Sonny Bridges Is the Son of a Champion
“He’s a good kid,” Mikal Bridges tells Vogue of his dog Sonny, who has been by his side from his college basketball days to the Knicks’ historic championship win.
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Serena Williams Already Had Two Dogs—But Then She Picked Up Christopher ‘Chip’ Rafael Nadal
“He was my first son,” Serena Williams tells Vogue of her Yorkie, Chip.
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‘Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing’ Netflix Review: Rory Kennedy’s Follow-Up Doc Retreads Familiar Ground
Our review of Netflix's latest investigative documentary 'Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing' examines whether the new aviation feature delivers a true corporate reckoning.
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The Embarrassing Secret of Kareem Rahma's Success
Someone very talented (okay, it was Austin Butler) once told the host of Subway Takes, that everything a man desires lies on the other side of embarrassment. Rahma says: One hundred percent agree.
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Moving on From Palisades Fire, Mother Opens First Store in Beverly Hills
Co-Founder Lela Becker took us inside the Los Angeles brand's stylish debut flagship.
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Harlan Coben Talks Adapting His Novels and Why Netflix’s ‘Myron Bolitar’ is Breaking His Biggest Rule
Harlan Coben pulls back the curtain on his massive Netflix deal, explaining his philosophy on book changes and why 'Myron Bolitar' will break his no-season-two rule.
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Spotify’s playlist editors now explain their picks to listeners, and get their own public profiles
Playlist Notes lets editors attach written context to individual tracks on playlists including Today's Top Hits and RapCaviar. Source
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UMG strikes global deal for The Beatles’ merch, licensing, and e-commerce
The deal builds on the record company's existing stewardship of The Beatles' recorded catalog. Source
5 min readPeople Who Live Near Glass Houses Shouldn’t Throw Shade
Picture This It was a mild winter when the vacant lot across the street from Bea and Foster finally sold and the new neighbor, a nondescript man about their age, thirty-eightish, began showing up morn...
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How Ursula K. Le Guin Channeled Her Environmentalism Into Fiction
In the 1960s and 1970s, Ursula K. Le Guin wrote speculative fiction shaped by her interests in environments and ecologies, her pacifist anarchist feminism, and her anti-Vietnam War activism. A Wizard ...
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How Accusations Against Black Academics Point to the Real End of “Woke 1.0”
This week, the British academy was rocked by a scandal that curdled into a tragedy. Jason Arday, a neurodivergent Black Cambridge professor who was feted as a wunderkind by some and denigrated as a fa...
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The Submitters: On the Literary Economy of Unreadness
For the true beginner, there can be no end. From the moment they sit at the desk, the unemerged writer faces a step-by-step gauntlet of workshopping, applying, contesting; of liking screenshots of Pub...
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Did Smartphones Really Kill Reading?
Did smartphones kill reading? In The Atlantic, Rose Horowitch laments that “The Age of Reading is Over.” We still, she observes, encounter many words, but increasingly find them in emails, text messag...
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On Women and The Water Cure: Nine Memoirs About Wild Swimming
“Wild swimming” is a term coined by British nature writer Roger Deakin in his cult classic Waterlog: A Swimmer’s Journey Through Britain (1999), about his year swimming outdoors all over the UK. A pae...
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11 Books About Women Who Rewrote Life and Art
I’ve been on the hunt for books by women for as long as I can remember. My favorite stories are usually not romances, but stories of women trying to make sense of how they can be the main characters i...
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'I feel dirty:' EA workers trapped in a maelstrom of cynicism and doubt after Saudi buyout
Multiple current EA employees share their views on how the publisher's seismic $55 billion take-private will impact the people behind its popular franchises.
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Silo Author Hugh Howey Has A Sci-Fi Book Recommendation Perfect For Alternate History Fans
Are you a fan of alternate history stories? If so, Silo book author Hugh Howey has an intriguing sci-fi novel recommendation for you.
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Westside Cowboy — It Goes On
Doubling down on their initial rough’n’ready brilliance to make good on their potential and then some.
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Mystery Jets — A Hole To See The Sky Through
A record with plenty of heart, often wearing it proudly on its sleeve.
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Project Hail Mary Ending Explained: What Happens To Grace And Rocky
Now that Project Hail Mary is available to watch at home, more people than ever are wondering about the fate of Ryland Grace and Rocky.
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