Marina del Rey Film Festival 10-year anniversary featuring the premiere of Nico Santucci’s “Sarogeto” on opening night, July 16, 2021 LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, July 14, 2021 — The Marina del Rey Film Festival returns for its 10-year anniversary featuring the premiere of Nico Santucci’s “Sarogeto” on opening night, July 16, 2021.
A new play about NSA whistleblower Reality Winner and Lucas Hnath’s acclaimed Dana H. will play in rotation on Broadway this fall, producers announced today. Is This A Room, conceived and directed by Obie Award winner Tina Satter, with text taken from the FBI interrogation of Winner, will begin previews at the Lyceum Theatre on
The road in Paris named after French physicist Hippolyte Fizeau, as drawn by an artist in 1896. Credit: Séguin, F., Dessinateur. En 1896. Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris. D.10405 An 1851 experiment in which the French physicist Hippolyte Fizeau showed that light gets “dragged along” when it travels through a moving medium has been given
Visoot Uthairam | Moment | Getty Images Americans have lost nearly $500 million to Covid-related scams since the start of the pandemic, according to Federal Trade Commission data. And the agency is warning that con artists will likely try to take advantage of families who expect to get monthly payments from the child tax credit,
The Chaotic Insides of Other People’s Homes Genevieve Plunkett Share article 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. “A Bone for Christmas” by Genevieve Plunkett An old woman had
Before joining the NRO, Guetlein served as a program executive officer at the Missile Defense Agency. WASHINGTON — President Biden has nominated the deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office Maj. Gen. Michael Guetlein for promotion to lieutenant general and assignment as commander of the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command. The White House submitted
News Kim Gordon Announces Pitchfork Music Festival Aftershow Presale available tomorrow (Thursday) for Pitchfork Music Festival ticket holders only By Pitchfork July 14, 2021 Facebook Twitter Kim Gordon photo by Natalia Martini Facebook Twitter Kim Gordon is performing at Pitchfork Music Festival on Saturday, September 11 at Union Park in Chicago. It will be her
Call of Duty: Mobile beta test has started allowing players to get an early look at what’s to come in Season 6. The latest beta build is available for Android and iOS users through an ‘apk’ and a Test Flight programme, respectively. The development was shared on the official Call of Duty: Mobile subreddit f/CallOfDutyMobile
Activists from various grassroots organizations rally outside City Hall in Los Angeles, California on July 7, 2021, calling on Congress and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to remove the filibuster and pass the “For the People Act” to expand voting rights. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Apple, Amazon, Google, Starbucks and Pepsi are
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) talks to reporters following the Senate Democrats weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 13, 2021. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer proposed legislation Wednesday to legalize marijuana at the federal level, a move aimed at easing restrictive drug policies that have
Courtesy of Coach / Sandy Kim New York and Tokyo are colliding. American fashion house Coach is teaming up with legendary Japanese streetwear brand Bape for a collaborative collection that celebrates the authenticity of their respective hometowns. This is not the first time the two powerhouses are coming together—the brands dropped their first joint project
The Challenge will soon return to MTV. The cabler on Wednesday confirmed its 37th season is set to launch Wednesday, August 11 at 8/7c. “Set in the picturesque Mediterranean coast of Croatia, elite U.S. Agents join forces with an assortment of International Operatives, all armed with killer competitive instincts,” reads the official logline. “With the
Money managers began moving into tech stocks as a hedge against inflation and Fed rate hikes, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday. Rising raw costs led to a 5.4% increase in inflation last month, the biggest jump in consumer prices in more than a decade. That triggered concern among some investors that the Federal Reserve could
After posting a record domestic opening during the pandemic with $80.3M, Disney/Marvel’s Black Widow went on to do north of $7.16M, which is the best non-holiday Monday during the Covid era to date. Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II easily owns the best Monday during the pandemic at $9.54M, however, that was on Memorial Day. Through eight
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. Mirror Window Years ago I wrote a poem, “Mirror Window.” The gist of it was that I kept mixing up the words,
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has reached a settlement with in-space transportation company Momentus and the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) it is planning to merge with regarding false claims the companies made, while continuing to pursue legal action against the Russian founder of Momentus. The SEC announced July 13 it is
A TikTok feature that allows users to add another person’s audio to their videos is being used to promote misleading and harmful content about COVID-19 vaccines, a think tank said in a new report. The London-based Institute for Strategic Dialogue analysed 124 videos that used speech from four original TikTok videos, including two that were
US President Joe Biden leaves after speaking on the June jobs report in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House, in Washington, DC on July 2, 2021. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Over the next four weeks, President Joe Biden and Democratic leaders