Month: March 2021

Celebrating excellence, originality, and accessibility in writing by women in English from across the world, the Women’s Prize for Fiction has announced its 2021 longlist. The longlist encompasses a wide range of genres, themes, and settings—from London to Hong Kong, Barbados to Brooklyn, among others—and features both established authors like Yaa Gyasi and Ali Smith and newcomers
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Kailyn Lowry admitted that she can be ‘best’ friends with Javi Marroquin while looking back at their marriage. Regardless, the ‘Teen Mom 2’ star revealed why it ultimately failed. Kailyn Lowry‘s divorce from Javi Marroquin may have finalized in 2017, but the Teen Mom 2 star believes their marriage could’ve had a different ending. “Looking back,
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AMC Entertainment revenue fell last quarter plunged to $162 million from close to $1.5 billion the year as the global pandemic squeezed exhibition. That beat expectations, coming about $20 million above Wall Street’s consensus estimates. The stock is up in late trading. Net losses widened to $946 million, including a hefty one-time impairment charge, from
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Earlier this year, hundreds of New Yorkers were asked their thoughts about elected officials and for Mayor Bill de Blasio the results were just about as bad they come. Not only did a mere 28% of people approve of his performance, but he received a worse score than Donald Trump, who is famously reviled in
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Former First Lady Michelle Obama gave People an in-depth interview about her life quarantining in this week’s issue—and how having her college-age daughters back in her house changed their relationship over the last year. Twenty-two-year-old Harvard University senior Malia and 19-year-old University of Michigan sophomore Sasha were sent home for remote learning when COVID-19 drastically
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British TV presenter Piers Morgan blasted Meghan Markle again on Wednesday following his exit from Good Morning Britain, when he stormed off the show after he was challenged about his reaction to her interview with Oprah Winfrey. Read more: Piers Morgan out at ‘Good Morning Britain’ after challenge to Meghan Markle remarks Morgan suggested that
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Disney+ has restricted access to some of its older titles for children, citing negative stereotypes in such films as Dumbo and Peter Pan. The move happened earlier this year, but it’s drawing sudden criticism amid conversations about problematic content in old children’s media, including Dr. Seuss and Looney Tunes. The topic has become fodder for various
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Funk spends a surprising amount of time debunking bra myths. “I think I hear bras implicated in causing breast cancer at least once a week,” she said. (There is categorically no correlation, but she doesn’t fault the basic reasoning, as far as proximity is concerned: “Your bras are touching your breasts more than you or
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Grammy Awards season is, at last, in full swing. Delayed from its January date, the 2021 Grammy Awards take place this Sunday, March 14. As schedules are finalized, statuettes buffed, and performers prep their socially distanced stage shows, Pitchfork is here with your one-stop shop compiling everything to look out for. Keep scrolling for all
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Of the holidays that marketers hang their hats on, International Women’s Day is one of the more legitimate. The United Nations named the date and has commemorated it annually since 1975, and before that it was a holiday that American socialists observed. Around the world there are demonstrations, like in Chile, Turkey, Pakistan, and Mexico,
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