Sometimes a downer of a movie can make you feel a little better about life, serving as a reminder that things aren’t as bad as they could be. The Midnight Sky, a glum science-fiction reverie directed by George Clooney—and based on Lily Brooks-Dalton’s novel Good Morning, Midnight—may serve that function for some people. At its best, the film shimmers with a thoughtful, poetic moodiness. At its worst, it’s pretty damn slow. Read More...
On Super Bowl Sunday, the e-commerce giant Temu flaunted their alluringly low prices in multiple ad spots during the game, encouraging customers to “shop like a billionaire.” Halsey Cook, the CEO of the South Carolina-based textile manufacturer Milliken & Company, was less than enthused. For the past couple years, he’s been watching as products similar to Milliken’s apparel lines have popped up on Temu and Shein for shockingly low prices. This incursion has had an outsized financial impact on the company: last fall, Milliken was forced to close two plants in the Southeast and laid off hundreds of workers, in part due to the newfound competition. Read More...
But Richards says his personality didnt match the liveliness of the musicians he saw on stage. He says he felt shy and isolated. It was hard for Richards to connect with other kids his age. While other children were getting their homework done and then running around parks or watching lots of TV, Richards and his sister were home for the night, doing homework, attending to chores. Chores that included helping Dad with things around the house, such as painting or plumbing, and then it was time to play their instruments. Read More...