News Yellow Magic Orchestra Drummer Yukihiro Takahashi Dies at 70 The influential Japanese musician co-founded the band with Haruomi Hosono and Ryuichi Sakamoto By Nina Corcoran January 15, 2023 Facebook Twitter Yukihiro Takahashi of Yellow Magic Orchestra performs at Live Earth at the Toji Buddhist Temple in  Kyoto, on July 7, 2007. (Photo by Yuji
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Late last summer, the official email notifying me of my library’s temporary closure for renovations found me capital-D Devastated. Around this time last year, I sat in the breakfast nook pondering the magic of libraries and, more specifically, my deep appreciation for my local branch with the pink camellias outside. There, I browsed and borrowed
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Stephen Ellcock has made a name for himself as a digital curator, or “image alchemist.” He ventures deep into visual art archives and surfaces with paintings, drawings, photographs and other images that inspire and intrigue. His fourth book, The Cosmic Dance, is “but a tiny sample of the fruits of ceaseless foraging,” and like his
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View gallery Image Credit: Benjamin Askinas R’Bonney was the first Filipina-American to win Miss Texas USA and Miss Universe. R’Bonney’s father moved to America from the Philippines with $20 in his pocket. R’Bonney enjoys backpacking and hula-hooping in her free time. R’Bonney Gabriel was the winner of the Miss Universe 2023 Competition, which took place
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Regardless of whether you read ten or 100 books a year, you probably try to keep a record of the books you’ve made your way through. Over the years, many of us have used digital apps for this (often Goodreads, but others like StoryGraph have been gaining more and more support), but have you considered
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What if perfectionism isn’t a curse or a character flaw but rather a common state of being that can be harnessed for good? In her eye-opening book, The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control: A Path to Peace and Power, psychotherapist and former on-site Google therapist Katherine Morgan Schafler posits that perfectionists can live a life
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After 14 years, the Friday the 13th franchise is finally getting set to return to the screen with “Crystal Lake,” an upcoming prequel series from A24, Peacock and Bryan Fuller (“Hannibal”) that’s miraculously able to use any and all existing elements from the franchise. Peacock has given the project a straight-to-series order, with “Crystal Lake”
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The making of Top Gun: Maverick was no small task, and it involved working extremely closely with the United States Navy to pull off this authentic and extreme movie about fighter pilots. Joseph Kosinski, the director of the legacy sequel, has been extremely open about his “quest for authenticity” on this movie, as he told
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Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstory of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing
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Following in the wake of dolls based on The Shining, Stephen King’s IT, Beetlejuice, and Gremlins 2, Elvira is the latest horror icon to join Mattel’s “Monster High” collection! Bloody Disgusting has learned that on Friday, January 13th, Mattel Creations, Mattel’s e-commerce and content platform for creators, collaborations, and innovators, will be releasing the newest Monster High Skullector
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John Legend and Chrissy Teigen just added a new bundle of joy to their growing fam. The Grammy Award-winning singer announced he and his model wife had welcomed their fourth child on Friday morning … and John delivered the happy news during a private performance that night, according to People. Waiting for your permission to
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News 03 Greedo Released From Prison on Parole The rapper has served four and a half years of a 20-year prison sentence for drug and gun possession By Jazz Monroe January 13, 2023 Facebook Twitter Jason Jamal Jackson aka 03 Greedo, February 2018 (Unique Nicole/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter 03 Greedo has been released on parole
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Who’s ready to take a Judy Blume character quiz? Judy Blume books have been there for me at every age of my life. In elementary school, I laughed as my mom read Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing out loud to me and my sister. I related to Margaret’s quest to discover who she is
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★ A Love by Design Elizabeth Everett’s praiseworthy Secret Scientists of London series returns with the third installment, A Love by Design. Engineer Margaret Gault has recently returned to London from Paris and is intent on opening her own firm, despite all the struggles that await a businesswoman in Victorian England. Maggie quickly finds a
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