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☆ Why Nora Turato is taking on the wellness industry
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Victoria Woodcock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

stop lying!” — a solo show at Sprüth Magers’ Los Angeles gallery, and a riposte to the wellness industry. Robert Wedemeyer/Courtesy Sprüth MagersAt the latter in 2022, she performed her one-woman “pool 5” monologue live more than 20 times over a two-week period. Born in Zagreb, Turato refers to her home country as “very in-between — not really eastern Europe; not really west,” she said. Robert Wedemeyer/Courtesy Sprüth MagersFor Sprüth Magers co-founder Philomene Magers, “Nora’s work puts people in front of a mirror,” she said. Tellingly, Turato’s self-optimization journey has ended in digital detox.

Persons: Nora Turato, “, ”, Zoom, Robert Wedemeyer, Barbara Kruger, —, Magers, Philomene Magers, it’s, haha, Turato, Julie Adams, It’s, — “, You’ve, “ I’ve Organizations: CNN, YouTube, Museum of Modern Art, Hollywood, Systems, “ Locations: Croatian, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, New York, Zagreb, Croatia, Arnhem, Netherlands, Turato, Europe, ”, LA

☆ Marnia Lazreg, Muslim Scholar Who Critiqued the Veil, Is Dead at 83
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Adam Nossiter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

As a young girl growing up in colonial Algeria, Marnia Lazreg was enjoined by her grandmother to wear a veil, to “protect” herself. Ms. Lazreg refused. She didn’t feel the need for such protection, and the veil wouldn’t provide it anyway. The answer she came up with in a collection of five essays, “Questioning the Veil: Open Letters to Muslim Women,” published in 2009, was the same she had given her grandmother so many years before: a firm negative. Her death, in a hospital where she was being treated for cancer, was confirmed by her son Ramsi Woodcock.

Persons: Marnia Lazreg, ”, Lazreg, Ramsi Woodcock Organizations: Hunter College Locations: Algeria, Manhattan

☆ Sayre Gomez’s paintings show LA ‘as it is, rather than a projection’
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Victoria Woodcock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —It was not until I looked at “Family Room” for the second time that I saw the two children. The scene of decay and demise is a painting by LA-based artist Sayre Gomez, called “Family Room,” that brings together disparate elements of his hometown in an unnervingly photorealist style. The work forms part of his solo show “Heaven N’ Earth,” at art dealer Xavier Hufkens’ flagship gallery in Brussels, Belgium, exploring the complex dichotomies of the urban landscape. The Broad Museum in Los Angeles has also recently added Gomez’s work to its collection. Gomez's photo-realistic work is currently appearing in a solo show at Xavier Hufkens in Brussels, Belgium (above) and a group show at The Broad in Los Angeles.

Persons: Sayre Gomez, Xavier Hufkens, ” Gomez, Xavier Hufkens It’s, “ Gomez, Gomez, ”, Ed Rusha, Jack Goldstein, ” Sayre Gomez, Sam Ramirez, it’s, fabricators, John Baldessari, Xavier Hufkens “, Ed Schad, David Zwirner Organizations: CNN, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, California Institute of the Arts, Lucasfilm, Peabody Werden, Voorlinden, The Broad Museum Locations: LA, Brussels, Belgium, deindustrialization, ”, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boyle Heights, Hollywood, Netherlands, Hope, Angeles, California

☆ World Cup 2023: Previous World Cup finals
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

PARIS, Oct 25 (Reuters) - On Saturday, New Zealand take on South Africa in the 2023 Rugby World Cup final at the Stade de France, with both teams hoping to win a record fourth title. Mapimpi scored the first try in the 66th minute, becoming the first Springbok to score a try in a World Cup final, despite South Africa having won two previous titles. The teams had met in the pool stage with South Africa winning 36-0. Fullback Jonathan Webb scored two penalties for England, whose decision to ditch their forward-reliant tactics for an expansive running game backfired. 1987 - NEW ZEALAND 29 FRANCE 9 (AUCKLAND)The All Blacks laid down the marker in the first World Cup final, dominating from start to finish as flyhalf Grant Fox's kicking helped his team gain territory time and again.

Persons: Makazole, Cheslin Kolbe, Handre Pollard, Mapimpi, Richie McCaw, Flyhalf Dan Carter, Beauden Barrett's, Tony Woodcock, Stephen Donald, Percy Montgomery, Francois Steyn, Alain Rolland's, Mark Cueto, England's Jonny Wilkinson, Australia's Elton Flatley, Wilkinson, Matt Burke, Ben Tune, Owen Finegan, Nelson Mandela, Jonah Lomu, Joel Stransky's, Webb Ellis, Tony Daly, Michael Lynagh, Fullback Jonathan Webb, flyhalf Grant Fox's, Michael Jones, David Kirk, John Kirwan, Pierre Berbizier, Rohith Nair, Aadi Nair, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Stade de France, England, Springbok, South, Blacks, Wallabies, Springboks, South Africa, ZEALAND, Fullback, Fox, Thomson Locations: New Zealand, South Africa, ENGLAND, YOKOHAMA, Japan, AUSTRALIA, TWICKENHAM, FRANCE, AUCKLAND, France, PARIS, England, SYDNEY, CARDIFF, Australia, JOHANNESBURG, Bengaluru

