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Movie review: Funny, profound ‘Asteroid City’ feels like movie of the summer

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:20:45 GMT

The Southwest meets the celestial — and the stage — in Wes Anderson’s latest ditty “Asteroid City,” in which the auteur brings his singular blend of melancholy charm to a story about the stars, of all kinds.Set in September 1955 in a tiny desert town known as Asteroid City (where the Arid Plains Asteroid touched down), the main plot takes place over the course of a week in which a motley crew who has descended on the town for the Asteroid Day and Junior Stargazer celebrations finds themselves unexpectedly stranded.But the film itself is much more than that. Much like his previous outing, “The French Dispatch,” Anderson deploys a somewhat fussy, and slightly distancing framing device. The action that unfolds in Asteroid City is a play written by Conrad Earp (Edward Norton), directed by Schubert Green (Adrien Brody), and this is a televised staging (the TV broadcast is shot in black and white). The host (Bryan Cranston) walks the double audience through the behind-the-scenes action: C...

Ask Amy: Red flags fly over mismatched relationship

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:20:45 GMT

Dear Readers: Like you, I’m often curious about what happens to the advice I offer once it leaves my desk, and so I’ve asked readers to send in “updates” to let all of us know how my advice was received, if it was followed, and how things turned out.The responses have flowed in, and I’m interested and often gratified to learn what impact this experience has had on readers.This year I celebrate my 20th year of writing this column. Publishing these updates reminds me that we have been through a lot over these past decades. Some updates read like postcards from old friends, and I’m happy to share them.(It’s important to understand that most of these updates offer a positive outcome. I assume this is because when things go well, people are more willing to share their experience.)To refresh all of our memories, I’m running the original Q&A, followed by the update.Dear Amy: I’m in my mid-20s. My boyfriend is in his late 20s.We’ve been seeing each other for 10 months, and s...

Bridge: June 24, 2023

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:20:45 GMT

A tour guide at a Revolutionary War battlefield, dressed in colonial-era garb, slipped and fell, fractured a wrist and wound up in an ER. The doctor who saw him was taken aback:“Sir, just how long have you been waiting?”Sometimes a defender can wait around for tricks, sometimes not. Against today’s four spades, West led the ace of diamonds: four, seven, queen. He then led a second diamond. Declarer ruffed, drew trumps and lost a club to East’s ace. South ruffed the next diamond and ran the clubs to discard his losing hearts. Making five.CLEAR THREATWest needed heart tricks to beat the contract and couldn’t wait to get them; dummy’s clubs were a clear threat to provide discards. At Trick Two, West must shift to the five of hearts. The defense will get two hearts, a club and a diamond.At matchpoint scoring, West might consider shifting to the king of hearts, which might stop an overtrick. At IMPs or Chicago scoring, to shift to a low heart is his be...

Horoscopes June 24, 2023: Mindy Kaling, take advantage of the possibilities

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:20:45 GMT

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Candice Patton, 35; Minka Kelly, 43; Mindy Kaling, 44; Sherry Stringfield, 56.Happy Birthday: Observe what’s happening around you to ensure you make decisions in your best interest this year. Focus more on your needs and less on accommodating others. Take better care of your emotional, physical and financial concerns by refusing to let others deplete your resources or take advantage of your generosity. A steady pace will help you take advantage of the possibilities and opportunities you encounter. Your numbers are 3, 11, 24, 27, 30, 39, 45.ARIES (March 21-April 19): Speak up, gather facts and encourage those you encounter. You don’t have to go overboard to make a difference; when you do the right thing, doors open and positive change occurs. Focus on making your world a better place. 3 starsTAURUS (April 20-May 20): Put your heart and soul into exploring what interests you. Expand your circle of friends and implement the changes that make yo...

Word Game: June 24, 2023

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:20:45 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — NEWSPEAK (NEWSPEAK: NOO-speek: Deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language used to mislead the public.)Average mark 34 wordsTime limit 45 minutesCan you find 47 or more words in NEWSPEAK? The list will be published Monday.YESTERDAY’S WORD — STELLAR sale salt salter sate seal sear seat sell slat slate stale staler stall star stare steal tale tall taller tare teal tear tell tsar earl east lase laser last late later least lest alert alter arts aster rale rase rate real restTo purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!RULES OF THE GAME:1. Words must be of four or more letters.2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible.4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar ...

