A Magazine With a Taste for Provocation (and a Cult Following)

Raptors fans follow trend of booing U.S. anthem

Fans at a Raptors game Sunday continued an emerging trend of booing the American national anthem at pro sporting events in Canada.

ESPN - 1d

Zuckerberg is following in Musk’s footsteps. Is it all because of AI?

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has gone from potentially sparring with Elon Musk to mimicking nearly his every move.

MarketWatch - 2d

Engstrand follows Glenn to be Jets O-coordinator

Tanner Engstrand, who was the passing game coordinators for the Lions' high-powered offense, has been hired to become the Jets' offensive coordinator, the team announced Friday.

ESPN - 3d

‘Witchcraft’ medicine and God’s ‘healing power’: inside the Australian ‘cult’ that killed an eight-year-old

For 17 years Brendan Stevens led a small conservative Christian sect known as the Saints, disavowing birthdays, schooling and medicine – including the insulin that would have saved Elizabeth ...

The Guardian - 3d

The political cult of the entrepreneur

Is what’s good for America’s richest men also good for America?

Financial Times - 4d

A judge tosses social media star Yashar Ali's defamation case against LA Magazine

Journalist and social media influencer Yashar Ali had his defamation lawsuit against Los Angeles Magazine tossed out by an L.A. County Judge. Judge Lynne M. Hobbs ordered Ali to pay $43,525, which ...

Los Angeles Times - 5d

Cult band Mogwai on outselling Dua Lipa and Harry Styles

The Scottish rock band explain how music helped them through a tough period in their personal lives.

BBC News - 6d

Stock market’s $1 trillion wipeout is a taste of what can happen when AI bets unspool

U.S. stocks suffered a $1 trillion wipeout on Monday, the latest hiccup during what has been a hectic stretch for markets.

MarketWatch - 6d

Cult-Classic Anime Summer Wars Gets Amazon-Exclusive 4K Steelbook Edition

Cult-classic anime film Summer Wars is getting a pair of new physical editions on April 1, including an Amazon-exclusive Limited Edition Steelbook that brings the movie to 4K UHD resolution for the ...

GameSpot - 6d

‘He was unforgettable’: the mesmerising star of cult documentary Andy the Furniture Maker

He used to fish for oysters but he fled to the hedonism of London, where he was taken under the wing of Derek Jarman. But Andy Marshall was also a creator of dazzling furniture – and the star of a ...

The Guardian - 6d

Off-court issues for men’s Australian Open finalists leave sour taste for tennis | Tumaini Carayol

Jannik Sinner faces an anti-doping appeal in April while Alexander Zverev was ambushed by a heckler over historic domestic abuse allegations. The tennis turned out to be one of the least ...

The Guardian - Jan. 27

Inside a new documentary's provocative allegations about a famed Vietnam War photo

The Times spoke to team behind "The Stringer" and an attorney for former AP photographer Nick Ut about the film's claims that Ut did not take the photo known as "Napalm Girl."

Los Angeles Times - Jan. 26

Crafting a Haggis for American Tastes (and Import Restrictions)

Macsween, a popular maker of the distinctive Scottish dish, has developed a recipe for the U.S. market that swaps sheep lung for lamb heart as a main ingredient.

The New York Times - Jan. 25

For documentaries at Sundance, Oscar nominations (and wins) often follow

The Sundance Film Festival welcomed back three Oscar-winning documentary filmmakers to help kick off the annual independent film showcase in Park City, Utah

ABC News - Jan. 24

‘Puerility, Provocation and a Strain of Nihilism’: 3 Writers on What Binds Trump and Musk

What makes this dynamic in the new Trump administration so fascinating?

The New York Times - Jan. 24

Minecraft Movie Gets Square Doritos And Chips That Taste Like Creepers

Doritos has run plenty of video game promotions in the past, but PepsiCo's popular chips are going even further for A Minecraft Movie . This time, Doritos is not only introducing two new flavors ...

GameSpot - Jan. 24

Video Game History Foundation Puts Digital Stash Of Classic Gaming Magazines Online Next Week

A regular library typically doesn't have a section devoted to out-of-print video game magazines and promotional materials, but that's a gap that the Video Game History Foundation is looking to fill ...

GameSpot - Jan. 24

Meta denies forcing users to follow Trump accounts

The Facebook and Instagram owner says the official profiles were updated to reflect the new position holders.

BBC News - Jan. 23

‘Awe-inspiring and harrowing’: how two orcas with a taste for liver decimated the great white shark capital of the world

A decade ago, up to 1,000 of the apex predators lived in one South African bay. Now they have gone, fleeing from killer whales. But the gap they have left creates problems for other species. . The ...

The Guardian - Jan. 23

Trump follows through on immigration promises

President Trump's administration is following through on promises made during the 2024 presidential election, but some of his actions may take time to implement and could be debated in the courts, ...

CBS News - Jan. 22

Stevie Wonder says he doesn't follow politics now: 'I follow the truth'

Just months after speaking at the Democratic National Convention (DNC), Stevie Wonder is expressing frustration with what's going on in Washington and says he doesn't "follow politics anymore." The ...

The Hill - Jan. 22

What Biden said following Trump's inauguration

"I've been doing this for 50 years, you’re the best group of people," Joe Biden told his staffers. "It's been the honor of my life to serve as your president."

ABC News - Jan. 20

American TikTokers Get a Taste of Chinese Censorship as They Rush to RedNote

Users looking for a TikTok alternative learn about daily life in China, but some posts are taboo.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 20

Australian Open - schedule, seedings & how to follow

Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner are the defending champions at the Australian Open. Here's how to follow the first Grand Slam of the season on the BBC.

Yahoo Sports - Jan. 18

No Dylan but loads of Coldplay! What the songs with a billion streams on Spotify tell us about music taste today

Spotify’s Billions Club tracks the world’s most popular songs, but dozens of greats are nowhere to be found. From TikTok to TV soundtracks, we explore the forces shaping pop’s new canon. In 2011, ...

The Guardian - Jan. 17

Rats get taste for drugs in Houston police evidence room

Police department officials lament ‘systemic problem’ and say rats ‘enjoying’ 400,000lbs of marijuana in storage. Houston has found itself with a problem after drug-eating rats invaded the city’s ...

The Guardian - Jan. 16

'You just want this guy around': How a journeyman lineman became a cult hero in Detroit

The backup lineman gets huge ovations, even in road stadiums, when his name is announced. Here's how it happened and the man behind the cheers.

ESPN - Jan. 16

Macron pushes for political solution following Gaza ceasefire

Yahoo News - Jan. 16

Photographer Oliviero Toscani, famed for provocative Benetton campaigns, dies at 82

Oliviero Toscani, the photographer behind Benetton’s provocative ad campaigns of the 1980s and 1990s who later broke with the Italian knitwear brand under controversy, has died at age 82

ABC News - Jan. 13

Oliviero Toscani, Driving Force Behind Provocative Benetton Ads, Dies at 82

A photographer and art director, he broke the boundaries of advertising in the 1980s and ’90s, embracing activism with images evoking AIDS and racial and sexual diversity.

The New York Times - Jan. 13

Oliviero Toscani, photographer behind provocative Benetton ads, dies aged 82

Tributes paid to Italian known for images that drew attention to social themes including HIV/Aids and racism. Tributes have been paid to Oliviero Toscani, the Italian fashion photographer renowned ...

The Guardian - Jan. 13