Brittney Griner thought she'd be returning to the United States with fellow Russian captive and US marine Paul Whelan when she was traded in a 'controversial' prisoner swap for an arms dealer.
Why would Robert Durst, the real estate scion worth an estimated $100 million, ignore his lawyers’ advice and risk his freedom by blabbing to The Jinx director Andrew Jarecki about the three murders of which he had long been suspected? That’s one of the questions cold case specialist John Lewin asked Durst when he sat down with him on March 15, 2015, shortly after the FBI arrested Durst in a New Orleans hotel, and the same day that The Jinx’s bombshell finale aired. The interview, which Durst...
In an exclusive interview, Flickering Myth sat down with Robin de Levita, a multi award-winning writer, producer, and director hailing from Amsterdam to talk about collecting Tony Awards and the making of his debut film, Lost Cos. Hi Robin de Levita, welcome to Flickering Myth! Has there been one particular moment in your career that […] From blockbuster Hollywood movies to independent and British cinema, Flickering Myth has you covered. Read the original post here: Exclusive Interview – Tony...
Author and Buffalo native, Robert Brighton knows how to tell a good story. A former speech writer, graduate of the Sorbonne in France, and avid traveler, Brighton’s experiences have enriched []
Back in 2021, Robert Fripp was on tour with King Crimson so Toyah Willcox sent him videos from home. That’s how they made it through Sunday Lunch during that roadtrip. This version of
Pamela Paresky interviews the former IDF spokesman about the current war and the recent accidental killing of aid workers.
"Why would you think that these nine people are the best people to judge and weigh those policy judgments?" Chief Justice Roberts's question is a good one! Happy to make decisions about women's health care, this non-expert panel of the country's supreme experts on cruel and unusual punishment seems not to understand their role. — Read the rest
With all that is occurring in our political and cultural life, there are signs some Americans have had enough. Google recently fired 28 employees from its New York and Sunnyvale, California, offices for protesting the company’s cloud-computing contract with Israel. The reason given by the company’s vice president for global security, Chris Rackow, as reported in The Wall Street Journal, was that the sacked employees “took over office spaces, defaced our property and physically impeded the work...
With all that is occurring in our political and cultural life, there are signs some Americans have had enough. Google recently fired 28 employees from its New York and Sunnyvale, California, offices for protesting the company’s cloud-computing contract with Israel. The reason given by the company’s vice president for global security, Chris Rackow, as reported in The Wall Street Journal, was that the sacked employees “took over office spaces, defaced our property and physically impeded the work...
Behind most every tech billionaire is a sci-fi novel they read as a teenager. For Bill Gates it was Stranger in a Strange Land, the 1960s epic detailing the culture clashes that arise when a Martian visits Earth. Google’s Sergey Brin has said it was Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash, the cyberpunk classic about hackers and computer viruses set in an Orwellian Los Angeles. Jeff Bezos cites Iain M. Banks’ Culture series, which unreel in an utopian society of humanoids and artificial intelligences,...
By Michael Hutchins Herald Democrat Robert Crawley is asking Denison voters to choose him as the next mayor. Crawley, who sits on the Place 4 seat on the city council, will face off against fellow City Council member Brian Hander during the city’s May 4 elections to determine the next mayor, following the end of Janet Gott’s term. The Herald Democrat recently reached out to both candidates for their take on the issues facing the city and why voters should choose them of the city’s highest...
Rose D’Amora The Nation speaks to Jessi Jezewska Stevens about her new short-story collection, which dramatizes late-capitalist living.