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So is blood clot-worthy not moving around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@sspencerevans/video/7404979330583104814\" data-video-id=\"7404979330583104814\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@sspencerevans\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@sspencerevans?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@sspencerevans\u003c/a> Just raw dogged this entire flight. 24 hours. \u003ca title=\"flight\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/flight?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#flight\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"sigmagrindset\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/sigmagrindset?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#sigmagrindset\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"fyp\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#fyp\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"trend\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/trend?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#trend\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"flying\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/flying?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#flying\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"fory\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fory?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#fory\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"pov\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/pov?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#pov\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ sonido original - 𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑨𝑵𝑻𝑬_𝑯𝑵💀🎶\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/sonido-original-7387531526982814470?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ sonido original – 𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑨𝑵𝑻𝑬_𝑯𝑵💀🎶\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[tiktok]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finding your center by simply staring at the in-flight map seems, simply, pointless. Here’s to a rawdog-free new year. The same goes for that plane seat belt thing where people find it somehow useful (not) to buckle up at the ankles, their knees hiked to their chins. C’mon. That can’t be all that comfortable, let alone safe. Happy turbulence to you all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of travel trends, shove off people curating the contents of your TSA trays. As for those among you who bought TSA trays to conveniently produce content at home. Not cutesy.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Social media hype talk, take a breath!\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>These potatoes. I mean, come ON! Are you kidding me? Wow, just wow. Don’t sleep on these! Potatoes!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Where there are content creators, there’s hype talk. There’s a superlative mountain. There’s fake amazement, surprise, excitement over the mundanest of mundaney things as the race for likes, shares and comments carries on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13908052']And there’s a plague of weird verbalisms that make various tasks sound like battlegrounds: I’m “going in” with the ranch dressing. I’m “going in” with this concealer. I’m “frying off” the garlic. I’m gonna “hit it” with the salt!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much has been made of social media speak for decades. This species is just so dumbly an attempt to make something truly boring sound viral worthy. It spread faster than a runaway money train.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take a breath. We’ll look at you making potatoes. We promise.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Standalone ‘staches, wiggle away\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The chevron. The Dali. The pencil. The walrus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since virus lockdowns offered men the time and space to curate their faces, mustaches all by their lonesome have been on the rise. Justin Bieber, Harry Styles, Pedro Pascal, The Weeknd and Jacob Elordi rocked their ‘staches sans beards on red carpets and social media, upping the nowness of it all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of September 2022, Gillette estimated that 12.5 million men in the U.S. had mustaches. That’s a 1.5% increase from March 2020. The shaving company launched a facial hair-grooming brand, King C. Gillette, to ride the wave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mustaches, with beards. Fine. Freestanding mustaches. Polarizing. Do we thank a contingent of ironical millennials looking to revisit the past for this, uh, trend? What about the unironical? Do we point to Miles Teller’s character in the 2022 film, \u003cem>Top Gun: Maverick?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVcMsjyKlaM\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teller’s ‘stache was a nod to Anthony Edwards’ similar one in the original 1986 \u003cem>Top Gun\u003c/em>. This is not 1986.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Have a nice day.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Dorm rooms on steroids\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Fancy headboards. Custom-made cabinetry. An interior designer. Dorm room decor for some is way, WAY off the rails, leaving students who can’t afford to spend thousands in the dirt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cost of college — tuition, fees, room and board — nearly doubled between 1992 and 2022, rising from an inflation-adjusted average of $14,441 per year to $26,903 across all types of schools, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Dorm costs saw a similar increase in the same time span, $3,824 to $7,097.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hello haves and have-nots. We see you. And thank you TikTok for fueling the frenzy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@hello.itskatie/video/6990691618747649286\" data-video-id=\"6990691618747649286\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@hello.itskatie\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@hello.itskatie?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@hello.itskatie\u003c/a> Comment your college! \u003ca title=\"fyp\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#fyp\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"foryou\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/foryou?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#foryou\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"foryoupage\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/foryoupage?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#foryoupage\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"college\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/college?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#college\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"dormroom\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/dormroom?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#dormroom\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"welcomeback\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/welcomeback?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#WelcomeBack\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"chilidogyumplz\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/chilidogyumplz?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ChiliDogYumPlz\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"liveflowsweatduet\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/liveflowsweatduet?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#LiveFlowSweatDuet\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"thesuicidesquadmovie\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/thesuicidesquadmovie?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#TheSuicideSquadMovie\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"viral\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/viral?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#viral\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ Psycho (feat. 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All you walking-in-place video creators showing off your scrubs and your jammies and your entire wardrobes. Tired content. Cut it out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@verarosalind/video/7396855444674759979\" data-video-id=\"7396855444674759979\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@verarosalind\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@verarosalind?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@verarosalind\u003c/a> which look is your fav? \u003ca title=\"deminstyle\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/deminstyle?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#deminstyle\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"drbeat\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/drbeat?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#drbeat\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"emergency\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/emergency?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#emergency\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"emergencydancetrend\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/emergencydancetrend?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#emergencydancetrend\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"modelsoftiktok\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/modelsoftiktok?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#modelsoftiktok\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ 911 Emergency - Carl\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/911-Emergency-7371044842366978064?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ 911 Emergency – Carl\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[tiktok]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New year. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Well, some of y’all are still putting up sourdough videos, naming your starters, selling dehydrated bits of your starters, spending hours on rises and pull-and-folds and waxing wise on which tools and baskets are the best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The world has re-started. Keep your bread videos to yourselves. Your starters bubble. They multiply. Your dough rises and rises again. Your little razor cuts are epic. Sourdough bread is lovely and it’s healthy and, now, we all know how to make it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sourdough videos? No need. Thank you for your service.