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India vs Australia Boxing Day Test: When and where to watch live

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (sports) 

Rohit Sharma's batting position is under speculation in the Boxing Day Test against Australia. With the series tied 1-1, both teams are preparing for a decisive game. India's key players, including Rohit, Virat Kohli, and young talents, aim to perform well. Australia's formidable bowling, led by Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc, promises a tough competition.

Santa Don’t Wear Glasses

Splice Today 

A long time ago, I was tickled to dress up as Santa Claus—the first and only occasion—and was given plenty of stuffing to fill out my thin frame. It was a mid-December morning in Baltimore’s Harborplace at the Inner Harbor—before that once-prosperous James Rouse project went to the dogs—and I was one of the local “celebrities” (as co-proprietor of the City Paper) to spend half an hour in a small booth greeting young kids and their parents (or babysitters) and listening to gift requests, some modest, others kind of on the greedy side. Читать дальше...

Crimes and Manslaughter

Splice Today 

Twenty-one years ago, I saw Mystic River at the Charles here in Baltimore. It was in theater 4 or 5, and was packed like just about every matinee until the 2020s; besides the bracing set piece where Sean Penn discovers that his daughter has been killed, what struck me that day was the atmosphere in the theater—the same feeling that appeared later during screenings of, for example, Syriana, Milk, Fahrenheit 9/11, Spotlight, Goodnight and Good Luck, Shattered Glass, and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Читать дальше...

Political Animals

Splice Today 

I’m not religious, and for my parents this time of year is mainly an excuse for extra decorations, but that’s reason enough for Mom to put out the manger diorama she’s had since childhood. If I were inclined to make myself out to be some sort of Gaia-loving lefty nature-worshipper, which I’m not, I could get a lot of mileage out of reminiscences about the friendly gathering of animals in manger scenes bringing me more peace of mind than all the supernatural claims surrounding the humans depicted near them. Читать дальше...