The Humans Review: A24 Has Stephen Karams Back, as the Playwright Adapts His Incisive

 Posted on September 26, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1341 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

Critics Pick This exceptionally well-cast (and -acted) indie proves refreshingly quiet and observant compared to your typical dysfunctional-family Thanksgiving drama. Playwright Stephen Karam hasn’t just made a movie out of his Tony-winning play “The Humans”; he’s made an A24 movie, with all the idiosyncrasies and directorial self-indulgences that implies. Over the course of just eight years, A24 has established itself as a distributor for which out-there creative gambits aren’t merely permitted, but outright encouraged. [Read More]

UK government pays out to family of IPP prisoner who killed himself | Sentencing

 Posted on September 26, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  835 words  |  Martina Birk

Sentencing This article is more than 3 years oldUK government pays out to family of IPP prisoner who killed himselfThis article is more than 3 years oldExclusive: Tommy Nicol died in 2015 after trying to take his own life two years past his four-year minimum tariff The family of a prisoner who killed himself after being handed a controversial “never-ending” sentence has received damages from the government in an out-of-court settlement, the Guardian has learned. [Read More]

Adriana Lima Won't Take Clothes Off Anymore for an ''Empty Cause''

 Posted on September 25, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  202 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Victoria's Secret Angel Adriana Lima is raising her standards when it comes to taking off her clothes for modeling gigs. The 36-year-old Brazilian beauty, who recently walked the runway of the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show for the 18th time and has posed for racy and even naked photo shoots for magazines, revealed her new stance about stripping down in a recent Instagram post. "I had received a call for the possibility of filming a sexy video of me to be posted and shared in social media," [Read More]

Anna Duggar Camps With Michelle Duggar in Rare Sighting Post-Josh Duggar Arrest

 Posted on September 25, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  558 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Many notable Duggar family members have gone quiet since Josh Duggar’s arrest and subsequent prison sentence. Josh was arrested on suspicion of downloading child sexual abuse material, and he was found guilty, landing him at FCI Seagoville. Josh’s wife, Anna Duggar, has reportedly had a strained relationship with the Duggars ever since. But a recent photo shows her camping with Michelle Duggar. Anna Duggar was spotted camping with Michelle Duggar years after Josh Duggar’s arrest It’s unclear where Josh Duggar’s wife, Anna Duggar, stands with the Duggar family in 2023. [Read More]

Director Werner Herzog to Cameo in Parks and Recreation Season 7

 Posted on September 25, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  626 words  |  Larita Shotwell

Acclaimed German director Werner Herzog will cameo in the seventh and final season of “Parks and Recreation.” Herzog shared the news during a Q&A at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Thursday evening, according to Flavorwire. [Read More]

Prime Videos Farzi, From the Creators of The Family Man, Is a Counterfeiting Ca

 Posted on September 25, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1386 words  |  Aldo Pusey

'Farzi' pushes its luck from the start with an uncommonly generic, get-rich-or-die-trying plot Between the Sundance-laurelled “Against the Tide,” “Pathaan'”s thundering box-office and Netflix’s quietly gripping miniseries “Trial by Fire,” India is on a roll in Q1 of 2023, consolidating the recent red-carpet success of “RRR” and “All That Breathes. [Read More]

The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life Makes It Hard to Be Happy by Michael Foley

 Posted on September 25, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  580 words  |  Martina Birk

The ObserverBooksReviewEverything about modern life conditions you for a life of unhappiness, broken dreams and thwarted ambition. Michael Foley's entertaining, intelligent book may just help you get over yourself, writes Phil HoganMichael Foley won't give a hoot for what I or anyone else thinks about his book. It will have been reward enough to have toiled over its bright wisdoms, its pleasing metaphors, its range of reference (from Gilgamesh to The Wizard of Oz), its laugh-out-loud funny bits. [Read More]

The Stars of Bravo's 'Gallery Girls': Where Are They Now?

 Posted on September 25, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1034 words  |  Larita Shotwell

Bravo aired the final episode of the reality series Gallery Girls in October 2012, but the short-lived series has remained a treasured hit in the eyes of fans. The one-season wonder, which ran for eight episodes in 2012, followed seven women — Chantal Chadwick, Kerri Lisa, Liz Margulies, Angela Pham, Amy Poliakoff, Claudia Martinez Reardon and Maggie Schaffer — as they attempted to break into New York City's cutthroat art world. [Read More]

Huntington Beach Packed With People Ignoring Social Distancing

 Posted on September 24, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  240 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

Gallery Launch Gallery What Virus? Launch Gallery Gallery Backgrid Huntington Beach is being swarmed by people looking to escape a heat wave and shelter-in-place orders ... social distancing be damned!!! Check out the scene Friday afternoon at the famous Orange County coastal hangout ... there are people everywhere, packing the sand plus surrounding walkways and bike paths. The sun worshippers don't seem too concerned with the number of coronavirus cases and deaths on the rise . [Read More]

Below Deck Sailing Yacht Season-Premiere Recap: Dream Team

 Posted on September 24, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1703 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Below Deck Sailing Yacht ParsiFAIL Season 4 Episode 1 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » Below Deck Sailing Yacht ParsiFAIL Season 4 Episode 1 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** «Previous Next» « PreviousEpisode NextEpisode » After decent seasons of Below Deck, Mediterranean, and Adventure, I’m beyond elated to have the superior BD spinoff, Sailing Yacht, back in my life. [Read More]