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Rawdogging: Dump it both ways\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Depending on who you are, rawdogging has different meanings. There’s having sex without a condom. And there’s the male-driven travel trend of eschewing all distractions and movement and sustenance while long-haul flying. The latter raw dogging spiked in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ve got your hyper-male enthusiasts looking to, well, be hyper-male. And you’ve got your travelers seeking to lock in some sort of mindfulness or uber-focus or, what? Who knows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listen: You paid for that ticket. Enjoy the food and music and movies. Also, not drinking is just dehydration silly. So is blood clot-worthy not moving around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@sspencerevans/video/7404979330583104814\" data-video-id=\"7404979330583104814\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@sspencerevans\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@sspencerevans?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@sspencerevans\u003c/a> Just raw dogged this entire flight. 24 hours. \u003ca title=\"flight\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/flight?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#flight\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"sigmagrindset\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/sigmagrindset?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#sigmagrindset\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"fyp\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#fyp\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"trend\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/trend?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#trend\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"flying\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/flying?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#flying\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"fory\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fory?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#fory\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"pov\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/pov?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#pov\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ sonido original - 𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑨𝑵𝑻𝑬_𝑯𝑵💀🎶\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/sonido-original-7387531526982814470?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ sonido original – 𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑨𝑵𝑻𝑬_𝑯𝑵💀🎶\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finding your center by simply staring at the in-flight map seems, simply, pointless. Here’s to a rawdog-free new year. The same goes for that plane seat belt thing where people find it somehow useful (not) to buckle up at the ankles, their knees hiked to their chins. C’mon. That can’t be all that comfortable, let alone safe. Happy turbulence to you all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of travel trends, shove off people curating the contents of your TSA trays. As for those among you who bought TSA trays to conveniently produce content at home. Not cutesy.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Social media hype talk, take a breath!\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>These potatoes. I mean, come ON! Are you kidding me? Wow, just wow. Don’t sleep on these! Potatoes!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Where there are content creators, there’s hype talk. There’s a superlative mountain. There’s fake amazement, surprise, excitement over the mundanest of mundaney things as the race for likes, shares and comments carries on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>And there’s a plague of weird verbalisms that make various tasks sound like battlegrounds: I’m “going in” with the ranch dressing. I’m “going in” with this concealer. I’m “frying off” the garlic. I’m gonna “hit it” with the salt!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much has been made of social media speak for decades. This species is just so dumbly an attempt to make something truly boring sound viral worthy. It spread faster than a runaway money train.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take a breath. We’ll look at you making potatoes. We promise.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Standalone ‘staches, wiggle away\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The chevron. The Dali. The pencil. The walrus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since virus lockdowns offered men the time and space to curate their faces, mustaches all by their lonesome have been on the rise. Justin Bieber, Harry Styles, Pedro Pascal, The Weeknd and Jacob Elordi rocked their ‘staches sans beards on red carpets and social media, upping the nowness of it all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of September 2022, Gillette estimated that 12.5 million men in the U.S. had mustaches. That’s a 1.5% increase from March 2020. The shaving company launched a facial hair-grooming brand, King C. Gillette, to ride the wave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mustaches, with beards. Fine. Freestanding mustaches. Polarizing. Do we thank a contingent of ironical millennials looking to revisit the past for this, uh, trend? What about the unironical? Do we point to Miles Teller’s character in the 2022 film, \u003cem>Top Gun: Maverick?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/pVcMsjyKlaM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/pVcMsjyKlaM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Teller’s ‘stache was a nod to Anthony Edwards’ similar one in the original 1986 \u003cem>Top Gun\u003c/em>. This is not 1986.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Have a nice day.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Dorm rooms on steroids\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Fancy headboards. Custom-made cabinetry. An interior designer. 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"content": "\u003cp>As is tradition, we find ourselves once again in the heart of holiday movie season. This year’s installments include everything from a snowman who “comes to life,” shirtless Chad Michael Murray, Jack Black as Satan, and two Donna Kelce cameos. An exhaustive list would be prohibitive for both my editorial resources and your patience, but holiday movies are too dear to too many people to skip an update about what’s shaking in this particular glittery snow globe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here, we’ve broken down the highlights of the season, from the heavy-hitters to new franchise installments and goofy titles. There are casting surprises (like stars of \u003cem>The Office\u003c/em>), and Hanukkah movies on the way. Many of these TV movies are out as of Thanksgiving, but we’ve noted the premiere dates of those yet to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s take a tour through some highlights.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>High-profile entries\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Every year, a few holiday TV movies poke their heads above the sea of films made for the die-hards — the people who can tell you off the tops of their heads exactly which frequent lead starred opposite Brandon Routh in \u003cem>The Nine Lives of Christmas\u003c/em> — and become known to the wider population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(It was Kimberley Sustad, obviously. She’s not only been a great lead for Hallmark, but she’s now writing for them, too.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are a few that may reach you even if you are not a close follower of this space. They lean toward Netflix, simply because of its size and reach, as well as the fact that Netflix makes fewer movies and makes a bigger deal out of each of them than some of the other providers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Hot Frosty’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmi794YO-0w\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Social media may have given you the lowdown on \u003cem>Hot Frosty\u003c/em>, which ran for many days at the very top of Netflix’s list of hottest movies. But just in case: \u003cem>Hot Frosty \u003c/em>stars Lacey Chabert (of \u003cem>Party of Five\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Mean Girls\u003c/em>, and roughly 15 prior Christmas movies by my count) and Dustin Milligan (\u003cem>Schitt’s Creek\u003c/em>). She plays a woman who puts a magic scarf on a very realistic snowman who comes to life; he plays the “comes to life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What follows is a very, very silly — but fortunately self-aware — little comedy also starring Craig Robinson and Joe Lo Truglio (in a \u003cem>Brooklyn Nine-Nine\u003c/em> reunion) as local law enforcement. They are in pursuit of the snowman because they believe him to be a dangerous streaker. That’s right: a dangerous streaker. I mean, he did come to life without pants on.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘The Merry Gentlemen’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G80Q8-MJM1A\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Speaking of coming to life without pants on: I’ve always thought the holiday movie market needs more exotic dancers. Netflix comes through with \u003cem>The Merry Gentlemen\u003c/em>, in which Chad Michael Murray (of \u003cem>One Tree Hill\u003c/em>) and some other shirtless fellows save Christmas. He meets a woman, played by Britt Robertson, who wants desperately to save her parents’ struggling small music venue, The Rhythm Room (!).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She comes up with an idea: a PG-13 all-male revue featuring hot men she happens to know in her personal life. My favorite supporting Merry Gentleman: a local played by Maxwell Caulfield, who looked great in \u003cem>Grease 2 \u003c/em>when he was in his early 20s and looks great in this in his 60s. You go, Maxwell Caulfield. Don’t you let them touch your chest hair, either. (This, by the way, is the film that has dethroned \u003cem>Hot Frosty \u003c/em>atop the Netflix Top 10 list as of this writing.