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The Dish: Ron and Clint Howard write about their time as child actors Susie Costaregni FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 Ron Howard, a director, producer and actor who lives in Greenwich, at the "Inferno" film premiere on Oct. 25, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Buckner/Rex Shutterstock/Zuma Press/TNS)Buckner /Rex Shutterstock / TNSShow MoreShow Less 2of5 This image released by William Morrow shows cover art for the upcoming memoir "The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family" by Ron Howard and Clint Howard. It's scheduled to come out Oct. 12. (William Morrow via AP)Associated PressShow MoreShow Less 3of5 4of5...

How a Texas TV reporter gained the confidence to cover climate change When you’re a local journalist, like me, you become a collector of useful tidbits. A keeper of facts about your community. After a while, you end up knowing a little about a lot. Because of that, when big news happens, local reporters can quickly make sense of what’s happening. But unlike the coverage of breaking news—which we do with ease—providing context for the big, ongoing stories of our time can give us heartburn. That’s particularly true with climate change. That’s why I’m collaborating with Covering Cl...

2020 was a challenging year for climate journalism, especially considering the high bar set in 2019. Not only did the quality of climate coverage decrease, but mainstream news outlets perpetuated some of their most egregious practices from years past, such as ceding the narrative to Fox News and failing to consistently connect the science of climate change to extreme weather events. Although some of this decline is likely attributable to COVID-19, even when there was a direct connection between climate and the pandemic, corporate TV news rarely covered it. Despite this, there were some notabl...

Nominated by Sir Jon of Pint O’ Comics. Sir Jon says: 52. The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour [1967] Nominated by DJ McKenzie of Splitting Hairs & The Beatles: A Week in the Life. In their new songs, the Beatles continued the studio experimentation that had typified Sgt. Pepper and the psychedelic sound they had introduced in 1966 with Revolver. Author Mark Hertsgaard highlights “I Am the Walrus” as the fulfilment of the band’s “guiding principle” during the sessions – namely to experiment and be “different”. To satisfy Lennon’s request that his voice should sound like...

Burned all the fossil fuel that's in the ground right now that the planet's going to get too hot. and the consequences could be dire. >> so we can't burn it all? >> we're not going to be able to burn it all. >> we're not going to be able to burn it all. can't burn it all. no one ever says that, at least no u.s. president until now. to forestall really cataclysmic levels of climate change, the necessary follow-through of leaving 2/3 of the earth's fossil fuel reserves in the ground would revolutionize global energy practices as journalist mark hertsgaard points out in "bloomberg business week."...