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Two Men by the Road, Ağrı.“Landscape has no owner,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1836. “You cannot freely admire a noble landscape if laborers are digging in the field.” In 1973, Raymond Williams would concur in The Country and the City, “A working country is hardly ever a landscape.” The anamorphic photographs in Nuri Bilge Ceylan: Inner Landscapes, a recent exhibition at the Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam, challenged this notion. In the snowscape of Two Men by the Road, Ağrı (all works 2004 unless otherwise noted), a man in a button-down shirt, sweater vest, and open coat holds the center of the frame and stares down the camera, meeting the viewer’s eyes, while the man standing beside him, dressed just a bit more warmly, peeks at the camera from beneath a scarf wound around his head, its fringe flying in the wind. On the right side of the image, behind the pair,...

If you’re going to take a shot at the king, you’d better not miss.

That aphorism, credited to everyone from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Omar on “The Wire,” could be one of the unspoken Cosa Nostra credos in “The Alto Knights,” a dense yet fiercely compelling gathering of some of the heaviest hitters in the contemporary gangster genre: “Goodfellas” screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi, “Bugsy” director Barry Levinson and acting icon Robert De Niro in a dual role. That latter stunt makes for a novel hook — one-upping the Pacino-De Niro sit-down in “Heat” by serving up double De Niro as underworld friends-turned-rivals Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, both of whom he embodies beneath heavy makeup.

The movie abruptly kicks off in 1959, with a botched execution in the lobby of Frank’s New York apartment building — a tense, effective scene that finds Levinson operating like the old pro. The rest is narrated from the distant future,...

“Life is a journey, not a destination”, the author Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, and if anyone embodied a journey full of swings, misses, and grand slams, it was Pete Rose. The legendary baseball player passed away at the age of 83 on September 30, 2024.

Pete Rose | Credit: VladTV/YouTube

At the time of his death, he was situated in a surprising personal backdrop—engaged to Kiana Kim, a Korean-American model who is nearly 40 years his junior. Their unconventional love story, strewn with age gaps, reality TV fame, and almost a decade-long engagement, was as alluring as one of Rose’s iconic home runs.

The Truth About Pete Rose’s First Marriage

Pete Rose, who tied the knot with Karolyn Englehardt on January 25, 1964, had two children with her before the marriage hit the skids and ended in divorce in 1980. He admitted in his memoir, My Prison Without Walls (via NY Times):...

Get the latest scoop on everything you need to know about today’s Jeopardy! episode airing on Monday, 23 September 2024 including the Final Jeopardy, contestants and today’s winner!

Today’s Final Jeopardy 9/23/2024 (19th-Century Americans) – Monday, 23 September 2024

Among those who attended his 1864 funeral were Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bronson Alcott & Franklin Pierce

Today’s Final Jeopardy Answer – Monday, 23 September 2024

The Final Jeopardy Answer is: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Final Jeopardy Explanation – Monday, 23 September 2024

The individual whose 1864 funeral was attended by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bronson Alcott, and Franklin Pierce was Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne was a prominent American novelist and short story writer, best known for his works “The Scarlet Letter” and “The House of the Seven Gables.” His death brought together these notable figures from different spheres—literature, education, and politics—highlighting the wide respect he garnered during his lifetime. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Bronson Alcott were both leading figures in the transcendentalist movement and prominent intellectuals of the era,...

Find out everything you need to know about the Jeopardy! Monday, 23 September 2024 episode, including the Final Jeopardy, answer and who won Jeopardy tonight!

Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, 23 September 2024

The Final Jeopardy for the Monday, 23 September 2024 episode is as follows:

Today's Final Jeopardy 19th-Century Americans - Among those who attended his 1864 funeral were Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bronson Alcott & Franklin Pierce Today’s Final Jeopardy Answer – Monday, 23 September 2024

The answer for Today’s Final Jeopardy for the Monday, 23 September 2024 episode is:

Final Jeopardy Answer Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne? Who Won Jeopardy Tonight? – Monday, 23 September 2024

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Returning ChampionContestantContestant Jen Feldman

Brooklyn, New York

High School Teacher

2 Day Winnings of $27,850

Final Score: $4,799

Round 2 Score: $8,800

Round 1 Score: $4,400David Erb

Seattle, Washington

Puzzle Designer

Winning Score: $17,655

Round 2 Score: $30,000

Round 1 Score: $5,000Dana Schwartz

Los Angeles, California

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“When we leap into the unknown, we prove that we are free,” says Cesar Catalina, the futuristic architect at the beating heart of Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis (to give it its full title), a mad eco-sci-fi blockbuster some 40 years in the making. Catalina says it several times, and it’s one of the more succinct aphorisms that he spouts in a script that is stuffed with seemingly random literary allusions from the likes of Petrarch, Crassus and Marcus Aurelius to Goethe, Shakespeare, H.G. Wells and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Watching Anthony Mann’s The Fall of the Roman Empire and eating cheese afterwards would be the only way to replicate its fever-dream grandeur, a series of stunning images, carried along by the loosest of plots, that pontificate on the self-destructive nature of humankind, the only species capable of civilizing itself to death.

True to the advance gossip, Megalopolis is something of a mess — unruly,...

For better or worse, Jake Johnson knows who he is.

As a “45-year-old white dude,” he says, he knows that opportunities to direct for the big screen aren’t going to come along often. “In terms of directing, I’m not breaking at this point,” Johnson tells Deadline. “I’ve been on TV for too long. I’m not a new, young, exciting talent out of Sundance with a scarf where you go, ‘That’s a beautiful short, let’s see what he has.'” The town has seen what I do.”

So when the opportunity came for the actor to make his directorial debut with Self Reliance, a comedic thriller co-starring Anna Kendrick that premiered at last year’s SXSW, he knew he’d bring all the “tones and ideas” that had been taking up space in his mind for years and squeeze them into one movie.

Debuting on Hulu today,...

Tom Brady, 45, has been very active on social media since his divorce from Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen. His activity has ranged from retirement announcements to thirst traps and, most recently, a cryptic Ralph Waldo Emerson quote that has left many wondering whether it was shared in reference to his ex-wife’s recent tell-all interview, which addressed their divorce.

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The now-retired NFL star took to social media on Thursday, a day after the release of the supermodel’s interview with Vanity Fair, to reflect on the meaning of success. The cryptic Instagram story, which he shared with three red hearts, read:

“What is success? To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better,...

Tom Brady seems to be using Instagram to reflect on his values these days. On March 23, the retired NFL player shared a post on his Instagram Story that featured a quote purportedly by Ralph Waldo Emerson, which includes a line about dealing with "false friends" and "betrayal." He captioned the post with three red hearts.

"What is success? To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends," the quote reads. "To appreciate the beauty; To find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child or a garden patch or redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!"

Apparently, business mogul Jeff Bezos has also kept the same quote on his fridge for years,...

Tom Brady took to his Instagram Story to share a cryptic quote about success after his ex-wife Gisele Bündchen spoke out for the first time about their divorce.

Bündchen discussed the high-profile split in a candid interview with Vanity Fair.

Brady then shared a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson on his profile that read, “What is success? To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends.”

The message also described success as finding the “best in others” and leaving “the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or esteemed social condition…”

The retired NFL quarterback shared the quote with three red heart emojis.

Credit: Instagram/Tom Brady

Bündchen and Brady were married for 13 years before finalizing their divorce in October.

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Journalist Alissa Quart’s new book, “Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves From the American Dream,” seeks to discover the origins of two important American myths: that of the self-made man and that of the “the undeserving poor.” What is behind our country’s relentless demand for lonesome achievement and personal responsibility? Quart calls “bootstrapping” — derived from the phrase “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” — a collective delusion, a fantasy of American prowess that we must somehow be entirely self-sufficient to succeed, and that, if we manage this, riches await. It’s the...

