US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses the media at a joint news conference with the Czech Prime Minister, at the start of a four-nation tour of Europe, in Prague, Czech Republic on August 12, 2020. Petr David Josek | Reuters WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday …
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That moment conquered a paradox, Jenna Wortham wrote in The New York Times. “Queer and gay culture is so broadly co-opted and incorporated into mainstream popular culture that it can usually feel embraced as standard,” she wrote. “Yet pop culture has hardly begun to wrestle with more complex and ugly …
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Fox Business Briefs: A new study from Roku says that about 60 million households are expected to get their TV exclusively via streaming within the next five years. Model, actress and reality star Tyra Banks has signed a first-look deal with the ABC Signature of Disney Television Studios. The star …
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