Diners eat lunch on the sidewalk in front of Casa Margarita restaurant on May 29, 2020 in LaGrange, Illinois. Phase 3 of Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker’s “Restore Illinois” plan began today with limited reopening’s of some businesses as a step toward restoring normal life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jonathan Daniel | Getty Images As states
June 8, 2020, 12:18pm If you were on Twitter this weekend (and are reading this) you probably came across the #PublishingPaidMe hashtag, a place for writers to reveal what they were paid by publishers for their books. Started by author LL McKinney, #PublishingPaidMe is in some ways a response to the now ubiquitous corporate declarations
The Ontario Court has appealed its ruling after a petition that circulated on Thursday garnered nearly 50,000 signatures On June 3, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in the cases of R. v. Sullivan and R. v. Chan. If that news doesn’t ring a bell, you might be more familiar with the headlines
And just as Disneyland Shanghai in China did before it in May, Universal put limits on how many people were allowed in along with numerous coronavirus safety measures. These reopenings show landscapes of lightly attended parks and could illustrate the challenges that lie ahead this summer for other amusement and theme parks. (That includes SeaWorld
Poets, as Percy Shelley memorably said, are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. For W. H. Auden, poetry ‘makes nothing happen’. What role does the poet have on the political scene? Have poets engaged memorably with their own political moment? Below, we introduce ten classic political poems – poems which are ‘political’ on a range
Lady Gaga just earned her sixth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with her dance-centric new release Chromatica. With Bloodpop, Skrillex, Axwell, Madeon, Tchami, Burns, (and with writing credits from) Boys Noize, Sebastian Ingrosso and many more in the mix, Gaga reigns supreme with big dance energy. High-profile features from Ariana Grande, BLACKPINK, and Elton John certainly don’t hurt either. Lady
Percy Jackson author Rick Riordan is not a fan of the big screen adaptations of his work. Riordan posted some tweets about the movies over the weekend and talked to fans about why he dislikes them so much, even though he has never seen one of them. This is a typical gripe that authors often
Halestorm singer Lzzy Hale is among those speaking up as the discussion over human rights and racial equality continues to play out in the public forum. Hale penned a missive on her Tumblr account sharing her thoughts on the matter, aware that some of her fans might not be fond of her speaking up. To
Jake Gyllenhaal-led Snow Blind sparks bidding war After initially being set for a TV adaptation at Fox, the BOOM! Studios graphic novel Snow Blind is being primed for a big screen adaptation with Jake Gyllenhaal (Spider-Man: Far From Home) set to star and has sparked a bidding war, according to Deadline. RELATED: Boom! Studios Lines Up a Dune
Exclusive Disney Insider Episode 6 Promo With Artemis Fowl Author ComingSoon.net is debuting the exclusive promo for Disney Insider Episode 6 of Disney+’s behind-the-scenes documentary series. This week’s episode highlights Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer with a tour of the Irish countryside. RELATED: Jon Favreau Reveals Mandalorian Season 2 On Track for October Debut Disney
Breaking News Hartley Sawyer just lost his TV job in a flash, after a collection of tweets in which he made racist comments and joked about sexually assaulting women surfaced this past week. The actor — who played Ralph Dibny, AKA Elongated Man on “The Flash” for the past 3 seasons — has been fired
The majority of the telecoms industry is attempting to avoid the mudslinging between the US and China, but OpenRAN firm Parallel Wireless has charged in headfirst. Presumably the business has no intention in trying to crack the Chinese market, as it has seemingly closed that door firmly with its latest media statement. “Huawei indeed has
British Airways, Easyjet and Ryanair have criticized the U.K. government’s decision to impose a mandatory 14-day quarantine on international travelers, describing it as “unfair” and “disproportionate.” U.K. nationals and international passengers traveling into the country from Monday — be it via airplane, ferry or train — will have to complete a form, prior to their
Memoirs of Hadrian begins in illness and distance, and with a letter. “My dear Mark,” the dying emperor writes from his villa at Tibur to his eventual heir, the adolescent he blesses as Aurelius. “I have formed a project for telling you about my life [. . .] to know myself better before I die.”
Eleuthera, Bahamas (CNN) — Friendly and unassuming, the Bahamian island of Eleuthera offers languid, daydreamy, toes-in-the-sand, drink-in-hand getaways. The sinuous island — with a name taken from the Greek word for freedom — is also audaciously good looking. High cliffs braced against the Atlantic line the eastern shore. To the west, clear aqua water laps
Ken Osmond — famous for playing Eddie Haskell on the iconic ’50s family TV series, “Leave It To Beaver” — died after suffering a cardiopulmonary arrest … according to his death certificate. According to the document, obtained by TMZ, the actor’s immediate cause of death is a cardiopulmonary arrest. The underlying causes are listed as
Poets have written about houses, palaces, museums, towers, churches, and much else besides. Below, we introduce ten of our favourite poems about buildings and structures of various kinds. From sacred spaces to haunted houses, these buildings feature in some of the finest poems on the subject – but are there any classic poems we’ve missed
Twitter has rules against impersonation — and for good reason. The platform is valuable to individuals for voicing their own personal opinions and sharing news, and an impersonator can harm the integrity of the real individual. However, when Donald Trump is the one being impersonated, there are hundreds of thousands of other users who are