Oscar-winning movie star Tom Hanks has enjoyed many a big moment, but for a devoted Texan fan, the part he played in her engagement was the biggest and most memorable. San Antonio native Nikki Young â an actress as well as the entertainment director for Morgan's Wonderland â is getting married, thanks to her idol Hanks and enterprising boyfriend Ryan McFarling. "In all the years that I have dreamed of meeting Tom Hanks, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think it would come like this, in the most magical way â as a co-star in our love story," Young, who's having a hard time coming down from cloud nine, said. Her dream moment happened Saturday at the Texas Book Festival in Austin, where the actor spoke to hundreds of listeners about his new book Uncommon Type: Some Stories. It happened at the end of the Q&A portion of Hank's talk. The planning, however, started several days before, according to McFarling. Continue reading at 'Stuff'
[ Stuff | 2017-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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“Every night the same nightmare interrupts my sleep.” With this sentence Scholastique Mukasonga begins her debut Cockroaches, a memoir that came out in French in 2006. That year, Mukasonga was fifty. She had been living in Normandy since 1992, when she moved there hoping to find employment as a... Continue reading at The Paris Review
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The EUDR, which will require that any company that sells a product containing wood in the European Union prove that its source tree was not cut down in a deforested region, is likely to take effect next December, a year after its planned rollout. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Betsy Lerner has spent decades in the publishing industry. Writing her first novel, “Shred Sisters,” unlocked a completely new side to her creativity. Continue reading at The New York Times
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The real-life dame and on-screen dowager countess, who has died aged 89, earned fame in her 70s and 80s for blockbuster roles. But her early work at the National Theatre marked her out as a talent for the agesDame Maggie Smith’s trophy cabinet reflected her extraordinary achievements across... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-09-27 13:37:47 UTC ]
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In a career that began in the 1950s, her roles ranged from Desdemona to Miss Jean Brodie, Virginia Woolf and Minerva McGonagall• Mark Lawson: Maggie Smith was a magisterial star with the courage and talent to do absolutely everythingMaggie Smith, the prolific, multi-award-winning actor whose... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-09-27 13:17:05 UTC ]
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Plus cover reveals, the Booker Prize shortlist, and the trailer for HEARTSTOPPER Season 3 . Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-09-19 14:30:00 UTC ]
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Catch up on an exciting week of book news, including the trailer for NIGHTBITCH, Reese's 100th book club pick, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-09-05 15:00:00 UTC ]
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Before starting his culinary career, acclaimed chef Marc Murphy wasn't sure if he would be able to find a job that he would actually be good at."I'm very dyslexic. I had a hard time staying in school," he said. "I ended up cooking because I knew I didn't have to read or write."Murphy's life in... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2024-09-03 10:03:04 UTC ]
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The inaugural title from Salty Days Media, a new partnership-driven publishing company from America's Test Kitchen vet Sara Domville, is slated for October 1. 'Our American Dream Cookbook' is a collaboration with Samuel Adams’ philanthropic program Brewing the American Dream. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s almost Labor Day so the sales have started to trickle in. Here’s a cool one. A whole bunch of Lego sets are on sale for 25 percent off from, uh, Barnes & Noble. That may not make sense on paper, but we assure you that these discounts are very real. It’s tough to pick the “best”... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-08-26 15:23:20 UTC ]
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A revised Department of Education regulation likely to have delivered a setback to the popular Inclusive Access and Equitable Access programs, which provide course materials for college students, has been delayed by at least a year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Books from Accidentally Wes Anderson, Atlas Obscura, and others take readers on the adventures of a lifetime. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Nicole Richie's claim to fame a few decades ago centered on her connected-at-the-hip relationship with debutante Paris Hilton, her co-starring role in their outlandish Fox reality show and her ability to crush the nightclub scene. Times have changed. The actress--who's... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2024-08-01 11:00:00 UTC ]
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The proposal includes a call for an 18-year limit on appointments to the court. President Joe Biden is unveiling a long-awaited proposal for changes at the U.S. Supreme Court, calling on Congress to establish term limits and an ethics code for the court’s nine justices. He also is pressing... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2024-07-29 13:55:34 UTC ]
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A new photo book goes inside the homes of the creative community in Joshua Tree, Pioneertown, Yucca Valley and other high desert locales. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-07-18 10:00:44 UTC ]
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Mayor Eric Adams expresses frequent pride in the number of women he has elevated to senior roles in his administration. But several of those appointees have departed under murky circumstances in the past year, reflecting the continued difficulties those leaders face — especially in... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2024-07-16 19:14:25 UTC ]
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Her writing, about marriage and divorce, sex and its consequences, work-life balance, the challenges of child-rearing and other topics, still resonates today. Continue reading at The New York Times
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The century-old magazine’s new owners are turning it into a lifestyle brand that appeals to hunters, fishers, Republicans, and Democrats. Many legacy periodicals that have survived the internet are husks of their former selves. New owners come in, slash costs, and squeeze what revenue they can... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2024-07-07 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Former UFC and WWE champion Ronda Rousey will publish her first graphic novel next year. She said it's somewhat autobiographical, 'even though it didn't really happen.' Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-06-25 14:14:00 UTC ]
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Bend, Ore.–based publisher Blue Star Press's purchase of Sasquatch Books from Penguin Random House earlier this month is the latest effort by the company's cofounder and CEO Peter Licalzi to build a mid-size independent publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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