Except Tokyo’s Opening Ceremony is mired in controversy after both the director and composer of the show stepped down from their positions. Director Kentaro Kobayashi was dismissed Thursday following past comments that “ridiculed the painful facts of history,” according to Tokyo 2020 organizers. Local media reports said he made anti-Semitic […]
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Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony: What we know, who’s going and who’s not
Except Tokyo’s Opening Ceremony is mired in controversy after both the director and composer of the show stepped down from their positions. Director Kentaro Kobayashi was dismissed Thursday following past comments that “ridiculed the painful facts of history,” according to Tokyo 2020 organizers. Local media reports said he made anti-Semitic […]
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Watching the watchers: who’s at the helm of EU’s Frontex?
File – In this late Sunday, March 8, 2020, file photo migrants use an inflatable boat in the Maritsa river in an attempt to enter Greece from Turkey near Edirne, Turkey. The European Union’s border and coast guard is under pressure following a series of allegations that it was involved […]
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Meet the Designer Who’s Making Timeless Interior Design Feel Fresh
Photo credit: Courtesy of Nina Nash Long From House Beautiful Photo credit: VINAY PANJWANI For Nina Nash Long, an ideal afternoon might involve a pool chair and a stack of old shelter magazines. “You look at issues from the ‘80s and ‘90s and there’s so much that’s still good and […]
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the artist behind Doctor Who’s blockbuster image
Doctor Who’s series 7 poster by digital artist Lee Binding If you’re a Doctor Who fan – of either ‘classic’ or ‘new’ Who, or indeed, both – you’ve undoubtedly been dazzled by the work of digital artist Lee Binding. His designs are, in both the traditional sense of the word […]
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12 Gifts For The Child Who’s Obsessed With Baby Yoda
HuffPost may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Prices and availability subject to change. HuffPostGive them a little bit of space with these Baby Yoda gifts. It’s the face (and famous ears) that launched a thousand and one memes: Baby Yoda has become the breakout […]
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I’m a Butterball turkey hotline expert who’s been answering wild, funny, and panicked calls from home chefs for 18 years. This year people need us more than ever.
Phyllis Kramer in the Butterball Test Kitchen in 2013. Butterball Turkey Phyllis Kramer is a Butterball Turkey Talk-Line expert based in Aurora, Illinois. She’s been working for the Talk-Line during the holidays for 18 years, answering customer questions about how to choose, thaw, prepare, and cook their turkeys. Over the […]
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How to enjoy Thanksgiving alone. How to help someone who’s alone enjoy it.
Let’s get one thing out of the way right away: Not everyone who lives alone is lonely. Not everyone who will spend Thanksgiving alone will mind the solitude. Solitude can bring serenity. Family gathering can be torture. But it’s safe to guess that in this time of pandemic, with its […]
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Who’s hosting? What’s going to win? Will this be a disaster? All your burning questions about this year’s socially distant Emmys answered
Executive producers Ian Stewart and Reginald Hudlin are overseeing the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards. (Photo: ABC/Todd Wawrychuk) Between coronavirus-caused production delays and a glut of new streaming platforms, the future of television is rife with uncertainty right now. But here’s one thing we do know for sure: The (awards) show […]
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That’s It, I’m Never Wearing Jeans Again! (Who’s With Me?)
Buying jeans has always come with a side of heart-racing terror for me, a holdover from when my body didn’t fit into most of them — as a teen, the very act of entering a denim store was an exercise in bravery and, inevitably, humiliation. (Forgive my lack of confidence: […]