via Wikimedia Commons Act Of God, the fantastic Season One, Episode Four of The Crown, revolves around the real life event now known as The Great Smog of 1952, when for five days in December, London gasped for air. A toxic green-grey fog smothered the city, paralyzing all … [Read more...]
Nancy Pelosi Shut Down Reporter Questioning Biden’s Trans Policy
In her weekly briefing, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave a masterclass on handling critics of President-Elect Joe Biden's plans to make schools more gender inclusive. A Christian News Service pool reporter asked: Joe Biden says he’ll give transgender students access to … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Mystery Writer, Cornell Woolrich
December 5, 1903 – Cornell Woolrich "His voice seemed to come from his stomach, through rolling drums of smothered agony — that were the weeping of a grown man. 'I want her back. I want her back. I will never rest until I find her.' 'What do you want her back again for?', she … [Read more...]
Dua Lipa’s NPR Concert Hints at the Album Tour Many Missed This Year
For her NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert, Dua Lipa rejoined her band for the first time since the pandemic shutdowns started to perform "Levitating," … [Read more...]
Billie Eilish Performed “everything i wanted” Live at Apple HQ
The beautiful Steve Jobs Theater at Apple headquarters was the perfect setting for an intimate performance by Billie Eilish and Finneas, including "[Read more...]
Black Eyed Peas + Shakira? Sí, Por Favor!
Black Eyed Peas served up a tasty video for "Girl Like Me," and Shakira comes through with some 80s nostalgia, including looks inspired by aerobics, … [Read more...]
#FirstLook: Dame Judi Dench in the New Film Version of Noël Coward’s Classic “Blithe Spirit”
Blithe Spirit is a supernatural comedy by gay writer Noël Coward. It tells the tale of socialite and novelist Charles Condomine, who invites the eccentric medium and clairvoyant, Madame Arcati, to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to gather material for his next book. The … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Victorian Social Reformer, Octavia Hill
Octavia Hill by John Singer Sargent, The National Portrait Gallery December 3, 1838 – Octavia Hill: "We all want quiet. We all want beauty… we all need space." From the mid-19th century, more and more educated women sought paid work as writers or in the professions of … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Fashion Designer, Gianni Versace
December 2, 1946– Gianni Versace Donatella Versace, as portrayed by Penelope Cruz, in FX's The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story: "I will not allow that man, that nobody, to kill my brother twice!" For American Crime Story's Season Two, Ryan Murphy's series … [Read more...]
#ArtDept: Posters and Flyers from ACT UP
It's World AIDS Day on December 1, and I continue to think about the fight. In 1987, during the early years of the AIDS crisis, a group of New York artists and activists formed ACT UP (the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) to raise awareness about the growing epidemic. Many of … [Read more...]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 1029
- Next Page »
