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Ever since Boy Meets World co-stars Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle, and Rider Strong launched their wildly popular podcast, Pod Meets World, fans have wondered why the ’90s series star Ben Savage hasn’t stopped by for an episode. The answer to that question is no longer a mystery.

While talking to Variety to commemorate the podcast’s one-year anniversary, Fishel, Friedle, and Strong revealed that they haven’t spoken to Savage in three years. His sudden absence in their lives came as a shock as the three were close and continued to do conventions even after the spinoff series Girl Meets World wrapped in 2017.

“He ghosted us,” Fishel said after noting that Savage was there for her when her son was born early in 2019 and had to stay in the NICU.

Savage ghosting hit Friedle the hardest. The two played brothers on the hit ABC sitcom and were close, until suddenly they weren’t:

“He disappeared — I wish I knew why, to this day,” Friedle says. “We didn’t have a fight. There’s no falling out. There was no animosity. He just woke up one day, and decided I don’t want this person in my life anymore.

“I finally sent a text saying, ‘I’ve known you for 30 years, what’s going on?’” Friedle continues. “I said, ‘I’m gonna call you every day until you tell me not to call you anymore.’ That lasted about three weeks or a month, every single day.”

The three co-stars also said that Savage going radio silent was even weirder because he was actually supportive of their podcast even though he made it clear that he didn’t want to participate.

“He was very adamant that it was not for him,” Fishel said. “He was also very clear, ‘I don’t want it to stop you. If you guys want to do it, go ahead.’ The time between those conversations and the time we actually started the podcast was a significant amount of time.”

Can we get Mr. Feeny to weigh on this? We feel like Mr. Feeny wouldn’t like this. Also, he was the voice of K.I.T.T. on Knight Rider, which isn’t important right now, but it could be later.

(Via Variety)

According to The Hollywood Reporter, TCM‘s newest interns are named Marty and Stevie. The result of backlash to Warner Bros. Discovery’s CEO David Zaslav gutting the beloved network of its core programming team, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg have committed to helping the movie-focused channel. This comes after an emergency Zoom call between Zaslav, Scorsese, Spielberg, and Paul Thomas Anderson set up to stem the bleeding inflicted by the short-sighted CEO.

At the very least, it seems like TCM has been given a lifeline provided by the very same filmmakers that Zaslav so desperately wants to convince of his company’s pro-filmmaker stance.

To solidify the changes to the channel, it’s now being overseen by Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy at Warner Bros. Pictures. They said in a statement, “TCM is a cultural treasure, and we are honored to help steer the future direction of this beloved brand with the partnership of three of the most iconic filmmakers of our time.”

However, this, like Zaslav’s previous statements proclaiming to love TCM even as he was immolating it, is just talk. The company has taken action to bring back one of the hearts of the channel, programmer Charles Tabesh, after his departure last week following the decision to massively cut the channel’s budget. It’s a smart move, but a lot of damage has already been done, and it’s unclear whether TCM can survive (or if Zaslav even really wants it to).

(via The Hollywood Reporter)

After being traded to the Bulls in an all-in move in 2020, Nikola Vucevic has not quite had the impact Chicago had hoped. He’s continued to post solid averages (17.6 points, 11 rebounds, 3.2 assists per game in 2022-23), but has seemed like a bit of an odd fit with Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan.

That said, having given up a pair of first-round picks and Wendell Carter Jr. to get him, the Bulls entered this offseason needing to bring him back unless they planned to blow things up completely. With LaVine trade rumors subsiding and no draft night moves, the expectation was for them to bring Vucevic back to try one more time to coax the All-Star caliber play back out of the 32-year-old center. Sure enough, on Wednesday afternoon, word broke that Vucevic was returning to the Bulls on a deal worth $60 million over three years.

With Vucevic back, it seems the Bulls hope is simply that things click in a way they haven’t since Lonzo Ball’s injury — Ball, it should be noted, is expected to miss all of next season. The problem for Chicago is there wasn’t a good alternative. Vucevic may not be playing at the All-Star level he was in Orlando when they traded for him, but he’s still highly productive and with a very light center market this summer, there weren’t many alternatives.

The questions about this deal will revolve around any sort of options or partial guarantee as it goes on, and of course, if Chicago will be able to move Vucevic should the team decide to go in another direction. But as of now, one thing is clear: Nikola Vucevic will remain a Bull.

Director Nimrod Antal was clearly given the directive to make the Liam Neesoniest Liam Neeson movie possible, and it looks like he pulled it off. Neeson’s newest skill in the set is driving his car indefinitely to avoid a madman blowing him and his children up.

