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9 months ago
World politics

He Ran Sudan's Most Storied Hotel. Then He Had to Leave Everything Behind.

Even as fighter jets tore through Khartoum's skies in April and the streets became a dystopian war zone amid a showdown between rival Sudanese fighters, Thanasis Pagoulatos had no intention of fleeing.Born 79 years ago to a Greek immigrant father and a mother from Egypt's Greek diaspora, Mr. Pagoulatos had really known only one home: Sudan.
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9 months ago
World politics

Car Bombing in Russian-Occupied Ukraine Shows Reach of War

A car bomb killed at least one person on Friday night in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine, according to Ukrainian and Russian officials, highlighting the war's reach far beyond the front lines as Ukrainian partisans aim to undermine their occupiers.The blast occurred in Mykhailivka, a town in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region.
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10 months ago
World politics

Time Shelter' Wins International Booker Prize

Time Shelter, a novel in which a wave of nostalgia sweeps Europe and entire countries consider living in past eras, on Tuesday won the International Booker Prize, one of the most prestigious awards for fiction translated into English.Georgi Gospodinov, the book's Bulgarian author, will share the prize of 50,000 British pounds, worth roughly $62,000, with Angela Rodel, who translated the novel into English.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
World politics

From Rap Star to Engineer to Young Mayor Demolishing Swaths of Kathmandu

KATHMANDU, Nepal Before he aspired to Kathmandu's highest office, Balendra Shah appeared on the city's rooftops, a singer facing off in rap battles or filming music videos.His songs, which focused on poverty, underdevelopment and the rot he saw at the root of Nepal's entrenched political culture, drew an avid following among the country's youth.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
World politics

Arab League Votes to Readmit Syria, Ending a Nearly 12-Year Suspension

Arab nations agreed on Sunday to allow Syria to rejoin the Arab League, taking a crucial step toward ending the country's international ostracism more than a decade after it was suspended from the group over its use of ruthless force against its own people.When Syria's neighbors and peers ejected it from the 22-member league in November 2011, months after its Arab Spring uprising began, the move was seen as a key condemnation of a government that had bombed, gassed and tortured protesters and others in a conflict that metastasized into a long civil war.
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10 months ago
World politics

Canadians greet the coronation with a muted response.

TORONTO Despite his status as Canada's head of state, only modest festivities have been planned this weekend for the coronation of King Charles III in the country's capital, Ottawa, and turnout is predicted to be much lower than is typical for other Canadian public celebrations.Last May, Charles's most recent visit to the country drew scant news media attention and crowds by the hundreds rather than thousands.
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9 months ago
Sports

Max Homa Takes His Star Turn at the U.S. Open

For a decade now, Max Homa has had regrets.A gettable birdie on the Los Angeles Country Club's sixth hole had eluded him.On No. 8, it took him three putts to find the cup.He finished that round in 2013 with a course-record 61.In his mind, his scorecard could have read should have read 59.The U.S. Open, which began Thursday at the course that still haunts one of its one-round masters a little, could allow him to cast just about all of that aside by Sunday night.
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9 months ago
New York City

In Historic Night for Nonbinary Performers, J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell Win Tony Awards

J. Harrison Ghee accepting the Tony Award for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical, Some Like It Hot.Credit...Sara Krulwich/The New York Time Alex Newell accepting the Tony Award for featured actor in a musical, Shucked.Credit...Sara Krulwich/The New York Times J. Harrison Ghee, whose portrayal of a gender-questioning musician fleeing the mob in Some Like It Hot has charmed critics and audiences, won a Tony Award for best leading actor in a musical Sunday night, becoming the first out nonbinary actor to win that award.
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9 months ago
Europe news

What It's Like to Play Putin in Patriots'

On a recent evening, the British actor Will Keen was onstage at the Noel Coward Theater in London playing one of the world's most divisive men: President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.For much of the first half of Patriots, which is largely set in the 1990s after the Soviet Union's collapse, Keen portrays the character sympathetically as a minor politician who could only afford cheap suits and whose success was dependent on a friend's largess.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
NYC music

Madness, Royalty and the Music of Screams

When the British vocalist Elaine Mitchener performs Peter Maxwell Davies' Eight Songs for a Mad King at Wigmore Hall in London on Friday, a lot will be on her mind: the complex psychology of the work's central character, the piece's rich performing history and its sensitive perspective on mental health.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
NYC music

A Gospel Revival in Memphis Breathes Fresh Life Into Sacred Sounds

When Elizabeth King & the Gospel Souls recorded their 1972 single I Heard the Voice, they spent hours at the tiny Tempo Studio in downtown Memphis, with the Rev. Juan D. Shipp demanding they repeat the song until they got it right.Shipp, a local D.J., had just founded the label D-Vine Spirituals, and despite having no experience as a producer, he knew what he wanted and pushed his artists to get it.
IndieWire
10 months ago
Independent films

'Polite Society' Hides a Brilliant Bollywood Tribute in Plain Sight

Spoilers: Director Nida Manzoor tells IndieWire why she insisted on including an iconic song her protagonist uses as a distraction during a key sequence.[Editor's note: This story contains spoilers for "Polite Society."]It took everything I had not to yell out loud during " Polite Society."
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FanSided
9 months ago
National Football League

