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Image: Erin Schaff-Pool (Getty Images)While the rest of us were Venmo-ing our friends for the dinner check, an aide to conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was apparently receiving payments on the app from lawyers that appeared before the high court.Gizmodo's Favorite New EmojisThe Guardian reports that the aide, Rajan Vasisht, served Thomasfrom July 2019 to July 2021 and received at least seven payments from lawyers via Venmo during November and December 2019. One of the lawyers in question is Patrick…

Good morning. I’m Paul Thornton, and it is Saturday, April 15, 2023. If you live outside three sparsely populated counties in California’s far north, then today is not Tax Day for you — you have until Oct. 16 to file. Let’s look back at the week in Opinion.If Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is a man who tells the truth, then he must have felt great pain vacationing with Texas billionaire Harlan Crow on the Republican donor’s superyacht, at his private resort in New York’s Adirondack Mountains or flying on his…

I am shocked, shocked to find that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ commitment to originalism — that is, the belief that legal texts should be interpreted as they were understood when they were adopted — comes to a screeching halt the minute he slides off the bench.When Congress passed the Ethics in Government Act in 1978, which requires government officials to report gifts, I’m pretty sure legislators had in mind exactly the sort of relationship Thomas has with the Republican megadonor and Nazi memorabilia…

To the editor: I admire Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for his independence. He has been enjoying lavish gifts from his friend, Harlan Crow, a billionaire Republican donor with no business before the court. He has not reported any of these gifts on his financial disclosure forms, as required by law.What a hero! Thomas has ignored the rules that constrain lesser judges. He has taken the gifts he wants without any regard for public perception or accountability. He has followed the advice of unnamed colleagues and…

Photo: Steven Henry (Getty Images)Buddy the elf traveled across “the seven levels of the candy cane forest, through the sea of swirly-twirly gum drops, and then ... through the Lincoln Tunnel” to find his dad after the man who raised him, Papa Elf, tells him he was adopted.When he finally finds Walter, his birth father and the editor of a highly successful New York City book publisher, chaos ensues. Although Buddy’s interests are considered widely unpopular, such as living off the elves’ four main food groups, candy,…

Hollywood star Clarence Gilyard Jr., best known for his roles in projects like `Walker, Texas Ranger` and `Die Hard` has passed away at 66. According to Variety, a US-based news outlet, no further details about his death are available at this time. In a statement, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, acknowledged Gilyard`s passing. Gilyard was a professor of theatre and film at UNLV`s College of Fine Arts. "Professor Gilyard was a beacon of light and strength for everyone around him," UNLV film chair Heather Addison…

The film and television actor Clarence Gilyard – who was known for supporting roles in the movies Top Gun and Die Hard and for starring in the TV show Walker, Texas Ranger – has died, according to the university where he taught. He was 66.Gilyard reportedly had long been ill, but no other details were immediately available when the college of fine arts at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) announced his death in a news release on Monday afternoon.Adrian Pasdar and Clarence Gilyard in Top Gun. Photograph: CBS Photo…

Clarence Gilyard Jr., who action fans will recognize from playing the terrorist computer hacker in Die Hard and naval office ‘Sundown’ in Top Gun, has died at the age of 66. Gilyard’s appearance in two of the most iconic movies of the 1980s ensured him a place in cinematic history, though his achievements go way beyond the silver screen. At the time of his death, he was working as an associate professor at the College of Fine Arts at the University of Nevada. That teaching position came after a 25-year-long career in…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeDie Hard star Clarence Gilyard Jr has died.The actor – also known for his role in the TV series Walker, Texas Ranger – was 66 years old.No further details surrounding his death have been made public.Gilyard’s death was confirmed by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he had been working as a film and theatre professor at the UNLV College of Fine Arts, according to Variety.The…

Amid all the attention recently to “Trumpty Dumpty’s” do-over presidential candidacy, the midterm elections and Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s semi-farewell, one bit of Washington news was overshadowed but shouldn’t be. As with Donald Trump, we must not become inured to this other newsmaker’s travesties.I’m talking about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.Thomas has done it again. Last weekthe longest-serving justice on the nation’s highest court defied widespread calls from legal experts that he recuse himself from cases that…