Miller Sanford Elizabeth Taylor on the set of the film “Giant.” The actor is the focus of the documentary “Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes,” premiering Saturday on HBO. (Frank Worth) Why do I find Elizabeth Taylor so fascinating? My admiration for her work comes down, perhaps unusually, to the Zeffirelli-Shakespeare “The Taming of the Shrew” and the … Read more
Hillary Clinton lost in 2016 because she ignored voters alienated by the elite. Kamlala Harris is following the same playbook and could easily be defeated herself. In June of 2016, six months before election day, I wrote a column detailing how Donald Trump could defeat Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House. As I … Read more
File photo: A worker walks along a pipeline at the Enbridge facility in the east of Edmonton.Stuart Gradon/Postmedia Wire Oilsands operators continue to crank up production in 2024, filling pipelines and fuelling plans to add transportation capacity out of Western Canada in the coming years. Pipeline giant Enbridge reported Friday that its Mainline system, which … Read more
Alyssa Esquivel is suing the San Gabriel Unified School District, claiming she was suspended after wearing a Trump-themed backpack to the school where she worked as a teacher’s aide. (U.S. District Court for the Central District of California) A San Gabriel Unified School District teacher’s aide claims she was suspended without pay after bringing a … Read more
If you want climate control, head to the Pink Pony Club. Visitors to Osheaga kept cool at the misting stations at Jean-Drapeau Park on August 2, 2024.Photo by Dave Sidaway /Montreal Gazette Environment Canada’s heat warning for the Montreal area has now been extended to cover the weekend. The daytime high on Saturday is expected … Read more
The California DMV is offering a “No Fail eLearning course” for license renewal. (Department of Motor Vehicles) For months, my advice to anyone renewing a California driver’s license has been direct and unwavering: Do not go to a DMV field office and struggle with the written tests, which have been littered with confusing and irrelevant … Read more
He calls himself a “troglodyte” with his brushes, oil paints, and large canvas among the photographers with expensive cameras and long lenses. They’re all aiming to capture beach volleyball during the 2024 Olympic Games, but their approaches are quite different. “It’s a collage of moments,” says 63-year-old British painter Peter Spens about his art. While … Read more
Obsessing about sports we would otherwise never pay attention to is a welcome break from politics. A general view of Eiffel Tower’s spotlight shining towards the Olympic Cauldron in the sky during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on July 26, 2024 in Paris.Photo by Julian Finney /Getty Images I’ve taken a 16-day holiday … Read more
Start your day with some high-flying action, as Simone Biles looks to reclaim gold in the women’s vault final at 10:20 a.m. Next, Team USA’s men’s basketball squad concludes its third and final game of pool play by taking on Puerto Rico, with tipoff set for 11:15 a.m. LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Jayson Tatum and … Read more
IOC President Thomas Bach said Saturday the “hate speech” directed at boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting at the Paris Olympics is “totally unacceptable.” “We will not take part in a politically motivated … cultural war,” Bach said at a news briefing Khelif of Algeria and Lin of Taiwan have been subjected to days of global scrutiny about their gender. Both … Read more
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