[ad_1] Comment on this storyComment A same-sex kiss between members of British pop band the 1975 during a music festival in Malaysia drew the ire of social conservatives — and some members of the Southeast Asian nation’s LGBTQ community and their allies. Lead singer Matty Healy, who is no stranger to controversy, shared a lengthy … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this storyComment About three years ago, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) wrestled with computer wires and webcams while hundreds of thousands of people watched, waiting for her to play a relatively simple video game. It felt awkward, but she knew that comes with the territory of live-stream entertainment. “You need to be willing … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this storyComment Less than a month before the Smithsonian’s Asian American Literature Festival was to begin, staffers prepared what they considered to be a routine memo discussing programs involving “potentially sensitive issues” that they knew the host institution would want to be aware of in advance. Among the matters cited in the … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this storyComment Academy-award-winning actor Jamie Foxx has broken his silence after being discharged this year from a hospital where he had been treated for an undisclosed illness. In a video message, Foxx, 55, thanked fans and described the trauma of the illness that took him “to hell and back.” The emotional dispatch … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this storyComment Think of South Korea as a benevolent cultural volcano, sporadically erupting some new sound or style across the planet with little warning. It happened when “Gangnam Style” blew up 2012. It happened in 2020 when “Parasite” swept the Oscars and a year later with “Squid Game.” If history holds, it … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this storyComment Near the center of the National Museum of Natural History exhibition “Cellphone: Unseen Connections” is a case containing mineral samples that represent most of the 65 elements used in a typical smartphone. This display is one of the few reminders of the venue, whose collection provided the quartz, silicon and … Read more
[ad_1] The “Cobra Kai” has been picketing in style — donning pieces an electric blue jumpsuit at one rally and pants that resemble aluminum foil at another. But her point is blunt as can be: “We’re in a time where inequality is so wide that we have one person making hundreds of millions of dollars, … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this storyComment At first blush, the journalist Michael Finkel’s captivating new book, “The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession,” is all about heists. Over the course of 200-some snackable pages, Finkel revisits the exploits of Stéphane Breitwieser, the most prolific art robber in history. From 1994 … Read more
[ad_1] The timeless singer had his first hit in 1951 and topped the charts again more than 60 years later July 21, 2023 at 8:38 a.m. EDT Tony Bennett performs in 2015. (Larry Busacca/Getty Images) Few entertainers in any field have had such a remarkable and enduring second act as singer Tony Bennett. He had … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this storyComment LONDON — Ludwig van Beethoven, wracked by deafness and ill health throughout much of his life, asked for his body to be studied when he died. This week, an American businessman returned fragments of a skull that scientists believe belong to the famed German composer for research at the Medical … Read more