There’s a lot of ways to describe Jordan Peele’s Nope: an update on “Watch the Skies!” sci-fi from the 1950s; a tribute to Steven Spielberg’s 1970s blockbuster building blocks (what if those Close Encounter of the Third Kind UFOs were just hungry, extraterrestrial great white sharks?); a 21st century meta-text about what we watch and
How can you find like-minded people in your community to work with in ending censorship? It can certainly feel overwhelming and, in some instances, impossible, but now is the perfect time to find your allies and work together toward ensuring access to books and information for all. The Florida Freedom to Read Project, helmed by
Karina Longworth’s house is, quite possibly, haunted. This is not necessarily something she has experienced herself, she tells me of her pale-pink 1926 Mediterranean, where Longworth could be found one July morning on the frond-shadowed patio. But it is something she has on authority from a friend who drunkenly stumbled in from the pool one
It’s not the oldest stadium in the nation. That would be Franklin Field at the University of Pennsylvania. But it could be the most famous. The Rose Bowl was built in 1922 and is recognized as a U.S. National Historic Landmark and a California Historic Civil Engineering landmark. The stadium famous for its bowl game,
Salman Rushdie is on a ventilator and may lose an eye after he was attacked on stage in New York state, his agent says. The 75-year-old author suffered severed nerves in an arm and damage to his liver, literary agent Andrew Wylie said. He was unable to speak after he was airlifted to hospital and
The House of Commons Speaker has refused to reveal why MPs want their attendance records at parliament deleted – a move to block information campaigners say the public has a “right to know”. It was decided earlier this year that the records of when MPs used their passes to access the Houses of Parliament should
In a late-Friday move Gannett, the nation’s largest newspaper chain, executed layoffs at outlets across the country. While no official tally was available, journalists at the Athens (Georgia) Banner-Herald, (South Texas) Caller-Times, Columbia (Missouri) Daily Tribune, Ventura County Star, St. Cloud (Minnesota) Times, Monroe (Louisiana) News-Star, Billerica (Massachusetts) Minuteman, (Milwaukee) Journal Sentinel, Panama City (Florida)
Security flaws have been identified in Xiaomi Redmi Note 9T and Redmi Note 11 models, which could be exploited to disable the mobile payment mechanism and even forge transactions via a rogue Android app installed on the devices. Check Point said it found the flaws in devices powered by MediaTek chipsets during a security analysis
We all know and love Tyler Childers for his fantastic gritty vocals and songwriting. However, the guy can equally kill a cover of just about anything as well. We’ve seen the Eastern Kentuckian put together some insanely good renditions of S.G. Goodman’s “Space & Time,” Hank Williams’ “The Old Country Church,” John Prine’s “Yes I
Megan Thee Stallion has finally responded to Dwyane Johnson’s animalistic desires … rather mildly we might add … probably because she has a boyfriend who’s watching things really closely. Meg was a guest on SiriusXM to promote her new — and controversial — “Traumazine” album when she reacted to The Rock wishing to be her
Oppo Find N was launched in December last year as the Chinese company’s first foldable smartphone. Now, Oppo is reportedly working on two new foldable phones that could be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC. One of the smartphones is said to be a horizontally folding handset, which could be called the
Boris Johnson has admitted that the cost of living support the government is providing is not enough – but he refused to announce any immediate measures to combat spiralling household bills. Mr Johnson doubled down on his remarks that it will be up to his successor – either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak – to
On her breakout single “Build a Bitch,” Bella Poarch admitted she’s “filled with flaws and attitude” — but on Friday, the singer’s Twitter account began spewing hate-filled tweets aimed at rapper Cardi B that were suspiciously off-brand for the TikTok star turned pop phenom. The offending tweets, which have since been deleted, contained all the
One of the biggest Barnes & Noble sales of the year has started and is offering 50% off hundreds of books, board games, planners, and more. Among the books offered are fiction, nonfiction, new releases, audiobooks, YA, and kids’ books. Below are some of the most popular titles offered. The prices listed factor in the
In March of 1997, Anne Heche and Ellen DeGeneres were a happy couple in the flushes of new love. But when Heche wanted to bring her girlfriend to her upcoming movie premiere — the disaster thriller Volcano, in which Heche was starring opposite Tommy Lee Jones — 20th Century Fox, she later claimed, said no. “I was
Taiko drum performers are part of the 80th annual Nisei Week Grand Parade, 4 p.m. Aug. 14 in Little Tokyo Los Angeles. (Photo by Toyo Miyatake Studio) Here is a sampling of things to do in-person and online in the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles area, Aug. 11-18. EVENTS Brew at the Zoo: The
The FBI recovered more than 20 boxes of items – some labelled top secret – during a search of Donald Trump’s Florida mansion, court records show. Details from a warrant that has now been unsealed, show some items related to defence information. The warrant said the probe involves alleged violations of the Espionage Act. Among
Sir Robert Buckland has become the first cabinet minister to swap his support in the Conservative Party leadership race. The secretary of state for Wales is now supporting Liz Truss, having previously backed Rishi Sunak. Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Sir Robert says that changing his mind was “not an easy thing to do”. He
Seth Rogen has spoken out about his experience as part of the cast of Steven Spielberg’s Toronto Film Festival-bound The Fabelmans. The actor shares in an upcoming edition of The Process that he wrapped his role in the film, loosely based on the iconic filmmaker’s childhood and upbringing, toward the end of last year. “It
A security feature bypass vulnerability has been uncovered in three signed third-party Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot loaders that allow bypass of the UEFI Secure Boot feature. “These vulnerabilities can be exploited by mounting the EFI System Partition and replacing the existing bootloader with the vulnerable one, or modifying a UEFI variable to load
Look at Tyler Childers getting some much deserved recognition. It feels like it was yesterday when the Eastern Kentuckian rocked our worlds with his 2017 Purgatory album, featuring songs we all still spin to this date, like “Feathered Indians,” “Whitehouse Road,” “Lady May,” “Universal Sound,” “I Swear (To God),” and hell, the whole track list. The number
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