Putin corre el riesgo de perder su férreo control del poder. Las próximas 24 horas son críticas

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:20:45 GMT

(CNN) — Esto sencillamente no ocurre en la Rusia de Vladimir Putin. Sobre todo en público.El presidente se enfrenta a la amenaza más grave a su control del poder en los 23 años que lleva dirigiendo el Estado nuclear. Y es asombroso ver cómo se desmorona de la noche a la mañana la apariencia de control total que ha mantenido todo ese tiempo, el punto de venta definitivo de su autocracia.Por qué Rusia investiga al jefe del grupo Wagner, Yevgeny PrigozhinEra a la vez inevitable e imposible. Inevitable, ya que la mala gestión de la guerra había significado que solo un sistema tan homogéneamente cerrado e inmune a la crítica como el Kremlin podría sobrevivir a una desventura tan atroz. E imposible, ya que los críticos de Putin simplemente desaparecen, o caen por las ventanas, o son envenenados salvajemente. Sin embargo, ahora el quinto ejército más grande del mundo se enfrenta a un fin de semana en el que el fratricidio —el vuelco de las armas sobre sus compañeros soldados— es lo ú...

Nearly 13 years later, DC man found guilty of killing missing woman that’s never been found

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:20:45 GMT

A D.C. man was convicted Friday in connection to the 2010 murder of Unique Harris, a 24-year-old mother that disappeared from her home and was never found, according to the Department of Justice.Isaac Moye, 46, was arrested in December 2020 for Harris’ killing after police had interviewed him multiple times after her disappearance, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.“Thanks to dogged police work by the Metropolitan Police Department detectives who worked this case, and the dedicated, tireless efforts of the prosecution team, a jury held this defendant accountable for this heinous murder,” said U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves in the statement.Harris was hosting a sleepover for her two young children and their nine-year-old cousin at her home in Southeast D.C. when she disappeared on Oct. 9, 2010, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. She put the children to bed an hour before Moye arrived at her home at 10:39 p.m., calling her on her cellphone before e...

Russian rockets strike five Ukraine regions amid Wagner rebellion

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:20:45 GMT

For live updates on Russia’s Wagner mutiny, follow our blog here.Moscow unleashed a barrage of missiles at Ukraine even as the renegade Wagner mercenary group staged a rebellion against the Russian military.Russian missiles struck five regions across the country, including those of Kyiv and Kharkiv, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on social media. In Kyiv, the missiles hit a 24-story residential building in the Solomyansky district, he said. Three people were killed and another eight injured. “Night shelling of civilians is the style of terrorists. Russian style,” Klymenko said in a post on Telegram. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram around 9 a.m. local time that search and rescue efforts were still ongoing at the stricken apartment building. In a video posted to Telegram, Klitschko can be seen wading through the rubble while emergency personnel search through the destroyed building. Pictures show a gaping hole in the side where the ...

Luggage, laundry and a chaotic lifestyle: Orioles shuttle players adjusting to challenging role

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:20:45 GMT

Logan Gillaspie doesn’t hang his clothes up.He figures, what’s the point? As one of several players who bounce back and forth from the Orioles and their Triple-A team, the relief pitcher has decided to live as a nomad.“I live out of my suitcase,” Gillaspie said. “If I wear something and it’s dirty, I put it in the laundry. I’ll wash it and then put it back in my suitcase because I already know I’ll be up and down and up and down.”The chaotic lifestyle is one that Gillaspie, a relief pitcher with Baltimore for the third time this season, has gotten used to. In addition to Gillaspie, the Orioles have three players on their 26-man roster who have frequented the shuttle, including infielder Joey Ortiz and catcher Anthony Bemboom.“I think as well as you possibly can,” manager Brandon Hyde said when asked how those players have handled that role. “It’s definitely not easy. I give them a lot of credit. When they ...

Who is Julian Phillips? 5 things to know about the Chicago Bulls’ No. 35 pick in the 2023 NBA draft.

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:20:45 GMT

The Chicago Bulls traded into the second round of the NBA draft Thursday to select Julian Phillips with the No. 35 pick.Get to know the Bulls’ latest draft pick before he arrives in Chicago to prepare for the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas next month.1. Where did Julian Phillips play in college?Phillips played one year at Tennessee before committing to the draft this spring. He averaged 8.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists as the Volunteers went 25-11 in the regular season before making it to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament.A native of Killeen, Texas, Phillips started his high school career in Blythewood, S.C., before transferring to Link Prep — a biblical preparatory academy in Branson, Mo., created in 2020 — as a senior. He played in the 2022 McDonald’s All-American Game as a senior, earning interest as a consensus five-star recruit and a top-20 player in his class.2. Why did the Bulls select Phillips?Physicality and defense were the two defini...