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The Formula 1 movie starring Brad Pitt took home an Academy Award for Best Sound at Sunday's Oscars ceremony. The film featured real F1 paddock access during actual races in 2023 and 2024, with seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton serving as producer. #
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Brad Jacobs returned to the Canadian curling club where his journey began 30 years ago, dedicating both medals to his hometown. The emotional homecoming celebration recognized the small-city roots behind one of curling's greatest champions.
Over 376,000 people have signed a petition to stop a massive data center from being built next to the Nashville Zoo, where it could harm 3,000 animals and strain the local power grid. Country star Brad Paisley is lending his voice to protect one of the world's top zoos.
Brad Jacobs returned to the curling club where he started at age 10, now celebrating becoming the first men's skip to win two Olympic golds. His hometown of Sault Ste. Marie honored him by renaming the street where the club sits Team Jacobs Way.
A hit medical drama worked with autism experts to create one of TV's most authentic neurodivergent characters. Dr. Mel King shows viewers what real representation looks like.
Patrick Ball paid off $80,000 in student loans just three months into filming The Pitt. The actor teared up describing the profound relief after years of financial stress that had affected his relationships and mental health.
Team Canada claimed men's curling gold at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, defeating Great Britain 9-6 in a thrilling final. Skip Brad Jacobs led his team back to the top of the podium for the first time since 2014.
British photographer Johny Pitts spent two decades capturing the vibrant, everyday lives of Black Europeans across the continent. His stunning exhibition "Black Bricolage" now fills a Paris gallery with images that challenge how Europe sees itself.
Brad Snyder spent years hiding a childhood medical condition that affects up to 8% of newborns. By sharing his story publicly, he's helping break the silence around a common but rarely discussed health issue.
When Brad Hensley's arm went numb at work, his quick-thinking coworker saved his life. Thanks to rapid treatment, the 51-year-old father walked out of the hospital the very next day.
Brad Bywater spent just four months on dialysis before receiving a life-saving kidney from Chris Runkel, a near-stranger assigned as his church ministering brother. Over 60 people volunteered to be tested after one Facebook post.
When Brad Polack saw smoke rising from a neighbor's home, he raced to help and found a terrified 4-year-old boy trying to get back inside. His quick thinking kept the child safe and helped firefighters rescue the boy's grandfather from the flames.
When Shabana Azeez admitted she'd never acted before, her Adelaide coworker drove her to an audition that same day. That single nudge transformed an aspiring performer into the star of HBO's hit medical drama The Pitt.
An ER nurse in Somerville is tackling a dangerous sidewalk abandoned after a building fire, driven by his father's wheelchair use and patients he's lost to snow-related accidents. Brad Stone is chiseling through six inches of solid ice to keep his neighbors safe.
A family in rural Alabama can finally breathe easy after a judge ordered a massive limestone quarry to stop operations until it meets strict conditions to protect the community. After a year of constant dust, noise, and sleepless nights, Brad and Brittney Vice won't have to choose between their family's health and their home.
Two Michigan friends just broke a Guinness World Record by playing pickleball for 28 hours straight, raising money for organ donation in memory of a lost daughter. They played 141 games and pushed the record four hours past the previous mark.
A Virginia Tech team just won one of science's biggest honors for discovering hints that our understanding of the universe might be incomplete. Their decade-long experiment measured a tiny particle so precisely it revealed something beyond current physics.
A North Carolina home hidden by two years of overgrowth is now visible again, thanks to volunteers who transformed the property into a safer space for everyone. The mayor even grabbed a weed eater to help.
New research reveals that most TV shows get life-saving CPR wrong, and it's affecting how millions of Americans respond in real emergencies. The good news? Researchers say fixing these scenes could help save thousands of lives each year.
A late paleontologist's donated field notebooks gave scientists the final piece they needed to publish groundbreaking research on a 55-million-year-old fossil. The tarpon discovery rewrites New Zealand's prehistoric ocean story.
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