Steelers coach puts even more pressure on George Pickens second season

The Pittsburgh Steelers have found another quality wide receiver.However, someone feels that George Pickens can up his game after a solid rookie season.Pickens finished third on the team in receptions behind fellow wide receiver Diontae Johnson (86) and second-year tight end Pat Freiermuth (63).The Pittsburgh Steelers used a second-round pick a year ago on University of Georgia standout George Pickens.
FanSided
10 months ago
National Football League

Grading a potential Packers-Davante Adams reunion trade

Could Davante Adams return to the Green Bay Packers?It's feasible, especially after Adams made it clear he didn't choose Jimmy Garoppolo as his next Raiders quarterback.A Davante Adams trade back to Green Bay would be a shocker to say the least, especially with his best friend Aaron Rodgers now a member of the New York Jets.
RMNB
9 months ago
Washington Capitals

Philadelphia Flyers reportedly listening to trade offers for multiple of their top-six forwards

The Philadelphia Flyers, under general manager Danny Briere, have commenced a rebuild.Briere kicked that off last Tuesday when he sent defenseman Ivan Provorov to the Columbus Blue Jackets and received multiple draft picks and other futures in return.That rebuild is certainly not done after just one trade and rumors are swirling about multiple of the Flyers' top-six forwards being on the move this summer.
Fatherly
9 months ago
Fathers

Pete Davidson's Unironic Love of Dad Shoes Comes From A Special Place

Pete Davidson is a modern style icon.He's the kind of guy that can go to the Met Gala in a bucket hat and graphic t-shirt and make it a talked-about statement piece.He's also the kind of guy who can dress like your uncle - Knicks hat, grizzled beard, white t-shirt, and New Balances - and make us all feel a little better about our style choices.
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
Europe news

For Hurvin Anderson, the Barbershop Is Haven and Inspiration

In 2006, the British artist Hurvin Anderson painted his first barbershop scene.In Barbershop, reflections from the mirrors above a worktop create a series of rectangular patterns, like an abstract painting.In front, two slightly disordered chairs sit surrounded by scraps of hair, as if the clients have only just left, and the viewer is next to sit down.
www.cnn.com
9 months ago
US politics

Pence announces presidential run: Different times call for different leadership'

Former Vice President Mike Pence announced he's running for president on Wednesday, setting up a battle for the Republican nomination with his former boss, Donald Trump.In a launch video released ahead of his campaign kickoff later in the day in Iowa, Pence casts himself as a Reagan Republican seeking to return America to conservative principles.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Europe news

If a Divided Germany Could Enter NATO, Why Not Ukraine?

Though peace seems distant, the United States and Europe are debating how to guarantee Ukraine's security once the fighting with Russia stops, even without a total victory by either side.West Germany may provide a model, a precedent for admitting a divided country into NATO.Despite its division and unhappy role as the border between nuclear armed rivals during the Cold War, West Germany became a NATO member in 1955, benefiting from the alliance's protection, without ever giving up its commitment to unification, finally realized in 1989.
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10 months ago
Europe news

A Loud G.O.P. Minority Pledges to Make Troubleon Ukraine Military Aid

A congressional delegation of five Republicans and two Democrats met with representatives of Ukraine's Parliament this month in Poland, where the Ukrainians thanked the delegation for American aid and asked for F-16 fighter jets to help in the war against Russia.Three members of the delegation described the meeting as cordial and informative.
www.dw.com
10 months ago
Europe news

Zelenskyy's Germany trip: Why it matters and is important DW 05/13/2023

The relationship between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has seen its ups and downs.They have met face to face twice since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in early 2022; the first time was last June in Kyiv, long after other top politicians had visited there.
www.dw.com
10 months ago
Europe news

Zelenskyy's Germany trip: Why it matters and is important DW 05/13/2023

The relationship between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has seen its ups and downs.They have met face to face twice since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in early 2022; the first time was last June in Kyiv, long after other top politicians had visited there.
Boston.com
9 months ago
Boston Celtics

Damian Lillard says he'd 'obviously' choose the Heat over the Celtics

Celtics Lillard said he'd pick Miami and Brooklyn over Boston.Damian Lillard is still under contract with the Trailblazers, so Portland would likely have agree to a trade for him to land with a new team.During a recent interview on Showtime's "The Last Stand" with Brian Custer, Lillard said he wouldn't pick Boston if it were up to him.
Boston.com
10 months ago
Boston Celtics

Kevin Millar has an important message for the Celtics ahead of Game 5 against Heat

Celtics "This is Game 5 at the Garden.I wanna hear you 'Cowboy Up!' Let's go!"There have been 150 teams in NBA history that have fallen into an 0-3 deficit in a playoff series.The Celtics are looking to be the first basketball squad to come back and win their round against such daunting odds.
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9 months ago
US politics

Doug Burgum, Wealthy North Dakota Governor, Enters Presidential Race

Gov. Doug Burgum, the Republican governor of North Dakota who rose from a chimney sweep to become one of the richest men in the state, announced a campaign for president on Wednesday, entering an increasingly crowded race in which he faces exceedingly long odds.We need a new leader for a changing economy, Mr. Burgum wrote in an opinion essay in The Wall Street Journal that focused heavily on his business acumen.
www.mercurynews.com
9 months ago
East Bay (California)

