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    RIP James Earl Jones, voice of Darth Vader and Mufasa

    in Celebrity News & Discussion

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    James Earl Jones, the revered actor who voiced Star Wars villain Darth Vader, starred in Field of Dreams and many other films and Broadway shows and is an EGOT winner, died this morning at his home in Dutchess County, NY. He was 93.

    His reps at Independent Artist Group confirmed the news to Deadline.

    Widely regarded as among the world’s great stage and screen actors Jones is one of the few entertainers to have won the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony), though his Academy Award was Honorary. Jones has received two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Daytime Emmy, a spoken-word Grammy Award in 1977 and three Tony Awards.

    The actor amassed nearly 200 screen credits during his brilliant 60-year career, starting some early-’60s TV guest roles and Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 classic Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). He probably is best known for his voice role as the dastardly Darth Vader in George Lucas’ original Star Wars trilogy: Star Wars (1977) The Empire Strikes Back, 1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983). He also reprised the villainous role in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (2019) and TV’s Obi-Wan Kenobi and Star Wars: Rebels.

    Jones also voiced The Lion King‘s Mufasa in both the 1994 animated pic and 2019 hybrid remake. He also lent his sonorous voice to the famous “This is CNN” promo campaign for the cable news network.

     

    https://deadline.com/2024/09/james-earl-jones-dead-1236082801/

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    Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei dies after being set on fire by ex-boyfriend

    in World News & Discussion

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    Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died days after being doused in petrol and set on fire by a former boyfriend.

    The 33-year-old Ugandan marathon runner, who competed in the recent Paris Olympics, had suffered extensive burns after Sunday's attack.

    The authorities in north-west Kenya, where Cheptegei lived and trained, said she was targeted after returning home from church with her two daughters.

    Her father, Joseph Cheptegei, said that he had lost a “very supportive” daughter. Fellow Ugandan athlete James Kirwa told the BBC about her generosity and how she had helped out other runners financially.

    A report filed by a local administrator alleged the athlete and her ex-partner had been wrangling over a piece of land. Police say an investigation is under way.

    Cheptegei, from a region just across the border in Uganda, is said to have bought a plot in Trans Nzoia county and built a house to be near Kenya's elite athletics training centres.

    Attacks on women have become a major concern in Kenya. In 2022 at least 34% of women said they had experienced physical violence, according to a national survey.

    "This tragedy is a stark reminder of the urgent need to combat gender-based violence, which has increasingly affected even elite sports," Kenya's Sports Minister Kipchumba Murkomen said.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3vx0kq2xr2o

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    The Espresso Lounge

    in Sabrina Carpenter

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    6 hours ago, Diego said:

    Queen!

     

    I'm glad I had the chance to se her live las year when she opened for Taylor

     

    That's fun! I was surprised Sabrina didn't already have an artist thread to become the de facto lounge thread before this bebe1 

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    The Espresso Lounge

    in Sabrina Carpenter

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    Sabrina Annlynn Carpenter (born May 11, 1999) is an American singer and actress. She first gained recognition starring on the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World (2014–2017), and signed with Hollywood Records in 2013 to released her debut single "Can't Blame a Girl for Trying" (2014). With the label, she released four studio albums: Eyes Wide Open (2015), Evolution (2016), Singular: Act I (2018), and Singular: Act II (2019), whose singles "Alien", "Almost Love", and "Sue Me" topped the United States Dance Club Songs chart.

    Carpenter shifted to Island Records in 2021 and released the standalone single "Skin", which became her first-ever entry on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The following year, she released her fifth album Emails I Can't Send, which was supported by the US pop airplay top-10 singles "Nonsense" and "Feather". In 2024, she opened for Taylor Swift at the Eras Tour and released her sixth album, Short n' Sweet, which was preceded by the Billboard Global 200-topping singles "Espresso" and "Please Please Please".

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