It is the rare literary adaptation that replicates not only an author’s characters but the psychological experience of reading him. Such is the achievement of The Night Manager, the second season of which is now streaming on Prime Video after a 10-year hiatus. Watching the 12-episode series, one is alternately charmed, compelled, frustrated, and hopelessly […]
Revenge stories have long made for natural movie material. But can the pursuit of payback be presented too sympathetically? Many movies, from Old Boy to even The Princess Bride, and this is to say nothing of classical myths, have suggested that a character’s unquenchable thirst for vengeance can be a bad thing. Director Sam Raimi’s […]
When I tell people that I have enjoyed a 30-year career writing and producing television comedies, and that one of them was the long-running hit sitcom, Cheers, I know what they are thinking. They are thinking, Boy, I’ll bet that guy is just living large on those residuals. Residuals, for those of you who are […]
The primal American rock song ends in prophecy: A shack-dwelling, near-illiterate from the middle of nowhere will play for packed nightclubs instead of railroad drifters, and Johnny B. Goode, son of the evergreens and the swamps, will see his name in lights. Does the prophecy come true? We suspect it might. And on some level, […]
President Donald Trump signed an appropriations bill on Tuesday that prevented a partial government shutdown. After weeks of concern over the potential stoppage, the new legislation, signed by the president, funds over 90% of government agencies and departments for fiscal 2026, the Washington Examiner previously reported. Yet a little-known stipulation in the appropriations bill called […]
Three people were killed and six more were wounded on Thursday after a car hit a bicyclist and crashed into a grocery store in Los Angeles, according to authorities. The crash was reported shortly after noon and was caused by a 92-year-old woman driving a Toyota Prius, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. The car collided […]
A young Maryland man who appeared at the northern Virginia home of White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought last year has been charged with attempted murder. The Arlington County Police Department announced the news on Thursday following a monthslong criminal investigation that remains active. Colin Demarco, 26, is also charged with […]
The House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed e-commerce giant Coupang on Thursday to obtain its documents and communications with the South Korean government regarding the country’s alleged discrimination against the U.S. technology company. Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI) led a letter outlining South Korea’s unfair treatment of Coupang. The Amazon-like company has been subjected […]
The top federal prosecutor in Minnesota is urging an appeals court to move quickly over a key immigration enforcement dispute, saying his office is buckling under a flood of lawsuits against the Trump administration’s mass deportation push in the Twin Cities. U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen, an appointee of President Donald Trump, said his short-staffed office […]
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) for reelection on Thursday, touting their results-driven partnership together since he assumed office last month. In a new op-ed published by the Nation, Mamdani said Hochul “earned my endorsement” because she is a leader who believes in “transformation” instead of maintaining the status quo. The […]