Oakland A's strike out on Las Vegas stadium plan, for now

As they've done on field for much of the baseball season, the Oakland A's came up short Monday night in their pursuit of public money for a new stadium in Las Vegas.The A's hopes for up to $380 million from the state of Nevada faltered as the state legislature adjourned without considering a bill proposing public financing to help pay for the construction of a new baseball stadium along the Las Vegas Strip.
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9 months ago
East Bay (California)

Downtown San Jose lands several new merchants as area rebound sprouts

Fox Tale Fermentation Project (left) and Hula Bar And Kitchen restaurant (right), located at 30 East Santa Clara Street in downtown San Jose.SAN JOSE Some sections of downtown San Jose are starting to land a fresh crop of restaurants, bars and other establishments as new businesses sprout in the economic rubble left behind by the coronavirus pandemic.
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10 months ago
East Bay (California)

Will the Roots soccer team ever return to Oakland?

OAKLAND Amid all the talk of the A's leaving town for Las Vegas, another of Oakland's last-remaining professional sports teams is looking to make a stadium deal.And unless they do, the city might lose them, too.Earlier this year, popular upstart soccer franchise Oakland Roots SC trekked a half-hour south of its regular home field at Oakland's Laney College to play at Cal State East Bay in Hayward.
www.mercurynews.com
10 months ago
East Bay (California)

AT&T toreduceoffice locations, callmanagers back to office

By Scott Moritz | Bloomberg AT&T Inc. is reducing its office footprint and requiring managers to show up in person at least three days a week, a move that could prompt some people to quit, Chief Executive Officer John Stankey said in an interview with Matt Miller on Bloomberg Radio.The largest US telecommunications company, which has operations in all 50 states, will consolidate into nine core offices with two main hubs in Dallas and Atlanta.
www.mercurynews.com
10 months ago
East Bay (California)

California is losing population and building new houses. When will home prices come down?

This month Californians worried about the cost of housing were offered the rarest of gifts: a glimmer of hope.New numbers released by the Newsom administration show that California added homes to its housing stock at a faster clip than any time since the Great Recession 123,350 additional units, or an increase of 0.85%.
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9 months ago
Sports

Carl Lewis Hopes to Lead Speed City' to a National Title

HOUSTON When Carl Lewis left the University of Houston over 40 years ago, he was a 19-year-old world-record-holding long jumper and one of the best sprinters on earth.Lewis would go on to become a colossal sports figure, his famous face gracing the top of the Olympic medal stand nine times, and appearing on the cover of Gentleman's Quarterly Magazine plus a few Hollywood movies and television shows.
Los Angeles Times
9 months ago
California

Column: I quit Twitter for a week. I didn't miss it. Be worried, Elon Musk

(David Paul Morris / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Last month, my bosses suggested I quit Twitter for a week.Completely.I would not be able to log on, let alone tweet or retweet others or check for direct messages.It might seem easy to do, gentle reader.But there are Twitter users, and then there's me.
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10 months ago
Europe news

King Charles's Photographer Wanted a Little Piece of Theater'

As King Charles III was crowned in Westminster Abbey on Saturday, Hugo Burnand, a British photographer, waited in Buckingham Palace's glittering Throne Room for the most important moment of his career.The royal household had commissioned Burnand, 59, to take the official portraits of the newly crowned monarch to create images that every newspaper in the world clamor to publish, and that art historians rush to analyze.
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10 months ago
Europe news

King Charles's Photographer Wanted a Little Piece of Theater'

As King Charles III was crowned in Westminster Abbey on Saturday, Hugo Burnand, a British photographer, waited in Buckingham Palace's glittering Throne Room for the most important moment of his career.The royal household had commissioned Burnand, 59, to take the official portraits of the newly crowned monarch to create images that every newspaper in the world clamor to publish, and that art historians rush to analyze.
www.housingwire.com
9 months ago
Real estate

UWM and broker shop Mid Valley settle 'ultimatum' lawsuit

Top originator United Wholesale Mortgage settled a lawsuit with broker shop Mid Valley Funding, in which the broker shop was accused of violating UWM's controversial ultimatum by sending loans to rivals Rocket Mortgage and Fairway Independent Mortgage.The settlement, reached on June 5, dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice, requiring Mid Valley to pay $40,000 to UWM, as the brokerage firm acknowledges that it sent loans to Rocket and/or Fairway after the ultimatum was in effect.
www.housingwire.com
9 months ago
Real estate

HousingWire Magazine: RealTrends 500 Supplement

Tracey Velt, senior director of data and content It's official, there's a new sheriff in town and his name is Glenn Sanford, founder of eXp Holdings and CEO of eXp Realty.The firm moved from number three to number one by transaction sides in the 2023 RealTrends 500 rankings, based on 2022 data.Compass, headed by CEO Robert Reffkin, took the top spot this year by sales volume.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Prince Harry no-shows start of his own phone hacking trial as judge surprised'

Prince Harry's decision not to attend the opening day of his court case into alleged illegal information gathering by tabloid newspapers was met with surprise by the judge on Monday.Mr Justice Fancourt questioned why the Duke of Sussex did not attend the hearing despite him being the first of four witnesses due to give evidence in the civil trial at London's High Court.
www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Diana's letter to Michael Barrymore over secret meeting' revealed at Harry trial

