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An art collector has reportedly purchased the Kanye West paintings featured on a 2020 episode of PBS’ Antiques Roadshow series. The collector in question, per a recent Page Six report, is entrepreneur Vinoda Basnayake. According to the report, Basnayake went searching for the portfolio—which includes paintings and drawings by a teenaged West across multiple mediums—after […]
An Air Force veteran was absolutely flabbergasted when he found out a Rolex he bought for $345.97 in the 1970s could now go for several hundred thousand dollars. This week, the man appeared on PBS’s Antiques Roadshow to have his practically unworn 1971 Rolex Oyster Cosmograph evaluated by appraiser Peter Planes in Fargo, North Dakota. […]
According to the New York Times, a video combining photoshopped heads/media logos with the church massacre scene from Kingsman: The Secret Service was shown during a conference held for Trump supporters this past week at Trump’s Miami resort, Trump National Doral Miami. Simply summarized: the clip had Trump’s face superimposed over Kingman’s protagonist prior to gunning […]
Alabama has been the center of attention recently, for its controversial anti-abortion laws. Now, it appears the state has shifted its focus from limiting women’s rights to waging war against Arthur. On Monday, AL.com reported that Alabama’s public television stations refused to air the season premiere of the popular cartoon, because the episode features a same-sex wedding. When […]
On Monday, PBS’s Arthur debuted its 22nd season with the episode “Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone.” The episode featured the character Mr. Ratburn getting married to Patrick. Many on social media were A.) surprised that the educational cartoon for kids was still on the air and B.) happy for Arthur’s teacher, Mr. Ratburn. The plot […]
On Monday you may have seen a number of Sesame Street characters’ names trending between #MondayMotivation and whatever people were saying about Trump at the moment. This slight curveball to the beginning of the week was the result of the PBS staple’s Twitter account asking people which character they’d pick to be stuck on a deserted […]
Nearly five decades after its premiere, Sesame Street will confront the issue of homelessness with its first-ever homeless Muppet. Sesame Workshop announced the addition Wednesday, confirming the storyline will revolve around the bright pink character of Lily. The Muppet was introduced in 2011, when she revealed her family’s struggle with food-scarcity. We get a closer look at Lily’s circumstances […]
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