Black walls, built-in raw concrete furniture and a fish pond in a lightwell define Lost House, a residential project designed by David Adjaye in London's King's Cross, which has recently come on the market.

Royal Gold Medal-winner Adjaye, the founder of Adjaye Associates, designed Lost House in 2004 for fashion designer Roksanda Ilincic and her husband Philip de Mesquita.

The house has come back on the market recently, granting an opportunity to see the interiors of one of the architect's early residential works in detail.

Original features have been preserved, including an all-green sunken cinema room and a water gardens in planted courtyards that double as lightwells.

Hidden behind an unassuming brick facade in an alleyway, Lost House was formerly a delivery yard complete with a loading platform.

Adjaye Associates turned the concrete loading platform into a plinth for an upper-level swimming pool with black-painted sides next to the pink-walled main bedroom.

On the ground floor, there is a large open plan living, dining and kitchen area with a double-height ceiling.

The sunken conversation pit with a cinema room-style projector, complete with zesty lime walls, built-in bookshelves and wide sofas, is off to one side.

Three tall, glass-walled lightwells stretch up to the black-painted timber eaves of the roof, bringing natural daylight down into the room instead of windows.

In the centre of the living area is a lightwell filled with a fishpond.

The square courtyards in the lightwells are planted with tropical greenery. At the back, next to the kitchen, the courtyard features wooden decking around clusters of circular concrete benches inset with the same grey pebbles that surround them.

The black chipboard walls, ceiling and exposed timber beams are reflected in the shiny black resin floor.

Adding to the industrial look are the thick concrete elements of the built-in kitchen, which forms a continuous countertop and splashback.

A concrete element continues from the kitchen to the living area, were it forms a low bench upholstered in black leather cushions.

Steps lead to the raised ground floor, where the old loading bay plinth supports the lap pool. Black stone tiles surround the pool, which is part of the master bathroom for the main bedroom.

Two stone sinks sit on a concrete shelf below mirrored cabinets. A wet-room style shower allows the residents to wash before and after swimming.

This bathroom connects directly to the back of the master suite, which has a separate toilet and a long corridor connecting to the stairs. The bedroom is decorated all pink to contrast with the ink-black interiors

A second bedroom is located on this floor, with a third bedroom located up on the first floor that is currently being used as a home office.

David Adjaye founded Adjaye Associates in 2000 and began his career designing high-end residential projects in north London such as Lost House.Other notable all-black houses by the studio include Dirty House and Sunken House.

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Dr. Mario Molina, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who died on Oct. 7 at age 77, did not become a scientist to change the world; he just loved chemistry. Born in Mexico City in 1943, Molina as a young boy conducted home experiments with contaminated water just for the fun of it. But Molina came to understand the political importance of his work on atmospheric chemistry and ozone layer depletion, which won him the Nobel in 1995, along with Paul J. Crutzen and F. Sherwood Rowland. Getting that surprise call from Sweden completely changed how he saw his role in the world, Molina said in 2016. He felt a responsibility to share his knowledge of clean energy, air quality and climate change broadly and to push decision-makers to use that information to protect the environment.As a Mexican, Dr. Molina was a point of pride for me. Though I am a social scientist, not a chemist, his career inspired me to follow my dreams and to trust science to show us all the right path. Clean air nowMario Molina thought climate change was the biggest problem in the world long before most people did. His research was instrumental in spurring negotiation of the 1987 Montreal Protocol, an international treaty that effectively banned fluorocarbons harmful chemical compounds that damage the ozone layer. The agreement is credited with helping the ozone layer heal. He understood that the environmental problem is global, and that what happens in China or the United States affects Mexico, too.After a long a career in academia, Molina and his wife, Luisa T. Molina also an an atmospheric scientist founded the Centro Mario Molina in 2005, a Mexican center dedicated to environmental research and public policy. Together, they co-directed the center, which conducts extensive work in Mexico City. The Molinas sounded the alarm in Latin America about air pollution and public health, which remains a challenge in the region. But they also understood the role of economics in environmental protection and, importantly, the centrality of fossil fuels to the Mexican economy so the Molinas worked with Mexican economists to address concerns that green energy would hurt prosperity. Through his organization, Molina also promoted cooperation between scientists, goverment, industry and civil society until 2013, when then-Mexican President Enrique Pea Nieto appointed him to head the countrys National System for Climate Change.In 2018, when Mexicos government changed, Molina was not invited to serve in the new administration. Mexicos current president, Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador, came to power promising to build a new oil refinery in Mexico.Molina urged Mexico to transition to clean energy sources sooner rather than later, promising this policy change would promote public health, job creation and energy security for the country. In a May 2020 interview, Molina stressed clean energy is an investment that society makes and very profitable.Mexico is going back to the previous century or the one before it, at a time when all the experts on the planet fully agree that we are in a climate crisis, he said of Mexicos continued reliance on fossil fuels just months before his death. Molina criticized Lpez Obrador for limiting the use of clean energy sources and pushed for more wind energy in Mexico, a technology thats only just emerging there. Scientist until the endMolina defended the importance of science in policy-making until the very end. When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, he was an early and adamant advocate for face masks and was aghast that the presidents of both Mexico and the United States refused to wear facial coverings. He said the government should force the use of face masksbecause only in this way do we know that the curve can be flattened.[Deep knowledge, daily. Sign up for The Conversations newsletter.]Mario Molina graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, or UNAM, and completed his graduate studies at the University of Fribourg and the University of California, Berkeley. Though he taught at M.I.T., he remained loyal to UNAM, working with faculty and students til the end.The many Mexicans who, like me, were inspired by his lifes work mourn his passing.This article is republished from The Conversation, a nonprofit news site dedicated to sharing ideas from academic experts.Read more: * Nobel Prize for chemistry honors exquisitely precise gene-editing technique, CRISPR a gene engineer explains how itworks * Mexico is being held to ransom by oil thieves and systemiccorruptionElena Delavega does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

