(via Fernando Botero, Artist of Whimsical Rotundity, Is Dead at 91 - The New York Times)
Fernando Botero, the Colombian whose voluptuous pictures and sculptures of overstuffed generals, bishops, prostitutes, housewives and other products of his whimsical imagination made him one of the world’s best-known artists, died on Friday in Monaco. He was 91.
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A New York state judge on Friday ordered Donald Trump to pay The New York Times almost $400,000 in legal fees for a lawsuit he brought against the paper in 2021.
Trump accused the paper and three Times reporters of conspiring with his niece Mary Trump, who has contributed to The New Republic, in an “insidious plot” to illicitly obtain his tax records. The Times published a series of stories on Trump’s taxes in 2018 that revealed the president wasn’t the self-made billionaire he claimed he was. In fact, most of his wealth came from his parents or from dodging taxes, as his businesses continued to bleed money elsewhere.
State Supreme Court Justice Robert Reed dismissed Trump’s case in May, writing in his ruling that Trump’s claims “fail as a matter of constitutional law.”
Reed issued another ruling on Friday ordering Trump to pay the paper and the reporters Susanne Craig, David Barstow, and Russ Buettner a total of $392,638.69 in legal fees.
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Installation of Robert Indiana's 12-foot sculpture 'Love' (1966). The O being lowered into place at Fifth Avenue and 60th St., NYC, 11-29-1971. Photo: Don Hogan Charles / The New York Times
The O in the "LOVE" sculpture being lowered into place. It was cold and the skies leadenly forshadowed rain, but "LOVE" arrived monumentally in New York yesterday in time to gladden the city's face for Christmas. "LOVE," a five-ton sculpture by Robert Indiana, the pop artist, will be on display for the next six weeks at Fifth Avenue and 60th Street, at the entrance to Central Park, where it will be highly visible to midtown strollers and shoppers. [11-29-1971]
Photo: Don Hogan Charles / The New York Times
Installation of Indiana’s 12 foot LOVE (Cor-Ten steel) (1966-1970) at Fifth Avenue and 60th Street, New York, November 1971. Photo: Eliot Elisofon. The University of Texas | src Robert Indiana
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Natalie Brumfield celebrating a decision that would end IVF for women in the state when she herself got two kids out of it is the most conservative woman thing ever.
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Territorial gains of the Ukraine War this year
Despite nine months of bloody fighting, less than 500 square miles of territory have changed hands since the start of the year.
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(via Joe Flaherty, ‘SCTV’ and ‘Freaks and Geeks’ Actor, Dies at 82 - The New York Times)
Joe Flaherty, the comedic actor best known for his performances in the influential sketch comedy series “SCTV” and as a father on the short-lived NBC ensemble series “Freaks and Geeks,” died on Monday. He was 82.
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April 15, 1909
3-YEAR-OLD HOLDS UP A TRAIN
Then Fights Engineer for Lifting Him and His Tin Horse Off the Tracks.
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