NEW YORK (AP) — The folks who hand out Tony Awards believe five is not enough for Angela Lansbury. The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced Monday that the legendary actor will receive a 2022 special Tony for lifetime achievement in the theater, making it her sixth.
Southern Living is my escape magazine when the weather is too ____ (hot, cold, dry, wet, stormy, windy). Fill in the blank. I discovered in the May issue, Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana harbors the largest bald cypress tree (Taxodium distichum) east of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Interesting way to describe it, as there are no native bald cypress trees to the west of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Anyway, this giant bald cypress near the Mississippi River is 96 feet tall, 17 feet in diameter and estimated to be about 1,000 years old. Just 536 miles from my house.
There are a lot of people out there who want to tell you what to do with your money. The problem is only some of them know what they’re talking about.
Social media has had a rough 2022 with lingering questions about advertising spending, political ads and a $44 billion takeover of Twitter that may or may not be happening, depending on which Elon Musk tweet you read.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, fresh off winning Senate confirmation for a second term earlier in the day, acknowledged for the first time Thursday that high inflation and economic weakness overseas could thwart his efforts to avoid causing a recession.
Many talented fighters have poured sweat, blood and tears practicing inside the long-standing Gladiators Gym at 307 East Main St.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — New rules about how and when actors can use guns on movie sets have failed to pass the California Legislature. Two bills did not advance out of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday. The bills were filed after a gun actor Alec Baldwin was holding went off and killed cinematographer on a movie set in New Mexico last year. Senate Appropriations Committee chair Anthony Portantino said he decided to hold both bills in committee after entertainment industry groups failed to reach a consensus on the proposals. Portantino said he would be willing to reconsider the bills should the groups reach an agreement.
DEAR ABBY: My husband of 20 years has had DUIs in the past. He has always been a binge drinker when socializing. He has been going out once a week after work for three hours, during which he drinks and then drives home. He tells me he has a couple beers, but his tab and his face tell a different story.
“Carry Me Home,” a newly-released recording of a memorable session between Mavis Staples and Levon Helm, pulsates with gusto and joy, writes Scott Stroud of The Associated Press. Recorded in front of an audience at Helm’s Woodstock, N.Y., studio in the summer of 2011, the pair rock their way through a 12-song set of soul, gospel and roadhouse blues. It’s reminiscent of Helm’s Grammy-winning “Ramble at the Ryman,” a live recording of a 2008 Nashville concert, but with one of the world’s great singers sitting in. It was the last encounter between them, as Helm would die after struggling with cancer within a year.
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The head of the U.N.’s World Food Program is telling billionaires it’s “time to step up” as the global threat of food insecurity rises with Russia’s war in Ukraine, saying he’s seen encouraging signs from some of the world’s richest people, like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.