Everyday Life in the Hood: New York 1970-1973

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  998 words  |  Tandra Barner

When I arrived in New York City in 1970, the Bronx was burning. I was photographing New York City during the Vietnam War before it barely escaped bankruptcy and before the Internet. Once-imposing and elegant buildings were derelict; the streets were dirty; parks were semi-abandoned and decrepit-looking schools evoked a culture different and separate from mainstream America. Abandoned buildings decayed. packs of dogs moved in and trees spontaneously took root and grew on their roofs. [Read More]

Executive Suite

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  692 words  |  Patria Henriques

This John Houseman production is a real pro job, of a calibre that doesn't come along too often. Cameron Hawley's novel, Executive Suite, was good reading, and Ernest Lehman has fashioned it into screen form as a dramatically interesting motion picture humanizing big business and its upper echelon personalities. This John Houseman production is a real pro job, of a calibre that doesn’t come along too often. [Read More]

Feature Film Fashion: Hollywood Costumes at the Victoria & Albert Museum

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  72 words  |  Tandra Barner

Movie: Saturday Night Fever

Year: 1977

Worn by: John Travolta (right) as Tony Manero

Designer: Patrizia von Brandenstein

Next Gladiator, 2000

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Food Company Profits Are Making Groceries More Expensive

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1153 words  |  Martina Birk

It’s been more than a year since the U.S. launched its battle against high inflation. Yet, nearly every grocery item still costs more than it did in the past. A bag of potato chips that could have been purchased for $5.36 last year will cost you $6.17 today. A dozen eggs that used to cost $2.01 now sets you back $4.21. A pound of butter went from $3.77 to $4.87. [Read More]

Heres why everyone should have an outdoor pizza oven

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  720 words  |  Billy Koelling

And we’re not talking about frozen pizza or some supermarket crust that you throw into your oven at 425 degrees and wait 15 minutes to eat. We’re talking about real, fresh pizza made in your backyard pizza oven. The Popularity of Outdoor Pizza Ovens The global pizza oven market is booming. According to ResearchAndMarkets, the market size is expected to reach $2.64 billion by 2030. (That’s a 5. [Read More]

How 'Haunting of Bly Manor' Reimagines 'Turn of the Screw'

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1323 words  |  Billy Koelling

Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Haunting of Bly Manor. A nanny harboring a dark secret, orphaned siblings acting strangely, an eerie English estate—all the makings of a classic horror story. Throw in a few vengeful spirits, some romantic entanglements and a bittersweet twist ending and you’ve got The Haunting of Bly Manor, the new season of Netflix’s The Haunting anthology series. Bly Manor follows in the footsteps of its 2018 predecessor, The Haunting of Hill House, by drawing on the work of a renowned author for its inspiration. [Read More]

How to Eat a Whale

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  726 words  |  Martina Birk

Popping a bite of sea urchin into my mouth I look to the chalkboard at the far end of the sushi bar that lists the daily specials: young yellowtail tuna, mozuku seaweed, minke whale. The words for whale hang there in much the same way that a pig head stares back at you from the window of a Chinatown butcher shop. Whale meat resembles venison with its heavily oxygenated, dark red color that suggests lean, high-protein muscle. [Read More]

Jennifer Lawrence (Actress) - On This Day

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  184 words  |  Tandra Barner

Profession: Actress Nationality: Biography: Silver Linings Playbook, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Born: August 15, 1990 Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, USA Age: 34 years old Generation: Millennial Chinese Zodiac: Horse Star Sign: Leo Acting Career 2012-03-12 "The Hunger Games" directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Jennifer Lawrence premieres in Los Angeles 2013-01-10 39th People's Choice Awards: Robert Downey Jr & Jennifer Lawrence win (Movie Star) and Nathan Fillion & Ellen Pompeo win (TV Drama) 2013-02-24 85th Academy Awards: " [Read More]

Lightning strike forces plane to land

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  407 words  |  Patria Henriques

According to the LOT spokesman, the incident occurred when the Embraer plane was already near Szczecin. Planes being hit by lightning are much more common than you might think. So what happens to an airplane when it is struck by lightning? "You won't feel anything, you may see a flash," says Ania, a Ryanair flight attendant, in an interview with Onet. ADVERTISEMENT According to the US National Weather Service, every commercial aircraft is struck by lightning on average once or twice a year. [Read More]

Mayor Bill Cole on Why Many Are Moving to Billings, Montana

 Posted on August 5, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1338 words  |  Tandra Barner

(To receive weekly emails of conversations with the world’s top CEOs and business decisionmakers, click here.)   The July 21 front page of the Billings Gazette included the following stories: a local man used a bow and arrow to catch a world-record paddlefish (92 lb.), searchers reported a possible sighting (which proved false) of a missing hiker, and Montana coal production dropped sharply last year. But the lead story was on the housing boom sweeping the nation and its impact on Montana’s biggest city. [Read More]