Review | Why M.R. James is the Arthur Conan Doyle of supernatural fiction

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…

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Growing up Hated

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),…

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‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ dethrones ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ on global box office

‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ dethrones ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ on global box office Avatar: The Way of Water continues to make waves across the world. The James Cameron directorial sequel to 2009s Avatar has shattered all the box office records after surpassing the $2 billion mark globally. The film has now dethroned Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity…

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Prosecutor seeks extension in Fawad Chaudhry’s physical remand in sedition case

Police officials escort the arrested leader of opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, Fawad Chaudhry (C) to present him before a court in Lahore on January 25, 2023. — AFP Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry Friday was produced before a district and sessions court in Islamabad on Friday after the completion of two-day…

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Jeremy Renner was trying to protect his nephew from a sliding snowplow when he was run over, sheriff’s report says

Actor Jeremy Renner was run over by a snowplow on New Year’s Day in the Reno, Nevada, area while trying to divert the vehicle as it headed towards his nephew, according to a sheriff’s report obtained Thursday. Renner was seriously injured in the accident.  The 52-year-old Renner and his adult nephew, Alexander Fries, were trying…

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Perspective | In this ‘Tempest,’ a misshapen, two-headed monster steals the show

Comment on this story Comment It is, quite literally, two performances rolled into one. Onto the stage they tumble — four arms, four legs, two torsos, two heads — to embody a single character: Caliban, the vengeance-seeking denizen of Prospero’s magic isle in “The Tempest.” In the hit production of Shakespeare’s lyrical masterwork at Bethesda’s…

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