylor Swift and Bon Iver's song 'Exile'. The rest of the group chimed in harmoniously. Initially, Penn, Charlotte, and Justin penned the first line, originally sung by Bon Iver, then Anna and Nava joined in with Taylor Swift's part. "Fans ready to exile us when they find out Victoria isn't at the roundtable. Watch anyway," Penn captioned the video, which has since racked up over four million views on TikTok. The hidden vocal chops of the 'You' cast took fans by surprise, with many dubbing them the new 'Barden Bellas', the acapella group from Pitch Perfect that Anna Camp starred in. One fan exclaimed, "Close enough, welcome back Barden Bellas," while another added, "The world is healing Anna Camp is back doing acappella." A thrilled fan commented, "ANNA CAMP SINGING AGAIN YESSSS," and another suggested, "I just know this was Penn's idea." Highlighting another talent in the group, one viewer pointed out, "Everyone talking about Anna but you got Charlotte from 'All Angels'?!!??!!?!!", while another expressed disbelief: "I can't believe we are witnessing this." Curiosity arose as one person questioned, "Why wasn't their a musical episode of You?" to which Podcrushed playfully responded, "YOU on Broadway?". Fans were quick to spot that Victoria Pedretti, famed for her portrayal of Guinevere Beck in earlier seasons, was missing from the latest instalment of the series. One viewer queried: "no but really, why isn't Victoria in season 5?". Echoing the sentiment, another fan lamented, "We just miss her," in reference to Victoria. The official Podcrushed account responded with a touch of nostalgia: "We do too" accompanied by a red heart emoji.
Miami Herald
10-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Miami Zine Fair celebrates the art of indie publishing
Philip Lique, an artist and designer based in South Florida, remembers the first time he attended the Miami Zine Fair. Originally from Connecticut, he says the independent publishing convention was 'the first real community event that I got involved in' when he moved to Florida about a decade ago. 'Everyone is there really for the same reason, and it's because they like making zines, and they like alternative publications and alternative publishing and independent publishing and things of that nature,' he says. Lique has volunteered at previous editions of the fair, but at this year's edition on Saturday, April 19, he'll offer zines that include creative deconstructions of Marvel comics and graphic design. The ability to share his artistic expression and learn from others is what draws him back each time. Zines – the term is derived from magazine and refers to independently or self-published print works – have always held importance for alternative and subcultural movements. Black artists self-published 'little magazines' during the Harlem Renaissance, and many other communities and political groups have used the form to share information, from science fiction fans to feminists, punks, and feminist punks. 'Just by being around and observing what other people are doing, you're learning about either the craft of making these books, or these magazines or zines, or whatever you want to classify them as,' says Lique 'I feel like I'm learning about what the temperature of culture is, among young people and among others, in a space where I'm learning it firsthand. I'm not observing it via social media. It's not being sold to me via an advertisement.' The Miami Zine Fair is a platform for this unique type of media, where dozens of zine makers – artists and designers, nonprofits and other organizations – can bring their creative work to the public. 'The great thing about zines is it's totally open access. Anyone can make a zine,' says Amanda Keeley, founder of Exile Projects and the Miami Zine Fair. 'A lot of zines are kind of DIY, but then you also see zines that are absolutely gorgeously designed, and so it's like the full gamut.' The fair started as an outgrowth of Exile Books, now Exile Projects, a pop-up artist bookstore Keeley started in 2014 that evolved into a publishing house in Little Haiti. 'It was called Exile because we constantly moved. We had no home, and then we would keep shifting locations.' They started the fair while in residence at the YoungArts Foundation in Edgewater in 2015, holding the event outdoors with around 60 vendors in 98-degree heat. 