A seemingly doomed wedding is the focal point of Louise Erdrich’s The Mighty Red, a propulsive novel that further justifies this Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s acclaim. Time and time again, with just a few words of perfectly placed description—like “the layaway bridal gown hung like an apparition on the outside of the closet door”—Erdrich lends Shakespearean
Here’s to a solid indie weekend with BTS’s Jung Kook: I Am Still, Mubi’s The Substance, Whiplash is back and My Old Ass in limited release. Am I Racist? by conservative podcaster Matt Walsh also continued strong in week two. Mubi’s release of Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance opened to $3.1 million on 1,949 screens for the
One thing (of many) that I love about Hispanic Heritage Month is the focus on just how diverse and eclectic “Hispanic Heritage” actually is. Case in point: the absolute legend that is Robert Rodriguez. His projects are both inherently Mexican, but also universal in a way that very few other filmmakers can truly capture. And,
The lucky men who count themselves as card-carrying members of the A-list more often than not have good looks, an obscene amount of charisma and bank balances to rival developing economies. What they don’t always possess, however, is a killer sense of style. The truth is that behind every red carpet appearance destined to send Instagram likes
One way or the other, 2024 will be Donald Trump’s last presidential campaign, he says. The former president and GOP presidential nominee said he will not run again in 2028 if he loses this November, in an interview aired Sunday on the television show Full Measure. Allan Lichtman talks 2024: Historian who predicted 9 of
Left-leaning leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won the presidential election in Sri Lanka. The election, held on Saturday, was the first since mass protests in 2022 saw Sri Lanka’s then leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa unseated as the country faced its worst economic crisis. Mr Dissanayake secured 42% of the votes counted, followed by opposition leader Sajith
Mary Trump explained that her uncle Donald still has not recovered from the narcissistic wound caused by Kamala Harris at the debate, which is why he is refusing to debate again. Harris campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon announced on Saturday that Harris has accepted a CNN invitation to debate in October: The American people deserve
It could be time to rethink popular portfolio strategies for a lower interest rate environment. The Federal Reserve’s half-percent rate cut on Wednesday marked the first time in more than four years it moved to lower the benchmark interest rate. According to VanEck CEO Jan van Eck, investors should start thinking about how the changing
Sovereign wealth funds out of the Middle East are emerging as key backers of Silicon Valley’s artificial intelligence darlings. Oil-rich nations like Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar have been looking to diversify their economies, and are turning to tech investments as a hedge. In the past year, funding for AI companies by
An international team of researchers, led by scientists from Stockholm University’s Department of Astronomy, has discovered a higher number of black holes in the early universe than was previously recorded. Using the NASA Hubble Space Telescope, this team found black holes among faint galaxies formed shortly after the Big Bang event. These findings may help
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Perry Farrell’s wife, Etty Lau Farrell, updated fans on the singer’s mental and physical condition on Saturday (September 21st), following an onstage meltdown that led Jane’s Addiction to cancel their North American tour. As previously reported, Farrell shoved and punched guitarist Dave Navarro during the band’s show in Boston on September 13th. The onstage fracas
Indigo De Souza has released a surprise three-song EP, marking her Loma Vista debut. It’s called Wholesome Evil Fantasy, and its tracks are appropriately titled “Wholesome,” “Evil,” and “Fantasy.” Listen to it below. “These songs come from the spiciest, most goofy, glitter gloss place in my psyche. I wasn’t really thinking very hard when I
If you’re partial to a close shave or you like to sport a look that’s slicker than a 1970s dance floor, grooming with more traditional-style razors is the way to go. Without a doubt, for anyone looking to tame their facial mane with maximum precision and minimal irritation, a double-edge razor will deliver the goods.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — On an island of windswept tundra in the Bering Sea, hundreds of miles from mainland Alaska, a resident sitting outside their home saw — well, did they see it? They were pretty sure they saw it. A rat. The purported sighting would not have gotten attention in many places around the
At least 30 people have been killed and 17 are injured after a methane leak sparked an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, state media reports. Another 24 miners are believed to be trapped inside after the explosion struck a mine in Tabas, some 335 miles southeast of the capital, Tehran. The state-run