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Bless-this-mess chefs looking to make something more exotic than green-bean casserole this holiday season are in luck. Fall brings a trio of cookbooks from world-renowned molecular gastronomists whose kitchens look a bit like chemistry labs, with all those centrifuges and tanks of liquid nitrogen used to make carrot foam and whiskey jellies. This hyper-whimsical style of cooking has caught on at many a celebrated restaurant, but are these books–whose recipes call for ingredients like calcium lactate–even remotely useful for home cooks?

My view from the window seat of a small regional jet landing in Midland, Texas, is either a testament to the advances of human civilization or a sign of its impending demise, depending on your perspective. Countless oil wells, identified by their glowing red flames, dot the dark landscape. We are descending into the Permian Basin, the heart of American oil country, where the massive oil and gas boom is changing not just Texas but also the nation and the world.

(There's also "Silicone Valley" and "San Pornando Valley." Clever.) Playboy Enterprises has always based its operations out of nearby Los Angeles, but the sheer size of the adult entertainment industry to the north allowed the magazine to thrive during the sexual revolution. Since the 1970s, the hills above Hollywood have played host to a booming pornography industry. Amajorityof American sex films are shot there in warehouses and private homes, helping the San Fernando Valley rake in$4 billionin annual sales in its '90s heyday.

In July, the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) went on strike, joining the Writers Guild of America (WGA) in calling for better pay and job security, and drawing attention to disparities in the film and television industry that have grown wider in the streaming boom. It is the first time in over 60 years that both writers and actors have gone on strike at the same time.

He was an athlete with a bright future in baseball—but he was also a little rough around the edges. When he wasn’t stealing from other people, he was smoking cigarettes. At just 11 years old, he tried his first sip of alcohol. During his teen years, Maryniak started using drugs. It began with smoking marijuana and drinking on the weekends. Hooked on the feeling, Maryniak forgot about sports and focused on partying with his friends.

HBO Max debuted a trailer for “My Mom, Your Dad,” a reality dating series premiering on Jan. 13 with eight episodes. Yvonne Orji, the actress and comedian known for starring as Molly Carter in HBO’s recently concluded comedy series “Insecure,” serves as host.

As President Joe Biden was going over his final notes with his inner circle and getting ready to debate Donald Trump on June 27 in Atlanta, his wife slipped into a nearby meeting of the Democratic Party’s biggest donors. The Biden Victory Fund and the Democratic National Committee’s financial bigwigs had all assembled in the Ritz Carlton as part of a two-day political briefing that featured emotional pep talks and face-time with VIPs.

Updated: October 23, 2018 11:28 AM [ET] | Originally published: October 23, 2018 11:07 AM EDT; A man who was accused of groping a woman on a Southwest flight from Houston to New Mexico on Sunday reportedly cited President Donald Trump in defense of his alleged actions. According to an affidavit, when 49-year-old Bruce Michael Alexander was arrested in Albuquerque on an abusive sexual contact charge, he told authorities that ‘the president of the United States says it’s OK to grab women by their private parts.

An alluring story about the allure of stories. Max's brothers won't share their collections of stamps and coins with him. So Max starts a collection of his own, of words. He cuts them from newspapers and magazines and copies them from dictionaries, then starts piecing them together to form stories. His brothers are drawn in by the excitement and mystery of the words. Soon all three are sharing their collections as well as the realization that when stamps and coins are put together, you just have stamps and coins, "