Letters between the late Princess Diana and Michael Barrymore in which she discusses a secret meeting between the pair have been revealed in her son Prince Harry's High Court trial against the Daily Mirror publisher.The Duke of Sussex is one of four test cases among scores of complaints against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) being heard in London, alleging illegal information-gathering techniques such as phone hacking, which the publisher denies.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Scots Tory Douglas Ross says police dealt very quickly' with death threat

Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross had to phone his wife at work to tell her a credible death threat had been made against him.He said that while police had acted very quickly to deal with the situation, he wanted to alert his wife Krystle, a police sergeant, before she saw details of it on her work computer.
Boston.com
9 months ago
New England Patriots

Tom Brady is weary of 'crazy expectations' for his 15-year-old son who plays QB

Patriots Tom Brady's son, Jack, is following in his footsteps.Now that he's retired, Tom Brady is looking forward to spending more time supporting his children's dreams, he said during a recent interview on ESPN's Sportscenter.Brady's 15-year-old son Jack plays quarterback and wants to play football for Michigan like his dad, according to Vanity Fair.
Boston.com
10 months ago
New England Patriots

Kevin Faulk voiced support for Patriots draft pick Kayshon Boutte

Patriots "All I can tell you is I don't know where that came from," Faulk said of the reported "coachability concerns" regarding Boutte.The Patriots' decision to draft LSU wide receiver Kayshon Boutte in the sixth round of the 2023 NFL Draft raised a few eyebrows.Boutte, who logged 131 catches and 1,782 receiving yards in three years at the college level, was at one point seen as a possible first-round pick.
Hogs Haven
9 months ago
Washington Redskins

All aTwitter: 1 June 2023 - Positive reports from OTAs on Jacoby Brissett, Cole Turner young DBs & RBs, and many others

The goal of All aTwitter is to give readers a handy spot to check the Washington Commanders beat writers & bloggers, national sports journalists, and football fans in order to keep up on the latest news and opinions about Washington, the NFL, and sports in general, along with a smattering of other things.
Hogs Haven
10 months ago
Washington Redskins

A closer look at Chris Rodriguez

When Washington selected Kentucky running back Chris Rodriguez in the 6th round of the 2023 draft, it wasn't much of a surprise that the Commanders took an RB there - this draft was loaded with RB talent across the board.And it shouldn't really have been a surprise that they took Rodriguez, who the coaches sure saw a lot of at the Senior Bowl.
www.cbc.ca
9 months ago
Toronto

Ontario family doctors are burned out and that could mean shortages: OMA | CBC News

A shortage of family doctors in the province is only going to get worse if burnout and growing administrative burdens are not addressed, the Ontario Medical Association is warning.As of March 2022, there were 2.2 million Ontarians who didn't have a regular family doctor, an increase of 450,000 people in just two years, the association says, and an OMA survey of its members suggests that 40 per cent of physicians are considering retiring in the next five years.
Bitter and Blue
9 months ago
Manchester City

Pep Guardiola Highlights Impact of Manchester City's Abu Dhabi Based Owners Ahead of Both Finals

It has been an incredible rise from obscurity to limelight for Manchester City since the takeover by the Abu Dhabi Group in 2008.The club has gone from being regular strugglers to one of Europe's best.Under the new management's impressive leadership City have become a standard of measurement for how to run a successful club.
Bitter and Blue
10 months ago
Manchester City

Manchester City not Getting Carried Away by Arsenal Victory

It was billed as a must-win game for Manchester City and the team delivered when it mattered most.In fact, it was a bit surprising how easy it turned out to be.Arsenal have been one of the best teams this season.Sitting atop the Premier League is by no means flattery for Mikel Arteta and his men.They have worked hard and even convinced the naysayers that they are deserving challengers to Manchester City for the title.
www.npr.org
9 months ago
Tech industry

Leading experts warn of a risk of extinction from AI

The welcome screen for the OpenAI ChatGPT app is displayed on a laptop screen in February in London.Leon Neal/Getty Images AI experts issued a dire warning on Tuesday: Artificial intelligence models could soon be smarter and more powerful than us and it is time to impose limits to ensure they don't take control over humans or destroy the world.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Tech industry

Google's Photo App Still Can't Find Gorillas. And Neither Can Apple's.

Credit...Desiree Rios/The New York Times Eight years after a controversy over Black people being mislabeled by image analysis software and despite big advances in computer vision the tech giants still fear repeating the mistake.By Nico Grant and Kashmir HillMay 22, 2023 When Google released its stand-alone Photos app in May 2015, people were wowed by what it could do: analyze images to label the people, places and things in them, an astounding consumer offering at the time.
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10 months ago
NYC music

Club Ebony, a Historic Blues Venue Tied to B.B. King, Rises Again

Club Ebony, a famed blues venue in Indianola, Miss., that was part of the chitlin circuit a loose network of Black-owned clubs and venues in segregated American cities has hosted hundreds of memorable moments.Bobby Rush, the 89-year-old blues singer, recalled one of his favorites in a recent interview: a scene from B.B. King's 2014 homecoming concert.
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10 months ago
NYC music

Alan Menken on The Little Mermaid' and the Mixed Blessing of Disney Fame

Alan Menken composed the musical versions of Little Shop of Horrors and A Bronx Tale, but he is at peace with being known as a Disney composer.Mostly.One of the areas where it got to me you go to the Alan Menken Pandora station, and it's all these little Disney tunes, and I go, What is that?' Menken said.
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10 months ago
NYC music

Henry Threadgill's Musical Spring Is Varied and Extreme. Like He Is.

