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☆ The Sports Illustrated Cover, a Faded Canvas That Once Defined Sports
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Kevin Draper | Benjamin Mullin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Or it could have been the declaration that a 17-year-old LeBron James was “The Chosen One,” 20 months before he played in his first N.B.A. For sports fans of a certain age, the memory of running to the mailbox to see what was on the cover of the latest weekly issue of Sports Illustrated is indelible. “You would get that cover and you’d be like: ‘Man, this is what happened last week. But the road has been particularly rough for Sports Illustrated, with its shrinking staff and reduced print frequency. Last week, most of the employees were either laid off or told their employment would be uncertain after 90 days, leaving the publication’s future in flux.

Persons: Dwight Clark, LeBron James, “, ”, Nate Gordon Organizations: United States Olympic, San Francisco 49ers, Sports, Sports Illustrated, Players ’ Tribune Locations: “

NEW YORK (AP) — Christopher Nolan was still sleeping when his film, “Oppenheimer," landed a leading 13 Academy Awards nominations Tuesday. “Oppenheimer,” Nolan's sprawling American saga of J. Walter Oppenheimer and the creation of the atomic bomb, has more or less been the Oscar frontrunner since it made its acclaimed debut in late July. It came one nomination shy of tying the record for best Oscar nominations ever. “It's flabbergasting," said Thomas who spoke with her husband in an interview a few hours after nominations were announced. And so I think that’s something that really touched audiences.

Persons: — Christopher Nolan, “ Oppenheimer, Emma Thomas, Nolan's, “, ” Nolan, Nolan, Thomas didn't, J, Walter Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr, Emily Blunt, “ Oppenheimer ”, Hoyte van, Jennifer Lame's, Ellen Mirojnick's, Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman's, Luisa Abel's, Ludwig Göransson's, It's, Thomas, he’s, it’s, Oppenheimer, —, Oppenheimer ”, it's, we'll, We're, you've, We've, We'll, Jake Coyle Organizations: Associated Press, Dunkirk Locations: ”

☆ ‘Starling’: Photobook shows stunning images of the bird migrating through Europe
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The phenomenon, known as a starling murmuration in English or “black sun” in Danish, lasts just minutes, or even seconds. But it left a lasting impression on Danish photographer Søren Solkær, who first witnessed the spectacle when he was 10 years old. “The first thing that came to mind was starling murmurations … this big piece of calligraphy in the sky,” he told CNN. Solkær’s latest photobook, “Starling,” published last month, charts this migration journey, and with it, he hopes to inspire a closer relationship with nature. In Rome, Solkær included architecture in his compositions.

Persons: CNN —, Søren Solkær, ” Solkær, Solkær, Amy Winehouse, Metallica, Paul McCartney, starling, “ Starling, ”, “, Søren Solkær “, falconer, Diviners, that’s, “ I’ve, — Organizations: CNN, “, starlings, University of Copenhagen, Museum Locations: Denmark, Europe, Ireland, Italy, Wadden, North Africa, Rome, Danish, Søren Solkær “ Rome, North America, ”, Socotra, Bhutan, South Asia, Australia, Sardinia

☆ 3 seafoods that are only popular because of marketing schemes
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Lobster used to be served as prison food and used as fish bait. Here's how some savvy marketing schemes in the 1800s and 1900s gave lobster, calamari, and Chilean sea bass the glow-ups they needed to become so loved. AdvertisementChilean sea bass is actually called Patagonian toothfishChilean sea bass is a top-dollar fish typically sold at ritzy restaurants alongside other luxury items like foie gras and caviar. But the name "toothfish" wasn't very marketable, so Lantz gave it a much more exclusive-sounding name: the Chilean sea bass — and Americans ate it right up. AdvertisementAnd when more popular fish became less available in the early 1970s, politicians and conservationists realized they needed a way to convince Americans to eat more plentiful fish like squid, the Times reported.

