Uncategorized
-
Irked Alito breaks silence on retirement rumors and mortality as ‘vultures’ circle
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito declared he will serve another term and refused to rule out a “high correlation” between his rulings and what President Donald Trump wants. Alito, 76, made the remarks in a rare summertime interview with the Wall Street Journal at his Washington chambers, a month after an erroneous NPR report set…
-
Britney Spears believes she ‘failed as a mother’ as she blasts her own parents in lengthy new rant
Britney Spears made the heartbreaking confession that she believes she “failed as a mother” because one of her sons told her that he doesn’t believe in God. However, Spears is still certain there’s “a Holy Spirit that sits high in the kingdom of heaven … I’ve been there I’ve felt it,” she wrote in a…
-
The Best Way to Learn Outside of the Classroom
This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. “How are you on theory?” my editor asked me earlier this week. I knew what he was talking about—not my pet hypotheses about, say, the existence of cryptids, but rather a group of…
-
‘Slavishly devoted’ GOP can’t escape the anchor dragging them into the abyss: expert
Republicans could see a serious backlash in the midterms as dissatisfied voters might take out their frustrations with President Donald Trump on GOP candidates, an analyst said Friday. Mike Murphy, a conservative strategist and co-host of the “Hacks on Tap” podcast, told CNN that as the economy suffers, so do Republican chances of winning elections.…
-
Where to Watch ‘Super Troopers 3’: Is the Comedy Sequel Streaming?
The Super Troopers are back, and you only had to wait eight years this time (better that than 17). Director Jay Chandrasekhar and the Broken Lizard comedy troupe (consisting of Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske) returned to the screen Friday with “Super Troopers 3,” the latest continuation of the comedy…
-
The Case for Calling People on the Phone
This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning. Conversation has become optimized—but not always for the better. We send a quick text instead of making a…
-
Big ‘regret’ in insider’s sit-down with Trump revealed as winds ‘howl’ in president’s face
President Donald Trump is living in a delusional fantasy about his own popularity, Punchbowl News’ Jake Sherman told MS NOW on Friday. Sherman recently sat for a bizarreinterview with the president. Speaking to an MS NOW panel, Sherman registered his “one regret” from that interview, which was not to push back on Trump’s insistence about…
-
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Writers Are Working on Marvel’s ‘Avengers’ Movies | Exclusive
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers are joining the Avengers. Earlier this week, we spoke to Destin Daniel Cretton, the director of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” who let slip that McKenna and Sommers left the production to work on “Avengers: Doomsday” and “Avengers: Secret Wars.” “Challengers” writer Justin Kuritzkes was brought…
-
Layoffs rock San Francisco’s largest employer as tech giant replaces workers with AI
Salesforce is set to eliminate dozens of jobs at its San Francisco headquarters, making it the tech giant’s fourth round of layoffs in less than a year as AI is implemented throughout the company. The cuts will occur on Oct. 5 at the company’s 415 Mission St. office, according to a notice filed with state…
-
The Thrill of Letting Pop Culture Consume You
In their fledgling but fascinating career thus far, the director Jane Schoenbrun has been consumed by the pop culture that consumes us. They’ve already proved to be an urgent voice on the matter: Their first feature, the low-budget We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, focused on the allure of online “creepypastas” and weird YouTube…