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syuN4M-wa9s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Hallmark announced \u003cem>Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story \u003c/em>(Nov. 30) over the summer, it seemed perfectly clear that its intent was to capitalize on the whole Taylor Swift-and-Travis Kelce thing. And don’t get me wrong: That’s true. (Donna Kelce has a cameo — although hilariously, she also has one in Hallmark’s \u003cem>Christmas on Call\u003c/em>, which takes place in Philadelphia. No favoritism for Mama Kelce!) \u003cem>Holiday Touchdown\u003c/em> was also made as a partnership with the team, much like Hallmark partnerships that have existed in the past with locations like Dollywood (\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/christmas-at-dollywood\">Christmas at Dollywood\u003c/a>\u003c/em>), the Plaza Hotel (\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/christmas-at-the-plaza/about-christmas-at-the-plaza\">Christmas at the Plaza\u003c/a>\u003c/em>) and the Biltmore Estate (\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/a-biltmore-christmas\">A Biltmore Christmas\u003c/a>\u003c/em>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13921477']But \u003cem>Holiday Touchdown\u003c/em> is not directly inspired by the Travis/Taylor story. It’s about a woman (Hunter King) whose family is obsessed with the Kansas City Chiefs, and they’re being considered as part of the team’s Fan Of The Year contest. (… Sure.) She meets a guy (Tyler Hynes) who works for the team and becomes the family’s handler for the contest while also falling for her (an enormous conflict of interest, tssk). There’s a magic hat (sure!), there are many (many many) Kansas City cameos and references, and there is an avalanche of Chiefs branding. This one might be a B for regular Hallmark-ers, but it’s an A for Kansas City locals and anybody who’s ever shared a sports team obsession with people they love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And here’s the twist! There \u003cem>is\u003c/em> a movie that looks directly Travis/Taylor inspired, and it’s over on Lifetime. Called \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://play.mylifetime.com/movies/christmas-in-the-spotlight/preview-christmas-in-the-spotlight\">Christmas in the Spotlight\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, it is about a pop megastar and a football player — he’s just not a Chiefs player. Glad we could clear this up.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Our Little Secret’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcc9G9PXTEE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lindsay Lohan was very charming in last year’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13921477/lindsay-lohan-christmas-movie-netflix-falling-for-christmas\">\u003cem>Falling for Christmas \u003c/em>\u003c/a>on Netflix; this year, she’s back with \u003cem>Our Little Secret\u003c/em>, in which she plays a woman who goes to spend the holidays with the family of her new boyfriend and runs into — dun! — her old boyfriend, who’s dating her new boyfriend’s sister. Kristin Chenoweth has the time of her life as the prospective mother-in-law, and Lindsay Lohan is, yet again, a durably charismatic lead who’s still got her comedy chops.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Franchises and sequels\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO2Vov72T3Q\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may remember 2022’s \u003cem>Three Wise Men and a Baby\u003c/em>, starring three of Hallmark’s top leading men — Andrew Walker, Tyler Hynes and Paul Campbell, or as I admit I knew them for a long time while thoroughly enjoying their work, “that one guy,” “that other guy,” and “oh sure that guy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13939153']They were brothers stuck caring for a baby over the holidays. Naturally, we now get the sequel titled \u003cem>Three Wiser Men and a Boy\u003c/em>. This is mostly a straight-up family comedy; it’s one of several Hallmark is doing this year that are not really romcoms even if they have romance elements. And, driven by the charm of the three leads, it’s a lot of fun. (These stories are co-written by Campbell and … Kimberley Sustad!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a side note, it’s been interesting to see Hallmark lean into the popularity of their male leads, who, for a long time, were treated as largely interchangeable partners for higher-profile actresses. They’re even airing a reality show this year called \u003cem>Finding Mr. Christmas\u003c/em>, hosted by Jonathan Bennett, in which men compete for a spot in a Hallmark movie called \u003cem>Happy Howlidays\u003c/em>\u003cem>,\u003c/em> which will then air on Dec. 21.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j94E_7uwYPI\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Also up: BET+’s \u003cem>Brewster’s Millions: Christmas \u003c/em>(Dec. 5), a sequel about the niece of Montgomery Brewster, played by Richard Pryor in the 1985 movie. Perhaps not the sequel we were expecting this year, but hey — long waits before stories get picked up again are the norm at this point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We should also note a momentous franchise retirement: Between 2018 and 2023, Hallmark made the loosely connected films \u003cem>Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Time for You to Come Home for Christmas\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Time for Him to Come Home for Christmas\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Time for Her to Come Home for Christmas\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas\u003c/em>, and \u003cem>Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas\u003c/em>. Perhaps owing to their exhaustion of the most familiar personal pronouns, they have seemingly completed this series.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What is that title?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, the most enjoyable part of previewing holiday movies is looking ahead to the titles that will quite understandably make you wonder whether you are hallucinating — and then assuring you that you are not. Here are some of my favorite titles of 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>A Very Merry Beauty Salon\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 400\">Lifetime, Dec. 7\u003c/span>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Tia Mowry plays a salon owner who is preparing for a charity ball, and she meets a dashing wine CEO, and what’s not to like about that?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>The Holiday Junkie\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 400\">Lifetime, Dec. 14\u003c/span>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Jennifer Love Hewitt co-wrote, directed and stars in this story about a woman who works with her mother as a decorator with a special fondness for Christmas. After her mom dies, she meets a Grinchy man who can perhaps help her deal with grief and also kissing.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>A ’90s Christmas\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 400\">Hallmark, Nov. 29\u003c/span>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>I am deeply wounded by the suggestion that the ’90s are ready for their nostalgia run (I know, I know, you don’t have to tell me how the math plays out), but here we are. This one is about a woman who seemingly goes back to 1999 with the help of … an enchanted Uber? (The description says “a mysterious rideshare experience.” I think that means “enchanted Uber.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Fun with casting\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91L4X-XNBzU\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Confessions of a Christmas Letter \u003c/em>(Hallmark) is about a mom played by Angela Kinsey (of \u003cem>The Office\u003c/em>) who loves her family very much but struggles with her desire to write a competitively braggy Christmas letter about them. Her ultimate goal? To impress the man at the post office who keeps a “Hall of Fame” of Christmas letters. He is played by Brian Baumgartner (who played Kevin on \u003cem>The Office\u003c/em>). So she hires a novelist to spend two weeks writing one for her (uh, I am AVAILABLE FOR THIS GIG). While sparks do fly between said novelist and her daughter, this movie is mostly about this woman’s efforts to accept her imperfect family Christmas as the one that’s perfect for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Holiday Mismatch \u003c/em>(Hallmark) features two moms who don’t get along, who accidentally set up their adult children and then have to try to get them to break up. The moms are played by Beth Broderick and Caroline Rhea, who spent years playing the two aunts on \u003cem>Sabrina The Teenage Witch\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n1GUmAhoTs\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Something quite different: Jack Black’s holiday movie highlight up to this point might be, well, \u003cem>The Holiday\u003c/em>. But this season, on Paramount+, in \u003cem>Dear Santa\u003c/em>, he shows up as Satan (yep), after a kid’s misspelling accidentally summons the wrong higher power at Christmas. Also around for this one: Keegan-Michael Key and Post Malone. In some ways, it’s mostly surprising that Jack Black hasn’t played Satan before now.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What about Hanukkah?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tohd6NlQDXc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the big purveyors of holiday movies do Hanukkah, the results can be mixed, to say the least. BUT. Hallmark made an excellent Hanukkah one last year called \u003cem>Round and Round\u003c/em>, so I have higher hopes for these entries than I used to. This year, Hallmark has two. One, called \u003cem>Leah’s Perfect Gift\u003c/em> (Dec. 8), is about a Jewish woman who loves Christmas (though she doesn’t celebrate it) and welcomes the chance to participate with her boyfriend’s family, only to find things are more complicated than they might seem. It sounds like a tough premise to get perfectly right, but also maybe like a chance for some interesting storytelling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More straightforward-sounding is \u003cem>Hanukkah on the Rocks \u003c/em>(Dec. 13), in which a corporate lawyer ends up bartending for “quirky regulars” at a Chicago bar, goes on a quest for Hanukkah candles, and that’s about the size of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Also of note\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Most Hallmark Christmas movies have until very recently had a pretty consistent soft-rom-com tone, but it feels like they’re starting to branch out a little. I enjoyed \u003cem>The Christmas Charade\u003c/em>, which is about a woman who gets wrapped up in a spy operation. It reminded me of ’80s shows I adored like \u003cem>Remington Steele\u003c/em>, where beautiful and well-dressed people have adventures while flirting. More of this, say I!