Blue Bloods memorialized Treat Williams and his character in the most beautiful way possible. This series is always heart and family-centered without being overtly emotional, and that’s how they honored Lenny Ross on Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 3. The episode revolved around Tess; bad behavior. It was only in the final moments that Frank expressed his own grief and sorrow over Lenny’s passing, giving him a beautiful sendoff at the Sunday dinner table, and it was one of the most moving tributes I’ve ever heard. Frank’s grief was understated throughout the hour, which was typical…
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Angela A. Chao hosts The New York City Opera Pre-Gala Celebration at a private residence in New York City on Oct. 21, 2010.Patrick McMullan | Getty ImagesThe death earlier this month of Foremost Group CEO Angela Chao, the sister-in-law of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, is currently under “criminal investigation,” a Texas sheriff’s office said Thursday.Chao, 50, was found dead shortly after midnight on Feb. 11 after being pulled out of a car that had gone into a pond on a private ranch in Johnson City, Texas, about 40 miles from Austin.”This incident was not a typical accident,” the Blanco…
Now more than ever, literary magazines by and for artists are prioritizing community and spotlighting the work of LGBTQIA+ writers and writers of color. I’m a lesbian writer whose identity is the crux of my work, but for many years I was told in writing workshops that queer love stories aren’t “believable, “realistic,†or even sympathetic. As a result, I’m constantly seeking literary magazines that champion work by those with marginalized identities. I’m a Staff Editor at HerStry, an online literary magazine for non-binary and women-identified writers. Last year, I was a Prose Editor at the Lumiere Review, an online…
Welcome to the world of fragrances, where a 1.6 oz bottle of scented oils can set you back several hundred dollars–case in point, Tom Ford’s Tobacco Vanille. When he’s not making waves in the fashion industry or directing surprisingly good films, Tom Ford produces some of the most sophisticated fragrances on the market. Tobacco Vanille is no exception—a classy, distinct fragrance intended to make you feel like a million bucks. However, the luxury of this product does not come cheap, and the price tag is likely much higher than most can afford. That being said, there are tons of Tobacco…
There’s something to be said about the ritual and relief of cocktail hour. One of life’s simple or even profound pleasures is arriving home from work on a Friday evening and fixing yourself a cocktail. The virtues of it being Friday evening go without saying, but the payoff of a well-prepared cocktail’s first sip is a divine moment. The sip itself is one thing—the destination, if you will—but it’s the “well-prepared†part that is the journey, and as we know, the value is nearly always in the journey. The divinity of that first sip does not come from thin air.…
[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Fire Country Season 2 Episode 3, “See You Next Apocalypse.â€] Sharon’s (Diane Farr) wanted to be in on the action on Fire Country, and she definitely does that in the latest episode, driving, with Jake (Jordan Calloway) and Gabriela (Stephanie Arcila) on top of the truck and 10 civilians in it with her, through a fire. Her personal life heated up, too, with Liam (Jason O’Mara), whom she’d worked alongside while she was away fighting fires, coming to town thinking something could happen between them. Vince (Billy Burke) punched him. Then, the two men had…
Passengers ride in an electric Waymo full self-driving technology in Santa MonicaAllen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesAlphabet’s Waymo robotaxi unit won approval from the California Public Utilities Commission to expand service to parts of Los Angeles and the Bay Area, according to a notice posted to the regulator’s website on Friday.”Waymo may begin fared driverless passenger service operations in the specified areas of Los Angeles and the San Francisco Peninsula, effective today,” the release said.In mid-February, Waymo initiated a voluntary recall filing notice with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, saying it would fix software issues.…
A “grapple test” of the OSAM-1 spacecraft’s robotic servicing arm.NASANASA is shutting down a $2 billion project to test satellite refueling in space, it announced Friday, after the agency’s auditor criticized the program’s lead contractor, Maxar, citing “poor performance.”The space agency said in a statement that the OSAM-1 — On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 — project was being discontinued after nearly a decade of work.NASA cited in its announcement “continued technical, cost, and schedule challenges, and a broader community evolution away from refueling unprepared spacecraft, which has led to a lack of a committed partner.” The agency said in…
