Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors or unknown authors that many in the general public are unaware of. After a segment reviewing books or interviewing authors, Blaine ends each episode with a discussion of the movies and TV shows he is currently watching. This Week’s Episode Today I review Killer Story by Matt Witten.…
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Saying goodbye is tough. But saying goodbye to a kind soul like Billy is something that many will struggle with. On All American Season 5 Episode 12, the family rallied following the unexpected death. As the funeral loomed, Billy’s nearest and dearest started to wonder whether to make the event a more intimate affair. However, that didn’t sit well with the people who would be left out. Use the video above to watch All American online right here via TV Fanatic. Catch up on all your favorite shows and reviews and join in the conversations with other fanatics who love…
In a rare case, a mother in Alabama gave birth to two sets of identical twins in back-to-back pregnancies. Britney Alba learned she was pregnant with twins for the second time roughly six months after she’d given birth to her first set of twins, a pair of boys named Luka and Levi, according to a statement (opens in new tab) from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The first set of twins shared the same placenta — the organ that connects the uterus to the umbilical cord and supplies fetuses with nutrition and oxygen — but each had his own amniotic…
When it comes to classic hairstyles, they don’t come more timeless than the lob. With less drama (and less upkeep) than an Anna Wintour–inspired bob but a little more edge than long locks, the lob is the perfect in-between hairstyle that never goes out of style. Bonus: It suits every face shape, so there’s no risk of remorse after your visit to the hairdresser.But what exactly is a lob? Well, it’s exactly what it sounds like: a long bob. It’s a one-length cut that generally sits at a mid-length, shoulder height—although, you can get away with your strands falling just…
Apple’s App Store will for the first time ever begin displaying ads in its Today section, as per a report. Apple has previously displayed advertisements in the App Store, but has never done so in the Today section since its introduction. The tab until today, only displayed content that had been handpicked from the App Store’s editorial staff. The Today tab is the first section that users are greeted with when they launch the App Store on their iPhone or iPad.Apple reportedly emailed developers about the update last week as pointed out by MacRumours. According to the report, ads will…
It’s a good thing that there’s a German word for pleasure in the misfortune of others: schadenfreude. Just before the Grammy Awards, The New York Times published an investigation that revealed that BMG signed, then let go before it released any music, the French rapper Freeze Corleone, who had previously been dropped by Universal Music Group for lyrics in previous music in which he compared himself to Hitler. Then, the following week, on Feb. 9, the German newsweekly Der Spiegel reported that Universal Music had made a distribution deal with the band Weimar, at least some of whose members had…
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania review – the post-Endgame MCU continues to be a slog 3 && args[2] === 2 && typeof args[3] === ‘boolean’ ) { gdprApplies = args[3]; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](‘set’, true); } } } else if (args[0] === ‘ping’) { var retr = { gdprApplies: gdprApplies, cmpLoaded: false, cmpStatus: ‘stub’ }; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](retr); } } else { if(args[0] === ‘init’ && typeof args[3] === ‘object’) { args[3] = { …args[3], tag_version: ‘V2’ }; } queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data === ‘string’; var…
No Stone Unturned: A Remarkable Journey to Identity by Nadean Stone What’s it About? The story of a woman in search of her identity, from her struggles in an abusive and hostile marriage to her obsessive, detective-like hunt for her birth mother. She was that close. So close that their knees almost touched. Nadean Stone was sitting right next to the hospital administrator who held in her hands Nadean’s birth records revealing the name of her birth mother. It was right there. Nadean, adopted 46 years earlier, was about to unlock her life’s great mystery. But the laws at the…
Five years and four seasons ago, Jeopardy! brought in a collection of contestants to play in the 2018 Teen Tournament. The players were so impressive, the game show added another tournament in 2019. Now, those high schoolers are college students or recent graduates that have been invited back to play in the first-of-its-kind Jeopardy! High School Reunion Tournament. Taking place from Monday, February 20 through Thursday, March 9, the tournament is a twist on the traditional College Championship format. It features 27 former teen contestants competing in the 14-day special event, with the winner of the whole shebang walking away…
Scientists have created a new type of ice that matches the density and structure of water, perhaps opening a door to studying water’s mysterious properties. “It might be liquid water frozen in time,” says Martin Chaplin, a specialist in water structure at London South Bank University, who was not involved in the work. “It could be very important.” The ice is called medium-density amorphous ice. The team that created it, led by Alexander Rosu-Finsen at University College London (UCL), shook regular ice in a small container with centimetre-wide stainless-steel balls at temperatures of –200 ˚C to produce the variant, which…