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The 5-Year Christmas Party \u003c/em>(Hallmark) floats on the outstanding chemistry between Katie Findlay and Jordan Fisher, who play old friends who keep being tempted to make out all the time. It’s lovely and quite funny, and while I was watching this one, I had the thought: “It’s nice that women characters in Hallmark movies are sometimes allowed to have short hair now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ooAi6la7xU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To say that Hallmark has a sketchy relationship with diversity is an understatement, but I liked \u003cem>Christmas with the Singhs\u003c/em>, which tries to engage with difference in a more straightforward way than their past TV movies. This one is about what it’s like to try to manage families with different holiday traditions when they’re joined by marriage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdW5MdKk_-s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a person with a long history of watching \u003cem>The Amazing Race\u003c/em>, I had a great time with \u003cem>Jingle Bell Run \u003c/em>(Hallmark), which follows two people thrown together on a team for what amounts to a Christmas-themed \u003cem>Amazing Race\u003c/em>. Obviously they fall in love, and it’s super-charming. It stars Ashley Williams and Andrew Walker, who are two of the bigger stars in the Hallmark firmament, and it even gently acknowledges once or twice that they’re getting older, which is very welcome. (I mean, it happens.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13922004']If you like Finland, or dogs, perhaps you’re up for \u003cem>The Finnish Line\u003c/em> (Hallmark, Dec. 1), which is about dogsledding. As a person who has parasocial relationships with many internet dogs, including some sled dogs, this spoke to me personally. (Although I don’t think its grasp on the realities of mushing is terribly firm.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So grab a blanket, grab your cocoa, grab a snuggly person or pet or just your warmest sweater, and enjoy some of the standard and not-so-standard offerings of the holiday season.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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They lean toward Netflix, simply because of its size and reach, as well as the fact that Netflix makes fewer movies and makes a bigger deal out of each of them than some of the other providers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Hot Frosty’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/Dmi794YO-0w'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/Dmi794YO-0w'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Social media may have given you the lowdown on \u003cem>Hot Frosty\u003c/em>, which ran for many days at the very top of Netflix’s list of hottest movies. But just in case: \u003cem>Hot Frosty \u003c/em>stars Lacey Chabert (of \u003cem>Party of Five\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Mean Girls\u003c/em>, and roughly 15 prior Christmas movies by my count) and Dustin Milligan (\u003cem>Schitt’s Creek\u003c/em>). She plays a woman who puts a magic scarf on a very realistic snowman who comes to life; he plays the “comes to life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What follows is a very, very silly — but fortunately self-aware — little comedy also starring Craig Robinson and Joe Lo Truglio (in a \u003cem>Brooklyn Nine-Nine\u003c/em> reunion) as local law enforcement. They are in pursuit of the snowman because they believe him to be a dangerous streaker. That’s right: a dangerous streaker. 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He meets a woman, played by Britt Robertson, who wants desperately to save her parents’ struggling small music venue, The Rhythm Room (!).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She comes up with an idea: a PG-13 all-male revue featuring hot men she happens to know in her personal life. My favorite supporting Merry Gentleman: a local played by Maxwell Caulfield, who looked great in \u003cem>Grease 2 \u003c/em>when he was in his early 20s and looks great in this in his 60s. You go, Maxwell Caulfield. Don’t you let them touch your chest hair, either. 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They’re even airing a reality show this year called \u003cem>Finding Mr. Christmas\u003c/em>, hosted by Jonathan Bennett, in which men compete for a spot in a Hallmark movie called \u003cem>Happy Howlidays\u003c/em>\u003cem>,\u003c/em> which will then air on Dec. 21.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/j94E_7uwYPI'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/j94E_7uwYPI'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Also up: BET+’s \u003cem>Brewster’s Millions: Christmas \u003c/em>(Dec. 5), a sequel about the niece of Montgomery Brewster, played by Richard Pryor in the 1985 movie. 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After her mom dies, she meets a Grinchy man who can perhaps help her deal with grief and also kissing.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>A ’90s Christmas\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 400\">Hallmark, Nov. 29\u003c/span>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>I am deeply wounded by the suggestion that the ’90s are ready for their nostalgia run (I know, I know, you don’t have to tell me how the math plays out), but here we are. This one is about a woman who seemingly goes back to 1999 with the help of … an enchanted Uber? (The description says “a mysterious rideshare experience.” I think that means “enchanted Uber.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Fun with casting\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/91L4X-XNBzU'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/91L4X-XNBzU'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Confessions of a Christmas Letter \u003c/em>(Hallmark) is about a mom played by Angela Kinsey (of \u003cem>The Office\u003c/em>) who loves her family very much but struggles with her desire to write a competitively braggy Christmas letter about them. Her ultimate goal? To impress the man at the post office who keeps a “Hall of Fame” of Christmas letters. He is played by Brian Baumgartner (who played Kevin on \u003cem>The Office\u003c/em>). So she hires a novelist to spend two weeks writing one for her (uh, I am AVAILABLE FOR THIS GIG). While sparks do fly between said novelist and her daughter, this movie is mostly about this woman’s efforts to accept her imperfect family Christmas as the one that’s perfect for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Holiday Mismatch \u003c/em>(Hallmark) features two moms who don’t get along, who accidentally set up their adult children and then have to try to get them to break up. The moms are played by Beth Broderick and Caroline Rhea, who spent years playing the two aunts on \u003cem>Sabrina The Teenage Witch\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/3n1GUmAhoTs'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/3n1GUmAhoTs'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Something quite different: Jack Black’s holiday movie highlight up to this point might be, well, \u003cem>The Holiday\u003c/em>. But this season, on Paramount+, in \u003cem>Dear Santa\u003c/em>, he shows up as Satan (yep), after a kid’s misspelling accidentally summons the wrong higher power at Christmas. Also around for this one: Keegan-Michael Key and Post Malone. In some ways, it’s mostly surprising that Jack Black hasn’t played Satan before now.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What about Hanukkah?\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/Tohd6NlQDXc'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/Tohd6NlQDXc'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>When the big purveyors of holiday movies do Hanukkah, the results can be mixed, to say the least. BUT. Hallmark made an excellent Hanukkah one last year called \u003cem>Round and Round\u003c/em>, so I have higher hopes for these entries than I used to. This year, Hallmark has two. One, called \u003cem>Leah’s Perfect Gift\u003c/em> (Dec. 8), is about a Jewish woman who loves Christmas (though she doesn’t celebrate it) and welcomes the chance to participate with her boyfriend’s family, only to find things are more complicated than they might seem. It sounds like a tough premise to get perfectly right, but also maybe like a chance for some interesting storytelling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More straightforward-sounding is \u003cem>Hanukkah on the Rocks \u003c/em>(Dec. 13), in which a corporate lawyer ends up bartending for “quirky regulars” at a Chicago bar, goes on a quest for Hanukkah candles, and that’s about the size of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Also of note\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Most Hallmark Christmas movies have until very recently had a pretty consistent soft-rom-com tone, but it feels like they’re starting to branch out a little. I enjoyed \u003cem>The Christmas Charade\u003c/em>, which is about a woman who gets wrapped up in a spy operation. It reminded me of ’80s shows I adored like \u003cem>Remington Steele\u003c/em>, where beautiful and well-dressed people have adventures while flirting. More of this, say I!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The 5-Year Christmas Party \u003c/em>(Hallmark) floats on the outstanding chemistry between Katie Findlay and Jordan Fisher, who play old friends who keep being tempted to make out all the time. It’s lovely and quite funny, and while I was watching this one, I had the thought: “It’s nice that women characters in Hallmark movies are sometimes allowed to have short hair now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video\">\u003c/figure>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/6ooAi6la7xU'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/6ooAi6la7xU'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>To say that Hallmark has a sketchy relationship with diversity is an understatement, but I liked \u003cem>Christmas with the Singhs\u003c/em>, which tries to engage with difference in a more straightforward way than their past TV movies. 