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Major Oscar Precursor DOC NYC Short Lists Will Ferrell, Malala Yousafzai, Raoul Peck Projects

Movies in the prestigious festival lineup have been nominated for documentary Oscars for 11 of the past 12 years The post Major Oscar Precursor DOC NYC Short Lists Will Ferrell, Malala Yousafzai, Raoul Peck Projects appeared first on TheWrap.

2024-10-17 17:00

When will we see the next Irish Nobel Prize in Literature laureate?

It will be hard to repeat the achievement of Yeats, Shaw, Beckett and Heaney in the next 75 years

2024-10-10 13:07

The Cold War’s Most Pathetically Hilarious Air Battle

On the morning of August 16, 1956, an alert reached controllers at Oxnard Air Force Base, just north of Los Angeles: a rogue aircraft was headed towards the City of Angels. It was the call the pilots of the 437th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron had been waiting …

2024-10-09 18:10

P. G. Wodehouse as Political Humorist: American Edition

Wodehouse was not only aware of American politics and political history but was able to turn it into comic gold.

2024-10-09 00:00

See the Tools and Gadgets From Julia Child’s Kitchen That Reveal How the Beloved Chef Cooked

From the microwave to the food processor, the book author and television personality tried many appliances and devices to figure out the best ways to use them for her audience

2024-10-07 18:13

Put A Stamp On Them: The Shocking Story Of People Shipping Their Kids Through The U.S. Mail

It used to be surprisingly affordable to ship babies and children under 50 pounds by US mail. And people did it. Just two weeks after the introduction of Parcel Post, a child was mailed for the first time -- one mile from Glen Este, Ohio to Batavia, Ohio -- f…

2024-10-07 15:59

“Those Folks Never Had Their Lights Turned Off.” On the Literary Importance of Highlighting the Haves and the Have-Nots

Since reading Naomi Kanakia’s essay, “Contemporary Literary Novels Are Haunted by the Absence of Money,” I’ve been recalling how often, nearly fifty years ago, Ray Carver and I complained about the same issue. At one point in our lives, we lived next to one a…

2024-10-07 08:57

Study: Hurricanes like Helene are deadly when they hit and keep killing for years after

Study says hurricanes are hundreds of times deadlier in the long run than the U.S. government calculates, contributing to more deaths than car accidents or all the nation's wars.

2024-10-05 11:30

ARE THERE WHITE SHARKS IN EUROPEAN AND MEDITERRANEAN WATERS?

A Historic Expedition to “SAVE THE MED” by Finding and Studying Critically Endangered White Sharks in the Mediterranean Population to then Protect them has been completed by Global Nonprofit Ocean Research Group, OCEARCH. A Historic Expedition to “SAVE THE ME…

2024-10-02 16:48