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Mary Quant, mastermind of Swinging ’60s style, dies at 93

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:57 GMT

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS (Associated Press)LONDON (AP) — Mary Quant, the visionary fashion designer whose colorful, sexy miniskirts epitomized London in the 1960s and influenced youth culture around the world, has died. She was 93.Quant’s family said she died “peacefully at home” in Surrey, southern England, on Thursday.Quant helped popularize the miniskirt — some credit her with inventing it — and the innovative tights and accessories that were an integral part of the look. She also created dresses and other simple mix-and-match garments that had an element of whimsy. Some compared her impact on the fashion world with The Beatles’ impact on pop music.“I think it was a happy confluence of events, which is really what fashion is so often all about,” said Hamish Bowles, international editor at large for American Vogue magazine. “She was the right person with the right sensibility in the right place at the right time. ...

Patriots announce Mike Vrabel, Logan Mankins and Bill Parcells as Hall finalists

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:57 GMT

The Patriots announced Mike Vrabel, Logan Mankins and Bill Parcells as the three finalists for induction into the team’s Hall of Fame for 2023.That trio emerged from a slate of 11 candidates. All three have been nominated before.Now fans will get to vote on who they believe is worthy of a red jacket and enshrinement as the 34th member of the Patriots Hall of Fame.This marks Vrabel’s seventh time as a finalist. He hasn’t been able to break through with the necessary fan vote.He lost out last year to Vince Wilfork. Before that, it was Richard Seymour, Rodney Harrison, Matt Light, Raymond Clayborn and Kevin Faulk.Will he finally break through this time?Vrabel was part of three championship teams. The linebacker epitomized the type of versatility Bill Belichick craves in players, as he also contributed on special teams and offense. He caught 10 touchdown passes lining up as a tight end down by the goal line.As for the other candidates, this is Mankins second time in the finalist circle....

California State Capitol building evacuated due to "credible threat"

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:57 GMT

(KTXL) -- The California State Capitol building in downtown Sacramento has been evacuated Thursday morning, according to a FOX40 news team and political reporters that were at the building and posted about the situation on Twitter. “The California Highway Patrol has notified the Senate of a threat they consider to be credible involving the Capitol,” says a letter that was sent to state senators and senate staff. The letter also advises state senators and staff who have not yet reported to work to remain home and work remotely. Senators and staffers already at the Capitol were asked to remain in place. Birthing center at Roseville hospital struck by gunfire "CHP and security partners are present in higher numbers in the Capitol area, and are alert of the situation," the letter continues. A state senate floor session was delayed and moved to another legislative building in downtown Sacramento.This article will be updated as more information becomes available.

Longtime daytime personality Marilyn Denis announces end to ‘The Marilyn Denis Show’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:57 GMT

TORONTO — Daytime TV mainstay Marilyn Denis says she’s looking forward to spending more time with family as she prepares to step away from her weekday talk show after 13 seasons.The veteran broadcaster said Thursday that CTV’s “The Marilyn Denis Show” will end June 9, and that a month-long celebration of show highlights, audience surprises and special guests will begin May 8.She added that she will continue her radio gig as co-host of the weekday morning slot on Toronto’s CHUM 104.5, which she’s held since 1986.“I want to be clear, I’m not retiring and I’m very, very healthy,” Denis said as her voice wavered slightly.“I’m going to be 65, that’s true. But life is really, really good and I look forward to spending more time with my family, especially that beautiful granddaughter Everly.”Denis, who said she will also continue to host “Marilyn Denis Does a Podcast,” made the announcement in front a live studio...

REVIEW: How to Blow Up a Pipeline, an ethical heist film

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:57 GMT

The world is burning. Corporations say they’re going green, and governments say they’re working to combat greenhouse gas emissions. But year after year, new reports come out showing the damage to our climate is growing. The world is becoming unsafe for humans to live on, and nobody’s sure exactly what to do. This all led to the release of a non-fiction book by Andreas Malm, a Swedish ecology professor. That book argued that climate activism needed to implement sabotage in order to make any difference in the fight against environmental injustice. That book is called How to Blow Up a Pipeline.Sasha Lane, Jayme Lawson, Ariela Barer in How to Blow Up a Pipeline, courtesy of Elevation Pictures.Daniel Goldhaber (who previously directed Cam) read this book and decided to make a film adaptation of it in the spirit of There Will Be Blood (creating a fictitious narrative based on a non-fiction book). This film, which premiered at TIFF last year,  tells the tale of eight peop...

