Wednesday, August 26 2026
Amandla Stenberg plays Amari in Children of Blood and Bone from Paramount Pictures. | PHOTO CREDIT LEPHATSE MOTSHANA COURTESY OF © 2026 PARAMOUNT PICTURES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

How A Culturally Fluid Cast and Crew Came to Make ‘Children of Blood and Bone’

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The fantasy film “Children of Blood and Bone” features a cast and crew from a wide, culturally fluid swath of the African diaspora.

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Kirsten and Jack McHugh (Photo courtesy Kirsten McHugh)

How Hiking Spain’s Camino De Santiago Helped Kirsten McHugh Reconnect With Her Ill Husband

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After years spent building businesses, chasing dreams and dealing with her husband Jack’s cancer diagnosis, Kirsten McHugh realized they were running out of time for something they had once taken for granted: The time they had left together.

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas at Premier of Amazon MGM Studios 'The Bluff' (Photo Credit: © Todd Williamson/JanuaryImages)

PRIYANKA CHOPRA JONAS ON HER CAREER, CONFIDENCE AND MOTHERHOOD

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While India may be her “home,” culturally fluid actor and producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas has spent much of her career at the intersection of India and global storytelling.

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Lionel Messi bathing a young Lamine Yamal (Photo by Joan Monfort/UNICEF)

A Viral Photo, A Tale of Immigration And 2 Spanish Dual-Nationals Playing Against Each Other

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When two dual-national Spanish citizens face off against each other in the final game of the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup, it is the culmination of a narrative that has permeated the entire tournament — a new phenomenon that is not going away, a story of players representing nations that may or may not have been the country of their birth.

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Oprah Winfrey at Cannes Lions 2026 (Photo by John Liang)

OPRAH WINFREY AND HER LESSONS FOR CULTURALLY FLUID PEOPLE

John Liang 85 0

If you’re creative and culturally fluid — be it an Adult Third Culture Kid or Military BRAT or even just an expat — Oprah Winfrey has some life lessons that could apply to you.

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'The Four Seasons of Rascal' by Todd Cornell

IN ‘THE FOUR SEASONS OF RASCAL,’ TODD CORNELL WRITES A MEMOIR OF A WESTERNER LIVING DEEP INSIDE CHINESE CULTURE, TOLD THROUGH A DOG

John Liang 149 0

“The Four Seasons of Rascal: The Dog From Harbin” by Todd Cornell is a story of love and loss between a man and his dog. It is also a tale steeped in cross-cultural understanding, shaped by years lived between China and the United States.

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Football stadium (Photo via Pixabay)

Which Countries Are Supplying The Most Footballers to the 2025/26 UEFA Men’s Champions League?

John Liang 258 0

The UEFA Champions League gathers the strongest clubs in European football, but behind every squad lies a global map of talent.

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'SPIT: A Life in Battles' Interior Cover Art (Image credit: Third State Books)

For Adult Cross-Cultural Kid Jonnie Park, ‘Creators Shouldn’t Be Scared To Be Specific When Telling Their Stories’

John Liang 216 0

Born in Argentina to Korean parents and smuggled by a coyote across the U.S.-Mexico border when he was 3 years old, Jonnie Park grew up in L.A. amid cultural dislocation, his father’s violent alcoholism and the turbulent protests and riots of the early 1990s.

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