Created by Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz, Is It Cake? is a game-style cooking-competition series streaming on Netflix. Inspired by the namesake viral internet meme, the show follows contestants as they try to replicate the appearance of a real object in the cake they bake. Afterward, if the judges correctly point out which one is the cake among identical-looking objects, …
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The show is smoothly staged before an appreciative audience, with well-chosen theatrical touches. The simplified sets – café, Jenna’s modest living room, Jim’s doctor’s office – swing in and out, suggesting the locations without trying to be too detailed. In one particularly effective musical number, the furniture from one location slides away mid-song, leaving Jenna on an almost-bare stage, indicating …
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December 7, 2023 @ 8:38 PM Check the metro rail schedule, Angelenos, because Joe Biden is visiting the Hollywood ATM this weekend. The president, alongside First Lady Jill Biden, arrives in Los Angeles Friday and will spend the weekend attending a series of high-dollar fundraisers — up to $929,600-per-person — for Biden’s reelection campaign as well as Democratic National Committee …
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As Israel pushes on with military operations across the Gaza Strip, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said there is “a gap between” what Israel agreed to do in its military operations — prioritize reducing noncombatant casualties — and “the actual results that we’re seeing on the ground.” In Rafah, the southern part of the enclave that borders Egypt, the …
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MEXICO CITY — Environmental watchdogs accused a Mexico-based startup Thursday of violating international trade law by selling a health supplement made from endangered totoaba fish to several countries including the U.S. and China. Advocates told The Associated Press they also have concerns that the company, The Blue Formula, could be selling fish that is illegally caught in the wild. The …
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WHEN Mark Chapman fired four shots into John Lennon four decades ago there seemed little doubt who was responsible for the cold-blooded murder. Immediately after the shooting outside the former Beatle’s New York home on December 8, 1980, the killer dropped his gun and waited for the police to arrive. 8 Was the former Beatle a target of the FBI? …
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Italy has pulled out of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, Italian media reports (Image: Getty) Italy has formally withdrawn from China’s global Belt and Road initiative in a further blow to China’s ailing economy. Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni had previously signalled Italy would withdraw from the agreement, which was up for renewal. Milan daily Corriere della Sera reported that a …
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In 2018 alone, the indictment read, Hunter Biden “spent more than $US1.8 million, including approximately $US772,000 in cash withdrawals, approximately $US383,000 in payments to women, approximately $US151,000 in clothing and accessories” among other expenditures. The indictment added: “The Defendant did not use any of these funds to pay his taxes in 2018.” Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty in October to …
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Times Quick Cryptic 2544 Answers Today December 08, 2023 Clues Answers 3 devouring rook and chicken part BREAST Ally ousting Republican devil FIEND Chap avoiding pained expression gets cut down FELL Cloth in Aragon woven ANGORA Excluding line from fashion causes visual problem STYE Expert’s unbeatable service ACE Explosive reagent claims eastern youngster TEENAGER …
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The Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots are facing off on Thursday Night Football and expectations for the game were as low as could possibly be. These are two offenses that are barely NFL-level. But nobody expected the Steelers to be this bad. Certainly not their own fans. Quarterback Mitchell Trubisky was hearing it from the Pittsburgh faithful. Trubisky has …
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