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The relentless attack of H5N1 is important not just for its impact on poultry or wildlife, but for what it portends for people. Avian flu was long considered the animal disease most likely to break out into a global human pandemic, and even after the onslaught of SARS-CoV-2, many scientists still feel that way. The H5N1 subtype first spilled from birds to humans in 1997 in Hong Kong. It sickened 18 people and killed six of them—small numbers, but a disturbing 33 percent mortality rate. Since then, variants of H5N1 have periodically infected people, causing 868 human cases through 2022 according…
Television frontman Tom Verlaine died last week, and, now, Patti Smith has paid tribute to the late musician and her former boyfriend in an essay for The New Yorker. Titled “He Was Tom Verlaine,” her eulogy details Verlaine’s upbringing in Delaware, the first time the artists crossed paths in 1973, and their shared interests in poetry, composers, and the bustle of New York. She also recounted the first time she saw Television perform live on April 14, 1974, at CBGB, writing, “What we saw that night was kin, our future, a perfect merging of poetry and rock and roll. As…
Lies of P, Neowiz Games’ anticipated Bloodborne-esque take on the story of Pinocchio, now finally has a more narrow release date window. This action RPG will be coming out sometime in August on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. It will also launch on Game Pass. This trailer, which debuted at IGN’s Fan Fest, has a voiceover from an antagonistic figure as it tours the game’s dark world and nightmarish creatures. The August window at the end is more specific than the company has been in the past, as it has previously only said that…
14 Feb 2023 Looking to fall in love with some new romance reads? You’ll adore these exciting new novels! This week you can get your hands on books by bestselling authors Lauren Landish, Willow Winters, Kylie Scott, and more. Enjoy your new romance books and happy reading! Related selena scrolls_pure; if (shouldBeFixed && !isFixed) { header.addClass(“sticky”); isFixed = true; } else if (!shouldBeFixed && isFixed) { header.removeClass(“sticky”); isFixed = false; } e.preventDefault(); }); }); }); ]]> Read The Full Article Here
As The Flash prepares to say goodbye, it will be doing so with quite a few familiar faces returning in its ninth and final season. And Episode 9 is sure to be quite the event, with Stephen Amell (Oliver Queen), David Ramsey (John Diggle), Keiynan Lonsdale (Wally West), and Sendhil Ramamurthy (Ramsey Rosso) all appearing. Directing the hour is Danielle Panabaker (Caitlin Snow/Frost/Khione), and it’s the fifth episode she’s been behind the camera for on The CW superhero series. She previously directed Season 5’s “Godspeed,” Season 6’s “License to Elongate,” Season 7’s “Rayo de Luz,” and Season 8’s “Keep It…
Toward the end of 2022, I was a panelist at a session on climate change held by a major scientific society. Near the end of the session, a prominent scientist declared that we needed to be “realistic”: oil and gas weren’t going away anytime soon, and we had to accept that as we attempted to solve our climate crisis. The oil and gas industry makes this argument all the time, of course, but lately I’ve heard it from scientists such as the person at that meeting. Even some environmentalists make it when they have accepted the idea that natural gas…
As rain clouds swelled over Fort Stockton, Texas, last summer, a little yellow plane zipped through the sky. It was on a mission. Equipped with tanks of water and special nozzles on its wings, the craft soared beneath the gray-white billows. Then, at just the right moment, it released a spray of electrically charged water particles into the cloud. The goal? To squeeze some extra rain from the West Texas sky. “Water’s becoming very valuable and more and more scarce,” said Dan Martin, a research engineer with Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service who helped invent the technology. It’s a…
Someone turned off gravity for the Viktor & Rolf runway show at Paris Fashion Week. On Jan. 25, the fashion house showcased its spring 2023 couture collection, described as “a parade of dreamlike yet surrealist constructions.” The line, called “Late Stage Capitalism Waltz,” featured floating dresses and dramatic ballgowns that were upside down and inside out. One model, sporting a bouffant-style ponytail, walked the runway in a structural corset attached to a cream-and-honey gown laid horizontal across the bodice. The peculiar design created the illusion that the dress was defying gravity. The rest of the collection was equally mesmerizing. One…
Intel’s Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger on Monday said the initial public offering of its self-driving tech company Mobileye was not a capital raise, but more of an entry into the market.”It is a move to potentially move them into the market. It’s not a capital raise,” said Gelsinger at the WSJ Tech Live conference when asked about why Intel was moving ahead with an IPO during such tough market environments and whether Intel needed that cash.”The autonomous vehicle segment is a strong segment for growth. It’s a tough market. At the same time, we’re believing this company should be public…
A couple of hints fell from the airwaves and the internet this week about one of the world’s biggest bands playing one of the world’s biggest festivals. Check out the evidence below that points to Guns N’ Roses performing at the U.K.’s historic Glastonbury Festival in the summer of 2023.First clue, from Twitter. @eFestivals, which captions itself as the “the UKs number one festivals website,” listed Guns N’ Roses as TBC. This was noted by @TheGlastoThingy, who tweeted, “@eFestivals now has both Arctic Monkeys and Guns n Roses as tbc on the Glastonbury line-up page which means they’re basically nailed on.”The pic included in @TheGlastoThingy’s…
