In this picture taken on January 25, 2023, Kerala Students’ Union activists shout slogans with an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi after watching the BBC documentary “India: The Modi Question”, at Ernakulam Law College in Kochi. — AFP NEW DELHI: Indian police on Friday detained students in New Delhi after stopping the screening of…
Taylor Swift dropped a new music video for her song “Lavender Haze” at midnight on Friday, in which her love interest is played by a trans model, Laith Ashley. He and some of Swift’s fans applauded her for casting a trans man, giving representation to other trans people. “Thank you [Taylor Swift] for allowing me…
Jay Leno released from burn center Jay Leno released from burn center 00:21 Two months after undergoing surgery for serious burns, Jay Leno is now contending with a number of broken bones after being knocked off a motorcycle. The comedian and former “Tonight Show” host told a Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Thursday that he broke…
Sam Smith on finding freedom with their new album, “Gloria” – CBS News Watch CBS News Four-time Grammy winner Sam Smith is nominated for another award this year for “Unholy,” their No. 1 hit with Kim Petras. Smith tells Anthony Mason about embracing sexual liberation on their new album, “Gloria,” feeling settled at 30, and…
Phoebe Waller-Bridge on ‘Indiana Jones 5’ role, ‘it’s dream come true moment’ Phoebe Waller-Bridge got candid about her role in the upcoming, much-awaited movie Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The Fleabag star, 37, will be playing Indy’s wayward goddaughter Helena in the upcoming installment of the popular franchise. Phoebe revealed her character is…
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar addressing a ceremony in Islamabad.— Screengrab/PTV Dar says even Saudi Arabia was not founded in the name of Islam. Says if Allah created Pakistan then He can also make it prosper. Insists Pakistan was Asia’s best economy in Nawaz’s tenure. Asserting the government was firing on all cylinders to salvage the…
Comment on this story Comment Despite great cast, rom-com is neither romantic nor funny. “Maybe I Do” is a romantic comedy starring Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey (who previously co-starred in the rom-com “Holidate”) as a couple on the brink of engagement who decide to have their parents meet for the first time. But it…
Comment on this story Comment In his seminal study of the science fiction genre, “In Search of Wonder,” the critic Damon Knight remarks upon the complexity and richness of Charles Harness’s “Flight Into Yesterday”: “Harness told me that he had spent two years writing the story, and had put into it every fictional idea that…
Comment on this story Comment What Arthur Conan Doyle’s adventures of Sherlock Holmes are to the detective story, M.R. James’s tales of revenants and demons are to supernatural fiction. They remain the gold standard, the blue-chip stocks, the flowering perennials amid each spring’s evanescent annuals. Even though mystery and short horror tales have evolved significantly…
In the 1980s, the Hated pushed hardcore punk to its emotional limits — and may have helped invent emo along the way. Decades later, the band’s legacy feels as singular as its sound. January 27, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. EST ABOVE: Legendary Annapolis punk band the Hated reunited on stage in January. Daniel Littleton (center),…