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Commentary: How French comedy of manners Call My Agent became an American sensation Robert Lloyd © Provided by The LA Times Camille Cottin plays an actors agent in the Netflix series "Call My Agent." (Christophe Brachet / Monvoison Productions / Mother Productions / FTV) That feeling when you have eaten all the candy in the house and you look on the doorstep to find that someone has sent you a 1-pound box of assorted nuts and chews is pretty much how I felt learning that a fo...

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Will the 2020s roar like the 1920s? The Roaring Twenties brought widespread adoption of the assembly line, the automobile, radio, cinema, indoor plumbing, and labour-saving electric appliances. Consumerism and mass culture took shape. It was the decade of art deco and jazz. Will we see a repeat of so many changes in the next 10 years?   Getty Share The day was cold and windy. Standing outside the Capitol in Washington, the just-sworn-in president called for “a new unity of spirit and purpos...

The British lost generation of heavyweights When looking back on British heavyweights of the 80s it’s difficult to find a happy ending, writes Steve Bunce TREVOR HUGHROY CURRIE was part of Britain’s very own generation of lost heavyweight champions from the Eighties. There was the original fabled gang of fighting brothers, dubbed the Lost Generation by Tim Witherspoon; they reigned as heavyweight champions for about ten years, were violent, tragic and talented fighters at the same time. The...

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Change is coming January 13, 2021 One of the great science and technology stories of 2020 is the development of COVID-19 vaccines, from start, through testing, to delivery, at a rate never seen before. Not just one vaccine. Three. (With more on the way and not counting the vaccine’s already in use in China and Russia.) All able to pass rigorous tests and examinations. Two of them came from Big Pharma. They threw lots of money and lots of researchers at the problem. We have been taught to ex...

Countries around the world started administrating their citizens with fully trialled and tested COVID-19 vaccines in December, 2020. [Dado Ruvic/File Photo/Reuters] One of the great science and technology stories of 2020 is the development of COVID-19 vaccines, from start, through testing, to delivery, at a rate never seen before. Not just one vaccine. Three. (With more on the way and not counting the vaccine’s already in use in China and Russia.) All able to pass rigorous tests and examinati...

Opinion: Washington deserves its brutalism David Harsanyi In his 1981 diatribe against contemporary American architecture, "From Bauhaus to Our House," Tom Wolfe notes that seemingly every American child "goes to a school in a building that looks like a duplicating-machine replacement-parts wholesale distribution center warehouse." Anecdotally speaking, this still seems to be the case in East Coast metro areas like Washington and New York City, where suburban teens shuffle in and out of buildin...

This story is part of a group of stories called 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. In honor of the enduring classics, were exploring every aspect of Peter Jacksons trilogy, from JRR Tolkiens source material to the best scenes and moments, along with the continued influence of Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and Return of the King on modern pop culture. 2021 marks The Lord of the Rings movies 20th anniversary — and we couldnt imagine explor...

In his 1981 diatribe against contemporary American architecture, "From Bauhaus to Our House," Tom Wolfe notes that seemingly every American child "goes to a school in a building that looks like a duplicating-machine replacement-parts wholesale distribution center warehouse." Anecdotally speaking, this still seems to be the case in East Coast metro areas like Washington and New York City, where suburban teens shuffle in and out of buildings that could double as minimum-security prisons. Wolfe tr...