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Oakwood Homes CEO Pat Hamill lists Cherry Creek mansion, one-time town hall, for $15M

As one of Colorado’s largest homebuilders, Pat Hamill knows the tricks and tools to make a house a home. The CEO of Oakwood Homes renovated his own residence at 400 Saint Paul St. in Cherry Creek, adding a three-car garage with subterranean storage space that can fit 10 cars, an event space and a finished basement with two climate-controlled wine cellars, a theater and a hidden speakeasy. Now, he’s selling the 13,656-square-foot mansion, which sits on a 0.3-acre lot, for $15 million. “I’m just trying to simplify my life,”…

Hilary Mantel, celebrated author of Wolf Hall, dies aged 70 | Hilary Mantel

The Booker prize-winning author of the Wolf Hall trilogy, Dame Hilary Mantel, has died aged 70, her publisher HarperCollins has confirmed.Mantel was regarded as one of the greatest English novelists of this century, winning the Booker Prize twice, for Wolf Hall and its sequel, Bring Up the Bodies, which also won the 2012 Costa Book of the Year.The conclusion to her ground-breaking Wolf Hall Trilogy, The Mirror & the Light, was published in 2020 to huge critical acclaim, an instant Sunday Times bestseller and…

‘You can feel the history in there’: the return of New Century Hall | Music

“I was standing in line late 1966 with a lot of people to see the Jimi Hendrix Experience,” says John Cooper Clarke. “I noticed that everyone in the queue except me was wearing a tie.” The renowned punk poet, speaking over the phone on the way to a gig in Kidderminster, hastens to add that he still looked dapper, wearing a Fred Perry (“You can’t wear a Fred Perry and a tie, you’d look like a schnorrer!”) and a striped sports coat. “I couldn’t get in,” he says, mimicking the doorman: “No tie!”The venue was Manchester’s New…

Beyonce, Billie Eilish Are Now A Part Of Guinness World Records Hall Of Fame!

Beyonce, Billie Eilish Inducted Into Guinness World Records Hall Of Fame(Pic Credit: Instagram) Singers Beyonce and Billie Eilish have been inducted into the Guinness World Records Hall of Fame. Both Eilish and Beyonce appear multiple times in the 2023 edition of the book, that’s been tracking record-breaking achievements since 1955, reports billboard.com. Eilish lands two new nods, for ‘Most consecutive Grammy nominations for Record of the Year (female)’ and ‘Youngest person to win the Triple Crown of…

Launch House holds private town hall, says investigation is underway • TechCrunch

In a town hall with some members of their community, Launch House addressed the harassment and assault allegations surfaced by a Vox Investigation earlier this week. The startup, backed by a16z and Flybridge as well as a bevy of top investors, said that an independent investigation is underway. “We’ll let the investigation speak for itself, but we’re confident that it will show that we do not retaliate against women,” the co-founders said, specifically referring to an incident highlighted in the Vox piece over Launch…

Scientists Unravel “Hall Effect” Physics Mystery

The Hall effect was discovered by Edwin Hall in 1879.The search for next-generation memory storage devices unravels a physics mystery.A multinational group of scientists has made progress in the use of antiferromagnetic materials in memory storage devices.Antiferromagnets are materials with an internal magnetic field induced by electron spin but virtually no external magnetic field. Since there is no external (or “long-range”) magnetic field, the data units, or bits, may be packed more densely inside the material, making…

Is Girls Trip 2 Still Happening? Here’s The Latest From Regina Hall

Viewers have been clamoring for Girls Trip 2 since the first film dropped five years ago. Sequel talks had quieted down until official news of another movie dropped earlier this year, but there haven’t been any updates since then. Fortunately, Girls Trip star Regina Hall gave an update on if the much-delayed sequel is still happening.The Scary Movie alum gave an unexpected update on ABC’s Good Morning America while promoting her new mockumentary Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul. While fans have been waiting for the latest…

Regina Hall Had Major Doubts About Jordan Peele, Pre-‘Get Out’ Days

Image via Focus Features Regina Hall, the star of the new comedy Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul., is sharing the doubts she once had for executive producer Jordan Peele’s then-aspirational foray into horror. During an interview with Good Morning America, Hall expressed much reverence for Peele as a filmmaker, even to the point of enthusiastically answering in the affirmative when asked if she would be interested in starring in the next horror film he directs. But it wasn’t always that way. With both Peele and…

Regina Hall Reveals the Disappointing Status of ‘Girls Trip 2’

Image via Universal Pictures From an eye-opening sequence with a grapefruit to a rambunctious scene on Bourbon Street, 2017’s comedy spectacle Girls Trip successfully entertained audiences with its themes of loyalty, hilarity, and downright madness. With a star-studded lineup consisting of Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Tiffany Haddish, it was only a matter of time until folks demanded a sequel. While the aforementioned sequel has already been confirmed, Hall, who portrays pack leader and…

Oscars Co-Host Regina Hall Responds To Will Smith’s Public ApologyAfter Slapping Chris Rock, Says “What Can You Say To That But Thank…

Chris Rock’s Oscars co-host Regina Hall thanks Will Smith for apology ( Photo Credit – Facebook ; IMDb ) Actress Regina Hall responded to actor Will Smith’s Oscars apology with a thank-you. Regina Hall, who co-hosted the ceremony, thanked Will Smith for apologising in a video message after the 53-year-old actor hit comedian Chris Rock during this year’s Oscars ceremony after he made a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. “Life happens. I always say any time I feel like someone genuinely, like you…