Weddings. Holiday parties. Dinner for two at Per Se. Awkward post-conference cocktail hours in the Grand Ballroom of some Hyatt in some city. Whoever you are and wherever you live, there’s just no escaping the semi-formal occasion.But… semi-formal? Super ambiguous, right? What is semi-formal attire for men and how does it differ from formal-formal attire? Look, a lot of this is open to interpretation—how you dress for certain occasions depends on your personal style, what you can successfully pull off, and whether or not you’re willing to conform to societal norms. Want to rock a Bermuda suit for your cousin’s…
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A Teenage Girl Is a Funhouse Mirror Amber Caron Share article Electric Literature recently launched a new creative nonfiction program, and received 500 submissions in just 36 hours! Now we need your help to grow our team, carefully and efficiently review submitted work, and further establish EL as a home for artful and urgent nonfiction. We’ve set a goal of raising $10,000 by the end of June. We’re almost there! Please give what you can today. Didi by Amber Caron When my brother calls it’s about his daughter, Didi. She is seventeen, out of control. Total nightmare to be around.…
The Priscillas are back with their brand-new digital single ‘Angela’ – and it feels like they’ve never been away! Blending crunchy guitar hooks, sweet harmonies and an infectious pop sensibility with searing social commentary, this bittersweet confection finds the band on roaring form on which they’ve built their reputation as one of London’s most exciting rock’n’roll bands. ‘Angela’ will be available on all streaming platforms from July 14th, 2023. Could it be any other way? Having blazed a trail with their own thrill-inducing shows and festival appearances across the UK, Europe and the USA, The Priscillas have shared bills with…
People walk by electric truck maker Rivian’s newly opened storefront in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan on June 23, 2023 in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesShares of Rivian Automotive jumped more than 16% in early trading Monday after the electric vehicle maker beat Wall Street expectations for quarterly deliveries.Rivian on Monday reported 12,640 vehicle deliveries during the second quarter, up 59% from the previous quarter and topping analyst expectations of 11,000 vehicles, according to analyst estimates compiled by FactSet.The automaker, which makes electric R1T pickups and R1S SUVs for consumers, also reiterated its annual production target of 50,000…
Pan Gongsheng was named party secretary of the People’s Bank of China on July 1, 2023.Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesBEIJING — The People’s Bank of China announced Saturday that Pan Gongsheng, head of the country’s foreign exchange regulator, would become the central bank’s party secretary.In a country ruled by the Communist Party of China, the party secretary of an institution typically holds the most sway.Pan’s appointment to the role comes as Beijing continues to unfurl leadership changes. The Party’s twice-a-decade congress in October and an annual parliamentary meeting in March gave President Xi Jinping an unprecedented third…
Fans of The Name of The Rose author Umberto Eco turned out in NYC, boosting the documentary on medieval scholar turned novelist and social commentator to over $9.1k on one screen – a nice showing by The Cinema Guild for a foreign language documentary on a solid weekend for some indie and arthouse fare. Umberto Eco: A Library Of The World explores the life and work of the famed Italian writer and semiotics professor, whose bestselling novel was turned into a 1986 film by Jean-Jacques Annaud, starring Sean Connery and Christian Slater as a medieval monk detective and his apprentice.…
by Trevor Kimball, July 2, 2023(Photo by: Apple TV+) Chances of a second season for Patricia Arquette’s newest show have dried up. Apple TV+ has cancelled her High Desert series, according to the actress and executive producer. The show was created by Nancy Fichman, Katie Ford, and Jennifer Hoppe-House. A single-camera dark comedy series, the High Desert TV show stars Arquette, Brad Garrett, Weruche Opia, Bernadette Peters, and Rupert Friend. Recurring players include Matt Dillon, Christine Taylor, Eric Petersen, Susan Park, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Eden Brolin, Carmine Giovinazzo, and Carlo Rota. In the story, Peggy Newman (Arquette) is an on-again-off-again addict.…
WASHINGTON — The Defense Innovation Unit is seeking proposals from commercial launch companies that can provide “responsive and precise point-to-point delivery of cargo to, from, and through space.” The solicitation, published June 30, asks companies to submit proposals by July 17. DIU, a DoD agency created to bring commercially developed technology into military programs, is looking for commercial options to use space launch vehicles to move a “wide variety of cargo where it is needed, when it is needed.” Companies selected for this project will have to demonstrate autonomous cargo delivery in at least one of three modes: from Earth…
Realme Buds Wireless 3 is expected to be launched this week in India. The earphones’ launch date has been announced via a product page on Amazon. The neckband-style Bluetooth earphones are teased to sport a dual-colour tone design. While the listing doesn’t reveal any specification details, the expected features for Realme Buds Wireless 3 have been leaked ahead of its debut. The earphones are tipped to come with a 13.6mm dynamic bass driver. The upcoming neckband will succeed the Realme Buds Wireless 2 launched in 2021.Amazon has announced that it will unveil the upcoming Realme Buds Wireless 3 in India…
