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William Frederick Transcends the “Natural Fiber” Cliches

William Frederick Transcends the “Natural Fiber” Cliches

Published by Akaay Pradhan

You expect the latest and greatest in American menswear to emerge from the country’s largest cultural hubs. But William McNicol is a prime example that world-building can happen anywhere. His label, William Frederick, named in homage to his grandfather, has been operating out of Cleveland, Ohio, since 2018. His unisex clothes are defined by organic dyes like coffee and red turnips and produced in small-batches that balance direct-to-consumer access with a modest number of stockists that number close to 20 shops globally. A smaller scale is crucial for McNicol, who can only craft tiny runs of garments like the Studio Pant, made with a midweight, yarn-dyed cotton woven on vintage shuttle looms by Shinchi Orimono in Japan, and the Airport Jacket, made with washed-down linen from Ireland’s Emblem Weavers. But the primary thing that McNicol sells isn’t clothing. It’s a feeling of being transported elsewhere. It makes sense when you visit his studio on East 25th, which is open to the public on a limited basis. “I think it just boils down to, selfishly, extending …

William Shatner, 95, issues heartbreaking statement leaving fans shocked and confused: ‘Let me say this’

William Shatner, 95, issues heartbreaking statement leaving fans shocked and confused: ‘Let me say this’

Published by Daniella Wilson

William Shatner, 95, got candid about the Star Trek franchise in a heartbreaking statement, which received mixed thoughts from fans online. The actor portrayed the popular role of Captain James Tiberius Kirk from 1966 to 1994 on the hit series, and he recently shared his take on the character on social media, who was killed off on the show. The star revealed: “In order to put a stop to the rumor mill before it starts producing even more fiction than Star Trek ever did, let me say this: If someone came up with a meaningful way to bring Captain Kirk back to life, and gave him something genuinely interesting to do that added to the beauty and spirit of Star Trek, I would be delighted to consider it…But that has never come up.” © Getty ImagesWilliam Shatner got candid about the future of his role He continued: “I love Star Trek just as much as all of you folks do. Kirk has been an extraordinary part of my life, and I would never want to bring him back …

Star Trek writer reveals details of scrapped William Shatner cameo

Star Trek writer reveals details of scrapped William Shatner cameo

Published by Daniella Wilson

Star Trek legend Akiva Goldsman has revealed some of the ideas he had to feature William Shatner in his series, Strange New Worlds. The writer has been open about his ambitions for the legendary actor to make a cameo in the spin-off, which follows the crew of the Enterprise in the years before James T Kirk sat in the captain’s chair. Speaking exclusively to Radio Times, Goldsman said: “We had a couple of really interesting ideas. We were going to do one in the style of [The Animated Series]. Was there a way of having Pike’s crew and Kirk’s crew in a TAS universe?” He added: “And then I had this idea, which I did talk to Mr Shatner about, and I think he was interested in it… it was City on the Edge of Forever, had they lived and had Kirk stayed. Akiva Goldsman standing with a Star Trek: Strange New Worlds poster. Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Paramount+ “Joan Collins and William Shatner are still here and still acting, and I thought, ‘Just do a …

How Painter William T. Williams Has Stayed Curious for Six Decades

How Painter William T. Williams Has Stayed Curious for Six Decades

Published by Jenni Sidey

“There’s something to learn every time I go in the studio,” William T. Williams told me this past spring. “Anything that I did yesterday I have to forget, and I have to enter the studio and enter the paintings as if it’s the first time that I’ve had engagement.” He likes to keep the process “as open as possible,” but still, he is always “thinking about two or three steps ahead.” He keeps at it until he has followed “where the paintings are taking me, [then I] just go with that until I’ve exhausted it.” We were standing in his sun-drenched studio behind his home in Connecticut, where sets of windows on three walls illuminate the interior for several hours each day. Williams and his wife, Pat, have split their time between here and New York for the past 15 years, and it’s a sharp contrast to the New York studio he’s had since 1968, which he intentionally kept free of natural light. “I boarded the windows up in the back, because I wanted to …

William Shatner mocks Trump aide Stephen Miller for criticizing Star Trek: ‘It’s bizarre’

William Shatner mocks Trump aide Stephen Miller for criticizing Star Trek: ‘It’s bizarre’

Published by Daniella Wilson

William Shatner has ridiculed White House aide Stephen Miller for his apparent obsession with the politics of Star Trek. Miller, who is Donald Trump’s White House deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security advisor, took aim at the long-running science-fiction franchise this January. The 41-year-old responded to a clip from Paramount+’s Star Trek: Starfleet Academy showing three female characters having a discussion. An account called EndWokeness had posted the video with the caption: “Star Trek 2026… Beyond parody…” Miller added: “Tragic, But it’s not too late for Paramount+ to save the franchise. Step 1: Reconcile with William Shatner and give him total creative control.” In a new interview with The Guardian, 95-year-old Shatner laughed at the idea of White House officials worrying about such matters, saying: “Can you imagine they’re watching TV, criticizing TV. I mean, it’s bizarre! I don’t understand it. I don’t know why they don’t – I don’t want to be political. I’m Canadian in America but it’s enthralling.” William Shatner starred as Captain James T. Kirk in ‘Star Trek’ …

