In Valeska Grisebach’s last film, from 2017, a German laborer in Bulgaria to work on an infrastructure project explores the hillsides around a Bulgarian village on foot and horseback, wandering through a rugged landscape populated by wary natives and rowdy outsiders, a taciturn loner facing down his rivals in a series of masculine standoffs. Though set in the present day, and alluding to the wider dynamics between the EU’s haves and have-nots, the film was accurately titled Western. Her long-anticipated new feature is also set in Bulgaria, and is likewise a moral tale about contemporary economic realities shaped around the contours of a classic Hollywood genre – The Dreamed…
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Yesterday (May 23), Loudwire reported on Beartooth frontman Caleb Shomo coming out as “a proudly gay man.” Since then, his wife – Fleur – has publicly commented on her husband’s sexuality and their relationship.What Did Fleur Shomo Say About Her Husband’s Announcement?Caleb Shomo made his announcement via social media on Saturday, and shortly thereafter, Fleur Shomo shared a video of the pair dancing at a party alongside a lengthy reflection on the situation.“Not really sure how to start this cause does anything even need to be said? But I guess I’ll just dive in,” she began, adding:The past few months…
Featured Podcasts Big Technology Podcast: Is OpenAI Ready To IPO?, The Datacenters in Space Myth, The Kids Boo AI The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators. Subscribe to Big Technology Podcast. Access: Substack’s CEO on AI slop, free speech, and taking on YouTube A show about the tech industry’s inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger. Subscribe to Access. Hard Fork: Our Field Trip to Google I/O + A Sit-Down With Sundar Pichai + System Update The future is already…
These unforgettable true stories explore love, ambition, resilience, family, and the complicated paths that shape a life. Ideal for readers drawn to inspirational and thought-provoking nonfiction. Each memoir and biography offers an intimate look at the moments, choices, and challenges that leave a lasting impact. Love, Remembered: 17 True Stories of Love, Loss and What Remains by David Andrew Ponton Release Date: May 5, 2026 Love, Remembered brings together 17 true stories from modern history of love, loss, devotion, and what remains afterwards. Some of the lovers you will know, some not. These are not perfect romances, but real ones…
Health officials working to tackle Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 21 MayMichel Lunanga/Getty Images A new mRNA vaccine has been developed that may provide long-term protection against the deadliest viruses in the Ebola family – including the Bundibugyo strain currently spreading in two African countries. Over 600 people are thought to have been infected with Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and there have been two confirmed cases in Uganda, leading the World Health Organization to declare the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. Bundibugyo virus is a member of…
Warner Bros. Discovery Every day, TVLine’s What to Watch column spotlights new and returning English-language shows (and select movies) premiering or airing fresh episodes across broadcast, cable and streaming — organized below by release time and alphabetically within each slot. On TV this Sunday: “Rick and Morty” is back, and “Tracker” and “Marshals” wrap for the season. If you’d like a recommended watch-list like this delivered to your inbox each morning, you can sign up for our free What to Watch newsletter here! Showtimes for May 24, 2026 3:00 AM…
Two Harry Potter prequel films are scheduled to exit HBO Max’s streaming catalog next month. These films are set in the early 1900s and explore the complicated and controversial relationship between Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald. Fantastic Beasts 2 & 3 are leaving HBO Max soon Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore will be removed from HBO Max on Monday, June 1, 2026. David Yates directed both films based on scripts from J. K. Rowling, the creator of the beloved fantasy series, Harry Potter. Rowling also served as a co-producer for the Fantastic…
Beartooth singer Caleb Shomo has come out as a “proudly gay man” in a social media statement posted on Saturday morning. Get Beartooth Tickets Here The rock frontman’s revelation comes after Beartooth’s recent announcements of a new album, Pure Ecstasy, and a Fall 2026 US tour. Shomo had previously stepped away from social media following February’s release of the album’s first single and music video, “Free,” which marked a new musical direction and featured the singer sporting a new look that triggered homophobic comments online. Shomo’s full statement, as posted on his Instagram account, reads as follows: “There’s been a…
The days of not having much else to choose from aside from basic denim shorts are done and dusted, as recent summers have given us everything from drawstring poplin shorts to lace-trimmed satin shorts to tailored bermuda shorts. Reformation is always at the forefront of fresh trends, and this season’s lineup of shorts undoubtedly proves it.While I love wearing shorts and will never stop, I’m admittedly skeptical of certain shorts trends—initially, at least. This is because, at 5’4″ (which is average height for women in the U.S.), certain lengths can be tricky, and when e-comm models are typically around 5’10”,…
Many years ago, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 gained notoriety when its batteries caught fire in a series of incidents. There’s been a steady stream of similar, though isolated, incidents ever since. However, despite the high-profile coverage of batteries gone wrong, the vast majority of lithium-ion batteries are safe.The chemical reaction that occurs inside a lithium-ion cell is complex, but as in any battery, there’s a negative and a positive electrode. In lithium batteries, the negative is a lithium-carbon compound, and the positive is cobalt oxide (though many battery makers are moving away from cobalt). These two compounds cause a…
