Have you ever had the experience of getting tantalisingly close to a big opportunity in your creative career a but not quite making it? Maybe it was a pitch, or a competition, a publishing opportunity, a senior role, or a funding application. Maybe you got really positive feedback. They said you were great, your work […]
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When the Covid 19 pandemic struck in 2020, human life on earth was massively disrupted. Not only the human tragedy of millions of lives lost, but also the social and economic damage caused by the virus and our attempts to control it. As a writer and a coach for creatives, I have been particularly concerned […]
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Welcome to Episode 10 of the Creative Disruption season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. Itas been my most ambitious season yet, with creatives from 5 continents and probably the closest Iall ever […]
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Welcome to Episode 9 of the Creative Disruption season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. This week we are off to Tokyo, to meet Ichi Hatano, a wonderful artist whose work has deep […]
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Welcome to Episode 8 of the Creative Disruption season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. Have you ever had the idea for a creative project that youave never quite got round to starting? […]
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If you work on your own a in your office or studio, or your bedroom or at your kitchen table a it can feel like no one is watching. So it doesnat matter whether you show up. If you skipped a day on your novel, who would know? If you didnat go to the studio […]
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Welcome to Episode 7 of the Creative Disruption season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. Today weare focusing on a creative sector that is close to my heart, which was massively disrupted but […]
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A few months ago I was listening to the DavidBowie: AlbumtoAlbum podcast, a terrific show about Bowie hosted by Arsalan Mohammed. In Season 3 episode 11 Arsalan spoke to Donny McCaslin, the leader of the jazz band that Bowie discovered in a New York club, and asked to work with him on what turned out […]
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Welcome to Episode 6 of the Creative Disruption season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. Today we are off to Australia in the company of Charlotte Abroms, a music manager based in Melbourne […]
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Last week I suggested that if youare serious about achieving your creative ambitions, you need to think in terms of projects, not tasks. Because if you get up every morning and ask yourself aWhat should I work on today?a you risk making decisions based on what feels urgent right now, rather than what will make […]
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Welcome to Episode 5 of the CREATIVE DISRUPTION season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. Today we are going to look at one of the biggest challenge for many people during lockdown, whether […]
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When we think of productivity we typically think about tasks and to-do lists, working habits and routines. We focus on how to make the most of our time on a daily or at most a weekly basis. All of which is great, but if this is all we focus on, thereas a danger of getting […]
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Welcome to Episode 4 of the CREATIVE DISRUPTION season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. Today we meet Amrita Kumar, the co-founder and CEO of Candid Marketing, an innovative marketing agency in India. […]
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Marketing is a word that strikes fear into the heart of a lot of creatives. Itas an area where a lot of us feel we donat have a natural talent a weare far more comfortable making work than telling the world about it, let alone trying to get people to buy it. One reason for […]
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Welcome to Episode 3 of the CREATIVE DISRUPTION season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. Today we are looking at the world of film and TV production, which was massively disrupted by the […]
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A lot of creative professions involve submitting work to gatekeepers of various kinds: agents, editors, publishers, gallerists, funders, producers, studios and competition judges and so on. Yes, the 21st century gives us plenty of options for creating things without gatekeepers a you can sell direct, build your own platform, launch your own event, self-publish or […]
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Welcome to Episode 2 of the CREATIVE DISRUPTION season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. This week we are off to South Africa, to hear from Earl Abrahams, an artist and filmmaker who […]
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aEat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you for the rest of the day.a This quote is often attributed to Mark Twain. Apparently thereas no hard evidence linking it to him, but that hasnat stopped it from concentrating the minds of many people when they ask themselves […]
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Today we kick off Season 6 of The 21st Century Creative, the podcast that helps you thrive as a creative professional amid the demands, distractions and opportunities of the 21st Century. The theme for this season is CREATIVE DISRUPTION. Every episode will feature an interview with a creator whose work was disrupted by the Covid-19 […]
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I hope this finds you as well as can be. Here in the UK weare bracing for what we are assured will be a large wave of Omicron. I know things may be very different for you, depending on where you are in the world. But whatever the circumstances, I hope you are finding your […]