Known to be the person who influences others to strive, Anand Mandal has made a deep mark in the content industry. Unlike other content creators, Anand Mandal focuses on motivating people, especially youth, to show resilience and perseverance in their lives. His idea is very simple and clear, “You will always face problems, and there will always be hurdles. A true achiever is someone who feels every emotion these challenges have to offer and then emerges triumphant with the feeling of pride. The feeling that they never gave up on themselves.” So let us see what Anand Mandal has to say about some more of our questions.

Q. Sir, most people know you as someone who has struggled a lot in his life and achieved more. So, how do you feel about this?

Ans. I have mixed feelings about this. On one end it is good that people acknowledge my work,...

The last time Fred Hechinger was in Toronto, he came to see a film that left his acting on the cutting room floor. Six years later, in one of several full-circle moments, the breakout star of HBO’s “The White Lotus” and Sony/Marvel’s upcoming Spider-Man Universe entry “Kraven the Hunter” returns with the Sept. 9 Gala premiere of “Butcher’s Crossing,” his first lead role in a feature.

“It was my first time going to a festival to see something that I was a part of,” the actor recalls. “I was working behind the scenes on [the romantic drama] ‘Tramps,’ they put me in one scene and I got cut, but it was technically the first thing I’ve ever acted in.” Yet that trip ignited a bizarre series of events that helped launch his career. “To connect a lot of crazy dots, the next morning I saw the first [TIFF] screening of ‘Moonlight...

Harry Styles knows how to make you feel right at home. Harry’s House, his third and best album, gives a welcoming pop vibe. Harry’s House is a place where he invites you in, sits you down in the kitchen, cooks you pancakes and hash browns, opens a bottle of wine, serves bubblegum and edibles, then whisks you out to the garden to listen to your whole life story.

It’s an idyllic place to spend an hour. But the centerpiece of the album is “Matilda,” a real heartbreaker,...

America’s War on Terror changed millions of lives irrevocably. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Iraqis, Afghans, Libyans, Yemenis, Somalians, and Syrians saw their homes, jobs, and family members stolen in a two-decade wave of violence that has yet to fully subside. Thousands of people – some guilty, some not – were abducted, interrogated, tortured, and detained without trials.

The woman who presided over or witnessed many of these crimes is now a life coach.

Alfreda Scheuer (née Bikowsky), was an infamous CIA operative dubbed “The Queen of Torture” by...

Before you ask, no: not another Before film. Julie Delpy’s tried to clear that up—much as I suspect she’s literally lying and another film’s already been shot—and we are talking about one of modern American film’s more omnivorous writer-directors, always seeking new material and means to evoke it. Even by that metric, though, I’m surprised to read Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke are gravitating towards something so sui generis as transcendentalism, a literary movement that includes (allow me one moment to return to sophomore-year classes) Walt Whitman, Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry Dvaid Thoreau. I imagine at least one of you is also picturing a Penguin Classics cover right this second.

Where you get the dramatic material that encourages, say, financing is beyond me, but I am not a brilliant filmmaker and Linklater is “obsessed” with the enduring radicality of their ideas—abolition,...

Chosen as this year’s recipient of the President’s Award at Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Ethan Hawke discussed his career, projects – including a potential new film with his long-time collaborator Richard Linklater – and the ongoing pandemic at the Czech event.

At a roundtable discussion with journalists, Hawke opened up about his next possible movie project with Linklater. The film is about transcendentalism, the 19th-century movement of writers and philosophers in New England, which attracted the likes of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and “Little Women” scribe Louisa May Alcott.

“They were the first leaders of the abolition movement; they were vegetarians; they fought for women’s rights. Rick is obsessed with how their ideas are still very radical. This could be a super cool movie and Rick is writing it right now. He is mad at me [for coming to Karlovy Vary], he thinks I should be at his house,” he said.

Hawke...

Director Jude Weng’s “Finding ‘Ohana” starts on a good note and continues that feeling through most of its story, which focuses on a tween girl and her family searching for buried treasure while reconnecting with each other and their Hawaiian heritage. Paying homage to adventure movies like “The Goonies,” “Dora and the Lost City of Gold” and “Tomb Raider” without blatantly mimeographing them, this family-friendly, character-forward feature from Netflix charms as well as entertains. Yet by the time the first hour has ended, a slight fatigue encroaches on the effervescent fun and it begins to lose its way.

