Who is audacious enough to publish a book purporting to explain the answer to the question, What is life? Well, Christophe Galfard is. In his book, This Is Life: How the Science of the Cosmos Explains What We Are, he explains it to the best of our current knowledge in 476 fascinating, highly readable pages.
The Green Arrow is one of DC’s most consistently underrated superheroes, no thanks to his earlier depictions placing him as a more gimmicky, inferior Batman substitute. But beginning just ahead of the Bronze Age of Comics, Neal Adams gave him a much-needed makeover, giving him his signature goatee and newer costume while, appropriately, working alongside
Critic’s Rating: 4.1 / 5.0 4.1 Do you know that discourse about whether or women should choose the man or the bear? Well, switch “bear” out with “storm,” and the answer remains the same. One simple camping trip out with friends can turn into something out of a horror movie if your man-picker is broken.
Mac DeMarco fans awoke to a surprise on Friday: four new albums from the singer-songwriter. Well, they’re sort of new—some fans have already heard Dog on the Rock, Seven Off the Two, Seaplane Dog, and The View From Tian Tian, after being handed copies of them on CD-Rs during DeMarco’s most recent tour. The releases,
Half-human aliens, a four-armed being, an on-camera implant removal and bicycle-mounted cameras recording a Men in Black car chase through Chicago. Chicago’s Earths Dreamland has released the unsettling opening scene from The Alien Report, the award-winning alien-abduction thriller now streaming free on Tubi (link below). After seeing the film’s unsettling imagery, viewers on Reddit began
A great celebrity look is rarely just about the clothes. Hair, makeup and accessories all play a part in creating an image that people remember, and wigs have become one of the most flexible tools for changing that image. A celebrity can appear with a sleek bob one week, dramatic curls the next and waist-length
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Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden, joked that he is “48.6% gay” in an interview with gay progressive political broadcaster Luke Beasley, published August 17. During their conversation, Beasley asked Hunter Biden whether he was gay like him. Hunter Biden replied, “Only a little bit.” Beasley then asked, “More or less than
Dion shared that she had been diagnosed with a “very rare” progressive neurological disorder called stiff-person syndrome, surely the first time that most people had ever heard of it. “As you know, I’ve always been an open book,” she said in an Instagram video. “I wasn’t ready to say anything before, but I’m ready now.
EXCLUSIVE: Next week, Nigerian filmmaker Damilola Orimogunje (For Maria Ebun Pataki) debuts his second feature film, Dear Ajayi, at the Venice Film Festival as part of the parallel Giornate degli Autori section. The title is the first from Nigeria to play in the competition. Check out the first trailer for the film above. The
Whoopi Goldberg recently made a few headlines with claims about her paycheck on The View. Since then, an insider claimed that the comments might have even raised a few eyebrows at the long-running talk show. In addition, the source weighed in on issues impacting the show for quite some time. Whoopi Goldberg Has Been Part
Never Enough: Versions is not a collection of Turnstile cover songs or remixes. The Baltimore experimental hardcore band is adamant that it’s a “reimagined album” of songs from last year’s Grammy-winning full-length Never Enough. What’s the difference? For starters, there’s more collaborators than there are songs on the original tracklist, and the list is as
Marginalia Movie Review by Matt Boiselle Marginalia – directed & written by Mark Beal, and starring Jessica Bell, Seraluna Sanchez & Jessica Lemmons Marginalia, from director Mark Beal, is a really fun little horror film that mixes demons, witchcraft, dark secrets and… killer rabbits. Yes, you read that right. The story follows Sister Trista, who
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Washington DC, May 4 2025: President Trump returns to the White House and speaks to the press after spending the weekend in Mar-a-Lago. | Shutterstock Following President Donald Trump’s third hospital visit in 13 months, physician and MS NOW medical analyst Vin Gupta told the media outlet Zeteo on Wednesday that one of Trump’s “chronic”
Pulling the Plug on McDreamy After Rhimes cryptically admitted on the Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore in 2015 that she had killed a character in the Shondaverse because she didn’t like the actor, speculation swirled that the corpse was Dempsey’s Derek, who had long since chosen to love Meredith when he was devastatingly killed off