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Today is the launch of my new podcast, and itas something Iave been planning and dreaming of sharing with you for years. Itas called A Mouthful of Air. And in several ways, itas the opposite of my 21st Century Creative podcast. I designed the two shows to work together from the start, although it’s taken […]
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Last night I was about to go to bed when I suddenly remembered an idea Iad had for an article a few months ago. Though I say so myself, it was a great idea, and I was keen to revisit it, so I opened up the Scrivener project where I had written it downa| and […]
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Todayas guest on The 21st Century Creative is Michael Bungay Stanier, a returning guest whose interview way back in Season 1 proved very popular. And his book The Coaching Habit turned out to be even more popular, as it went on to sell three quarters of a million copies. Michael is back with some excellent […]
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A lot of productivity advice tells us that we need to stop procrastinating, beat Resistance, and get things done. The Americans like to talk about ashippinga, meaning finished and sent out for delivery. This emphasis on getting things done and out to market is part of their extraordinary entrepreneurial culture. Famously, Guy Kawasaki even said […]
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Todayas guest on The 21st Century Creative is Krystal Lauk, an illustrator who took an unconventional path by creating illustrations for tech companies, and founded a studio that counts Google, Uber, Facebook and The New York Times among its clients. Itas a fascinating story of discovery and enterprise at what Krystal calls athe intersection of […]
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Iave recently started taking one-to-one Japanese conversation lessons. It hasnat been easy. In fact, itas been a bit of a humbling experience. Between work and family responsibilities, I only have 30 minutes a day to study Japanese, and Iave spent this time every day for the past two years memorising kanji characters, vocabulary and grammar […]
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Todayas guest on The 21st Century Creative is Cynthia Morris, a coach for creatives who shares insights on the book-writing process, based on her latest book The Busy Womanas Guide to Writing a World-Changing Book. So if you are contemplating writing a book – whether itas your first one or your twenty-first – there is […]
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If you think about overhearing something, you probably think of listening to someone elseas conversation, whether deliberately or accidentally, and picking up a titbit of information that you would never otherwise have been privy to. It might be funny, or shocking or useful, or – as in the case of so many loud phone calls […]
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Todayas guest on The 21st Century Creative is Emily Kimelman, a thriller author who has travelled the world in a boat and criss-crossed the USA in an Airstream trailer while writing and publishing her books, and selling hundreds of thousands of copies in the process. Emilyas adventurous spirit shines through in her writing as well […]
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Discussion aleans more towards infiltration than attacka says anonymous Iranian official as US says Israel has carried out military operation
Itas 7:24am in Tehran and 6:54 In Tel Aviv. Letas get a reminder of what we know so far:
US officials have confirmed that Israel has carried out military operations against Iran but did not describe those operations.
The Israeli military has told news agencies including Agence France-Presse and Associated Press: aWe donat have a comment at this time.a
Iranas state media reported explosions in the central province of Isfahan Friday
Air defence systems over several Iranian cities were activated, state media reported, after the countryas official broadcaster said explosions were heard near the city of Isfahan.
Iranas Fars news agency reported athree explosionsa were heard near the Shekari army airbase in the north-west of Isfahan province, while Iranas space agency spokesperson Hossein Dalirian said aseverala drones had been asuccessfully shot downa.
Nuclear facilities in Isfahan were reported to be acompletely securea, Iranas Tasnim news agency reported, citing areliable sourcesa.
Flights were suspended across swathes of Iran on Friday. aIranas air defence has been activated in the skies of several provinces of the country,a Tehranas official IRNA news agency said.
Mehr news agency reported that aflights to Tehran, Isfahan and Shiraz, and airports in the west, northwest and southwest have been suspended.a
Flight-tracking software showed commercial flights avoiding western Iran, including Isfahan, and skirting Tehran to the north and east.
There was no immediate comment from Dubaias Emirates airline, which was operating several of the planes.
Blasts were also reported in southern Syria, according to a local activist group. aThere were strikes on a Syrian army radar position,a said Rayan Maarouf, who runs the Suwayda24 anti-government website that covers news from Sweida province in the south, reports AFP.
Oil prices surged more than three per cent in early Asian trade on Friday after the reports of explosions.
Continue reading...Iranian state media reports that drones have been shot down over Isfahan province in attack on Friday and that the nuclear site there is acompletely safea
US officials have confirmed that Israel has carried out airstrikes against Iran as explosions were reported in the sky over the cities of Isfahan and Tabriz, while the Iranian government sought to play down the scale of the attack.
Officials in Washington said Israeli forces were carrying out military operations against Iran but did not describe the character or scale of those operations. Iranian state media said that drones had been shot down over Isfahan province in the early hours, and showed live shots of morning traffic in Isfahan city after sunrise to show that the situation was calm.
