On Feb. 25, 2021, the House of Representatives voted to pass the historic Equality Act, a bill that would revise existing civil rights law in order to explicitly ban discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation and expand current protections. In short: The law would give LBGTQ+ people the same rights millions of Americans
Netflix is in it for the long haul with Vikings: Valhalla. The streamer on Wednesday confirmed a renewal for Vikings: Valhalla Seasons 2 and 3, just weeks after its series debut. The series premiered on February 25 and ranks #1 on the Netflix Top 10 for the week of 2/28 with 113.38M hours viewed, making
Are you ready for some more Tehran? Apple TV+ on Wednesday unveiled the teaser trailer for the second season of its International Emmy Award-winning hit, espionage thriller. Starring two-time Emmy Award-winner and Academy Award-nominee Glenn Close, and returning cast Niv Sultan, Shaun Toub, Shervin Alenabi, Arash Marandi and Shila Ommi, the first two episodes of
Taken from the March 2022 issue of Physics World, where it appeared under the headline “Disaster signalling”. Members of the Institute of Physics can enjoy the full issue via the Physics World app. Robert P Crease wonders what lessons we can learn from movies about comets and asteroids heading towards Earth
I don’t own a smartphone, and never have. While this life choice has made me a happier, more productive person—I don’t know if I could have written my novel Last Resort with another distraction—it has also made me quite “out of the loop.” Thankfully, like all losers and loners past, I’ve found solace—and some kindred
An Unstoppable Optimist on the Way to Camp Hope Allegra Hyde Share article Chapter one of Eleutheria by Allegra Hyde My name, my full name, is Willa Marks. There’s nothing in the middle. My parents must have had their reasons for the omission, though I’ve always considered it a sign of honesty. A middle name
Destiny Worldwide Entertainment has just wrapped “Get Her”, the pilot episode of the new tv series “The Moretti’s” written and directed by William Byron Hillman starring Alessandro Folchitto (Red Notice, Avengers: Infinity War, The Suicide Squad) and Kate Dailey. The pilot episode co-stars Elle Matarazzo, Carl A. Nespoli and Anthony Preston. Music for the pilot
Sunrise over Lake Baikal / Photo by Arseniy Chekmarev / Flickr My name is Iaromira Forgive me if I speak of sad thingsWhen my footsteps echo in my bones A silence saved me from the wordAnother silence will save the word And the wind shall be my home * I saw the stars swim
Para on Lake Baikal in southern Siberia / Photo courtesy of the author Editorial note: “Siberian Romance,” a suite of Para’s poems, accompanies this introductory essay. Born in 1956, Jean-Baptiste Para is a poet, art critic, essayist, translator, editor of numerous books, and editor in chief of the French journal Europe, which was founded in
Photo by Jennifer Boyer / Flickr Berlin poet, essayist, and playwright Esther Dischereit responds to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the shelling near Babyn Yar, the site of Nazi Germany’s 1941 massacre of 33,000 Ukrainian Jews and thousands of other victims. With Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko’s 1961 poem about the massacre as a point
Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania: Transformania has been granted an April 3 theatrical release date in China. Sony last summer licensed the fourth installment in the successful franchise to Amazon worldwide, but retained China rights. With the date now confirmed, Sony gets a month’s lead time on promotion and marketing in China where the previous
WASHINGTON — Astra Space said March 7 it identified two problems that led to the failure of a launch last month as the company gears up for a new launch that may be imminent. In a March 7 statement, the company said an investigation into a Feb. 10 failure of its Rocket 3.3 vehicle to
Garmin Instinct 2 series of smartwatches were launched in India on Tuesday, March 8. The new smartwatch series comprises two models — Garmin Instinct 2 and Garmin Instinct 2S. The former is offered with a 45mm dial, while the latter gets a 40mm dial. Both smartwatches get their own solar-charging editions. Garmin Instinct 2 Solar and
Service members of pro-Russian troops in uniforms without insignia are seen next to an armoured vehicle with the symbol “Z” painted on its side in the separatist-controlled village of Bugas during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the Donetsk region, Ukraine March 6, 2022. Alexander Ermochenko | Reuters WASHINGTON — Nearly all of the troops Russia amassed on
News Listen to Ethel Cain Cover Britney Spears’ “Everytime” “I knew I could take Britney’s melodies and make something super dreamy with it,” Cain said of her International Women’s Day single By Matthew Ismael Ruiz March 8, 2022 Facebook Twitter Photo by Ethel Cain Facebook Twitter Ethel Cain has covered Britney Spears’ “Everytime,” originally from
Google’s Senior Vice President Sundar Pichai gives a keynote address during the opening day of the 2015 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona on March 2, 2015. Lluis Gene | AFP | Getty Images Google announced Tuesday that it plans to buy cybersecurity firm Mandiant for around $5.4 billion as part of an effort to better protect
There are plenty of reasons to be upset with director Sam Levinson’s latest season of Euphoria, but actress Barbie Ferreira is easing some pressure with her latest confession: Much of the alleged behind-the-scenes drama is apparently “untrue.” In an interview with Insider, the actress responded—albeit indirectly—to rumors that not all was well between her and
Who ruined the surprise military homecoming? On 9-1-1: Lone Star Season 3 Episode 9, the drama mounted when the group was called out to help. Meanwhile, Owen was left responsible for taking care of a talkative pet. How did he navigate this very different day in his life? Elsewhere, Tommy went on her first date