This time last year, Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame had just hit theaters and was already breaking box office records (it would eventually become the highest-grossing movie of all-time, not adjusted for inflation). To celebrate the one-year anniversary of “I love you 3,000,” directors Anthony and Joe Russo took to social media on Monday night for a tweet-along, where they shared behind-the-scenes videos and fun facts about the film. For instance, here’s Brie Larson meeting the cast for the first time (Captain Marvel came out first, but she shot Endgame before making her MCU debut).

The Russos, using their joint Twitter account (Comic Book was hosting the event), also uploaded footage from Robert Downey, Jr.’s last day on set (“The very definition of a legend”) and the final time Chris Evans suited up as Captain America, “ever.”

Later, they shared their “favorite shot” in the movie.

“That long crane shot to find Cap and Peggy in the window… our favorite shot in the movie,” the Russos tweeted, referring to the lovely scene where we see a reunited Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter dancing to “It’s Been a Long, Long Time.” That’s their favorite shot, and this is my new favorite Endgame story, one shared by RDJ on Instagram.

Downey shared an anecdote in which he talked to director Paul Thomas Anderson, who revealed that when he saw Avengers: Endgame he recorded fan reactions in the theater to remind him of “the power of cinema” and the unifying power it has.

It’s fun to imagine the director of There Will Be Blood and The Master losing his shit when Captain America holds Thor’s hammer, and then showing the footage to his wife, Maya Rudolph. The power of the cinema!

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Like his TV peers, Jimmy Kimmel has been hosting at-home editions of his show since the coronavirus pandemic forced late-night programs out of their usual studios. This had led to changes in formats for these shows, and while in quarantine, Jimmy Kimmel Live! has introduced a new segment where they name a “healthcare hero” of the week.

On yesterday’s episode, Kimmel spoke with emergency and trauma nurse TJ Riley, from Jacobi Medical Center in The Bronx, New York. It turns out Riley is a big Foo Fighters fan, so Kimmel got Dave Grohl to join his video chat with Riley, which absolutely made the nurse’s day.

Grohl dedicated an acoustic performance of “Everlong” to Riley, and said after the performance, “TJ, thank you so much for everything that you’d done for so many people. It’s much appreciated. And Jimmy, thanks so much for honoring such brilliant people for doing the right thing.”

Before Grohl joined the call, Riley spoke about the situation at his hospital, saying most of the staff is now focused on coronavirus-related medical care. Riley himself contracted the virus, but fortunately came out the other side of it alright after dealing with symptoms for 12 days. He estimated that about 60 percent of his co-workers also contracted the virus. Oh, and Kimmel also teamed up with Life Is Good to give Riley $10,000 and to give gift packages to the other nurses in his department.

Watch Grohl perform “Everlong” above.

Dating is definitely not cancelled. But how does it even work now? Buzzfeed and Bumble are here to show us, and it turns out it’s changed less than you might think.

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Here are your quick and dirty, editorial-free WWE Raw results for April 27, 2020. This week’s episode featured a contract signing between Drew McIntyre and Seth Rollins, a United States Championship match , and more. Make sure you’re here tomorrow for the complete Best and Worst of Raw column.

WWE Raw Results:

1. Apollo Crews, Aleister Black, and Rey Mysterio defeated Andrade, Angel Garza, and Austin Theory. This was set up via a show-opening MVP interview segment. Crews pinned Andrade with a powerbomb. Backstage, Crews slapped Andrade in the face and challenged him to a United States Championship match for later in the show.

– The advertised Nia Jax vs. Shayna Baszler vs. Asuka match ended before it began when Jax hit both women with ladders. When asked about this backstage, Jax said she does whatever she wants and screamed at Charly Caruso.

2. Bobby Lashley defeated Denzel DeJournette with a spear.

3. Liv Morgan defeated Ruby Riott with her finisher, now called “Oblivion.” After the match, Morgan was interviewed and said she has many chapters in her career left, and will figure it out (?).

4. Jinder Mahal defeated Akira Tozawa. Jinder’s won his return to Raw by pinfall with the Khallas.

5. United States Championship Match: Andrade (c) defeated Apollo Crews by ref stoppage when Crews appeared to blow out his knee on a frog splash. Later in the show, Crews left on crutches, crying.

– The Viking Raiders and Street Profits exchanged words in a pair of promos. That match happens next week.

6. Ricochet and Cedric Alexander defeated Ever-Rise with a top rope double-stomp and Flatliner combination.

– MVP is backing Shane Thorne and Brendan Vink, and has set up a rematch between his team and Ricochet and Alexander for next week.

– Seth Rollins and Drew McIntyre signed their contract for Money in the Bank. McIntyre attacked Rollins, and was then attacked by “The Disciple” Murphy. McIntyre laid out Murphy with a Claymore Kick.

With four episodes released and six more to come, ESPN’s The Last Dance documentary is just getting started. With that said, the look behind the scenes at the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls is garnering a massive following and, in addition to simply enjoying the viewing experience every Sunday evening, fans are looking to dive deeper into the content. To that end, individuals can now listen to the soundtrack for the documentary on Spotify and Michael Jordan’s manager and spokesman Estee Portnoy shared the news.

The musical backdrop to the documentary is already drawing rave reviews, from the nostalgia brought upon by the Bulls’ intro music (“Sirius”) from the Alan Parsons Project to all kinds of hits from the 1990s. Still, it is another thing entirely to be able to consume the entire catalog in one place and, in between episodes, this is perhaps the best way to keep people engaged with the product, even while they yearn for the two-hour blocks on Sunday.

