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Worth playing for? An NPR producer recreates ‘Survivor’ with friends every year
Mia Venkat Whether you watch it or not, you’ve likely heard of Survivor. For 25 years now, millions of people have been tuning in to the reality TV show where players voluntarily get stranded in a remote landscape, battling for food and supplies, competing in physical and mental challenges, voting each other off … duking…
Who Won Survivor? Season 48 Winner Revealed
Survivor’s season 48 finale aired May 21 and Kyle Fraser claimed the $1 million prize, beating out Joe Hunter, Eva Erickson, Kamilla Karthigesu and Mitch Guerra. Warning: This article contains major spoilers for the season 48 finale of Survivor. Kyle Fraser‘s survival instincts just earned him $1 million. Of the 18 hopeful castaways that came to…
Yuval Raphael, a Hamas attack survivor, is representing Israel at Eurovision
By Itay Stern TEL AVIV, Israel — This week the Eurovision Song Contest is underway in Basel, Switzerland. The world’s largest song competition includes contestants representing 37 countries — including Israel, whose presence is sparking protest because of the war in Gaza. Israel’s representative in the competition, 24-year-old Yuval Raphael, is set to perform a…
‘Prophetic’ letter written by Titanic survivor sells for nearly $400,000 at auction
By Rebecca Rosman When first-class passenger Col. Archibald Gracie boarded the Titanic in Southampton, England, on April 10, 1912, he drafted a letter to a friend. “It is a fine ship,” he wrote, “but I shall await my journey’s end before I pass judgment on her.” Five days later, the “unsinkable” ship struck an iceberg…
You Might’ve Missed Mike White’s Survivor Pals’ Cameos in White Lotus
The White Lotus creator Mike White’s Survivor season 37 costars Natalie Cole and Carl Boudreaux made surprising cameos during a dinner scene in the show’s season three premiere. The White Lotus resort rented rooms to a couple of famous faces. The season three premiere of the HBO Max show included brief cameos from Natalie Cole…
Shigeko Sasamori, Hiroshima Survivor Who Preached Peace, Dies at 92
Severely disfigured when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Japan, she spent her life warning others about the dangers of nuclear war. By Richard Sandomir Shigeko Sasamori, who was severely burned at 13 when a nuclear bomb exploded over Japan and later, in the United States, championed peace and found comfort in helping…