Month: January 2023

View gallery Image Credit: Stephen Lovekin/BEI/Shutterstock Forty years after Albert Hammond sang how “It Never Rains In Southern California,” the Golden State was pummeled by a “persistent atmospheric river” that has brought record rainfall, resulting in flooding, mudslides, and devastation. Feeling the effects of the storms firsthand were Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker, whose $14.5
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Throughout our lives, we encounter fraught decisions around love and money: whether to take a better job across the country when our partner wants to stay put; when and whether to marry, buy a house, have a child; if we should work full time with children in the picture. Money and love “are profoundly intertwined,
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In a fantastic collaboration between two top-notch institutions working against censorship and book bans, high school students across the country are invited to apply to and take part in the Freedom to Read Advocacy Institute. Brooklyn Public Library–named Librarians of the Year from Library Journal for their Books Unbanned program–and PEN America–a leader in tracking
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Charity Commission staff members have voted to take part in a day of strike action, it has been announced.  Public and Commercial Services Union members who work at the Charity Commission will strike on 1 February, alongside employees across government, over pay and employment conditions.  According to PCS, 131 Charity Commission employees voted in support
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Beaches may not be the first thing you think of for a vacation in Taiwan. The tiny island is well known for its night markets and vibrant hiking in subtropical climates that make for great city-breaks, allowing both locals and travelers alike to escape the city grind. Yet, whilst hiking is an unofficial national sport where
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Broadway box office took the expected drop last week, declining nearly 30% (to $37,394,931) from the previous week’s holiday-pumped $52M figure. Attendance for the 32 shows was down about 12% (to 275,834), but remained at a solid 92% of total capacity. The reason for the decline, of course, is the previous week’s New Years week
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Who among us doesn’t have a soft spot for footwear? Since fall’s NYFW, we’ve been taking notes and making forecasts about which shoe trends would dominate the coming months. What lies ahead is equal parts whimsical and rustic, nostalgic and futuristic. Get ready for stylish cowboy boots and couture clogs. From models on catwalks to
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News Robbie Bachman, Drummer and Co-Founder of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Has Died The Canadian rock band’s hits included “Taking Care of Business” and “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” By Madison Bloom January 13, 2023 Facebook Twitter Robbie Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive in 1975 (Photo by Erica Echenberg/Redferns). Facebook Twitter Robbie Bachman, the drummer and co-founder of
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The National Union of Students has been urged to rethink its relationship with its charitable arm as it responds to antisemitism claims. An independent inquiry into allegations about antisemitism at the NUS, published today, said the organisation should explore “alternative models” for managing its subsidiary, the NUS Charity. This could include stripping the NUS chair
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Hobo_018 | E+ | Getty Images New government inflation data shows the measurement used to calculate Social Security annual cost-of-living adjustments was up 6.3% for the past 12 months as of December. That’s as this year’s 8.7% COLA kicks in for more than 65 million Social Security beneficiaries this month. That new data indicates Social
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Years before the TV side of the Star Trek franchise was revitalized on CBS All Access-turned-Paramount+ with shows like Discovery, Picard and Lower Decks, moviegoers were watching the crew of the USS Enterprise in the Kelvin timeline on the big screen. Roberto Orci co-wrote the first Star Trek reboot movie with Alex Kurtzman, and following
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Oh my “Gosh,” Jamie xx is “finishing mixing” his new album, the follow-up to the 2015 electronic classic In Colour. As The xx member told triple j Mornings, the project will feature contributions from The Avalanches. “I’m in ‘finishing mixing’ mode. And I can’t take any longer,” he said, before confirming, “Yeah, it’s my next album.” He added that the songs
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For Akela Cooper, the screenwriter behind Universal’s hit horror-comedy M3GAN, horror has always been a family affair. “I was steeped in science fiction because my parents were really into sci-fi, especially my dad,” she tells Vanity Fair over Zoom. “Horror was my older siblings’ thing. I would end up, probably inappropriately, watching a lot of horror because
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Accepting dares is a way of life for Theo Wright. His close-knit friendships with Jay and Darren revolve around tasking one another with all manner of physical challenges and public humiliations. When Jay dares Theo to ask his crush to prom, Theo knows that his only chance to do so will be at the biggest
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In this article AAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Planes are seen at Charlotte Douglas International Airport on December 28, 2022 in Charlotte, United States. Peter Zay | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images American Airlines shares rose nearly 5% in premarket trading Thursday after the carrier hiked its revenue and profit estimates for the
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James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water will reign supreme in its fifth weekend over the four-day MLK holiday frame with an estimated take around $35M. The Disney/20th Century Studios/Lightstorm title through yesterday raised its running total to $525.66M after a $4.5M Tuesday. The sequel will feasibly overtake the domestic total of its comp, Rogue
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