Betrayal, vengeance, invective, and apostasy: these are constants in the turmoil and carnival of American political history. Aaron Burr was accused of launching a strange and semi-farcical attempt to establish a separate country on four hundred thousand acres of farmland in what is now Louisiana. His leading accuser was Thomas Jefferson, whom he had recently … Read more
If it seems like discussions of Billie Eilish’s sexuality have been in the news for months, that’s because they have. Between her cryptic social media posts, seemingly coming out in a recent Variety profile, shrugging off the idea of needing to come out on the red carpet this past weekend, and then accusing Variety of … Read more
Respected speech-language expert Erika Cardamone announces her Top 10 PAL (Play Advances Language) product lists by category representing the longest standing industry recognition, promoting language development through great play. Parents and educators alike value Erika’s decades of… Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. … Read more
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is the first tour to cross the billion-dollar mark, according to Pollstar’s 2023 year-end charts. Not only was Swift’s landmark Eras Tour the No. 1 tour both worldwide and in North America, but she also brought in a whopping $1.04 billion with 4.35 million tickets sold across 60 tour dates, the … Read more
There’s something Aristotle said in his Poetics about the effective use of metaphor. Boiling it down, he observed that while coming up with metaphors takes genius, overstuffing your story with beautiful — but confusing — symbols doesn’t leave you with a timeless piece of art. Instead, you end up with “nothing but riddles or gibberish.” Apparently, … Read more
As fanfare blares, female sprinters at the starting line suspiciously eye a man in a wig. A hulking, goateed wrestler slams a woman half his size to the mat. An ominous voice-over intones that women’s sports are being “trans-formed.” No, this isn’t the beginning of a classic cross-dressing comedy. It’s the trailer for “Lady Ballers,” … Read more
The inner workings of magazines, television stations and newspapers have been rich fodder for film and television for decades. From All the President’s Men (1976) to Frontline (1994–7), Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo (2011) and The Newsreader (2022–3), we remain fascinated by stories of how our media are made. These kinds of films and … Read more
Naga Munchetty (Radio 5 Live) | BBC Sounds The Reith Lectures (Radio 4) | BBC SoundsHelp I Sexted My Boss Laugh Out Loud StoriesNow You’re Asking With Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn (Radio 4) | BBC Sounds Listening to the radio on Wednesday morning was a strange experience, as both LBC and 5 Live toggled … Read more
Then there’s Grammy- and Oscar-winning recording superstar Adele, who made a special request of Cameron and producer Jon Landau for her Titanic-themed 30th birthday celebration in 2018. Billy Zane as Caledon ‘Cal’ Hockley (left) and Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater in a still from “Titanic”. Photo: CBS via Getty Images “We loaned the Heart … Read more
In the legislative initiative, adopted by 433 votes in favour to 100 against and 99 abstentions, MEPs stress that the gaps between national social systems, different national definitions of artists and rules applying to self-employed workers create unfair conditions. The sector, employing 3.8% of the EU’s workforce and accounting for 4.4% of GDP, is insufficiently … Read more
