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Articles for Leland

Pamela Harriman was the seductress of the century – from Churchill to Clinton – this is how she did it
3 months, 1 week ago

Pamela Harriman was the seductress of the century – from Churchill to Clinton – this is how she did it

The Independent  

Pamela Harriman was attending the glitzy White House Correspondents’ dinner in spring 1993 when Barbra Streisand sidled up to her and whispered the question on many women’s lips: just what is your secret? open image in gallery Pamela leaving St John’s Church, Westminster, London, after her wedding to Randolph Churchill, 1939 Knowing this, Pamela fixed her large sapphire eyes on …

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Evil series finale: The ending and what comes after, explained by its creators.
4 months ago

Evil series finale: The ending and what comes after, explained by its creators.

Slate  

The defiantly SEO-proof CBS-to-Paramount+ show Evil, created by The Good Wife’s Michelle and Robert King, has got to be the best slept-on series out there. At the beginning of Season 1, the show’s central trio—Katja Herbers’ Kristen Bouchard, a psychologist, former semi-professional mountain climber, and mother of four girls; Mike Colter’s David Acosta, a preposterously handsome priest; and Aasif Mandvi’s …

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Humor and horror make great bedfellows in the final season of ‘Evil’
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Humor and horror make great bedfellows in the final season of ‘Evil’

NPR  

Humor and horror make great bedfellows in the final season of ‘Evil’ The Paramount+ show about the paranormal continues to surprise. Robert and Michelle King, the married writing team who created "The Good Wife" and its spinoff, "The Good Fight," also created a TV series called "Evil." DAVID BIANCULLI, BYLINE: There will be a total of 14 new episodes in …

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A bus-sized piece of concrete on the beach: A tale of waste, neglect and climate change
9 months, 1 week ago

A bus-sized piece of concrete on the beach: A tale of waste, neglect and climate change

LA Times  

After torrential rains last month in Southern California, a concrete slab the size of a school bus washed up on Junipero Beach in Long Beach. As for the first question, Todd Leland, the marine manager of Long Beach’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine, said the hulking slab “is a dock structure, it’s made of concrete and Styrofoam plastic products.” …

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L.A. confidential: The untold stories behind some of the greatest songs of the 1970s and beyond
1 year ago

L.A. confidential: The untold stories behind some of the greatest songs of the 1970s and beyond

LA Times  

About 50 years ago, a quartet of L.A. session musicians became so synonymous with the era-defining soft-rock scene — headlined by James Taylor, Carole King, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Crosby, Stills & Nash and Fleetwood Mac among others — that they were dubbed the Mellow Mafia. In 1971, Kortchmar and Kunkel appeared on King’s bestselling, Grammy-winning “Tapestry” and were joined …

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Country of the Blind: A brilliant new memoir from an author losing his eyesight.
1 year, 4 months ago

Country of the Blind: A brilliant new memoir from an author losing his eyesight.

Slate  

In the concluding chapter of his new book, The Country of the Blind, Andrew Leland, a writer and audio producer, likens himself to Clov, a character from the play Endgame, who speaks the line “Finished, it’s finished, nearly finished, it must be nearly finished.” It’s never a good sign when you feel like a Samuel Beckett character, but the comparison …

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Brendan Fraser fans delighted as sons reveal Best Actor winner’s ‘dad jokes’
1 year, 9 months ago

Brendan Fraser fans delighted as sons reveal Best Actor winner’s ‘dad jokes’

The Independent  

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Oscars 2023: Full list of 95th Academy Awards winners
1 year, 9 months ago

Oscars 2023: Full list of 95th Academy Awards winners

Daily Mail  

How Do You Measure a Year? Keeravaani, lyrics by Chandrabose - WINNER "Lift Me Up" from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, music and lyrics by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Goransson "Hold My Hand" from Top Gun: Maverick, music and lyrics by Lady Gaga and BloodPop "Applause" from Tell It Like a Woman, music and lyrics by Dianne Warren Dylan …

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The climate benefits of a four-day workweek
1 year, 10 months ago

The climate benefits of a four-day workweek

BBC  

The climate benefits of a four-day workweek Steve Prezant/Alamy There's some promising evidence that a three-day weekend could help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions There's growing interest in the benefits of a four-day workweek for productivity and employee wellbeing, but the picture is more complicated when it comes to climate change. "Although climate benefits are the most challenging thing to …

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Palo Alto: Billionaire playground or Darwinian hellscape? Why not both?
1 year, 10 months ago

Palo Alto: Billionaire playground or Darwinian hellscape? Why not both?

LA Times  

On the Shelf Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World By Malcolm Harris Little, Brown: 720 pages, $36 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. That one day he would come to write his latest book, out next week — “Palo Alto: A …

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How To Prevent Tick Exposure, According To Lyme Experts
2 years, 5 months ago

How To Prevent Tick Exposure, According To Lyme Experts

Huff Post  

It’s difficult to imagine that a week at summer camp or a day spent in the garden could expose you or your loved ones to a vector-borne disease that can have potentially long-lasting and chronic effects on your health. But that’s exactly what’s at stake, especially if you live in higher risk parts of the country such as the Northeast, …

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