☆ Who Should Decide What Women Wear?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

“Phantom Thread,” the 2017 movie about a midcentury male designer and his younger female muse, unfurls as a cautionary tale about control gone wrong. In an early scene, Reynolds Woodcock (played by Daniel Day-Lewis) fits a dress on Alma (Vicky Krieps) and remarks that she has no breasts. The film’s writer and director, Paul Thomas Anderson, portrayed the fictional Woodcock as an uncompromising perfectionist who didn’t care much about the humans wearing his creations. Anderson based his exacting couturier on an amalgamation of larger-than-life midcentury male designers, from Cristóbal Balenciaga to Charles James. “I would keep seeing pictures of these couture houses,” Anderson told the British Film Institute, “and it was always a man with dozens of women behind him, in lab coats, doing his work.”

Persons: Reynolds Woodcock, Daniel Day, Lewis, Alma, Vicky Krieps, Paul Thomas Anderson, Woodcock, Anderson, Balenciaga, Charles James, “, ” Anderson, ” Organizations: British Film Institute, “

TORONTO (AP) — Vicky Krieps noticed that while there’s plenty of instruction for getting into a role, there's curiously little about getting out of one. For Krieps, the disarmingly natural Luxembourgish actor of “Phantom Thread,”“Corsage” and “Bergman Island,” it’s not a small issue. “I have to leave my characters in a peaceful way and say: Now she lives in song,” says Krieps. Political Cartoons View All 1148 ImagesThe film, Mortensen’s second and most accomplished directing effort, is a Western from a different, more feminist perspective. In “The Dead Don’t Hurt,” Vivienne packs her bags to flee after the assault, then puts them down and resolves to stay.

Persons: — Vicky Krieps, there's, “ Bergman, ” it’s, she's, Paul Thomas Anderson’s, Daniel Day, Lewis, Krieps, “, ”, She's, Viggo Mortensen, Mortensen, Holger, Canadian Vivienne, Vivienne, ” Krieps, ‘, Elisabeth, Alma, couturier Reynolds Woodcock, Gabriel Garcia Bernal, Hitchcock, it’s, that’s, Jake Coyle Organizations: TORONTO, Toronto, French, Union Army, Screen, American Federation of Radio, Television Artists, Hollywood, Twitter Locations: Danish, Canadian, San Francisco, Nevada, Toronto, Berlin, Krieps

☆ Lori Vallow Daybell sentenced to life in prison for murders of her 2 children and conspiring in the murder of her husband’s first wife
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Dakin Andone | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“You were involved in and guilty of conspiring to murder … Tammy Daybell, who had children of her own. And as I leave this courtroom today, I choose to never think of you again,” Gwilliam said, addressing Vallow Daybell. Lori Vallow Daybell's children, Joshua Vallow, 7, and his sister, Tylee Ryan, 16, went missing in September 2019, according to the Rexburg Police Department. Police didn’t locate him at the family’s house but were told by Vallow Daybell and Daybell he was staying with a family friend in Arizona, according to authorities. She attempted over the next few months to contact her grandson, but never got any response from Vallow Daybell, she said.

Persons: Lori Vallow Daybell, Vallow Daybell, Ryan, Joshua “ JJ ” Vallow, Tammy Daybell, Chad Daybell, “ Tylee, JJ, ” Colby Ryan, Tylee, She’ll, ” Ryan, “ JJ, ”, Steven W, Boyce, –, Vallow, “, Samantha Gwilliam, Tammy Daybell’s, ” Gwilliam, Lori Vallow Daybell's, Joshua Vallow, Tylee Ryan, Daybell, ” Boyce, Lori, Jim Archibald, ” –, ” Archibald, Prosecutors, Rob Wood, CNN Kay Woodcock, JJ’s, Vallow Daybell’s, Charles Vallow, Woodcock, Daybell’s, she’s Organizations: CNN, Rexburg Police Department, Rexburg Police, East Idaho News, Netflix, Police, “, Arizona Locations: Idaho, Fremont County, Fremont, Rexburg , Idaho, Arizona, Hawaii, Madison County, East

☆ No Ordinary Food Tours: What’s Next in Culinary Travel Takes You Deeper
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Matthew Kronsberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

HOW FAR would you travel for really great smoked fish? The trip to visit Woodcock Smokery, over four hours southwest of Dublin, and its celebrated founder, Sally Barnes, feels like a voyage to the end of the world: up a barely paved road to a lonely hillside with views of mountains and green meadows, a scant mile from the sea. It’s less a place one stops to grab a bite than the endpoint of a quest to meet a guru.