Persons: —, Mother Jones, Lee Lantz, Lantz, Priceonomics Organizations: Service, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Business, Pacific, Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Times, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Locations: Chilean, North America, New England, Massachusetts Bay, East Coast, California, South America, Chile, Europe

Never Back Down, the super PAC supporting the Republican’s White House bid, abruptly let go three key senior staffers that evening, including an interim CEO who had just been installed nine days earlier. The sudden departures sent shockwaves throughout DeSantis’ political operation, from Tallahassee to Des Moines. One of the dismissed operatives had appeared that day at a super PAC event in Sioux City, Iowa, that featured DeSantis. “They’re a laughingstock.”Jess Szymanski, a spokeswoman for the super PAC, dismissed the outside criticism. After months of watching ads and receiving mailers from the super PAC, voters seemed unaware – and unfazed – by the duplication.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Donald Trump, ” DeSantis, “ It’s, DeSantis –, –, David Polyansky, ” Polyansky, Kristin Davison, Adam Laxalt, caucusgoers, ”, canvasser, “, ” Jess Szymanski, Loren Reit, Reit, “ We’ve, NBD Organizations: Iowa CNN, Florida Gov, PAC, CNN, Republican, Iowa, Outsiders, Trump, GOP, Washington Post, Gov, Cody, “, Iowa - Locations: Newton, Iowa, Tallahassee, Des Moines, Sioux City , Iowa, Florida, DeSantis, Nevada, United States, Eldridge, Clive, Spencer, Iowa - South Dakota, “

☆ Ron DeSantis is running the Iowa playbook — and hoping that’s what still counts
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Alec Hernández | Bianca Seward | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Ron DeSantis' campaign is announcing the completion of a longtime campaign pledge Saturday: touring all of Iowa's 99 counties, a milestone for a campaign that has devoted significant resources to the first-in-the-nation contest. On paper, DeSantis has made significant strides in running a traditionally successful Iowa campaign, racking up influential endorsements and dedicating significant time, personnel and financial resources to the state. And while the DeSantis campaign, with significant super PAC help, has stayed focused on Iowa, it remains unclear just what the traditional Iowa playbook counts for in this unusual modern campaign against Trump. "Winning an Iowa caucus requires a strong combination of outworking and out-organizing the competition and that's been the Ron DeSantis model. Inside the sprint to the caucusesStill, the DeSantis playbook in Iowa hardly stops at the "Full Grassley."

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Scott Olson, Sen, Chuck Grassley, Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, DeSantis, haven't, Biden, Sparks, Newsom, Trump, Former Pennsylvania Sen, Rick Santorum, Texas Sen, Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, Santorum, Michele Bachmann, Ryan Binkley, Red Oak, Iowa Sen, Joni Ernst, —, Grassley, Andrew Romeo, that's, Kim Reynolds, Bob Vander Plaats, Reynolds, Vander, Iowans, Haley, Joe Biden, She's, Olivia Perez, David Hansen, Hansen, Tim Scott Organizations: Florida, Machine, Getty, Florida Gov, United Nations, Iowa, NBC, White, Trump, Presidential, Former Pennsylvania, Republican, NBC News, Des Moines Register, Prosperity, Waterloo Locations: Davenport , Iowa, Newton , Iowa, Florida, Arizona, Iowa, Former, Texas, Iowa's, Wright, Des Moines, Red, New Hampshire, Iowa , New Hampshire, South Carolina, Ron DeSantis ' Iowa, Midwest, Plainfield

☆ Remember when Fran Fine’s fashion broke the ’90s TV show mold?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Marie Lodi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Still, not many have had the cultural impact of “The Nanny” herself, Fran Fine. Over the years, fan accounts like What Fran Wore and the Fran Fine Fashion Database have documented all of the character’s roughly 700 outfits. Drescher in character as Fran Fine in a promotional photo for "The Nanny", pictured with the show's other principcal cast members. CBS/Getty ImagesCooper says that when she first envisaged Fran’s aesthetic, it didn’t reflect early ‘90s fashion trends. It’s no wonder that after all these years, fans of “The Nanny” and fashionable TikTokers continue to cosplay as Fran in swarms.

Persons: Cher Horowitz, Dionne Davenport, “, Carrie Bradshaw, ’, Rachel Green, ”, Fran Fine, Fran, Fran Drescher, Fran Wore, Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Maxwell Sheffield, Daniel Davis, Niles, Lauren Lane, Babcock, Madeline Zima, Grace Sheffield, Benjamin Salisbury, Tom, Maggie Sheffield, Brenda Cooper, Shawn Holly Cookson, Terry Gordon, Cooper, Todd Oldham, Dolce, Gabbana, Bob Mackie, Anna Sui, Brenda Cooper’s, Moschino, Leger, ” Cooper, Neiman Marcus, —, ” Moschino, Jennie Walker, ” Walker, Kate Spade, Gucci, Vivienne Westwood, Cooper didn’t, suede, “ Organizations: CNN, City, Flushing, Brighton Sheffield, CBS, Getty, Vogue, “ Locations: Versace, Italian, LA

