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Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf Deal Is a Triumph That Transcends Sports
The deal to merge LIV Golf with the PGA Tour is a big win for the oil-rich kingdom, headlining a banner week that also includes a visit from the American secretary of state.
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Darfur, Blighted by Genocide, Faces a New Catastrophe: War
Hundreds have been killed in the western Darfur region since the nationwide conflict in Sudan began, raising fears of protracted warfare in an area already torn by decades of genocidal violence.
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The Foundation for the Augmentation of African Americans in Film Hosts The LightReel Film Festival June 8-10 in Washington, D.C.
The Foundation for the Augmentation of African Americans in Film (FAAAF) will host The LightReel Film Festival (LFF) in Washington, D.C. from Thursday, June 8th, through Saturday, June 10th. The LightReel Film Festival is an annual showcase that began in 2019 for cinematic talent to serve as an opportunity to inform, collaborate, entertain, and educate its audience through the cinematic…
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Female Filmmakers in Focus: Georgia Oakley on Blue Jean
Anchored by a star-making turn from Rosy McEwen in the titular role, the new lesbian drama “Blue Jean” was inspired by a news article writer/director Georgia Oakley read in 2018, just before the 30th anniversary of the UK’s Section 28. The term describes a series of laws that prohibited the “promotion of homosexuality” by local…
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Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)
Reviewing the Pink Floyd album Wish You Were Here in 1975, critic Robert Christgau concluded his praise of the record (he gave it an “A-,” the highest grade he’d ever give the band) by declaring, “And the cover/liner art is worthy of all the stoned raps it has no doubt already inspired.” That cover/liner art was…
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Arnold
The fawning docuseries “Arnold” repackages Arnold Schwarzenegger’s already well-spun and streamlined biography. In three hour-long episodes devoted to his three major careers (bodybuilder, movie actor, and politician), Schwarzenegger provides negligible on-camera and voiceover-narrated commentary for movie clips, old and new talking head interviews, and self-congratulatory pep-talk commentary about his life, whose selectively remembered setbacks all…
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Firefox 114 is out: No 0-days, but one fascinating “teachable moment” bug
With the right (or wrong, if you’re on the right side of the fence) timing…
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Finds Solar Wind Clues
The Parker Solar Probe is providing NASA researchers with insights into how the sun accelerates particles to a million miles per hour.
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Scientists Discover First Virgin Birth in a Crocodile
The act of reptile reproduction suggests that dinosaurs and pterosaurs may have been capable of parthenogenesis, too, much like the creatures in “Jurassic Park.”
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This Easy Lemon Tart Recipe Has a Timesaving Twist
A press-in-the-pan shortbread crust and an easy lemon curd filling make this stunning pastry a snap to bake.