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Netflixor a very shrewd someone at Netflixhas wisely entered the holiday movie thunderdome, and honestly, its become a worthy rival to Lifetime, Hallmark, et al. with its wealth of extremely silly festive content. But will any of this years holiday titles be as memorable as 2019's Holiday In The Wild, aka the movie where Kristin Davis is abruptly dumped and heads off for a You Go Girl vacation where she falls for Rob Lowes pilot when they rescue baby elephants in ZAMBIA?! Lets find out!

Halloween Trees have become a thing and everything else in this year is so stupid anyway, so why not start Christmas in fucking OCTOBER with Holidate, which premieres on October 28 and stars Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey, and actually seems fine:

Sloane (Emma Roberts) and Jackson (Luke Bracey) hate the holidays. They constantly find themselves single, sitting at the kids table, or stuck with awkward dates. But when these two strangers meet one particularly bad Christmas, they make a pact to be each others holidate for every festive occasion throughout the next year. With a mutual disdain for the holidays, and assuring themselves that they have no romantic interest in the other, they make the perfect team. However, as a year of absurd celebrations come to an end, Sloane and Jackson find that sharing everything they hate may just prove to be something they unexpectedly love.

See, thats how Netflix gets you, though. It just eases you into these shenanigans with a vanilla-ass rom-com. The true terror begins on November 5 with Operation Christmas Drop, which sounds like Operation Dumbo Drop but with more blatant military propaganda:

Chasing a promotion, congressional aide Erica Miller forgoes family Christmas to travel across the Pacific at her bosss behest. Upon landing at a beachside Air Force base, she clashes with her guide, Captain Andrew Jantz, who knows her assignment is finding reasons to defund the facility. The pilots pet project Operation: Christmas Drop, a genuine, decades-old tradition where gifts and supplies are parachuted to residents of remote neighboring islands has lawmakers wondering if his unit has too much spare energy. Despite their initial opposing goals, Erica softens once she experiences the customs and communal spirit of Andrews adopted home.

Holiday Home Makeover With Mr. Christmas is not an original film but a reality series with a description that sounds like Actual Hell. The short version: this guy is an interior decorator obsessed with Christmas and hes about to fuck some living rooms UP.

Benjamin Bradley, best known as Mr. Christmas, is a veteran in the interior design industry with a healthy obsession with the holiday season. For Mr. Christmas, the holidays are all about celebrating love, life, family and friends through meaningful traditions. In the new Netflix series Holiday Home Makeover with Mr. Christmas, Bradley takes you behind the scenes as he puts his design expertise and vast Christmas collection to good use. Equipped with lights, garlands, and enough tinsel to blanket the North Pole, he and his team of elves work around the clock to bring holiday cheer to families and communities deserving of a home makeover for the most joyous time of year. Mr. Christmas invites viewers along for the ride to kick off the holiday season and get inspired to take their own home decorating and traditions to the next level.

Maybe the only thing you need to know about Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (dear lord) is that Forest Whitaker plays a legendary toymaker named JERONICUS JANGLE. Honestly, this one could go either waymeaning it could be awesomely bad or genuinely kind of fun, and Keegan-Michael Keys involvement tips the scales in the favor of the latter. This one premieres on November 13:

A musical adventure and a visual spectacle for the ages, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey is a wholly fresh and spirited family holiday event. Set in the gloriously vibrant town of Cobbleton, the film follows legendary toymaker Jeronicus Jangle (Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker) whose fanciful inventions burst with whimsy and wonder. But when his trusted apprentice (Emmy winner Keegan-Michael Key) steals his most prized creation, its up to his equally bright and inventive granddaughter (newcomer Madalen Mills) and a long-forgotten invention to heal old wounds and reawaken the magic within. From the imagination of writer-director David E. Talbert and featuring original songs by John Legend, Philip Lawrence, Davy Nathan, and This Day performed by Usher and Kiana Led, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey reminds us of the strength of family and the power of possibility.

The Princess Switch: Switched Again premieres on November 19, and you can probably figure out what that is based on the title. Royals! Switching shenanigans! The heavy-handed suggestion that this is a sequel! Will you watch the first Princess Switch? Probably not! What if we tell you Vanessa Hudgens has signed on for The Princess Switch 3???

