Wayne Thiebaud, a Sacramento-based artist and teacher famous for his colorful paintings of desserts and California landscapes, died Dec. 25 at the age of 101. Thiebaud’s death was announced on Instagram by his gallery, Acquavella. “An American icon, Wayne led his life with passion and determination, inspired by his love for teaching, tennis, and above
Jerry Hallanger sits at one of his nine vintage typewriters — all in excellent condition — and begins his hand-to-heart connection with his aunts Hazel and Margaret. “I want to thank you and Margaret for giving me books to read as Christmas presents when I was a kid,” types the retired LAPD sergeant from his
Sarah Weddington, who won a landmark court case to make abortions legal across the US, has died at the age of 76. The Texas lawyer passed away in her sleep early on Boxing Day morning at her home in Austin, her former student and colleague Susan Hays said. She had been in poor health for
Jackie Weaver has revealed how her time in the spotlight this year “continues to feel like something that will not be here tomorrow” after going viral with a council meeting video. The 63-year-old became one of the most popular social media memes of the year after Handforth Parish Council’s infamous Zoom meeting went viral in
Microsoft is urging customers to patch two security vulnerabilities in Active Directory domain controllers that it addressed in November following the availability of a proof-of-concept (PoC) tool on December 12. The two vulnerabilities — tracked as CVE-2021-42278 and CVE-2021-42287 — have a severity rating of 7.5 out of a maximum of 10 and concern a
Joan Didion, the storied author and New Journalism icon best known for books like Play It as It Lays, The White Album, and The Year of Magical Thinking, died Thursday, The New York Times reports. She was 87. Didion died at her home in Manhattan after a battle with Parkinson’s disease, a spokesperson for her
Essential YA Nonfiction: A Guide to Reading Widely was originally published in our YA newsletter, What’s Up In YA. Sign up for it here to get YA news, reviews, deals, and more! We know YA nonfiction isn’t as popular as YA fiction for a host of reasons, and I’ve written here numerous times about how it’s often
“Once,” writes Elena Ferrante in her 2006 novel The Lost Daughter, “I had a very closeup view of what it means to be in love, the powerful and joyous irresponsibility that it unleashes.” In the span of a sentence, Ferrante — in the voice of heroine Leda Caruso — renders love into something exuberant and
Yellowstone BROUGHT IT this week. After what was a relatively light episode (just two songs) last week, Taylor Sheridan and music supervisor Andrea von Foerster more than made up for it tonight. We have six new tunes to add to the to our league leading Yellowstone: The Soundtrack playlist, a must-follow for anyone that loves the
People are expected to do more post-Christmas sales shopping online but spend more in previous years, a survey has found. Shoppers plan to spend on average of £247 each in the end-of-year sales, an increase of £85 on last year and £61 more than in 2019, in a reassuring sign for online retailers, according to
This Dexter: New Blood review contains spoilers. Dexter: New Blood Episode 8 I wrote at length last week about how Dexter: New Blood has its foot on the brake rather than the gas late in the season, a problem that suggested maybe a 10-episode order was too much time to fill. That criticism is given
Realme has announced its annual Year End Sale in India. The sale will begin on December 26 and will go on till December 30. It will be held across Realme.com and Flipkart as well. A slew of Realme smartphones will be available at discounted prices during the sale. Realme handsets including Realme C-series, Narzo series
Mark Rylance‘s turn as a deranged tech CEO in ‘Don’t Look Up’ is a clear dig at our country’s leading billionaire visionaries — but the question … who’s it actually aimed at??? You’ve probably heard about this new Netflix flick — but what you may not have known … Rylance portrayal as chief of a
Spider-Man: No Way Home hit theaters this month, and it ended up having the second-highest opening weekend at the box office after Avengers: Endgame. In addition to shattering box office records, Spider-Man: No Way Home has become a huge hit with moviegoers. The film is currently up on Rotten Tomatoes with a critics score of 94% after 334 reviews, and an impressive
Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: No Way Home had the third-best Christmas box office in history. After earning $19.6 million on Christmas Eve on Friday, the film earned $31.7 million on Saturday, Christmas Day, and is projected to earn $30.1 million on Sunday for a three-day domestic haul of $81.5 million. That brings its
Movies like Extraction, The Old Guard, and Red Notice have shown just how popular a Netflix movie can be when it has a couple of major stars leading the way. Netflix’s newest original film, Don’t Look Up, doesn’t just have a couple of stars; the film features an entire ensemble of A-listers. Jennifer Lawrence and
Peter Parker (Tom Holland) is outed as Spider-Man in the latest Spider-Man: No Way Home clip to swing online. Unmasked by The Daily Bugle‘s J. Jonah Jameson (J.K. Simmons) and framed for murdering Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) in the final moments of Spider-Man: Far From Home, Peter and girlfriend MJ (Zendaya) get mobbed before web-slinging through the city where the wall-crawler is
The Batman will take flight on HBO Max after a 45-day exclusive window in theaters, confirms WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar. Along with DC’s Wonder Woman 1984 last December, Warner Bros. made its entire 2021 theatrical slate available to stream on HBO Max on the same day those films opened in theaters. Under Kilar’s hybrid release strategy created as
The holidays are here again, and the greatest gifts this month came from Marvel Studios. Not only was Hawkeye a delightful Christmas-themed series, but Spider-Man: No Way Home dominated the December box office. In fact, it ended up having the second-highest opening weekend at the box office ever after Avengers: Endgame and already managed to cross $1
The Matrix Resurrections was released last week, and it sees the return of original The Matrix stars, Keanu Reeves (Neo) and Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity). However, they’re not the only actors from the franchise to return. Jada Pinkett Smith played Niobe in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions and she’s back again for Resurrections, but her