It’s like The Commuter decided public transportation was too dangerous and only landed in hotter water.

A remake of the Spanish film El Desconocido, the plot is as high concept as it gets. Bad guy with a voice modulator on the phone, pressure sensors on the seats, and the need to do whatever the bad guy says to avoid going kaboom. Theoretically, there will be even more sadistic tasks for Neeson’s banker character to perform at the behest of the kidnapper/bomber beyond killing his best friend and trying to kill the planet one mile at a time. Will the bad guy let Neeson refuel? Is it an electric? Will Neeson shout “I’ve got a Hybrid!” when he finally takes down the villain? This trailer thankfully raises more questions than it has answers.

Besides Neeson, the film also stars Jack Champion, Lilly Aspell, Embeth Davidtz, Noma Dumezweni, and Matthew Modine.

Retribution hits theaters on August 25th.

“Y’all remember when the FCC almost sued me cuz I performed WAP at the Grammys?” Cardi B asked on Twitter today. “What about when all the republicans literally harassed me over it? On the news everyday… Y’all remember? Oooohhh cuz I do.”

Cardi is, of course, reflecting on the weeks-long backlash to the 2021 Grammy Awards performance of her raunchy hit song, “WAP” with Megan Thee Stallion. While the news cycle has long since moved on, with conservative commentators finding plenty of other outrage-bait with which they could incite their audience, Cardi B — like Pepperidge Farms — remembers the aggravation they heaped on her for the audacity of celebrating her sexuality as a woman in the public eye.

In case you forgot, here’s a recap: After the show-stopping performance, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson worried that “WAP” would “hurt our children” on his show — while playing nearly the entire titillating performance from the night before, conservative grifter Candace Owens called the show an “attack on American values,” and the Federal Communications Commission supposedly fielded over 1,000 complaints of indecency (complaints Cardi herself laughed off).

What was the reason for all this faux consternation? Cardi’s theory is that “they secretly like it.” They definitely seemed to enjoy the attention (and advertising dollars) complaining about it brought them, but since then, Tucker’s been fired, Candace is now agreeing with Cardi, and the Republican political apparatus has turned its ire against drag shows — which is going about as well as you’d think. It just goes to show, you don’t want to get on Cardi’s bad side; even when she wins, she doesn’t let anything go.

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Dr. Daniel Mansfield and his team at the University of New South Wales in Australia have just made an incredible discovery. While studying a 3,700-year-old tablet from the ancient civilization of Babylon, they found evidence that the Babylonians were doing something astounding: trigonometry!

Most historians have credited the Greeks with creating the study of triangles’ sides and angles, but this tablet presents indisputable evidence that the Babylonians were using the technique 1,500 years before the Greeks ever were.

Mansfield and his team are, understandably, incredibly proud. What they discovered is that the tablet is actually an ancient trigonometry table.

Mansfield said:

“The huge mystery, until now, was its purpose – why the ancient scribes carried out the complex task of generating and sorting the numbers on the tablet. Our research reveals that Plimpton 322 describes the shapes of right-angle triangles using a novel kind of trigonometry based on ratios, not angles and circles. It is a fascinating mathematical work that demonstrates undoubted genius.”

u201cAussie mathematician cracks code of famous 3,700-year-old Babylonian clay tablet https://t.co/f7h6oIfBDru201d

— China Xinhua News (@China Xinhua News)
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“The tablet not only contains the world’s oldest trigonometric table; it is also the only completely accurate trigonometric table, because of the very different Babylonian approach to arithmetic and geometry. This means it has great relevance for our modern world. Babylonian mathematics may have been out of fashion for more than 3,000 years, but it has possible practical applications in surveying, computer graphics and education. This is a rare example of the ancient world teaching us something new.”

The tablet predates Greek astronomer Hipparchus, who has long been regarded as the father of trigonometry. Mansfield’s colleague, Norman Widberger, added:

“Plimpton 322 predates Hipparchus by more than 1,000 years. It opens up new possibilities not just for modern mathematics research, but also for mathematics education. With Plimpton 322 we see a simpler, more accurate trigonometry that has clear advantages over our own.”

“A treasure trove of Babylonian tablets exists, but only a fraction of them have been studied yet. The mathematical world is only waking up to the fact that this ancient but very sophisticated mathematical culture has much to teach us.”

People were understandably excited by the news.

