Goodbye Warner, hello Skydance: how will the major merger really impact Holllywood?
The Guardianby Jesse Hassenger·8d ago
Hollywood’s big five have officially become the big four. Following a twist-filled saga that saw century-old studio Warner Bros nearly acquired by streaming giant Netflix, only to be outbid by...
‘My first photographs coincided with me falling in love’: why children have always adored taking pictures
The Guardianby Alice Fisher·8d ago
What was the first photograph you took? Though most of us use cameraphones every day, few think about how the habit started or even why we choose the pictures we keep.
Why the Maps of London, Tokyo, New York, and Other Major Cities Look the Way They Do
Open Cultureby Colin Marshall·8d ago
If you’re trying to understand a city, its map isn’t a bad place to start. Today, of course, we can call up an accurate map of practically any part of any city at any time we like, with detailed...
While Yet You Are Still Burning Inside My Brain - 3 Quarks Daily
3 Quarks Dailyby Charles Siegel·8d ago
by Charles Siegel A couple of weeks ago, I was listening to the SiriusXM “Real Jazz” channel while driving.
Cover Trend: Plastic Bags as Treasure, Not Trash
BOOK RIOTby Kelly Jensen·8d ago
We see cover design trends come and go. Some take hold for reasons that make sense–the colorful blobs aesthetic from a few years ago was meant to look good in photos and as thumb nails on social...
Shehzad Khan recalls Ajit Khan’s reaction to Andaz Apna Apna’s Bhalla: ‘Maine serious image banaya, tumne…’
Open Magazineby Mahima Pandey·8d ago
Shehzad Khan recalls Ajit Khan’s reaction to Andaz Apna Apna’s Bhalla: ‘Maine serious image banaya, tumne…’ What happens when the son of one of Hindi cinema’s most feared villains decides to turn...
Book of Hours
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Excerpts·8d ago
The woman first saw the stranded pilgrim, babe in arms, on a poster on the wall of the Medieval Center at the University of Bordeaux the year she finally studied abroad.
Richa Chadha on her travel show ‘Musafiri’: I wanted to reacquaint people with their cities
The Hinduby Shreyas Pande·8d ago
After years of turning inward to find truth in her performances, Richa Chadha sets her gaze outside as she debuts with her non-fiction travel show, Musafiri.
Jimmy Kimmel Turns Donald Trump’s Controversy Back Against Him, Threatens To Report Him
ComingSoon.netby Rishabh Shandilya·8d ago
Jimmy Kimmel found a familiar target for his latest argument about media outrage: Donald Trump himself.
Carrie: Is Prime Video's adaptation still relevant in 2026?
BBC Newsby Eleanor Doyle; Tom Richardson·8d ago
- Published Adaptations, remakes and reboots are all the rage right now, and there’s often one question that crops up - why? See also "what's the point?" and "do we need another one?"
Joy Behar Remains Missing From The View as Whoopi Goldberg Mentions Her Absence
ComingSoon.netby Devanshi Basu·8d ago
Joy Behar was absent from The View again on Tuesday, her fifth straight live episode away, and co-host Whoopi Goldberg confirmed she is still out. The show has not announced a return date.
ABC Rehires Popular Broadcaster Two Years After Controversial Firing
ComingSoon.netby Devanshi Basu·8d ago
ABC has reversed one of its most criticised programming decisions, confirming that a familiar voice will return to 702 ABC Sydney’s schedule in March 2027.
Singapore Film Festival Stands by ‘The Assassin(s)’ After Korean Conservatives Demand It Be Dropped
Varietyby Naman Ramachandran·8d ago
The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) is keeping Hur Jin-ho‘s “The Assassin(s)” as its opening film, a day after all 109 lawmakers of South Korea’s conservative People Power Party (PPP)...
Make a movie and entertain people again; that will rebuild your image: SC tells Rajpal Yadav
New Indian Expressby PTI·8d ago
NEW DELHI: Make a good movie, entertain people again and rebuild your image, the Supreme Court on Tuesday told actor Rajpal Yadav, as it took note of the Rs 1.15 crore payment made by him in a...
David Shulman’s West Bank Notes: How Satyagraha and Despair Redefine Resistance Under Occupation
Frontlineby Soumyabrata Choudhury·8d ago
After a long day in the South Hebron hills in the Occupied West Bank, David Shulman and his colleagues from Ta’ayush, a joint Israeli-Palestinian peace movement, are preparing to leave when they...
Remembering Lalgudi Jayaraman through a violin duet
The Hinduby Srihari P·8d ago
It was billed as a violin duet, and so it was, as H.K. Venkatram and B.U. Ganesh Prasad took the stage.
Twin Strings is on a Karwaan 2026 musical tour across India
The Hinduby Neeraja Murthy·8d ago
New Delhi-based indie-pop/rock quartet Twin Strings’ Karwaan 2026 tour is underway. After performances in Kolkata and Bengaluru and Mumbai, the group will next play in Pune, Hyderabad and Delhi on...
The Great Train Robbery
RogerBW's Blog·8d ago
1903 crime, dir. Edwin S. Porter; IMDb. The robbers tie up the telegraph clerk, board the train, and make their getaway… This is one of the earliest films I've watched, and it's definitely still in...
It’s the End of the World as We Know It: The Apocalypse Gets Visualized in an Inventive Map from 1486
Open Cultureby OC·8d ago
When will the world end? We can find serious scientific answers to this question, depending on what we mean by “world” and “end.” If we mean the end of civilization as we currently know it, climate...
Other Worlds Than These by Stephen King and Peter Straub review – a self-indulgent finale to the Talisman trilogy
The Guardianby Alison Flood·8d ago
Bear with me, because there is some backstory to get through before we can talk about the book I am actually here to review.
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