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Letterman Returning To TV In 2018

Netflix makes our wildest stream come true: David Letterman’s back!

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Top 5 Moments Of Morten Andersen's Hall Of Fame Speech

Morten Andersen didn’t envision a career in the NFL when he first came to the United States. In fact, if his host family didn’t think his high school needed a kicker, he may not have even started playing the sport that landed him in the Hall of Fame and on stage at Tom Benson Hall […]

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Missy Hammond, Casino Dealer

“I’m a horrible gambler,” Hammond says. “But I have the best luck in life.”

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Cabaret Finds A Permanent Home In Downtown Indy

Jean Valjean’s days of playing second fiddle to weddings are over. The Cabaret, an Indianapolis hotspot for intimate, cocktail-friendly encounters with Broadway performers, will celebrate 10 years of bringing stars such as “Phantom of the Opera” virtuoso Ramin Karimloo and “Kinky Boots” darling Billy Porter to Indy with the construction of a permanent $1.4 million […]

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Speed Read: Hooray For Bollywood!

First, that name. Bollywood. It may seem like a no-brainer mashup—Bombay and Hollywood—to those of us of, um, a certain age. But for a younger generation that knows India’s biggest city as Mumbai, the portmanteau might not be as obvious. We’re putting the “Indian” in Indianapolis. The city is a target market for Bollywood films […]

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Backtrack: Extra! Extra!

It was the early years of the Great Depression, and parents were struggling to make ends meet. So Fannie Caldwell Stewart, owner and publisher of the Indianapolis Recorder, and her son, Marcus C. Stewart, decided that the city’s African-American newspaper was going to throw a picnic for its carriers and their families. That August 1930 […]

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Quick Q&A With Idina Menzel

“It helps that I’m a creature of the theater. If you do eight shows a week and you get bored doing the same material, then you’re in a lot of trouble.”

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Indianapolis Indians Players Make History

There is a massive difference between someone saying they grew up on the baseball diamond, and someone actually being raised on a baseball diamond. Gift Ngoepe embodies the latter. Born in Pietersburg, South Africa, Ngoepe and his two brothers were raised by their single mother in one room in the clubhouse of their local Randburg […]

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Indy Shakes Presents Free “As You Like It” In White River State Park

If you came for the pumpkin pants, As You Like It director Ryan Artzberger is sorry to disappoint you. “There will be no pumpkin pants and tights in As You Like It,” says the veteran Shakespeare actor and first-time director. But beer? Strongly encouraged. And not just your run-of-the-mill suds—a special Sun King “As You […]

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IndyCar's New Universal Aero Kit Receives High Marks In First Test

A new era for the Verizon IndyCar Series began Tuesday morning, when two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Juan Pablo Montoya and 17-year IndyCar veteran Oriol Servia took to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to test the new universal aero kit for the 2018 season. The new design of the Dallara DW12 chassis comes in the wake of […]

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The Hoosierist: Why Aren't There More CFI Schools?

“In a world that had its priorities straight, all schools would be filled with top-notch programs, so students wouldn’t have to besiege the handful of places that do. But The Hoosierist chooses not to dwell on that. It’s too depressing.”

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Quick Q&A With Danica Patrick

“In an Indy car, if you get loose and you save it, it’s a miracle. They usually crash. In a stock car, they slide all the time, but you can catch it.”

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Indy Film Fest Highlights Local Filmmaking

One of Indianapolis’s perennial cultural events of the year, the Indy Film Fest has returned for 10 days of independent films. The festival, which draws local, national, and international talent, got under way Thursday, July 13, and runs through Saturday, July 23 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Indy Film Fest features movies across all genres, budgets, and […]

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Peyton Manning At The ESPYs

Omaha-ha-ha: At the ESPYs, ex-Colts QB Peyton Manning is the host with the roast.

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Rock Solid

Peering up at the Empire State Building in New York City, the daunting skyscrapers can make you feel far from home. The hustle and bustle of the big city is a change of pace from the slow and steady heartbeat of home of Indiana. But home isn’t as far away as you’d think. It’s built […]

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