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— The Conversation (@The Conversation)
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Some mathematicians actually think studying the Babylonians back then could help us improve the way we do trigonometry today.

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— ABC Australia (@ABC Australia)
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u201c”With Plimpton 322 we see a simpler, more accurate trig. (with) clear advantages over our own.”n@n_wildberger: https://t.co/xoZBNxvxZ8n#TOKu201d

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Of course, there were the haters…

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— Miles Brundage (@Miles Brundage)
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But all in all, Twitter users were pretty impressed with the Babylonians’ skills.

And they figured it out 3,700 years ahead of me…and counting.— Marty (@Marty) 1503631905

u201c@prophiphop And we’re over here trying to figure out how to do trig with our TI-83s… man I love it when the ancients show what real intelligence is.u201d

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Congratulations to Dr. Mansfield and his team on their incredible discovery… and for making trigonometry exciting!

This article originally appeared on 07.10.21

A new trend in treasure hunting called magnet fishing has blown up over the past two years, evidenced by an explosion of YouTube channels covering the hobby. Magnet fishing is a pretty simple activity. Hobbyists attach high-powered magnets to strong ropes, drop them into waterways and see what they attract.

The hobby has caught the attention of law enforcement and government agencies because urban waterways are a popular place for criminals to drop weapons and stolen items after committing a crime. In 2019, a magnet fisherman in Michigan pulled up an antique World War I mortar grenade and the bomb squad had to be called out to investigate.

Fifteen-year-old George Tindale and his dad, Kevin, 52, of Grantham, Lincolnshire in the U.K., made an incredible find earlier this month when they used two magnets to pull up a safe that had been submerged in the River Witham.

George has a popular magnet fishing YouTube channel called “Magnetic G.”

After the father-and-son duo pulled the safe out of the murky depths, they cracked it open with a crowbar and found about $2,500 Australian dollars (US$1,800), a shotgun certificate and credit cards that expired in 2004. The Tindales used the name found on the cards to find the safe’s owner, Rob Everett.

Everett’s safe was stolen during an office robbery in 2000 and then dumped into the river. “I remember at the time, they smashed into a cabinet to get to the safe,” Everett said, according to The Daily Mail. “I was just upset that there was a nice pen on my desk, a Montblanc that was never recovered.”

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The robber, who was a teenage boy, was apprehended soon after the crime because he left behind a cap with his name stitched inside.

The father and son met up with Everett to return his stolen money and the businessman gave George a small reward for his honesty. He also offered him an internship because of the math skills he displayed in the YouTube video when he counted the Australian dollars. “What’s good about it is, I run a wealth management company and… I’d love him to work for us,” Everett said.

Although the safe saga began with a robbery 22 years ago, its conclusion has left Everett with more faith in humanity.

“I was just amazed that they’d been able to track me down,” he said. “There are some really nice and good people in this world. They could have kept the money, they could have said they attempted to get hold of me.”

“There’s a big lesson there. It teaches George that doing good and being honest and giving back is actually more rewarding than taking,” Everett added.

Treasure hunting isn’t the only allure of the hobby for George. His mother says the hobby has taught him a lot about water pollution and its effects on local wildlife. “George is very environmentally conscious. He always has been since primary school,” she said. “When he first started to do this, he was after treasure. Everything ends up in the rivers and canals.”

This article originally appeared on 04.25.22

We’ve seen some moving America’s Got Talent stories before, but a recent viral audition absolutely requires a tissue warning. I tried to steel myself in preparation when I saw the “Admit it, we were *all* in tears after this” caption on the Facebook share of it, but I failed.

In a video that’s been shared more than 95,000 times, the “Britain’s Got Talent” audition shows two tiny little girls onstage with their grandmother. They introduce themselves as “Cally” (age 4) and “Savannah” (age 3) and “Nanny” (their “daddy’s mummy”) then the girls share that they are there to surprise their dad.

Dad—also known as Nick Edwards—is sitting in the audience. He thought the family was there to watch the audition on a fun outing; he had no idea that they had arranged a surprise audition for him, so when his girls and mom showed up on stage, he wondered what was going on.

A “Britain’s Got Talent” spokesperson explained to the Daily Mail how they got Edwards mic’d up without giving away the surprise.

“When Nick entered the Palladium auditorium during ‘BGT’ auditions, he was approached to be part of our ‘gogglebox’ audience and told he would be mic’d up so we could capture his reactions throughout the day as he sat in the audience,” they said. “He was totally unsuspecting. We did this so we could mic him up without him suspecting a thing.”

