Note: This article discusses acts of self-harm and alleged abuse. The family of Beach Slang and Quiet Slang’s James Alex has released a statement revealing that Alex is “in an inpatient facility after attempting to take his life.” According to the family, Alex “is getting the help he needs and will be on a true
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf testifies at his Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on September 23, 2020 in Washington, DC. Greg Nash | AFP | Getty Images Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf resigned Monday, becoming the third Cabinet-level official to quit on the heels of the riot at
Courtesy of Louis Vuitton No one had a 2020 like Naomi Osaka. Last September, she represented Japan at the U.S. Open and won her second title and third major at only 22 years old. Osaka also advocated for the Black Lives Matter movement throughout the tournament, wearing the names of seven Black Americans who had
Mallrats actor Ethan Suplee has achieved his goal of having visible abs. The actor has consistently kept his social media followers up to date on his weight loss journey over the years. The My Name Is Earl star went from weighing more than 500 pounds to having just 9% body fat. Back in January 2020,
The Dexter revival is inching closer to its fall premiere date, and we have some new casting details. Deadline is reporting that (The Mandalorian), Alano Miller (Sylvie’s Love), Johnny Sequoyah (Believe), and Jack Alcott (The Good Lord Bird) have joined the recently announced revival series. Details have been scarce about the project ever since it
If you live in a part of the world with cold winters, you probably know the awful feeling that comes with an unexpectedly early frost or snow—one that covers your car in a layer of ice before you’ve pulled out your gloves and ice scraper for the season. The one that makes your fingers freeze
Hot Vinyasa Flow for Crushing Self-Doubt If you enjoy reading Electric Literature, join our mailing list! We’ll send you the best of EL each week, and you’ll be the first to know about upcoming submissions periods and virtual events. Corpse Pose The position has to assume you, like a fever, or a favor, or a
If Serbian poet and novelist Zvonko Karanović were a painter, he would be a surrealist. In the forty-one dark prose poems of Sleepwalkers on a Picnic, in English and Serbian parallel texts translated by Biljana D. Obradović (Diálogos Books, 2020), he depicts a dreamlike urban existence in which nameless men fend off angst and emptiness
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Twitter (TWTR) – Twitter shares are falling sharply in premarket trading after the company permanently suspended President Donald Trump’s account. Twitter said it took the action due to the risk of further incitement of violence. Shares of Twitter were down 6.7% in premarket
Barbara Epler started working at New Directions after graduating from college in 1984, and she has been its president and publisher since 2011. In 2015 Poets & Writers awarded Epler their Editor’s Prize, and in 2016 Words Without Borders gave her the Ottaway Award for the Promotion of International Literature. Veronica Esposito: You became editor-in-chief
International box office was led again by China this weekend with local titles A Little Red Flower and Shock Wave 2 at the top of the charts, and Disney/Pixar’s Soul continuing its jazzy run there. The Pete Docter-directed original is soon to become Pixar’s No. 3 highest-grossing title ever in the market. Other weekend highlights
WASHINGTON — The head of Arianespace asked European governments to provide his company with more support in order to balance what he called government support of American competitors “with no precedent.” At a Jan. 7 press briefing, Stéphane Israël, chief executive of Arianespace, said the company completed 2020 with revenues of about one billion euros
Hike is shutting down its Sticker Chat app, founder and CEO Kavin Bharti Mittal confirmed. The company is ‘sunsetting’ Hike Sticker Chat in January 2021 itself. Mittal says that even though the app is shutting down, HikeMoji will still be available in its other services. The company had earlier stated that the Hike Sticker Chat
Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on efforts to get back to work and school during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Washington, D.C., June 30, 2020. Al Drago | Pool | Reuters GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said on Friday that
Exclusive Dr. Dre is still in intensive care, one week after he was rushed to the hospital after suffering a brain aneurysm, and doctors are still trying to figure out what happened. Sources connected to Dre with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Dre’s where he’s been since last Monday — in ICU at Cedars-Sinai Medical
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield remained higher than the 1.1% mark on Monday morning, after President-elect Joe Biden on Friday promised further economic stimulus that would be “in the trillions of dollars.” The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 1.11% at 3:45 a.m. ET, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond
Chris JacksonGetty Images After Meghan Markle and Prince Harry announced their plans to exit their official royal roles, some people tracking the story wondered if this move might affect Meghan’s application for U.K. citizenship. At the time of Harry and Meghan’s wedding in the spring of 2018, a spokesperson for the duchess told CNN that
Tom Holland lost a lot of weight for Cherry and had to gain it all back. In addition, Holland’s co-star Ciara Bravo had to do the same. The Russo Brothers finally revealed the first footage from the highly anticipated movie earlier this week, teasing what fans can expect. Even before the first footage was released,