Saturday, July 24, 2021

The Seattle Times Entertainment – The Seattle Times

The Seattle Times Entertainment – The Seattle Times


Jackie Mason, comic who perfected amused outrage, dies at 93

Posted: 24 Jul 2021 06:33 PM PDT


NEW YORK (AP) — Jackie Mason, a rabbi-turned-comedian whose feisty brand of standup comedy led him to Catskills nightclubs, West Coast talk shows and Broadway stages, has died. He was 93. Mason died Saturday at 6 p.m. ET at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan after being hospitalized for over two weeks, the celebrity lawyer Raoul […]

Jackie Mason, 93, dies; turned kvetching into comedy gold

Posted: 24 Jul 2021 06:04 PM PDT


A former rabbi from a long line of rabbis, Mason made comic capital as a Jew feeling his way — sometimes nervously, sometimes pugnaciously — through a perplexing gentile world.

Prosecutors air more claims in R. Kelly case; 1 involves boy

Posted: 24 Jul 2021 11:52 AM PDT


NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors in R. Kelly’s sex trafficking case say he had sexual contact with an underage boy in addition to girls, and the government wants jurors in his upcoming sex trafficking trial to hear those claims. Prosecutors aired a wide-ranging raft of additional allegations — but not new charges — against […]

Want to buy a PlayStation 5? Befriend a bot

Posted: 24 Jul 2021 06:01 AM PDT


Want to buy a PlayStation 5? Befriend a bot. In a pandemic-induced era of scarcity, a bit of automation can go a long way to obtaining the unobtainable. However, you can't use just any bot. Tech writer Brian X. Chen shares some tips on using bots.

Reading recommendations from the past week in Seattle Times books coverage

Posted: 24 Jul 2021 06:00 AM PDT


The Seattle Times has you covered for book recommendations, including the new novel "What Strange Paradise," six brand-new paperbacks and a Neighborhood Reads feature on Magnolia's Bookstore. Check it out here.

AP PHOTOS: At Olympics opening, zooming in on the outfits

Posted: 24 Jul 2021 12:58 AM PDT


TOKYO (AP) — Olympics opening ceremonies generally focus on going big. They love to use grandeur and pomp and big visuals — fireworks, acrobatics, athletes marching en masse, choreography that’s most impactful from a distance or on TV. But when the athletes paraded in Friday night at the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, Associated Press photojournalist […]

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