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Mars (yes, the planet) has its own Grand Canyon

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Mars has its own Grand Canyon Research is revealing similarities between Earth's Grand Canyon and ones on the red planet. RAE SOLOMON, BYLINE: Maybe it's the intriguing red color, but us earthlings have always been drawn to the planet Mars. That doesn't sound much like today's Mars, all cold and ice-capped with a surface mostly devoid of liquid water. SOLOMON: …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Mars (yes, the planet) has its own Grand Canyon

NPR

Mars has its own Grand Canyon New research is revealing similarities between Earth's Grand Canyon and ones on the red planet. RAE SOLOMON, BYLINE: Maybe it's the intriguing red color, but us earthlings have always been drawn to the planet Mars. So I realized that there could have be a connection between the Earth's river system and of the Mars …

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1 week, 4 days ago

The War of the Rohirrim is the first Lord of the Rings film in a decade, but can it compare with the originals?

ABC

Once a staple of the pre-Marvel multiplex, The Lord of the Rings universe has been missing from movie screens for an entire decade, ever since series director Peter Jackson wrapped up his painfully distended adaptation of The Hobbit in 2014. Entitled The War of the Rohirrim, it's set nearly two centuries before the One Ring found its way to Bag …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Geetanjali Shree Interview: Language as Protest in ‘Our City That Year

The Hindu

Published : Dec 09, 2024 12:54 IST - 11 MINS READ Geetanjali Shree’s 1998 novel, Hamara Shahar Us Baras, rendered into English by Daisy Rockwell as Our City That Year, is the story of a communalising city as experienced by a vulnerable narrator grappling with the task of lending language to the self-estrangement of her secular friends. But whatever we …

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1 month ago

Wall Street Journal scolds Trump: Quit chasing 'MAGA Twitter insurgents'

Raw Story

Donald Trump received a slap on the wrist Friday from the Wall Street Journal in the form of a snarky editorial video that lists multiple lessons they urge the president-elect to learn. Ominous music pulses underneath a dire video editorial that warns Trump he needs to change his ways after initially selecting former Rep. Matt Gaetz as his attorney general …

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1 month, 1 week ago

How Haruki Murakami and other writers are grappling with our surreal post-pandemic reality

LA Times

Commuters make their way outside Tokyo Station in Japan’s capital last year. “I started writing this novel in March 2020,” Murakami tells us in the book’s afterword, “just as the coronavirus began its rampage across Japan, and finished it nearly three years later.” He adds that he rarely left home during this time, writing every day. Like Murakami, Shah plays …

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Elon Musk to buy McDonald's and CNN as Trump returns? Wild claims surface, here's the truth

Hindustan Times

Is Elon Musk buying McDonald's and CNN? FILE - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, left, and President-elect Donald Trump attend a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. The truth behind Musk buying Mcdonald's and CNN During the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, discussions ranged …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Voices of Sanity: A Review of Our City That Year by Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daisy Rockwell

The Hindu

Published : Nov 11, 2024 22:45 IST - 4 MINS READ Geetanjali Shree acquired well-deserved international recognition when she was awarded the International Booker Prize in 2022 for her novel Tomb of Sand, translated by Daisy Rockwell from the Hindi original, Ret Samadhi. In Our City That Year, a recently published translation by Rockwell of Shree’s second novel, Hamara Shahar …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Anna Moschovakis' taut riddle of a novel navigates shaky ground

LA Times

Book Review An Earthquake Is a Shaking of the Surface of the Earth By Anna Moschovakis Soft Skull: 208 pages, $16.95 It you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Anna Moschovakis’ “An Earthquake Is a Shaking of the Surface of the Earth” is my kind of novel: …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

The story of how Trump went from diminished ex-president to a victor once again

Associated Press

Follow AP’s coverage of Donald Trump’s transition back to the White House. And they want that back in the White House.” A new Republican coalition After his 2020 loss, Trump’s campaign worked to grow his appeal beyond the white working-class base that had delivered his first victory. He noted Harris “didn’t even come close to Dearborn.” Trump received another boost …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Regina Hall’s gig with ‘Cold Case Files’ is the perfect true crime rabbit hole