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"content": "\u003cp>Cyndi Lauper didn’t once mention the election Tuesday night, but it hung in the air so clearly that she didn’t need to. For a San Francisco crowd that included Nancy Pelosi in the third row, Lauper acknowledged the past three weeks without once saying the E-word or, God forbid, the T-word. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I never thought I’d be a second-class citizen again, and not have autonomy over my own body because of my gender,” she said at one point. She talked about rock bands full of “men, men, men, men, men”; she spoke of the power in a woman driving herself somewhere, or writing her own songs. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968723\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-27.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968723\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-27.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-27-800x512.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-27-1020x653.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-27-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-27-768x492.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-27-1536x983.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-27-1920x1229.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cyndi Lauper performs during her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Nov. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And, after opener “She Bop” — a once-scandalous ode to (gasp!) female masturbation that underscored just how far American society has progressed since the 1980s — she talked about pretty much anything on her mind, like the ways American society has moved backward, particularly on women’s equal rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lauper is on what she’s promising is her final tour, and she’s so beloved by fans that she padded an hour-and-45-minute farewell set with these extended, off-the-cuff monologues. But it was the songs that got the people to their feet, from the belting Gene Pitney torch ballad “I’m Gonna Be Strong’ to the No. 1 single “Time After Time,” performed to an arena bathed in phone lights. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968725\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-44.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968725\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-44.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-44-800x560.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-44-1020x714.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-44-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-44-768x538.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-44-1536x1075.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-44-1920x1344.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cyndi Lauper performs during her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Nov. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It is an odd artifact of the 1980s that both Cyndi Lauper and Donald Trump advocated for and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsKMb899g2Y\">participated in\u003c/a> pro wrestling. “The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough” and its attendant film montage gave Lauper a reason to shout out wrestlers like Lou Albano, Fred Blassie and Rowdy Roddy Piper. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How Trump used pro wrestling’s playbook and a reality TV show (on which Lauper \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Ie5B6utUA\">appeared\u003c/a>) to commandeer a political party and twice take over a nation will be studied for decades. For her part, Lauper on Tuesday night introduced a song that, as she said, seemed more true than ever: “Money Changes Everything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968726\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1480px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-46.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1480\" height=\"2000\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968726\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-46.jpg 1480w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-46-800x1081.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-46-1020x1378.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-46-160x216.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-46-768x1038.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-46-1137x1536.jpg 1137w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1480px) 100vw, 1480px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cyndi Lauper performs during her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Nov. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In fact, just about any song from Lauper’s smash album \u003cem>She’s So Unusual\u003c/em> won over the mostly 40-and-up crowd. 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"content": "\u003cp>Angelina Jolie glides through the final days of Maria Callas’ short life in Pablo Larraín’s \u003cem>Maria\u003c/em>, a dramatic, evocative elegy to the famed soprano. It’s an affair that’s at turns melancholy, biting and grandly theatrical, an aria for a once in a generation star.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reality is of little consequence on the stage and in \u003cem>Maria\u003c/em>. It’s all about the raw feeling, which serves the movie well, more dream than history lesson about La Callas. Early on, she pops some Mandrax and tells her devoted butler Ferruccio (a simply wonderful Pierfrancesco Favino) that a television crew is on the way. Are they real, he wonders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13968359']“As of this morning, what is real and what is not real is my business,” she says calmly and definitively, making a feast out of Steven Knight’s sharp script. It’s one of many great lines and moments for Jolie, whose intensity and resolve belie her fragile appearance. And it’s a signal to the audience as well: Don’t fret about dull facts or that Jolie doesn’t really resemble Callas all that much. This is a biopic as opera — an emotional journey fitting of the great diva, full of flair, beauty, betrayal, revelations and sorrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003cem>Maria\u003c/em>, we are the companion to a protagonist with an ever-loosening grip on reality, walking with her through Paris, and her life, for one week in September 1977.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The images from cinematographer Ed Lachman, playfully shifting in form and style, take us on a scattershot journey through her triumphs on stage, her scandalous romance with Aristotle Onassis (Haluk Bilginer) and her traumatic youth. In the present, at age 53, she sleeps till midday, drinks the minimal calories she ingests, goes to restaurants where the waiters know her name looking for adulation and has visions of performances staged just for her all around the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Callas is always immaculately dressed and assured, whether reflecting to the imagined news crew (led by Kodi Smit-McPhee) or attempting to find her voice again. Her instrument had famously diminished, leaving her wondering what’s left to live for. The only consistent praise she gets is from her obedient housemaid Bruna (Alba Rohrwacher). It’s no secret that the destination is death. And you suspect that she knows quite well that everything will be a big dimmer when her spotlight is turned off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7_ze9palm0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Larraín has made a lasting mark on cinema with his unofficial trilogy about these famous women with tragic narratives. With \u003cem>Jackie\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Spencer\u003c/em> and now \u003cem>Maria\u003c/em>, his films are also an unintentional antidote to Ryan Murphy’s stranglehold of the grand dames of recent history, which are all style and scandal and little substance. And yet Larraín’s films are not for everyone. If \u003cem>Jackie\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Spencer\u003c/em> did not speak to you, did not show those women as you hoped they would, \u003cem>Maria\u003c/em> will not turn you into a believer. Three movies in, it seems that audiences are either very on board with his vision or not. There is little room for an in between.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet it’s hard to deny that his films are incredible showcases for actors. Jolie as a movie star is somehow both omnipresent and elusive, and lately she chooses to step in front of the camera all too infrequently. Sometimes you wish she could just follow in Nicole Kidman’s footsteps, for whom quantity does not seem to ever jeopardize quality, and she seems to be having fun doing it all, all the time. Perhaps it’s because performances like Jolie’s in \u003cem>Maria\u003c/em> look so all-consuming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13968437']In the film, Maria scolds a fan for daring to question that she faked sickness to miss a performance. He doesn’t understand the total commitment of body and soul required to make it look effortless, which is probably true. Jolie is not so dramatic, at least publicly, about what it takes to create art. But here the lines blur: Character and actor blend so seamlessly, so ferociously, that you leave not just with heightened empathy for La Callas but Jolie as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one of the film’s few regrettable scenes, she’s put face to face with John F. Kennedy (no fault of Caspar Phillipson), whose wife has caught the greedy eye of Onassis. As a testament to the power of Jolie and the script, you almost forgive yet another JFK impersonation for giving her one of the great brushoffs to utter, romantic and withering all at once. Is it all a little much? Of course, but that’s kind of the point of Maria.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘Maria’ is out in Bay Area theaters on Nov. 27, 2024, and begins streaming on Netflix on Dec. 11.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>If you have an avid cook or food lover in your life, your gifting opportunities these days are vast and deep. There are authentic ingredients and creative concoctions in brick-and-mortar shops and online. The global pantry beckons. Plus, in many cases, the packaging is gorgeous!