Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed a bill on Thursday that has California apologize for the state’s role in slavery during the 19th century. Newsom was joined by members of the state’s legislative black caucus as he signed AB 3089, proposed by Democratic state Assemblyman Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer Sr. “As we confront the lasting legacy of […]
During the years I kicked around Hollywood grabbing writing gigs here and there, I would attend a weekly theater gathering — Tuesdays@9, produced by the Naked Angels. Writers would bring in about 10 minutes of material to workshop with actors who turned up to get in a little scene work. The whole event was an excuse […]
“His goal wasn’t teaching robots to discover their humanity,” the narrator of Sunny, an Apple TV+ dark dramedy set in near-future Kyoto, says about Masa, a robotics engineer who’s presumed dead after the flight carrying him and his son crashes in northern Japan. “What excited him was realizing how they could help us discover ours.” […]
A Different Man is a noir-inflected black comedy about the adage, popularized by Truman Capote and attributed to Teresa of Ávila, that more tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones. Indie filmmaker Aaron Schimberg’s third feature depicts an odd and volatile love triangle between two men with facial deformities and a woman who […]
Former Russian Prime Minister and longtime Vladimir Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev recently made a bold prediction that the United States would soon collapse into a second civil war brought on by the 2024 presidential election. While such dire prognostication would usually be dismissed quickly as hyperbolic post-Soviet propaganda spewed by a government hit hard by […]
While walking one day through an abandoned gold mine, you spot a shiny old oil jar. Curious, you pick it up, rub off some of the dust that’s covering its spout, and — behold! — a glowing aquamarine genie emerges. You’ve rehearsed this scene a million times in your head and know exactly what to […]
Hurricane Helene has been upgraded to a Category 4 hurricane as it hurtles toward making landfall on the Florida coast. A Category 4 hurricane is capable of 130 mph to 156 mph winds and can cause severe damage to well-framed homes. It can also snap or uproot most trees, according to the National Weather Service. […]
United States Attorney Damian Williams toppled political giants well before he unsealed a media bombshell of a criminal indictment against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. In 2023, Williams led his Southern District of New York office in a case against now-resigned Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, accusing him of corruption in his dealings […]
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris announced a new set of executive actions aiming to minimize gun violence on Thursday, giving Harris a win on a top issue for progressive voters heading into the 2024 general election. Since entering the race, Harris has called for universal background checks for all firearms sales and […]
The North Carolina State Board of Elections has removed over 747,000 people from its list of registered voters with less than six weeks until Election Day. The records were purged from the state’s voter registration rolls over the past 20 months, according to an NCSBE press release published Thursday. “The county boards follow careful policies […]