Continue reading...US officials have confirmed that Israel carried out a military operation against Iran, while state media reports air defences are active near the city of Isfahan
US officials have confirmed that Israel has carried out military operations against Iran. The officials said Israel warned the Biden administration earlier on Thursday that a strike was coming in the next 24 to 48 hours. According to CNN, the Israelis assured their US counterparts that Iranas nuclear facilities would not be targeted.
Iranian state media reported that air defence batteries had been activated after reports of explosions near a major airbase close to the city of Isfahan. The Iranian government appeared to play down the scale of the attack, with a senior commander in Iranas army saying there was no damage in Isfahan, according to state TV.
Isfahan is home to sites associated with Iranas nuclear program, including its underground Natanz enrichment site. State television described all sites in the area as afully safea and the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), confirmed there was no damage to any nuclear sites.
The airbase close to Isfahan has long been home to Iranas fleet of American-made F-14 Tomcats a purchased before the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Airports in Tehran, Shiraz and Isfahan were closed and flights have been cleared from the western half of Iran, flight tracking website FlightRadar24 reported. Local warnings to aviators suggested the airspace may have been closed. At 8am local time some airports lifted restrictions, local media in Iran reported. Although UAE based FlyDubai cancelled all flight to Iranas capital on Friday.
Tensions across the region remain high after Iran launched hundreds of drones as well as cruise missiles towards Israel on Saturday, in the Islamic Republicas first ever direct attack on the Jewish state, in response to the 1 April strike on an Iranian diplomatic building in the Syrian capital, Damascus, which killed a senior figure in Iranas Islamic Revolutionary Guards and eight other officers.
On Thursday, Iranas foreign minister told CNN that if Israel chooses to retaliate, Tehranas response would be immediate. aIf the Israeli regime commits the great error once again our response will be decisive, definitive and regretful for them,a Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said.
Prospective jurors were grilled on myriad facets of their life, with one raising concerns her identity had been discovered
Donald Trump is set to appear in court for the fourth day of his hush-money trial on Friday after 12 jurors were selected on Thursday.
The jury selection process had been complicated because of the polarizing and high-profile defendant. Prospective juror had been grilled on their political leanings, their social media posts and many other facets of their lives.
Continue reading...Bridget Thorne, a Republican elected in Fulton county in 2022, has spread election fraud lies and accused county employees of crimes
A Fulton county commissioner in Georgia has been operating a private Telegram channel for years, propagating debunked claims about the 2020 election, and spreading accusations of crimes by county employees, including Ruby Freeman, an election worker defamed by Rudy Giuliani in the wake of Donald Trumpas 2020 loss.
Bridget Thorne, a Republican representing the relatively conservative cities of Fulton county north of Atlanta, indirectly identifies herself as the creator and administrator of the Fulton County Elections channel on Telegram, a mobile messaging platform, in multiple posts to its page. The channel uses the official logo of the Fulton county board of registration and elections.
Continue reading...First phase in worldas largest democratic exercise begins, with 969 million people eligible to vote over six-week period
Voting has begun in Indiaas mammoth general election, as Narendra Modias Bharatiya Janata party hopes to increase its parliamentary majority amid allegations that the countryas democracy has been undermined since it came to power 10 years ago.
Indiaas elections are the largest democratic exercise in the world, with more than 969 million voters, amounting to more than 10% of the worldas population. The voting began at 8am on Friday, when polling opened at 102 constituencies across the country, and will continue over the next six weeks, in seven phases, until 1 June. All the results will be counted and declared on 4 June.
Continue reading...Presidentas suggestion that his aUncle Bosiea was eaten by cannibals harms US efforts to build Pacific ties, say local experts
Joe Bidenas suggestion that his uncle may have been eaten by cannibals in Papua New Guinea during world war two has been met with a mixture of bemusement and criticism in the country.
Biden spoke about his uncle, 2nd Lt Ambrose J Finnegan Jr, while campaigning in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, describing how aUncle Bosiea had flown single engine planes as reconnaissance flights during the war. Biden said he agot shot down in New Guineaa, adding athey never found the body because there used to be a lot of cannibals, for real, in that part of New Guinea.a
Continue reading...Students set up encampments to demand Columbia divest from Israel while those at USC gathered in support of Asna Tabassum
Tensions on Columbia Universityas campus continued to rise on Thursday as the New York police department began breaking up student protests over Israelas war on Gaza, at the direction of the schoolas president, and arrests were made.
