Do you like shows about nature? If so, then BBC America might have the show you’ve been looking for! A Wild Year on Earth is a six-part series narrated by Laura Carmichael (Downton Abbey). It launched last week as part of the weekly programming event Wonderstruck, celebrating the elegance and power of our planet. In
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. The first time I saw a picture of the girls in the Manson family, I was in college, I think, and was
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gives a presser at the end of a video conference meeting of the members of the European Council focused on the Covid-19 pandemic, in Brussels, on January 21, 2021. OLIVIER HOSLET | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — The European Union on Friday published a redacted version of
by Jessica Pena, January 27, 2021 The women of Scarlet will return for one more year. Freeform just announced they’ve renewed The Bold Type for a fifth and final season. There will be just six episodes this time around, down from the 16-episode order of the fourth season. The drama series provides a glimpse into the
Investor Peter Boockvar is calling the Reddit rebellion “another epic parabolic bubble.” In a research note out this week, he warns the mania into trades from GameStop to American Airlines will ultimately go bust. “Let’s break down the investment strategy: Find the most shorted stocks, buy calls, write about it, buy the stocks and jam it
Baz Luhrmann’s untitled Elvis Presley movie, currently in production in Australia, is moving from its Nov. 5, 2021 date to June 3, 2022. The movie will explore the life and music of Elvis Presley (portrayed by Austin Butler), seen through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker, played by
Gen. James Dickinson released a “commander’s strategic vision” document that lays out broad goals for Space Command. WASHINGTON — The commander of U.S. Space Command warns in a new document that keeping satellites safe from hostile attack will require a coordinated response involving all elements of the U.S. military and allies. The U.S. military operates
Niantic’s Pokemon Go could be looking to set up shop in India. A new job listing on LinkedIn posted by Alan Mandujano, Growth and Business Development Manager for Niantic Emerging Markets, suggests that the company is looking to hire employees on a contractual basis for “generating momentum and engaging local Pokemon Go communities”. Specifically, Niantic
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Sen. Elizabeth Warren lambasted the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, blaming the regulator and its failure to act for a chaotic dayslong blitz of market speculation. “We need an SEC that has clear rules about market manipulation and then has the
Juliana Hatfield has announced a new album called Blood. It’s out May 14 via American Laundromat Records. She’s shared the first track from the album, “Mouthful of Blood.” Listen to it below. Blood is Hatfield’s 19th solo album, and she recorded it at home in Massachusetts. “I think these songs are a reaction to how
Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s Hospital, says that the U.S. is “in for a tough ride” as new Covid variants spread across the country. “Because they’re more transmissible, it means more Americans will become infected, so even though we’ve had a slight decrease in the number of
When it comes to clothes, familiarity doesn’t necessarily breed contempt. While winter has always been high season for warmth, comfort, and outfit repetition, the pandemic’s homebody mandate has rendered our attachment to our comfort clothes even fiercer. And though you couldn’t pry me out of my house shoes and softest seal-gray half-zip right now, I
It’s a sad day today as Cicely Tyson, the Emmy and Tony-winning actress whose career includes dozens of roles in theater, movies, and television, has passed away. Just two days after the release of her memoir, Just As I Am, Tyson reportedly died on Thursday afternoon, though the cause of death wasn’t revealed. She was
Maybe there’s hope for Legacies after all. Rafael got his happy ending on Legacies Season 3 Episode 2, despite having to be banished to a prison world to live out the rest of his days due to his body slowly shutting down on him. “Goodbyes Sure Do Suck” was a poignant, well-written, and fantastically acted
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. “I would be lying if I say my mother’s misery has never given me pleasure.” In Avni Doshi’s debut novel, Burnt Sugar,
Scott Fujii, 34, is given a 24-hour rapid coronavirus test by nurse Caren Williams at Tom Bradley international terminal at LAX airport so he can travel to Hawaii to see family, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Los Angeles, California, November 23, 2020. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters The first Covid-19
Focus Features will release Participant’s documentary Final Account which is directed and produced by the late Luke Holland, setting a date of May 21. Focus has global rights outside of Israel. Universal International will distribute the feature abroad. The announcement comes today on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Filmed over ten years, Final Account is a portrait of the
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Mars 2020 rover is on track for a landing next month that will begin in earnest an effort to return samples of the planet to Earth. The spacecraft, launched July 30, is scheduled to land in Jezero Crater at 3:55 p.m. Eastern Feb. 18. It will place on the surface the Perseverance