We’ve been spending time with Julia Child, streaming HBO Max’s TV series “Julia.” I’m always leery about depictions of Julia, fearful that my mentor might be depicted in an exaggerated, unflattering manner. But once I got into the first episode, I relaxed and felt like I was enjoying treasured time with the woman who so…
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The manager ax found another victim on Wednesday, as the Blue Jays’ Charlie Montoyo became the third skipper to be fired this season. Montoyo, 56, was in his fourth year as Blue Jays’ manager. His team, picked by many to win the American League East and compete for a spot in the World Series, was…
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By KRISHAN FRANCIS and KRUTIKA PATHI | Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s president fled the country Wednesday, plunging a nation already reeling from economic chaos into more political turmoil. Protesters demanding a change in leadership then trained their ire on the prime minister and stormed his office. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his…
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The Ducks signed left wing Frank Vatrano to a three-year, $10.95-million contract in the opening hours of the NHL free-agent signing period Wednesday, adding a 28-year-old depth player to their roster. Vatrano has been a consistent but modest point-producer in his career. Vetrano had 18 goals and 14 assists in 71 games in 2021-22, splitting…
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The introduction of the Mandalorian, Baby Yoda and other new Star Wars characters in Galaxy’s Edge means for the first time Disneyland will be telling more than one story in Black Spire Outpost along the vast timeline of the epic science fiction saga. The Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge themed land at the Anaheim theme park…
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The most important thing to know about the festive and glamorous new A Crystal Cove restaurant, a modern spinoff of the old A Restaurant in Newport Beach, is this: The menu here bears almost no resemblance to the original A. Instead it is a virtual carbon copy of the menu at CdM, the company’s other…
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ATLANTA – The Mets learned the hard way that it pays to have pop. The Braves relied on their home-run strength to dig themselves out of a hole. Matt Olson delivered the first big blow, a two-run shot against David Peterson in the sixth inning that erased the Amazin’s one-run lead. Then Adam Duvall took…
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Little mistakes have added up lately for the Chicago Cubs. For a team sitting one game out of last place in the division but with a stretch of four straight series wins before last weekend’s sweep in Los Angeles, clean play can be the separator. The suddenly hot Baltimore Orioles — a team that lost…
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LOS ANGELES — In her first game back after testing positive for COVID-19 and clearing health and safety protocols, Sparks guard Brittney Sykes scored 12 of her 16 points in the first half, but the Sparks lost to the Washington Mystics, 94-81, on Tuesday night at Crypto.com Arena. “Life came at me pretty fast,” Sykes…
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Aaron Judge was not in the lineup Tuesday night. He also missed the first game of the four in Boston. Aaron Boone is picking his spots to keep the slugger off his feet as the Yankees try to manage the lower body, calf muscle tightness that has bothered him the last week or so. Even…
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