When Duchess Margaret unexpectedly inherits the throne to Montenaro and hits a rough patch with boyfriend Kevin, its up to her double Princess Stacy of Belgravia to get these star-crossed lovers back together... but the course of true love is complicated by the appearance of a handsome royal whos intent on stealing Margarets heart. Throw in the unexpected arrival of Margarets outrageous party girl cousin Fiona, a third look-alike who has ambitions of her own, and you have the recipe for Christmas triple trouble!

Finally, something good: Dolly Partons Christmas On The Square. Premiering on November 22, this exquisite gift from one of our most valuable national treasures stars Christine Baranski, Jenifer Lewis, and Queen Dolly herselfwho provides 14 (!!!) original songs for the soundtrack.

A rich and nasty woman, Regina Fuller, returns to her small hometown after her fathers death to evict everyone and sell the land to a mall developer - right before Christmas. However, after listening to stories of the local townsfolk, reconnecting with an old love, and accepting the guidance of an actual angel, Regina starts to have a change of heart. This is the story about family, love and how a small towns Christmas spirit can warm the coldest of hearts. Featuring 14 original songs with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton.

The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two arrives on November 25. Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn are Santa and Mrs. Claus. This gets a pass:

Its been two years since siblings Kate (Darby Camp) and Teddy Pierce (Judah Lewis) saved Christmas, and a lot has changed. Kate, now a cynical teenager, is reluctantly spending Christmas in Cancun with her moms new boyfriend and his son Jack (Jahzir Bruno). Unwilling to accept this new version of her family, Kate decides to run away. But when a mysterious, magical troublemaker named Belsnickel threatens to destroy the North Pole and end Christmas for good, Kate and Jack are unexpectedly pulled into a new adventure with Santa Claus (Kurt Russell). Written and directed by Chris Columbus (Home Alone, Harry Potter) and co-starring Goldie Hawn, THE CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES 2 is an action-packed adventure for the whole family thats full of heart, humor, and holiday spirit.

FINALLY, Christmas gets the Groundhog Day treatment. Thats how you know Christmas has truly made it. Coming December 3: Just Another Christmas (Tudo Bem No Natal Que Vem), which is really just begging for an Adam Sandler remake based on this synopsis.

After taking a very nasty fall on Christmas Eve, grinchy Jorge blacks out and wakes up one year later, with no memory of the year that has passed. He soon realizes that hes doomed to keep waking up on Christmas Eve after Christmas Eve, having to deal with the aftermath of what his other self has done the other 364 days of the year.

And one last horrid treasure from this years festive pile of holiday programming: A Trash Truck Christmas, featuring the one true mascot of 2020a giant truck filled with trash. This animated insta-classic debuts on December 11 and should be fun for the whole family.

When Hank finds out that Trash Truck doesnt know what Christmas is, he sets out to show him and their friends what the magical holiday is all about. And luckily for Santa, the friends are up to speed just in time to help save Christmas.

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ALEXANDRIA, VA Who is Claire Schwab, and what are some tips and tricks for fall decorating this year? Z-TVs Allison Priebe interviewed Alexandria interior designer Claire Schwab and asked all the right questions.

One of the top names in the home decor business is Alexandrias Claire Schwab Interior Design. On Tuesday, September 29, she sat down in her showroom to chat with Allison Priebe with whom she shares the retail space at 825 S. Washington Street in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. In addition to being a journalist, Priebe is an award-winning jewelry designer who owns Queen Bee Designs, which carries unique jewelry, accessories, and clothing. The pair joined forces about a year ago when they discovered their personalities and professions intertwined easily.

Schwab tells Priebe in the interesting interview above how she got into the business, whats trending today, and whats looking popular for the future.

Schwabs foray into decorating all started when she spent some time on a working visa living in London after graduating from Vanderbilt University. A talented seamstress and communicator, she fell in love with the fabrics and home styling the British customers shared in the Laura Ashley store where she was working. She returned to the States and promptly went back to school for her advanced degree in design, started networking, and hung her professional shingle out in Alexandria more than 32 years ago.

It turns out you do not need any special qualifications to call yourself a decorator. Im an interior designer because I have a degree and am certified and licensed, said Schwab explaining the difference between a decorator and a designer. A designer can read blueprints and do partial and whole house renovations and can work with contractors, electricians, and tradesmen and architects on the whole picture.

The humble Schwab then says, But I tell clients I am an interior decorator mostly, which I am too. Its less intimidating.

How is business today? We are lucky to live in Alexandria, where the economy is generally booming. Oddly enough, the pandemic has been wonderful for home decor. I know people are on Zoom and they are looking around at other peoples houses and looking at their own, and they are realizing how tired things have become, says Schwab.

There have been some definite, notable trends in the last ten years, one of which has been a significant shift away from brown furniture. Is brown bad? asked Priebe, recalling a recent article she had just read. Well, good antiques should be oiled and preserved. They show you are grounded with the past. But there are bad antiques too, advises Schwab.

Now chairs are another thing. Special pieces can be reframed and reupholstered. We are doing more recovering of furniture in COVID, and I love that because people arent just throwing things out. My upholsterers are busier now than ever.

