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Darren Walker, Who Reoriented the Ford Foundation, to Step Down
New York Times· 7 hours agoMr. Walker, who oversaw $7 billion in grants, plans to leave at the end of 2025 after what will have...
Bob Newhart - Actor, Comedian, Writer
TV Insider· 7 hours agoAs a stand-up comedian in the 1960s, Bob Newhart explored the absurdities of everyday life with an underplayed delivery and gentle stammer that earned...
RaMell Ross’ ‘Nickel Boys’ To Open New York Film Festival
Deadline via Yahoo Canada News· 10 hours agoRaMell Ross’s Nickel Boys will be the opening-night film of the 62nd New York Film Festival at Alice...
Film festival to honour London-born Hollywood star. But which one?
London Free Press· 10 hours agoThe Forest City Film Festival is set on Aug. 1 to announce the winner of its first Lifetime...
Bob Newhart was more than an actor or comedian – he was a literary master
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 11 hours agoVince Bucci/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images Here again Newhart was employing an...
University of Sussex professor elected as British Academy fellow
BBC News· 2 days agoA University of Sussex professor has been elected as a fellow of the British Academy. Established in...
'Twister' Fans Will Appreciate the Surprising Way 'Twisters' Honors Its Late Star Bill Paxton
Good Housekeeping· 2 days agoStarring a plethora of A-list actors (Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt, Cary Elwes, Alan ...Philip Seymour...
How Golden Peacocks on a Dining Room Wall Destroyed a Longstanding Friendship in Victorian Society
Smithsonian Magazine· 3 days agoThe room was the subject of much gossip among Victorian society at the time, and its story has been frequently layered-upon and exaggerated over the 147 years since its completion ...
Cheng Pei-pei Dies: 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' Star was 78
TV Insider· 3 days agoBorn on January 6, 1946, in Shanghai, China, Cheng moved to Hong Kong in 1962 at the of 16 and began...
Carbon Capture Breakthrough: Humidity-Powered Membrane Pumps CO2 out of the Air
SciTechDaily· 4 days agoA new membrane technology developed by Newcastle University leverages humidity to efficiently...