Schneider revels in extremity, but “Mommy & Me,” a torched haunted house, tips into the overwrought. A hoarder’s haven, it’s stuffed with the paraphernalia of violence and so much more. The attic, encrusted with dark, spiny ooze, is a horror story all its own, a house of despair. The heavy-handedness detracts little from the cumulative […]
Blog: Cardi B proves she’s a lousy driver in latest ‘Carpool Karaoke’ with James Corden
Elsewhere in the segment, the duo sang the Grammy-nominated star’s hits “Bodak Yellow,” “Money,” “Drip,” “Bartier Cardi” and “Be Careful,” then took a detour to the Culver City Senior Center to perform “I Like It” for an elderly audience. That’s because she told Corden that she once performed her expletive-laden music at a bar mitzvah […]
Blog: Lakers at Nets: 3 Things to Know (12/18/18)
Here is what you need to know before the Lakers complete their road trip against the Brooklyn Nets. 1) A lot hinges on JaVale Starting center JaVale McGee missed Sunday’s game due to flu-like symptoms and it had a negative chain reaction for the Lakers, who could not keep John Wall (40 points, 14 assists) […]
Blog: The Work of Historical Witness: Józef Czapski’s “Lost Time” and “Inhuman Land”
DECEMBER 18, 2018 IN JUNE 1940, the Polish painter and writer Józef Czapski found himself imprisoned at the Gryazovets Soviet POW camp in northern Russia. His confinement at the camp, the former site of an Orthodox convent, was certainly cruel and unjust, but it was also the result of good fortune. When Czapski, a reserve […]
Blog: Neighborhoods in Chicago, NY and DC see biggest spike in high earners moving in
(Credit: iStock) Over the last 20 years, a neighborhood on Chicago’s near North Side once home to a notorious public housing complex has seen the greatest increase of residents earning more than $200,000 of any area in the U.S. An analysis of U.S. Census data by consulting firm Webster Pacifics showed the Cabrini Green area […]
Blog: Yemeni mother of 2-year-old boy on life support in Oakland granted visa
A mother who was unable to obtain a travel ban waiver to visit her dying son has been granted a visa by the State Department, the Council on American-Islamic Relations said Tuesday. Shaima Swileh, a Yemeni national, has been separated from her family for months as they sought care for their boy,… Source: latimes.com – […]