After winning a competition that involves a high-intensity race around the streets of New York City, 12-year-old Brooklynite Pilialoha “Pili” Kawena (Kea Peahu) expects to cash in her prize by spending a perfect summer vacation at a geocache camp in the Catskills. But those dreams are dashed when her semi-estranged Hawaiian...

Walt Disney, Frank Capra, Whitney Houston, Billie Holiday, Johnny Cash and Alex Trebek are among the entertainment industry figures who have been added as proposed honorees in the National Garden of American Heroes monument project unveiled by President Donald Trump in July.

As he began his final 48 hours as President, Trump issued an amended executive order Monday that added dozens of names slated to be honored in the the planned statuary park. The location for the park has yet to be determined. Trump first announced the plan on July 3 during his speech at Mt. Rushmore.

Among the entertainment-related names making the cut are Louis Armstrong, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Irving Berlin, Humphrey Bogart, Kobe Bryant, Frank Capra, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Woody Guthrie, Charlton Heston, Alfred Hitchcock, Bob Hope, Elvis Presley and Jimmy Stewart. The monument will honor those deemed to be “historically...

Dickinson kicked off Season 2 with Emily getting some scary medical news… along with an opportunity to share her poems with the world.

Friday’s premiere opens with a history lesson, with a narrator telling us that details of the real Emily Dickinson’s life after Sue and Austin’s wedding are sketchy, and perhaps we can only find the real truth through her poems. Emily is still scribbling letters to Sue, who’s now living right next door with Austin. But when her vision turns blurry and painful, her dad takes her to a doctor who’s not terribly sympathetic.

The phrase “It’s not the destination, it’s the journey,” which has often (and perhaps erroneously) been attributed to American writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, was a familiar saying by about 1920. And it makes perfect sense that the phrase roughly coincides with the dawn of cinema, because filmmakers have been cinematically paraphrasing it for much of the last 100 years.

The latest example is “End of Sentence,” a road movie from first-time Icelandic feature director Elfar Adalsteins. The film drops John Hawkes and Logan Lerman in the northwest of Ireland for a father-son adventure that suggests that it’s not the journey or the destination – it’s the travelers who are on that road.

That’s because Hawkes and Lerman are subtle, naturalistic performers who spin gold out of settings that could easily seem clichéd. You pretty much know that these guys are on the road to understanding, acceptance and reconciliation,...

This has been one of the hottest summers on record in Madrid and the dog days of have come early, bringing with them Jonás Trueba’s steamy new feature “The August Virgin,” which world premiered in competition at Karlovy Vary Film Festival.

Each August, as thermometers pass 40ºC (104ºF), Madrileños flee the Spanish capital bound for the beaches of the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts. “The August Virgin” turns on Eva, one of the few locals to have decided to stay and brave the city’s hottest days.

In her early-thirties and in a stage of major transition, Eva rents an apartment for the month and experiences her hometown in completely new ways thanks to a series of interactions with old friends and new acquaintances. In trying to help these people, however, she learns that she must first help herself.

The film is produced by Trueba’s Madrid-based Los Ilusos Films,...

President Donald Trump was rocking on Twitter today, but it was something of a retweet storm, as the President found much to like in the comments on the platform supporting his views.

Those echoing his Friday tweet calling for “monitoring” of social media were particularly favored by Trump, as conservative voices affected by bans on Facebook and elsewhere rose up in protest.

The President also mentioned his call with Russian President Vladimir Putin – “very good call” – and basically took a “tsk tsk” approach to renewed missile testing by North Korea, saying “a deal will happen” on denuclearization.

The tweetstorm so far:

How can it be possible that James Woods (and many others), a strong but responsible Conservative Voice, is banned from Twitter? Social Media & Fake News Media, together with their partner, the Democrat Party, have no idea the problems they are causing for themselves. Very Unfair!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 4, 2019

Today,...