For budget-minded clients, Schwab loves helping people think outside the box too. She recommends accenting existing pieces with small accessories, refinishing tables, changing fabrics. I love helping people make pillows for example. Thats easy.

Get a neutral sofa. Its the biggest piece of furniture in the room. You can always change the pillows and a throw, advises Schwab.

We look to fashion for trends. The lines, the colors. It translates to home decor. And then, we see it in our cars, which is interesting. says Schwab. So when deciding on a home color scheme, know the ones that make you happy are the ones you find yourself wearing the most, for example.

Proportion and balance are important. Give things air. Dont over-accessorize. Learn to edit.

And all of your light switches should be on dimmers. Thats just a golden rule, laughs Schwab.

During the video, Schwab and Priebe take the viewer on a show and tell journey through the design space, explaining why this works and that might not.

In addition to showing how a simple gray sofa can change its whole look from summer to fall, you will see easy examples that can make a difference in the overall mood of a room.

I love a little touch of black too. Its a very grounding color. But when you think about fireplaces, tv screens, those are all black, mentions Schwab as she unfurls a cashmere throw to accent the sofa, transforming the furniture to a winter look.

The new color is navy, and shades of blue. Im seeing them in all the textiles, paints, and accessories, says Schwab.

There is still also a strong presence in the taupes., she continues showing some Benjamin Moore paint chips.

Use baskets, especially now that spaces like dining rooms and other spaces are also being used for virtual schooling. Have them at the ready for newspapers and school supplies, she says showing beautiful examples of baskets and containers that are functional but respect the design of the room.

With these easy and affordable tips, Priebe says, Now that everyone is peeking into our homes on Zoom and Skype, we need you now more than ever.

To reach Claire, you can contact her via email at cschwab@claireschwab.com, call 703-615-9495, or find her in the popup showroom daily and on the weekends at 825 S. Washington Street and make an appointment.

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Now that home is your new office, making it comfy and congenial will only add to your productivity at work. A green patch at home always brings in positivity. While rows of potted plants can adorn your balcony or terrace, hanging planters can jazz up your empty vertical space. Here are a few easy-to-grow plants that you can decorate your corner withPOTHOSPothos, popularly known as the Money Plant, is a variety that can be easily grown at home. You simply need to put them in a pot and place it somewhere on your bookshelf. Alternatively, you can hang the pot near your window and you are sorted. This plant is easy to maintain, and does not require watering every day. Pothos prefer moderate light, so just make sure you place it in a brightly-lit room.

SPIDER PLANTSThese plants come with long, thin curved leaves, and are another good option to add greenery to your house. The plantlets of Spider Plants can be pinched off and grown again. This variety also loves bright light, and looks beautiful when hung from a pot.BURROS TAIL

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Our heroine attends an influencer event at Paris Fashion Week overlooking the Place Vendme. The bronze column topped with a statue of Napoleon seen in the background is the historic landmark Colonne Vendme.

Chteau de Sonnay

Watching the show, it's hard not to think about how this would be an ideal place to quarantine.

Emily and friends take a weekend excursion to the French countryside, staying in a classically designed country manor and vineyard. We filmed at the Chteau de Sonnay in Cravant-les-Cteaux near Chinon. It belongs to a friend of mine, Frdric de Foucaud, and the producers fell in love with it, says Seibel, who completely redressed the interiors and planted a garden.

Montmartre

The Montmartre neighborhood is best known for its nightlife (including the Moulin Rouge) and lively art scene.

In this scene, filmed on the picturesque Place Dalida at the intersection of rue Girardon and rue de lAbreuvoir in Montmartre, Emily sets up a photo shoot for her client, the Swedish luxury mattress company Hstens. Located on a hill in the citys 18th arrondissement, the colorful neighborhood is known for its winding hillside cobblestone streets, artist community, bistros, and the Basilique du Sacr-Coeur.

The Seine

There are 37 bridges that cross the Seine; four of them are pedestrian only.

Bustling and lively in the day, moonlit and romantic at night, the Seine is known as the most romantic river in the world. The Pont des Arts, a pedestrian bridge, was filmed between the Louvre and the Institut de France, and Seibel had to remove the love padlocks left by locals and tourists (the city removed over a million in 2015 alone).

Palais Garnier

The opulent structure was built by architect Charles Garnier.

The gilt- and marble-laden ceremonial grand stairs at the Palais Garnier make an appearance in the show. The famed opera house, built in 1874, is one of Pariss most popular attractions and heralded as one of the most famous in the world. Boasting a ceiling mural of Isidore Pilss depiction of Triumph of the Apollo, the double staircase is lined with female torchres.

Terra Vera Restaurant

Lucas Bravo plays Emily's restaurant-owner love interest.

The shows designers converted the Italian restaurant Terra Vera, located on Place de LEstrapade in the 6th arrondissement, into the restaurant of Gabriel, Emilys love interest. Seibel and Maisonneuve also redesigned the neighboring shops in the square, transforming an ordinary photocopy shop into a beautiful flower stand.