Hundreds of students pitched tents and began camping out in the center of the famous central campus from early morning on Wednesday in protest, demanding a ceasefire and for the university to financially divest from Israel, prompting Columbiaas president, Minouche Shafik, to issue a stark warning.
Continue reading...Polandas national prosecutor says man was preparing to share security details of airport used by Ukrainian president
A Polish man has been arrested on allegations that he aided a plot by Russian intelligence services to assassinate the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, according to Polish and Ukrainian prosecutors.
The office of Polandas national prosecutor said in a statement that the man, identified only as Pawel K, was accused of being prepared to pass airport security information to Russian agents and that he was arrested in Poland on Wednesday.
Continue reading...Paperwork filed shows the royal has informed British authorities that he has moved and is now ausually residenta in the United States
Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, has formally confirmed he is now a US resident.
The acknowledgment is said to underscore the princeas increasing estrangement from Britain, after he and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, walked away from royal duties four years ago.
Continue reading...Siblings appear on stage with president at campaign event in Philadelphia and offer full-throated support of White House run
Prominent members of the Kennedy political dynasty delivered a full-throated endorsement of Joe Bidenas re-election campaign on Thursday, a pointed message that was in equal measure a stinging repudiation of their relative Robert F Kennedy Jr, who is making an independent run for the White House.
Kerry Kennedy, one of six siblings of the controversial candidate on stage at a Biden campaign event in Philadelphia, called the US president amy heroa as she celebrated a litany of his achievements she said would have pleased her father, the late former US attorney general Robert F Kennedy and late uncle and president John F Kennedy.
Continue reading...Critics condemn areckless and cruela expulsions and say deportees likely to be targeted by armed gangs who control much of country
More than 70 Haitians expelled from the United States have been flown back to Haiti on the first deportation flight since heavily armed gangs launched a bloody insurrection which has paralysed the capital and forced the prime minister from office.
The flight, which landed in the port city of Cap-HaA-tien early on Thursday, was described as ainhumanea by human rights activists who warned that deportees would likely be targeted by the criminal factions who control most of the country.
Continue reading...Press Awards recognise cross-platform Cotton Capital series, and there are wins for several Guardian reporters
The Guardian has won a diversity award at the prestigious Press Awards after its exposA(c) on its foundersa links to transatlantic slavery, while one of its reporters took home the award for news reporter of the year.
Judges at the Press Awards called the Guardianas cross-platform Cotton Capital series, encompassing news articles, long-form essays, podcasts, video, a magazine, a 15-part newsletter and social media content, a abreathtakingly honest mea culpaa.
Continue reading...Seven men and five women have been chosen to sit on the jury in the ex-presidentas hush-money trial. Hereas what we know
The difficult process of selecting a jury in the case against Donald Trump neared its conclusion on Thursday, with a jury of 12 people empaneled for the first criminal trial of a former president in US history.
The jury is made up of seven men and five women who live in different parts of Manhattan, including the Upper East Side, Harlem, Hellas Kitchen and the West Village. They come from a range of personal backgrounds and employment histories. Several jurors said they had no strong opinions on Trump, and a few said that they do not closely follow the news. The exact racial makeup of the jury, and the ages of the jurors, is unclear.
Continue reading...Elizabeth Hanna says she was fired by the American Diabetes Association after refusing to approve recipes heaped with the additive made by a major donor
Elizabeth Hanna had a simple job: help people with diabetes figure out what to eat. Anyone with common sense knows this should probably not entail foods that might increase peopleas risk of getting diabetes. But thatas not necessarily the thinking at the American Diabetes Association (ADA), the worldas leading diabetes research and patient advocacy group, which also receives millions of dollars from sponsors in the pharmaceutical, food and agricultural industries.
According to a lawsuit Hanna recently filed against the ADA, the organization a which endorses recipes and food plans on its website and on the websites of apartnera food brands a tried to get her to greenlight recipes that she believed flew in the face of the ADAas mission. These included recipes like a acucumber and onion salada made with a third of a cup of Splenda granulated artificial sweetener, aautumnal sheet-pan veggiesa with a quarter cup of Splenda monk fruit sweetener and a acranberry almond spinach salada with a quarter cup of Splenda monkfruit sweetener.