Venezuela Under the Rubble | William Neuman

Venezuela Under the Rubble | William Neuman

Published by Jenni Sidey

On June 24 two powerful earthquakes rocked Venezuela within seconds of each other. While approximately 120 people died in the capital, Caracas, the worst damage occurred just north. In the state of La Guaira, along a strip of popular Caribbean beaches, one apartment tower after another collapsed. Thousands of people died. I’ve made the thirty-minute drive from Caracas to La Guaira many times with friends for trips to the beach. But what I saw when I got there eight days after the earthquakes recalled photos of bombed-out cities. Whole stretches of buildings—both luxury condominiums and government-built apartment blocks—had been flattened, reduced to shards. Here a building fell into a tangle of twisted steel and buckled concrete, the thick floor slabs smashed tightly together. Nearby another one remained precariously standing, but with an outer wall stripped away, exposing a closet of clothes still on their hangers, a children’s bunk bed, a family room painted orange, with the English word HOME stenciled on the wall, the “O” in the shape of a house. I walked up a …

Travelers are flocking to Ashland, Ore. — thanks to William Shakespeare

Travelers are flocking to Ashland, Ore. — thanks to William Shakespeare

Published by Sam Flores

Just 16 miles north of the California border, enchanting Ashland, Ore., has drawn theater fans for more than 90 years. The city owes its modern tourism economy in large part to William Shakespeare. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival runs from spring to fall annually, attracting many of the 350,000 annual visitors to the city of 21,000 residents. Locals and travelers gather to watch live productions in venues like the Allen Elizabethan Theatre — modeled after a 1599 London playhouse, with a three-story Tudor facade — where for one magical evening, they’re transported to Shakespeare’s heyday. While it’s hard to escape the Bard’s reach in the downtown core, Ashland and environs offer much more than theater. Its outdoor wonderland especially is well worth exploring. Or as Shakespeare once put it: “One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” Within a short drive await wineries, hiking, cycling and white-water rafting on the magnificent Rogue River. Crater Lake National Park is about a two-hour drive, and the destruction of dams on the Klamath River reopened scenic rafting there …

William Barr’s Dangerous Endorsement of Todd Blanche

William Barr’s Dangerous Endorsement of Todd Blanche

Published by Daniella Wilson

Donald Trump cares deeply about the Justice Department, and he appears to care about exactly one thing: an attorney general who will do whatever he says, specifically in the realm of trying to lock up as many of his political enemies as possible. William Barr, a former attorney general under Trump and an esteemed legal mind within the conservative movement, also cares deeply about the Justice Department, but for different reasons. Barr believes the department plays a key role in advancing conservative priorities in immigration, DEI, deregulation, the prosecution of criminals (real ones, not just people whom Trump hates), and other traditionally Republican policy goals. Trump’s nomination of Todd Blanche for attorney general has therefore put Barr in an awkward position. Barr has resolved the dilemma by writing a contorted endorsement of Blanche in The Wall Street Journal. Barr’s less-than-glowing assessment of Blanche’s qualifications reads like a grudging employee review that recommends the lowest possible raise. “Mr. Blanche has the necessary qualities for the job,” he writes. “Mr. Blanche has already demonstrated effective leadership.” In …

William Hasley dead: Hollywood writer, friend of Caitlyn Jenner died hiking

William Hasley dead: Hollywood writer, friend of Caitlyn Jenner died hiking

Published by Sam Flores

Authorities have identified the hiker who suffered a fatal medical emergency in Runyon Canyon as 78-year-old screenwriter William Hasley. Hasley was a veteran TV writer who taught screenwriting classes at UCLA Extension. He was also a friend of Caitlyn Jenner and helped write the former athlete’s motivational book “Finding the Champion Within,” according to his biography. The L.A. County medical examiner released Hasley’s identity Tuesday but had yet to rule on his cause of death. More than two dozen personnel with the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a report of a hiker in grave medical condition off Nichols Canyon Road near Hollywood Boulevard shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday. A helicopter was used to reach the patient and allow paramedics to provide urgent medical care. They were unable to save him, and he was declared dead shortly after, according to the LAFD. Hasley hailed from Pittsburgh and played university football before venturing to Hollywood to pursue his dreams as a writer. He wrote on 37 episodes of “The Smurfs” in the late 1980s and early …

A poem by William H. McRaven: ‘The Burden They Carry’

A poem by William H. McRaven: ‘The Burden They Carry’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Wheeling the old warriorsoff the Honor Flight planewith flags and banners,people calling their names. From Chosen to Kabul,from Baghdad to Hue,after all these yearstoday was their day. Oh, the burden they carry,I heard one woman say.I wonder if our childrenwould serve today? But not far offanother plane left,with soldiers and sailors,their solemn duty kept. Nearby, a young wife,two children at her side.It’s the burden she carriesas the plane took flight. And across the seain an ancient land,a lowered steel ramp,a song from a band. A flag-draped coffin.A fallen hero inside.It’s the burden they carried,and they carried it with pride. Emptiness and sorrow,pain and loss.It’s the burden they carry.The unbearable cost. They swore an oathto support and defend.It’s the burden they carriedto the very end. Wheeling the old warriorsoff the Honor Flight planewith flags and banners,people calling their names. From Fallujah to Khe Sanh,from V-E to V-J,after all these yearstoday was their day. A young child wavedas the old men passed.Home to a hero’s welcome.Home at last. It’s a burden they carryfor a day like today.It’s …