‘Drake & Josh’ actor Jared Bell declared missing in Florida

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:57 GMT

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jared “Drake” Bell, an actor best known as a star of the Nickelodeon television show “Drake & Josh,” was declared ”missing and endangered” on Thursday by Florida authorities who asked the public for help in locating him.Bell was last seen Wednesday night near a Daytona Beach high school, the city’s police department said in a statement. Police spokeswoman Carrie McCallister said Thursday that the agency couldn’t release any further information since it was part of an active investigation.Representatives for the 36-year-old actor did not immediately reply to The Associated Press’ requests for comment.Bell began acting as a child and was catapulted to fame as a teen with Nickelodeon’s “The Amanda Show” and later “Drake & Josh.” The Nickelodeon show starring Bell and Josh Peck ran from 2004 until 2007, and was accompanied by two movies. Since then, Bell has mostly worked as a voice actor in addition to roles in little-seen TV series ...

San Francisco police make arrest in death of tech executive

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:57 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco supervisor says an arrest was made early Thursday in the downtown stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee.San Francisco Board President Aaron Peskin said the suspect was apprehended in Emeryville, a San Francisco suburb. He was not told the suspect’s name. San Francisco police did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Police found Lee with stab wounds in the Rincon Hill neighborhood of San Francisco at 2:30 a.m. April 4. He died at a hospital.“I hope today’s arrest can begin a process of healing and closure for all those touched by this tragedy,” Matt Dorsey, another San Francisco supervisor, tweeted.Prominent tech leaders took to social media to mourn Lee’s death and blame San Francisco for what they call the city’s lax attitude toward crime. The Associated Press

Massive New Jersey Pine Barrens fire now fully contained

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:57 GMT

MANCHESTER, N.J. (AP) — A fire that tore through 6 square miles (15 square kilometers) of New Jersey’s Pine Barrens this week has now ben fully contained, authorities said Thursday.The blaze in Manchester, near Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, forced the evacuation of around 170 homes late Tuesday, with police and fire officials going door-to-door to ask people to take temporary shelter at a nearby high school.Firefighters were confronted by 200-foot (60-meter) flames as they battled the blaze, which rained down embers. Helicopters filled large containers with water from a nearby lake Wednesday and dropped it on the flames.No one was injured and no homes were damaged, The cause remains under investigation.Forest fires are a common occurrence in the Pine Barrens, a 1.1 million-acre state and federally protected reserve about halfway between Philadelphia to the west and the Atlantic coast to the east.Dry, windy conditions similar to those in New Jersey have sparked fires in other sta...

‘Potentially devastating’: Bird flu cases in mammals put scientists on alert

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:57 GMT

A rise in mammals infected with bird flu has put Canadian wildlife and public health experts on alert, as recent research by federal scientists warns of a “potentially devastating pandemic” if the virus tearing through poultry flocks eventually mutates to spread efficiently between humans. Avian influenza cases are very rare in humans – there have been fewer than a dozen confirmed H5N1 cases globally since 2020 – and no instances of it passing from human to human. But experts say public health agencies are right to keep a close eye on how the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 evolves.“There are enough red flags that we’re beholden to prepare,” said Dr. Samira Mubareka, an infectious disease specialist and clinician scientist at Sunnybrook Research Institute and the University of Toronto.H5N1 was first identified in 1996, but a new type of the virus emerged in 2020. It was first detected in North America in late 2021 and has since decimated flocks of wild...

Alex Wolff, Thea Sofie Loch Næss cast in Leonard Cohen bioseries ‘So Long, Marianne’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:57 GMT

TORONTO — An upcoming Crave TV drama about the legendary romance between Leonard Cohen and his muse Marianne Ihlen has found its lead stars.Producers of “So Long, Marianne” say they’ve cast U.S. actor Alex Wolff to play Cohen and Norwegian actress Thea Sofie Loch Næss as Ihlen.The series recalls a period in the 1960s when the pair met on the Greek island of Hydra when they were in their early 20s.She ended up inspiring the song “So Long, Marianne” which appeared on Cohen’s 1967 debut album “Songs of Leonard Cohen.”Crave and Norwegian co-producer NRK say principal photography began for the series on March 24 and it will film in Montreal, Hydra and Oslo.Other cast members include Australian actress Anna Torv, who recently appeared as Tess in “The Last of Us,” playing bohemian Australian novelist Charmian Clift.Noah Taylor, who played Darby on “Peaky Blinders,” will portray her husband and fellow writer George John...