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My face upon realizing Space Jam: A New Legacy was not good. Image: Warner Bros Disclaimer: Mild spoilers for Space Jam: A New Legacy My expectations were tempered going into Space Jam: A New Legacy. I’m not part of the “Space Jam was bad, actually” crowd. I enjoyed the first …
Read More »Delta Is Driving a Wedge Through Missouri
The summer wasn’t meant to be like this. By April, Greene County, in southwestern Missouri, seemed to be past the worst of the pandemic. Intensive-care units that once overflowed had emptied. Vaccinations were rising. Health-care workers who had been fighting the coronavirus for months felt relieved—perhaps even hopeful. Then, in …
Read More »Shonda Rhimes Is Selling Her L.A. Mansion for $25 Million
Television megaproducer Shonda Rhimes is moving out of her L.A. home. Rhimes has listed her seven-bedroom, 12-bathroom estate in L.A.’s Hancock Park neighborhood for $25 million, People reports. The three-level, 11,749-square-foot mansion, which sits on 1.14 acres of land, is listed with Ed Solórzano of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties. …
Read More »A Black, Female Engineer Holds Two World Record Titles For Her Vintage Gaming Collection
Back in the 1990s, retro gaming classics from Nintendo to PlayStation were hot items for gamers who wanted to have fun at home. Linda Guillory, 51, is an electrical engineer from Texas who holds two world titles, including the “Largest Collection of LCD Gaming Systems” and “Largest Collection of Playable …
Read More »Police in California Arrest White Supremacist With Weapons Cache, Racist Manifesto
Photo: Schmidt_Alex (Shutterstock) A white man in California was arrested last week after being found with an arsenal of weapons, ammo, and a manifesto saying he wanted to kill Black, Hispanic and Jewish people. According to CNN, 32-year-old Wesley Charles Martines was arrested on July 9 after Campbell Police officers …
Read More »The Books Briefing: What the Best Travel Writing Can Do
The most enduring works in the genre offer far more than practical guidance: Your weekly guide to the best in books Adam Maida / The Atlantic Joe Sanderson arrived in El Salvador as a white American traveler with ambitions of writing a novel. But during his journey, he became something …
Read More »Richard Sherman’s Wife Says He Threatened ‘To Kill Himself’
New audio of a 911 call made by Richard Sherman’s wife reveals that the NFL star and current free agent cornerback allegedly threatened suicide after a night of heavy drinking. KRIO Radio tweeted out audio of the 911 call, which has Sherman’s wife Ashley pleading with a dispatcher to send …
Read More »‘Blackout’: An Anthology of Black Teen Love, Is Next Up on the Obama’s Netflix Production List
Michelle and Barack Obama will be inviting audiences to reminisce about teenage love. The couple will be producing a “six-part anthology” Netflix project called “Blackout,” through Higher Ground Banner and Temple Hill, according to Variety. Six stories of Black teenagers who find love during a power outage in New York …
Read More »Hey Y’all, I’m Like 95 Percent Certain Loki Just Set Up the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Next Thanos-Level Threat
Image: Marvel Studios Disclaimer: Full spoilers for the season finale of Loki below. Going into Loki, I honestly thought it was going to be a fun, time-traveling romp that would be more focused on developing the titular character, as opposed to extending the meta-narrative of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. More …
Read More »Different Cultures Define Happiness Differently
“How to Build a Life” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. Everyone knows where the happiest people in the world live—the United Nations tells us every single year. For the past several years, Finland has been ranked No. 1, sitting atop the pack …
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