Month: January 2023

A24’s The Whale crossed the $11-million mark in week six as it jumped to 1,500 screens from 835 as the Brendan Fraser-starrer and other contenders continue to tweak theatrical runs through awards season. The film, which received a PGA nomination for Best Motion Picture this week along with SAG noms for Fraser and co-star Hong
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These days, the best carpenter pants for men go much further than the workplace. Instead of sticking to the job site, men’s carpenter pants have infiltrated modern fashion. Today, they offer an eye-catching alternative to boring khakis or jeans. Though work apparel in contemporary fashion is nothing new, from cargo pants to chore jackets, workwear
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Lovers of Colm Tóibín’s novels (among them Brooklyn, The Master and The Magician) might not know that the Irish author is also a longtime essayist. A Guest at the Feast gathers recent essays that show his full range. A Guest at the Feast is divided into three sections: personal essays, essays examining the power of
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One of the pretty consistent staples of a cozy mystery is that the amateur sleuth also has a day job. By that, I mean their detective work is pretty much a hobby. It’s not even a side hustle, since they don’t get paid after they solve the mysteries. Which is a bit disheartening if you
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Every big idea likely has a few detractors at some point. Startups that become multibillion-dollar companies are no exception. Take Broadcast.com, the pioneering audiov streaming company that made Mark Cuban a billionaire. When Cuban and his friend Todd Wagner took over the company in 1995, it was one of the first streaming platforms in existence,
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Filmmaker Todd Field has made his triumphant return to the world of movie-making with his powerhouse film Tár after a nearly 17-year hiatus. The actor-turned-director stormed onto the Hollywood scene in the early 2000s with his five-time Oscar-nominated directorial debut, In the Bedroom. But his career was almost doomed before it had time to get
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Stephen Ellcock has made a name for himself as a digital curator, or “image alchemist.” He ventures deep into visual art archives and surfaces with paintings, drawings, photographs and other images that inspire and intrigue. His fourth book, The Cosmic Dance, is “but a tiny sample of the fruits of ceaseless foraging,” and like his
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Late last summer, the official email notifying me of my library’s temporary closure for renovations found me capital-D Devastated. Around this time last year, I sat in the breakfast nook pondering the magic of libraries and, more specifically, my deep appreciation for my local branch with the pink camellias outside. There, I browsed and borrowed
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Engraving the case of the Parmigiani Fleurier La Rose Carrée Nowhere is industrial production more emotive and appealing to the broader world than in watchmaking. From understanding the biggest suppliers such as ETA to niche independent watchmakers such as Roger Smith in the UK, it seems everyone wants to know how watches are made. Of
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John Legend and Chrissy Teigen just added a new bundle of joy to their growing fam. The Grammy Award-winning singer announced he and his model wife had welcomed their fourth child on Friday morning … and John delivered the happy news during a private performance that night, according to People. Waiting for your permission to
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What if perfectionism isn’t a curse or a character flaw but rather a common state of being that can be harnessed for good? In her eye-opening book, The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control: A Path to Peace and Power, psychotherapist and former on-site Google therapist Katherine Morgan Schafler posits that perfectionists can live a life
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