Donald Trump was named Time magazine’s 2024 person of the year and got a glowing endorsement from Time owner Marc Benioff, who has owned the publication since 2018. Benioff is also the co-founder, chairman and CEO of Salesforce. “Congratulations to President Trump on being named TIME Person of the Year 2024,” Benioff wrote in a […]

“Cross,” the James Patterson adaptation starring Aldis Hodge, debuted at No. 1 on Nielsen’s weekly streaming rankings, with 1.36 billion minutes watched during the week of Nov. 11 to Nov. 17. All eight episodes of the series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on Nov. 14, meaning the show was only available for four days during […]

A game based on the Justin Timberlake-starring 2011 sci-fi action film “In Time” is launching Thursday on Fortnite as part of a new deal Snoop Dogg’s Death Row Games has struck to adapted New Regency’s film library into titles on the popular gaming platform. The collaboration between Death Row Games’ Good Game Champ division will […]

Weeks after the controversial premiere of ‘Rust,’ IATSE has appointed a pair of industry vets as firearms experts for the entertainment labor union. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees has named Larry Zanoff, a longtime member of IATSE Local 44, who will serve as the firearms expert representing the Basic Agreement; and Brook Yeaton, prop master, […]

Is Village Roadshow about to take a major detour? The longstanding content co-financier and co-producer is suffering cash flow issues, multiple sources told Variety, forcing the shop into bad standing with the Writer’s Guild of America and inspiring whispers about its viability in show business. Majority owned by Vine Alternative Investments, the company behind valuable […]

It is going to be a big month for holiday baking, and thought it might be helpful to wrangle some favorite Christmas cookie recipes into one spot. Favorite cookies, holiday vibes, one list. Included here is a wide range of cookies. Classic shortbread is my favorite, but decorating simple sugar cookies (pictured above) with icing […]

My favorite photograph in Rancho Gordo’s The Bean Book is of Smitten Kitchen’s Pizza Beans. Pizza Beans are a thing, an all-star recipe that rocked the bean world when Deb posted it to her Smitten Kitchen site in 2017. Ed Anderson’s photo in the book captures everything people love about it – the oozy cheese, […]

I tend to think of caponata as a Sicilian medley of the sun-soaked flavors of summer cooked down into a deeply flavorful tangle of ingredients. Rich bursts of eggplant, pepper, tomatoes, celery, zucchini and the like are mixed with an agrodolce (sweet-sour) sauce and enjoyed as an accompaniment or part of an antipasto platter. It’s […]