Welcome to The Best of Book Riot. Here’s your weekend highlight reel of the week’s most popular stories. The Guardian’s 100 Best Novels of All Time The Guardian has been rolling out its picks for the 100 best novels of all time, and now you can check out the full list. They polled 172 authors and experts on their top ten nominations and then combined them. Don’t take away my reader card, but I’ve only read 18 of the books on this list… and only one of them would be in my personal top ten: Beloved by Toni Morrison, which took the #2 spot…
A study of one of the world’s longest-running disaster warning systems—desert locust monitoring—finds surveillance limits damages and generates returns of up to 680 times the investment. The new study, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research as part of its working papers series, measures how valuable early warning systems could be in limiting the damage caused by natural disasters. Using three decades of data, it evaluates one of the earliest and longest-running disaster monitoring systems: monitoring for the desert locust, one of the world’s most destructive agricultural pests. View Original Source Here
Fox The mid-aughts were certainly a golden age of medical dramas on TV, but when “Grey’s Anatomy” premiered in March 2005, a fictional doctor already had audiences tuning in for a weekly checkup. Just months earlier, Fox premiered “House,” a gritty, Sherlock Holmes-inspired procedural centered on the brilliant but cynical Gregory House (Hugh Laurie). While “Grey’s Anatomy” leaned into the romance between the staff at Seattle Grace, “House” was busy dissecting medical mysteries at Princeton-Plainsboro. But for the “Grey’s Anatomy” writers’ room — led by creator Shonda Rhimes — having a…
A long time ago …(You know the rest.)As hard as it for some of us Olds to believe, Star Wars is almost 50 years old. For half a century this galaxy filled with Jedi and Sith, Rebels and Empires, has proven an endless source of fascination and sometimes unhealthy fixation. Although it’s gone through periods of inactivity, it always seems to return like the Jedi — most recently in 2026’s The Mandalorian and Grogu, a continuation of the hit Disney+ series about the mysterious bounty hunter and his youthful Yoda sidekick.But which Star Wars is the best? And, maybe more contentiously, which one…
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith is readying a new album. The composer and synthesist will release Ruin: It’s Not Just Music on October 2 through Someone Special, a label she co-founded this year with James Daniel. Below, listen to a title track of sorts, “Ruin,” via a video starring a pole-dancing Pedro Esteveaqui.In a press release, Smith says the record’s heavier drums and breakbeats stemmed from a need “to make something confrontational, almost like sonic combat.” She added, “‘Ruin’ lives in that moment where everything breaks and something else asserts itself. It’s music for the shock and the aftershock. Sound designed for…
Featured Podcasts Big Technology Podcast: Is OpenAI Ready To IPO?, The Datacenters in Space Myth, The Kids Boo AI The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators. Subscribe to Big Technology Podcast. Access: Substack’s CEO on AI slop, free speech, and taking on YouTube A show about the tech industry’s inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger. Subscribe to Access. Hard Fork: Our Field Trip to Google I/O + A Sit-Down With Sundar Pichai + System Update The future is already…
Bromantasy, the delightful romantic fantasy novel by Máire Roche, drops May 26. The book’s description of “Two heroes. One brain cell.” grabbed the attention of our own Aunt Libra, and she insisted on having the boys drop in to discuss their adventure. We were fortunate to receive this transcript of their talk. Aunt Libra: Juniper O’Reilly and Morningthall Elmthorn! Welcome to my club, gentlemen. Watch your step. We are redecorating and still haven’t figured out where to house the plot bunnies. They keep popping up everywhere. Shoo! Aunt Libra: (Sound of door opening.) Here we are, the receiving room. Make yourselves comfortable. My, your wanted posters don’t do you justice. So, how are you and how is Bear these days? And Mumford? Juniper: Oh,…
Babies and small children do not handle dry air as well as adults. Their skin and airways are still developing, which makes them more susceptible to nasal congestion, poor sleep and skin irritation. This is why many parents resort to using humidifiers — appliances that help increase relative humidity by releasing moisture into the air. When used correctly, humidifiers can transform the arid indoor air and help little ones breathe more easily. However, not every appliance is safe to use in nurseries or toddlers’ rooms.By their very nature, humidifiers can cause dampness and contribute to mold growth if they are…
Lifetime Every day, TVLine’s What to Watch column spotlights new and returning English-language shows (and select movies) premiering or airing fresh episodes across broadcast, cable and streaming — organized below by release time and alphabetically within each slot. On TV this Saturday: “Grey’s Anatomy” vet Sarah Drew headlines “When I Said I Do,” and “Shadowhunters” alum Katherine McNamara seeks an “Eye for an Eye.” If you’d like a recommended watch-list like this delivered to your inbox each morning, you can sign up for our free What to Watch newsletter here!…
An unthinkable tragedy binds together Ella (Birgit Minichmayr), her daughter Melli (Lotte Shirin Keiling) and Lux (Tristan Lopez). He’s the ex-boyfriend of Ella’s elder daughter, Jessie (Carla Hüttermann), and the last person to see her alive before she plunged to her death from a high-rise building while high on drugs. A year later, all are still reeling from their insurmountable loss, but when Lux reenters Ella and Melli’s lives unexpectedly, he stirs up old feelings of guilt and blame that have been just about kept at bay. Everytime is Sandra Wollner’s third feature following well-received efforts The Impossible Picture and The Trouble With Being…