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services March 22, 2023 in Washington, DC.Win McNamee | Getty ImagesTreasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel to Beijing this week to meet with senior Chinese officials.The Treasury said Yellen is expected to discuss a number of macroeconomic and financial issues, as well as how the U.S. and China can “responsibly manage our relationship, communicate directly about areas of concern, and work together to address global challenges.”A senior administration official told reporters that the trip is intended to “to deepen and increase the frequency of communication…
NewsTiny Engines Relaunches Label Under New Management StructureThe indie label originally went on hiatus following an accounting-related controversy in late 2019By Nina CorcoranJuly 1, 2023FacebookTwitterTiny EnginesFacebookTwitterTiny Engines, the North Carolina-based record label that gained a following for its indie rock roster in the 2010s, has relaunched under a “new management structure.” After originally going on hiatus following an accounting-related controversy in late 2019, it’s back with a few changes. Will Miller, previously a co-owner with Chuck Daley, has returned as the sole owner of Tiny Engines. The label’s accounting is “up to date” and artists have been paid in full. According…
By nearly every measure, buying a car has become extremely expensive.Not only are new vehicle prices near an all-time high, but the interest rate to finance a purchase has also jumped dramatically. Now, fewer affordable new cars even hit the market, according to recent reports.Today, new cars priced under $30,000 make up just 8% of the market’s supply, down from 38% pre-pandemic, car shopping app CoPilot found. ”It’s the least affordable car market in modern history,” said CoPilot’s CEO Pat Ryan.More from Personal Finance:57% of people uncomfortable with their emergency savingsAmericans’ buying power rose for first time since March 2021Average credit…
The Idol Season 1 was supposed to have six episodes in total, but it was revealed that creative differences had taken the show in a slightly new direction. As a result, the season would be one episode less. Even without knowing about the behind-the-scenes happening with the production, anyone who watched The Idol Season 1 Episode 5 could feel a massive shift in the show’s tone as everything felt unfocused and rushed. The first half of the episode saw Jocelyn go all out to try and reign in her life and career that’d been falling apart. To do that, she needed…
Brother-and-sister duo Eugenia Viti and Ivan Viti ponder the limits of the everyday Have you ever stood in an apparently endless queue, or been trapped in an everlasting meeting, thinking to yourself “This is taking absolutely foreverâ€? Have you perhaps pondered some other of the seeming “infinities†you might come across, outside of a calculus textbook? In this whimsical comic, cartoonist Eugenia Viti and her physicist brother Ivan Viti contemplate a few scenarios of pushing the limits of objects from everyday life. They show: the tines of a fork multiplying until you have a spoon; a single window morphing into a greenhouse; a staircase transforming to…
In this articleUALFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTA person sits on the ground at JFK International airport on June 30, 2023 in New York City.David Dee Delgado | Getty ImagesFlight delays and cancellations continued to mar thousands of Fourth of July travelers on Friday, with United Airlines passengers bearing the brunt of the problems.A slew of thunderstorms along the East Coast at some of the country’s most congested airports kicked off the chaos last weekend. Some airline executives blamed the Federal Aviation Administration’s shortfall of air traffic controllers for exacerbating the problems for their customers.The Transportation Security Administration expects to…
EXCLUSIVE: We all know post-pandemic that tentpoles work at the box office, but it’s been hit and miss for everything else, especially indies movies. From out of nowhere, Angel Studios’ Sound of Freedom movie about Tim Ballard, a former Homeland Security agent who left the department after he was frustrated with the U.S. rescue efforts with trafficked children in third world countries, is racking up $7.2M in ticket presales before its July 4th opening at 2,626 theaters, sources tell Deadline. Angel is known for its faith-based fare, and I’m told this movie has some elements of that, though not entirely.…
TAMPA, Fla. — AST SpaceMobile is continuing to search for funds ahead of deploying commercial direct-to-device satellites next year after getting more breathing room with a $60 million discounted share sale. Some 12.5 million shares were sold June 27 at around $4.75 each, about 27% less than where they were trading before the sale announcement, topping up the company’s cash reserves to roughly $200 million. The Texas-based startup last announced a share sale in November to raise at least $75 million — a year and a half after getting around $417 million through its IPO — following manufacturing delays and…
Nokia said on Friday it had signed a new long-term patent license agreement with Apple, as the current license between the companies expires at the end of 2023.While terms of the agreement remain confidential between the companies, it covers Nokia’s inventions in 5G and other technologies.Nokia said the company expects to recognize revenue related to the agreement starting January 2024, and it is consistent with the company’s long-term outlook disclosed in the first quarter.Nokia’s patent portfolio is built on more than EUR 140 billion euros (nearly Rs, 12,55,260 crore) invested in research & development and is composed of around 20,000…