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‘Get it right!’ Israeli consulate spars with US journalist over Gaza headlines
An American journalist who pointed out the extensive edits the New York Times made to its article about the Israeli bombing of Gaza found himself in a heated Twitter argument with the Israeli consulate. A Twitter account “Editing The Gray Lady,” which tracks edits to the Times, revealed on Monday how the US paper of […]
A new “fuzzy Pikachu” debate headlines a trailer-filled Monday
Three film and TV studios elected to dump their latest trailers online on Monday, as opposed to spreading the love out over the week. Alone, each trailer is each intriguing, but their combined nerd power lets us glimpse what’s to come from three world premieres. The highlight of this year’s Veterans Day trailer explosion is […]
‘AMERICA’S DARKEST DAY’: See newspaper headlines from around the world 24 hours after 9/11
New York Post Tuesday is the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The day after the attacks, newspapers around the world reacted by capturing the sadness, shock, and horror people felt. We compiled front pages from American and international newspapers to show what people woke up to on September 12, 2001. The September […]
Simmons headlines record Aussie playoff hopes
MORE Aussie eyes than ever before will be fixed on the NBA playoffs as a record number of Down Under ballers vie for the sport’s ultimate honour. While Rookie of the Year favourite Ben Simmons’ stellar play has already made him one of the biggest names in Australian sport, six other Aussies will compete with […]
Live: NBA’s historic do-or-die battle headlines final day of action
THE end has arrived. There are nine teams who know Thursday is the last day of their season. Another 15 teams have already clinched playoff berths. Then there’s Minnesota and Denver. Game 82 for both teams will have a Game 7 feel, which is a fitting way to transition from the regular season to the […]
Sunday Drive: Big debuts from the Big Apple dominated the headlines
New York Auto Show week has come and gone, and, not surprisingly, the week’s biggest bits of news came from the halls of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in NYC. Our favorite debut from New York was the Lincoln Aviator, a sharp-dresses crossover that looks lovely inside and out, and sits on underpinnings at […]
‘Tyrel’ Review: Jason Mitchell Headlines This Uneasy and Uneven Racial Drama [Sundance]
As a flurry of white snowflakes fall on a pitch-black sky, the word TYREL is superimposed over them in bold black font. It’s writer/director Sebastian Silva’s first attempt of many to underline the differences between this film’s black protagonist, played by Jason Mitchell (Mudbound, Straight Outta Compton), and the group of all-white bros he’s staying […]
The Inequality Beneath the Sexual-Harassment Headlines
The Weinstein Effect strikes again. Following The New York Times and The New Yorker’s revelations about the film executive and alleged serial sexual harasser Harvey Weinstein, Lockhart Steele of Vox Media, the screenwriter James Toback, the critic Leon Wieseltier, and, on Thursday, Mark Halperin of MSNBC have found themselves outed and, in some cases, fired […]
Don’t believe the headlines — traditional retailers are thriving online
GUEST: If you think the sky is falling for traditional brick-and-mortar retailers, it’s understandable. There is a daily drumbeat of negative news about retailers filing for bankruptcy and closing stores, and the phrase “Retail Apocalypse” has its own Wikipedia entry. Amazon took approximately 46 percent of US ecommerce growth in 2016, according to data published […]
