Sean Baker’s Oscars Battle Cry (and Mine): Don’t Abandon the Big Screen The director of the best picture winner, “Anora,” urged viewers to keep seeing films in theaters. Our critic hopes the industry listens, and that Baker keeps his independence.

Butchers, bakers, candlestick-makers − and prostitutes: The women working behind the scenes in papal Avignon (The Conversation) — Women’s work may not have been glamorous, but it was vital to the workings of the pope’s court and surrounding city. The post Butchers, bakers, candlestick-makers − and prostitutes: The women working behind the scenes in papal Avignon appeared first on RNS.

Missouri’s win, Baker’s loss: Mayfield rocks ‘Mizzou Grandma’ sweatshirt after OU loss Baker Mayfield honored a bet with a Tampa Bay Buccaneers team reporter, sporting a “Mizzou Grandma” sweatshirt after Mayfield’s Sooners fell to the Tigers on Nov. 9.

‘Milk Street Bakes’ Is a Great Cookbook for Adventurous Bakers Tired of the same old banana bread? Add a bit of adventure to your baking.

To Defeat Russia, Ukraine Needs to Turn More Bakers and Plumbers Into Soldiers Ukrainian citizen-soldiers are in a fight for survival — and they don’t have time to travel for training.