☆ Opinion: Henry’s Kissinger’s obsession with American power
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Opinion Jeremi Suri | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Too much American power and too much support for anti-communist strongmen brought its own form of apocalypse. The intense protests in the United States against Kissinger’s policies — and the anger expressed toward him, even in death — show how his unwavering commitment to American power often harmed the people that power was meant to serve. For all his intelligence, he never understood how deeply American power could threaten and harm people who stood in its way. For better and worse, Kissinger’s life was the story of American power in the last century. His death offers an opportunity for reflection on what American power has done and what it might become.

Persons: Jeremi Suri, Mack Brown, “ Henry Kissinger, America’s, Henry Kissinger, Henry, Jeremi Suri Korey, Kissinger, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford’s, strongmen, — Organizations: Leadership, Global Affairs, University of Texas, History Department, LBJ School, Democracy, CNN, Army, Harvard University, Harvard, Foreign Service Locations: Austin, Fürth, Germany, New York, Manhattan, United States, America, American, Europe, Soviet Union, China, Communist China, Washington, Moscow, Asia, Soviet, Israel, Egypt, Vietnam, Cambodia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, South America, Iran, South Korea, Indonesia, Pakistan, Latin America

☆ Google Maps changed colors and some people are upset, including a former designer
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Jake Piazza | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Google Maps' old look and new updated design are shown side by side. "It feels colder, less accurate and less human," former Google Maps designer Elizabeth Laraki wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, last week. Her post also highlighted ways she believed Google Maps could clean up its user interface. Laraki also said that it felt "more similar to Apple Maps coloring than Google Maps coloring." "We're always thinking about how to make Google Maps more accurately reflect the real world.

Persons: Elizabeth Laraki, Laraki Organizations: Google, Parks, Twitter, CNBC, CNBC PRO

Some of our top-rated duffel bags, travel wallets and hardside suitcases are on sale, as well as the travel essentials that Buy Side staffers always pack for smooth trips. AmazonAmong the ton of deals the mega-retailer is offering for Cyber Monday, we found these great sale prices on travel necessities. Dagne DoverDagne Dover’s neoprene travel gear has made it onto our lists of the best gym bags and fanny packs and travel must-haves, and for good reason. MonosMonos’ sleek luggage, including rolling bags, duffels and backpacks, is on sale for Cyber Monday—you can save up to 40% sitewide. Also shop this versatile luggage set and large spinner if you’re in the market for hardside travel gear.

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The young men told relatives that they were talking in a mixture of English and Arabic before the gunman shot them, according to a family spokeswoman. Relatives said they feared that the young men were targeted for being Arab Americans. The suspect answered the door, “stepped toward them with his palms up,” Mr. Murad said, and told the agents, “I’ve been waiting for you.”When the agents asked him why, Mr. Eaton requested a lawyer. A public defender assigned as co-counsel for Mr. Eaton, Margaret Jansch, declined to comment on the details of the case. “These three young men are incredible,” he said, “and they are committed to building incredible lives.”Anna Betts contributed reporting from New York, and Siobhan Neela-Stock from Salisbury, Vt. Kitty Bennett contributed research.

Persons: Eaton, ”, Aren’t, ’, Jon Murad, Jason J, Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdel Hamid, Tahseen Aliahmad, Tahseen Ali Ahmad, Kinnan, Awartani, Ali Ahmad, Abdalhamid, Relatives, “, Radi Tamini, Mr, Murad, ” Mr, “ I’ve, Margaret Jansch, Mary Reed, Reed, Jason Eaton, Sarah George, Rich Price, Awartani’s, ” Anna Betts, Siobhan Neela, Kitty Bennett Organizations: “, West Bank, Burlington, Burlington police, North Prospect, ., Reuters, Brown University, Trinity College, Haverford College . Friends, United, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, Daily, University of Idaho Locations: Burlington , Vt, Vermont, Burlington, United States, Salisbury , Vt, Syracuse, New York

☆ Suspect arrested in shooting of 3 Palestinian college students in Vermont, police say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Elizabeth Wolfe | Celina | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A suspect has been arrested in the shooting of three Palestinian college students in Burlington, Vermont, in a case that has garnered national attention amid concerns about rising levels of hate crimes since the Israel-Hamas war erupted. Jason J. Eaton, 48, was arrested Sunday afternoon near the scene of the attack, the Burlington Police Department said in a news release. An attorney for the victims’ families, Abed Ayoub, said he believes the students were targeted, in part, because two of them were wearing keffiyehs – traditional Palestinian scarves. ET, police officers responding to reports of a shooting found two of the victims injured at the scene, police said. Students (from left) Tahseen Ahmad, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Hisham Awartani, took this photo shortly before they were shot, a family representative said.

