Ahead of the solar eclipse passing through the U.S. on April 8, many people may be wondering if it is safe to take a flight during the event. TIME headed straight to the experts for an answer, which was resoundingly positive.
“Yes, absolutely. There's no reason not to [fly],” Paul Bryans, a project scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, tells TIME. A solar eclipse happens when the moon blocks the light from the sun.
In the dark and dramatic days following the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, his widow had much to do—but she also took the time to speak to Pulitzer-winning journalist Theodore H. White, of LIFE Magazine, in Hyannis Port.
Their conversation, which is prominently featured in the new movie Jackie, out Friday, was extensive—but the essay White produced for the Dec. 6, 1963, issue of LIFE Magazine was a short one.
In the lead-up to the premiere of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2, posters have been hung up all around the world. According to Haaretz, Israel is no exception. Posters featuring the film’s star Jennifer Lawrence have been hung prominently all over the country—except in cities like Jerusalem and Bnei Brak. There, the posters only show the fiery crown in the background. The image of Katniss Everdeen (J.Law’s character) has been removed.
Bonjour tout le monde! Merci et félicitations!
I am very happy to be here with you today, deeply honored. Thank you for that kind introduction, Niobe. Andy, it’s wonderful to see you again. I am so grateful for the honor you and NYU have given me today. Now, you know — you may not know, but Andrew is an honorary Canadian and British Columbian because, like me, he studied at the University of British Columbia back in the day.
The “kombucha girl” is worried the recorder won’t pick up our conversation in a crowded midtown Manhattan coffee shop. But TikTok content creator Brittany Tomlinson, 22, knows how to project her voice. “Come on, theater kid,” she urges herself.
A background in theater isn’t so surprising for the woman behind the Aug. 6 TikTok sip that launched a thousand memes. The clip of Tomlinson trying kombucha for the first time became one of the internet’s most ubiquitous videos of the year.
According to blog Stella Dimokokorkus, Moji Olaiya's brother Femi travelled to Canada to get the baby. "...her brother has picked up the baby from her friend's place in Canada since the week she was supposed to be buried according to Muslim rights but left with the baby when the burial did not hold," a source told the blog. It seems there is a communication gap between the family of the deceased actress and the organising committee set up to bring her remains back to the country.
As an avid photobook enthusiast I have gone to great lengths to see books that are far out of my reach economically. I have spent countless hours at photobook auction previews just to carefully flip the pages of rarities that will be sold for thousands of dollars. I have no intent to bid or buy, or to check the condition which is the main reason for attending previews. My reasoning is just to experience and gauge my own level of interest (albeit quickly) concerning what are the important titles of photobook history.
Mitch Hrdlicka / GettyA traditional Thanksgiving turkey
Meet Dr. Happy Thanksgiving Reynolds, a woman from Minneapolis who will turn 43 on the holiday that inspired her name, Thanksgiving. The woman’s parents, Thora and Kelly Reynolds, are self-described hippies who wanted an unorthodox name.
“We were very transient. It was the ’70s, so everyone had a different attitude. A lot of times we were moving with other families, so it was like this weird troupe of freaks, and people were just like ‘whatever,’ when they heard my name,” Reynolds told Today.
Megan Thee Stallion is giving her full support to Kamala Harris in her campaign for president, with the rapper slated to perform at the Vice President’s upcoming rally tomorrow in Atlanta.
In Burbank, Calif, last week, Walt Disney was presented with the 5,000,000th watch to be manufactured with the name and likeness of Mickey Mouse. As he put it among his trophies, Disney smiled at a beaming, moon-faced Manhattan salesman named Kay Kamen.
Disney and Kamen had just signed a seven-year renewal of a 16-year business association. As the salesman of exclusive manufacturing rights for Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters, Kamen has not only planted their likenesses on children’s watches, but on 2,000 other products, ranging from meat, breakfast foods and fruit juices to weather vanes, candy, cameras, toys, sweaters, ice cream packages and wallpaper.