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Gucci Bamboo 1947 Mini Top Handle Bag, $3,800 This new patent leather Bamboo 1947 Mini Top Handle Bag from Gucci creative director Sabato De Sarno makes a big statement with its petite size and bold colors (think dark red, pink, orange and black). It features the brand’s name embossed on its front, which also has a bamboo closure, and along with a bamboo handle, there’s a bag strap in the house’s signature colors.Purchase 👉🏽 here via Gucci client adviser.Ganni faux leather mini dress, $925 The brand’s faux leather mini dress from its spring ’24 runway really is everything. With its…

To Regina King, “grief is a journey.” This week, that journey included her first interview about her late son Ian Alexander Jr., who died in 2022. “I’m a different person now than I was,” King reflected in her first TV conversation in two years. “I understand that grief is love that has no place to go. I know that it’s important to me to honor Ian in the totality of who he is, speak about him in the present because he’s always with me.”The Oscar- and Emmy-winning actor, 53, reflected on the “joy and happiness that [Ian] gave all of…

You could say Elizabeth Alexander was raised among monuments. Growing up in Washington, D.C., she was surrounded by them. When she was a toddler, her parents took her to the March on Washington in 1963, where hundreds of thousands of protesters brought ebullient life to the steps of the temple-like Lincoln Memorial. When she was a girl, someone told her that the obelisk-shaped Washington Monument was actually “God’s pencil.” As a student, she took field trips to the various memorials whose designs were inspired by Classical architecture. Of these structures, she says she grew to understand “something about their scale…

In the late 1990s, NBC ran a promotional campaign with the slogan, “If you haven’t seen it, it’s new to you,” aimed at boosting summer reruns of such hits as “Mad About You” and “Fraiser.”Updated for 2024, the line would be, “If you haven’t streamed it, it’s new to you.”Original series created to drive new subscribers to streaming platforms are showing up more frequently on linear broadcast and cable TV networks. Media companies are looking to expose the programs to broader audiences and fill out their lineups to help pay the freight as they battle to keep pace with Netflix.…

Love means never having to say you’re sorry — even if you’re a Katana-wielding survivor of the zombie apocalypse desperately searching for your kidnapped husband.That sentiment is the beating heart of “The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live,” the latest entry in AMC’s “The Walking Dead” franchise. Although there is plenty of the gnarly gore that was a trademark of the original series, which premiered in 2010, the new spinoff’s main focus is the more intimate romance between Sheriff Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and the fierce warrior Michonne (Danai Gurira).The return of “Richonne” is the event that “The Walking Dead”…

On a Sunday afternoon, inside a whimsical Redondo Beach plant shop, eight women and I sat at a workshop table, smiling and laughing as we played with dirt. With bird chirping sounds and mediation music humming in the background, we closed our eyes and dug our hands into containers filled with soil, noticing the coolness of it and its texture. There were tissue boxes within reach in case we needed to wipe away any tears. In our Plant PPL series, we interview people of color in the plant world. If you have suggestions for PPL to include, tag us on…

Just as the country prepares for what promises to be one of the uglier and most historically significant presidential election cycles, Max is gifting us with the “The Girls on the Bus.” Inspired by Amy Chozick’s 2018 book “Chasing Hillary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns and One Intact Glass Ceiling,” it follows four women as they cover a fictional primary for a wide variety of outlets. (Warning: An influencer is involved.)As the title would indicate, it aspires to be something of a fem-centric version of Timothy Crouse’s classic 1973 portrait of campaign-trail journalists, “The Boys on the Bus,” with bits…

Red ripe tomatoes, juicy pineapple and tongue-scorching peppers — the produce aisle at the grocery store is full of possibilities for cooking a great meal, but it can also be a great starting point for a prolific garden. There are many types of produce on store shelves that can be turned into thriving garden plants through seed saving and propagation, which can help to stretch a grocery bill and make for a fun experiment. Lauri Kranz, an urban farmer, garden builder and co-owner of L.A. Homefarm — a Glassell Park market featuring produce from local farms — loves growing things…

A blistering battle between Beverly Hills-based United Talent Agency and ex-partner Michael Kassan centers on alleged over-the-top spending and a $950,000-per-year expense account, a perk that Kassan said he received as part of the company’s 2021 takeover of his firm.UTA bought Kassan’s MediaLink marketing consultancy for $125 million in December 2021, part of an effort to deepen the talent agency’s relationships with major brands, such as Google, that MediaLink had access to. At the time, UTA brought Kassan on as a partner. Newsletter Inside the business of entertainment The Wide Shot brings you news, analysis and insights on everything from…

AUSTIN, Texas —  “I’m Ryan Gosling and I did almost none of my own stunts in this movie.”The star of “The Fall Guy” immediately won over the crowd at the Paramount Theatre before the movie began with this self-effacing announcement. There was nothing but wild enthusiasm and affection in the room for director David Leitch’s adaptation of the 1980s television series, now transformed into a crowd-pleasing tribute to the power of moviemaking and the sweet pull of romance.On Sunday night, Gosling and Emily Blunt presented a tribute to stunts at the Academy Awards and on Tuesday, they arrived for their new…