UPDATE, with full casting Chicken & Biscuits, the new comedy written by Douglas Lyons heading to Broadway this fall, has announced its full cast. Joining the previously-announced Norm Lewis and Michael Urie are Cleo King (Deadwood) in her Broadway debut; NaTasha Yvette Williams (Waitress) and Devere Rogers (OK Boomer) in his Broadway debut. Reprising their
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. Perhaps one of the more bizarre aspects of having siblings is the sense that this person, your sister or brother, could have
WASHINGTON — An 18-year-old Dutch man will fly on Blue Origin’s first crewed New Shepard suborbital flight, taking the place of the unidentified winner of an auction last month for the seat. Blue Origin announced July 15 that Oliver Daemen will be the fourth and final member of the crew of the New Shepard flight
OnePlus Watch Cobalt Limited Edition is all set to go on sale in India today. The wearable comes with gold and black accents, and a leather buckle strap. This special edition variant of the OnePlus Watch features cobalt alloy in its middle frame instead of stainless steel as on the basic OnePlus Watch. The cobalt
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen (L) congratulates Fed Governor Jerome Powell at his swearing-in ceremony for a new term on the Fed’s board, in Washington in this handout photo taken and released June 16, 2014. US Federal Reserve | Reuters Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday offered high marks for the Federal Reserve and how
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez like it, and they’re about to put a ring on it — a housekey ring … because the couple’s jumping to the house hunting stage of their reunion!!! Bennifer 2.0 was out and about Thursday in L.A.’s upscale Holmby Hills neighborhood, and they had a high-end realtor escorting them to
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks while making an announcement at a news conference from the stage at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan in New York City, New York, May 17, 2021. Mike Segar | Reuters New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo raised over $2 million from some of New York’s top donors despite being
It’s happening. Sex and the City is coming back. In January, news broke that the popular early aughts HBO show would be continuing HBO Max in a revival called And Just Like That… In an interview with Vanity Fair, Sarah Jessica Parker, who famously walked the streets of Manhattan in her Manolo Blahniks for six
The queens had a lot to say when put to the test on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 6 Episode 5. The Pink Table Talk Maxi Challenge is an interesting game because it tests the queens on their conversational and improv skills. Strong queens can hold a conversation, but if a queen can’t keep
Gojek drivers wearing protective masks wait for a customer along a road in Jakarta, Indonesia on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Dimas Ardian | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Southeast Asia’s late-stage start-ups are attracting growing interest from blank-check companies that want to take them public, a venture investor told CNBC. More than 40 SPACs
EXCLUSIVE: Mooky Greidinger, CEO of Cineworld, the world’s second-biggest exhibition circuit and owner of Regal Cinemas, says he’s satisfied with this past weekend’s $80M domestic theatrical box office opening for Disney/Marvel’s Black Widow. But he also tells Deadline he remains “convinced” that with an exclusive theatrical window, “we could have brought in maybe $110M, maybe
Most people know Alexandra Nicole Nolan as a national brand influencer who has been featured on Forbes, Yahoo News, Hollywood Digest, and many other notable publications for her success in the digital marketing world, but there is more to this southern boss babe than meets the eye! This week, I got the chance to chat
Adrian Aguilera (Mexican, b. 1981) and Betelhem Makonnen (Ethiopian American, b. 1972), untitled (a flag for John Lewis or a green screen placeholder for an America that is yet to be), 2020 (installation view). Printed standard flag fabric, 144 x 240 in. Courtesy of the artists. © Adrian Aguilera and Betelhem Makonnen. From the Limitations of Now,
Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors drives to the basket against the Los Angeles Lakers during the 2021 NBA Play-In Tournament on May 19, 2021 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. Adam Pantozzi | National Basketball Association | Getty Images NBA star Steph Curry is now setting his sights on closing the
Branched cracks in a single crystal of 2D hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN). Image courtesy: J. Lou/Rice University Fracture tests carried out on hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) show that this 2D material has an intrinsic toughening mechanism, contradicting its reputation for brittleness. This unexpected behaviour, which was observed by Jun Lou, Huajian Gao and colleagues at
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. In “This Isn’t Music,” from Chris Stuck’s debut short story collection Give My Love to the Savages, a Black man who has
TAMPA, Fla. — Astranis has started building four very small geostationary orbit satellites as it gears up to produce dozens and later hundreds of them simultaneously. “This is the beginning of a ramp-up of our production rate,” Astranis CEO John Gedmark said. The San Francisco-based company has placed orders worth more than $30 million with
The government has reportedly withdrawn a letter it had sent to Apple India seeking details on compliance with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 — which are commonly known as the new IT Rules — that came into force earlier this year. The letter is said to have been