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How the gladiators inspired evangelicals’ sense of persecution
With the release of Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II,” audiences will be plunged back into the…
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Dogecoin is a joke − so what’s behind its rally?
Rockets aren’t the only thing Elon Musk is sending into the stratosphere. After a three-year…
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To some ancient Romans, gladiators were the embodiment of tyranny
Neither “Gladiator” nor its cinematic sequel is particularly concerned with historical fact. For one thing,…
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Grantland Rice, the Four Horsemen and the blowout that never was
The Nov. 23, 2024, college football contest between Army and Notre Dame will fittingly take…
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Blurry, morphing and surreal – a new AI aesthetic is emerging in film
Type text into AI image and video generators, and you’ll often see outputs of unusual,…
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‘For the very first time I really enjoyed sex!’ − how lesbian escort agencies became a form of self-care in Japan
In Japanese society, prostitution is often framed as a necessary evil – a way to…
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The ‘Death Mother’: Horror’s most unnerving villain
Horror films draw us into a world where our deepest anxieties are laid bare. They…
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An 83-year-old short story by Borges portends a bleak future for the internet
How will the internet evolve in the coming decades? Fiction writers have explored some possibilities.…
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Dorothy Allison was an authentic voice for the poor, capturing the beauty, humor and pain of working-class life in America
Dorothy Allison, who died on Nov. 5, 2024, published her first novel, “Bastard Out of…
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US states are finally starting to put in place protections for the kids of family vloggers
Ruby Franke was once one of the most popular YouTube family vloggers, posting videos featuring…