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Twinkle Khanna posted this image with son Aarav. (courtesy twinklerkhanna)

Twinkle Khanna's idea for her latest Instagram post arrived freshly baked from an oven. The author might not be a fan of cooking but her husband Akshay Kumar and son Aarav do share the same love for culinary arts. On Sunday, Twinkle Khanna shared a post which showcases the mother-son duo's "divergent skill sets." In simple words, Aarav baked a cake and Twinkle made a cup of coffee to go with it. Adding the hashtags #whatsinyourdabba and #hopelesschef to her post, Mrs Funnybones captioned her post: "Today as I am prepping for a cook-off with a recipe from our What's In Your Dabba cookbook, I wish I could send my son to do my bit instead. Our divergent skill sets are clearly depicted in this picture. He baked the cake and I made the coffee."

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On Aarav's 18th birthday, Twinkle Khanna shared a picture from Glasgow. An excerpt from her post read: "Happy 18th birthday Aarav! Here is something I had written for you once and to keep loosening the strings and finally cutting them off this year has not been easy. All these years, you have been as much my teacher as I have been yours. I learned optimism, kindness and wonder from you as I taught you maths, a few manners and how to switch the lights off when you leave the room."

Twinkle Khanna and Akshay Kumar co-starred in films such as International Khiladi and Zulmi. They got married on January 17, 2001. The couple are parents to 18-year-old Aarav and Nitara (8).

Twinkle Khanna is a celebrated columnist and the author of bestselling books such as Pyjamas Are Forgiving, The Legend Of Lakshmi Prasad and Mrs Funnybones. She is also an interior decorator, the owner of The White Window, and a film producer. Twinkle Khanna also runs a digital content company called Tweak India.

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Hilary Duff rose to fame in the early 2000s as the title character of the show Lizzie McGuire. The series was a big hit on Disney Channel, with many dedicated fans tuning in to watch Lizzie and her friends navigate life.

Now, after over 15 years since Lizzie McGuire went off the air, the show is coming back with a reboot. Duff has revealed that she was initially against taking part in a reboot. However, she eventually changed her mind. Find out why below.

Lizzie McGuire premiered in January 2001. The show followed junior high school student Lizzie McGuire as she goes through the ups and downs of being a teenager.

Lizzie McGuire was highly successful. It was nominated for numerous awards and turned Duff into a household name.

In 2003, the show even had a movie called The Lizzie McGuire Movie, which followed Lizzie as she went on an adventure in Rome after graduating from junior high.

Lizzie McGuire came to an end in 2004, though the series was announced to be getting a reboot in August 2019.

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Its hard to do a Lizzie McGuire reboot without Duff, and for the longest time, she was against the idea of taking part in a reboot.

Duff recently shared with Cosmopolitan UK that she has been asked to do a reboot many times after the original series ended. Yet, she always refused.

They asked me for years and years: Lets do a reboot, lets do a reboot, and I was like, No, no, no, Duff said.

The star revealed in the interview that she struggled for a long time with being typecast. Given her well-known image as Lizzie McGuire, it was difficult for her to branch out in Hollywood. It seems acting in a Lizzie McGuire reboot would only add to the problem, so Duff was not comfortable with it until recently.

Finally, last year, I was like, I feel ready, Duff revealed.It just doesnt annoy me any more when people refer to me as Lizzie McGuire or say that was my biggest role, because it paved the way for all the other roads Ive been able to take.

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The Lizzie McGuire reboot will follow an adult Lizzie now in her 30s. Lizzie now lives in New York City and works as an interior decorator. As Duff has shared, she hopes the show will be relatable to women her age like how the original Lizzie McGuire was for tweens and teens back then.

I think its the right time to set back in and have her go along with you in your 30s and all the fun times, and all of the big monumental moments, and all of the challenges that youre faced with, Duff told People. I just thought that there was an opportunity there for her to be grown up and for her to be there for women again.

The reboot was originally set to be released on Disney+, but production has since halted due to the show no longer aligning with Disney+s PG image.

In February 2020, Duff took to Instagram to express her frustration and urged Hulu to take on Lizzie McGuire.

She wrote, I feel a huge responsibility to honor the fans relationship with LIZZIE, who, like me, grew up seeing themselves in her. Id be doing a disservice to everyone by limiting the realities of a 30 year olds journey to live under the ceiling of a PG rating It would be a dream if Disney would let us move the show to Hulu, if they were interested, and I could bring this beloved character to life again.

So far, there has been no official report about when or if the show would begin production again.

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Although Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962) is not a universally recognized name, one of his fictional creations is: Madeline, an indomitable little Parisian girl.

Although he was a hotelier and restaurateur; a cartoonist and illustrator of hundreds of magazine articles; a novelist, anthologist, and journalist; a theatrical designer and screenwriter (his best known work being Yolanda and the Thief); an advertising man (including a famous ad for Jell-O) and interior decorator, he achieved everlasting renown for his six Madeline books, the first of which was published in 1939 and was named a Caldecott Honor Book (1949).

Considered one of the leading classics of childrens literature for ages 3 to 8, the Madeline books have sold well over 10 million copies and spawned an entire merchandising industry. The first story was later adapted into a short animated film by United Productions of America (1952), which earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short Film. A subsequent book, Madelines Rescue, earned a Caldecott Medal (1954) and a New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year designation.

Each Madeline story begins in identical fashion with a rhyming cadence well-known to generations of parents and their children for over 80 years:

In an old house in Paris,That was covered with vines,Lived twelve little girlsIn two straight lines.

The book tells the story of 12 little girls, the smallest and most adventurous of whom is Madeline, who live together in a boarding school in Paris under the supervision of Miss Clavel. Most critics claim the girls home is an orphanage and that Miss Clavel is a nun which is simply incorrect; in fact, in one story, Madeline receives a beautiful dollhouse from her father, which makes her the envy of the other 11 girls, and there is considerable evidence to support the proposition that Miss Clavel is, in fact, a nurse.

As Bemelmans tells it in the first Madeline book:

In the middle of one nightMiss Clavel turned on her lightand said, Something is not right!Little Madeline sat in bed,cried and cried her eyes were red.And soon after Dr. Cohncame, he rushed out to the phone,Nurse, he said, its an appendix!not a single eye was dry.Madeline was in his armin a blanket safe and warm.

Madelines surgery was successful, though she was left with a scar, and all the other girls wanted to have the same surgery so that they, too, could get toys and candy.

In his June 22, 1954 speech accepting his Caldecott Award, Bemelmans disclosed the origins of Madeline and said he purposely made Madelines doctor a Jewish physician and that he modeled Dr. Cohn after Lon Blum, the first Jewish prime minister of France.

The Madeline stories began to take shape during a family vacation in France when, while riding home on his bike, Bemelmans was struck by a car. While in the hospital having his injuries treated, a little girl who had an appendix operation stood up in bed and proudly displayed her scar to him.

He was apparently inspired by the tenderness of the doctor who treated the little girl. As he tells it, if you take a look at the book, you will see that the doctor who runs to Madelines bed is the great patriot and humanitarian Lon Blum. He was thinking specifically of Blums kindness and gentleness in describing Madeline being safe and warm in the doctors arms.

However, notwithstanding his affection for Blum, there is evidence that Bemelmans was an anti-Semite. Benno Weiser Varon, a leader of the Jewish community in Quito who knew Bemelmans well, declared that Bemelmans was a Jew-hater who, among other things, urged the Quito Tennis Club to exclude Jews. Varon, a fascinating character in his own right, served as editor of Quitos leading newspaper; played a crucial role in securing Ecuadors pivotal vote in favor of the UNSCOP partition plan for Eretz Yisrael; and served as Ecuadors first ambassador to Israel and later as Israels ambassador to Paraguay.

There are any number of other specifically Jewish characters in Bemelmans work. For example, in the humorous The Eye of God (1949), set during the Anschluss and World War II, he writes of a Jewish banker who has managed to buy his security with money and lies. In the hilarious When You Lunch with the Emperor (published posthumously in 2005), he draws on his experiences working his way up from busboy to waiter to banquet manager at the Ritz-Carlton hotel, and describes some of the entertaining characters and crazy scenes he saw along the way, including those at big Jewish weddings.

Moreover, Bemelmans agent, who was sometimes described as his ghost artist, was Ervine Metzl, the Chicago born son of Jewish immigrants from Bohemia. Metzl (1899-1963) was an American graphic artist and illustrator best known for his posters, including several still-famous posters he designed for the Chicago Transit Authority in the early 1920s, and postage stamp designs, including commemoratives for the first World Refugee Year, the Lincoln Sesquicentennial, and the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Readers may be interested in Avigail, a Jewish takeoff of the Madeline stories by Chana Zauderer and illustrated by Mary Abadi (Feldheim, 2015) in which four Jewish girls engage in various Jewish activities with the youngest, Avigail, always the last to do everything.

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Distinguished lawyer, jurist, journalist, poet, drama critic, and political leader, Lon Blum (1872-1950) is perhaps best known for being the first Jew and the first socialist to become French Premier.

During his three terms, he forged closer relations with the United States, worked to suppress fascism, introduced a 40-hour work week and paid vacations for workers, nationalized the Bank of France and the war industries, and carried out an extensive program of social reform including, in classic socialist fashion, redistribution of the nations wealth.

After graduating the Sorbonne with the highest honors in law, Blum became close with French Socialist leader Jean Jaurs, which led to his joining the Socialist Party in 1899 and his later election to the prestigious Chamber of Deputies in 1919. When the party split in December 1920 with the Communists winning a majority, taking control of the machinery of government, including the national press, Blum became the unquestioned leader in the reconstruction of the Socialist Party.

After the 1934 Paris riots, which many consider to be the beginning of fascism in France, Blum began to work on the left-wing alliance that became the Front Populaire. In the 1936 elections, the Front won a large majority and Blum, its chief architect, became Premier. At the same time, his social reforms aroused the bitterness of French industrialists as well as the French right wing, which displayed pro-German tendencies and conducted a violent campaign of personal vilification against Blum tinged with anti-Semitism.

