Quincy Jones and Juliet Taylor to receive honorary Oscars
The Academy said Wednesday that Quincy Jones and Juliet Taylor will join Richard Curtis and James Bond producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli as honorees at the Governors Awards this November. Jones, long nominated for seven Oscars, will be recognized for his contributions to film alongside Taylor, Curtis, and the other honorees, with Curtis also receiving the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for charitable work.
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Academy to honor Thalberg winners and Hersholt recipient
The Academy announces five Governors Award recipients including EON Productions’ Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson for the Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award alongside the Hersholt awardee Bette Davis? Wait no. The text notes Jones’s long charity work and the Thalberg honors for EON’s Broccoli and Wilson with a nod to Cubby Broccoli’s 1981 Thalberg honor. Also mentions Lions gate about King Charles III portrait vandalism by Animal Rising at a London gallery and a Magna Carta attack at the British Library.
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Ask Amy Daughter seeks clarity on parental favoritism and future care
Dear Stung, your parents show transactional, unfocused love and you feel sidelined. State your intentions clearly to your mother and refuse to house her if you won’t. Consider involving your siblings, who may have better ties, and seek elder housing options. you owe them nothing if you’ve not received their attention.
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Amy
Dear Abby pregnancy guidance on announcing joy and sensitivity
An expectant mother in her 30s, who faced infertility and divorce, asks how to share news compassionately. Abby advises announcing privately to close friends to minimize hurt for others, reminding the couple they deserve happiness and that supportive friends will celebrate. A second reader asks how to handle a neighbor who dumps trash in her cans. Abby suggests locking cans and only unlocking for pickup. Abby credits Abigail Van Buren Jeanne Phillips.
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Dear Abby
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Jeanne Phillips
Pauline Phillips
DearAbby.com
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Death by own action risks rise among elderly in L A County
A Times analysis of medical examiner data shows two thirds of death by own action deaths among elderly men in L A County involve guns. Experts note screening failures in ERs after age 60 and missed mental health diagnoses, while suggesting upstream prevention and safer means but warn these approaches are not widely used.
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Richard Frank
Center On Health Policy
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Mike Hogan
New York State
Longevity and Art Markoff’s Century of Life and Loss
A close friend recalls Markoff reaching 103, celebrating 100th birthdays and a 75th wedding anniversary. He stayed curious, traveled by bus, welded sculptures from scrap, and mentored a long life of work, art, and plans. His daughter and caregivers discuss end of life, brain donation, and hospice, ending with his peaceful death.
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Brain Donor Project
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