Catherine O'Hara, Comedy Icon, Dies at 71
Catherine O'Hara, the celebrated comedy actress known for her roles in "Home Alone" and "Schitt's Creek," died Friday at the age of 71, according to Time. O'Hara, whose career spanned over half a century, was renowned for her ability to portray "outsize personalities" with "enormous feelings," Time reported.
O'Hara inhabited dozens of roles throughout her career, including a "pretentious artiste with a ghost infestation," a "harried matriarch" and Moira Rose, the comedy icon from "Schitt's Creek." Time noted her characters were often "at the end of their ropes or legends in their own unbalanced minds."
In other news from the science world, Nature published corrections to two articles. The first correction was to an article titled "A domed pachycephalosaur from the early Cretaceous of Mongolia," originally published on September 17, 2025. The copyright line was amended to "North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and the Authors, under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited," according to Nature. Authors of the article included Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig and Lindsay E. Zanno.
The second correction concerned an article titled "Nanotyrannus and Tyrannosaurus coexisted at the close of the Cretaceous," initially published on October 30, 2025. Nature reported that the copyright line was amended to "North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and James Napoli, under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited." Lindsay E. Zanno and James G. Napoli were listed as contributing authors.
Meanwhile, in the world of film, Variety reviewed "How to Divorce During the War," a film by writer-director Andrius Blaževičius. Guy Lodge of Variety described the film as a "droll, perceptive look at handling personal crises amid political ones," noting its intelligent and "Chablis-dry comedy." The film portrays a divorcing Lithuanian couple navigating their personal lives against the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Finally, Hacker News mentioned the fourth edition of "The Book of PF," a technical resource. The chapters included in the Early Access PDF are in red.
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