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By Jon Huang De Anza College’s Student Art Show is online for the first time, thanks to the campus’s closure during the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual showcase is usually exhibited on campus at De Anza’s Euphrat Museum of Art. The virtual exhibition features over 60 student artists. It’s separated into a main gallery and an […]

Legendary Hollywood star Clint Eastwood turns 90 on Sunday. In honor of that milestone, we are taking a look at his stellar and sometimes controversial career. Clinton Eastwood Jr. was born on May 31, 1930, in San Francisco. He was raised in Oakland, after moving from town to town as his father sought work during […]

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Jennifer Winget, 35; Rory Bushfield, 37; Idina Menzel, 49; Wynonna Judd, 56. Wynonna Judd (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) Happy Birthday: How you deal with sensitive situations will determine how well you do this year. Trust, honesty and being realistic about what is doable will matter. Adopting unfamiliar beliefs or popular pastimes […]

TODAY’S WORD — FURBELOW (FURBELOW: FUR-bih-lo: A piece of showy ornamentation.) Average mark 31 words Time limit 45 minutes Can you find 46 or more words in FURBELOW? The list will be published Monday. YESTERDAY’S WORD — PROPONENT pent peon pepo pert poet pone poor pope pore port prep prone prop proton rent root rope […]

Learning players may be confused by the different types of defensive signals: attitude, count and suit preference. (Also, they may be exposed to non-standard methods — “upside-down” or “odd-even” — that add confusion.) But many suit-preference situations are unmistakable. Today’s West leads the three of hearts against 3NT. (The contract would be cold with North […]

No matter if it’s “Jaws,” “The Meg” or “Deep Blue Sea,” we secretly root for the sharks. Sure the humans are the heroes who eventually slay the primal creatures, but it’s the monsters of the deep that catch our eye. All teeth and muscle, they fascinate us. The fins knifing along the water grabs our […]

Join everyone’s favorite furry friends for a new edition of The ABCs of Covid-19: A #CNNSesameStreet Town Hall for Kids and Parents. Tune-in this Saturday, May 30th at 10am ET on @CNN. Learn more: https://t.co/FR7s1Du5og pic.twitter.com/hbzeoYIDtJ — Sesame Street (@sesamestreet) May 28, 2020 Big Bird, Elmo and Abby Cadabby are back to help children cope […]

As if we really needed it, but here’s even more evidence that made-for-TV romance rarely leads to a happily-ever-after: Colton Underwood and Cassie Randolph have broken up. Related Articles Coronavirus: Former ‘Bachelor’ Colton Underwood credits Cassie Randolph in recovery “The Bachelor” duo announced the news Friday via separate Instagram posts, two months after Randolph, 25, […]

The broadcast season may have officially ended — and the coronavirus pandemic has put a halt to most production in Hollywood. But that doesn’t mean we don’t have plenty of fresh TV fare coming our way. Here’s a rundown of premiere dates for major new and returning series in June. (Dates and times are subject […]

By Chris Willman | Variety.com LOS ANGELES – Taylor Swift has taken the gloves off when it comes to President Trump. The pop superstar quoted his risible “When the looting starts, the shooting starts” tweet, which threatened protesters in Minneapolis with gunfire — and received a warning label from Twitter that it promoted violence — […]

It’s time to deal with those really bad #coronacuts. Let’s face it: With most salons and barbershops closed during the pandemic, a lot of us are starting to look a little shaggy. As usual, TV thinks it has the answer. Tonight at 8 p.m., CBS offers “Haircut Night in America.” Hosted by married actors Jerry […]

Churches around the Bay Area have united during this coronavirus pandemic to create their own music video for “The Blessing.” The video features members from more than 50 local churches — from Marin to Morgan Hill and from Santa Cruz to San Carlos — singing on an inspiring new version of the hit tune originally […]