After the French collapse in 1940, Blum, refusing to flee he was in great danger as both a Jew and a Socialist bravely remained in France, where he was indicted by the Vichy government and brought to trial. His brilliant defense, however, so embarrassed the Nazis that they ordered the suspension of his trial; he was incarcerated for five years, first in Buchenwald and then in Dachau, before being freed by U.S. forces in May 1945. After World War II, he was again elected prime minister of France and became a respected elder statesman.

Exhibited here is a June 30, 1949 correspondence to Paul Angoulvent from Blum on his Le Populaire letterhead written as director of the Organe Central Du Parti Socialiste (the Central Organ of the Socialist Party) in which he sincerely and cordially acknowledges receipt of Angoulvents June 20th letter and for the works he was kind enough to forward.

Angoulvent (1899-1976) was a French publisher and Louvre museum curator who directed the University Presses of France beginning in 1934. After Frances liberation in 1944, he was convicted of ousting Pierre-Marcel Lvi, the Jewish director of his publishing house.

Blum was born into a Jewish family where his mother kept kosher, regularly lit Shabbat candles, and taught her children to recite prayers in Hebrew. He celebrated his bar mitzvah in synagogue, and the family regularly gathered together for the Jewish festivals. He remained observant early in his life, though he characterized Judaism as nothing more than a collection of superstitions observed without any conviction, simply out of respect for ancestors.

When he was admitted to an advanced French school, he brought kosher food with him and, on one occasion, his professor noted in his diary that Blum brought unleavened bread and meat prepared according to the Jewish rite. He married Jewish women three of them (his second wife was the sister of composer Paul Dukas, famous for The Sorcerers Apprentice) and the first wedding was held at the Grand Synagogue in Paris.

Like many of his countrymen, however, Blum later became wholly assimilated and non-observant, although he was always conscious of his Jewish origins something that French anti-Semites would later never let him forget.

Notwithstanding his assimilationist desire to become a successful socialite and to blend into the upper echelons of French society, Jewish issues played an important role in his life. His reporting on the infamous Dreyfus Affair was perhaps the formative event of his political life, and his strong support for Dreyfus resulted in a massive escalation of anti-Semitic allegations and activities against him.

The anti-Semitism against him only grew as he gained political power, and a most powerful tide of anti-Semitism was unleashed when he was elected premier in 1936 as leader of a Socialist government. Before his election, he was dragged out of his vehicle by an anti-Semitic group and nearly beaten to death and, upon his election, opposition leader Xavier Vallat took the floor of the Chamber of Deputies and made the following infamous statement:

Your coming to power is undoubtedly a historic event. For the first time this old Gallo-Roman country will be governed by a Jew. I dare say out loud what the country is thinking, deep inside: it is preferable for this country to be led by a man whose origins belong to his soil than by a cunning Talmudist.

Vallat further alleged that, rather than acting in the best interests of France, Blum would be making foreign policy only after consulting with his fellow Jews. With calls of death to the Jews!, the fascist right, which would later comprise the pro-Nazi Vichy French government, enthusiastically endorsed Vallats speech. Urging the Chamber of Deputies to take seriously the Protocols of the Elder of Zion the notorious and disgusting fake anti-Semitic screed it announced that the Government of Lon Blum puts the Jewish Question [sic] before the French people for the first time since the Dreyfus affair.

In response, Blum proudly acknowledged his Judaism and answered: I am a Jew. That is a fact [and] you do me no injury by reminding me of the race to which I belong and have never renounced and toward which I feel only gratitude and pride.

Sympathetic to Zionist aspirations, Blum was one of the founders of the Socialist Pro- Palestine Committee (August 1928), which formally expressed recognition of the achievements of the new Jewish commonwealth in Eretz Yisrael; resolved that Zionism based on work, on Socialist transformation and international solidarity, deserves the assistance of all Socialists; and cited the Biblical prophecy of Amos 9:15: They will never again be uprooted from the land I have given them.

A close friend of Chaim Weizmann, he accepted the Jewish leaders invitation to represent French Jewry in the Council of the Jewish Agency. He was also a strong supporter of Keren Hayesod and served as a member of the French Palestine Committee in Paris.

After World War II, Blum did not merely pay lip service in support of increased Jewish immigration to Eretz Yisrael, but rather championed the Zionist cause. Citing Herzls famous motto, If you will it, it is no dream, he publicly and dramatically declared the birth of the Jewish Commonwealth in Eretz Yisrael; assumed a leading role in influencing the French governments pro-Jewish vote on the United Nations decision on Palestine (1947); and was instrumental in preventing British diplomatic pressure from stopping the flow of Jewish illegal immigration from Central Europe through France to Eretz Yisrael.

Kfar Lon Blum, a settlement begun by the Labor Zionist Habonim on the banks of the Jordan River at the foot of Mount Hermon about four miles from Kiryat Shemoneh as a permanent memorial to Blum, was formally inaugurated on November 10, 1943 during a ceremony attended by representatives of the Jewish community of Eretz Yisrael and the French Committee of National Liberation.

Speakers included the French consul-general, who expressed his appreciation for the friendship extended by the Jews of Eretz Yisrael to France; Golda Meirson (later Meir), on behalf of the Histadrut; and Dr. Abraham Granovsky (Granot), a JNF director and later a signer of Israels declaration of Independence.

