Sony's PlayStation 2 hit the U.S. 25 years ago this month. It wasn't any better than its peers, the GameCube and Xbox, from a technical perspective. What it did have was an unbeatable roster of games. Here's [@RollingStone](
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The Best PlayStation 2 Games of All Time
From 'Grand Theft Auto' to 'God of War,' Sony's PS2 has one of the deepest game benches of any console.
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Times are hard in America’s heartland right now, where many farmers are on the brink of bankruptcy. But on the Umatilla Indian Reservation near Pendleton, Ore., a new craft flour mill will give some wheat farmers a local market for their grains. [@npr](
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June Lockhart, well known for her role as a foster mother in the TV series “Lassie” from 1958-64, has died at 100. Lockhart’s career spanned nearly eight decades, including a starring role as Dr. Maureen Robinson, “a brilliant biochemist and loving mother of three” in “Lost in Space” from 1965-68. Read more about Lockhart’s career from [@Variety](
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June Lockhart Dead: 'Lost In Space' and 'Lassie' Mom Was 100
June Lockhart, known for her roles in 'Lost In Space' and 'Lassie,' has died. She was 100.
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After three decades of dancing and 10 years as a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theater, Misty Copeland took her final bow earlier this week. Copeland, the first Black woman principal dancer at the ABT, has advocated for dancers of color on and off stage. In a farewell gala, Copeland discussed what comes next. Read more from @Smithsonian@flipboard.com: https://flip.it/gzRxVk #Culture #Dance #Ballet #MistyCopeland #BlackWomen #BlackMastodon
Six Flags, the decades-old amusement park in Maryland, U.S., will close permanently on Nov. 2, and its sister site in Santa Clara, Calif., will likely be shuttered in 2027. NBC takes a look at how the pandemic set the company on an economic rollercoaster, and talks to some of the people who work and play there. "When I look back at my life, am I going to say I wasted 10 years walking around Six Flags America?" says Matt Donoghue, who typically visits the park with his family more than 100 times a year. "I don’t think so, because my kids have learned so much about how to be good people from being around good people there."
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An economic roller coaster sends Six Flags America off the tracks
As the decades-old amusement park shutters in Maryland, fans near and far mourn the end of affordable fun.
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Some musicians like to place hints and clues in their songs for their fans to decipher. Lily Allen doesn't appear to have been that subtle in her new album, "West End Girl." The record was inspired by the breakdown of her marriage to actor David Harbour and is stacked with lyrics detailing cheating, rejection, heartbreak and sex addiction, and while Allen claims it's part fact, part fiction, [@Independent](
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Lily Allen’s West End Girl is a brutal, tell-all masterpiece - review
British pop star returns with her best album in 16 years, an incisive diary of a marriage in freefall
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No one should be surprised that Guillermo Del Toro, master of craftsmanship and practical effects, eschews AI, but it's still nice to hear. The Oscar-winning filmmaker, whose new take on "Frankenstein" is in theaters now, told [@npr](
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 )'s Terry Gross that he would rather die than use the technology. "AI, particularly generative AI — I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak." Here are the interview highlights. https://flip.it/4d9w2i #Film #Movies #Cinema #Frankenstein #GuillermoDelToro #ArtificialIntelligence #AI image
Is there anything new in rock and roll? There's Geese. [@TheAtlantic](
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Finally, a New Idea in Rock and Roll
The band Geese is pushing the genre in new and electrifying directions.
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Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti" was released almost exactly 70 years ago, and it made the singer a star. Here's [@BBCNews](
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'Awop-bop-aloobop alop-bam-boom!': Why Little Richard's hit song Tutti Frutti was so risqué
When the single was released in 1955, it was a big hit – but only after the original lyrics were changed. In 1972, the singer told the BBC that "...
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Alex Abramovich | ‘Tutti frutti, good booty’
I never met Little Richard, but I did spend some time with Dewey Terry, who played in his band. We sat in front of Dewey...
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