Month: March 2023

Actor and entrepreneur Gwyneth Paltrow took the stand Friday afternoon for a civil lawsuit regarding a 2016 skiing incident. Paltrow, 50, has been accused of causing serious injury to retired optometrist Terry Sanderson after she allegedly collided with him while skiing at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah. Sanderson, 76, alleged Paltrow skied into him,
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In previous bestselling, award-winning books such as The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Wonderstruck and The Marvels, author-illustrator Brian Selznick has centered his richly imagined, deeply cinematic stories on children growing up alone and navigating worlds both dangerous and wonderful. Selznick explores similar themes in Big Tree, but this novel’s children aren’t human; they’re the seeds
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There are a lot of suspicions that during this era of book bans, we’ll begin to see a different output of material from publishers. They may pull back on queer books and/or books by people of color, those books which approach “sensitive” topics like sex and sexuality, and even graphic novels. Unfortunately, because of how
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The inaugural season of “Yellowjackets” ended with winter’s arrival for the wilderness survivors in 1996 and a slew of unsettling developments for the present. The wait between seasons may finally be over but don’t expect the same when it comes to answers. “Yellowjackets” Season 2 begins with a deeply satisfying premiere, “Friends, Romans, Countrymen,” that hurdles
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There’s plenty to watch on TV this coming week! The Roys return for one last hurrah on Succession Season 4, Kiefer Sutherland returns to the small screen, and Nancy Travis joins a cast of familiar faces on Ride. Check out what we recommend you watch. Saturday, March 25 8/7c Every Breath She Takes (Lifetime) Castle’s
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Photo courtesy of Pussy Riot News Pussy Riot to Receive Woody Guthrie Prize They’ll perform in Tulsa to celebrate the award, given annually to “an artist who best exemplifies Guthrie’s spirit and work” By Jazz Monroe March 24, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Pussy Riot will receive the Woody Guthrie Prize in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on
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The winners of the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Awards were announced last night at the New School. Books published in English in 2022 were eligible to win in six categories — Nonfiction, Fiction, Biography, Autobiography, Poetry and Criticism. Additionally, the best first book won the John Leonard Prize award, and this year is the
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The latest book by journalist Alex Mar (Witches of America) is a valuable contribution to the true crime genre. Taking its title from a verse in the Gospel of Matthew, Seventy Times Seven: A True Story of Murder and Mercy begins with a heinous murder but then follows the difficult, inspiring path of forgiveness and
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Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton‘s duet is inappropriate for elementary school kids to sing … at least according to a Wisconsin principal who’s banning “Rainbowland” from a spring concert. Here’s the deal … first-grade students at Heyer Elementary in Waukesha started the week preparing for their upcoming concert, with “Rainbowland” as part of the initial
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