By the finale, the galactic chessboard is crowded with players—emperors, rebels, prophets, impostors—but as Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) warned in the very first episode, the center cannot hold.
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JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
Japan traditionally had male emperors, but female succession was permitted.
While the 1930s Santa Cruz surfers may have been shown as primarily white men, the sport dates back to 12th-century Polynesia and was first demonstrated in Santa Cruz by three Hawaiian princes in 1885.
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Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
18 Sep. 2025
The fraternal fissure is especially painful for those who know the princes, whose mother, Princess Diana, died in August 1997.
The conservative Yomiuri issued its own proposal in May, calling for an urgent revision to the Imperial House Law to give royal status to husbands and children of princesses and allow women to succeed the throne.
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Mari Yamaguchi,
Twin Cities,
6 Sep. 2025
Each child will have the chance to meet and take photos with their favorite princesses during a special meet-and-greet.
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Tiffani Jackson Skinner,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile Boys Noize, who’s been opening for Nine Inch Nails on their current Peel It Back tour, will play alongside the industrial lords as Nine Inch Noize.
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Katie Bain,
Billboard,
16 Sep. 2025
As kings and lords stopped leading troops into battle, the role of head of the military fell to a chancellor.
Drag queens will also play a central role this Halloween season at Six Flags sister park Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park.
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Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
18 Sep. 2025
The promo references the famous —or, sometimes, infamous — farewells that contestants leave, penned in lipstick, on the vanity mirrors where queens do their makeup.
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