Even as a child, Henry Threadgill liked to experiment.In this Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and saxophonist's new memoir, Easily Slip Into Another World, he recounts a youthful attempt to fly from a window using a contraption of his own devising.He managed to escape the ensuing, predictable crash without breaking any bones, but the young Threadgill did earn a reputation for daring in his Chicago neighborhood.
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10 months ago
NYC music

The Composer Carlos Simon Is Busier, and More Honest, Than Ever

The composer Carlos Simon is busy.Six premieres in four months busy.In February, Simon was at the Boston Symphony Orchestra for the first appearances of his Four Black American Dances, a romp through a ring shout, a waltz, a tap dance and a praise break.At the Kennedy Center in Washington, where Simon has been a composer in residence since 2021, he oversaw two debuts in April: Songs of Separation, a sun-still-shines setting of Rumi poetry, and Don't Let the Pigeon Sing Up Late!, an irreverent operatic collaboration with the picture book author Mo Willems.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Sports

Women's Tennis Suddenly Has a Big(ish) Three

Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka have won a combined five Grand Slam singles titles.Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have won 64.Swiatek, Rybakina and Sabalenka have been at the top of the sport for roughly a year.Some combination of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic has been there the last 20.
Fatherly
10 months ago
Fathers

Julia Louis-Dreyfus' No-Bullsh*t Marriage Advice Is Worth Your Time

It's always impressive when a couple has been together for a really long time because it feels rare these days - even more so in Hollywood.Some celebrity couples have stood the test of time and broken away from the idea that living under the spotlight makes a relationship too challenging.And Julia Louis-Dreyfus is one of them.
www.theguardian.com
11 months ago
Artificial intelligence

The Guide #84: Why movies made by artificial intelligence won't be the future of film

The artificial intelligence revolution is motoring forward at such a pace that it's hard to keep up with the torrent of news stories about it, let alone the technology itself.In recent weeks we've had AI newsreaders on Kuwaiti TV, an AI-generated photograph winning a major prize, an AI-generated interview with Michael Schumacher that got an editor sacked and, of course, numerous warnings that this all might spell the end of humanity itself.
KQED
11 months ago
California

'1,000% Me': How W. Kamau Bell's Family Explored the Mixed-Race Experience in New Film | KQED

It was a long process, she said, to both "navigate the obligation that I still felt to my family," and to Kamau."How do I incorporate this person who means so much to me into that?And how can I honor his experiences and make sure that he is supported and respected without, you know, abandoning my family or creating some sort of big scene?"
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Sports

Before Carlos Alcaraz Was Great, He Was Good Enough to Be Lucky

Carlos Alcaraz is so good, so young, and wins so often that his success has seemed predetermined.Of course someone that fast, with hands as soft as an artisan's and a physique that lands him right in the not-too-tall and not-too-short Goldilocks zone of the modern tennis greats, would become the youngest world No. 1 during the 50-year history of the ATP rankings.
Breaking Muscle
10 months ago
Exercise

Mamdouh "Big Ramy" Elssbiay Is Training Angry in Quest for Mr. Olympia Redemption - Breaking Muscle

Elssbiay is using his recent failure as motivation.Entering the 2022 Mr. Olympia, former two-time champion (2020-2021) Mamdouh "Big Ramy" Elssbiay was a presumed heavy favorite to complete a legendary "three-peat."Instead, the Egyptian superstar finished in fifth place, forcing a potential recalibration for one of bodybuilding's biggest names.
www.npr.org
10 months ago
Books

Kwame Alexander's memoir began as a book of love poems but morphed into so much more

1. The importance of a father's presence in a child's life can be profound, and even life-changing. Kwame Alexander emphasizes the need for fathers to be emotionally present for their children and to show their emotions.
2. Fathers don't always have to be strong and stoic;
www.amny.com
10 months ago
Books

Julia Gorton captures the vintage Downtown New York music scene with vivid imagery in new collection | amNewYork

It's hard when you start out to know where you're going, muses Julia Gorton.Having just released her self-published collection of photos from the Downtown New York music scene spanning the years 1976 to 1981, she has a pretty good idea of where she's been.Starting with black-and-white Polaroids and moving onto film as a college student, Gorton set out to document a vibrant scene that was sometimes as much about the look as the music.
Boston.com
10 months ago
Boston Red Sox

David Ortiz reflected on 2004 Red Sox comeback, shared advice for Celtics trailing 3-0

Morning Sports Update "Every single thought has to be in a positive way, every single one, so you can bounce out of it."Tonight, the Celtics face the Heat in Miami in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals.Trailing 3-0 in the series, Boston faces elimination.Tip-off is set for 8:30 p.m.
On Monday night, the Red Sox lost 2-1 to the Angels.
Boston.com
10 months ago
Boston Red Sox

Justin Turner discussed his departure from the Dodgers, happiness playing for the Red Sox

Red Sox The offseason recruitment of Turner even reportedly included a text message from Bill Belichick
While Justin Turner said he's "extremely happy" as a member of the Red Sox, exactly why his old team didn't want him back remains a mystery.Turner, 38, spent what has been to this point the best years of his career with the Dodgers.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Television