Twin Peaks Recap is a weekly column by Keith Uhlich covering David Lynch and Mark Frost's limited, 18-episode continuation of the Twin Peaks television series.The best things come to those who wait, and Big Ed Hurley (Everett McGill) has long been dreaming of the moment that opens Part 15 of Mark Frost and David Lynch's Twin Peaks revival. "I've been a selfish bitch to you all these years," says his one-eyed wife Nadine (Wendy Robie), who's walked a long way—a Dr. Jacoby/Dr. Amp gold, shit-digging shovel slung over her shoulder—to the cash-only Gas Farm that Ed has run for most of his life. She states the obvious: Ed is in love with Rr Diner propietor Norma Jennings (Peggy Lipton), and she, Nadine, has always stood in his way. Those days are finally over. Ed is reluctant to think of this as anything beyond another of his spouse's manic episodes.

It’s a girl for Patina Miller!

The Tony Award-winning actress and star of CBS’ political drama Madam Secretary gave birth to a daughter named Emerson Harper Mars on Wednesday, Aug. 9, at 12:50 a.m. in New York City, a rep confirms to People exclusively.

The baby girl weighed in at 7 lbs., 6 oz., and measured 19 inches long.

“They are madly in love with her and so happy she is finally here!” the rep tells People of Miller and husband David Mars, who named their daughter in part for transcendentalist leader Ralph Waldo Emerson. The choice was based on the movement...

For the most part Sofia Coppola has been spared the coded, patronizing, and often frankly misogynist, criticism leveled at movies by female filmmakers. But that was before the June 23 release of Coppola’s “The Beguiled.” While her overall review rating on Metacritic is 77, something about her rethink of Don Siegel’s 1971 adaptation of the novel by Thomas Cullinan has brought out a few knives.

Some cuts are of the double-standard sort. The same people who love Wes Anderson rip Coppola for being a child of privilege and making movies about those of her class. The same people who love Jason Reitman attack Coppola, implying that she gets work only because she has a father who is a famous director. While Ralph Waldo Emerson said that foolish consistency is a hobgoblin of small minds, this isn’t a consistency of foolishness but of critical fairness.

Is there a reason other than...

Okay, let’s get this out of the way at the beginning: Yesterday I published a novel. The title is The Perils of Captain Mighty and the Redemption of Danny the Kid. I’ll add one more fact: The original title was The Perils of Captain Power and the Redemption of Danny the Kid, but there were a couple of still active copyrights for “Captain Power” and although these copyrights weren’t likely to cause any problems, they could, and so Power becomes Mighty and we proceed to the next paragraph.

Are you expecting a little chest-beating here? Not happening. Not that I have anything against some self-congratulation and some of the writers I most admire were not above it. To cite three, a trio of my favorite Nineteenth Century scribblers: Charles Dickens (who, according to one source “thrived in the spotlight”); Mark Twain (who, according to another, had a “flair self-promotion”); and Walt Whitman,...

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Whether he’s reading to kids at the White House, hitting up local bookstores on Black Friday, or giving recommendations to his daughters, President Barack Obama may as well be known as the Commander in Books.

Potus is an avid reader and recently spoke to the New York Times about the significant, informative and inspirational role literature has played in his presidency, crediting books for allowing him to “slow down and get perspective.” With his presidency coming to an end this Friday, EW looked back at Obama’s lit picks over the years...

This article was originally published in print in Fireflies Issue #4: Pedro Costa / Ben Rivers (purchase here), and has been posted here with the generosity of the magazine's editors.Origin of the SpeciesAs the titles of This Is My Land (2006) appear on the black screen, we hear Jake Williams’ voice: a song hum-mumbled that reminds me of my father ironing. I like him instantly. When we eventually see Williams, two leaves obscure his forehead and mouth as if to say, this is as close as you’re going to get, or maybe, aren’t these leaves nice, shouldn’t we all spend more time in the woods, playing with leaves? He holds the pose as though instructed. After a few minutes, we get Williams’ first words as he stands in front of his house in the forest: “If you want to make a hedge but you’re not in a big hurry,...