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of these affordable luxuries can be tucked into a stocking, but they also make great presents for a co-worker, mail carrier, nephew or teacher. As a slightly compulsive and obsessive gift giver, matching the right edible treat to the recipient is my jam (another great gifting option!).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of these items cost under $50, but make a big splash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s go!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Ah, nuts\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Two Chinese American friends took the flavors of their favorite childhood treats and transformed them into sweet spreads, ready to be slathered on toast, apples or just eaten with a spoon. Rooted Fare sells spreads like Crunchy Black Sesame Butter (inspired by tang yuan, a Lunar New Year dessert ), Pineapple Cake Cashew Butter, and Chinese Almond Cookie Butter. $15 per jar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Il Colle del Gusto makes some sweet and unusual nut-based spreads with an Italian twist: Coarse Hazelnut and Cocoa, Crunchy Peanut, and Sicilian Pistachio, all blended with olive oil. Swirl them into ice cream, slather them onto toast. Each jar under $10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Related: Sesame lovers will be delighted with either an assortment of tahini products such as Chocolate Sesame Sauce, or a tub of flaky, melt-in-your-mouth halva in flavors like cardamom and pistachio from Seed + Mill. Some great gift sets available for under $50.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The crunchiest\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968674\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968674\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fly-by.png\" alt=\"A gift box and several jars sit on top of a white marble surface.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1361\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fly-by.png 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fly-by-800x544.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fly-by-1020x694.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fly-by-160x109.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fly-by-768x523.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fly-by-1536x1045.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fly-by-1920x1307.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A variety of chili crunch products. \u003ccite>(Katie Workman via AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chile crunch condiments have taken the cooking world by storm, and there are some highly giftable options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fly By Jing makes a large assortment of Asian-inspired chile crunches, and they have some attractively packaged gift sets for the holidays. The mini sampler set is around $20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The aptly named Chile Crunch sells several varieties of their crunchy condiment, including hot, chipotle, mild and original, all for about $13 per jar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Somos’ Salsa Macha Mexican Chili Crisps explode with texture thanks to a whole lot of nuts and seeds. Scoop these spicy-crunchy sauces over everything from avocado toast to tacos — and try the sweeter one on ice cream! The gift set of two comes with a cute spoon for $35.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Feeling saucy\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Chef Patricia Quintana has created a line of salsas, sauces, dressings and condiments that preserves the heritage of traditional Mexican cooking. Treat someone to a jar of Achiote sauce or Pineapple Habanero Salsa (and hope you get invited over for the ensuing meal). $15 to $20 per jar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ever heard of Secret Aardvark sauces? You might be tempted to spread the word. This Caribbean/Tex-Mex line of condiments has a big following for what they call their “flavor that kicks you in the mouth.” There are many choices, including Drunken Jerk Jamaican Marinade, and Aardvark Habanero Hot Sauce. $10 each, with combo packs starting at $20.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Something fishy\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968675\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1854px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968675\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fish.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1854\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fish.png 1854w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fish-800x863.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fish-1020x1100.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fish-160x173.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fish-768x828.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fish-1424x1536.png 1424w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1854px) 100vw, 1854px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A variety of tinned fish. \u003ccite>(Katie Workman via AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tinned fish is also having a blockbuster culinary moment (and in many cases the packaging is super fun). Fishwife cans ethically sourced fish, like salmon, anchovies and trout, from around the world, with some attractive gift boxes under $50.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La Narval focuses on combinations of fish and sauce, such as their mussels in Spanish sauce. Each tin is about $10.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Just a nibble\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Drinks Bakery creates savory snacks with flavor profiles meant to match up perfectly with your favorite libations. Munch on a Lancashire Cheese and Spring Onion biscuit with a hoppy IPA or a sauvignon blanc. Serve the Parmesan, Toasted Pine Nut and Basil biscuits with a whiskey highball or champagne. Choose from small or larger boxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Oil and vinegar\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968676\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1764px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968676\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/oil.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1764\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/oil.png 1764w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/oil-800x907.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/oil-1020x1156.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/oil-160x181.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/oil-768x871.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/oil-1355x1536.png 1355w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1764px) 100vw, 1764px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A selection of oils and vinegars. \u003ccite>(Katie Workman via AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I can’t think of a food gift I’m happier to see than a high-quality bottle of oil or vinegar, two of the most-used ingredients in my kitchen. Bona Fortuna’s selection of Sicilian olive oils is fresh and fragrant, and their aged balsamic vinegars are thick, sweet and rich. The Invecchiato 7-Year Aged Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, for instance, sells for $44.95; Forte Extra Virgin Olive Oil from $10.95 to $39.95.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Metafora olive oil comes in a beautiful bottle and is a nice introduction to Portuguese olive oil. $40.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alvear makes lovely Andalusian sherry vinegars. For the salad makers and Spanish chefs in your life, think about gifting one each of the bottles, a sweet and a dry, about $20 a pop.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Fancy pants\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Tartuflanghe makes all sorts of luxury ingredients infused with white and black truffles. Elevate your cooking game with truffle-infused butters with flavors like porcini or anchovy (about $10 each). Pick up a box of decadent, truffle-flavored Tartufissima 19 for $32. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Il Colle del Gusto makes some sweet and unusual nut-based spreads with an Italian twist: Coarse Hazelnut and Cocoa, Crunchy Peanut, and Sicilian Pistachio, all blended with olive oil. Swirl them into ice cream, slather them onto toast. Each jar under $10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Related: Sesame lovers will be delighted with either an assortment of tahini products such as Chocolate Sesame Sauce, or a tub of flaky, melt-in-your-mouth halva in flavors like cardamom and pistachio from Seed + Mill. Some great gift sets available for under $50.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The crunchiest\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968674\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968674\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fly-by.png\" alt=\"A gift box and several jars sit on top of a white marble surface.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1361\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fly-by.png 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fly-by-800x544.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fly-by-1020x694.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fly-by-160x109.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fly-by-768x523.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fly-by-1536x1045.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fly-by-1920x1307.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A variety of chili crunch products. \u003ccite>(Katie Workman via AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chile crunch condiments have taken the cooking world by storm, and there are some highly giftable options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fly By Jing makes a large assortment of Asian-inspired chile crunches, and they have some attractively packaged gift sets for the holidays. The mini sampler set is around $20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The aptly named Chile Crunch sells several varieties of their crunchy condiment, including hot, chipotle, mild and original, all for about $13 per jar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Somos’ Salsa Macha Mexican Chili Crisps explode with texture thanks to a whole lot of nuts and seeds. Scoop these spicy-crunchy sauces over everything from avocado toast to tacos — and try the sweeter one on ice cream! The gift set of two comes with a cute spoon for $35.