The greatest challenge of every pilot episode (pun, admittedly, intended here, as “anjin” is the Japanese word for “pilot”) is to set the stage for the main action without relying on the sort of awkward information dumps that make viewers feel like they’re watching an adaptation of a Wikipedia page. Shogun Season 1 Episode 1 cleverly side-steps the usual exposition problems with onscreen text that plunges us into the center of the series’ primary conflicts: And right off the bat, we realize this adaptation of James Clavell’s beloved 1975 novel is taking us into a high-stakes world…
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Nikki Haley hosts a rally in Conway as part of her swing in the Palmetto State leading up to the State’s primary, in Conway SC, United States on January 28, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesFormer South Carolina governor and GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Tuesday delivered a clear message: she has the means and the motivation to ensure the Republican primary does not end anytime soon.During a speech billed as a “state of the race” update, Haley said she intends to stay in the 2024 election, regardless of her performance in the upcoming South Carolina Republican primary.”South Carolina…
When I started writing my memoir, The Cycle, about being diagnosed with Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), I had rarely seen periods in literature, much less PMDD, with the exception of some health textbooks. In fact, my entire understanding of what a period was supposed to be like was shaped by a resounding silence. Periods happen off of the page, out of sight, and out of mind. If I went solely by literature, it’d be easy to believe most people didn’t have periods. I only realized I had a debilitating condition when I was in my thirties, because I had no…
Top shower essentials: go! Sure, you have the obvious shampoos, soaps, and body washes. Call me crazy, but I would add a good back scrubber to that list as well. It’s easy to avoid giving your back the same treatment as the rest of your body when showering. Because it’s harder to reach, it’s easier to neglect, even though it’s susceptible to the same dirt, sweat, and irritation as the rest of the body. That’s why the best back scrubbers for the shower make such a clever tool. Composed of an abrasive head on a handle or strip of material,…
It was a funny thought: Clothes are kind of like sex. You always think everyone has more than you do. Or maybe enjoys it more. Because as fun as getting dressed is (and it is for anyone in the Valet. orbit), the pleasure is not without its stress. In the age of influencers and style experts seemingly never wearing the same thing twice, that kind of personal style isn’t all that practical—or very personal, for that matter. When you think of guys with real style, they’re guys who have a certain look, right? They’ve found what works for them and…
Outlander‘s seventh season looms on the horizon as the final eight episodes of the 16-episode season will air sometime in 2024, but when will that be exactly? Starz has yet to announce the premiere date, but a special milestone could serve as the perfect launch for the long-awaited installments, as Outlander celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Could Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie Fraser’s (Sam Heughan) time-traversing love story continue to unfold on the same date as the first season’s premiere? (Credit: Starz) Debuting on Saturday, August 9, 2014, Outlander reignited excitement surrounding the characters and stories from Diana Gabaldon‘s…
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a Get Out The Vote campaign rally held in Waterford Township, Mich on Saturday, Feb 17, 2024. Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty ImagesDonald Trump has won the Michigan Republican presidential primary, NBC News projects.Tuesday’s result shows the former president and clear GOP frontrunner once again defeating former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, Trump’s last remaining primary rival.Haley has vowed to keep campaigning at least through Super Tuesday next week, when 15 states and one U.S. territory hold their nominating contests.Traditionally the biggest day of the primary cycle, Super Tuesday…
Watch out, Ivies, there’s a new endowment performer in town.Baylor University’s $2 billion endowment — a fraction of those in the Ivy League — generated a 6.4% return for the fiscal year that ended June 30, outperforming the entire conference. Harvard’s endowment, the largest at $50.7 billion, returned 2.9%.What’s more, Baylor’s annualized return of 10.9% over the past five years outperformed all Ivy League colleges except for Brown University, which recorded a return of 13.3% during that same period, according to the Wall Street Journal. Brown’s endowment in fiscal 2023 was more than three times higher than Baylor’s at $6.6…
