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
UK’s competition watchdog on Thursday launched its initial investigation into Facebook’s completed acquisition of GIF website Giphy, at a time when the social media network is under global regulatory scrutiny over antitrust concerns. The world’s largest social media company bought Giphy, a website for making and sharing animated images, or GIFs, in May last year
A man wearing a face masks leaves Game Stop with the new Play Station 5 gaming console on Black Friday, November 27, 2020. Aimee Dilger | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images WASHINGTON – Josh Holmes spent much of Wednesday in Washington watching the populist uprising over GameStop in the stock market with fascination
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com A new video from the Trey Songz saga shows he had a good excuse to take off his mask at one point during the Chiefs game — but it won’t help his case with cops. As you can see, Trey’s face mask was in chin strap mode as he chowed
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on tackling climate change prior to signing executive actions in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, January 27, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Joe Biden is set to sign executive actions Thursday aimed at expanding access to Obamacare during the coronavirus pandemic and rolling
Halsey began 2021 by unveiling some major news: she’s expecting her first child with screenwriter and film producer Alev Aydin. She shared the life update via Instagram on Wednesday, posting a series of photos where her baby bump is fully visible. “surprise! 🍼🌈👼🏻 Photos by @samdameshek,” Halsey, 26, wrote alongside the pictures, tagging Aydin, who
For an actress that seems to have “burst on the scene” with The Queen’s Gambit, Anya Taylor-Joy is actually a highly accomplished actress for only being 24 years old. In the role of Beth Harmon she captivated viewers with her critical thinking skills and in the process made people go crazy over… chess. Yes, you
As we’re nearing the home stretch of The Stand, I’m getting a little maudlin. While The Stand Season 1 Episode 7 had some production issues we’ll discuss, story-wise, it shows how much better the series would have been if told linearly. Without trying to force the past into the present, it’s easier to connect with
By: Hannah Pell Many of us have been spending a lot of time on our own lately. It can be difficult to feel like we’re accomplishing all that much individually — especially when social media is always there to remind you of how productive your friends and colleagues have been during quarantine. I long for
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 the first pages of Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi, the novel’s titular narrator is almost carried away by three converging tides. Plunged into