One of Blums greatest wishes went unfulfilled: he desperately wanted to be able to visit Eretz Yisrael and to see Kfar Blum, but it was not to be. In his adult life, Blum had nothing to do with Jewish practice, and so in his death: in disregard of Jewish law, he was buried at the Montmartre Cemetery in Paris on the first day of Passover after a non-Jewish funeral service.

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How does a bakery located in what many would consider a small town sell upward of 3,000 doughnuts on a busy day? If you are Huron Mountain Bakery in Marquette, you make 42 different flavors for people to choose from.

Marquette has about 23,000 residents, which makes it the largest town in the Upper Peninsula, and yet it still is considered a small town. Locally-owned Huron Mountain Bakery has baked their way to being one of the top bakeries in the country by sheer volume alone. The shop makes everything from bread to pie, cookies to pastries, and wedding cakes to doughnuts.

We stopped by to try their doughnuts during our search for Michigans Best Doughnut, and were amazed when we were told that they make so many different kinds, every single day. And while they make a pretty incredible variety of flavors, they keep all of them pretty traditional. You wont find any bacon on top of your long john here, or matcha tea in your icing. Joe Heck, head cake baker and decorator, explained that We stay with the good classics. If it aint broke, dont fry it.

Huron Mountain offers all kinds of doughnuts, including raspberry jelly filled.

While we didnt try all 40 varieties during our stay, we did try quite a few.

Classic sour cream cake is Hecks favorite, and it didnt disappoint. Simple, yes, but fried perfectly to create a lovely crispy edge, while maintaining a tender interior. Heck explained that the moisture in the sour cream causes the doughnut to split a bit when fried, creating even more crispy edges. It doesnt have any bells and whistles, he said. And that is perfectly just fine with us. Huron Mountain typically offers several flavors of the cake-style doughnuts, from traditional vanilla and chocolate, to seasonal offerings like pumpkin, which will be starting soon.

Raised doughnuts here have a lightness and depth of flavor that you just dont normally find. Thats because these get time to rest according to Heck, a rest that is much longer than most bakeries allow. These were like lovely clouds, from the jammy raspberry filled one to the signature angel doughnuts, that come filled with a light angel cream" which is kind of like a whipped buttercream, and comes in both vanilla and chocolate.

The apple fritter comes out extra caramelized from the fryer, with loads of crunch chunks, offset by the sweet apple filling. Cooking this one just a bit longer than most, its the right call to really develop that flavor.

Our list of doughnut varieties could go on and on. Just trust us, there really is a flavor for everyone at Huron Mountain Bakery.

Huron Mountain Bakery employees Drake Scheidt and head cake creator Joe Heck, show how to make apple fritters at the busy bakery's location in Marquette.

Owner John Scheidt is a true entrepreneur, who just fell in love with baking when he was in college and worked at a local supermarket baking bread. When he and his wife, Darcy, decided that it was time to open his own place, they came up to Marquette for the weekend and promptly fell in love with the town.

Since he opened Huron Mountain in 1996, hes added another location in nearby Ishpeming, and also took over long-time Marquette bakery BabyCakes, where you can enjoy beautiful, French-inspired desserts. Scheidt also partnered with long time local baker Heck in 2016, and now Joes Cakes are sold at Huron Mountain. You can see Heck above, as he showed us the doughnut-making process at Huron Mountain. Next to him rolling out apple fritters is Scheidts son, Drake, who now works at the bakery full time.

We named Huron Mountain Bakery one of our top spots during our search for Michigans Best Bakery.

A chocolate covered Long John from Huron Mountain Bakery in Marquette.

Heck shared his personal "Doughnut Buyers Guide with us. He uses this system to predict what doughnuts a patron will order when they come in. The most obvious observation is that anyone middle school and younger will inevitably order the doughnut with sprinkles, the more the better, and with no care to the actual flavor of the doughnut under its sugar crown. If you are older than 70, youll most likely indulge in a maple iced, coconut, or lemon filled. Huron Mountain opens early every morning at 5 a.m., so its not unheard to have someone coming in who may be a bit hungover, or still enjoying the rhythm of the night. Hecks theory on these guests is to get them any doughnut, as quick as possible, and then get them out.

Huron Mountain is a busy spot every day, but on doughnut holidays things almost come off the rails. On National Doughnut Day (first Friday in June) and National Donut Day (November 5), the bakery will do triple the regular number of doughnuts that they typically do. On Paczki Day, the bakery is filled with a forest of racks, filled with those famous Polish fat balls. Theyll fry upward of 16,000 paczki that day. Its out of control. Its the busiest day of the year by far, Schiedt said.

No matter what day of the year you stop by Huron Mountain, you are assured a high-quality and delicious doughnut. You are also assured an incredible variety of flavor choices, what might just be the most in the entire U.P.

A jelly filled doughnut from Huron Mountain in Marquette.

Huron Mountain Bakery

1301 S. Front St.

Marquette, MI 49855

906-225-1301

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A classic sour cream cake doughnut at Huron Mountain Bakery in Marquette.

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