death

‘Modern Family’ star Sarah Hyland promises show will have ‘bigger thing’ coming after character’s death

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Actors Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Sarah Hyland — who play Mitchell Pritchett and Haley Dunphy, respectively, on the ABC sitcom — let slip some details about the show on Friday. A “bigger thing than the death” is approaching, Hyland, 27, told the Hollywood Reporter, referencing Shelley Long’s character DeDe Pritchett being killed off in Wednesday’s episode. … Read more

The Death Of The Traditional Feedback Survey

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If you’re in a successful business, you likely use surveys in some way. Whether you’re collecting customer feedback, testimonials, NPS scores or implicit memory associations, your surveys form the foundation of product development efforts, branding and customer service. It doesn’t matter who you are or what line of business you’re in — market research and … Read more

Syria death toll nears 500 as eastern Ghouta bombing continues

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Bombing raids have killed more Syrians in the besieged enclave of eastern Ghouta before a delayed UN vote on a ceasefire to allow medical and food aid to reach civilians. Nearly a week into one of the most fierce assaults of Syria’s long civil war, nearly 500 people were dead and hundreds more injured, the … Read more

Swedish death cleaning disrupts natural accumulation of junk

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The belongings people acquire over the course of their lives are representative of who they are and how they will be remembered when they are gone. Alternatively, one Swedish woman is eager to let go of clutter, which she believes is more of a burden than a blessing to those tasked with cleaning it up … Read more

‘Modern Family’ Bosses on Why the 200th Episode Is ‘Mostly a Show About Death’

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In the era of peak TV, it is no small feat for a series to reach 100 episodes, let alone 200, but it is an achievement that “Modern Family” co-creator Steve Levitan considers more of an “industry milestone than something our audience truly cares about.” Therefore, Levitan and co-creator Christopher Lloyd didn’t feel the pressure to go physically all-out … Read more

A health scare sees Modern Family musing on death (in a fun way!)

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There’s a lot of potential in “Dear Beloved Family,” an episode that, early on, sees Phil Dunphy rushed to the hospital with inexplicable and sudden stomach pain. After the episode gets past its rather silly, paint-by-numbers cold open—Phil has weird ideas for family traditions and Jay generally hates him, we get it—and into the meat … Read more