Novelist Don DeLillo named first recipient of Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction Don DeLillo, the celebrated novelist who once complained that as a young writer he “lacked ambition,” has been named the first recipient of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. The new lifetime achievement award, announced Thursday by Librarian of Congress James Billington, will be presented at the 13th annual National Book Festival in September. More
Paltrow named People's Most Beautiful Woman People magazine has named Gwyneth Paltrow as the World's Most Beautiful Woman for 2013. The 40-year-old actress tops the magazine's annual list of the "World's Most Beautiful," announced Wednesday. Commenting on her selection, Paltrow says: "Around the house, I'm in jeans and a T-shirt. More
ACM Awards: John Mayer to Perform With Brad Paisley As he gears up for a slew of summer tour dates, John Mayer will hit Las Vegas on Sunday for the Academy of Country Music Awards. The newly-single musician will join Brad Paisley on stage during the ceremony, which will also feature collaborations from Hunter Hayes and Stevie Wonder, Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban, as well as George Strait and Garth Brooks – among a laundry list of additional performers. More
Daily Variety Goes Out Of Print After 80 Years The venerable Hollywood trade magazine Daily Variety published its last printed edition on Tuesday, ending an 80-year era by beckoning readers to a recently revamped website and announcing plans to launch a new weekly version of the publication. More
California Gov. Gavin Newsom surveys the damage in Pacific Palisades with CalFire's Nick Schuler and State Sen. Alex Padilla. Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty ImagesCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom is already looking ahead to an "LA 2.0" post-wildfire. He said he is "organizing a Marshall Plan" to hasten the city's recovery efforts.
A Dutch pension fund completely divested its stake in Tesla over several concerns. Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesDutch pension fund ABP sold its Tesla stake over Musk's pay and working conditions at the company. ABP disagreed with Musk's compensation package and voted against it in June. The fund called the pay package "controversial and exceptionally high."A Dutch civil service pension fund sold its entire stake in Tesla over disapproval of CEO Elon Musk's pay package and working conditions at the company.
In November, President-elect Donald Trump said that Elon Musk would co-lead a government commission called the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Brandon Bell via Getty ImagesDOGE plans to deploy its staffers to major government agencies after Donald Trump takes office. Two DOGE representatives will be embedded at each agency, The New York Times reported.
A 57th Otaman Kost Hordiienko Motorized Brigade drone operator launches a UAV in preparation for a combat mission in Kharkiv. Viacheslav Madiievskyi / Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty ImagesUkraine has been releasing excerpts of what its forces say is a North Korean soldier's diary. They include a stick-figure sketch of using a comrade as "bait" to shoot down a drone.
Microsoft has expanded Outlook over the years to absorb MSN and Hotmail, and also its Mail and Calendar applications. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesMicrosoft Outlook is an email platform with productivity features like calendar and file-sharing. Microsoft discontinued its old email platforms, MSN and Hotmail, and folded them into Outlook.
Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.