SCOTUS to Review CO Therapist’s Challenge to ‘Conversion Therapy’ Ban
The Supreme Court has agreed to consider the challenge of Colorado therapists to state laws that prohibit mental health care providers from treating minors with same-sex attraction that they don't want to treat minors. “Cary and professional counselor in Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs challenged the law in 2022, claiming it interfered with the ability to […]
Drop review – a standout from White Lotus excels in tight first date thriller | SXSW Film
I In my mind, I have a special place for a film that knows what it is. It's misleading and will be delivered accordingly in 90 minutes. Drop is a digitally native one-room thriller, as shown in the title and trailer. What happens if your phone is driven crazy by a mysterious airdrop meme telling […]
National Review founder, conservative icon Bill Buckley honored on new U.S. Postal Service stamps
The US Postal Service unveiled a new postage stamp on Thursday, featuring conservative icon William F. Buckley Jr., founder of the conservative editorial magazine National Review. A key voice of the contemporary conservative movement, Buckley founded the National Review in 1955 to publish conservative commentary and analysis focusing on politics, current events and culture. Magazines […]
Sec Rubio says USAID cut 83% of its programs following DOGE review
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced that 83% of the USAID program will be cancelled after the end of Elon Musk's six-week review by Government Efficiency (DOGE). A total of 5,200 contracts have ended, Rubio wrote early Monday morning. I'll post it on x We are announcing new reforms. He said the cancelled contract […]
Osipova/Linbury review – superstar ballerina reckons with the icons of dance | Dance
dThe acers not only respect the past, they can live in it. In this solo (ISH) triple building, Royal Ballet principal Natalia Osipova steps into the shoes of two great female icons of modern dance, Martha Graham and Isadora Duncan, perhaps absorbing some of the pioneering spirit. On Graham's maze errands, Osipová is screaming for […]
Picture This review – Bridgerton star can’t save tinny romcom | Movies
I While generally wary of the originals of streaming platforms, they often feel like fast fashion in the world of cinema. But I provide Netflix, Amazon and Co props. Now approaching nearly a decade, they had left theatre box office. They sometimes succeed, like in Netflix's Do Revenge or Players, but the mission is worth […]
Love’s Labour’s Lost (More or Less) review – lads on tour in Ibiza swear off sex | Theatre
sTundad has declined. He measured it for years when Shakespeare challenged his character in his early comedies. To lead a life of meditative research, the King of Navarre persuades his friends to join the maligned regime of three years, demanding that women be abandoned and cut back on food and sleep. In contrast, playwrights Elizabeth […]
Columbia’s grants, contracts under review for ‘failure’ to protect Jewish students
Columbia University said it is “fully committed to fighting anti-Semitism” after three federal agencies announced they would consider school contracts and grants after they failed to protect Jewish students during on-campus protests against Israel. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Education (DOE) and the U.S. General Services Agency (GSA) said they […]
Fear review – an extraordinarily creepy tale of a stalker … with added Martin Compston | Television & radio
fThe ears open with someone being transported from a rather gorgeous home, in a rather unprepared body bag. As is traditional in all TV dramas, we flash back and find out that things are very wrong. So the plot begins as the family, a historically important townhouse on Glasgow's gorgeous western tip, moves excitedly with […]
The week in TV: Toxic Town; Small Town, Big Story; Israel and the Palestinians: The Road to 7th October; Dope Girls – review | Drama
A toxic town (Netflix))Small town, big story (Skymax))Israel and the Palestinians: The Road to 7 October (BBC 2) | iplayerDope Girls (BBC One) | iplayer Sometimes there's work to do in TV dramas. Drag the skeleton from the closet and rattle it out. That's it A toxic townJack Thorn's four-part Netflix Real Life drama, set […]