“Every artist was first an amateur,” Ralph Waldo Emerson once said. However, if an artist remains an amateur in perpetuity, can that artist still inspire many, even if they never find their true voice? “The Room” filmmaker Tommy Wiseau and musician Wesley Willis, for instance, have possibly inspired more open-hearted discussions than some of the […]

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Following the victory for "The Revenant" at the DGA Awards on Feb. 6, I wrote that I was still predicting "The Big Short" for the Best Picture Oscar. I thought I'd hold firm even if "The Revenant" won Best Picture at Sunday's BAFTAs as our racetrack odds were predicting. But as Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" -- that's an English major's fancy way of saying I've changed my mind. -Break- Subscribe to Gold Derby Breaking News Alerts & Experts’ Latest Oscar Predictions So why am I now picking "The Revenant"? I try to stick to the math and avoid knee-jerk or emotional switches, so I did some more math: When the DGA Award for Best Director and the BAFTA for Best Picture go to the same movie, does it usually win the top Oscar? The answer is yes. Below are the 23 films to have...

Sarah Michelle Gellar is one of many whose hearts are broken today, as it marks the one-year anniversary of Robin Williams' death. But the actress, who co-starred in The Crazy Ones with the legendary comedian, honored him on Instagram in an amazing way. Sharing a photo of the Boston bench where Williams sat alongside Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting, Gellar used a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote to summarize the all of the amazing qualities Williams brought into the world. "'To laugh often and much; to win the respect of the intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the beauty in others; to...

It's been one year since Robin Williams passed away, and his former co-star, Sarah Michelle Gellar is remembering the comedian.

The former "Buffy" star, who worked alongside Robin on CBS' "The Crazy Ones," took to Instagram to pay tribute to her friend on the one-year anniversary of his death, using a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote.

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of the intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the beauty in others; to leave ...

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Robin Williams died one year ago Tuesday at age 63, and his fans and colleagues have unleashed an outpouring of tributes on social media to mark the grim anniversary. Williams’ death in his northern California home was deemed a suicide by the coroner, but the tributes focused on the contributions that the “Mork & Mindy” star made to the world with his comedy. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Williams’ costar in the CBS comedy “The Crazy Ones,” posted a lengthy quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson. See video: Robin Williams Gives Final Dramatic Performance in First 'Boulevard' Trailer “To laugh often and much; to win the.

Robin Williams' legacy lives on. Sarah Michelle Gellar took to Instagram on Monday to share a touching tribute on the one-year anniversary of Williams' shocking death. The mother-of-two shared a photo of the famous park bench in Boston where the actor memorably sat during "Good Will Hunting." She likewise captioned the photo with a touching quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson. "To laugh often and much; to win the respect of the intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the beauty in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that one life has breathed easier because you lived here. This is to have succeeded. You succeeded Rw," she posted with the photo. Gellar and Williams...

A year after Robin Williams's tragic death, Sarah Michelle Gellar shared a moving message for the late actor on Instagram. The actress costarred with Robin in The Crazy Ones, and on Tuesday - the one-year anniversary of his passing - she shared a picture of the bench from Good Will Hunting along with a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson, writing: "To laugh often and much; to win the respect of the intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the beauty in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that one life has breathed easier because you lived here. This is to have succeeded. #Emerson You succeeded Rw #RobinWilliams." "To laugh often and much; to...

One year after his devastating death, Hollywood is still mourning actor Robin Williams, who died on August 11, 2014 after he hung himself in his California home. Tributes for the star have been pouring in ever since, and one of the most touching is from his former co-star, Sarah Michelle Gellar.

In an Instagram post timed to the anniversary of his passing, Gellar remembered Williams, with whom she starred on the short-lived CBS series "The Crazy Ones," which aired for one season from 2013 to 2014. The actress shared a snap of the famous Boston bench from Williams's Oscar-winning film "Good Will Hunting," which has become an unofficial monument to the late actor, along with the following quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson:

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of the intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false...