CNN

CNN — Regina Hall works in the world of fiction, but true crime is a passion that she has been able to incorporate into her professional life. The actress serves as narrator on a new A&E documentary, “Cold Case Files: The Grim Sleeper,” which tells the story of convicted serial killer Lonnie Franklin Jr., who terrorized South Central Los Angeles …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Martha Stewart is an ‘unreliable narrator’ but also ‘a visionary,’ documentary director says

LA Times

The way Martha Stewart sees it, her life story is pretty simple. “Martha” offers a slightly more nuanced version of this journey, showing how Stewart overcame her humble origins to create a multimedia lifestyle company worth billions by, as she once put it, “celebrating something that’s been put down for so long.” But Stewart’s business success also made her a …

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2 months ago

Big Brother pulls episode amid anti-Semitism row after housemate wears T-shirt 'portraying genocidal views' - then re-uploads it

Daily Mail

Big Brother pulled an episode amid an anti-Semitism row after a housemate wore a T-shit allegedly portraying genocidal views, before re-uploading it. Big Brother housemate Ali Bromley caused a stir after wearing a T-shirt depicting Israel as a watermelon on TV The fruit is linked with Palestinian activism because their colours - red, black, white and green - match the …

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2 months ago

Dracula author Bram Stoker's long-lost story Gibbet Hill rediscovered more than 130 years after it was written

ABC

A long-lost short story by Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula, has been re-discovered after remaining undocumented for more than 130 years. Amateur historian Brian Cleary was doing research on Stoker in the Irish National Library last year when he came across the 1890 Christmas edition of the Dublin Daily Express, where he found a Gothic horror tale that had …

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2 months ago

The Obsession That Ate My Heart: A Story of Jealousy and Self-Destruction

Hindustan Times

A complex and disturbing novel explores the obsessive love and self-destruction of a man who is deeply in love with a woman. The narrator's relentless pursuit of Kamala, despite her indifference and the pain he inflicts upon her, is a testament to the power of love and obsession. The novel also raises questions about the roles of men and women …

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2 months ago

'Can't make this up': Cardboard cutouts used to mock GOP candidate over 'fake family' pics

Raw Story

A GOP congressional candidate in Virginia is the subject of a new ad featuring cardboard cutouts to ridicule “fake family” members he posed with in campaign footage made public last month. “Don’t be fooled by fake Derrick Anderson,” the ad’s narrator says in the 30-second spot as an actor spoofing the Virginia House candidate is seen playing what appears to …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Modest moments become revelatory in the wry and incisive 'Shred Sisters'

NPR

Modest moments become revelatory in the wry and incisive 'Shred Sisters' toggle caption Grove Atlantic I was in the mood for a novel about family relationships, something Cheever-esque. Sponsor Message Older sister Olivia, known as “Ollie,” is the star of the family: She’s beautiful, charismatic and — as becomes increasingly clear during her teenage years — she struggles with mental …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Review: Sally Rooney's new book, Intermezzo, is 'richer, slower and denser' than her earlier novels

ABC

It is almost impossible to come to a Sally Rooney book objectively. Like her other novels — Conversations with Friends and the New York Times bestsellers Normal People and Beautiful World, Where Are You — Intermezzo follows the interior lives of a small cast of Irish characters. Cassie McCullagh from ABC RN's The Bookshelf says Rooney's writing reflects "the preoccupations …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Gossip Girl stars share photo of unexpected lift reunion

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Two stars from the original Gossip Girl series had a mini …

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3 months ago

Trump Ad Slams Harris For Supporting Transgender Rights

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Republicans are once again embracing anti-trans rhetoric in a series of Over the weekend, former President Donald Trump’s campaign Instagram account unveiled a new ad with the slogan “Kamala is for They/Them,” targeting Vice President Kamala Harris’ support of gender-affirming care for all people, including incarcerated people and immigrants. The story also notes Harris’ support of “taxpayer …