5 Things to Do This Weekend

Gabe CohnReporting on the arts Paul Schrader, who wrote Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver and was more recently the writer-director behind First Reformed and The Card Counter, is back in theaters with a new desolate-man drama, Master Gardener.Here's more on that movie and other cultural highlights this weekend In Master Gardener, Joel Edgerton plays a horticulturist at a Southern mansion working for a wealthy landowner (Sigourney Weaver).
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Europe news

Onstage, Brokeback Mountain' Is Still a Tragedy

In 2016, when the theater director Jonathan Butterell was considering a proposal to adapt Annie Proulx's 1997 short story Brokeback Mountain for the stage, he wondered how to translate the prose's vast landscape and insular emotions into a play.Last month, in a central London rehearsal studio, Butterell and Ashley Robinson, who wrote the play, tried to answer that question.
english.elpais.com
10 months ago
Music

Mac DeMarco on fame and why he indulged on a 199-song album

Often dubbed the prince of indie music, Mac DeMarco has built a devoted fanbase through his mix of distinct slacker rock and being unafraid to show off his endearingly offbeat personality.His latest release a nine-hour, 199-song album has confounded and stunned fans and critics alike.But for DeMarco, it was a way to reach his next creative phase.
Queerty
10 months ago
Music

LISTEN: Patrick Cowley's ode to cruising, poppers & guys "shootin' off menergy" in back rooms

It doesn't take much of an imagination to picture sweaty, half-naked men exploring the bounds of their bodies while Patrick Cowley's 1981 track "Menergy" blasts from the speakers.Mostly because Cowley set out to make a song that captured just that!"The boys in the back room/Laughin' it up, Shootin' off energy/The guys in the street talk checkin' you out/Talkin' 'bout Menergy," goes one part of the song.
Consequence
10 months ago
Music

Anthrax are in the studio recording their new album

Thrash legends Anthrax have hit the studio to work on their new album, the long-awaited follow-up to 2016's For All Kings.The band revealed the news in a press release, sharing a photo of core instrumental members Scott Ian, Charlie Benante, and Frank Bello alongside producer Jay Ruston.Ian and company are currently laying down tracks before vocalist Joey Belladonna and lead guitarist Jonathan Donais add their respective parts.
New York Daily News
10 months ago
Music

Taylor Swift sings of 'falling back in love' after Joe Alwyn split in new song with The National

Despite her recent romance woes, Taylor Swift is far from done with love if her newest song is any indication.The National on Friday released their ninth studio album, "First Two Pages of Frankenstein," which includes a duet between 33-year-old Swift and the band's lead singer, Matt Berninger.
www.theguardian.com
11 months ago
Music

He was so emotional': the inside story of Ed Sheeran's new album and his US copyright trial

For Ed Sheeran, the release of a new album usually means a confident sweep to No 1 and steady dominance of the Top 40 over the subsequent months.But there is more at stake than usual for the 32-year-old songwriter when he releases his fifth album, (Subtract), next Friday (5 May).The record documents a series of events last spring that Sheeran has characterised as the most challenging period in his life.
Consequence
1 year ago
Music

Keanu Reeves is an Alvvays superfan

As if we needed another reason to like Keanu Reeves, the star has revealed his fandom for the Canadian indie pop group Alvvays."I like me a good pop song, and I like me a kind of inventiveness in it," Reeves said in a recent interview with ."I think the lead singer [Molly Rankin], she's great, and the textures of it."
Creative Bloq
10 months ago
Graphic design

KitBash3D's Cargo is Marvel + Unreal Engine 5? Amazing

So, this is quite remarkable.The newly launched Cargo from KitBash3D enables creatives to access a library of professional assets previously used in blockbuster movies from Warner Bros. to Marvel as well as Netflix, HBO and more.You can find models, kits and materials found in games such as The Last of Us Part II and reuse them in your own projects.
Washington Post
10 months ago
Europe news

Ukraine intercepts missiles as Russia steps up strikes on Kyiv

Police officers investigate fragments of a Russian rocket that landed in a city zoo after it was downed by Ukrainian air defenses during a rocket attack in Kyiv early Tuesday.(Alex Babenko/AP)KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 18 attempted Russian strikes on Kyiv early Tuesday including six hypersonic missiles, military and city authorities said, largely foiling one of Moscow's fiercest attacks so far.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Europe news

How Liverpool Put on a Song Contest for Ukraine

When Ukraine won last year's Eurovision Song Contest, it gained the right to hold this year's event.And despite Russia's invasion, it insisted it would do it.Ukraine's public broadcaster issued plans to host the spectacle in the west of the country, out of reach of Russian missiles, while politicians, including President Volodymyr Zelensky, said the nation would make it work.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Europe news

Ukraine Makes Gains Near Embattled Bakhmut, a First in Months

KYIV, Ukraine Ukrainian troops have broken through Russian positions outside the embattled eastern city of Bakhmut and forced Russian units back from a key position near a canal, military commanders on both sides said, in the first gains since March for Kyiv's forces in the brutal fight for the city.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Europe news

One Photographer's Challenge: To Turn King Charles III Into an Icon

Hundreds of photographers will spend Saturday trying to capture the perfect image of the coronation.But one faces a tougher task: to turn King Charles III into an icon.Hugo Burnand, 59, is the coronation's official portrait photographer and, shortly after the newly crowned Charles returns to Buckingham Palace, will have just minutes to take a historic image of the monarch.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Europe news

One Photographer's Challenge: To Turn King Charles III Into an Icon

Hundreds of photographers will spend Saturday trying to capture the perfect image of the coronation.But one faces a tougher task: to turn King Charles III into an icon.Hugo Burnand, 59, is the coronation's official portrait photographer and, shortly after the newly crowned Charles returns to Buckingham Palace, will have just minutes to take a historic image of the monarch.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Europe news

They refused to fight for Russia. The law did not treat them kindly.

