As we get closer to Christmas, your family will probably have some kind of gathering. You will reunite with people who you might not see any other time. There will be some awkward small talk, everyone will start off on their best behaviour, there will be too much food, and presents will be exchanged. Sometimes, … Read more
Danger Sound Klaxon! The Horn That Changed History by Matthew F Jordan has won the Diagram prize for oddest book title of the year. Jordan’s book charts the history of the klaxon automobile horn. It won a public vote against five shortlisted titles including Dry Humping: A Guide to Dating, Relating and Hooking Up Without … Read more
“In the letter he’s like, ‘I have everything in the world, and I absolutely hate it.’ He was so ashamed that he wasn’t enjoying it. And I get why he was feeling that way,” she adds. “It’s just not what you think it’s going to be.” Kurt Cobain of Nirvana during the taping of an … Read more
In a resolution adopted by 23 votes to 3 and 1 abstentions, MEPs in the Culture and Education Committee urge for imbalances in the sector to be addressed, as they currently leave a majority of authors receiving very low revenues. The “pre-digital royalty rates” currently applied must be revised, they say, condemning the payola schemes … Read more
The gates to Pixar’s campus is seen in Emeryville, California, on November 29, 2016. FRANKIE TAGGART/AFP via Getty Images In the wake of its first round of layoffs in a decade, Bay Area animation giant Pixar has listed 16,800 feet of newly renovated office space on the sublease market. Famous for enduring classics like “Monsters … Read more
“This is how you tell a human story: by putting our hero into extraordinary corners out of which he has to fight.” And so it stands to reason that a conversation with actors Sir Ben Kingsley and Avan Jogia should be as significant as the tale they are bringing to the small screen. Sitting down … Read more
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Sometimes Washington needs to scare itself silly to get anything done. This year’s repeated threats of government shutdown are classic examples, even if the crisis has not been permanently averted but merely deferred to early 2024. The current panic is over U.S. assistance to Ukraine, which is set to run out at a moment when … Read more
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NEW YORK — Is the year of Taylor Swift over now? Not yet. Time magazine named Swift its person of the year on Wednesday, a week after Spotify announced she was the most-played artist on the streaming platform. Swift was picked from a group of nine finalists that included Barbie, King Charles III and OpenAI … Read more
“I f–cking dare you,” Adele warned a crowd during a July show, to discourage them from throwing objects at her onstage. The Grammy winner appeared to be joking, strolling across the stage in Las Vegas with a T-shirt cannon and firing merchandise into the audience. However, she was addressing the epidemic of fans throwing objects at singers, which reached a … Read more
