The opening chapter of a book is its first impression—it sets the scene, establishes tone of voice, and draws the reader into a new world. The following three books hooked me from the beginning, and specific songs came to mind that fit each narrative. Here are my pairings. Delia OwensWhere the Crawdads SingG. P. Putnam’s
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SUNDAY AM, Refresh for updates and chart: Focus Features/Amblin’s PG-13 horror movie Come Play came in much better than expected, seeing a boost on Halloween night (as opposed to expected drop) with $1.3M, +18% over Friday+preview’s $1.1M. This puts the pic’s opening weekend at $3.15M in No. 1 spot. One industry insider tells me, “Look at what
SHANGHAI — Chinese fintech giant Lufax is laying the groundwork for international expansion over the next five years, following a cash injection from its U.S. IPO, the company’s chief executive told CNBC. Lufax started trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday raising around $2.36 billion. The stock fell as much as 14.3% on
Twenty years ago, the joint U.S.-Russia space mission Expedition 1 docked with the first modules of the International Space Station (International Space Station). An American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts arrived to, in effect, bring the station to life. They turned on the lights, unpacked the boxes, and set up the kitchen. Over 136 days
Honor V40 Series may be launched in December and ahead of its alleged debut, the specifications of the smartphone have tipped on Twitter. The tipster shared information about the key hardware of the handset. According to the tipster, the Honor V40 series will have two models — V40 Pro and V40 Pro+. The phone may
President Donald Trump arrives at Southwest Florida International Airport ahead of a campaign stop in Fort Myers, Florida, U.S., October 16, 2020. Carlos Barria | Reuters For President Donald Trump, the year leading to Election Day was even more turbulent than the first three years of his tenure: an impeachment trial, racial unrest that unsettled
Feist has shared a cover of Cat Stevens’ song “Trouble” to encourage voter turnout in Wisconsin, as Stereogum points out. The video was released via Justin Vernon’s Eaux Claires festival voter initiative titled For Wisconsin. Check out Feist’s take on “Trouble,” as well as the original version, below. “Trouble” appears on Cat Stevens’ 1970 album
Election volunteer Nancy Gavney verifies voter and witness signatures on absentee ballots as they are counted at the City Hall during the presidential primary election held amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Beloit, Wisconsin, April 7, 2020. Daniel Acker | Reuters Record numbers of voters have already cast their ballots in the 2020 election
Frazer HarrisonGetty Images Since the start of the pandemic in March, the fashion industry has been devastated in more ways than one. Cushnie, the beloved fashion brand known for its sleek, demure designs, is the latest victim to succumb to COVID-19’s damaging affects. Today, designer Carly Cushnie announced that she’s been forced to shut down
In the wake of Sean Connery’s passing, former Saturday Night Live star Darrell Hammond opened up on his popular portrayal of the legendary actor on the show’s Celebrity Jeopardy skits. Back in 1996, the SNL writers were putting together a new Celebrity Jeopardy! parody sketch with Will Ferrell as Alex Trebek. At nearly the last
There’s no doubt about it at this point. Pandora Season 2 Episode 5 proves that this can be a pretty good show when they stick to interpersonal plots and politics. And it’s not like they’re lacking for sensational moments without the big space battles and fancy(-ish) explosions. The writing still swings wildly between being entertaining
Time Square, New York, April 8, 2016, Times Square is a major landmark of New York, brightly adorned with billboards and advertisements. William Rodrigues dos Santos Had this been a normal year, the Tony Awards would have occurred in June and Broadway would be gearing up for its lucrative holiday season. Instead, the Great White
Refresh for latest…: Asia continues to power international box office with local titles atop the charts. This is a trend we can expect to carry on as the Hollywood studios have widely vacated the rest of 2020, and as Europe begins a re-closing process amid coronavirus spikes. In just the last week, France shuttered its
WASHINGTON — Virgin Orbit plans to invest in Sky and Space Global (SAS), the financially troubled satellite constellation company, and partner with it on launch and satellite services. In an Oct. 28 statement, SAS said that Virgin Orbit will take a stake of no less than 14.7% in the company by purchasing shares in the
Intel’s 11th Gen Core ‘Tiger Lake’ CPUs are the first to feature the company’s new integrated Xe graphics architecture. Just as laptops built around these CPUs are going on sale in many parts of the world, the company has revealed that some of them will also ship with its first discrete GPU, the Intel Iris
Democratic U.S. presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign drive-in, mobilization event in Flint, Michigan, U.S., October 31, 2020. Brian Snyder | Reuters Former Vice President Joe Biden holds a substantial national lead over President Donald Trump in the closing days before Election Day, a final NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll
Exclusive Justin Bieber was burning the midnight oil for a new music video — and it looks like the guy scorched off his pants in the process … plus the rest of his clothes, sans underwear. The Biebs was filming Friday in DTLA, where we’re told he and the crew had been pulling an all-nighter
Sebastian Gollnow | picture alliance | Getty Images Some 130 miles south of Salt Lake City, engineers are working on what will become a giant cavity in the ground. It’s a geological formation known as a salt dome, a column of salt surrounded by sedimentary layers, and when it’s filled with hydrogen, it could become