I love autumn. As summer comes to a close, the mere mention of browning leaves and creamy hot cocoa is enough to send me rummaging through my wardrobe to rediscover all my cosy cold-weather clothes. Goodbye, cotton dresses and strappy sandals. While I’m always careful not to unnecessarily add to my ridiculous mountain of knitwear, I can’t help but take a peek at which fresh trends are emerging this time of year and how my favourite designers are interpreting them.No doubt about it: This year’s trends are good. So good I’ve composed a fantasy wish list that would likely cost the value of a small house to fulfil.…
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“Has NHTSA worked independently, or in collaboration with cities or other local governments to limit or prevent Chinese-owned companies from collecting sensitive information from American infrastructure, including information about sensitive government or military facilities, and subsequently sharing such information abroad?” Pfluger writes.China has certainly had that anxiety about American-made smart and electric vehicles. Earlier this year, for example, Beijing placed firm restrictions on where Teslas could drive, particularly around military installations, amid high-level Communist Party meetings.Pfluger highlights in his letter that China could use “autonomous and connected vehicles as a pathway to incorporate their systems and technology into our country’s infrastructure.” The…
Jay Leno remains hospitalized, but is in “good” condition after suffering second and third degree burns when one of his vintage cars exploded last weekend. In an interview with Inside Edition, Dr. Peter Grossman, the physician treating Leno at Grossman Burn Center, said that the 72-year-old comedian sustained “fairly significant” burns to his face, hands, and chest. Leno already had one skin graft surgery, with a second procedure scheduled for later in the week. He’s also receiving “very aggressive” hyperbaric oxygen therapy — a treatment that decreases swelling and bacteria. Grossman anticipates that Leno will make a full recovery, but…
Ever since James Gunn’s residency as the co-head of DC Studios was announced, fans have been speculating about where he’ll go next. We may have a clue. There’s nothing extremely concrete to explain here, but theories are everywhere. Gunn has teased the entry of Lobo, Mister Terrific, and Deadman into the DCEU in larger roles, but that’s not to say that some other characters are out of the question.Gunn, ever active on social media, has released his Spotify Wrapped as we reach the year’s close. That being said, this time it’s full of more than just the usual guilty pleasures.…
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Christmas time is supposed to be about coming together with loved ones, giving back, and lighthearted movies with a message. But if you’re naughty and lamenting the passing of Halloween, you can be a Grinch and watch some special holiday horror movies instead. Although your typical Xmas movie focuses on the Christmas spirit and a lesson in morals, these scary movies remind us of how society subverts those surface-level sentiments every year. That’s because Christmas is also about commercialism, lying, and pretending, and these flicks deconstruct those themes as well, with lessons of their own. Cynicism aside, the choices below…
An experimental HIV vaccine led to antibodies against the virus in 35 out of 36 volunteers, but whether this offers protection against the infection is unclear Health 1 December 2022 By Carissa Wong An electron micrograph of an HIV particle (red/yellow) budding from the plasma membrane of an infected T cell (blue), which make up part of the immune systemNIAID A two-dose HIV vaccine generated antibodies against the virus in 35 out of 36 people (97 per cent), with no severe side effects. The early-stage trial was designed to demonstrate safety and a proof-of-concept for a relatively novel approach to…
Photography by Getty Images The Princess of Wales’ recent ensembles strike just the right tone for everything from a holiday brunch to an office cocktail party. By Jennifer Berry Date December 1, 2022 When it comes to style, Kate Middleton knows her way around a crisp, richly coloured coat, expertly tailored frock, and floaty pussy bow blouse. Luckily for us, many of her royal style signatures are excellent outfit inspiration for the holiday season. With full social calendars that include soirées with friends, work functions and family affairs, many outfits need to be planned, am I right? The newly minted…
Amazon, Microsoft, and Intel said this week that customers were taking an axe to cloud and datacentre spending, in a further sign that large companies may be girding against an imminent recession. Cloud services for years has been one of the largest and most dependable sources of growth for some of the biggest tech companies, including during the pandemic as people worked and studied from home. Now investors are looking to see whether there is a glut in capacity that will lead to investment cuts as companies deal with rising costs amid soaring inflation, while interest rate increases have squeezed…
A talent manager who allegedly helped artists like Vampire Weekend and Marshmello gain access to $200 million in COVID-19 relief funds is the target of a new lawsuit that claims he stole the idea to tap those government funds — aimed primarily at helping venues, not artists — from somebody else. In a complaint filed Wednesday (Nov. 30) in Los Angeles court, longtime music agent Laurence Leader says he was the first to realize that artists might also be able to access Shuttered Venue Operators Grants, a COVID-era federal program that gave out more than $14 billion to help live…