A man explains the importance of voting ‘uncommited’ as he hands out fliers outside the Islamic Center of Detroit to ask voters to vote ‘uncommitted’ in Michigan Primary elections on Tuesday, in Michigan, United States on February 26, 2024. Mostafa Bassim | Anadolu | Getty ImagesPalestinian keffiyehs and signs that read “Abandon Biden”: Arab-American demonstrators in Warren, Michigan made no secret of their anger at the president in early February as he visited the key swing state that helped carry him to victory in 2020.As voters head to the polls for Michigan’s Democratic primary on Tuesday, there is a local campaign…
President and C.E.O. of Warner Bros. Discovery David Zaslav speaks during the New York Times annual DealBook summit on November 29, 2023 in New York City.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesWarner Bros. Discovery has gone “pencils down” on a potential acquisition of Paramount Global, halting talks after several months of kicking the tires on merging the media companies, according to people familiar with the matter.Skydance Media, the film and TV studio run by David Ellison, is still performing due diligence on a potential transaction, two of the people said, who asked to speak anonymously because deal talks are private.Paramount Global…
The standoff between TikTok and Universal Music Group expanded to the major label behemoth’s publishing arm today, Variety reports. After UMG severed ties with the platform last month, Universal Music Publishing Group will now start culling its “Anglo-American†repertoire from the platform, according to Variety, potentially affecting the likes of Taylor Swift, Adele, SZA, and the Weekend.The development stems from failed negotiations to renew the two companies’ licensing agreement before its expiry on January 31. At that point, TikToks with UMG-owned music had to be muted or removed. Where the first wave brought down songs from UMG-owned giants such as…
Acts performing at this year’s London Calling showcase at the International Live Music Conference have spoken to NME about the highs and lows of playing live in the current climate, and shared advice for rising acts about taking to the stage. The event, showcasing unsigned music across the capital, is set to return for its second year tomorrow (Wednesday, February 28) as a core element of the ILMC. With over 1,000 agents, promoters and live music professionals in town, ILMC offers a platform for artists to perform in front of a potentially career-changing crowd. Across five intimate venues across Soho –…
The Google Nest Wi-Fi Pro, which we named the best pick for people new to mesh Wi-Fi systems, is on sale for $220 for the two-pack. That’s a 27 percent discount, which is the best price it’s been all year and just $20 more than the all time low it hit for Black Friday last November. The set of two should provide coverage for 4,400 square feet. If you’ve got a particularly large home or tricky areas due to thick walls or other interference, you might want the three-pack. That set is down to $319 after a 20 percent discount.GoogleGoogle’s…
Nintendo is said to have delayed the launch of its next-generation console, the successor to the Nintendo Switch. Reports last week claimed that the company was advising game publishers that the Nintendo Switch 2 would be delayed until the early months of 2025. A new report now claims that the Switch successor will be released in March 2025. The Nintendo Switch is now almost seven years old, and a follow-up console was initially expected to launch later this year in the holiday season.A report in the Japanese publication Nikkei claimed Monday that the Nintendo Switch 2 will arrive as early…
Long before he sauntered into the role of John Dutton III and seized the reins of the family ranch on Yellowstone, Kevin Costner was one of the most in-demand filmmakers and leading men in Hollywood. Now, the Oscar- and Emmy-winner is ditching the small screen and returning to his roots. In what might be his most ambitious project to date, Costner has directed a sprawling Western epic that will be released in theaters in two parts this summer. This is a man who was born to saddle up and gaze into the camera from beneath a…
TAMPA, Fla. — Astranis is moving its debut satellite to a geostationary position over Asia after a malfunction last year derailed plans to beam broadband to Alaska, the Californian manufacturer said Feb. 27. Arcturus set off Feb. 1 and should arrive by the middle of March, Astranis CEO John Gedmark told SpaceNews, where it will spend three months to satisfy Israeli operator Spacecom’s reservation for the orbital slot under international regulatory rules. The companies did not disclose the orbital slot, Spacecom’s plans for the position, or the operator’s so-called Bring-into-Use deadline with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), an arm of…
A man with a prosthetic right eye, which was not created via the AI approachStephen Bell, Ocupeye Ltd. Prosthetic eyes that are designed by artificial intelligence and 3D printed require 80 per cent less time from human specialists compared with traditional manufacturing methods, potentially allowing many more people to benefit. A small trial also suggests that this approach leads to well-fitting prosthetics in most cases. In the UK, for example, around 1 in 1000 people wear prosthetic eyes, which require highly trained ocularists to take moulds of the eye socket. Many people with such prosthetics also have an orbital implant…
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