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Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist and former Caltech president David Baltimore—who found himself at the center of controversial allegations of fraud against a co-author—has died at 87 from cancer complications. He shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology for his work upending the then-consensus that cellular information flowed only in one direction. Baltimore is survived by his wife of 57 years, …

Private detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) might just turn out to be Rian Johnson’s greatest creation. Introduced in 2019’s Knives Out, Blanc’s syrupy Southern drawl and idiosyncratic approach to solving a mysterious New England death charmed audiences worldwide and launched a modern whodunnit franchise. The third installment in the series, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, has already …

Benoit Blanc’s latest mystery requires him to team up with a hot priest. No, not the Hot Priest, though Andrew Scott is hanging around. The latest cussing, unconventional hot priest is played by Josh O’Connor, who helps Blanc (Daniel Craig) investigate the death of Monsignor Wicks (Josh Brolin). “This is a holy mystery… unsolvable,” Glenn Close says rapturously in the …

The sister of Timberwolves player Naz Reid was shot and killed in New Jersey on Saturday morning, according to a source close to the situation. Toraya Reid, 28, was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds near the exit of an apartment building in Jackson Township, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office. Jackson Township police officers responded after receiving calls …

In 2003, the Nobel Prize winner David Baltimore, then president of Caltech, paused to reflect on his role as one of the world’s most decorated scientists. “People keep e-mailing me to ask, ‘What is the meaning of life?’” Baltimore told an interviewer, with amusement. “And they want me to e-mail them back quickly with an answer!” Baltimore was then 65, …

TORONTO (AP) — For the third time, the knives were out at the Toronto International Film Festival. Rian Johnson on Saturday night premiered the third movie in his whodunit series, “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.” Like the previous two movies, “Knives Out” and “Glass Onion,” Johnson brought a cavalcade of stars to Toronto’s Princess of Wales Theatre …

“Can I get an ‘Amen?’” Rian Johnson bellowed while welcoming a packed house to the world premiere of his third “Knives Out” installment, “Wake Up Dead Man,” on Saturday night at the Toronto Film Festival.  The crowd generously complied, but their early shouts of “amen” paled in comparison to the laughs and cheers that echoed through the theater for much …

Davey Johnson, who made the final out of the 1969 World Series as the Mets won their first world championship and who guided the franchise to its second and most recent World Series title as the team’s manager 17 seasons later, died on Friday, per team historian Jay Horwitz. He was 82. A second baseman with the Orioles on that …

Rian Johnson‘s hotly anticipated Knives Out threequel Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery had its world premiere in the Special Presentations section of the Toronto Film Festival, and the entertainment world’s film critics are already praising it as a successful entry into the whodunit franchise canon. Reviewers laud the murder-mystery’s Gothic elements, contrasting the Netflix movie’s more somber tone …

The sudden death of a Microsoft engineer at work has reignited scrutiny on an overworking crisis plaguing America’s high-stress jobs. The family of Pratik Pandey, 35, slammed the tech firm for running the ‘bright, hardworking young man’ into the ground, and said he was often made to work well into the night. Initial reports from the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner …