ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Fill the month of May with books. • 30 min read On Location: May 27, 2021 Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.Mary Jane/Jessica Anya Blau, Summer on the Bluffs/Sunny Hostin, That Summer/Jennifer Weiner, Tokyo Ever After/Emiko Jean I can feel the first hints of summer swirling in the air. The tulips opening up, flashing us. Our sweatpants discarded, replaced by long flowy skirts. Lightweight jackets now hang by the front door, our winter overcoats stashed back in the closet. Ice cream trucks jangle. Even my dog has a spring in her step. With the pregnant possibilities of a more normal summer season post-pandemic comes the promise of piles of enticing, memorable reads. If only we could find time for them all. But that s what summer is for: rest, relaxation, smiles, watermelon, pie, books. The anticipation of it is almost as good as the real thing. But with these books, they re just as good as advertised.
Jamie Ducharme (Holt) When Ducharmeâs 2019 Time article on Juul came out, it was pretty tough to walk around New York without seeing the vape device. I was excited when I found out that article was to grow into a book, and the story Ducharme offers is a bizarre, somewhat frightening page-turner (and is set to become a docuseries, to boot). âCarliann Rittman, reviews editor The Atmospherians (Atria) A woman named Sasha Marcus is harassed and canceled by menâs rights activists after speaking her mind in response to an internet troll in McElroyâs engrossing novel. Sasha then accepts a new gig helping her failed actor friend start a cult designed for men to purge themselves of toxic masculinity. McElroyâs conceit works on multiple levels, with incisive satire, earnest explorations of male identity, and a gripping plot.
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Hal Holbrook, prolific actor who played Mark Twain, dies at 95 Actor Hal Holbrook appears during an interview in his New York apartment on Feb. 8, 1973. Holbrook died on Jan. 23 in Beverly Hills, Calif., his representative, Steve Rohr, told The Associated Press Tuesday. He was 95. (AP Photo/Jerry Mosey, File) Hal Holbrook greets patrons in stage make-up following his one-man performance of Mark Twain Tonight at the University of Texas at Tyler, Texas on Jan. 13, 2007. Holbrook died on Jan. 23 in Beverly Hills, Calif., his representative, Steve Rohr, told The Associated Press Tuesday. He was 95. (AP Photo/Dr. Scott M. Lieberman, File) Hal Holbrook and Dixie Carter arrive at the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 27, 2008. Holbrook died on Jan. 23 in Beverly Hills, Calif., his representative, Steve Rohr, told The Associated Press Tuesday. He was 95. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
Hal Holbrook, Actor Who Channeled Mark Twain, Is Dead at 95 He carved out a substantial career in television and film but achieved the widest acclaim with his one-man stage show, playing Twain for more than six decades. Hal Holbrook on stage as Mark Twain in 2005. Mr. Holbrook was 29 when he started playing Twain at 70; as he grew older, he found he needed less and less makeup to look elderly.Credit.Sara Krulwich/The New York Times By Robert Berkvist Feb. 2, 2021 Hal Holbrook, who carved out a substantial acting career in television and film but who achieved his widest acclaim onstage, embodying Mark Twain in all his craggy splendor and vinegary wit in a one-man show seen around the world, died on Jan. 23 at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 95.
Hal Holbrook, actor who channeled Mark Twain, dies at 95 He was the shadowy patriot Deep Throat in All the President s Men and an achingly grandfatherly character in Into the Wild, for which he received an Oscar nomination. By Robert Berkvist New York Times February 2, 2021 8:08am Text size Copy shortlink: Hal Holbrook, who carved out a substantial acting career in television and film but who achieved his widest acclaim onstage, embodying Mark Twain in all his craggy splendor and vinegary wit in a one-man show seen around the world, died Jan. 23 at his home in Beverly Hills, California. He was 95. His death was confirmed by his assistant, Joyce Cohen, on Monday night.
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Actor Hal Holbrook, indelible portrayer of Mark Twain, dies at 95 Adam Bernstein In a remarkable feat of theatrical longevity, actor Hal Holbrook, who died Jan. 23 at 95, played Samuel Clemens better known as Mark Twain in a solo show for nearly as long as the American humorist and iconoclast was alive. “Mark Twain Tonight!” which Mr. Holbrook conceived and debuted in 1954 earned him a Tony Award on Broadway in 1966 and captivated more than 20 million viewers in a CBS telecast in 1967. Into his 90s, he was still crisscrossing the globe, weaving Twain’s stories and quips into a peppery monologue about mankind’s pretensions and vices.
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Hal Holbrook, prolific actor who played Mark Twain, dies at 95 Follow Us Question of the Day Actor Hal Holbrook appears during an interview in his New York apartment on Feb. 8, 1973. Holbrook died on Jan. 23 in Beverly Hills, California, his representative, Steve Rohr, told The Associated Press Tuesday. He was 95. (AP Photo/Jerry Mosey, . more > By Mark Kennedy - Associated Press - Tuesday, February 2, 2021 NEW YORK (AP) Hal Holbrook, the award-winning character actor who toured the world for more than 50 years as Mark Twain in a one-man show and uttered the immortal advice “Follow the money” in the classic political thriller “All the President’s Men,” has died. He was 95.