Perhaps Rigola should have been more willful in his handling of the text, since his libretto unfolds more like a selection of highlights from the play than like a freestanding adaptation. Ibsen’s five acts are compressed into two, with a total running time of less than ninety minutes. As a result, the collapse of Stockmann’s … Read more
Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnets startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s VC firm 1789 Capital, has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense, as reported by the Financial Times. The contract is part of a $1.4 billion partnership with the U.S. government and ReElement Technologies to expand and boost the domestic … Read more
A chaotic 7-month search cast the net wide but ended with Mark Tucker’s interim replacement
GH Recap: Curtis Prepares to Confess, Laura Confides in Kevin and More! – Soap Opera Digest Use left and right arrow keys to navigate between menu items. Use escape to exit the menu. Sign In Sign InUp with your social account Continue with Google Continue with Amazon Continue with Apple We won’t post to any … Read more
Courtesy of AMC “Mad Men” promised to give us an inside look at a bustling 1960s advertising agency… but the new version streaming on HBO Max is letting us see too much, it seems. All seven seasons of the esteemed Emmy-winning drama debuted on HBO Max on Monday, … Read more
“Reminiscent of the praise you always heaped on Deb,” someone added, referring to Hugh’s gushing caption about Sutton, which read, “@suttonlenore performing during the holidays at @cafecarlyle … now that’s an iconic NYC night! And, truly magical.”
For the cover of the December 8, 2025, issue, the cartoonist Klaas Verplancke wanted to capture how, as he put it, “shiny gold pales in comparison to the charm of Christmas lights.” The image also highlights the dissonance between the seemingly endless demands and executive orders coming from the White House, and the spirit of … Read more
Earlier this year, home goods maker Kohler launched a smart camera called the Dekoda that attaches to your toilet bowl, takes pictures of it, and analyzes the images to advise you on your gut health. Anticipating privacy fears, Kohler said on its website that the Dekoda’s sensors only see down into the toilet, and claimed … Read more
“I had big boobs, I had a big butt. Every athlete was super flat, super thin and beautiful, but in a different way. And I didn’t understand as an athlete how to deal with that.”
Much like her childhood identification with communism, her writing began as something of a joke. She was utterly devoted to the Party’s ideals, but she also had a keen eye for grandstanding, and she noticed that some of her comrades seemed more committed to social climbing than to curing society’s ills. As a provocation, she … Read more