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New York Times
a day ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Sandra Oh Knows What's Great About Middle Age
During the Los Angeles fires in January, the actor Sandra Oh, like many of her neighbors, had to make a decision: What would she pack in her car if she had to evacuate? Her first thoughts were about her journals. 'There's a lot of them,' she told me when we spoke last month onstage at the Tribeca Festival, 'and I thought: I can't take them all! Do I take the first ones? Do I take the past 10 years? It just makes you think, What are the things that are very, very important to you?' Oh has kept diaries since she was a young girl growing up as the daughter of Korean immigrants in Canada. She wrote about her big feelings as a little kid, the discrimination she faced when she landed in Hollywood in her early 20s, the ups and downs of her 10 years playing Dr. Cristina Yang on 'Grey's Anatomy' and her thoughts around her more recent roles, like the intelligence agent Eve Polastri in 'Killing Eve.' The diaries, she once wrote, are a place where she is 'putting together all the clues of my life.' That life has been a trailblazing one. None of the characters Oh is most famous for were originally written for an Asian actor, including her upcoming stint as Olivia in Shakespeare in the Park's 'Twelfth Night, ' which opens in August in New York City. Now in her 50s, she is reflecting on what it took to get where she is and how she's still growing in this ' rich middle' of her life. It is rare to be able to see a person processing the events in her life even as they are still happening. So it was wonderful when, onstage at Tribeca, Oh read from her diaries for the first time publicly. Then we spoke again, this time not in front of an audience. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon | iHeart | NYT Audio App We're going to be reading from some of your journals. I want to start with an excerpt from a momentous day in your career: your last day on 'Grey's Anatomy,' which you were on for 10 seasons. Ten seasons. It was amazing. April 25th, 2014. Yesterday was my very last day of work on Grey's Anatomy. It was joyous. I waited for my call time. I felt excited and jumpy to get to work. I had my hug from Laura and my first-last makeup from Norm. Desiree and I danced to Michael Jackson in the trailer. It was fun. I passed everything out and wrote some more cards. Grabbed a lousy lunch at the screening. Took lots of pictures. Lots of hugs. Then after lunch they surprised me with the ceremony-thingy for me. Tony and Joan — cake sheet and cider. Very lousy and cheap and wonderful. I'm interested in you saying that it was joyous. This was the end of the biggest thing in your career. Why were you so happy? I'm still figuring out what that decade of my life was. Not everyone gets to know that they're leaving a show. I was in a very, very fortuitous position, and I took advantage of it fully, meaning that I wanted to leave well. And I think that for me, one of the proudest things that I have in my life is how I left the show. I was as conscious as possible with all the crew members and actually even with the public. It was basically to help people say goodbye as I was saying goodbye. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Asharq Al-Awsat
2 days ago
- Politics
- Asharq Al-Awsat
2nd Saudi Relief Plane Arrives in Syria to Aid People Affected by Latakia Fires
A second Saudi relief plane has landed at Aleppo International Airport in Syria, delivering urgent humanitarian aid, including shelter materials, to those affected by the recent fires in Latakia Governorate. The relief operation is spearheaded by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense, marking the 18th flight in the ongoing Saudi airlift dedicated to assisting the Syrian people. This aid underscores the Kingdom's continuous relief and humanitarian efforts to alleviate the suffering of the Syrian population, embodying Saudi Arabia's significant humanitarian role through KSrelief in supporting those in need and affected communities worldwide.