Before Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse, he created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit for Universal Pictures. The character, who became one of Disney’s first big animated hits, starred in a series of shorts beginning in 1927. Within a year, Disney lost control of the character. That’s when he created Mickey. The rest, as they say, was history.Oswald remained outside the Disney company for decades, until a very peculiar deal in 2006, when then (and now) Disney CEO Bob Iger essentially traded broadcaster Al Michaels to NBCUniversal in exchange for the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. In the years since, Oswald…
In this new rom-com from Olivia Dade (Spoiler Alert, All the Feels), Maria’s one-night-stand — the thick-thighed, sexy Viking of a man she left without a word or a note — just reappeared. Apparently, Peter’s her surly Gods of the Gates co-star, and they’re about to spend the next six years filming on a desolate Irish island together. She still wants him…but he now wants nothing to do with her. For years, they don’t touch off-camera. But on their last night of filming, their mutual restraint finally shatters, and all their pent-up desire explodes into renewed passion. Read The Full…
20-Squad is going big for the midseason finale. On S.W.A.T. Season 6 Episode 8, Luca starts rethinking his decision with the food truck as Nichelle struggles with the aftermath of an incident at the center. Meanwhile, Deacon helps his son after getting suspended, but it may lead to something bigger. Midseason finales are usually a hit or a miss, but S.W.A.T. certainly did not miss. From emotions to action, it was a mix of intensity and heartache. As mentioned for S.W.A.T. Season 6 Episode 1, Rochelle Aytes was upped to series regular for this season. This opened the opportunity to…
Researchers at the University of Amsterdam have developed a novel approach to infrared spectroscopy that enables simultaneous characterization of molecular structure and size. Called Infrared Diffusion-Ordered Spectroscopy (IR-DOSY), the method nicely separates molecules with different sizes into distinct sets of IR peaks. Reporting on IR-DOSY in a paper that has just been accepted by Angewandte Chemie, the researchers foresee analytical applications in fields as diverse as proteins, polymers, pharmaceuticals and biomedicine. They are currently developing a first version of a practical chemical probe implementing the IR-DOSY concept. Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is an important workhorse in the analysis of chemical compounds.…
As POPSUGAR editors, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you’ll like too. If you buy a product we have recommended, we may receive affiliate commission, which in turn supports our work. Megan Fox went full-blown Barbiecore this past weekend, channeling an iconic Pamela Anderson look in the process. On Sunday, Dec. 4, the actress was spotted at the Audacy Beach Festival in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, supporting her fiancé Machine Gun Kelly in the crowd. For the event, she chose an all-pink look that featured a fuzzy feathered hat, a silent nod to the one Anderson…
Jack Ryan season 3 trailer is here — finally. Amazon Prime Video has dropped a trailer for the latest chapter in the John Krasinski-led political spy thriller, pitting the titular CIA agent as a falsely implicated fugitive, on the run. It’s been a full three years since season 2 debuted in October 2019, with the COVID-19 pandemic adding to production delays. The eight-episode series is being co-produced by Amazon Studios, Paramount Television Studios, and Skydance Television. Jack Ryan season 3 drops December 21, exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.The trailer for Jack Ryan season 3 opens with a phone call from…
Virgil Abloh Securities, a creative company founded by the late Virgil Abloh, has announced a one-day music festival honoring his legacy called Mirror Mirror. Travis Scott and Skepta will headline the event. Also performing are Yves Tumor, Pedro, Venus X, Bambii, Rampa, Acyde, and Benji B. Mirror Mirror will take place on December 3 at the FPL Solar Amphitheater at Bayfront Park in Miami, Florida. Tickets go on sale tomorrow (November 23), with net profits supporting the Virgil Abloh Foundation.“Virgil had the ability to bring everyone together to create magic,” said Shannon Abloh, the designer and musician’s wife and Virgil…
Lynch/Oz review – Down the proverbial rabbit hole 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) {…
Inside the leading edge of a crawling cell, intricate networks of rod-like actin filaments extend toward the cell membrane at various angles, lengthening protein by protein. Upon impact, the crisscrossing rods glance off the membrane and bend as the collective force of myriad filaments pushes the cell forward. How flexible these filaments are, and how effectively they recruit essential regulatory proteins to their cause, depends on the properties of the individual actin proteins composing them. Now, a new study in Nature provides high-resolution structures showing how two key biochemical states of actin work jointly with bending forces to determine how…
While Christmas is not, in actuality, a holiday I specifically celebrate, it is a day of the year that I really enjoy. Even where I live, in the very un-wintery Los Angeles, Christmas does have a unique air about it. The streets empty and all the transplants depart town, leaving L.A. empty and still for this one day out of the year. And this stillness, to me, is the perfect atmosphere for curling up with a stack of books and some tea, and having a cozy day all to myself. This year, let’s make Christmas — or any of the…
[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for The Midnight Club Season 1.] It’s always a sad day when a show with lingering mysteries is canceled, but such is the case with The Midnight Club at Netflix. Inspired by the works of Christopher Pike and hailing from horror auteur Mike Flanagan, The Midnight Club‘s chances for survival shrunk after it was revealed Flanagan and collaborator Trevor Macy had signed a new multi-year deal with Amazon Studios, a direct competitor with Prime Video. Just hours after the deal was announced, The Midnight Club was axed by Netflix. Unlike Flanagan’s past works like…