Nostalgia review – Frustrating Neapolitan gangster drama 3 && args[2] === 2 && typeof args[3] === ‘boolean’ ) { gdprApplies = args[3]; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](‘set’, true); } } } else if (args[0] === ‘ping’) { var retr = { gdprApplies: gdprApplies, cmpLoaded: false, cmpStatus: ‘stub’ }; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](retr); } } else { if(args[0] === ‘init’ && typeof args[3] === ‘object’) { args[3] = { …args[3], tag_version: ‘V2’ }; } queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data === ‘string’; var json = {}; try { if (msgIsString) {…
The publisher Puffin has removed or changed hundreds of words in Roald Dahl’s books in new editions to “modernize” them, including Augustus Gloop being described as “enormous” instead of “fat,” Mrs Twits no longer being called “ugly,” “female” being changed to “woman,” Oompa Loompas described as “small people” instead of “small men,” and a line referring to witches wearing wigs changed to “There are plenty of other reasons why women might wear wigs and there is certainly nothing wrong with that.” A spokesperson for the Roald Dahl estate said, “When publishing new print runs of books written years ago, it’s…
Bookmark this page because TV Insider is providing you with a handy weekly list. With so much on TV — including new and standout episodes in primetime, streaming premieres, movies, and specials — we’re hoping to make it a bit easier for you to keep track of everything you don’t want to miss. Every Monday, on our Shows page, we list the top 25 shows that excite us for the week ahead. Read on for what to watch the week of February 20-26. With Ellen Pompeo leaving Grey’s Anatomy (for now), of course the medical drama’s winter premiere (February 23…
Potentially life-saving steroids commonly given to preterm babies also increase the risk of long-term cardiovascular problems, but a new study in rats has found that if given in conjunction with statins, their positive effects remain while the potential negative side-effects are ‘weeded out’. Cambridge scientists gave new-born rats, which are naturally born prematurely, combined glucocorticoid steroids and statin therapy. The results, published today in Hypertension, show that the combined treatment led to the elimination of negative effects of steroids on the cardiovascular system while retaining their positive effects on the developing respiratory system. Preterm birth (before 37 weeks) is one…
JW Anderson Menswear Fall 2023. Photography courtesy of ImaxTree They certainly weren’t at the Fall 2023 menswear shows. By Annika Lautens Date January 19, 2023 The first microtrend of 2023 is here, and my god, is it a doozy. You ready? Fabio-core. What, pray tell, is Fabio-core? It’s exactly as dramatic and diverting as it sounds. Think long luscious hair, tight pants and open, billowy shirts that appear to come with a built-in wind machine. Rick Owens Menswear Fall 2023. Photography courtesy of ImaxTree Don’t believe us? Look at the Fall 2023 menswear runways. At Dolce & Gabbana, men forgot…
Realme 10 series has been spotted on several certification sites in recent times. Two models from the lineup — Realme 10 5G and Realme 10 Pro+ 5G — had surfaced on the TENAA database, which offered a glimpse at their designs. Now, these listings have purportedly been updated to include the specifications of the handsets. The two smartphones in question seem to bear the model numbers RMX3663 and RMX3687, respectively. Realme is yet to delve into the launch details of this lineup. However, a reliable tipster has hinted that these smartphones could debut in November.Realme 10 5G specifications (rumoured)The Realme…
A woman who caused $10 million in damages after driving her car into a house following a Marilyn Manson concert in Canada is now seeking damages from a company at the venue that served her alcohol at the show.According to the CBC, Daniella Leis had attended the concert at London, Ontario’s Budweiser Gardens where Manson had performed in 2019. After the show, it was revealed in court proceedings that Leis had driven home going the wrong way down Queen’s Avenue before slamming into a home, severing the house’s gas line in the process.First responders pulled Leis from her vehicle and…
ComingSoon is debuting an exclusive The Lake trailer for the Thai monster movie directed by Lee Thongkham. The movie is set to release in select theaters on March 10, digitally on March 14, and on Blu-ray on April 14. “A gigantic and bloodthirsty monster emerges from a lake after its egg is stolen and unleashes its fury on a town’s inhabitants, leaving a trail of destruction and death in its wake,” reads the film’s synopsis. “The town of Bueng Kan, now cut off from the outside world, must mobilize its officials and citizens, as well as a group of scientists…
14 Feb 2023 Hold on to the edge of your seat as we hunt for clues and solve the case with these exciting new mystery and thriller books for the week! There are so many bestselling authors with new novels for you to dive into this week including Kay Bratt, E.W. Johnson, James Patterson, and many more. Enjoy your new mystery, thriller, and suspense novels. Happy reading! Related selena scrolls_pure; if (shouldBeFixed && !isFixed) { header.addClass(“sticky”); isFixed = true; } else if (!shouldBeFixed && isFixed) { header.removeClass(“sticky”); isFixed = false; } e.preventDefault(); }); }); }); ]]> Read The Full Article Here