Ultimately, it could be argued that the combination of throwback highlights of one of the greatest teams in sports history and top-shelf music is what generates the kind of reactions The Last Dance has been seeing to this point. Still, these are fantastic songs and they can transport people back to the era, even without seeing the images on screen … at least until the fifth and six episodes drop on May 3.

One of the most striking images from World War II is a massive swastika being detonated in Nuremberg, Germany, symbolizing the end of the bloody European conflict. The explosion happened on April 22, 1945, a few weeks before the Nazis surrendered to Ally Forces on May 7, 1945.

The massive marble swastika had huge significance for the Nazis as it overlooked Zeppelintribüne, Adolf Hitler’s most powerful pulpit at the Nazi party rally grounds. The pulpit was located within Zeppelinfeld stadium, which was built in 1934 by Nazi architect Albert Speer.

It was from that pulpit that Hitler delivered venomous anti-Semitic screeds to 200,000 of his Nazi faithful.

Three days before the detonation, the Army’s Third Division invaded the stadium and held an award ceremony honoring five men for their actions of valor by giving them the Medal of Honor. The troops also covered the swastika with a large American flag.

On April 22, American engineers placed demolition charges around the Nazi emblem and blew it to pieces in one of history’s most satisfying moments.

Swastika Blow up, Hakenkreuzsprengung

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Although the swastika was destroyed, Zeppelinfeld stadium still stands to this day, but it is in an advanced state of decay. From 1947 to 1995, the Nurnberg American High School used the field for soccer and football practice. It has also hosted motor sports events and played host to heavy metal festivals in the ’80s.

via Wikimedia Commons

The stadium is home to a sinister past, but over 250,000 tourists visit the structure every year. Its existence has been the cause of controversy in Germany for decades. Some want it to be preserved for its historical significance while others would like it to return to nature.

Recently, lawmakers came to an agreement to preserve the site at a cost of €85 million ( $95 million). The decision was made to preserve the building because of its historical significance. The building serves as an important reminder of the city’s difficult history.

via Wikimedia Commons

“We won’t rebuild, we won’t restore, but we will conserve,” Julia Lehner, Nuremberg’s chief culture official, told Smithsonian.

“We want people to be able to move around freely on the site. It is an important witness to an era—it allows us to see how dictatorial regimes stage-manage themselves. That has educational value today,” she continued.

Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it. In a world where conspiracies and Holocaust denial are prevalent, the stadium is undeniable evidence of Nazi atrocities and a reminder to stay forever vigilant against racism.

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We can’t possibly imagine it.

Those of us who are sitting in our homes binge-watching Netflix, or even those of us who are out working in essential jobs, simply cannot fathom the horror that’s occurred in the nation’s COVID-19 hotspots these past few weeks. We see the numbers and statistics. We might read a story or two from a front line medical worker. But we aren’t there, seeing the wave of COVID-19 patients arrive, watching person after person die in our care, piling up their belongings in a storage closet for their families to retrieve someday. We aren’t there, worried about our own health, knowing that we don’t have adequate protection and that we are far more likely than the average American to catch the virus. We aren’t there, watching our colleagues fall ill, having to treat our friends and coworkers as patients in addition to the constant flow of strangers we’re trying to save.

The toll of this virus isn’t just in the infection and mortality rates. It’s emotional. It’s mental. The doctors and nurses in hard-hit hospitals are experiencing nothing less than the trauma of war. There will be PTSD for many of them. There will be years of therapy. And there will be people for whom the grief and despair prove too formidable a foe to overcome.

The nation has lost a hero in the coronavirus fight with the death of Dr. Lorna Breen, who served as head of the emergency department at NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital in Manhattan. According to the New York Times, Breen, 49, had contracted the virus, recuperated for about a week and a half, and then gone back to work. However, the hospital sent her home again, and her the family took her home to Charlottesville, Virginia. This weekend, she died of self-inflicted wounds.

Breen’s father told the Times that his daughter had no history of mental illness. However, she had described to him the devastation of the ER during the outbreak, of patients dying before they even reached the hospital entrance. Her father said she seemed detached when he last spoke to her, and he could sense something was wrong.

“She tried to do her job, and it killed her,” he said. “She was truly in the trenches of the front line.”

“Make sure she’s praised as a hero,” he added, “because she was. She’s a casualty just as much as anyone else who has died.”

Indeed. This is a woman whom coworkers described as always looking out for other people’s well-being, who checked in with colleagues while she was sick herself to see how they were doing, who was “a lively presence, outgoing and extroverted,” and a talented physician who had obviously witnessed more than her share of emergency situations.

It’s hard for those of us who are in areas that are less impacted to understand what those in hot spots have experienced these past several weeks. Some doctors and nurses have taken to social media to share gut-wrenching accounts of what this virus looks like up close, to give us an idea of what we’re all trying to prevent elsewhere. They all say the same thing. It’s not like a normal day in the ER. It’s not like a bad flu season. It’s not like anything they’ve seen. It’s nonstop COVID and constant death. They are placing body bags in refrigerator trucks. They are holding phones and iPads while their patients’ loved ones say goodbye over a video call. They are the final faces that tens of thousands of people are seeing before they die without any family by their side. They are people’s last hope, and far too often, there isn’t any they can offer.

This pandemic is a beast, and Dr. Lorna Breen died a hero trying to fight it. Let’s remember her name.

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