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TODAY: In 1890, Boris Pasternak, author of the novel Doctor Zhivago and winner of the 1958 Nobel Prize for Literature, is born.  “Today, Stein’s legacy lay more with her persona than it does with her actual work.” Remembering Gertrude Stein as a subversive queer poet on her 150th birthday. | Lit Hub Criticism “For its very
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Apple plans to settle a lawsuit that accused tech startup Rivos of stealing its trade secrets related to computer-chip technology, according to a joint court filing on Friday in California federal court. The companies told the US District Court for the Northern District of California that they had “signed an agreement that potentially settles the
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Skift Take Xīn nián kuài lè! (Happy Chinese Lunar New Year, to those who celebrate.) Sean O’Neill Yuwei Zhangzou represents a new type of Chinese tourist. Last month, the Shanghai-based fashion influencer had close encounters with reindeer, visited Santa’s village and stayed in a glass-enclosed treehouse during a trip that she organised herself to Finland.
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Bob Odenkirk in ‘Nobody.’ Photo: Universal Pictures. Preview: Bob Odenkirk’s back action for ‘Normal’. ‘Meg 2: The Trench’ director Ben Wheatley will make the movie. ‘Nobody’ veteran Derek Kolstad wrote the script. Though we’re more used to seeing Bob Odenkirk use his quick wits than his fists as Jimmy McGill in ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Better
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[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for True Detective: Night Country Season 4, Episode 5, “Part 5.”] True Detective: Night Country took some insane turns in the final moments of its fifth episode, which brings viewers one step closer to solving the mystery behind Annie K’s (Nivi Pedersen) murder and the deaths of the Tsalal
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Johnny Marr appeared on an episode of Would I Lie To You this evening (February 9) and recounted a “true story” about getting egged in Manchester as a teenager. READ MORE: Johnny Marr live in Manchester: a stirring homecoming for one of the city’s proudest sons Would I Lie To You? – which was first broadcast back
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Welcome to Today in Books, where we report on literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. And the Nominees Are… Award season rolls on with the recently revealed longlist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The ten nominees range from commercial hits (Emma Cline’s The Guest) to critical darlings (Catherine Lacey’s Biography of X)
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Skift Take Big travel companies had higher priorities than to share data among one another. That’s one of the reasons Journera didn’t succeed. Dennis Schaal Seven-year-old travel tech startup Journera, which aimed to provide data to hotels and airlines to enable seamless customer trips, announced Thursday that it ceased operations. The company said it didn’t
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(L to R) Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe in ‘Tokyo Vice’ Season 2. Photo: James Lisle/Max. The popular crime series ‘Tokyo Vice’ returns for a second season on Max beginning February 8th. Based on the book of the same name by Jake Adelstein, the series stars Ansel Elgort (‘Baby Driver’) as Adelstein, an American Journalist
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Craig T. Nelson won an Emmy for his role in Coach as obviously insensitive head college football coach Hayden Fox on this ABC laughfest that ran for 200 episodes from 1989 to 1997. He juggled working with quirky assistant coaches — old pal Luther (Jerry Van Dyke) and younger, shaggier Dauber (Bill Fagerbakke) — while
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