Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 116, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, happy National Ferris Wheel Day to all those who celebrate, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about Letterboxd and Mike … Read more
The most striking thing about Ring’s statement that it had parted ways with Flock Safety is what the home security company didn’t say. There was no mention of the public backlash around ties to ICE, or any promise to address users’ concerns about the company’s relationships with law enforcement. In an increasingly authoritarian political climate, … Read more
Unlike the more va-va-voom vibes of model (and fellow Brazilian) Isabeli Fontana on the 2006 Versace runway, Bieber kept to her more clean girl glam, wearing her hair in a slicked back bun and her makeup dewy and simple. It’s been another business trip for the fashion books, as we’ve come to expect from Hailey … Read more
Editor’s note: Martin Moskowicz is well known to many in the industry attending Berlin‘s EFM. An ever-present at major festivals and markets for close to 50 years, he is best known for his decades steering German production and distribution giant Constantin, producer of the Resident Evil franchise. In 2024, Moskowicz moved on from his role as CEO and is … Read more
Perfectly styled outfit? Check. Unmistakably chic aura? Double check. But no matter how good the look, a cool fashion girl is nothing without a bag stocked with her essentials—which she’s likely carrying from appointment to appointment, perhaps even with a laptop in tow, for a long day of mixing and mingling. Figuring out what belongs … Read more
After demonstrations broke out in Iran on December 28, 2025, following the collapse of the Iranian currency, the country’s regime responded in a deadly manner. More than 6,000 people were killed as part of a brutal massacre of protesters on January 8 and 9, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (Hrana), although some … Read more
MovieStillsDB.com Every day, TVLine’s What to Watch column spotlights new and returning English-language shows (and select movies) premiering or airing fresh episodes across broadcast, cable and streaming — organized below by release time and alphabetically within each slot. On TV this Saturday: Richard Linklater’s “Blue Moon” streams … Read more
First it was Kylie Jenner and Stormi, now Ariana Grande and her mom Joan Grande are testing out their own mother-daughter beauty vlogging strategy. Ariana—pop star, actor, r.e.m. beauty mogul—and her business exec mother Joan took to Instagram together to test out Ari’s new highlight and blush stick, the ‘mélange à trois.’ The new r.e.m. … Read more
“Imagine a snowplow driving along a highway, and lifting up the plow. It leaves a clump of snow behind,” he adds. “That same sort of idea is what left the clump of cold classicals behind. That is the kernel.” In other words, Neptune tugged these objects along with it as it migrated outward, but then … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Menemsha Films has acquired North American rights for Belgian drama The Soundman, following its well-received U.S. premiere at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in January. Set on the eve of the German invasion of Belgium and the Netherlands, the drama explores the situation for Belgian Jews, torn between staying in their homeland amid … Read more