Indholdsfortegnelse for July 16, 2023 i Parade

Here’s what’s on our radar this week. Go to Parade.com/entertainmentfor more. This Christopher Nolan film takes us back to World War II when physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer was tasked with the job of developing the first nuclear weapons. Based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the film tells the story of the team of scientists who comprised the Manhattan Project. Cillian Murphy stars as J. Robert Oppenheimer; Emily Blunt as his wife, biologist and botanist Kitty Oppenheimer; Matt Damon portrays Leslie Groves, director of the Manhattan Project; and Robert Downey Jr. plays Lewis Strauss, a founding commissioner of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. “I’m a child of the Cold War,” Damon, 52, says of his interest in the film. “I grew up…

What made you want to return to the world of Elmore Leonard? We had such a good time doing this show and I’m very fond of everybody involved. We had a book [City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit], so we had had Elmore’s words, and then we had the original team, so that was pretty great. Your real-life daughter, Vivian, is playing your on-screen daughter. How did that happen? She got a call from her dad who said, “Hey, I know you’re looking for a summer job. There’s an opportunity here should you choose to audition.” I just made her aware of it. She always wanted to act, so she took the opportunity. She put herself on tape and sent it in to the casting director and the rest of…

You have to admit there’s something magical about turning 100. “The 100-year milestone shows us how far we’ve come—especially with technology—in the past 100 years,” says author and pop-culture historian Gary Berman. At the same time, looking back “keeps some of the past with us,” he says. From famous celebrities to ancient Egyptian discoveries, here are 20 reasons to say, “Happy 100th Birthday!” in 2023. KING TUT’S TOMB It was 100 years ago when English archaeologist Howard Carter opened King Tutankhamun’s tomb in Thebes. It’s considered one of the greatest archeological discoveries of all time. Inside the sealed burial chamber, the last of three coffins was made of gold and contained the mummified body of King Tut. All around were riches—from a chariot and statues to jewelry and weapons. From…

SARAH SNOOK: FROM BILLIONAIRES TO BEANIES You have to be of a certain age to remember the Beanie Babies obsession that overtook American culture in the ‘90s. For those who don’t recall the phenomenon or who want to relive it, The Beanie Bubble (in select theaters July 21 and streaming July 28 on Apple TV+) reveals why the world suddenly treated stuffed animals as if they were gold. The film is the story of frustrated toy salesman Ty Warner (Zach Galifianakis), whose world was turned around by three women who led him to success. One of those is Succession star Sarah Snook, who plays Ty’s wife, Sheila. Here are some interesting tidbits about the Aussie actress, 35. → Her first paying job was playing a fairy at children’s birthday parties.…

Find solutions to Marilyn’s puzzles and this week’s Numbrix on the next page! Send questions to marilyn@parade.com Numbrix ® Complete 1 to 81 so the numbers follow a horizontal or vertical path—no diagonals. For more Numbrix puzzles, go to Parade.com/numbrix. Dear Marilyn, Why haven’t global efforts been made to eradicate mosquitos by sterilization of the males?—Joe Detrixhe, Concordia, Kans. Sterilization (via irradiation) of male laboratory mosquitoes has been tried, but the effort didn’t succeed as well as researchers had hoped. When the mosquitoes were released into the wild, they were less successful at mating than unaffected males already in the environment. Many other efforts at eradication have met with varying degrees of failure and success but implementing even the most favorable outcomes on any national scale—let alone a global scale—has…