'We had lots of zine workshops happening in the gallery, and it was cool there. So everyone wanted to be in the workshops,' recalls Keeley. Despite the heat, the event was successful, setting the groundwork for future fairs. The last edition in 2019 at the Little Haiti Cultural Center attracted 120 exhibitors and over 4,000 visitors, an expansion that felt slightly too rapid for Keeley. After taking a break due to the pandemic, Exile held a few smaller events, such as a 2022 fair focused on food and wellness at the Underline in Brickell. But people kept asking when the main event would return, says Keeley, and so 2025's edition, which celebrates Exile's 10th anniversary, is the zine fair's big comeback. Nearly 100 vendors will take over the Paradise Plaza Event Space in the Design District. Additionally, quite a few local organizations have been brought on to assist with organizing and staging events, including Sweat Records, the Miami Paper and Printing Museum, and Radiator Comics. Dale Zine, which hosts several smaller zine fairs every year, will host the afterparty. The O, Miami Poetry Festival, which runs through April and has been collaborating with the Zine Fair since its foundation, is one of the more prominent partners. They will table at the fair and stage two special projects, a photobook workshop and a 'poetic domino game activation' in which the dominos use words and phrases instead of numbers. One debut program comes from the group Black Miami-Dade, an organization dedicated to raising awareness of Miami's Black history. Founded by journalist Nadege Green, its zines dive into Miami's Black cultural heritage, and their table will feature a vinyl storytelling experience exploring musicians such as Cab Calloway and Josephine Baker. Keeley was already a fan of the project and reached out to invite them to show their work, only to find that they had already applied. 'They're making these really beautiful zines that document and archive Black history within Miami,' Keeley says. 'I'm really excited to check (them) out.' Keeley hopes the fair will serve as a means for people to connect with each other and learn more about the culture of independent publishing. 'A really cool thing that's a tradition in the zine fair, is a lot of times they trade (their zines). So it's not just buying a zine, it's also trading, and it's connecting.' If you go: WHAT: Miami Zine Fair WHERE: Paradise Plaza event space, Miami Design District, 151 NE 41st St., Miami WHEN: Noon to 5 p.m., Saturday, April 19 COST: Free, but RSVP requested. INFORMATION: is a nonprofit media source for the arts featuring fresh and original stories by writers dedicated to theater, dance, visual arts, film, music and more. Don't miss a story at
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Hearing Taylor Swift's Eras Tour Crowd Sing ‘Exile' Was an ‘Out of Body' Experience for Bon Iver
Taylor Swift's Folklore collaboration 'Exile' never made it onto the fixed setlist for the Eras tour, but on the rare occasions that she selected the record as a surprise song, her stadium audiences filled in for Bon Iver, who never got a chance to perform it with her during the extensive run of live shows. Still, even watching the crowds sing from afar was a surreal experience for him. During a recent appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Justin Vernon described hearing the audience sing 'Exile' as 'out of body,' adding: 'I saw those clips and I'm like, 'Gosh, they sound better than one of me can sound.' No really, it was pretty powerful to just see that and to hear how that sounded. It was amazing.' More from Rolling Stone Mumford & Sons and the Lumineers Are Done Stompin' SZA Says She Offered to Write With Taylor Swift - and She Was 'Open to It' Watch Billie Eilish, Gracie Abrams, Bad Bunny Perform at iHeartRadio Music Awards 'Sadly, I didn't ever get to sing it with her on her tour,' Vernon said. But Swift did make a surprise appearance at a Bon Iver concert in London in 2022 to perform 'Exile.' They were also accompanied on stage by the National's Aaron Dessner, with Swift describing them as 'the most talented men in the world.' That night in London, after Swift made her exit, Vernon followed up the frenzy-sparking moment with 'Skinny Love.' On Fallon, the musician shared a recent voicemail he received from a neighbor back in Wisconsin telling him a contestant on The Voice would be performing the classic For Emma, Forever Ago song. 'Hey, Justin. This is Brian, your neighbor. Just thought I'd let you know on 'The Voice' tonight, there's a couple of girls singing 'Skinny Girl' on there,' he said. 'Just thought I'd let you know if you're around. It's on 'The Voice' tonight. Channel 13. Talk to you later. Have a good day. Bye.' Brian's wife texted Vernon shortly after to apologize for the 'Skinny Girl'/'Skinny Love' mixup. On April 11, Vernon will release his fifth album as Bon Iver, the first since 2019. 'The previous four albums were a cycle of seasons that is now complete,' he shared in a statement when announcing the new record earlier this year. 'SABLE, fABLE is a canvas for truth laid bare.' Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
