While Kelly reckons with his own personal failings – occasionally detailed in flashbacks filling out his path to stardom – his crew have problems of their own. His manager Ron (Adam Sandler) is constantly on the phone to his incredibly understanding wife Lois (Greta Gerwig) as she deals with their own familial crisis, while Kelly’s publicist Liz (Laura Dern) frantically...
Projecting back to those halcyon days when narrative media about must-win dystopian death sports was satisfyingly scarce. It’s been a long time since Paul Michael Glaser’s 1987 film The Running Man, so we can raise a wry smile when we see its opening drag where it announces, with Nostradamus-like precision that, “By 2017, the world economy has collapsed.” The only thing that’s...
Lovable, the Stockholm-based AI coding platform, is closing in on 8 million users, CEO Anton Osika told this editor during a sit-down on Monday, a major jump from the 2.3 million active users number the company shared in July. Osika said the company — which was founded almost exactly one year ago — is also seeing “100,000 new products built...
Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin scrubbed the second launch of its New Glenn mega-rocket planned for Sunday afternoon due to concerns with weather, a few minor problems with launch pad equipment, and at least one cruise ship that strayed too close to the flight path. The company said late Sunday that it will take another go at launching New...
If you watched all the way to the end of the new Apple TV show “Pluribus,” you may have noticed an unusual disclaimer in the credits: “This show was made by humans.” That terse message — placed right below a note that “animal wranglers were on set to ensure animal safety” — could potentially provide a model for other filmmakers...
Watson shared in the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his role in elucidating the structure of DNA. Credit: APJames Dewey Watson — who won the Nobel Prize for his role in divining the structure of DNA; was instrumental in initiating and propelling the Human Genome Project; and who became notorious for his history of racist and sexist...
Getty ImagesTravellers wait in a long line at a security checkpoint at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport on 6 NovemberMore than 1,000 flights to, from, or within the US were cancelled on Saturday after airlines were told this week to cut traffic during the federal government shutdown.Nearly 4,000 flights were also delayed, down from over 7,000 delays on Friday, according...
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Foodies in the Richmond gathered outside of The Answer Brewpub parking lot for the first-ever Asian Street Food Festival this Saturday. The inaugural festival, organized by the Asian American Society of Central Virginia (AASoCV), brought a dozen Asian street cuisines to Richmond on Saturday, Nov. 8, from 12 to 5 p.m. Event goers were lined up...
(RNS) — A second woman has come forward with allegations of sexual harassment against the leader of the Anglican Church in North America after an Oct. 23 report in The Washington Post in which a former church employee detailed his alleged attempt to kiss her against her will in his office. According to a new report from the Post, the...
In Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia, microglia (the brain's immune cells) play a double role. They can protect the brain by clearing harmful debris or, under certain conditions, contribute to damage and inflammation. How these cells behave can strongly influence how the disease unfolds. Scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, together with researchers...