Microplastic samples collected from the North Atlantic during the eXXpedition Round the World voyage. Credit: Sophie Dingwall The waters of the North Atlantic gyre contain significantly greater quantities of plastic—composed of polymers arising from packaging, rope, and paint particles—than other areas of the open ocean, according to new research. One of the planet’s five great oceanic gyres, manmade marine debris becomes trapped in a circular ocean current that stretches from the east coasts of North America to the west coasts of Europe and Africa. A new study, published in Marine Pollution Bulletin, has found it contains higher levels of polyethylene,…
Photography courtesy of Imaxtree Calling all snow bunnies! By Lauren Knowles Date December 2, 2022 Is blush the star of TikTok’s 2022 beauty trends? Summer’s “sunburn blush” turned winter’s frostbitten “I’m cold” makeup look tells us it just may be. The beauty embodiment of Jack Frost nipping at your nose, this viral makeup trend suggests having just escaped frigid temperatures with its telltale rosy cheeks. With several first snow sightings across Canada this week, we could naturally achieve this look after only a few moments spent outside — but we can also create the illusion of having done so with…
Elon Musk has said that he intends to replace Parag Agrawal as CEO of the social media platform and also intends to reverse the permanent ban on users, according to a Bloomberg report. Agrawal was fired along with other major executives upon completion of the takeover, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO is expected to remain CEO of Twitter in the interim period but may eventually cede the role in the longer term, the report said.According to multiple US media reports, Twitter’s Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal and Vijaya Gadde…
Andy Rourke went on to play in a bunch of other bands after The Smiths broke up in 1987, his most recent of which being Blitz Vega with former Happy Mondays guitarist Kav Blaggers. The duo have a single out now called “Strong Forever,” which features licks from fellow ex-Smith Johnny Marr, marking the first new music they’ve recorded together in 35 years. “Strong Forever” is set to appear on Blitz Vega’s upcoming album, and as Rourke told Rolling Stone, it was originally recorded with then-Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan for a UN/UK football anti-discrimination/anti-bullying campaign. That plan fell through when Meighan pleaded guilty…
Simon Pegg was one of the more surprising stars to show up in The Boys, yet he did not come back in later seasons. However, that is about to change with upcoming fourth season of the superhero show. According to Deadline, the Shaun of the Dead star has signed on to return as Hughie’s father Mr. Campbell in the upcoming fourth season of The Boys, which is currently in production. He will be joined by three new cast members Rosemarie DeWitt (The Staircase), Rob Benedict (Supernatural), and Elliot Knight (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II), with DeWitt tapped for the role as Hughie’s mom. Pegg has briefly spoken not…
Westbound by K. Patrick Conner What’s it About? Retired newspaper editor Elliott Madison long ago worked on a book about his great-grandparents. When a stranger reaches out about a connection between distant relatives, he is pulled into an investigation about his family history. History fans will fall in love with this simple, yet elegantly told story of human connections across the centuries. A genealogy project documenting the life of his great-grandparent’s westward experiences during the 19th century holds unexpected surprises for retired newspaper editor Elliott Madison in K. Patrick Conner’s charming novel, Westbound (Nacl Press). History Revealed Through Letters and…
Erin and Anthony are constantly crossing each other’s boundaries. Erin has pissed Anthony off by running background checks on people he’s spending time with, and Anthony is never shy about his opinion of Erin’s relationship with Jack. On Blue Bloods Season 13 Episode 8, Anthony irritated Erin by taking surveillance photos of Jack, only for her to realize he was right to be concerned. I thought Erin had officially declared her candidacy long ago, but Anthony was worried about what would happen when she officially filed the paperwork. Is that coming? Because otherwise, this storyline — which has been primarily…
This combo of images shows from the top, an 11th century Romanesque church partially exposed in a reservoir in Vilanova de Sau, Catalonia, Spain, Monday, June 20, 2022, and the same spot on Friday, Nov. 18. 2022. Credit: AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti Barcelona and large swathes of Spain’s northeast are going under water restrictions as a months-long drought that has devastated crops starts to put the pinch on human activities in the Mediterranean country. The measures will affect 6.7 million people, 80% of the population in the Catalonia region, Patrícia Plaja, spokeswoman for the Catalan administration, said Tuesday. Plaja said, for…
It’s been quite the fashionable week in the nation’s capital. On Dec. 1, President Biden’s first state dinner — in which he and First Lady Jill Biden played host to President Emmanuel Macron of France and his wife, Brigitte Macron — brought out a slew of stylish celebrities like Jennifer Garner, John Legend, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, in addition to fashion tastemakers like Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and designers Christian Louboutin and Gabriela Hearst. Then, on Dec. 4, the 45th Kennedy Center Honors took place. The annual event pays tribute to notable figures in the performing arts for their contributions to…