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Thursday 3 November 2022

Julie Powell, food writer of 'Julie & Julia,' dies at 49

By MARK KENNEDY AP En- in 2004 as she was putting
tertainment Writer the finishing touches on her
NEW YORK (AP) — Food first book, a time she writes
writer Julie Powell, who be- when she was "starry-eyed
came an internet darling and vaguely discontented
after blogging for a year and had too much time on
about making every recipe my hands."
in Julia Child's "Mastering By 2006, she had landed an
the Art of French Cooking," apprenticeship at a butch-
leading to a book deal er shop two hours north of
and a film adaptation, has New York City, which of-
died. She was 49. fered an escape from her
Powell died of cardiac ar- crumbling marriage and a
rest Oct. 26 at her home in place to explore her child-
upstate New York, The New hood curiosity with butch-
York Times reported. Her ers.
death was confirmed by "The way they held a knife
Judy Clain, Powell's email in their hand was like an ex-
and editor in chief of Little, tension of themselves," she
Brown. said. "I'm a very clumsy per-
"She was a brilliant writer son. I don't play sports. That
and a daring, original per- kind of physical skill is really
son and she will not be foreign to me, and I'm re-
forgotten," Clain said in a ally envious of that."
statement. "We are sending Author Julie Powell attends the premiere of "Julie & Julia" at The Ziegfeld Theatre, in New York, on The book explores the link
our deepest condolences July 30, 2009. Powell, who became an internet darling after blogging for a year about making between butchering and
to all who knew and loved every recipe in Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” leading to a book deal and a her own tortured romantic
Julie, whether personally or film adaptation, died of cardiac arrest on Oct. 26, 2022, at her home in upstate New York. life. At one point, while cut-
through the deep connec- She was 49 ting the connective tissue
tions she forged with read- thor portrayed in the movie revealed she had an affair, picking up 'Cleaving' are on a pig's leg, she writes:
ers of her memoirs." by Amy Adams and Meryl the pain of loving two men going to be in for some "It's sad, but a relief as well,
Powell's 2005 book "Ju- Streep as Child. at once, of her fondness for emotional whiplash," she to know that two things so
lie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Her sophomore and last sadomasochism and even told The Associated Press closely bound together
Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment effort titled "Cleaving: A a bout of self-punishing sex in 2009. "I don't believe it's can separate with so little
Kitchen" became the hit, Story of Marriage, Meat with a stranger. going to be a Nora Ephron violence, leaving smooth
Nora Ephron-directed film and Obsession" was a bit "People coming from the movie." surfaces instead of bloody
"Julie & Julia," with the au- jarring in its honesty. Powell movie 'Julie & Julia' and Powell began her affair shreds."q

Fresh off Twitter Jennifer Lawrence keeps 'Causeway'

acquisition, Musk suits up nicely afloat

for Halloween By MARK KENNEDY AP En-

tertainment Writer
A pickup truck breaking
Associated Press undefined down on the street turns
NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk didn't let the responsibilities into a blessing of sorts in
of becoming CEO at a third major company curb his "Causeway," a new, gentle
Halloween spirit this year. Apple TV+ drama starring
Fresh off of a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, Musk showed Jennifer Lawrence.
up on a red carpet in New York City in what appeared She plays a military engi-
to be a "Devil's Champion" costume alongside his moth- neer recovering in her na-
er, Maye Musk.q
tive New Orleans after a
debilitating brain injury suf-
fered in Afghanistan when
her Chevrolet truck's en- clean pools an odd sort of water and the placidness
gine starts smoking. high school profession for of an empty swimming
By chance, she pulls into an a veteran soldier until we pool. At first she just cleans
auto repair shop and finds learn she was a member them while the owners are
another damaged soul a of the Army Corps of Engi- away and then she starts
mechanic living every day neers tasked with building to swim in them, too. Wa-
with the guilt and the physi- a dam when her convey ter seems to be her escape
cal aftereffects of a car ac- was hit by roadside blasts. panic attacks send her to
cident. Remarkably, she wants the shower and her place
That analogy fits with a film to go back to war and as to cleanse.
where water plays a cru- soon as she can: "I need to It is no coincidence that
Elon Musk attends Heidi Klum's 21st annual Halloween party at cial role. get out of here!" this motif has been chosen
Sake No Hana at Moxy Lower East Side on Monday, Oct. 31, Lawrence's Lynsey comes As she rehabilitates, Lynsey for a story set in a city rav-
2022, in New York.
back from Afghanistan to finds peace in the swirls of aged by floodwaters.q