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Feeling saucy\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Chef Patricia Quintana has created a line of salsas, sauces, dressings and condiments that preserves the heritage of traditional Mexican cooking. Treat someone to a jar of Achiote sauce or Pineapple Habanero Salsa (and hope you get invited over for the ensuing meal). $15 to $20 per jar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ever heard of Secret Aardvark sauces? You might be tempted to spread the word. This Caribbean/Tex-Mex line of condiments has a big following for what they call their “flavor that kicks you in the mouth.” There are many choices, including Drunken Jerk Jamaican Marinade, and Aardvark Habanero Hot Sauce. $10 each, with combo packs starting at $20.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Something fishy\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968675\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1854px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968675\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fish.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1854\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fish.png 1854w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fish-800x863.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fish-1020x1100.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fish-160x173.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fish-768x828.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/fish-1424x1536.png 1424w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1854px) 100vw, 1854px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A variety of tinned fish. \u003ccite>(Katie Workman via AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tinned fish is also having a blockbuster culinary moment (and in many cases the packaging is super fun). Fishwife cans ethically sourced fish, like salmon, anchovies and trout, from around the world, with some attractive gift boxes under $50.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La Narval focuses on combinations of fish and sauce, such as their mussels in Spanish sauce. Each tin is about $10.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Just a nibble\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Drinks Bakery creates savory snacks with flavor profiles meant to match up perfectly with your favorite libations. Munch on a Lancashire Cheese and Spring Onion biscuit with a hoppy IPA or a sauvignon blanc. Serve the Parmesan, Toasted Pine Nut and Basil biscuits with a whiskey highball or champagne. Choose from small or larger boxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Oil and vinegar\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968676\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1764px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968676\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/oil.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1764\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/oil.png 1764w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/oil-800x907.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/oil-1020x1156.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/oil-160x181.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/oil-768x871.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/oil-1355x1536.png 1355w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1764px) 100vw, 1764px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A selection of oils and vinegars. \u003ccite>(Katie Workman via AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I can’t think of a food gift I’m happier to see than a high-quality bottle of oil or vinegar, two of the most-used ingredients in my kitchen. Bona Fortuna’s selection of Sicilian olive oils is fresh and fragrant, and their aged balsamic vinegars are thick, sweet and rich. The Invecchiato 7-Year Aged Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, for instance, sells for $44.95; Forte Extra Virgin Olive Oil from $10.95 to $39.95.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Metafora olive oil comes in a beautiful bottle and is a nice introduction to Portuguese olive oil. $40.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alvear makes lovely Andalusian sherry vinegars. For the salad makers and Spanish chefs in your life, think about gifting one each of the bottles, a sweet and a dry, about $20 a pop.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Fancy pants\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Tartuflanghe makes all sorts of luxury ingredients infused with white and black truffles. Elevate your cooking game with truffle-infused butters with flavors like porcini or anchovy (about $10 each). Pick up a box of decadent, truffle-flavored Tartufissima 19 for $32. 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"content": "\u003cp>Do you have a someone in your life who plays Vulture’s Cinematrix game every morning? Or maybe they have the kitchen television turned to Turner Classic Movies all day and make a point of organizing Oscar polls at work? Hate to break it to you: They might be a hard-to-please cinephile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while you might not want to get into a winless debate over the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13967891/juror-2-movie-review-legal-thriller-clint-eastwood-nicholas-hoult\">\u003cem>Juror No. 2\u003c/em>\u003c/a> release or the merits of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13965555/megalopolis-francis-ford-coppola-review\">\u003cem>Megalopolis\u003c/em>\u003c/a> with said person, they don’t have to be hard to buy gifts for. The Associated Press has gathered up some of the best items out there to keep any movie lover stylish and informed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Interstellar’ 4K UHD\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYVxnPmb15E\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Christopher Nolan dreams up his next film, fans can tide themselves over by revisiting his modern classic \u003cem>Interstellar\u003c/em>, which will be back in IMAX theaters on the weekend of Dec. 6, followed by the home release of a new collector’s edition on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray ($59.95). A third disc in the set, available Dec. 10, contains more than two hours of bonus content, like a never-before-seen storyboard sequence, and new interviews with Nolan, producer Emma Thomas and famous fans Peter Jackson and Denis Villeneuve.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A ‘Matrix’ hoodie\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has an exclusive new \u003cem>Matrix\u003c/em> sweatshirt for sale in conjunction with its Cyberpunk exhibition. Brain Dead Studios designed and created several items, including the \u003ca href=\"https://academymuseumstore.org/products/the-matrix-hoodie?variant=44461479526577\">black hoodie\u003c/a> ($140), a white rabbit tee ($54) and a pint glass ($18).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>An Academy Museum exhibition catalog\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you can’t make it to Los Angeles to check out the \u003cem>Color in Motion\u003c/em> exhibit for yourself, the Academy Museum also has a beautiful new companion book for sale ($55) charting the development of color technology in film and its impact. It includes photos from films like \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/the-red-shoes-about/12909/\">\u003cem>The Red Shoes\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/11694/10-films-you-need-to-see-to-have-a-conversation-in-san-francisco\">\u003cem>Vertigo\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/102906/50-years-later-2001-a-space-odyssey-is-still-a-cinematic-landmark\">\u003cem>2001: A Space Odyssey\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, and images of rare prints from the silent era. 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But thankfully that didn’t deter writer Carrie Courogen, who did a remarkable job stitching together the life of one of our culture’s most fascinating, and prickly, talents. \u003cem>Miss May Does Not Exist\u003c/em> is full of delightful anecdotes about the sharp and satirical comedian who gained fame as one half of Nichols and May and went on to direct films like \u003cem>The Heartbreak Kid\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Mikey and Nicky\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Courogen writes about May’s successes, flops and her legendary scuffles with the Hollywood establishment. It’s a vital companion to Mark Harris’ biography of Mike Nichols. Macmillan. $30.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A status tote\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Want to look like a real film festival warrior, the kind who sees five movies a day, files a review and still manages to make the late-night karaoke party? 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Manhattan’s coolest movie theater is starting a biannual print publication “for cinephiles and cultural connoisseurs alike.” The first issue’s cover art is by cinematographer Ed Lachman (\u003cem>Carol\u003c/em>), and contributors include the likes of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13935619/in-daniel-clowes-monica-grief-nefarious-hippies-and-a-personal-apocalypse\">Daniel Clowes\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13860690/midsommar-shines-a-solstice-nightmare-unfolds-in-broad-daylight\">Ari Aster\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13954796/steve-martin-apple-tv-documentary-then-now-stand-up\">Steve Martin\u003c/a> and Simon Rex. There’s also a conversation with \u003ca href=\"https://video.kqed.org/video/clint-eastwood-for-the-mule-ejnwjt/\">Clint Eastwood\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968623\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1309px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968623\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/blood-freak.png\" alt=\"A 1970s-era slasher movie poster, featuring a beautiful woman being dragged away by a man-sized turkey.\" width=\"1309\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/blood-freak.png 1309w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/blood-freak-800x1222.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/blood-freak-1020x1558.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/blood-freak-160x244.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/blood-freak-768x1173.