Month: July 2020

Madonna performs on stage during her MDNA tour at Saint Petersburg’s Sports and Concert Complex on August 9, 2012. (OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images) Madonna revealed she was fined $1million by the Russian government after speaking out on LGBT+ rights, but she never ended up paying. On Monday morning (20 July), the singer reflected on
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If you spend any amount of time on Twitter, you’ve probably encountered videoclips of synchronized performers dancing to K-pop. Or maybe you’ve spotted a preview of a Korean drama on Netflix. But what about novels, you ask? You want to read stories about Korean characters, that feature Korean culture, or draw upon Korean folklore and
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Memorabilia buffs with big wallets scored this weekend at the Hollywood: Legends & Explorers event at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills. Over 900 pieces were sold, the bulk of which were from film and television history, with some space exploration items mixed in, too. Among the notable items sold were a space suit and helmet
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Keanu Reeves and girlfriend Alexandra Grant were spotted staying close while checking out Berlin’s cultural scene, including an art gallery that featured Christian Boros’ private collection. Keanu Reeves, 55, and girlfriend Alexandra Grant, 47, took in some memorable art when they spent the afternoon visiting the World War II bunker-turned art gallery in Berlin, Germany
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With Crytek releasing Crysis Remastered on the Nintendo Switch in a few short days, the devs have released a new trailer showcasing the Switch version’s technical features. The trailer highlights technical goodies including vegetation bending, destructible environments, dynamic lighting, voxel-based global illumination, light rays and sunbeams, enhanced lighting, depth of field and motion blur, as
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Reem Sharif, the first trans police officer in Pakistan, is fighting to change the prejudices that previously held her back (Twitter/@zofeen28) After enduring death threats, slurs and sexual harassment, Pakistan’s first transgender police officer is using her experience to help others as a trans victim support officer. Reem Sharif has gone from victim to protector
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After months in lockdown in New York, simple pleasures like sun, water, wildflowers feel all the more precious. That’s just what the master jewelers at Cartier had in mind for their latest high jewelry collection, [Sur] Naturel. Cartier’s Panthere Tropicale Timepiece Cartier With the goal of “freeing nature from reality’s constraints,” artisans looked to all
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You think you know Matt Drudge, but the truth is you really don’t. Conventional wisdom held that, as the 2020 campaigns heated up, the 53-year-old conservative-media titan and digital-news pioneer would be spotlighting pro–Trump stories on his fire hose of a website—he’d been close to Jared Kushner, and loved nothing more than to torment Hillary
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