ABCNEWS - 2,200 more Marines, 3 Navy ships likely headed to Middle East: Officials
Three Navy ships carrying 2,200 Marines is likely headed to the Middle East, two U.S. officials told ABC News.
NYTIMES (William Grimes) - Calvin Tomkins, Who Profiled Giants of Modern Art, Dies at 100
On the staff of The New Yorker for more than 60 years, he wrote about Duchamp, Rauschenberg and many others. His books include “Living Well Is the Best Revenge.”
NYTIMES (Gilbert Cruz) - Andy Weir on Writing the Hit Book Behind the Movie ‘Project Hail Mary’
The author talked about adapting his best-selling novel for film, creating the beloved character Rocky and making complex science feel approachable.
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NYTIMES (Manohla Dargis) - ‘Project Hail Mary’ Review: Ryan Gosling Is Lost and Found in Space
The actor plays a molecular biologist trying to help save the world in this upbeat science-fiction fantasy from Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.
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NYTIMES (Esther Zuckerman) - What the ‘Project Hail Mary’ Directors Learned From a Firing
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, best known for animations like the “Spider-Verse” films, took lessons from “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” a project from which they were dismissed.
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NYTIMES (Corey Kilgannon and Lauren Petracca) - How a Stickup Man Became a Sought-After Jailhouse Lawyer
Obsessed with proving his innocence, Quentin Lewis devoted years in isolation to learning the law. Now he is taking on his captors in prison tribunals.
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NYTIMES (Michael M. Grynbaum and Benjamin Mullin) - CBS News Cuts 6% of Staff as Bari Weiss Reshapes the Division
The layoffs affected several dozen employees at the news division, which is owned by the technology heir David Ellison.
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NYTIMES (Megan Mineiro) - Deferring to Trump, G.O.P. Lawmakers Resist a Public Accounting on Iran
Nearly three weeks into a war that polls show is unpopular, top Republicans have yet to call administration officials to testify about it, arguing that hearings would put divisions on display.
AXIOS (Andrew Solender) - "He needs to go": Fetterman's fellow Democrats rage over his vote on Mullin for DHS
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is under heavy fire from fellow Democrats for casting the deciding vote to advance Sen. Markwayne Mullin's (R-Okla.) nomination for DHS Secretary, with some openly calling for his ouster. Why it matters: The idea of trying to unseat Fetterman is never far from many Democrats' minds , but rarely has it been discussed so explicitly and so openly. - "Once again Sen Fetterman shows why he is Trump's favorite Democrat. He needs to go," Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.), one of Fetterman's harshest critics, said in a post on X . - Boyle, the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee and a rumored potential primary rival to Fetterman, has publicly criticized the senator before , but this was the first time he has…
WASHINGTONPOST (Michael Rosenwald) - Calvin Tomkins, who narrated the rise of contemporary art, dies at 100
During a six-decade career at the New Yorker, Mr. Tomkins profiled scores of artists, including Marcel Duchamp, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns and Georgia O’Keeffe.