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/blood-freak-1005x1536.png 1005w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1309px) 100vw, 1309px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Blood Freak.’ Yes, that is a man-turkey kidnapping a woman. Just go with it. \u003ccite>(Clamil Productions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As we all know (and probably try to ignore as much as possible), this is an extremely bad time of year to be a turkey. As such, you might be wondering this \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/thanksgiving\">Thanksgiving\u003c/a> how best to distract the very sad herbivores in your life. Fortunately, we have a suggestion! It’s called \u003cem>Blood Freak\u003c/em>: a preposterous (and occasionally gory) slasher flick from 1972. Better yet: the character at the center of the movie has the head of a turkey and a thirst for human blood. (A turkey? Turning the tables on us? Doesn’t that sound like fun? Anyone? No?)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m getting ahead of myself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our story begins with our leading man/future turkey (his name is Herschell) riding his motorcycle on a freeway. He pulls over to help a beautiful young woman named Angel who has a flat tire, and the two hit it off. Herschell has recently returned from Vietnam and is trying his darnedest to look like Vegas-era Elvis, which I genuinely didn’t know was a thing that anyone did unless they were kind of joking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968622\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968622\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve.png\" alt=\"A brooding man wearing a black shirt stands, black hair blowing in the breeze.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1112\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve.png 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve-800x445.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve-1020x567.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve-160x89.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve-768x427.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve-1536x854.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve-1038x576.png 1038w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve-1920x1068.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">See what I mean? \u003ccite>(Clamil Productions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Naturally, this being the 1970s, Herschell and Angel immediately go to a drug-fueled party at Angel’s sister Ann’s house. For some reason, hanging out in this den of iniquity is the elderly owner of a turkey farm. (Don’t ask questions!) And for some reason, he immediately offers Herschell a job. (Seems totally fine!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angel won’t stop talking about the Bible and is less fun than she looks, so Herschell does sex with Ann instead and smokes mysterious drugs that Ann provides. Hours later, Herschell finds himself sweating and writhing around in pain on Ann’s leopard-print waterbed. (You heard me…) Ann gives him more unspecified drugs to smoke, which immediately makes him feel better. Herschell then angrily declares that he is “hooked,” which is kind of amazing if you know anything at all about how drugs work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the morning, Herschell heads to the poultry farm, where his job involves eating turkey that has been chemically altered for government-related testing reasons. A variety of men wearing white lab coats are as vague as possible about the reasons for this, lest this movie make any salient points about anything whatsoever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13879754']After Herschell eats the chemically enhanced turkey, he immediately passes out in the grass and starts having seizures. When Herschell wakes up hours later, he has turned into a turkey himself — but only from the neck up because special effects are expensive. (See also: \u003ca href=\"https://kalamazoomuseum.org/full-calendar/the-fly-1958\">the grand finale of 1958’s \u003cem>The Fly\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.) Herschell stumbles back to Ann’s (on foot, which kind of sucks because I really wanted to see a turkey riding a motorcycle today).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because his mouth only makes “gobble-gobble” noises now, Herschell passes Ann handwritten notes explaining that he’s turned into a turkey mutant. Which is fairly obvious because he looks like this now:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968625\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1470px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968625\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/hersh.png\" alt=\"A man's body with the head of an evil-looking turkey.\" width=\"1470\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/hersh.png 1470w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/hersh-800x1088.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/hersh-1020x1388.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/hersh-160x218.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/hersh-768x1045.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/hersh-1129x1536.png 1129w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1470px) 100vw, 1470px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">It’s a man-turkey. And he wants to drink your blood. But only if you do drugs. It’s complicated, okay? \u003ccite>(Clamil Productions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ann takes all of this pretty well and calmly makes a (frankly brilliant) speech about whether or not their kids are going to look like turkeys now. (Aside from another scene in which an attempted rapist has his leg sawn off, this is my favorite moment in the entire movie. Turkey-headed children, for the win!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13939927']Off the cuff entirely, Herschell decides to go on a killing spree, specifically targeting drug users and then drinking their blood. (One of them is a lady he called “a tramp” at the drug party, so she obviously deserves this.) When Herschell murders ladies, the same (short) scream track plays on a loop over and over again in the background and we’re not supposed to notice. Which is actually a lot more fun than it sounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herschell does not have an efficient system for gathering and drinking his victims’ blood, so just cups his hands into the stream and does a slurping thing with his giant beak. GET YOURSELF A BUCKET, TURKEY-HERSCHELL. YOU’RE WASTING SO MUCH DRUG-BLOOD.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968628\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968628\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/turkey-murder.png\" alt=\"A man in a white t-shirt and jeans stands stunned while a man with a turkey head grips him by the neck.\" width=\"900\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/turkey-murder.png 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/turkey-murder-800x564.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/turkey-murder-160x113.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/turkey-murder-768x541.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Herschell the turkey-man, doing an attack. \u003ccite>(Clamil Productions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I don’t want to spoil the ending, but it involves finding sobriety, God and a nice pier to stand on. Also, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the fact that this entire movie is sporadically interrupted by a guy in a shiny shirt, smoking a cigarette from behind a desk and trying desperately to provide sensible, \u003cem>Twilight Zone\u003c/em>-esque commentary. (This is not very successful. In part because this gentleman is reading his lines off a piece of paper. Also in part because he resembles what would happen if Christopher Lee and Ron Jeremy combined forces to become one human.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shiny shirt guy’s real name is Brad F. Grinter and he co-wrote and co-directed \u003cem>Blood Freak\u003c/em> with Steve Hawkes. And guess who played Herschell? Steve Hawkes, that’s who! Which means Hawkes and Grinter actually did all of this to themselves, on purpose, entirely willingly. And for that? We should all be grateful.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘Blood Freak’ is streaming for free on \u003ca href=\"https://watch.plex.tv/watch/movie/blood-freak\">Plex\u003c/a> right now.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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And what if there was a way to determine which notes could be produced, by marking each glass like a measuring cup? Well, that’s exactly what they did. Compose a symphony of one with these wine glasses. $68.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Clear the way\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A recent trend in venue security is the clear-bag policy. The goal is to streamline bag checks upon entry, making the process safer and faster. If you’re looking for a great gift for a loved one who plans their life around stadium and arena shows, look no further. The clear bag is an alternative to shoving everything in your pockets and clutching your smartphone to your palm. 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The \u003cem>Other Realms\u003c/em> is what sets it apart. Building on the original album’s roots-based theme, half of the set explores other Costello recording adventures in the United States — many from the 2000s — with alternate versions and previously unreleased tracks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Highlights are duets with Lucinda Williams and Emmylou Harris, and the often overlooked “April 5th” song with Rosanne Cash and the late Kris Kristofferson. Inventive and full of buried treasures, the box is an enriching look back — and a great gift. $139.98.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Learn Korean!\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There’s no better gift to give or receive than one that expands horizons. In \u003cem>Learn! Korean with BTS\u003c/em>, K-pop fans can discover a new language through their love of BTS and members Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook. The book package teaches Korean consonants and vowels, using the names and songs of BTS. 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