As we countdown the hours until 2025, many Americans are not expecting the new year to bring glad tidings. Only about a third of adults expect that the country will be better next year than this year, and even more expect things to get worse. Just 35% of adults in a new Associated Press/NORC poll say they expect 2025 to …
“Oh, boy.” Those were the first words of Emma Stone’s acceptance speech upon winning Best Actress at Sunday night’s Academy Awards for her performance in Poor Things. Both performances earned heaps of praise from critics, but many people thought Gladstone had the stronger narrative on her side: Whereas Stone, who is white, already has an Oscar, a Gladstone win would …
