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
Ramin Talaie | Bloomberg | Getty Images GameStop soared yet again, topping $450 apiece in premarket Thursday, as the Reddit-driven retail momentum continued to heat up. Shares of the brick-and-mortar video game retailer reversed losses in overnight trading, with it last jumping 31% to $451.10 in premarket trading. The move followed a more than 130% rally
by Regina Avalos, January 22, 2021 Year of the Rabbit will not be returning for season two on IFC after all. Channel 4 in the UK, which co-funds the comedy series, has backtracked on its second season renewal from last February due to COVID-19. Matt Berry stars in this series as a detective solving crimes
A preview of Sandro Botticelli’s “Young Man Holding a Roundel” at Sotheby’s on January 22, 2021 in New York City. Cindy Ord | Getty Images An ultra-rare portrait by the famed Italian painter Sandro Botticelli could fetch $80 million or more when it comes up for sale at Sotheby’s on Thursday. The auction marks the
Paramount is moving its animated feature Rumble from May 14 this year to Feb. 18, 2022. The movie directed by Hamish Grieve is set in the world of monster wrestling where monsters are superstar athletes. Teenage Winnie seeks to follow in her father’s footsteps by coaching a loveable underdog monster into a champion. Matt Lieberman and Etan
WASHINGTON — Small launch vehicle developer Firefly Aerospace, nearing its first orbital launch attempt, is looking to raise $350 million to scale up production and work on a new, larger vehicle. During an IPO Edge webinar Jan. 26 about investment in the space industry, Tom Markusic, chief executive of Firefly Aerospace, said the funding the
Apple has released iOS 14.4 for compatible iPhone and iPod touch models. The new iOS update brings an updated Camera app that carries support for smaller QR codes. The latest software also introduces the option to classify Bluetooth devices in Settings and includes a few bug fixes. There are also patches for three vulnerabilities that
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., speaks during a news conference calling for the removal of a bust from the Capitol of Chief Justice Roger Taney in Washington on Monday, March 9, 2020. Caroline Brehman | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Democrats have started to lay the groundwork to pass the next coronavirus relief
HAIM appeared on the latest episode of Hrishikesh Hirway’s Song Exploder podcast. The Los Angeles band was joined by producers Ariel Rechtshaid and Rostam to discuss the genesis of their 2019 single “Summer Girl,” from last year’s Women in Music Pt. III. Listen to the full episode below. In the episode, the sisters talk about
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Pfizer and Moderna‘s current Covid-19 vaccines can be easily adapted to target
Virginia Woolf, Bella Hadid, and Kim Jones walk into a room. That’s the vibe Jones brought to Fendi couture with his highly anticipated debut for the Italian maison. In a year in which fashion took its rightful place on the back burner, the new creative director’s reimagining of Fendi gives us something to be excited
After the news of Cloris Leachman’s death broke on Wednesday, fans from all over the world took to social media to express their heartbreak over the painful loss. Among her many, many fans are her colleagues and former co-stars who remember working with Leachman on various projects in years past. What all of these tribute
The doctors might be the ones dealing with matters of life and death, but Sharon has the hardest job on Chicago Med. As Head of Patient and Medical Services, it’s her responsibility to weigh risks, settle conflicts between doctors, and approve or disapprove of controversial and expensive procedures. And on Chicago Med Season 6 Episode 4,
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. “War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography,” goes the old, though sadly still relevant joke. Political conflicts have always had a
Join the audience for a live webinar at 3 p.m. GMT/10 a.m. EST on 17 February 2021 exploring the QUASAR™ GRID³ᴰ Image Distortion Analysis System Want to take part in this webinar? The QUASAR™ GRID³ᴰ Image Distortion Analysis System is designed to evaluate MR and CT imaging data on Leksell Gamma Knife® platforms, including PERFEXION™
A still image from the film White Tiger (Netflix, 2021). After watching White Tiger, a writer contemplates the film alongside revolution in Egypt, Black Lives Matter protests, the film Parasite, and literary “complicated works of conscience.” Born and raised in Cairo, Egypt, I felt a familiar sorrow watching the deprivations and heartache depicted in Netflix’s The White
A Federal Reserve police officer walks past the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C., U.S. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Federal Reserve kept its foot to the floor Wednesday in terms of the help it is providing for an economy that central bank officials say has slowed down. Consistent
As exhibitors get set to report results from the last quarter of their annus horribilis, 2020, one Wall Street bull is predicting record box office in 2023. Eric Wold, a veteran analyst with B. Riley Securities, acknowledged in a note to clients that exhibitors’ efforts to emerge from the abyss of Covid-19 have been hampered