Persons: Jason J, Eaton, Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Ahmad, Jon Murad, Abed Ayoub, ” Ayoub, Hisham Awartani’s, Marwan Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid, Miro Weinberger, ” Weinberger, CNN’s Dianne Gallagher, Joe Sutton, Zenebou Sylla, Eva McKend, Khalil Abdallah, Zoe Sottile, Michelle Watson Organizations: CNN, Burlington Police Department, Authorities, ” Authorities, Police, . Police, Brown University, Haverford College, Trinity College in, Institute for Middle, Hamas, Burlington Police, “ CNN, University of Vermont Medical Center, Institute for Middle East, Burlington, FBI Locations: Burlington , Vermont, Israel, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Trinity College in Connecticut, Burlington, Albany , New York

☆ The 29 Best Holiday Gifts to Shop This Black Friday
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Buy Side Staff | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +15 min

To help you shop for nice prices, we limited our list to our favorites that are on sale now for Black Friday. One thing I have my eye on is this Nyx Butter Gloss Holiday Gifts Set with 14 full-size lip glosses in a variety of colors. She loves color, but she also has a goth streak, so I wasn’t surprised she asked for black nail polish. It would make a great gift for a college student, new grad or really anyone who could use a travel gear upgrade. It’s a great set to update your kitchen or give as a gift this holiday season.” —Emily Welsh, VP and general manager

Persons: We’ve, I’ll, Harry Potter, ” — Aly J, Barbie Dreamhouse, I’d, Barbie, Don’t, Emily Welsh, ”, Emily Schwartzberg, Matte Black, Matte White, Madeline Diamond, Tween, Olive, Jessica Woodbury, cocotte, Staub, Astrid Stawiarz, Nick Guy, ” — Ian Salisbury, Cashmere, I’ve, PJs, ” — Emily Welsh, Charming, Mario, ‘, Cozy, it’s, Susan “, Susan, Anaya, There’s, ” — Leslie Yazel, we’ll, Philip Asquith, It’s, ” — Bellamy Richardson, I’m, Buddy, nutcrackers, Luxe, Augustinus Bader, Rich Cream, ” — Irma Sahinovic, they’re, Brittany Nguyen Organizations: Side, Black, Yale, Bluetooth, Apple, Mario Kart, PlayStation, Target, Saks, Olive Oil, Amazon, Chic Locations: Ulta, Pima, Los Angeles, Olive, Ojai , Calif, Europe, The

☆ 2 Masterpieces Reveal the Big Bang Moment of Our Art Universe
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Blake Gopnik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Francis” he’d bought: 50 years on, it still ranked as one of the great portrayals of the holy man. The collector added it to walls hung with other paintings that could hardly have had less to do with the sacred: Neighboring the “St. Francis” was a Giorgione that illustrated the classical tale of Paris, the Trojan prince, being abandoned in the wilderness as a babe. Contarini used this room to compare the latest in people-pictures — even if one of these people was the son of God. As the art historian Charles Hope has pointed out, it’s possible to spot Sebastiano’s stylings on the surface we see today.

Persons: Francis ” he’d, Contarini, Francis ”, Bellini, Bellini’s, God, Giorgione’s, Mary, Abraham, Pythagoras, Giorgione, Giorgione’s couldn’t, Marcantonio Michiel, ”, Giorgione —, Sebastiano del Piombo, Charles Hope Organizations: Frick Locations: “, Paris, Turkish

☆ The Holiday Gifts Buy Side Staffers Are Buying This Black Friday
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Buy Side Staff | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +12 min

By Buy Side StaffThe Buy Side staff shops for a living, which also means we spend an inordinate amount of time scrutinizing gift options. To help you shop for nice prices, we limited our list to our favorites that are on sale now for Black Friday. She asked for compression socks, so I’m buying her these pretty ones in blue chevron to help her with recovery. It would make a great gift for a college student, new grad or really anyone who could use a travel gear upgrade. It’s a great set to update your kitchen or give as a gift this holiday season.” —Emily Welsh, VP and general manager

