Who is the most powerful “wicked witch” ever?
In fairy tales, women of a certain age usually take one of two roles: the wicked witch or the evil stepmother, and sometimes both.
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The Fabelmans by Spielberg: An emotional crowd-pleaser
Steven Spielberg’s superpower is making films that audiences love, but it may also be his biggest shortcoming, pushing him in the direction of sentimentality (“ET go home”). His autobiographical book The Fabelmans is unquestionably popular.
The hidden reason for BP’s large profits
People like Ali Hussein Julood, a teenage leukemia survivor who lives on an Iraqi oil field co-managed by BP, are a long way from the global leaders making climate pledges at COP. Ali contributed to exposing the truth about the community’s exposure to toxic air when it was uncovered by the BBC that BP was not disclosing the gas flaring from the field.
Eight billion people live on the earth, and as it continues to increase
According to a United Nations prediction, the world’s population will hit 8 billion on Tuesday, marking a “milestone in human development” before birth rates begin to decline.
Taylor Swift wins big in Germany at the MTV EMAs
Taylor Swift won big at Sunday’s MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs). Swift who led the nominations along with Harry Styles with seven a piece, walked away with four wins including for best artist, best video and best longform video.
Arseny Avraamov: The forgotten Soviet genius of contemporary music
In Baku, Azerbaijan, then a part of the USSR, a 36-year-old Russian composer by the name of Arseny Avraamov scaled a specially constructed tower. He raised two red flags and started to wave them side to side as he surveyed the metropolitan setting in front of him. One of the most spectacular musical events of the 20th century followed. One that had been all but forgotten up until lately.
How a ballad from the 1990s captivated the world
“I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston was not only a successful song but an unstoppable cultural phenomenon. It was the lead single from The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album when it was released in November 1992. It was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for a record-breaking 14 weeks and won two Grammys. It continues to be the most popular single ever released by a female artist thirty years after it was released. The soundtrack album for The Bodyguard, which featured four more Houston songs, including I’m Every Woman and I Have Nothing, went on to sell 45 million...
Estonia starts removing war memorials from the Soviet era
Estonia has made the decision to remove war memorials from the Soviet era from public areas.
The latest in luxurious first-class airplane suites: Building up
With carriers looking to utilize the floor space impression of their top of the line suites as productively as could be expected, the most recent improvements in making these ultraswanky encounters significantly more extravagant aren’t tied in with adding more width or length to the suites.