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3 months ago

Kamala Harris ties Mark Robinson around Trump's neck in brutal new North Carolina ad

Raw Story

The Kamala Harris campaign tied scandal-plagued North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson around Donald Trump's neck in a new ad airing in the key swing state. New reporting revealed that the Republican lieutenant governor had called himself a "black NAZI," claimed "slavery is not bad," recalled spying on unwitting women showering and graphically described his sexual experiences and fantasies on …

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3 months ago

‘Kadaisi Ulaga Por’ movie review: Hiphop Tamizha Adhi’s ambitious dystopian film bites off more than it can chew

The Hindu

The journey of the musical duo Hiphop Tamizha is fascinating, especially after Adhi turned actor and gave us a slew of relatable, fun entertainers. With Kadaisi Ulaga Por, Adhi has made his most ambitious project on a scale that’s new to him, with a genre that’s new to the Tamil audience. The fact that he has bankrolled the movie apart …

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3 months, 1 week ago

A narrator brings us along as she makes meaning from a traumatic childhood

LA Times

Book Review Us Fools By Nora Lange Two Dollar Radio: 340 pages, $18.95 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Bernie, the narrator of Nora Lange’s novel, “Us Fools,” grows up on a farm in central Illinois in the late ’70s and early ’80s, but Bernie …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Antiques Roadshow guest too stunned to speak as they learn staggering value of tiny chocolate bar passed down from father during house clearout - with expert gushing over show first

Daily Mail

An Antiques Roadshow guest was left too stunned to speak in Sunday's episode when they learnt the staggering value of their tiny chocolate bar. The episode took place in Cromford Mills, Derbyshire, and a gentleman brought in a Cadbury's chocolate tin that had been given out to children to mark the 1902 coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra. An Antiques …

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Mars (yes, the planet) has its own Grand Canyon

Mars (yes, the planet) has its own Grand Canyon

The War of the Rohirrim is the first Lord of the Rings film in a decade, but can it compare with the originals?

Geetanjali Shree Interview: Language as Protest in ‘Our City That Year

Wall Street Journal scolds Trump: Quit chasing 'MAGA Twitter insurgents'

How Haruki Murakami and other writers are grappling with our surreal post-pandemic reality

Elon Musk to buy McDonald's and CNN as Trump returns? Wild claims surface, here's the truth

Voices of Sanity: A Review of Our City That Year by Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daisy Rockwell

Anna Moschovakis' taut riddle of a novel navigates shaky ground

The story of how Trump went from diminished ex-president to a victor once again

Regina Hall’s gig with ‘Cold Case Files’ is the perfect true crime rabbit hole

Martha Stewart is an ‘unreliable narrator’ but also ‘a visionary,’ documentary director says

Big Brother pulls episode amid anti-Semitism row after housemate wears T-shirt 'portraying genocidal views' - then re-uploads it

Dracula author Bram Stoker's long-lost story Gibbet Hill rediscovered more than 130 years after it was written

The Obsession That Ate My Heart: A Story of Jealousy and Self-Destruction

'Can't make this up': Cardboard cutouts used to mock GOP candidate over 'fake family' pics

Modest moments become revelatory in the wry and incisive 'Shred Sisters'

Review: Sally Rooney's new book, Intermezzo, is 'richer, slower and denser' than her earlier novels

Gossip Girl stars share photo of unexpected lift reunion

Trump Ad Slams Harris For Supporting Transgender Rights

Kamala Harris ties Mark Robinson around Trump's neck in brutal new North Carolina ad

‘Kadaisi Ulaga Por’ movie review: Hiphop Tamizha Adhi’s ambitious dystopian film bites off more than it can chew

A narrator brings us along as she makes meaning from a traumatic childhood

Antiques Roadshow guest too stunned to speak as they learn staggering value of tiny chocolate bar passed down from father during house clearout - with expert gushing over show first