June 28, 2021, 1:43pm Maud Newton, original literary blogger and a valued presence on literary Twitter, will publish a memoir next year that grew out of her Harper’s cover essay, “American’s Ancestry Craze.” Lit Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for that book, Ancestor Trouble. Here’s a description of the book from Random House:
(CNN) — China’s long-awaited Chengdu Tianfu International Airport has officially begun operations, offering travelers a new gateway to the home of giant pandas. Its inaugural flight, operated by Sichuan Airlines, took off at 11:10 a.m. on Sunday, bound for Beijing. Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, is now the third city in the country to
Today, Square Enix and Applibot, Inc. announced that its mobile game NieR: Reincarnation will be coming to North American, European, and Korean territories on July 28. NieR: Reincarnation (stylized NieR: Re[in]carnation) is the first mobile from the NieR series. It is an turn-based RPG from the mind of Yoko Taro. MONACA’s Keiichi Okabe is the composer,
Oscar-nominated director Rian Johnson took to Twitter to confirm that production on his upcoming sequel to 2019’s acclaimed whodunnit film Knives Out has finally begun in Greece. The Knives Out 2 filming start comes three months after Netflix has officially acquired the growing franchise for over $400 million, which includes the rights to the upcoming
The 2021 BET Awards saw a pregnancy reveal, a surprise makeout, and a momentous tribute to DMX. By Danielle Cohen June 28, 2021 Cardi B, Quavo, Offset, and Takeoff at the BET Awards 2021.Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for BET [embedded content] During Migos’ performance at last night’s BET Awards, Cardi B announced her second pregnancy with
‘The barge she sat in, like a burnish’d throne’: so begins perhaps the most famous speech from William Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. The words are uttered by Domitius Enobarbus, a follower of Mark Antony, in Act 2 Scene 2, as he describes the appearance of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, when Mark Antony first saw her
Ultra Europe has been forced to cancel for the second year running. The 8th edition of the festival was originally set to take place at Park Mladezi in Split, Croatia last July. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, it pushed back until July 2021 — and now it’s moving again to July 2022. The lineup included
Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Olivier Lebigot, CTO at Gamestream, analyses the business potential offered to telcos by cloud gaming. With a global network infrastructure that can now support huge volumes of data transfer, and the widespread rise of cloud computing, video
Former Skid Row singer Johnny Solinger, who fronted the band for 16 years following Sebastian Bach‘s ouster, has died at age 55 following a battle with liver failure. The singer’s ex-bandmates memorialized him in a Facebook post on Saturday (June 26), the day he died. “We are saddened to hear the news of our brother
“We are a tale we tell ourselves.”–Heidi James, So the Doves* It wasn’t just that they were the only two people I’d heard use the phrase “gussied up.” It wasn’t that they both wrote books that kept you turning the pages right to the end and then wish you hadn’t got there. It wasn’t their
(CNN) — Two men in Australia have been fined $760 each for violating Sydney‘s latest round of lockdowns after police found them naked and lost in the bush as they apparently fled from a wild animal. Officers in a police helicopter spotted the pair sunbathing naked on a beach in Royal National Park south of
Samsung’s virtual event at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2021 is set for today. The South Korean tech giant has teased the launch of new devices at the event. The company is speculated to launch a new smartwatch, among other things. While Samsung usually holds standalone Galaxy Unpacked events for its flagship models, like the foldable
The Tower of Babel is one of the best-known structures mentioned in the Bible. But what was the tower’s purpose, and where was Babel? How much do we really know about this story? In many ways, the Tower of Babel is a kind of ‘just so’ story about how the world came to have many
Some pairings seem to good (or odd) to be true. Pineapple and pizza? Debatable. Watermelon and mustard? Novel. Valentino Khan and Four Loko? Spicy. In what might be one of the year’s most unforeseen moves for music, alcoholic beverage brand Four Loko will be kicking off their own record label. Their first impression is provided
Samsung has taken the wraps off a new radio design that it hopes will help it gain further traction with European telcos. The Korean electronics giant has been winning fans with its 5G portfolio – particularly in markets that have shut the door on Huawei and ZTE. A good example would be Samsung’s five-year, $6.6
Photography via instagram.com/lohnofficialTake leisure to the next level with these refreshing summer scents. By Natalie Michie Date June 24, 2021 Facebook Twitter With summer in full swing, now is a great time to brighten your indoor space with the addition of some lively outdoor aromas. While you may not be able to be take off
Who says death metal has to be all doom and gloom? Certainly not these elementary school students, who headbanged and “moshed” ecstatically while watching their music teacher play his first gig as a left-handed guitarist following a car accident that put his career in jeopardy. The performer is Philippe Drouin, who fronts Canadian technical death
Netflix announced it will be bringing the Chinese live-action Dynasty Warriors film to the streamer on July 1. The live-action Dynasty Warriors film premiered in Hong Kong on April 29. It then opened to mainland China the next day, on April 30. It was initially scheduled to premiere back in 2018. It then moved to