Dexter has grown to become one of the most iconic fictional serial killers on the screen. No matter how many times one ends up watching the Showtime series and its follow-ups and spin-offs, Dexter Morgan’s complex moral code and gradual fall from grace is always fascinating. While Dexter Morgan has rightfully found his place among
Critic’s Rating: 4.2 / 5.0 4.2 I think when we get to any show that involves one person tasked with saving the world, there are questions about whether the right person has been chosen. Stuart Fails to Save the Universe certainly fits the bill for that method of thinking. The Big Bang Theory character was
David Byrne is once again adding to his decades-long concert-film legacy with the upcoming Who Is the Sky? Helmed by The Brutalist writer-director Brady Corbet, the forthcoming project, a follow-up to 2023’s Spike Lee-shot American Utopia, was filmed over multiple nights in Byrne’s hometown of Baltimore during his most recent tour. Release details will be
Dead Janitor’s Club Movie Review by Matt Boiselle Dead Janitor’s Club – directed by Devon Downs & Kenny Gage, written by Jeff Klima & starring Jake Busey, Felix Merback & Brianna Gage Okay, this one was a lot of fun.Dead Janitor’s Club, from co-directors Devon Downs and Kenny Gage, is a darkly funny crime film
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Today, the Department of Health and Human Services released a 20-page pseudoscientific report entitled, “Where the Clinic Meets the Movement: Does Gender Ideology Arm Left-Wing Authoritarian Psychology?” The report concludes that “gender ideology is associated with left-wing authoritarianism and willingness to justify political violence,” but its methodology and creation both align with the Trump administration’s general
Travis Scott Brings His, Kylie Jenner’s Daughter Stormi Onstage During Fanatics Fest Performance Kylie Jenner is keeping up with some eyebrow-raising rumors. As the Kardashians star reflected on her public romance with boyfriend Timothée Chalamet, she finally addressed speculation that they are expecting a baby together. “I’m so used to people creating their own narrative
On the first day of the new millennium, rapper Slug, one half of Minneapolis-based duo Atmosphere, opened his guest verse on DJ Abilities’ song “Exclusive” by recalling “the earlier days when [he] would ego trip”, all the way up “to the phase when [he] hit all that emo shit”. As minor a quote as it
Veteran media and entertainment executive Steve Shikiya has been named Chief Operating Officer of Anonymous Content. Reporting directly to President and CEO Darren Walker, Shikiya will oversee Anonymous’s day-to-day business operations, including finance, corporate development, business affairs, and human resources. He will work closely with leadership across the management, production and brand studio businesses and
A former news anchor was arrested on Halloween last year after she was found near her mother’s dead body. They pleaded guilty in court after stabbing their mom to death in a brutal attack in 2025. Keep reading for more details on the horrifying crime. News Anchor Pleads Guilty After Stabbing Mom In Deadly Attack
Straight off the release of new album Punching the Clown, Lambchop have shared a deadpan comedy short, Joke Country, depicting a fictional radio interview. Steve Marsh plays the host interviewing Lambchop’s Kurt Wagner, portrayed by Henry Phillips, who led the cast of a 2009 film also called Punching the Clown. The 10-minute short, directed by
THE WALKING DEAD: DEAD CITY — SEASONS 1 & 2 ON BLU-RAY! The dead have taken Manhattan… and Negan and Maggie are raising hell! Acorn Media International brings The Walking Dead: Dead City Seasons 1 & 2 to Blu-ray, following Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Maggie (Lauren Cohan) on a gritty, brutal journey into the heart of post-apocalyptic New York. Two unlikely
September is one of the biggest months of the year for publishing. It comes with a deluge of new book releases, including from beloved and bestselling authors. So how do you choose which ones to prioritize? That’s where the Indie Next List comes in. Every month, the American Booksellers Association put together a list of
Abdul El-Sayed/Donald Trump | Reuters Marketplace – USA TODAY Network Pictures, USA TODAY Network Pictures//Alex Martin/Greenville News / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for a US Senate seat in Michigan, mocked Donald Trump’s bizarre pronunciation of his name at a campaign event on Wednesday. “Donald Trump, because he can’t
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