When it comes to store bought mashed potatoes, there are a lot of options. You’ve got your just-add-water instant mashed potatoes nestled near the rice and pasta. Your frozen mashed potatoes chilling with the frozen vegetables. And then somewhere in a refrigerator—either near the rotisserie chickens or back by the meat counter—you’ll find the premade mashed potatoes (aka microwave mashed potatoes), which may be the best of the bunch. Oh, yeah. Read More...
Our unlikely hero is Emmet (earnestly and engagingly voiced by Chris Pratt of TV's "Parks and Recreation"), an unremarkable construction worker who is perfectly happy with his staid generic existence as an ordinary citizen of the metropolis of Bricksburg. As is the custom among his peers, Emmet doesn't just avoid overthinking. He barely thinks at all. But after dawdling on a work site after hours, Emmet finds himself tumbling into an underworld where a wise Obi-Wan Kenobi-type wizard named Vitruvius (Morgan Freeman, mocking his history of movie mentorships) mistakenly declares him to be the Special, the greatest Master Builder of them all. Read More...
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Who Is Rishi Sunak?Following a successful early career in finance, Rishi Sunak entered Parliament as a Conservative MP from Richmond in 2015. Named Chancellor of the Exchequer just five years later, he earned praise for devising a massive bailout package to support struggling businesses and individuals amid the spread of Covid-19. Sunak fell short in his initial bid for the Conservative Party leadership, but he became the U.K.'s first prime minister of color when Liz Truss abruptly resigned from the post in October 2022. Read More...