Month: June 2020

Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 2 Recap In the previous episode of HBO’s Perry Mason, E.B. Jonathan recruited Perry to investigate the kidnapping and death of Charlie Dodson on behalf of lumber magnate Herman Baggerly. In Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 2, the LAPD made arrests without the guidance of Officer Paul Drake, and Sister
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Iflix, dubbed the ‘Netflix of Asia’, has been acquired by Hong Kong-based Tencent, as the firm takes another step towards its dream of becoming the streaming giant of South East Asia. Financials of the deal have not been made public, but Tencent has confirmed the acquisition will form an element of WeTV, a sister-brand of
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© Copyright: Sven Doornkaat Acclaimed multi-platinum producer & Black Eyed Peas collaborator Keith Harris just released two-track EP, including a wonderful homage to classic Chicago dance music, “Get It” featuring Chief Wakil & Church Boi. Born and raised on Chicago’s South Side, Harris would have an intimate knowledge of the sounds and influences of Chicago
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Mónica Ramón Ríos is a writer, editor, and scholar originally from Chile. Her books of fiction are Cars on Fire, Alias el Rucio, and Segundos. She contributes regularly to publications in Mexico, Chile, and the US, and her academic work focuses on the intersections of Latin American film and literature. In 2008, Ríos co-created the
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Photography by Samuel Fournier.The upcycling-focused brand evolves aspects of tailoring for Fall 2020. By Odessa Paloma Parker Date June 24, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter “I don’t like fashion when it takes itself too seriously,” says Benjamin Lafaille, designer and founder of the upcycling-focused brand, Laugh By Lafaille. Since launching several seasons ago, the ungendered label has
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“Progressive metal” can mean a lot of things. For many bands, it describes an approach to songwriting that focuses on what can be done with technicality, bringing it far beyond what listeners would hear in average contexts. Angular solos, driving drums and off-beat patterns create a kind of sound that’s infinitely thrilling and incredible to
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TODAY: In 1957, Malcolm Lowry, author of the 1947 novel Under the Volcano, dies. Because “queerdom is vast and diverse and so are the novels,” Rabih Alameddine recommends some gay books you might not have known were gay. | Lit Hub Leigh Stein on social listening, online posturing, and the (fake) language of white capitalist
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Censorship advocates are celebrating the addition of US telco Verizon to their campaign against Facebook, but they’re mistaken. At the start of this week we reported on a campaign by a coalition of political activist groups designed to coerce Facebook into censoring any content it disapproves of. Initially it seemed to have only attracted the
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