Shaquilla “Shaq” Blake at Pine Hill Farm in Taunton, Massachusetts. Celeste Sloman At 10 a.m., it’s already as hot as midday. Shaquilla “Shaq” Blake, a rising Black equestrian, finishes feeding the horses at a stable in Massachusetts as part of her student work in exchange for riding lessons. Wearing black breeches and a T-shirt that
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19. Trump confirmed the news this evening after it was revealed that Press Secretary Hope Hicks tested positive earlier this week. It has been reported that Hicks showed symptoms before the 2020 Presidential Debate and then flew with the President and first lady
Ever since it was announced that The Walking Dead is ending with its 11th season, many have wondered why the decision was made. Despite softer ratings than previous seasons, The Walking Dead Season 10 has still been a big hit and adds a lot of viewing post-airdate. But, it’s also true that TV shows get
Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . In some states the barflies have migrated back to patios and beer gardens, but it’s going to be a long time before
Telegram has introduced a slew of features, including Search Filters, Anonymous Group Admins, Channel Comments and more in its recent update. Search Filters will allow users to find memes on Telegram Cloud. The Anonymous Admins will keep the name and identity of the admins hidden in the list of group members. They just have to
Boron neutron capture therapy, which targets cancer at the cellular level, is under development by several companies worldwide. (Courtesy: Hanna Koivonoro, Neutron Therapeutics) Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT), a technique that deposits highly targeted radiation into tumour cells, was first investigated as a cancer treatment back in the 1950s. But the field remains small, with
Detail from a photograph of the author’s great-great-grandmother and a photograph of her mother, age eleven. Image courtesy of the author Series editor’s note: In Aracelis Girmay’s new poem, the speaker traces their lineage to an unnamed foremother, one made with the very same elements of the earth. And this foremother is not just a
Layoffs in several of the nation’s biggest industries are making headlines this week. The list includes Disney eliminating 28,000 employees connected to the coronavirus theme park shutdowns, United Airlines and American Airlines collectively planning to put 32,000 workers on furlough, and insurer Allstate cutting almost 4,000 jobs. But MKM Partners’ Michael Darda suggests it’s not the time to
by Trevor Kimball, September 23, 2020 (Paramount Network) There are lots of changes coming to Paramount Network. According to Variety, the cable channel is being rebranded to Paramount Movie Network sometime in 2021. As part of that change, the cable channel is planning to get out of the original TV series business and shift toward
A lucrative period for Chinese cinemas, the National Day holiday officially got underway today with the release of Jiang Ziya: Legend Of Deification. The highly-anticipated follow-up to 2019 smash Ne Zha set a new single-day record for animation in the Middle Kingdom with an estimated RMB 359M ($53M). This beats both Ne Zha‘s July opening
Gen. David Thompson said the new Space Systems Command will be established sometime in 2021 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force intends to combine multiple space procurement organizations into a single Space Systems Command, and it is finding the task more complex and time consuming than originally envisioned, a senior official said Oct. 1. The
U.S. President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to board Air Force One as he departs Washington on campaign travel to New Jersey at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., October 1, 2020. Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump said late Thursday night that he and the first lady would begin a quarantine process after
The creators of This Is Spinal Tap—Christopher Guest, Rob Reiner, Harry Shearer, and Michael McKean—have signed on for a reunion benefit to assist Democrats campaigning in the swing state of Pennsylvania. Patton Oswalt will moderate the event on Wednesday, October 14, which fans can access with a donation to Pennsylvania Democrats. Find more details here.
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi participates in a TV interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. September 29, 2020. Erin Scott | Reuters The House passed a $2.2 trillion Democratic coronavirus stimulus plan on Thursday night even as Democrats and the Trump administration struggle to strike a relief deal. The chamber approved the
October has arrived, heralding the official beginning of Spooky Season™—although it’s hard to imagine what could possibly be more horrifying than the year 2020 thus far. The world is full of reasons to be terrified, which is all the more reason to lose yourself in some entirely fictional, elegantly crafted horror storytelling. Netflix’s The Haunting
The Gentlemen is moving from the big screen to the small screen. Director Guy Ritchie (Snatch, Sherlock Holmes) has partnered with MiramaxTV to develop his latest movie into a TV series. The movie was released in theaters earlier this year and was one of few releases in 2020 to have a full, relatively uninterrupted theatrical
Where the premiere oriented the audience (somewhat) in the here and now of Burnham and the Shenzhou’s crew, Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 Episode 2 is more concerned with where they came from. It also spends a great deal of effort to further build credibility for this series in the Trek ‘verse. With the conflict
Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . In his memoir Children of the Land, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo tells the story of growing up undocumented in California and having to navigate