Cary Joji Fukunaga can see the finish line. On a dreary winter’s day in London, the director finds himself on the final leg of a furious 18-month sprint to bring No Time to Die , the latest installment in the everlasting James Bond saga, to theaters. (Originally scheduled to be released in April,…

With rappers recording at a nonstop clip, and sampling more difficult than ever, hip-hop producers are increasingly outsourcing their melodies to a global network of loopmakers. Graphic by Drew Litowitz High school sophomore Vikas Prasad has one main goal: score a production placement with a major…

(CNN) Georgia's fervently pro-Trump governor's early breakout from a coronavirus shutdown is stirring fears of a deadly new wave of infections and warnings that he is derelict in his duty and acting on political motives. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp plans to open nail salons, massage therapists,…

Oliver Munday W hen the virus came here, it found a country with serious underlying conditions, and it exploited them ruthlessly. Chronic ills—a corrupt political class, a sclerotic bureaucracy, a heartless economy, a divided and distracted public—had gone untreated for years. We had learned to…

Image: Square Enix The Final Fantasy 7 Remake worries me. It’s the fear that some may see it not as a companion piece to the original game, but as a replacement for it. Remake may cause some players to conclude that the original PlayStation game, with its dated graphics and old-fashioned, turn-based…

As a comic book writer and artist, self-isolation is kind of my thing, so a lot of people have been turning to me for tips during all of this. Even well before the current pandemic, I was always happy to give unsolicited advice, screaming from my window, “Shower regularly!” and “Masks are worn…

In the same way my tiny daughter looks forward to Christmas all year, all of us who are physically distancing look forward to “things reopening.” Reopening is more a wish than a plan, since most likely we’ll face months of adjusting restriction. We just want things to be back to normal, right? Well,…

In chaos theory, the butterfly effect describes a small change that can have massive, unpredictable consequences. An insect flaps its wings and, weeks later, causes a tornado. The coronavirus is more like an earthquake, with aftershocks that will permanently reshape the world. If we are lucky, the…

As part of our Empire 30 celebrations, we delivered your reader questions to the one and only Quentin Tarantino. Originally published in the July 2019 issue of Empire. You had Qs for QT, lots of them, ranging from the serious (his formative years) to the arcane (his current LaserDisc facilities).…

Magazine The Shutdown Backlash Is Coming Soon—With a Vengeance It’s possible to support the stay-at-home order and still deeply resent it. Sen. Rand Paul. | Win McNamee/Getty Images 04/16/2020 04:30 AM EDT Updated: 04/16/2020 04:37 PM EDT Altitude is a column by POLITICO founding editor John Harris,…

Scott Z. Burns wrote the screenplay for the 2011 movie “Contagion,” which is in a moment of renewed popularity and which in numerous ways anticipated both the source and crushing effects of a global pandemic on the nation and the world. I spoke with Burns recently about the many parallels between…

New York (CNN Business) In late March, Instacart worker Annaliisa Arambula accepted a grocery order that came with a big tip: $55. The store was just down the street, everything the customer wanted was available, and the order seemed to go off without a hitch. But an hour later, Arambula checked her…

Image: FOW Interactive To the voice actress known as SilkyMilk, the most important part of her job is authenticity. Hentai, as a rule, is escapist entertainment: something prospective masturbators the world over turn to when the humdrum restrictions of reality fail to appease their fantasies.…

Walking the tightrope of maintaining the individuality that makes a skilled rapper while also finding ways to mesh well with an equally talented partner isn't for everybody. That's why there are only certain rap duos within hip-hop's history that are so revered since the chemistry has to be perfect.…

For every story of a business being devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, there’s a story of an ingenious plan owners, patrons and communities have cooked up to save one. Indie movie theaters are selling virtual tickets , whiskey temples are liquidating their rare assets and there’s even a NSFW…

How coronavirus triggered global war of competing narrativesIllustration: Guardian Design Andr à tutto bene , the Italians have taught us to think, but in truth, will everything be better the day after? It may seem premature, in the midst of what Emmanuel Macron has described as “a war against an…

Medical personnel from Riverside University Health Systems administer a coronavirus test during drive-through testing. Bob Riha Jr./Getty Images Over the past few days, I’ve been reading the major plans for what comes after social distancing. You can read them, too. There’s one from the…

Editor’s note: Like much of the world, Madrid is currently engaged in social distancing practices and self-isolation. That includes the city’s most celebrated filmmaker, Pedro Almodovar, who been writing essays documenting his experiences and the memories that have come up as a result. This is the…

I t’s not often an interview begins with the words, “Tell me about the buttholes.” Ask any Cats fan , however, and they’ll regale you with tales of the $100 million-losing Hollywood disasterpiece’s elusive “Butthole Cut.” The root of Cats ’ muddied visual effects , it turns out, might have been more…