Sarah Michelle Gellar took to Instagram on the evening of Monday, Aug. 10, to pay tribute to Robin Williams on the eve of the one-year anniversary of his tragic passing. Gellar, who starred alongside the great comic legend in the CBS show The Crazy Ones, shared a photo of the famous park bench in Boston that Williams sat on during the movie Good Will Hunting, along with a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson. "To laugh often and much; to win the respect of the intelligent people and the [...]...

Sarah Michelle Gellar took to Instagram on Monday night to pay tribute to her former TV dad Robin Williams on the one-year anniversary of his death.

Sharing a photo of the Boston park bench that Williams sat on in an iconic scene from Good Will Hunting, Gellar, who starred with the Oscar winner in the CBS sitcom The Crazy Ones, quoted Ralph Waldo Emerson.

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of the intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to...

She’s no stranger to accolades, and on Saturday (January 3) Reese Witherspoon was honored at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala at the Palm Springs Convention Center.

The “Walk the Line” Oscar-winner was fabulous in a black Michael Kors dress with pearl polka dot accents as she walked the red carpet and schmoozed with fellow celebrities.

Earlier in the day, Reese shared a rare snapshot of her two-year-old son Tennessee running on the beach via Instagram. Ms. Witherspoon captioned the sunset shot, "Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, Drink the wild air. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.”...

Reese's mommy moment! On Saturday, Jan. 3, Reese Witherspoon shared a rare photo with her 2-year-old son Tennessee on Instagram. To retain her family's privacy, the Wild actress, 38, kept the shot zoomed out, but clearly showed her with her little one on the beach, taking in a beautiful sunset.  Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, Drink the wild air. -Ralph Waldo Emerson Ein von Reese Witherspoon (@reesewitherspoon) gepostetes Foto am Jan 1, 2015 at 7:16 Pst "Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, Drink the [...]...

A ceremony to celebrate Robin Williams and honor "his love for his family and community, his brilliance and humor and his generous spirit," according to a source close to his family, was held in San Francisco's Curran Theatre on Saturday afternoon, People confirms. Williams, who died Aug. 11 at 63, was celebrated by his widow Susan Schneider Williams and his children Zak, 31, Zelda, 25 and Cody, 22, who shared in the touching tribute with hundreds of family and friends, including his Mork & Mindy costar Pam Dawber, George Lucas, Bette Midler, Jeff Bridges, Ben Stiller, Penny Marshall, Sarah Michelle Gellar and others, including Williams's former wife Marsha Garces.

Friends and family gathered for a private memorial for Robin Williams this afternoon.

Friends and family remembered Robin Williams in a private memorial in San Francisco today. A source tells Et that it happened at the Snh Currant Theater at 1 pm today.

Billy Crystal gave a touching tribute to the late actor at the 2014 Emmys. At the time, he said, "It's very hard to talk about him in the past because he was so present in all of our lives. For almost 40 years, he was the brightest star in the comedy galaxy."

News: Billy Crystal's Tribute to Robin Williams

At this service, Crystal was in tears as he opened the memorial. Whoopi Goldberg joined Crystal and spoke too as she was a close friend to Williams in their comedic trio. Stevie Wonder performed.

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This article originally ran last week, but we're republishing it to coincide with tonight’s first-season finale. For the past year, I've been working on a how-to show for National Geographic called Going Deep With David Rees. As co-creator and host, I learned how to make ice cubes, how to tie my shoes properly, how to throw a paper airplane, and how to do a bunch of other cool things — but I also learned, for the first time, how to make a TV show. If you'd like to make a TV show of your own, follow these simple steps and think of me when you win your Emmy.Wear The Same Thing Every Day Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds," which is probably why he never got a TV deal. When it comes to wardrobe, a foolish consistency is your best friend. We...

