On Friday afternoon, as the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors met behind closed doors to discuss new, stricter shutdown orders; as Mayor Eric Garcetti and California Governor Governor Gavin Newsom appeared together to try and jumpstart the region’s lagging vaccination efforts; one key reason for the urgency of those efforts became clear. Earlier in the
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Sheer Mag has shared a new song called “Crushed Velvet.” The song appears on the soundtrack for Hulu’s forthcoming original film The Ultimate Playlist of Noise, which is out tomorrow (January 15). Check out “Crushed Velvet” below. Sheer Mag’s last LP was 2019’s A Distant Call. Later that year Vermont Senator—and then presidential candidate—Bernie Sanders
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When people think of detective duos, none is as quintessential as Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. Since Sherlock Holmes, many mystery writers have played off the dynamic with their detective duos in fascinating ways. The most recent iteration is Stuart Turton’s newest The Devil and The Dark Water (2020). There will be spoilers ahead. The
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After years dealing with microaggressions working in corporate spaces as a content writer, Escher Walcott took the plunge in 2017 into a freelance career, free from discriminatory judgement in the office that left here feeling anxious and insecure. ‘Your hair looks like pubes’: The microaggressions that have shaped my life as a black woman “You
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Employees store coffins, some marked with “infection risk” as others have “corona” scrawled in chalk, in the mourning hall of the crematorium in Meissen, eastern Germany, on January 13, 2021, amid the new coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. cremation. Jens Schlueter | AFP | Getty Images The World Health Organization said Friday that coronavirus vaccines aren’t “silver
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CBS News on Friday unveiled a series of changes to its lineup of assignments for correspondents in Washington, D.C. Nancy Cordes, who has covered Capitol Hill for 12 years, moves to chief White House correspondent. Ed O’Keefe, political correspondent since 2018, will become senior White House and political correspondent. Weijia Jiang will be senior White
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The morning after Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti revealed that the County Board of Supervisors is considering new business closures in case of an increase in Covid-19 numbers, the board was reportedly doing just that behind closed doors on Friday. While there has been some disagreement about whether cases are dropping, have stabilized or begun
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Philip J. Smith, who as the longtime chairman of Broadway’s Shubert Organization was one of the most influential and powerful forces in American theater, died today in New York City of complications of Covid-19. He was 89. Smith’s death was confirmed by daughters Linda Phillips and Jennifer Stein. Smith retired from his position as chairman
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Dream pop/electronica band Sweet Trip have returned with a pair of new tracks. Listen to “Walkers Beware! We Drive Into the Sun” and “Stab-Slow” below. The former track will appear on Roberto Burgos and Valerie Cooper’s forthcoming album A Tiny House, In Secret Speeches, Polar Equals, their first LP in 12 years. It’s set to
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Check out the new The Terror Season 1 Episode 3 Clip starring Ciarán Hinds! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Learn more about this show on Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_terror/s01/e03?cmp=RTTV_YouTube_Desc US Air Date: April 1, 2018 Starring: Jared Harris, Tobias Menzies, Ciarán Hinds Network: AMC Synopsis: With the “thing on the
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