Jose Uribe leaves the Federal Court, after a hearing on bribery charges, in New York City, U.S. September 27, 2023. Brendan McDermid | ReutersA co-defendant in the criminal corruption case against Sen. Bob Menendez has pleaded guilty in New York federal court and agreed to cooperate with the prosecution of the New Jersey Democrat.Menendez’s co-defendant Joe Uribe pleaded guilty to seven counts including conspiracy to commit bribery, honest services fraud, and obstruction of justice.Uribe, who works in trucking and insurance, was indicted in September in Manhattan federal court with Menendez, Menendez’s wife Nadine, and two other New Jersey businessmen. Uribe and…
A sign is pictured above a branch of the New York Community Bank in Yonkers, New York, U.S., January 31, 2024.Mike Segar | ReutersRegional lender New York Community Bank finds itself in an apparently worsening predicament just as the anniversary of last year’s banking turmoil nears.Shares of the troubled lender plunged 25% on Friday to below $4 apiece after NYCB restated recent quarterly earnings lower by $2.4 billion, formally replaced its CEO and delayed the release of a key annual report.The most worrying development, though, is directly tied to investors’ fears about commercial real estate and shortfalls the bank reported in…
Hayley Williams embarks on an ill-fated drive in the sequel to the “This Is Why†video, again directed by Turnstile’s Brendan Yates Read the original article here
A fan who went viral after posting a video of her crying at a Taylor Swift concert has spoken out about the response. The moment took place during the pop star’s recent show at the Accor Stadium in Sydney over the weekend (February 25), which was her final ‘Eras’ tour date in Australia. During the performance Madison Blackband, an Australian fan of Swift, shared a video to TikTok, showing her dramatically bursting into tears as the singer performed a rendition of ‘Exile’ – taken from her 2020 album ‘Folklore’. “My reaction to Taylor singing ‘Exile’ (also known as the song…
has . This time around, it’s offering a plan that has little to do with music. The Audiobooks Access Tier (which is US-only for now) offers 15 hours of audiobook listening each month for $10. You’ll have access to Spotify’s library of more than 200,000 titles You can, of course, still listen to ad-supported music via Spotfy’s free tier.At first glance, it might seem odd for Spotify to offer an audiobook-only tier at this price. Spotify Premium, which costs $11 per month, has the same 15 hours of audiobook listening time as well as other perks. However, audiobooks often take…
Samsung Galaxy S24 FE could be introduced this year, as per a new leak. Samsung made a strange decision when it launched the Galaxy S23 FE as the successor to the Galaxy S21 FE, skipping one in the middle. However, information about the next generation of the FE lineup has emerged, hinting at its possible launch. It is not known, however, whether the smartphone will be unveiled during the Galaxy Unpacked event in July alongside the new foldables or in October, coinciding with its predecessor’s release timeline.A tipster on X (formerly known as Twitter) who goes by the username @OreXda…
Can you hear that? That beeping noise is the sound of Alert: MPU (because sometimes abbreviations are a godsend) coming back from nearly a year-long hiatus. FOX’s surprise hit is back with its sophomore season, and they’re kicking things off with new faces, some changes, and the same action-packed elements we adore. Kicking things off with a bang, Alert: MPU Season 2 Episode 1 will have the MPU racing to track down a bus filled with missing children and save them from danger. Much of Alert: Missing Persons Unit Season 1 divided its time between…
A vehicle carrying former U.S. President Donald Trump is driven to the Alto Lee Adams Sr. U.S. Courthouse on March 01, 2024 in Fort Pierce, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesLawyers for former President Donald Trump on Friday urged a Florida federal court judge to schedule his criminal trial on charges related to retaining classified documents for after November’s presidential election, saying it would be “unfair” to have earlier.Trump’s lawyers, at a hearing, called the new proposal by prosecutors for a July 8 start date for that trial “completely unworkable” and “an impossibility” for Trump, who is the front-runner for the…
WASHINGTON — As decision loom about its funding and architecture, a NASA review about the Mars Sample Return (MSR) program concluded its problems illustrate ongoing challenges the agency has managing large missions. NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) published an audit of the MSR program Feb. 28 that concluded that spiraling cost estimates can be linked to a lack of a stable design for the key elements of the effort and “initial over-optimism†in its development. The report did not identify any major new issues with MSR beyond the assessment of an independent review board in September 2023, which concluded…
Elon Musk is worried about the pace of AI developmentChesnot/Getty Images Elon Musk has asked a court to settle the question of whether GPT-4 is an artificial general intelligence (AGI), as part of a lawsuit against OpenAI. The development of AGI, capable of performing a range of tasks just like a human, is one of the leading goals of the field, but experts say the idea of a judge deciding whether GPT-4 qualifies is “impracticalâ€. Musk was one of the founders of OpenAI in 2015, but he left it in February 2018, reportedly over a dispute about the firm changing…