View image in fullscreen From Dylan to Ishiguro: can song lyrics ever be literature? A new book of lyrics by Kazuo Ishiguro joins collections by Kate Bush and Jarvis Cocker. But can songwriting ever work on the page? Long before he wrote Booker-winning novels and Oscar-nominated screenplays, the Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro wrote bad songs.
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The sports broadcasting world is in mourning. Chris Mortensen, who worked as an NFL reporter and analyst for ESPN for more than 30 years, died March 3, his family told the sports outlet. The award-winning journalist, who retired last year, was 72. “Mort was widely respected as an industry pioneer and universally beloved as a supportive, hard-working teammate,”
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A little over 10 years ago, the world was introduced to you as Poussey Washington, an openly gay inmate, on the hit Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. Looking back, what initially attracted you to this role and what are your feelings toward the character today? That was over 10 years ago [laughs]? To
We often forget the subtle nuances of driving and that includes the environment surrounding us. The sights, sounds, and the road that filters through our palms are missed within the vagaries of daily life. The Maserati MC20 Cielo is all about embracing the sky by being the convertible sibling of the MC20 coupe. The MC20
Wahl is the original, the inventor, the innovator. Over a century, it grew its respect organically in the echelons of professional barbershops up and down the USA. Now, the brand is the global gold standard for professional clippers. But, you know all this. You need help deciphering which are the best Wahl beard trimmers to
Episode 2 of Apartment 404 arrived on Amazon Prime Video on Friday, March 1, 2024. It is a brand-new Korean mystery-solving variety show. The show has an intriguing cast of six, which includes Jennie of Blackpink, actors Oh Na Ra, Cha Tae-Hyun, Lee Jung-Ha, and Yoo Jae-Suk and Yang Se-Chan of Running Man. In Apartment
TWICE achieves its first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as With YOU-th debuts atop the tally (dated March 9) with 95,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 29, according to Luminate, largely from traditional album sales. It’s the fifth top 10 for the Korean pop ensemble
/ The team, subcontracted through Cognizant, went on strike in February 2023. By Emilia David, a reporter who covers AI. Prior to joining The Verge, she covered the intersection between technology, finance, and the economy. Share this story Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge A union representing contractors for YouTube Music claims that Google cut
The BCU (Bravo Cinematic Universe) was shaken on March 3, 2023, when it was confirmed that Tom and Ariana had ended their nine-year relationship amid the revelation that he’d had a seven-month affair with Raquel. “I made mistakes, I was selfish, and made reckless decisions that hurt somebody I love,” the TomTom co-owner wrote in an
“Jon Bernthal was someone that I did not know,” Ava admitted. “He flew out to Savannah to meet me when I was in pre-production. And I thought, ‘This is a real serious actor who cares about these issues that we’re exploring in the film,’ and wanted to come to the film to be of service
After betting on himself and deciding to split ‘Dune’ into multiple movies before the second was green-lit, Villeneuve may once again be daring Warner Bros. to extend his franchise—this time to a trilogy Getty Images /Warner Bros. / Ringer Illustration When Denis Villeneuve was hired to direct a new adaptation of Dune in February 2017,
Perhaps no single article of clothing says more about a man than the one he wears on his lower half. We’re talking, of course, about men’s pants. Shoes? Sure, they carry some weight. Shirts? Potentially bold statements aside, they just don’t have to work as hard. Men’s pants, though… now there’s a garment that walks
The new darkly dramedic miniseries from HBO centers goofy geopolitics, toxic relationships, and Kate Winslet’s Elena Vernham—who holds a fictional nation together through a crazy, commoditized little thing called love HBO/Ringer illustration When Kate Winslet received scripts for a project initially titled The Palace, about a fictional, dysfunctional European nation that was languishing under the
The Banished From the Hero’s Party Season 2 Episode 10 release date and time have been revealed. It will air on Crunchyroll and follow Red, Rit, and Ruti as they find acceptance and understanding in each other and the people of the Zoltan, the borderland town they made their home. Here’s when the episode is
Rihanna made her return to the stage at a pre-wedding gig for Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant in Jamnagar, India, on Friday (March 1). The singer and Fenty mogul performed at a lavish party that was part of a multi-day celebration for the soon-to-be newlyweds, who will officially tie the knot July 12 in Mumbai.
Cultural Comment “Dune” and the Delicate Art of Making Fictional Languages Play/Pause Button Pause Illustration by Vivek Thakker Save this storySave this story Save this storySave this story A trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two” features the boy prophet Paul Atreides, played by Timothée Chalamet, yelling something foreign and uninterpretable to a horde of
When their manager at big-box store Town Square announces that he’s leaving, the members of Team Movement see their opening. Chronically exhausted from shifts that start at 3:55 am and chronically under-scheduled because Corporate doesn’t want to pay for benefits, they vie to take over the management position and the increased pay and stability that
Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright’s marriage is on the rocks. In fact, after four years of marriage, the Vanderpump Rules alums have separated, Brittany announced on their joint podcast When Reality Hits. “Many of you guys have been asking me about Jax and I and our relationship,” she shared during the Feb. 29 episode. “I
2024 Brit Awards Red Carpet Looks 6. Maya Jama 8. Natasha Bedingfield 9. Tate McRae 11. PinkPantheress 12. Olivia Dean 13. Jessie Ware 14. Marisa Abela 15. Alex Scott 16. Nadine Leopold 17. AJ Odudu Which of these looks do you like the most? Tell me in the comments and be sure to check back