As Edwards tried to figure out what his mom and daughters were doing on stage, Edwards’ mother explained to the judges and the audience that he sings a special song to his girls. She said they wanted him to come up and sing it. Naturally, not being prepared for an audition, Edwards was stunned. But the judges sent him backstage to “grab a glass of water” so he could compose himself and get ready.

“They gave me some time to warm up—about 45 minutes in total,” Edwards told This Morning. “They gave me my guitar my family brought down on the day, they [producers] said this is the song we want you to sing because we’d seen it on your Instagram.”

The song is an emotional doozy, especially if you’re a parent. “It’s a song I’ve felt quite attached to so I sing it a lot around the house,” Edwards told the judges before he started to sing. Once you hear it, you’ll see why he joked about trying to keep from crying while he sang it.

Lovely voice. Beautiful song. Adorable little girls. Not a dry eye in the house.

Tissue, seriously. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

The fact that Edwards was able to pull off that audition with less than an hour of preparation was quite impressive. He told This Morning what he was thinking during that prep time.

“If I go out I’ve got two options here, I either go out and try to own it or I come out and it all crumbles…” he said. “The whole thing just went so quickly. I do remember playing and in a way my fingers started to get a bit jelly, I remember thinking ‘this is going to be a big moment for you.’ I don’t want to stuff it up.”

Stuff it up he did not. What a lovely performance, and what lucky little girls to have a daddy who shares his love for them in such a beautiful and creative way.

This article originally appeared on 04.22.22

The names we choose to give our children can significantly impact their lives. Multiple studies from across the globe have found that a person’s name can influence their employment, social and economic outcomes.

Unfortunately, humans make snap judgments about one another, and having an unusual name can lead people to make unflattering assumptions. “We’re hardwired to try to figure out in a heartbeat whether or not we want to trust somebody, whether we want to run from somebody,” Northwestern University researcher David Figlio said, according to Live Science.

However, an increasing number of parents are giving their children non-traditional names to help them stand out. “Parents are trying to be original, almost branding their kids in an era where names are viewed on the same level as Twitter handles or a website URL,” writer Sabrina Rogers-Anderson said.

Ruby, a mother on TikTok, took a hard stance on parents giving their children names that sound childish in a post that’s received over 11 million views. Ruby says she named her kids as “adults, not babies” hoping they would never “outgrow” their names.

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#stitch with @nikkiruble love having nicknames as they are younger and it doesnt mean they will perfer it over their name as they get older. Just gives them options 🤷🏻‍♀️ #nicknames #babynames #babytok #adultnames #pregnancytiktok #toddlersoftiktok #momtok #momlife #babynames #babyname

“The whole concept when I was trying to look for a name and choose a name for her is I did not want her to outgrow her name,” she said in the viral video. “I wanted the name to fit her as a baby, as a toddler, as a child, and into adulthood. So, it’s like I really am happy with what I ended up with naming her and it just fits her so well.”

She captioned the video, “love having nicknames as they are younger and it doesn’t mean they will prefer it over their name as they get older. Just gives them options.”

People in the comments responded with modern names they think that kids will outgrow.

“My name is Koazy and I’m here for a job interview,” Stalker joked. “Hello sir, I am Bluey Mason Garrison! I was called in for a job interview last Tuesday,” Pastel Purr added.

“I can’t imagine knowing [a] 30-year-old named Emma or Posie,” Mikey wrote.

However, a lot of people commented that names that seem like they’ll be outgrown will sound fine in the future when those names are popular with the new generation. “Kids grow up with their generation having their own names on trend. They will be normal adult names when they are grown,” Kerry wrote.

“Names grow with the generation,” Lauren added. “The name Dennis sounded like a baby name once too. Names grow up just like generations.”

@rubyyvillarreal

Replying to @19eighty_5 my kids name and the process 😬 #babynames #nicknames #babytok #adultnames #momsoftiktok #momlife #momtok #pregnancytiktok #toddlersoftiktok #babyname #babyfever

In a follow-up video, Ruby shared the names she gave her children. Her girl is named Karla Esmerelda and her boy is called Deluca.

“I just really liked how simple, how bold, and strong that the name by itself just really kind of is. Doing some research names with the letter K tend to be like very bold and powerful names, so I really wanted it with a K and not with a C,” she said.

She named her son Deluca, after a doctor on “Grey’s Anatomy.” She said she chose the name because there was nothing to connect it to, and it sounded “nice.”

This article originally appeared on 4.26.23