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Kane Parsons is 20. Here’s how he made A24’s biggest summer movie, the spooky ‘Backrooms’
“I was born the same year as YouTube,” says Kane Parsons, the precocious filmmaker about to upgrade from online-only fame to big-screen recognition. That year — brace yourself — is 2005. Back in 2022, Parsons, then a 16-year-old living in Petaluma, uploaded an enigmatic video titled “The Backrooms (Found Footage).” He crafted it at home…
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The republic is burning — while these ‘liberal’ buffoons disgrace themselves
Bill Maher and Sen. John Fetterman sat around joking about Donald Trump’s new White House ballroom like a couple of wealthy guys at a country club joking over cocktails as the republic burns outside the window. Maher dismissed the outrage by calling the cost “couch money.” Fetterman rolled his eyes and reduced the backlash to…
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International Politicians Warn David Ellison About Paramount-WBD Merger Regulatory Concerns
Paramount-Skydance’s upcoming acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has raised concerns among international politicians, who warned CEO David Ellison of the extensive regulatory review the deal will face in both the United States and the European Union. Led by Congressman Sam Liccardo (CA-16) and Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02), the international coalition of leaders — which includes…
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A Very Pretentious Form of Propaganda
As I left the United States Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, I felt like I’d just finished a puzzle that mocked me for solving it. Every two years, countries from around the world select an artist (or a group of artists) to showcase at contemporary art’s most prestigious festival. This year, after a process laden…
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‘Harry Potter’ soars under the Cosm spell with fantastical, theme-park-like effects
A pivotal moment early in “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” arrives when Harry’s suburban house is swarmed and flooded with letters of acceptance for the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry’s aunt and uncle have been preventing such dispatches from reaching the young wizard-to-be, but the boarding school’s messenger owls are having none…
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‘Amateur hour’: CBS News’ MAGA-friendly anchor’s Taiwan broadcast ends in shambles
“CBS Evening News” anchor Tony Dokoupil’s first broadcast from Taiwan ended in shambles after his cameraman suffered an on-air medical emergency. The MAGA-coded anchorman was introducing the summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping when the camera shot tilted and producers abruptly cut to B-roll footage, reported The Daily Beast. “Is he…
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Racist streamer ‘Chud the Builder’ charged with attempted murder for shooting outside court
Racist streamer “Chud the Builder” has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting someone who confronted him outside a Tennessee courthouse, officials said. The streamer — real name Dalton Eatherly, 28 — shot an unidentified man during a fight Wednesday outside of the courthouse in Clarksville, according to District Attorney Robert J. Nash, who…
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The Environmental Movement Needs to Touch Grass
Donald Trump is the most anti-environment president since “environmentalism” emerged in America. He has rescinded the “endangerment finding,” meaning that the government no longer accepts the basic truth that climate change is bad for people. He is rolling back regulations that would have protected American skies and waters from pollutants such as mercury, arsenic, “forever…
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Mother of transgender athlete AB Hernandez determined to push through protests
A flyer featuring a pink background was the top Instagram post on California state superintendent candidate Sonja Shaw’s page on Saturday morning. It read, in blue, “a male athlete” held the top spot for an upcoming high school girls’ track and field meet, listing the event start times for protesters. It was a tactic Nereyda…
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Trump’s ballroom in ‘serious jeopardy’ as Senate rules now expected to kill it before vote
Republicans on Capitol Hill were already starting to get cold feet about including $1 billion in “security” funding for President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project, which has become politically toxic as the economy has continued to slide downhill. But a new report claimed Thursday a way to kill it may have landed at their…