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'America's Test Kitchen' has the recipe to hit season 20

Monday, 25 May 2020, 08:20 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

There are cooking shows hosted by celebrities, some of whom may know a fricassee from a frittata, and shows that feature arrogant chefs and bad cooks. There's an upcoming digital series in which...

Q&A: Sam Mendes on making '1917' in one long take

Monday, 25 May 2020, 08:15 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

After the juggling act of two Bond films, with their cadre of characters and armory of gadgets, Sam Mendes had something cleaner in mind for his next film.  Two main characters. No backstory....

New book shares early stories written by Zora Neale Hurston

Monday, 25 May 2020, 08:12 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Sixty years after her death, the story of Zora Neale Hurston is still not fully told.  The fiction writer-anthropologist-folklorist died in a segregated Florida hospital in January 1960, so...

First virtual public lecture to be on graduals choir books

Friday, 22 May 2020, 12:10 Last update: about 7 years ago

The presence of sand on the pages of a book would not appear to be an important find - except when the book is several hundred years old, and the sand was used to dry the ink used painstakingly by...

Save the date for the Malta Book Festival

Tuesday, 19 May 2020, 09:59 Last update: about 7 years ago

The National Book Council (NBC) is proud to announce the dates of the Malta Book Festival, which is going to be held between Wednesday, 11 and Sunday, 15 November at the Mediterranean Conference...

Netflix drama 'The Eddy' explores jazz via multiracial Paris

Monday, 18 May 2020, 08:36 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Jazz trumpeter Miles Davis wandered along the Seine and felt free. Louis Armstrong sought refuge from the Jim Crow American South at the Hôtel Alba Opéra. Dancer Josephine Baker wowed...

Q&A: Anthony Daniels talks long ride as C-3PO in 'Star Wars'

Monday, 18 May 2020, 08:31 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Anthony Daniels went through a painful experience after not receiving the same amount of public recognition as other co-stars when the first "Star Wars" film was released in 1977.  But in time,...

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