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Two closing parentheses, a “less than” sign, a “greater than” sign, then two opening parentheses: ))((. Anyone who has seen Miranda July’s 2005 feature debut, Me and You and Everyone We Know, will recognize this code at once. In the film, a soulful five-year-old boy, Robby (Brandon Ratcliff), improvises it…

Apple TV+ has ordered comedy “High Desert” that will star Patricia Arquette and be directed and executive produced by Ben Stiller. “High Desert” follows Peggy (Arquette), a former addict, who decides to make a new start after the death of her beloved mother with whom she lived in the small…

Vivian Macleod, a Vancouver educational assistant (EA), was looking forward to returning to her high school life skills class this month. This year, however, she was excited to be seeing one face in particular: a student she had worked with at her last job in an elementary school who is…

Mike Ehrmann/Associated PressLos Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard spoke about the difficulties of being on the NBA's Walt Disney World campus, where the end of the regular season and entire postseason is being held because of the COVID-19 pandemic."There's really nothing to do," Howard told reporters Wednesday. "If I can…

Tony Gutierrez/Associated PressMajor League Baseball has created the framework for a bubble plan in advance of the upcoming postseason, per ESPN's Jeff Passan:Jeff Passan @JeffPassanBaseball's bubble plan is set. Now all baseball needs is an agreement on how to integrate families. News at ESPN on all the playoff locations, what…

Author of the article:Steve SimmonsPublishing date:Sep 08, 2020  •   •  4 minute readCeltics forward Jayson Tatum dribbles the ball against Raptors forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (4) during Game 5 on Monday. Photo by Kim Klement /USA Today SportsArticle contentEighty days ago, the Raptors packed up and left for COVID-ravaged Florida, uncertain…

Phil Foden and Mason Greenwood have been sent home after breaking Covid-19 rules while on international duty with the England senior team in Iceland.It has been confirmed that Manchester City attacking midfielder Foden and Manchester United striker Greenwood will now miss England’s Uefa Nations League clash in Denmark tonight and…

As thousands of young Canadians embark on their post-secondary education this fall, the coronavirus pandemic is shaping each step of their journey. Three students share how university life is unfolding in these unusual times.As thousands of young Canadians embark on their journey with post-secondary education this fall, the coronavirus pandemic…

When The Flaming Lips’ frontman Wayne Coyne answers Clash’s video call, he’s wearing a green frog headband — complete with two googly eyes that’s keeping his salt and pepper locks in place, — a colourful beaded necklace, and the hottest fashion accessory of the year: a cloth mask around his…

In a recent interview on The Ringer’s 10 Questions podcast, Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins—a man who says he keeps a four-foot-tall pile of rocks outside his garage to remind him of his own mortality—explained that he’s not all that concerned about the pandemic and isn’t convinced wearing a mask…