Steven, one interesting thing that happens in the movie is the fact that your activism with the March For Our Lives is used against you in the campaign. The idea of actually physically going out to change something is framed as a negative. Since the film, protests have affected the nation dramatically. Were you involved
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From Drake’s Laugh Now Cry Later music video, 2020.Courtesy of UMG / Republic / OVO The Nike Company Store Drake takes his companion on a shopping spree at a closed-down Nike Company Store—the mythical on-campus outpost available only to Nike employees, guests, and visitors where everything’s on significant discount. From personal experience: it might look
On Thursday, Belarusian authorities began releasing prisoners from the jails. These were people who had been arrested during the days of protest following Sunday’s presidential election, which European officials said “was neither free nor fair” and in which Aleksander Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus for 26 years, claimed to win over 80 precent of the
This is Wait, What?, a column that explains the seemingly incomprehensible. One week ago today, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion blessed our weary nation with their video for “WAP,” a gleefully filthy sonic and visual ode to their genitalia. It features an infectious hook lifted from Frank Ski’s 1993 Baltimore club track “Whores in
In the second season, he does get some more agency and independence, but his development is still intrinsically tied to Klaus. He has the potential to be the most powerful member of the family, but that can never be fully realized because he’s essentially trapped. I could sit here and talk about a million different
Media philanthropist, entrepreneur, and TV/radio personality after sadly losing his 93 year old mom to COVID 19 has announced ” Mandate For Humanity.” “My hand maybe too short to box with God….but I sure will box with the devil”…..SohoJohnny “You never felt what’s it like to have a hangnail until you have one. Now we’ve
Wendy Stuart Kaplan has so much going on in her life it’s amazing that she can focus….but she does, and well. She is a model, author, Zoom TV co-host, producer, Host of her own comedy-cooking show, film producer, documentary maker, gay activist, animal activist, New York Nightlife personality, and an absolutely awesome, incredible, vivacious and
“Fashion you can buy, but style you possess. The key to style is learning who you are, which takes years. There’s no how to road map to style. It’s about self-expression and attitude.” …Iris Apfel Internationally renowned fashion designer and artist Sue Wong creates with the impact of a powerful pendulum swinging back-and-forth between the Modern and the
Currently the most brilliant human on the planet, (not just my opinion, but utter fact), Howard Bloom recently released a glorious masterpiece entitled, “Einstein, Michael Jackson, and Me: A Search for Soul in the Power Pits of Rock and Roll.” A modern day prophet and Messiah, Bloom has been called the “next in a lineage
The Wishwall Foundation with the local support in Africa of the @ireadtoliveinitiative team has commenced with the purchase of the Medical equipment and drugs to be donated to the Primary Health Care Center in South West, Nigeria – AFRICA. This project is set to restore the entire medical facility and to provide the community with
After college, Smith was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals and earned a master’s degree from Goddard College. In 1972 he took a job as the assistant director of athletics at Oberlin College, the first coeducational college in the U.S. and the first white institution to admit black students. Smith was hired by the school’s new
It sounds like, to the extent that you’re making judgment calls, you’re using them to make the model less sure of itself. I think when you build models like this, there are a lot of things you optimize for that probably result in some mild overfitting [when a model fits the existing data too well,
Dan Pfeiffer is a New York Times bestselling author, successful podcast host, and former senior advisor to President Barack Obama. He’s also a tortured lifelong fan of the Philadelphia 76ers, who just suffered a devastating blow to their 2020 playoff prospects: A knee injury to star point guard/power forward Ben Simmons that will sideline him
Rap music is a problem for Hamill, emblematic of a nihilistic nation rapidly spiraling into the gutter. This was a common, typically white, lament of the era, a hatred of a new kind of art quickly gaining dominance. The music is alien to him, too violent and strange, and therefore a cheap symbol of decline.
In 2014, as they neared a vote on who would be the next executive director of their union, dozens of NBA player representatives and members of the executive committee convened at Aria in Las Vegas to interview a few finalists. David West attended in an advisory role, and his main focus was to question the
What’s been your go-to quarantine snack?I’m not gonna lie: I’ve been eating healthier. I haven’t really been eating snacks and stuff. I don’t even remember the last time I had a bag of chips. Honestly, I’ve been cooking more. Are you a good cook?I’m getting better. Last night I made some salmon, some mash potatoes
Of course, not all big men are the same and the criticisms of skill doesn’t fall on them all alike, which gets to the idea of what is considered skill and what isn’t. Kevin Durant is almost a 7-footer, but being one of the best shooters ever, he’s never been criticized for a lack of
This is Wait, What?, a column that explains the seemingly incomprehensible. Just as the sun must rise and set, just as the tides must ebb and flow, so too must YouTube enfant terrible Jake Paul be embroiled in a new controversy. This time, however, the consequences may be more severe than merely getting fired from