2024-09-16
Gallery Owner Sentenced in Fine Art Photography Swindle
Wendy Halsted Beard, 59, agreed to sell photography prints on behalf of older collectors. She kept the profits for herself.
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UFO 50 Is an Ingeniously Retro Advent Calendar
This compilation from a fictional ’80s video game company is constantly clever. By comparison, Atari’s latest resurrection effort, Yars Rising, is frustratingly banal.
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Academic Plagiarism Complaint Against the Author of ‘White Fragility’ Dismissed
In a letter, the University of Washington stated that the evidence presented in the confidential complaint failed to meet the institution’s criteria for plagiarism.
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Farewell to a Lost Love of Lunches Past: Liverwurst
For me, the decision by Boar’s Head to end production is just the latest blow to a somewhat squishy slice of national and personal history.
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Booker Prize Shortlist Includes Rachel Kushner and Percival Everett
For the first time in the award’s 55-year history, five of the six nominated titles are by female authors.
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Kim Zolciak Shuts Down Any Possibility of Reconciling With Kroy Biermann
Love may be in the air for Brielle Biermann, but things are as icy as ever between her estranged parents Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann ... with KZ declaring there's no chance at a reconciliation. Photogs caught up with the Bravo personality outside…
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A new sequel to Batman 1989 brings Clayface into the Burtonverse — here’s a taste
Author John Jackson Miller has waited his entire life to play in the sandbox of Tim Burton’s Batman. Good news: some dreams do come true. Miller’s new book, Batman: Resurrection, picks up right where the 1989 film left off, finding a clever way to bring Clayface, a member of Batman’s classic rogues gallery, into Burton’s grounded, gothic universe.As a lifelong comics fan, Miller was in the theater on opening night in June 1989 to watch as Burton met every expectation of what a Batman movie could be. Between his noir-lit Gotham and Jack Nicholson’s wicked spin on Joker, the only trace...
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Body Cam Footage of Alleged Attempted Trump Shooter Ryan Wesley Routh's Arrest Released
Body cam footage of Ryan Wesley Routh's arrest has surfaced in the aftermath of the suspect's alleged attempt on Donald Trump's life. Watch the video ... Martin County Sheriff's deputies are seen shouting orders at the alleged would-be shooter…
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Honkai: Star Rail Xianzhou Luofu treasure chest locations and map
Honkai: Star Rail has a ton of different types of treasure and loot to find around its maps, which give out pretty good rewards. The Xianzhou Luofu is the third area you’ll arrive in, and it has a whole ton of loot to collect.Most maps have treasure hidden around and this loot expands beyond just treasure chests. When you open the map, you’ll notice a chest icon in the top left corner with numbers next to it. This indicates how many of the different types of loot you’ve found. However, this counter only lists “basic treasure” that isn’t locked behind puzzles or formidable foes (the...
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‘Shogun’: Here’s What to Know About the Record-Breaking Emmy Hit
The FX epic ruled TV’s top honors, racking up 18 Emmys for its first season. Here is a brief guide to this saga of samurai warriors and star-crossed lovers.
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A new Zelda game is reminding everyone to finish the last one
There is so much any given player can do in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. You can become the architect of the world’s largest bridge, an engineer behind crimes against Koroks, or if you want, just turn the sloping hills of Hyrule into Link’s personal skateboard park. It’s a giant game with plenty to do, so I’d forgive any player who, I don’t know, just so happened to have completed the game yet. But now, with the impending release of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, anyone still playing Nintendo’s last Zelda title might be rushing to beat the game before the next...
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The best Steam Deck accessories
Valve’s Steam Deck LCD and Steam Deck OLED are major players in the console space. While they’re technically handheld-shaped PCs that run Linux, they are accessible and affordable enough to be the preferred option for many gamers, especially those who want more power and a larger game library than the Nintendo Switch can provide.It didn’t take long after the 2022 launch of the original LCD model, followed in late 2023 by the OLED, for the Steam Deck accessory scene to blossom. Those range from all but necessary (a microSD card and glass screen protectors) to some that are just nice to...
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