With 'Gemini Man', Ang Lee Wants to Change How We See Movies

 Posted on August 19, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1437 words  |  Martina Birk

Ang Lee already knows how you feel about 3-D movies. “It gives you a headache–of course you don’t like it!” the Academy Award–winning director says at an editing studio in midtown Manhattan. “The projection is bad. It’s too dark.” Complaints like these have driven many moviegoers and filmmakers away from the medium over the past decade. To many, it’s little more than a gimmick for superhero blockbusters, a quickly receding novelty. [Read More]

Would You Buy This $320,000 Brooch Online?

 Posted on August 19, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  833 words  |  Tandra Barner

For Peter Carl Fabergé, jeweler to the Russian Czars, diamonds weren’t forever. Following the 1917 Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks ransacked his workshops and seized his iconic imperial Easter eggs, forcing Fabergé to flee to Switzerland where he died three years later. Struggling financially, his family sold the Fabergé trademark to an American perfumer for a meager $25,000 in 1951 — and the name began to crop up on low-end cosmetics and toiletries. [Read More]

'Somebody Feed Phil' Renewed for Season 8 at Netflix (EXCLUSIVE)

 Posted on August 18, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  265 words  |  Billy Koelling

“Somebody Feed Phil” has been renewed for an eighth season at Netflix. The Emmy-nominated food travel series, which is among the streamer’s longest-running unscripted shows, debuted its seventh season March 1, featuring the “Everybody Loves Raymond” creator eating his way around Mumbai, Washington, D.C., Kyoto, Iceland, Dubai, Orlando, Taipei and Scotland. The first season of “Somebody Feed Phil” debuted in January 2018 as the followup to Rosenthal’s PBS food travel series, “I’ll Have What Phil’s Having. [Read More]

3M Starts Paying Veterans in $6 Billion Earplugs Settlement

 Posted on August 18, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  430 words  |  Kelle Repass

A U.S. military combat earplug supplier started to pay out the first of billions in a settlement to thousands of veterans who alleged in lawsuits that the earplugs caused hearing loss. On Dec. 26, 3M made a payment of around $250 million to the Qualified Settlement Fund—in exchange for 25,000 to 30,000 claimants agreeing to dismiss their claims. In an email to TIME, 3M said this week it would pay out $253 million to another group of claimants by Jan. [Read More]

7 animals people eat alive

 Posted on August 18, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  514 words  |  Tandra Barner

This practice is prevalent in parts of Asia and has historical roots that have evolved over time. The animals are consumed live to maintain their freshness. For these cultures, it's a tradition or a way to enjoy the freshest possible meat. Here, we explore seven animals that are commonly eaten alive, the cultures that consume them, and the reasons behind these practices. 1. Octopus ADVERTISEMENT [Read More]

A Mormon - The 10 Best (Topical) Halloween Costumes for 2011

 Posted on August 18, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  174 words  |  Tandra Barner

What you'll need: • Short-sleeved white button-up shirt • Necktie (preferably black, no more than moderately fashionable) • Name tag • Book of Mormon • Slacks and dress shoes • Bike helmet and suspenders (optional) Between the hit Broadway musical and 2012 GOP candidates, Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman, Mormons have a big year. Dressing as a Mormon missionary is a great way to tap into the phenom, and is an especially easy costume to prep. [Read More]

ABYSSINIA: Coronation | TIME

 Posted on August 18, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  320 words  |  Billy Koelling

Chained like dogs to the Coronation dais of Abyssinia’s Emperor and Empress, five full-grown lions with great golden manes snarled and roared last week, drew misgiving looks from the No. 1 Coronation guest, Prince Henry Duke of Gloucester, third son of George V. Swaying their supple bodies violently, Coptic Christian priests followed their Archbishop up the aisle of St. George’s Cathedral in Addis Ababa (New Flower), Abyssinian capital. The chill air, blue with incense, reeked with the smoke of native tallow candles, throbbed to wild strains. [Read More]

Beck 'Song Reader' Review | TIME

 Posted on August 18, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  729 words  |  Kelle Repass

This post is in partnership with Consequence of Sound, an online music publication devoted to the ever growing and always thriving worldwide music scene. The six years of Beck’s career between Modern Guilt and Morning Phase would make for an amazing “How I Spent My Summer Vacation”-type essay. Besides putting out a few singles and playing the occasional festival, he recovered from a spinal injury, covered entire albums with Record Club, contributed original music for films and produced releases by Charlotte Gainsbourg and Stephen Malkmus. [Read More]

Bella Hadid says she walked the runway with a 101-degree fever, but you wouldn't know it from the ph

 Posted on August 18, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  153 words  |  Kelle Repass

Despite her busy schedule, the model was still able to power through a fever and hit the runway again on Thursday, she revealed on Instagram. Hours before she walked in Off-White's Fall/Winter 2019 show, Hadid posted a photo on her Instagram story with the caption: "101 fever is not cute when walking a runway." bella hadid paris fashion week fever Bella Hadid/Instagram ADVERTISEMENT Shortly after, Hadid closed Off-White's show in a floor-length, yellow-and-gray checkered coat with matching shorts and boots. [Read More]