Month: November 2022

You know those reading memes and cartoons that circulate regularly that say something to the effect of, “Reading is just staring at slices of trees and hallucinating vividly”? I never understood that. Not just because that’s not what hallucinations are, but also because I don’t really visualize when I read. I don’t have complete aphantasia,
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Favorite Country Album WINNER: Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor’s Version)Carrie Underwood, Denim & RhinestonesLuke Combs, Growin’ UpCody Johnson, Human: The Double AlbumWalker Hayes, Country Stuff: The Album Favorite Country Song WINNER: Morgan Wallen, “Wasted on You”Chris Stapleton, “You Should Probably Leave”Cody Johnson, “‘Til You Can’t”Dustin Lynch ft. MacKenzie Porter, “Thinking ‘Bout You”Jordan Davis ft. Luke Bryan,
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News Watch Stevie Wonder, Charlie Puth, and Ari Lennox Perform Lionel Richie Tribute at the 2022 American Music Awards They sang “All Night Long (All Night),” “Easy,” and more songs in the style of dueling pianos  By Nina Corcoran November 20, 2022 Facebook Twitter Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, and Smokey Robinson performing “We Are the
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Refresh for latest…: In its sophomore frame, Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever sent its worldwide cume well past the $500M mark, with an estimated $546.3M through Sunday.  The split is $288M domestic and $258.3M from the international box office. The Ryan Coogler-directed sequel is currently the No. 8 highest-grossing Hollywood release of 2022 overseas. Globally,
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With President Joe Biden pardoning thousands of people convicted of marijuana possession and the rise of microdosing psychedelics as a treatment for mental illness, now is a good time to dive in to some books about drugs, especially of the recreational variety. Originally I wanted this list to be science-heavy, full of cool, weird books
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Luca Guadagnino’s Timothée Chalamet-starring, edgy cannibal road trip romance Bones And All pulled in young demos (79% in the 18-34 rage) and women (54%-46% female) for an opening weekend gross of $120k, or $23.9k per screen average in five theaters. That’s respectable and in line with distributor UAR expectations although below recent debuts including Banshees
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View gallery Image Credit: P Le Floch/Sipa/Shutterstock Naomi Campbell was spotted helping her baby girl enjoy the holiday spirit in London on Saturday, Nov. 19. The iconic supermodel made a rare public appearance with her 18-month-old daughter as they took in the festivities at Hyde Park’s Winder Wonderland, as seen in photos here. Daring to
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All hail the Brenaissance! Between movies like The Mummy and George Of The Jungle, Brendan Fraser was a staple talent of the ‘90s and ‘00s, until he wasn’t. While the actor never completely left Hollywood, he’s only truly stepped back into the spotlight over the past year. And during this time, many have showered him
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Robots and children’s stories have gone together for decades, but in the modern era, it’s no wonder that robot books for kids are more popular than ever. A strong candidate for the first fictional robot comes from children’s fiction, before the word ‘robot’ itself even came into use — Tik-Tok, a mechanical character in L.
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Sheets of rain blanket the 1978 New York skyline as a marquis comes into view, touting its message in bright, pink letters: Madeline Ashton in Songbird! Rather than flocking in, however, the theater’s patrons seem to be flooding out, stepping on water logged playbills sporting Ms. Ashton’s smiling face as they grumble their dissatisfaction. Still,
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