Persons: We’ve, cocotte, Staub, ”, Astrid Stawiarz, Nick Guy, ” — Ian Salisbury, Cashmere hoodie, I’ve, Jessica Woodbury, PJs, ” — Emily Welsh, Charming, Madeline Diamond, ‘ Broom ’, I’ll, Samantha Sharf, Mario, ‘, Cozy, she’s, ” — Leslie Yazel, it’s, Susan “, Susan, Anaya, There’s, we’ll, Philip Asquith, It’s, ” — Bellamy Richardson, Buddy, I’m, nutcrackers, ” — Aly J, they’re, Brittany Nguyen Organizations: Side, Black, Bluetooth, Apple, PlayStation, Mario Kart, New, Olive Oil, Amazon, Yale, Walmart Locations: Naadam, New York City, Los Angeles, Olive, Ojai , Calif, Europe, The

“The museum gives an opportunity to works of art that, for whatever reason, at some point had been banned, attacked, censored, or canceled, because there are so many,” Rodrigo told The Associated Press. Political Cartoons View All 1256 ImagesFive years later, Benet's idea became the Museum of Forbidden Art, which opened its doors in October. As more works come under attack, people like art critic and curator Gabriel Luciani say the exhibit is essential. “(But) it is true that most of the works on display are from the years 2010 to 2020. Rodrigo said her museum hopes it won't see any attacks because visitors should come prepared to be shocked.

Persons: Donald Trump, Robert Mapplethorpe, Spain's, Pablo Picasso, Rosa Rodrigo, —, ” Rodrigo, Tatxo Benet, ”, Gabriel Luciani, Michelangelo’s David, Andres Serrano, ” Luciani, Zoulikha, Bouabdellah, Charlie Hebdo, Prophet Muhammad, Zoya Falkova, Goya, Picasso, Klimt, Illma Gore, Gore, Chuck Close, Fries, Charo Corrales, Mary, Rodrigo, Hernán Muñoz Organizations: Barcelona's Museum, Forbidden, Associated Press, Museum, Trump, Facebook, Forbidden Art, Catholic Locations: BARCELONA, Spain, ”, Europe, Hong Kong, Florida, Algerian, Clichy, France, Paris, Kazakh, Evermust, Kyrgyzstan, Los Angeles, American, McDonald’s, London, Barcelona

☆ The Best Holiday Storage Solutions, According to Pro Organizers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Korin Miller | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +7 min

We asked professional organizers for the holiday storage solutions they use and suggest to clients when it’s that time of year. Brenna Peyton, owner and lead organizer of One Organized Girl, likes this tree storage bag for its durability and ease of use. “You simply wrap the wires around the storage and put it into a storage container to keep it in great shape for the following year,” she says. Best storage for holiday dishesHoliday-themed dinnerware is prone to breakage, making it important to get your storage right. Best general holiday storageIt’s difficult to have a designated storage container for every single holiday item.

Persons: Korin Miller, Brenna Peyton, ”, Naeemah Ford, ” Peyton, Peyton, Goldson, Goldston, “, Leigh Achenbach, “ They’re, Achenbach Organizations: Elm Locations: Balsam, West Elm

☆ Ruzwana Bashir Is Quietly Connecting the Tech World
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

Story by Melia RussellPhotography by Lelanie FosterRuzwana Bashir is ransacking her kitchen cabinet for just the right tea. Bashir wears an Erdem floral-printed bra top, Erdem skirt, Giuseppe Zanotti shoes, Old Jewelry earrings along with her own bracelet and ring. "Part of building a business was going out and sharing what you were doing with the world," Bashir says. For years Bashir's startup had been building muscle around these capabilities; now it had an eager audience. Eating at acclaimed restaurants is fine, but Bashir prefers the more-intimate affairs at tech executives' homes because, she says, "you can stay longer."

