Earth Day comes around once a year, but taking steps to make your life more environmentally friendly should be a daily practice. Now that the holidays have arrived, it’s a good time to add sustainable gift options to your shopping list. As more companies turn toward sustainability, it’s becoming easier for customers to seek out eco-friendly and energy-efficient gadgets that are not only good for the planet, but can also save you money on your energy bill....

“I had to go back to live with my parents. Luckily, I was done with the animation,” she said. “But I did have to switch sound programs completely. It came out fine… I ended up putting flute in my film when I probably wouldn’t have done it, because I had access to my middle-school flute lying in around in my bedroom.” “Fine” is an understatement. Garcia-Fernandezsesma won a gold medal at the Student Academy Awards, one of 18 student winners at this year’s ceremony broadcast online Wednesday....

And yet, even before this year, a retraction was starting. The box office in 2019 fell five percent from 2018’s take, the third most from a previous year in over 35 years. That was even with five films grossing over $400 million in the U.S./Canada, with “Avengers: Endgame” alone making $858 million. That retraction became depression in 2020 with the onset of the pandemic, which extended through summer 2021. Since then, the improvement has been significant....

After more than a year of revolving lockdowns, action cameras are a great way to capture the moment this summer. GoPro cameras are the go-tos; they’re pint-sized, waterproof devices designed to perform on the go, whether you’re heading out on a road trip, hiking, playing sports, waterskiing, or scuba-diving. They’re moderately priced, starting at about $300, and we’ve outlined three of the top GoPro cameras to buy this summer. For more camera content, check out our list of nostalgic instant cameras and other must-have gear....

Over the years we’ve seen Sissy Spacek win an Oscar as Loretta Lynn in “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” Jessica Lange earn a nomination as Patsy Cline in “Sweet Dreams,” and Reese Witherspoon win Best Supporting Actress as June Carter Cash in “Walk the Line.” And that’s just the country music biopics. Portraying a musical icon is just the next step in an evolving way to showcase triple-threat talent. Jamie Foxx took home the Best Actor Oscar for his transformation into Ray Charles for the 2004 film “Ray....

Memorial Day weekend means elevated grosses. With more than 4,000 theaters in play and little competition, distancing restrictions won’t be an issue; seats will be easily available. The films will also have the benefit of a public that’s increasingly ready to return to normal. Of course, things aren’t normal. While the theaters will offer little competition for these debuts, they must face off against the first national holiday since New Years Day 2020 in which family and friends can gather in person....

“No question about it,” McKay answered when The Times asked if Dale and Brennan would “definitely be into QAnon.” “They’d be way into it, and they’d be torturing [Richard] Jenkins and [Mary] Steenburgen’s characters with it, and they would eventually be having meetings at the house and somehow QAnon would drift into Jenkins’s work life and the Q Shaman would show up at Jenkins’s workplace. They also would have loved Trump....