Persons: Woodcock Smokery, Sally Barnes Locations: Dublin

☆ Christina Quarles, the multiracial queer painter transforming the art of the nude
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Victoria Woodcock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Isla del Rey, Menorca CNN —On the tiny Menorcan island of Isla del Rey, Christina Quarles is sitting under a canopy of olive trees. “Coming in on a boat is like a moment of meditation to prepare yourself to see art,” she added. Christina Quarles' show 'Come In From An Endless Place,' is on at the Hauser & Wirth gallery on the Spanish island of Menorca until October 29, 2023. The new Menorca Hauser & Wirth gallery was once a dilapidated 18th century naval hospital. I’ve found it to be a very beautiful parallel.”“With Christina, it’s difficult to separate the artist from the work,” said Bardaouil.

Persons: Menorca, Isla del Rey, Christina Quarles, Hauser & Wirth Menorca, “ It’s, ”, Quarles, Piet Oudolf, Damian Griffiths, Wirth, “, ” Quarles, givens, ‘, Menorca Hauser, Wirth “ She’s, Sam Bardaouil, Bardaouil, Quarles ’, Mar Rescalvo Pons, Fredrik Nilsen, Wirth Quarles ’, I’ve, there’s, Christina, it’s Organizations: del, Menorca CNN, Hauser &, Hauser, Wirth, ”, Venice Biennale, Sotheby’s, CNN, Hamburger Bahnhof, Hauser & Wirth Locations: Isla del, Los Angeles, Swiss, London, New York, Hong Kong, Menorca, Chicago, Venice, York, Berlin, gesturally

☆ New Jersey's environmental agency called itself out for destroying two endangered birds' protected habitats while creating one for another species
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-15 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

New Jersey's environmental agency plans to punish itself for damaging land for endangered birds it was supposed to protect. The damage happened when the department was trying to create habitat for another bird species, the American woodcock. The work was designed to create habitat for one species of bird, but actually wound up destroying habitat for two others. Before the work was done, this land was considered suitable habitat for the barred owl, which is listed as a threatened species, and the red-shouldered hawk, an endangered species. The project also cleared and disturbed an additional 12 acres of land near wetlands known as transition areas, which also are protected.

☆ U.S. FDA calls for new regulatory framework for use of cannabis compound CBD
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The first-ever cannabis farmer's market in Los Angeles began on July 4 and opens weekly from Friday to Sunday. The health regulator said it would work with Congress to develop a new, cross-agency regulatory framework. The FDA has generally pursued limited enforcement activity regarding CBD, focusing primarily on food and beverage products that make unsubstantiated health claims. "A new regulatory pathway for CBD is needed that balances individuals' desire for access to CBD products with the regulatory oversight needed to manage risks," the agency said. Cannabis products, excluding Jazz Pharmaceuticals Plc's (JAZZ.O) epilepsy drug Epidiolex, are illegal at the federal level in the United States, although some states allow their use.

☆ We read through the 45-page congressional investigation into Biogen's Alzheimer's drug. Here are the 3 most shocking takeaways.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Yeji Jesse Lee | Leah Rosenbaum | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

A Congressional investigation into Biogen's controversial Alzheimer's drug Aduhlem was just released. Aduhelm was developed by Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotech company Biogen and Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai. The duo is currently developing another Alzheimer's drug, called lecanemab, which is expected to receive approval from the FDA in January and has shown more promising data in clinical trials. Insider reviewed the 45-page investigation into Biogen's Alzheimer's drug. Here are three of the most shocking takeaways:Biogen gave Aduhelm a crazy price tag despite knowing it would become inaccessible to many patientsFrom the moment Biogen announced Aduhelm's $56,000 price tag, the company faced backlash.

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☆ FDA, Concerned About Safety, Explores Regulating CBD in Foods, Supplements
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Liz Essley Whyte | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Food and Drug Administration is studying whether legal cannabis is safe in food or supplements and plans to make recommendations for how to regulate the growing number of cannabis-derived products in the coming months, agency officials said. “Given what we know about the safety of CBD so far, it raises concerns for FDA about whether these existing regulatory pathways for food and dietary supplements are appropriate for this substance,” said FDA Principal Deputy Commissioner Janet Woodcock , who has led the agency’s efforts looking at cannabis regulation.

☆ Vaccinul Pfizer a fost autorizat în SUA copiilor cu vârsta peste 12 ani
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-11 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Autorizarea vaccinului împotriva COVID-19 produs de Pfizer/BioNTech a fost extinsă la adolescenţii cu vârste cuprinse între 12 şi 15 ani în Statele Unite. „Părinţii şi tutorii pot fi siguri că Agenţia a efectuat o analiză riguroasă şi detaliată a tuturor datelor disponibile”, a spus Woodcock. Canada a devenit miercuri prima ţară care a autorizat vaccinul pentru această grupă de vârstă. „Vom fi gata să acţionăm imediat”, a spus el. În prezent sunt autorizate alte două vaccinuri în Statele Unite, cele de la Moderna şi Johnson & Johnson, ambele cu începere de la 18 ani.

Persons: Statele Unite ., Janet Woodcock, Agenţia, american Joe Biden, Johnson Organizations: Agerpres, Albă, Johnson Locations: Statele Unite, Canada, SUA

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