Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . I heard about Emma Cline’s 2016 debut, The Girls, as many of us did—through a whirlwind of praise and accolades, from literary
Month: November 2020
William “Bill” Hillman is a featured guest on The Mike Wagner Show on iHeart Radio. Director/Writer/Producer/Actor William Byron Hillman has directed, produced and written 14 feature films, including Quigley, which was named in the Top 20 Family Films of All Time, numerous TV commercials, several music videos and has sold 32 screenplays to date. He
Volunteers distribute food to the needy in Orlando, Fla. Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images Continuing claims Continuing claims for unemployment benefits are the best available proxy for the total number of people receiving jobless aid. Claims have fallen by more than 10 million since the early summer. There were around 21 million continuing claims through
Examples of patients with large vessel occlusions correctly predicted by the deep-learning model. Top row: CT angiography slices; middle row: maximal intensity projection images; bottom row: heatmaps showing the most discriminative regions, which strongly correlate with occlusion location. (Courtesy: RSNA) Strokes are life-threatening medical emergencies where urgent treatment is essential. They occur when part of
Grocery shoppers are trading canned goods and bags of dried beans for specialty chocolate and gourmet pasta sauce as coronavirus cases rise across the country, new research shows. In the early months of the pandemic, in the spring, Americans filled up their grocery carts with bulk purchases of food and household staples, and grocers raced
A decision from Warner Bros. on Wonder Woman 1984’s Christmas Day theatrical fate is imminent, I hear, either tomorrow or by Monday at the latest. The internet is in a tizzy over a Bloomberg article tonight that the sequel to the $821M-plus grossing 2017 DC hit, which broke several records for women at the box office,
WASHINGTON — Rideshare launch service provider Spaceflight Inc. announced a new version of its Sherpa tug Nov. 12 equipped with electric propulsion that can send smallsats to high orbits or cislunar space. Spaceflight announced the first flight of its Sherpa-LTE orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) will take place in mid-2021. The vehicle is based on the
Apple has released the first developer beta of iOS 14.3 that suggests a series of features coming to iPhone users. These include ProRAW photo format for the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max, a new Home app, and an option to consider Ecosia as a new default search option. The iOS 14.3 beta
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) speaks during U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., October 13, 2020. Tom Williams | Pool | Reuters Top Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley on Thursday said President-elect Joe Biden should be receiving classified intelligence briefings from
Morrissey and David Bowie’s live cover of T. Rex’s “Cosmic Dancer” has been officially released. Listen to their duet below. Morrissey issued his 13th solo studio album I Am Not a Dog On a Chain in March of this year. In 2019, he released California Son, which featured a number of guests including Grizzly Bear’s
U.S. Treasury yields fell on Friday as confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the U.S. reached a record high on Thursday. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note sunk to 0.882% at 5:02 a.m. ET, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond fell to 1.635%. Yields move inversely to prices. Treasury yields tumbled
Conquering the to-do list takes a little extra motivation in 2020. Many of us have found ways to rise to the everyday, but thriving under the pressures of the new norm is just part of the job for Sandy Pierre. A marketer for Elle’s publisher, Hearst, Sandy navigates a demanding schedule while still finding time
Ahead of his “Final Farewell” celebration scheduled for this month, WWE legend The Undertaker further emphasized his retirement as a pro wrestler. Back in June, The Undertaker had seemingly announced his retirement in an episode of WWE’s documentary series Undertaker: The Last Ride, suggesting that the cinematic-style match he had with A.J. Styles at WrestleMania
Dod Khloe make a decision about her romantic future? On Keeping Up with the Kardashians Season 19 Episode 8, things took a turn when Tristan tried to get close to her again. Meanwhile, Scott headed to a treatment center to work on his health, but felt betrayed when a photo of him was leaked. Elsewhere, the
Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . In Argentine author Samanta Schweblin’s latest novel, Little Eyes, characters indulge in long-distance voyeurism—and exhibitionism—via mobile stuffed toys with built in cameras,
Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE U.S. stock futures rose on Thursday night as Wall Street continues to grapple with the rising number of coronavirus cases and its potential economic impact. Earlier on Thursday, the Dow dropped more than 300 points during the regular session, notching its second straight daily
If you’re dying to know what the total revenue reap was from Disney’s combined PVOD/Disney+-overseas theatrical release experiment of Mulan, well, we just have to wait for the studio’s investor day on Dec. 10. That’s when they’re reportedly going to tell us more. Disney CEO Bob Chapek said on today’s year-end earning call that he was “pleased
WASHINGTON — The Senate Appropriations Committee questioned why it will take the U.S. Space Force 12 years to acquire new jam-resistant communications satellites to replace the existing Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) spacecraft made by Lockheed Martin. The program in question is the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications system known as ESS. The Space and Missile
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