Tommy Lee has released Tommyland Rides Again via BMG — a reimagined version of his 2005 solo album Tommyland: The Ride — marking the first time the record has been available on digital streaming platforms. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The refreshed edition was remixed by Lee and collaborator Smiley Sean at Lee’s own Dolby Atmos-certified studio in Los Angeles, with the project also available in an immersive Dolby Atmos mix. “A couple years ago, my kids were tripping out and like, ‘Dad, you gotta re-release this,’ ’cause it was 20 years since it came out,” Lee recently…
Yes, one could argue that there are a plethora of shoe styles that go with white dresses, but if you want to look especially in-the-know and up on the latest trends, take a cue from the shoes that Katie Holmes just wore with a white dress. While attending the American Ballet Theatre Spring Gala this week, where she was an honoree, Holmes wore a long peplum-style white dress that was worthy of the special occasion. I was intrigued to see that she went with extremely trend-forward footwear—high-heel thong sandals in versatile tan suede—instead of, say, strappy metallic heels.The shoes add…
When you think of Memorial Day sales, you probably think of mattresses and other home goods. And while those items are definitely discounted, now is also a good time to purchase tech. Personally, I’m not buying anything right now unless it’s discounted—and fortunately many of our top picks are. Whether you’re shopping for a power bank, a new pair of headphones, or some other gadget, I’ve rounded up the best Memorial Day deals for your perusal. We’ll update this article again over the weekend.Check out our buying guides for more recommendations, including the best headphones, the best laptops, and the…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write this book? My father wrote the original A Woman’s World as a thought experiment about gender and power; my mother updated it after his death. After she passed in 2024, I returned to the world they built—but I wanted to ask what happens after the society succeeds. What does it look like seventy years after it “solved” the problem of male violence by eliminating male humanity? That’s where Zara and Fra Hotwell live. If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of your book, what would…
We may now know how Mercury gained its ice depositsNASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio Around 100 million years ago, the surface of Mercury suddenly underwent a dramatic change. Before then, its surface was relatively dry and ice-free – not surprising, as daytime temperatures there can reach upwards of 430°C (806°F) – but over the course of a single Mercurian day, all that changed. The poles of Mercury are home to craters whose bottoms never see sunlight, known as permanently shadowed regions. Thanks to NASA’s Messenger spacecraft, which orbited Mercury between 2011 and 2015, we know that those craters contain deposits of…
Netflix We now know who “Stranger Things” alum Charlie Heaton is playing in the new “Peaky Blinders” series — and yep, he’s got Shelby blood in him. Heaton will play Tommy Shelby’s son Charles in the upcoming sequel series, Netflix has revealed, along with a first-look photo of Heaton in the role. (Check it out above.) Charles was the prized son of Cillian Murphy’s gangster Tommy Shelby and his late wife Grace, with a number of child actors playing Charles on the original “Peaky Blinders.” We learned in this year’s follow-up film “The Immortal Man” that…
The upcoming comedy film Scary Movie 6 started off slow in box office predictions, but that has changed dramatically in a couple of weeks. Earlier in May, experts tracking the much-anticipated reboot of the Scary Movie franchise would only bring in as much as Masters of the Universe in its domestic opener. But with the Wayans brothers back at the helm of the movie, interest in the sixth installment after more than a decade-long hiatus has reportedly grown at an astounding rate since then. The reboot will bring back many members of the original cast, including Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans,…
Dick Parry, who played saxophone on some of Pink Floyd’s most famous songs and tours, died Friday morning of unspecified causes at the age of 83.Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour shared the sad news in a social media post. “My dear friend Dick Parry died this morning,” he wrote. “Since I was seventeen, I have played in bands with Dick on saxophone, including Pink Floyd.”His feel and tone make his saxophone playing unmistakable,” Gilmour continued, “a signature of enormous beauty that is known to millions and is such a big part of songs such as ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond,’…
It Thinks So By Howard Bloom Our president believes we’ve won the Iran war. Decisively. He might be surprised to discover that Iran believes he’s lost. Yes, Iran thinks it has won. And that the US and our Israeli partner have suffered many “strategic defeats at the hands of the Islamic Revolution” and have “failed to learn” our lesson. So if we attack Iran again, what Tehran threatens to do is blood-curdling. The Iranians warn that the war will “be extended beyond the region, and that devastating blows” will “be delivered from places the enemy cannot imagine.” In other words,…
Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstory of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing their audience along for a fantastic ride. Ilene Kristen will be a featured guest on “If These Walls Could Talk” with hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss on Wednesday, May 27th, 2026 at 2 PM ET live from the infamous Pangea Restaurant. Wendy Stuart is…