Persons: Melia Russell, Lelanie Foster Ruzwana Bashir, Peek, She's, she's, Andy Warhol, Picasso, Bashir, I'm, Andreessen Horowitz, Jack Dorsey, Eric Schmidt, Goldman Sachs, Giuseppe Zanotti, Lelanie Foster, Bashir isn't, Elon Musk, Ronan Farrow, Roelof Botha, Mustafa Suleyman, we've, Bennett Miller, Capote, " Miller, —, doesn't, didn't, Madeleine Albright, Tom Ford, Jared Cohen, Oskar Bruening, Forbes, Mark Zuckerberg, I've, Bashir wasn't, Travis Kalanick, Adam Neumann, Ty, Emily Weiss, Bashir refashioned, Donald Trump, Bruening, Laurence Tosi's, Miller, Beyoncé, shrugs, Anna Wintour, Anna, we're, Taylor Swift, Katie Haun, Marc Benioff, Reid Hoffman, Marissa Mayer, Dick Costolo —, Cohen, Katherine Maher, Maher, Daniel Kahneman, It's, Radel, Becky Akinyode, Elaine Winter, Tiffany Bloomfield, Dela, Chad Hilliard, Enmi, Kenny Aquiles Ulloa, Cyrenae, Madison Perez, Aidan Lapp, Bashira Webb, Bryan Erickson, Jinyoung Chang, Rodriguez, Rebecca Zisser, Claire Landsbaum, Emma LeGault, Joi, Marie McKenzie, Conner Blake, Kyle Desiderio, Victoria Gracie, Nicole Forero, Virginia Alves Organizations: Google, Museum of, Business, Elon, Vogue, Roelof, Oxford University, Oxford Union, Blackstone Group, Harvard Business School, Studios, Web, Young, Organization, Dela Revoluciøn, Enmi Yang Digital Tech Locations: Manhattan, SoHo, Bahamas, United States, Balthazar, England, Israel, Petra, Istanbul, Elle, Utah, COVID, Salt Lake City, Costa Rica, Atlanta, WestCap

☆ A Really Great Polenta Finishes Off Strong
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Yotam Ottolenghi | More About Yotam Ottolenghi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I’ll use polenta to illustrate this point because, let’s face it, the bar is pretty low when it comes to its initial flavor. I have spent precious time over the years trying to convince reluctant partakers that polenta is actually worth the sweat. Instead, the polenta is left as a blank canvas, splashed with roasted-until-golden mushrooms and charred tomatoes. These do what the cheese usually does: load the polenta with the umami richness it needs to get going. But it is the finishing oil, spiked with spices and aromatics, that pulls everything together and brightens the polenta in the same way that Parmesan does.

Persons: partakers, you’ve, isn’t

☆ Calida Rawles: The painter submerging viewers into hyperrealistic water worlds
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Suyin Haynes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Calida Rawles has been thinking a lot about light and darkness, in her artwork and beyond. The artworks are newly on display at Lehmann Maupin in New York, marking Rawles’ first major solo exhibition on the East Coast. “If I’m upset and I get to go to the ocean, I do sit back and feel more connected to something larger when I’m there," the artist Calida Rawles told CNN. Calida Rawles' cover artwork for "The Water Dancer." “But it’s all in the name of art!”And yet while the importance of water remains central to Rawles’ work, “A Certain Oblivion” also plays with different themes, in terms of form, process and subject matter.

Persons: Calida Rawles, Roe, Wade, ”, Rawles, Lehmann Maupin, “, ” Rawles, Marten Elder, Françoise Vergès, they’re, ” “ We’re, Skye, Sage, I’m, Lilith, Adam, “ We’re, you’re Organizations: CNN Locations: Los Angeles, New York, East, Sienna, Hong Kong, Seoul, London, Eden

New York CNN —Donald Trump Jr. returned to the witness stand Monday to give his family’s side of the story in the New York attorney general’s civil fraud trial against Donald Trump. portfolioTrump lawyer Cliff Robert spent most of the day asking Trump Jr. to walk through nearly the entire portfolio of the Trump Org. Faherty also asked Trump Jr. about Trump International Hotel Waikiki ditching the Trump name and rebranding. “Welcome back, I feel like I’m at a reunion here, the Trump trial reunion,” Engoron said as she was sworn in. In addition to Trump Jr., Trump attorneys have said they are likely to call back Eric Trump and the former president, both of whom also previously testified.

