Why David Foster Wallace should not be worshipped as a secular saint

 Posted on February 19, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1688 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

David Foster Wallace in 1996. Photograph: Gary Hannabarger/CorbisDavid Foster Wallace in 1996. Photograph: Gary Hannabarger/CorbisBooksThe release of a new DFW biopic, The End of the Tour, confirms his cult status as a guide to our cultural predicament. But to venerate him as literature’s ‘good guy’ is to miss the point Recently, the impersonal fecundity of Google Alerts spat into my email inbox the news that a new oil painting of David Foster Wallace was for sale. [Read More]

Jerry Springer Dead at 79

 Posted on February 18, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  371 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Gallery Launch Gallery Remembering Jerry Springer Launch Gallery Gallery Getty Jerry Springer, one of the most influential and controversial figures in TV history, has died ... TMZ has confirmed. Jerry hosted the smash hit syndicated talk show "The Jerry Springer Show" for 27 years ... and it was never a boring moment on the raucous and wild show -- which was known for its outrageous guests who usually got into crazy fights as the audience cheered, " [Read More]

Angelina Jolie Has a Scottish Look-Alike: Meet Chelsea Marr!

 Posted on February 18, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  178 words  |  Martina Birk

Marr also admitted, in response to speculation, that she has had plastic surgery and other cosmetic work done. "I have had lip fillers yes, not to look like anyone else but just because I wanted them a bit fuller just like all the other women that have also had theirs done," she wrote. "I had an operation on my nose a few years ago too. However, this wasn't a cosmetic procedure; this was because as a child, I broke my nose (quite badly) and therefore had complications with it and still do unfortunately. [Read More]

Flowers or vaginas? Georgia OKeeffe Tate show to challenge sexual cliches | Art

 Posted on February 18, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  751 words  |  Larita Shotwell

Art This article is more than 7 years oldFlowers or vaginas? Georgia O’Keeffe Tate show to challenge sexual clichesThis article is more than 7 years oldUK’s largest ever exhibition of US artist will be Tate Modern’s first show since £26m revamp and aims to counter ‘conservative male’ readings of her work There are few artists in history whose work is consistently reduced to the single question: flowers or vaginas? But a new Tate Modern retrospective of Georgia O’Keeffe, a giant of American 20th-century modernism, is to challenge the “conservative male” – and widely accepted – assumptions that her famous flowers paintings are depictions of female genitalia. [Read More]

Halloween Booties -- Guess Whose!

 Posted on February 18, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  27 words  |  Larita Shotwell

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La La Anthony Opens Up About Her Workout Routine's Therapeutic Impact

 Posted on February 18, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  157 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

There's no denying it: La La Anthony is in the best shape of her life.  The Power star hasn't shied away from showcasing her gym-toned physique on Instagram as of late, and why should see? La La's put the work in! E! News caught up with the stunning celeb as she fit in a workout with Kirk Myers, founder and CEO of New York City-based gym The Dogpound, where she opened up about transforming herself from the inside out. [Read More]

This new wave of tattoos gets under my skin | Kathryn Hughes

 Posted on February 18, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  686 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

OpinionTattoos This article is more than 9 years oldThis new wave of tattoos gets under my skinThis article is more than 9 years oldKathryn HughesFor years I had a perfectly serviceable prejudice against body art. But now nice people are inking up. Even Evan Davis With everyone busting out the T-shirts, sundresses and shorts in this heatwave, I am finally faced with the difficult realisation that nice people have tattoos. Efficient people who know how the photocopier works, kind people who give up their seat on the bus, ethical people who don’t eat meat but are too discreet to make a fuss when you do. [Read More]

A barbaric federal program: US killed 1.75m animals last year or 200 per hour | Animals

 Posted on February 17, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  728 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

Animals This article is more than 1 year old‘A barbaric federal program’: US killed 1.75m animals last year – or 200 per hourThis article is more than 1 year oldActivists condemn Wildlife Services, a division of the USDA, which says deaths necessary to protect farmers and public health An obscure division of the US government had a busy – and ruthless – year in 2021, killing more than 1.75 million animals across the country, at a rate of about 200 creatures every hour. [Read More]

Early Dawn Nurseries and Garden Centre

 Posted on February 17, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  90 words  |  Larita Shotwell

Set in beautiful surroundings you'll be sure to find something for your home or garden from our extensive range of products. Early Dawn Nurseries and Garden Centre is located in Suffolk and is open all year round. Our departments range from aquatics right through to a full plant area - providing beautiful plants for you all year round. Why not come and pay Early Dawn Nurseries and Garden Centre a visit? [Read More]