BBC News
3 days ago
- Climate
- BBC News
Norfolk fire service using GoodSAM video app to combat wildfires
Video technology was being used to battle a surge of fires in open spaces during the hot and dry start to the the first six months of this year, Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) had been called to 101 incidents that it referred to as "fires in the open". That is more than three times as high as the 29 in the same period last Mason, NFRS group manager for operational response, said call handlers in the control room were using the GoodSAM mobile app to see what resources needed to be deployed."It allows our operators to see the incident in front of them through the person's mobile phone," he said. Explaining the process to BBC Radio Norfolk, he said: "We'll send them [members of the public] a text message with a link and that basically turns their camera into a live stream so we can see the incident and what that allows us to do is, very quickly and dynamically, to move additional fire appliances towards that incident if we can see it is escalating or growing quite quickly."And on the flip side, if the incident is smaller scale, then obviously we can manage our response to that sort of incident."So we're working really hard to manage the risk and put the appropriate resources on the incident as quickly as possible." Mr Mason said the service had seen a "steady increase in incidents across the county" with 15 open fires since Monday. The spike came amid the driest start to a year in England since 1976, with Anglian Water stating that a hosepipe ban "could still be needed" in the region this Mason continued: "We're seeing a really broad combination of incidents that are involving careless disposal of things like barbecues, cigarettes or glass bottles, through to campfires and bonfires that people are having."Also, some unfortunate incidents relating to farming machinery hitting flints or rocks in the ground and inadvertently causing a fire in a field as they are trying to harvest." Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
CBS News
4 days ago
- Climate
- CBS News
Pair of Riverside County fires force evacuations in Aguanga
A pair of fires have forced evacuations in Riverside County, officials confirmed. Cal Fire said that the two blazes, dubbed the Dale Fire and Bradford Fire, are spanning more than 50 acres in the Lake Riverside area in Aguanga. Crews were battling the pair of fires as one, officials said. The Dale Fire was first reported at about 12:35 p.m., while the Bradford Fire was reported at about 12:49 p.m. As of 1:30 p.m., evacuations were underway in the Lake Riverside Estates area. Precise evacuation zones weren't yet released as of 1:45 p.m., although Cal Fire said they would be shared shortly. Highway 137 was closed in both directions in the Lake Riverside area. No causes were revealed for the fires. No injuries were reported as of 1:45 p.m.
CBC
4 days ago
- Business
- CBC
CBRM to ask province for help with cost of cleaning up derelict properties
Cape Breton Regional Municipality plans to ask the province for help cleaning up derelict properties after fires destroyed two structures in Glace Bay last week, underscoring the danger of old, vacant buildings. Officials say the municipality simply can't afford to tackle the large number of properties in CBRM that need attention. "Unfortunately, statistically, I think we are in Nova Scotia the highest per capita with hundreds of vacant properties, dangerous and unsightly, and in the midst of trying to grow, we're trying to deal with some of the blights of the past," Mayor Cecil Clarke said. "The two recent structure fires in Glace Bay just highlighted the impact of abandoned properties and ... what it means to the bottom line." A fire on July 10 took out an empty warehouse next to an active fish plant and several hours later, a separate blaze consumed the former Morrison school, which is surrounded by homes. Clarke said the cost of demolishing the remains of the former school alone is about $300,000, and that's money CBRM likely will not be able to recover from the building owner. According to provincial property records, the building is owned by the non-profit Glace Bay & Area Y's Men & Women's Club. A CBRM spokesperson said the building was up for tax sale with $87,400 in taxes and other costs owing to the municipality. It went to tax sale three times over the last year and was not sold. It was scheduled to go up again later this month with the price reduced to $7,900, which is a year's outstanding taxes. However, whether it makes it to the next tax sale is now in doubt because of the fire. At Tuesday's council meeting, Coun. Dave MacKeigan got unanimous approval from his colleagues to have the mayor reach out to the minister of municipal affairs to seek financial help. There are roughly 400 derelict properties in CBRM. The municipality removes up to 80 a year from the list, but others get added to the list every year, as well. Most are empty homes, but about 10 per cent are large commercial buildings. Others are former school buildings that once belonged to the province — something that should be kept in mind, said Deputy Mayor Eldon MacDonald. "We do not have the financial capacity and resources to deal with them, and I think consideration should be given that it was their buildings in the past and it should remain their responsibility," MacDonald said. Clarke said he intends to ask for a meeting with the province as soon as possible. The Glace Bay Volunteer Fire Department has been preparing and practising with other departments for at least two years in case of a fire at the former Morrison school. Ten departments responded to the alarm call, providing protection for neighbouring homes. No one was hurt and no other properties were damaged in the fires, but Clarke said the next incident could end in tragedy. "All it would take is a change in wind direction and we could be talking a much larger disaster and a much more pressing discussion with the minister," he said.
