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When Rick and Wendy de Pinho left Buenos Aires on March 7 onboard the Holland America Line cruise ship MS Zaandam, things felt “perfectly normal.” The New Jersey couple were concerned about the spread ofcoronavirus, they tell TIME, but at the time of their departure there were few confirmed cases in South America and the cruise line had assured them thatsteps were being taken to protect guests, including enhanced passenger screenings and increased cleaning protocol.

On the surface, the ceremony seemed routine—the Roman Catholic archbishop of New Mexico presenting a book of religious music to a weather-beaten old man. But to the participants, last week’s simple presentation had dramatic overtones. For the man on whom the archbishop smiled was Don Miguel Archibeque, longtime head of the self-torturing sect called Penitentes, which was officially banned by the church for almost 100 years. The Brotherhood of Penitentes is a fossil of medieval Christianity, preserved by the isolation of village culture in the Old World and the New.

WIth Oz the Great and Powerful opening in theaters, TIME revisits the Yellow Brick Road with this gallery of vintage publicity stills featuring the cast of the beloved MGM classic ncG1vNJzZmidnqmys8DAoqWmnZ6pe7W1zJ5lnKedZH9xfZJoZ2xnYG18s7vAnWStqpmlvaa%2B0mapmqqVYr22rsuimqKsqWK9qbvTqKpmnqKkum59mGxwrGWknbJuw8izmKucXaSzbrvZaA%3D%3D

It was good news and bad news on Thursday, May 19, for Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The former managing director of the International Monetary Fund was indicted on seven counts stemming from his alleged assault of a hotel worker, but then he was granted bail of $1 million with a $5 million bond. He will remain under house arrest with a 24-hour armed guard; he faces up to 25 years in prison if found guilty of all charges against him.

I first heard Rush Limbaugh on the radio circa 1989. I was on the road, driving from Chicago to see my sister in Cincinnati. I had my year-old son in the back, flipped on a talk radio station and there was this cocky voice throwing insults at liberals and echoing so much of what I believed. My son kept laughing at me because I spent most of that five-hour ride talking out loud to the radio, fired up because finally there was someone out there who sort of spoke for me and my politics.

On March 9, LGBTQ employees and allies at Pixar Animation Studios sent a joint statement to Walt Disney Company leadership claiming that Disney executives had actively censored “overtly gay affection” in its feature films. The stunning allegation — made as part of a larger protest over the company’s lack of public response to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill — did not include which Pixar films had weathered the censorship, nor which specific creative decisions were cut or altered.

August 3, 2018 2:45 PM EDT The chances of getting a third Sex and the City movie may be slim to none, but that doesn’t mean the show is done providing entertainment for its fans. Thanks to the fan-run Instagram account Every Outfit on Sex & the City, a behind-the-scenes photo of Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie Bradshaw), Cynthia Nixon (Miranda Hobbes), Kristin Davis (Charlotte York) and John Corbett (Aidan Shaw) has become an overnight viral sensation.

Oregon State was coming to town for an important game, so U.C.L.A. Center Bill Walton prepared in typical fashion. He began each day with his regular breakfast diet of yogurt, cottage cheese, nuts, cereal, raisins, seeds and honey. He rode his ten-speed bicycle to the beach and contemplated the Pacific. He took his weekly acupuncture treatment: needles in the ears or legs to relieve pain from tendinitis in his knees. On the night before the game, he stayed up until 2 a.

Following opening stints for Lorde and Katy Perry, the pop star is currently headlining her own tour. Emerging from of a jewel-toned haze, 25-year-old Swedish pop star Tove Styrke took the stage Monday night at The Belasco in Los Angeles for the 10th stop on her North American tour.