Neil Barsky, a former Wall Street Journal reporter and investment manager, is the founder of The Marshall Project
Continue reading...From green beans to kale, here are some foods considered to be healthy yet which test poorly for pesticides
Pesticides pose a serious risk in conventionally grown versions of the produce shown below, according to a new analysis by Consumer Reports. Hereas why these fruits and vegetables are so problematic, plus how to safely fit them into your diet or make smart substitutions.
Read more from this pesticide investigation:
We found unhealthy pesticide levels in 20% of US produce a hereas what you need to know
Can you wash pesticides off your food? A guide to eating fewer toxic chemicals
Kale, watermelon and even some organic foods pose high pesticide risk, analysis finds
Whatas safe to eat? Here is the pesticide risk level for each fruit and vegetable
This story was amended on 18 April 2024 to correct the name of the illustrator, whose name is Israel Vargas.
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Subtly detailed album splits the difference between 1989as glossy pop-rock and Midnightsa understatement a and lets her ex Matty Healy have it in no uncertain terms
The two cliches used to describe the new release by a major star are that itas long-awaited and eagerly anticipated. You could hardly describe Taylor Swiftas 11th studio album as long-awaited a itas barely 18 months since her last album, Midnights, a blink of an eye in the release schedule of a pop superstar. Sheas also put out another three hours of music in the interim, in the shape of bonus track-packed re-recordings of 2010as Speak Now and 2014as 1989. But The Tortured Poets Department is certainly eagerly anticipated. The torrential nature of Swiftas output is one reason behind her current position as not just popas biggest star, but a figure who dominates pop culture to such a preposterous degree you struggle for a historical comparison: we live in a world where her endorsement of a candidate is considered a potentially deciding factor in the US presidential elections and where the prime minister of Singapore is embroiled in a row with his Thai counterpart over exclusivity rights to the south-east Asian leg of Swiftas Eras tour.
Among the countless other factors in her rise to omnipresence a her keen understanding of todayas altered media landscape and a desire for collective experience in a music world obsessed with individualised experiences a is, of course, her music, which can dim in comparison to the media noise. Thatas a shame, because, as The Tortured Poets Department underlines, Swift is an authentically skilled songwriter: melodically gifted, thoughtful, witty and willing to take risks in a risk-averse era for pop.
Continue reading...Two big Wembley meetings await in the Cup, while a desperation derby looks to be in store at Goodison Park
There was a distinct end-of-season vibe at the Gtech Community Stadium following Brentfordas recent win over Sheffield United, with Thomas Frank and his players performing what amounted to a lap of honour as they took plaudits from fans relieved that the spectre of relegation had finally been banished from their small corner of west London. Of course only time will tell if the Bees become the first Premier League team to decamp to the metaphorical beach this season and this weekendas match against Luton at Kenilworth Road will provide a fair indication. Ravaged by injury with up to 11 players likely to be unavailable, Luton were on a hiding to nothing in their game against Manchester City but still emerged from the rout with their heads held high having restricted the champions to a one-goal lead until their capitulation after the hour mark. It is increasingly difficult to compliment Rob Edwardsa side without sounding condescending, but if it transpires that the Brentford side that turns up in Bedfordshire has mentally tapped out, the Premier Leagueas most dashing manager, his players and their fans are unlikely to have any complaints whatsoever. Barry Glendenning
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Continue reading...Thereas some low-stakes pleasure to be had in the first half of the gory new film from the team behind Ready or Not and Scream but things fall apart disastrously
Last yearas handsome gothic horror The Last Voyage of the Demeter and bombastic Nic Cage comedy Renfield allowed Universal the opportunity to present known IP as something fresh, at least on the surface, stories involving Dracula but told in ways we hadnat seen before. They represented a nifty marketing strategy for a back catalogue of classic monster movies but both worked better as loglines than finished films a Dracula on a boat, Dracula as a bad boss a and audiences proved as uninterested as critics, the stench of old property distracting from the promise of something new.
As the studio preps a new take on The Wolf Man with next yearas Christopher Abbott-led Wolfman and Robert Eggersa remake of the Dracula-inspired Nosferatu, here comes Abigail, a poppy reimagining of the little-remembered 1936 horror Draculaas Daughter. In the contemporary take, sheas a ballerina (Matildaas Alisha Weir) who gets kidnapped by a group of unaware criminals, hired to keep her locked in a grand old house for 24 hours while ransom money is obtained. But early on, recovering addict and single mother Joey (Melissa Barrera) figures out that something is up and starts to realise that the scared little girl in their care might not be so scared after all.