Some people talk the talk and others walk the walk. Vivek Oberoi, described as a Bollywood actor, social worker, adventure sports enthusiast, poet, pilot and dreamer, inspired over 120 guests to walk the walk as he does so gallantly at the Women Empowered event in support of Sewa Day on Tuesday July 1st.

The event, all organized in just 10 days, and sponsored by Sun Mark Ltd in association with Sterling Media, was sold out and those present were almost transfixed by the depth of Vivek’s thoughts and left wanting to hear more. The event was to raise awareness for Sewa Day, an initiative to remind us that charitable giving is not always about donating money, it was, many a times about donating time – the concept of selfless service that generations of Indians (and many others under a variety of names) have known as ‘sewa’ was being revived to a mass audience.

It's 1969, the King's Road is swinging and William Boyd has a lunch rendezvous with the subject of his latest novel, Solo – secret agent, 007. Don't miss Bond's Q&A

Time travel. 1969. Chelsea. There was an autumnal feel about the day as I emerged from the tube station at Sloane Square. Instinctively, I looked round over my right shoulder to see what was playing at the Royal Court. The Contractor by David Storey, directed by Lindsay Anderson. I hadn't seen that play – but then I had been a 17-year-old schoolboy in 1969, and my theatre-going life hadn't really started. It was strange being back in Chelsea in 1969, the year of the moon-landing, the year of my first summer in London. Stranger still to be going to interview James Bond.

I walked along the south side of Sloane Square heading for the King's Road. The curved art deco monolith of Peter Jones acting as...

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To be a nerd or geek is quickly becoming mainstream thanks to Hulu and Netflix making binge watching a socially acceptable pastime. The social structure is changing to honor those with detailed knowledge of the minutiae of shows and movies from the '70s, '80s, and beyond. No longer are geeks just those who are odd or non-mainstream. They have moved from the enthusiast and hobbyists to the Warlock level, Jedi Masters of knowledge when it comes to the minutiae of their chosen universes. No longer are they just the people who got picked on in high school who the bullies end up working for. The geeks have grown up and taken over not just the computer world but also the movie industry, with folks like Peter Jackson, J .J . Abrams, and Joss Whedon creating homages to the multiverse of geekdom. Technology has facilitated the...

Before the long, slow death of the literary magazine, The Atlantic Monthly published many of the great American authors throughout its early history—and turned away several others. Now the magazine is taking advantage of a vast archive of contributors that includes Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and even some writers with fewer than three names like Mark Twain and John Muir. Via its in-house digital publishing imprint Atlantic Books, Atlantic Media will begin publishing e-book collections of famous past contributors, beginning with Twain, accompanied by an introduction from biographer Ben Tarnoff. Twain wrote for The ...

From the 5:2 diet to Tiger Mothers and the furore over skivers-and-strivers, discipline has become the guiding principle that informs our lives. But is it a step too far when having Ocd and increased workloads become a badge of honour?

We have reached the end game of have-it-all culture. Because I'm Worth It has had its day, and discipline is the new decadence. The Nike Fuel Band, which tracks your calorie expenditure and praises you for an active lifestyle, has more smug-factor than a Rolex right now. The dominant meme of annoying Facebook behaviour has segued from the posting of party photos to "inspirational" quotes (American men – Henry Ford, Albert Einstein, Ralph Waldo Emerson – are especially hot right now). Meanwhile, the narrative of reality TV has changed: bad behaviour in the hot tub, à la early Big Brother, has been replaced, from The Voice to The Apprentice, by Saturday-night preaching...

3) Towards Felix the Cat

“Invention breeds invention.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

When we climb into the family car we don’t think too much about it. We slip behind the wheel, turn the key, are happy it starts, and off we go. If we think about cars in a more expansive sense, it’s probably not all that expansive. When we start musing about how the old clunkers our parents used to drive evolved into the nifty little numbers with their sleek “airflow design” that we’re driving now, our musings probably don’t go very far. Our idea of automotive history may only extend back as far as Heavy Chevies from the ’50s, or maybe Model Ts from early in the century.

What we don’t think about are all those years and lines of unrelated research that eventually crossed and produced what we know of as a car. We...