29K views · 510 reactions | Jennie Livingston's seminal documentary captures the ballroom scene of 1980s New York in all its vivacious joy and heartbreaking precarity. PARIS IS BURNING is now streaming as part of our collection “Trans Awareness Week: Four Essentials of Trans Cinema”. | MUBI UK & Ireland | Facebook

Ricki Lake talks about her personal connection to the new documentary “Big Rock Burning,” which highlights the rebuilding efforts after the destructive wildfires in Malibu, California. | ABC News Live

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Early candles were far from the clean-burning versions we know. In medieval Europe, most people used tallow candles made from animal fat. These produced a smoky, sputtering flame and a distinctly unpleasant odor, limiting their use in close quarters. Wealthier households and churches preferred beeswax candles, which burned cleaner and brighter but were much more expensive. The 19th century brought two major changes: stearin wax made candles harder, and Joseph Morgan’s invention of a candle-moldi

44K views · 37 reactions | The largest fire in Louisiana state history continues burning along with hundreds of fires along the Gulf Coast. Triple-digit temperatures are making it difficult for firefighters battling the flames. | CBS Evening News | Facebook