Continue reading...Therapist Lindsay Gibsonas 2015 book has sold over a million copies and its message has soared on social media. What does it mean?
In an ideal world, adults would be more mature than their kids. They would be better at handling stress, resolving conflicts with others, or talking about their feelings. In the opening chapter of the book Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, therapist Lindsay Gibson presents an unsettling alternative.
aWhat if,a she wrote, asome sensitive children come into the world and within a few years are more emotionally mature than their parents, who have been around for decades?a
Continue reading...Mina confronts Tom, but little sister Layla would rather keep the peace. You decide whoas right in this sister act?
Find out how to get a disagreement settled or become a juror
Confronting Tomas toxic attitudes is good practice for my sister and will boost her confidence
Mina wants to make a stand, but after a row, itas me who has to deal with the aftershocks at home
Continue reading...Late-night hosts discuss Donald Trumpas day off from court and his Truth Social rant about Jimmy Kimmelas performance at the Oscars five weeks ago
Late-night hosts talked Donald Trumpas Truth Social rant about Jimmy Kimmel and his day off from the criminal hush-money trial in New York.
Continue reading...From Leonardo da Vinci to the engineers of Bell Aerosystems, some of our finest minds have devoted themselves to finding a better form of travel. Still, anyone can have an off day a|
Thereas an innocent optimism to transport visionaries. They really thought they could change the world! They absolutely couldnat! But all respect to them for trying: someone got lucky with the wheel once, didnat they?
Being a transport visionary must have been more interesting back before technological progress and grotesque wealth allowed billionaires to adisrupta the boring A-to-B-ness of conventional travel and blast a car into space, just because. Imagine conceiving of human flight back when your only model was birds and some gossip about a guy called Icarus. Or looking at a horse and thinking: aHmmm, thatas fast, muscular and terrifying; I wonder if I could compel it to take me somewhere, somehow?a
Continue reading...The Latin music legend a back, at 66, with her first salsa album a answers your questions on her star collaborations, screen chemistry, and what she and Stevie Wonder still canat agree on
When did you first know you were a drummer? axolotly
I still donat know if Iam a adrummera! Sometimes people mean percussion a like congas and timbales a and sometimes they mean drum set, which wasnat a thing for me until I played with George Duke in the mid-70s. My dad [Pete Escovedo, a well-known Mexican American jazz percussionist] played and practised at the house every day. Iad have heard him while I was in my motheras womb. I couldnat reach his percussion instruments so my mum would put the pots and pans on the floor and Iad bang along on those. I played with a local band when I was 15 and I learned a lot from Billy Cobham, and would play his drums for a minute, but sitting in with George Duke for one song was enough to start me playing drums.
Was there anything that stopped you progressing as a female musical artist and have these problems lessened today? Whovian79
Growing up in Oakland, California there were a lot of jam sessions in the streets and parks. A lot of young women would bring shakers, djembes and such. Once I knew I could play, Iad go to concerts and ask if I could sit in. Lots of times they said no so Iad go to the other side of the stage and get someone to say yes. Once I left home and started flying to Los Angeles to play with other artists I did experience male chauvinism a aYouare a girl. Girls donat play drumsa a until word of mouth was that Sheila Escovedo can play. Now there are more female drummers and percussionists all over the world. I message them on social media and just say: aHey, Iam a fan.a Thereas so many that I reach out to on a daily basis.
In a congressional hearing, Republicans used specious charges of rampant antisemitism to advance an illiberal agenda on campuses
As Jewish faculty at Columbia University, we watched with alarm as our president, Minouche Shafik, appeared before the House education and workforce committee on Wednesday to answer questions about antisemitism on our campus. While we are deeply concerned about antisemitism, we are also disturbed by the ways the hearing a like those in December, and surely those to follow a used specious charges of rampant antisemitism to advance an illiberal agenda.
We were shocked that President Shafik capitulated to its mendacious premises and failed to stand up for fundamental academic principles of honest intellectual inquiry and free expression. Most galling was the absence of any acknowledgment of the relentless devastation in Gaza: the urgent reason for the student protests that the committee caricatures and condemns as antisemitic.
Alisa Solomon is a writer, professor of journalism, and the director of the arts and culture concentration at the Columbia Journalism School. Marianne Hirsch is the William Peterfield Trent professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University and professor in the Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality. Sarah Haley is associate professor of history at Columbia University. Helen Benedict is a novelist and professor at Columbia Journalism School.
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