An officer in Russia's Federal Guard Service, which is responsible for protecting President Vladimir V. Putin, decided last fall to avoid fighting in Ukraine by sneaking across the southern border into Kazakhstan.The officer, Maj.Mikhail Zhilin, disguised himself as a mushroom picker, wearing camouflage and carrying a couple of small bottles of cognac so that he could douse himself and then act drunk and disoriented if he encountered the Russian border patrol.
Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
10 months ago
Washington DC

This May Be Your Last Summer to Watch Movies at the Union Market Drive-In - Washingtonian

Pop your popcorn, grab your sodas, and cruise up to the Union Market drive-in for (possibly) the last time.The drive-in has quickly become a summertime staple in the Union Market neighborhood since its opening in 2012.However, its founder Jon Gann warns that after this summer, the drive-in's parking lot could be no more.
www.fastcompany.com
10 months ago
Artificial intelligence

This K-pop artist sings fluently in 6 languages. His secret? Voice AI

When Hybe, the entertainment juggernaut behind the K-pop group BTS, announces a new artist, the music world takes note.Hybe, after all, doesn't just dominate K-pop.It's also the parent company of Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, among other artists, thanks to its 2021 acquisition of Ithaca Holdings.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Could an emotional support' chatbot help me de-stress? Only one way to find out | Arwa Mahdawi

For the last several months I have been a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown.We moved to a new house last year only to find the place next door was about to undergo a massive construction project.Since then we've been living with a constant soundtrack of hammering and drilling.I've tried various coping methods everything from saunas to noise-cancelling headphones to fantasies of revenge but the noise and dust still raise my blood pressure to dangerous levels every day.
LGBTQ Nation
10 months ago
LGBT

Spice Girl Emma Bunton declares support for trans youth

"Baby Spice" has spoken.Or at least she has posted.After actress Jamie Lee Curtis - a vocal trans ally and the mother of a trans daughter - posted on Instagram about LGBTQ+ rights, former Spice Girl Emma Bunton joined the conversation by reposting Curtis's message to her story."I will say gay and I will protect trans kids," the post declared in large, bold letters the colors of the trans and LGBTQ+ pride flags.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Television

How Chris Messina Forced Matt Damon to Up His Game in Air'

Chris Messina has a hard time admitting that he's funny.Even after his hilarious turn as a silver-tongued sports agent in Air and six seasons as a drolly charming doctor on the sitcom The Mindy Project, he is surprisingly self-critical when it comes to his comic abilities.Comedy is so hard, he said in a recent video call from his home in Los Angeles, adding an expletive for emphasis.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Television

How the Last Writers' Strike Changed Things Onscreen

The 2007 writers' strike couldn't have come at a worse time for the screenwriter Zack Stentz.After three years of being unemployed, Mr. Stentz was happily ensconced in a new job as an executive story editor on Fox's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.He was working with a high-caliber group of writers on a show he described as dark, thoughtful and weird.
Dodgers Nation
10 months ago
LA Dodgers

MLB Insider Feels Dodgers Losing to Padres in NLDS Could Be a Good Thing for LA

When you win as many games as the Dodgers did last season and don't bring home a World Series title, it's tough.When you don't even make it to the World Series, that's bad.And when you don't even make it out of the first round of the playoffs... well that's downright embarrassing.The 111 win Dodgers were gentleman's swept by the San Diego Padres last year in the NL Division Series and it marked another time the Dodgers had been stunned by an opponent.
Medium
10 months ago
UX design

Why UX Researchers should be dungeon masters

It should come as no surprise that there is a significant overlap between user research nerds and fantasy nerds.UX is a nerdy profession that requires in depth research, stepping into the shoes of users and personas, improvising interviews, and thinking outside of the box.Playing Dungeons & Dragons (DnD) also requires reading up on lore, embodying strange new characters, bluffing through interactions with non-player characters, and thinking outside the box.
Fish Stripes
10 months ago
Miami Marlins

Here's how the Marlins told Eury Perez he was getting called up

Eury Pérez probably knew that a promotion was coming soon.The top-rated Miami Marlins prospect had nothing left to prove against Double-A competition-his Pensacola Blue Wahoos pitching coach, Dave Eiland, said as much in a recent interview.On Wednesday, Eiland and Pensacola manager Kevin Randel invited the 20-year-old Pérez to sit down with them under the guise of reviewing game footage.
Dezeen
10 months ago
Design

Luvly develops mini EV to be "significantly more energy-efficient" than other electric cars

Stockholm tech company Luvly is set to launch Luvly O, a flat-pack mini electric car that it claims could be the future of urban transport.At just under 400 kilograms, the Luvly O weighs around a quarter of a typical electric vehicle (EV) and is "significantly more energy efficient and cheaper to buy and run than almost all ICE and electric cars," according to the brand.
www.npr.org
10 months ago
Arts

