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Japanese animation studio founder Miyazaki isn’t ready to retire just yet, after latest Oscar winMar 12, 2024 7:04 am - Ghibli, the Japanese studio that just won its second Oscar for feature animation for “The Boy and The Heron," hasn't said yet what it plans next. But founder Hayao Miyazaki, who at 83 was the oldest director ever nominated in that category, won’t rule out making another film, even if his next project is a short instead of a full-length feature.
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Oscars get audience bump from ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer,’ but ratings aren’t quite a blockbusterMar 12, 2024 6:44 am - “Barbenheimer” brought a bump not a boom to Oscars ratings. An estimated 19.5 million people watched Sunday night's 96th Academy Awards ceremony on ABC. That's the biggest number drawn by the telecast in four years.
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Crispy fried pasta pairs a savory crunch with chickpeasMar 12, 2024 6:00 am - Italians know that the texture of pasta matters. Thus the emphasis on cooking it until just barely al dente, or until tender, but with a pleasant chew. But that's not where the lesson stops. Christopher Kimball's Milk Street discovered a dish in Lecce, in southern Italy, that mixes pasta textures.
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Cousins chooses Atlanta, Barkley goes to Philly on a busy first day of NFL free agencyMar 11, 2024 9:32 pm - Kirk Cousins is heading to the Falcons. Saquon Barkley is joining the Eagles. Brian Burns is going to the Giants. The first day of the NFL’s legal tampering period was a ...
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NFL free agency explained from salary cap and tampering to franchise and transition tagsMar 11, 2024 5:00 pm - The NFL’s free agency frenzy kicks off Monday with a 52-hour legal tampering period ahead of the official start of the new league year on Wednesday. Several star players,...
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Man sentenced to life in prison for murder and rape in attack on Naperville woman and friend in GermanyMar 11, 2024 2:25 pm - BERLIN — An American man was convicted of murder and other charges on Monday for brutally attacking two American women near Germany’s famed Neuschwanstein castle last sum...
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Asked to clear up abortion bans, GOP leaders blame doctors and misinformation for the confusionMar 11, 2024 11:15 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans — even as doctors and patients insist the l...
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Kate, Princess of Wales, apologizes for editing family photo that fueled rumors about her healthMar 11, 2024 7:58 am - LONDON — Kate, Princess of Wales, apologized Monday for “confusion” caused by her editing of a family photo released by the palace — an image of Kate and her children tha...
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Palestinians in Gaza begin Ramadan with hunger worsening and no end in sight to the Israel-Hamas warMar 11, 2024 7:53 am - RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Palestinians began fasting for Ramadan on Monday as the Muslim holy month arrived with cease-fire talks at a standstill, hunger worsening across the G...
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13 years after Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan remembers the dead and vows to keep rebuildingMar 11, 2024 7:49 am - TOKYO — Japan marked the 13th anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear meltdown and left large parts of Fukushima prefecture uninhabitab...