Month: March 2023

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Pulitzer and Booker Prize finalist Percival Everett just won another prestigious award, the PEN/Jean Stein Award, for his newest book in which he makes a myriad of compelling creative choices.

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After years on the brink, the bookseller is going for a plot twist: Sales are growing and the chain plans to open some 30 new stores. Here’s what’s changed.

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As a kid, Kazuo Ishiguro saw Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 film Ikiru. “It made a terrific impact on me,” the Nobel prize-winner recalls. His film Living is nominated for an Oscar for best adapted screenplay.

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B.B.L. (bucatini-brain linking); nose-hair extension (doubles as a mustache, triples as a broom); and other treatments that are all the rage!

In 1981, Brooks wrote, directed and starred in a collection of short comedy sketches, called History of the World: Part I. Forty-two years later, he’s presenting an eight-episode TV sequel for Hulu.

UCLA law professor Joanna Schwartz talks about the legal protections — including qualified immunity and no-knock warrants — that have protected officers from the repercussions of abuse.

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Toblerone is moving some of its production to Slovakia, meaning it can no longer legally call itself “Swiss-made.” That branding change will include swapping the iconic peak for a more generic one.

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