The unstoppable appeal of Peso Pluma and the Regional Mexican music scene

Peso Pluma performs with Becky G at the Coachella Stage during the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 14.Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella Peso Pluma has entered his own era.He is the future that Regional Mexican music labels have been dreaming about for the past four or five years.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
New York City

Mayor Adams Says He Was Given a Divine Message: Talk About God'

When Mayor Eric Adams began to talk frequently about God a few months back how God elevated him to lead New York City, how Mr. Adams implemented policy with a godlike approach, how the separation of church and state was misguided his timing was no accident.He was, he says, responding to the same divine voice he heard decades ago, the one that he says prophesied that he would become mayor on Jan. 1, 2022.
What's New in Publishing | Digital Publishing News
10 months ago
Online marketing

Using attention metrics to create personalized advertising | What's New in Publishing | Digital Publishing News

Marketers report significant sales increases from personalized advertising placement
The dominance of mass-market advertising may be coming to an end as one-size-fits-all advertising isn't as effective as it used to be.The fragmentation of digital audiences across a growing number of platforms has placed an increasing emphasis on personalized content.
Social Media Explorer
10 months ago
Online marketing

Nearly One-Quarter Of 10th Grade Girls Spend Seven Hours Or More On Social Media - Social Media Explorer

The average American teenager spends more time online than on sleep.... [+]
getty The latest research by psychologist Jean Twenge shows that many American teen girls spend more time using social media sites than sleeping or attending school.Twenge is a researcher at San Diego State University who studies generational trends.
IndieWire
10 months ago
Independent films

David Lowery's 'Peter Pan & Wendy' Was Inspired by Scorsese and Tarkovsky

Lowery's latest was shaped by "Gangs of New York" and "Mirror" as much as the Disney library.David Lowery became an indie film darling with projects like "The Green Knight" and "A Ghost Story," but he has become equally prolific as a Disney filmmaker.After finding success with his live-action take on "Pete's Dragon," he collaborated with the studio again on "Peter Pan & Wendy," which is now streaming on Disney+.
IndieWire
10 months ago
Independent films

Lizzy Kaplan and Joshua Jackson: 'Fatal Attraction' Series Might Not Kill Bunny Due to Changing 'Social Mores'

"I feel bad that I can't deliver the murdering of the bunny for all the people who so desperately want it," Kaplan said."It's really like people really want it."The new Paramount+ adaptation of " Fatal Attraction," which sees Lizzy Kaplan and Joshua Jackson stepping into the roles made famous by Glenn Close and Michael Douglas, seeks to capture all of the erotic thrills of the 1987 film in an episodic format.
IndieWire
10 months ago
Independent films

John Leguizamo Almost Passed on 'Carlito's Way' - Until He Heard Benicio Del Toro Was Interested

Leguizamo revealed that he almost declined the role because he was sick of being cast as drug dealers early in his career.John Leguizamo has emerged as one of Hollywood's most outspoken advocates for better Hispanic representation, speaking his mind on everything from James Franco being cast as Fidel Castro to the lack of colorblind casting in "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" in recent years.
IndieWire
11 months ago
Independent films

'Rye Lane' Director Raine Allen-Miller Never Thought She'd Make a Rom-Com - Then She Made a Great One

For her debut feature, the director tells IndieWire she had two big asks, and both translated beautifully to a genre she hadn't previously considered.When filmmaker Raine Allen-Miller pictured her debut film, she had a few ideas she couldn't shake.It would be set in her own stomping grounds of South London, and it definitely had to be funny.
www.thelocal.de
11 months ago
Germany news

How do I get a student visa for Germany and what does it let me do?

Sener Sargut is from Turkey but has lived in Germany for over six decades, is married to a German woman and speaks the local language fluently.Yet the 80-year-old does not hold German nationality, as taking up citizenship of his adopted homeland would mean giving up his Turkish passport.But that could be set to change.
www.theguardian.com
11 months ago
Women in technology

Japan pledges to have women in third of top boardroom roles by 2030

Japan's prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has said he wants almost a third of executive positions at the country's top companies to be occupied by women by the end of the decade.In an apparent attempt to address Japan's poor record on gender equality ahead of the G7 leaders' summit in Hiroshima next month, Kishida said more boardroom diversity would boost the world's third-biggest economy.
www.nytimes.com
11 months ago
World politics

Right-Wing Israelis Come Out in Force to Support Judicial Overhaul

JERUSALEM In a defiant show of force, masses of right-wing demonstrators converged on Jerusalem on Thursday evening in support of an Israeli government plan to overhaul the judiciary that has deeply divided the country.The crowd was largely made up of Israelis from the religious Zionist camp.Many said they wanted a more Jewish Israel that put their brand of traditional values ahead of the liberalism championed by the country's old, secular elites.
www.dailynews.com
11 months ago
Education

Proposed California law would increase school teacher pay 50 percent by 2030

Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) seeks to tackle the statewide teacher and school staff shortage by increasing their salaries by 50% in the next seven years.Muratsuchi, who chairs the Assembly Education Committee, introduced Assembly Bill 938 on Wednesday, April 26.The bill would set annual targets for the state's Local Control Funding Formula which determines how much money is allocated to districts and charter schools with a goal of reaching a 50% increase by 2030.
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