Persons: Donald Trump Jr, Donald Trump, ’, Arthur Engoron, gushed, ”, Engoron, Trump, Cliff Robert, Trump Jr, CNN “ He’s, ” Trump, Robert, Jack Nicklaus, general’s, Lago, Colleen Faherty, Faherty, Kevin Wallace, Chris, Kise, “ Engoron, “, he’s, ” Kise, “ You’re, Sherri Dillon, ” Engoron, Eric Trump Organizations: New, New York CNN, Trump Jr, Trump Organization, Trump Org, Trump, CNN, Trump International Golf Club, “, Trump National Doral Golf, Trump National Los, Trump International Locations: New York, Westchester , New York, West Palm Beach , Florida, Florida, Bronx, Angeles, Trump National Los Angeles, Doral, Engoron

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Niger fashion designer Alia Bare took center stage at the Joburg Fashion Week with a collection that she hopes will spread a positive image of her troubled country, suffering from instability and economic sanctions that followed a military coup earlier this year. Bare is one of several African designers that descended on Johannesburg, South Africa, this week for the Joburg Fashion Week, a key feature of Africa's fashion and entertainment calendar. I'm from Niger and I'm from different ethnic groups, and I wanted to show that in this collection,” Bare said. Precious Moloi-Motsepe, executive chairperson of Africa Fashion International, which hosts the fashion event, said Thursday evening that Joburg Fashion Week aims to create a platform for African creatives to flourish. “We believe that African stories are better told by people from Africa.”Joburg Fashion Week runs until Saturday, with more African designers expected to showcase their work.

Persons: Alia Bare, Bare, ”, ” Bare, Precious Moloi, “ Organizations: Associated Press, Africa Fashion Locations: JOHANNESBURG, Niger, Johannesburg, South Africa, Senegal, India, African, Africa, africa

NEW YORK (AP) — He was a giant of 20th-century art, but that doesn’t mean Pablo Picasso needed a big canvas. It was 1918 and Picasso, then in his mid-30s, had just married ballet dancer Olga Khokhlova. The exhibit, which opened Friday, is a collaboration with the Madrid foundation run by a grandson of Picasso’s, Bernard Ruiz-Picasso. It comes nearly 40 years after the gallery’s initial 1986 show of Picasso sketchbooks, called “Je Suis le Cahier (I am the Sketchbook)" after a notation Picasso made on one of his pads — which subsequently toured the globe. The Pace Gallery show runs until December 22..

Persons: Pablo Picasso, “ Picasso, Picasso, Olga Khokhlova, Picasso’s, Bernard Ruiz, Marie, Thérèse Walter, ”, Marc Glimcher, Glimcher, Dora Maar, Ruiz, Paul Picasso, ” Ruiz, “ Organizations: Pace, “ Locations: “, balmy Biarritz, Madrid, —, New York, France, Juan, Mougins

☆ Extended reality is helping solve some of marketing's biggest challenges by creating memorable, immersive customer experiences
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Nicholas Fearn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

A range of XR tech is available for marketingMarketers have a range of XR technologies to choose from when developing immersive marketing campaigns. Apple is one company that's "pushing the boundaries" of XR-based marketing, Van Belleghem said. XR to the rescueXR technology is also helping marketers solve many of their biggest day-to-day challenges. XR technology also makes scalability easier, Van Belleghem said, because it provides a "scale that real-life events simply cannot match." Getting XR marketing campaigns rightAn essential first step in successful XR-based marketing is to understand the target audience and ensure campaigns provide value to customers' lives, said Rogers.

Persons: —, Ludenso, Eirik G, Sol Rogers, Rogers, Steven Van Belleghem — who's, Steven Van Belleghem, Simon Windsor, Van Belleghem, Apple's, Windsor, Arif Miah, Mattel's, Barbie Organizations: XR, Service, Discovery, Ludenso, Puma, Disney, Microsoft, Windsor, Mud

☆ Matisse and Derain: The Audacious ‘Wild Beasts’ of Fauvism in a Radiant Show
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Roberta Smith | More About Roberta Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

If you ever took an art history survey in college, you may recall the blur of Fauvism. Fauvism, which lasted from about 1904 to 1908, is the first and probably the shortest of Modernism’s art movements. It is also one of the messiest, populated by a shifting cast of painters and locales. It lacks a manifesto or statement of goals, or even much stylistic coherence, and its tortuous buildup may have been longer than the trend itself. But in at least two ways the achievement of “les Fauves,” or “the wild beasts,” a term coined by the French critic Louis Vauxcelles — is foundational to modernist painting.

Persons: Picasso’s, Louis Vauxcelles —, Seurat, Cézanne, van Gogh Locations: French

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