Chang’e on the Moon by Katrina Moore, illustrated by Cornelia Li, translated by Jaime Chu I collect picture books that retell myths and folklore, and I am thrilled by this gorgeously illustrated new retelling of the Chinese myth “Chang’e on the Moon.” Chang’e and her husband, Hou Yi, live in peace and love one another
Incubus recently launched a US arena tour celebrating their fourth album, 2001’s Morning View, and featuring support from Coheed and Cambria. On Thursday night (August 29th), the outing made a stop at a sold-out Madison Square Garden in New York City. Coheed and Cambria kicked off the evening promptly at 7:40 pm as fans filed
Fatman Scoop, the rapper, D.J., and hype man behind the sleeper hit “Be Faithful” and whose booming voice on Missy Elliott’s “Lose Control” and Mariah Carey’s “It’s Like That” brought him larger fame, has died after collapsing while performing at a show in Hamden, Connecticut on August 30, confirms The New York Times. Footage of
With all of its different variations, the men’s shirt is without a doubt the most versatile article of dress there is. If you have the right styles, getting ready in the morning can be as easy as throwing one on and looking fresh. But with so many endless options of shirt brands out there, which
Donald Trump launched a brazen new attack on Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday as he claimed she treated Mike Pence poorly. “She’s a nasty person,” the former president said on Fox News. “The way she treated Mike Pence was horrible.” It’s not clear what he was referring to, but it was perhaps the 2020
The international influence of Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K), a branch of the Islamic State, has been on the rise. The group has been linked to numerous attacks and planned attacks in 2024. The highest profile plots include a deadly attack on a concert hall in Moscow, foiled plans to disrupt three Taylor Swift concerts in
JD Vance was put on Trump’s ticket to help in the blue wall states, but a new Michigan poll shows that Vance is much less popular than Tim Walz and could cost Trump the state. The Detroit Free Press reported on their poll: Overall, 28% said Harris’ selection of Walz made them more likely to
Labour is facing a drop off in confidence among business leaders amid plans for tax rises and improvements to workers’ rights, according to a survey. The Institute of Directors (IoD) had noted a leap in optimism in July among its membership as the new government came to power. But its latest economic confidence index showed
A sign that reads “Epic Intergalactic Headquarters” on campus. Epic Systems Dorothy Gale was right — the Land of Oz is not in Kansas. Rather, it’s nestled within the rolling green fields of Verona, Wisconsin, a town of nearly 16,400 people located about 10 miles southwest of the capital city of Madison. Verona is home
NASA has announced that astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will be launching on the SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than Tuesday, September 24, 2024. This update comes after changes to the mission’s crew composition. Originally, NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson were also part of
Over two decades of writing books, author Danzy Senna (Caucasia and New People) faced the same obstacle again and again: “I kept coming up against the problem of my work being uncategorizable and me being uncategorizable.” At 53, Senna has earned critical acclaim, but she’s still keenly conscious of “being a writer who doesn’t fit
Edgar Wright’s cult classic horror-comedy Shaun Of The Dead grossed an estimated $600k for the 3-day weekend and $720k for the four days in Focus Features re-release for the comic zombie-fest’s 20th anniversary. That’s a bloody nice showing as fans turned out for the cult film starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost playing exclusively in Dolby
Spoiler Warning: The following article contains major spoilers for the Alien franchise. If you’re not caught up, please exercise extreme caution. With their oftentimes icy demeanor, milk-like blood, and a history of putting the interests of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation over everything else, the synthetics, or “artificial persons,” in the Alien movies have led to some
Your twenties are about discovering who you are, or working out who you want to be. But in your thirties, you can very quickly rack up more separate identities than a millennial ‘slashie’. Career-man-slash-husband-slash-father. Somehow you have to blend them all into one coherent wardrobe while at the same time clinging onto your fading youth
Anthony Scaramucci, a former aide to Donald Trump, has claimed he has only met one person who hates his ex-boss more than his wife Melania Trump. Speaking in an interview with MeidasTouch on Saturday, Scaramucci suggested that the former president’s wife might be the only person who would like to see Vice President Kamala Harris
A far-right party is on track to win a regional election in Germany for the first time since the Second World War. Alternative for Germany (AfD), founded in 2013 with an anti-migration and eurosceptic agenda, picked up the most votes in the eastern state of Thuringia, according to exit polls. The party was on course