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From the bestselling author of The Wax Pack, comes another eye‑opening road trip adventure into a pocket of iconic pop culture-professional wrestling-starring the Iron Sheik, Hulk Hogan, Tito Santana, and many more larger‑than‑life characters of the WWF of the 1980s.
In 2005, Brad Balukjian left his position as a magazine fact-checker to pursue a dream job: partner with his childhood hero, The Iron Sheik (whose real name was Khosrow Vaziri), to write his biography. Things quickly went south, culminating in the Sheik threatening Balukjian's life. Now seventeen years later, Balukjian returns to the road in search of not only a reunion with the Sheik, but something much bigger: truth in a world built on illusion.
Balukjian seeks out six of the Sheik's contemporaries, fellow witnesses to the World Wrestling Federation's (WWF) explosion in the mid-'80s, to unearth their true identities. As Balukjian drives 12,525 miles around the country, we revisit the heady days when these avatars of strength, villainy, and heroism first found fame and see where their journeys took them. From working out with Tony Atlas (Tony White) to visiting Hulk Hogan's (Terry Bollea) karaoke bar, we see where these men are now and how they have navigated the cliffs of fame.
The Six Pack combines the spirit of a fan with the rigor of an investigative reporter, tracking down former WWF employees, childhood friends, and mutually curious archivists. Wrestling is perceived as a subculture without a cultural home, somewhere between sport and theater-often dismissed as silly and low‑brow. But what makes this book so compelling is the humanity beneath each wrestler. The Iron Sheik, Hulk Hogan, and the rest of the cast were not characters in a comic book movie. They were real people, with families and feelings and bodies that could break. Most of them did, in fact, break; some have been repaired, but none of them will ever be the same.
Some people call them hikes, strolls or just out for a walk. I put transition in front of my walk because it sends a signal to the mind body and soul, "Take note of the multiple transitions you're moving through so that you can be clearer with every decision and not just the favorite ones."
After making history as the official first female Doctor Who for three seasons, Jodie Whittaker now stars in the BBC's 3-part women's prison drama "TIME" on BritBox.
"TIME" began as an award-winning, ratings blockbuster series set in a men's prison and distinguished by Sean Bean's tour de force lead performance.
"The wonderful thing about this 'TIME,'" Whittaker, 41, said in a Zoom interview from London, "is that it's got the same creative team behind it. So everyone knows the quality. But as far as a standalone, it's a completely individual piece. You don't need to have seen one to have seen the other.
"But also it is fascinating to see how different in the UK the prison system is for male prisoners and female prisoners. They're completely different because the systems are different. And also the storylines."
This "TIME" rather than showcasing one prisoner intertwines the storylines of three: Whittaker's Orla O'Riordan, a single mother, Abi (Tamara Lawrance), who is in for life and Kelsey (Bella Ramsey), pregnant, a heroin addict and repeat offender.
April 9, 2024
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In STILL SEE YOU EVERYWHERE, Frankie Elkin is suddenly contacted by Kaylee Pierson, “the Beautiful Butcher,” a notorious serial killer who viciously murdered eighteen men. Pierson – on death row in Texas with only 21 days left to live – has received a tip on the whereabouts of her beloved younger sister Leilani, who was kidnapped more than a decade earlier and may be in the clutches of Pierson’s wealthy ex-boyfriend. Fearing for her sister’s life, Pierson desperately needs Frankie’s help. Despite her reservations, Frankie is compelled to search for a missing person who might still be alive -- before her only sister meets her death.
Welcome to Pomaikai. Nothing here is as simple as it first appears. With no time to lose, Frankie finds herself traveling undercover to an ecolodge development project on an isolated island south of Hawaii that boasts gorgeous ocean views, deserted beaches, and incomparable endemic wildlife but has no cell signal, no reliable internet, unpredictable extreme weather, and where emergency help is at least three days away. On arrival, Frankie encounters eleven fellow contract workers and gets the immediate sense that most of them are lying to her. But why? And how much will it cost her to discover the truth? Off the grid and entirely on her own, Frankie must quickly sort out friend and foe. But Frankie’s superpower is her adaptability, and she is soon following increasingly dangerous leads as she edges closer to the truth. Heart-pounding, twisty, and atmospheric, STILL SEE YOU EVERYWHERE shows that even paradise can come with its own dangerous edge.
Putting yourself out there. Making yourself seen. Even on days when hiding feels like a better way. Put yourself out there. It's time to gain the confidence to replace, replenish and remind our souls that we were all born to be creative not pay someone to do it for us.
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The old saying, "The days are long and the years are shorter." Gretchen Ruben gets credit for saying that in her book Secrets of Adulthood. Muhammad Ali said, "Don't count the days. Make the days count." The mystery of life. It feels like getting there is a forever walk and once met it's lost like a thought. Maybe we'll make it back to the moment. But don't bank on it.
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