Paulina Neuding is the European editor at Quillette Magazine. Tino Sanandaji is an economist with a PhD in public policy from the University of Chicago. With large parts of Europe in lockdown in response to the covid-19 pandemic, one country stands out: Sweden has no mandatory quarantines and few…

Ray Stubblebine / Reuters I n a large windowless room in the bowels of the CIA, there is a sign that reads Every day is September 12th . When I first saw those words, during a tour of the agency’s operations, I felt conflicted. As a New Yorker who witnessed the 9/11 attacks, I once felt that way…

A 5G cell tower Photo by Mikhail Pochuyev\TASS via Getty Images 5G phone masts are being set alight in the UK, after online conspiracy theories have misleadingly linked the cell towers to the coronavirus pandemic. The BBC reports that at least three 5G towers were set alight last week, and police…

WWE/Ringer illustration Halfway through his “Boneyard” match against AJ Styles, the Undertaker, gray-beard sage and (living) ghost of WrestleMania past, hopped down off the roof of a car (more on that later) and said, “You want more? I got a lot of more.” And over two nights and something around…

The IKEA effect says ‘that labour alone can be sufficient to induce greater liking for the fruits of one’s labour.’ Photo from Shutterstock . There are some anecdotes just so good that almost every story about a particular economic principle begins the same. So too this article begins with cake mix.…

The pandemic begins in Asia, rips through the capital cities of Europe and wipes out at least a third of all human beings in its way. When it is all over, revolts begin, cherished institutions fall, and the entire economic system has to be reconfigured. That is a short history of the Black Death, a…

HEAT VISION 'Birds of Prey' star Margot Robbie (left) and filmmaker Cathy Yan | Claudette Barius In a wide-ranging interview, the director delves into the Ewan McGregor moment she felt was crucial ("it was risky"), and the aftermath of the opening weekend on the female-led film: "What I was most…

always circle major world events and disasters like paranoid vultures, but with the Covid-19 pandemic they have been given a feast . Since China first alerted the world to the spreading disease late last year, the coronavirus has inspired countless wild stories about its origins, its effects, its…

Zoom is wildly popular, but it's now under scrutiny for security and privacy issues. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images Updated at 11:22 a.m. ET Dennis Johnson fell victim last week to a new form of harassment known as "Zoombombing," in which intruders hijack video calls and post hate speech and…

Ringer illustration This year promises to bring a whole slew of new streaming services: HBO Max; Peacock; WhatTimeIsItRightNow.com. (Just kidding, that’s the fake-but-could-absolutely-be-real one from BoJack Horseman .) On Monday, we’ll see the launch of the first—Quibi, short for “quick bites,”…

WWE/Ringer illustration WWE is the last man standing. Sporting and entertainment events all over the planet have fallen like dominoes in the wake of the dreadful and terrifying coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe. None of this, however, has stopped Vince McMahon from marching defiantly toward…

How South Korea Solved Its Face Mask Shortage Neighborhood pharmacists and government intervention were the secret weapons. Contributing Opinion Writer A street in Seoul, South Korea, last week. Initially in short supply, face masks became more widely available after the government purchased a…

Photo : Netflix “1922” (2017) Netflix has been behind buzzy Stephen King adaptations such as “In the Tall Grass” and “Gerald’s Game,” but it’s Zak Hilditch’s underseen “1922” that ranks as the streamer’s best Stephen King movie to date. The film stars Thomas Jane in a career-best performance as a…

Coronavirus Hits Campus As colleges and universities have struggled to devise policies to respond to the quickly evolving situation, here are links to The Chronicle’ s key coverage of how this worldwide health crisis is affecting campuses. 5 Ways to Transform the Academic Workplace in a…

Police in Reggio Calabria check a driver’s documents before allowing the car to enter the region.Photograph: Fortunato Serrano’/AGF/Rex/Shutterstock The European Union has weathered the storms of eurozone bailouts, the migration crisis and Brexit, but some fear coronavirus could be even more…

Senate voted 96 to 0 on a bill that fundamentally reorients American politics. The relief package includes direct cash payouts to families that run into the hundreds of billions, and corporate bailouts for casinos, aerospace companies, airlines, hotel chains, and Wall Street firms that White House…

What makes an independent film? The question has never had a straightforward answer, and the cultural criteria that define an indie has changed over the decades. But by and large, it has always been something that couldn’t have been made within the Hollywood system. In our attempt to assemble a list…

Maria Litwa / Laif / Redux Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here . The new coronavirus has brought American life to a near standstill, closing businesses, canceling large gatherings, and keeping people at home. All…

Ina Jang Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here . For Geoff Frost, the first sign of the coronavirus culture war came last weekend on the golf course. His country club, located in an affluent suburb of Atlanta, had…