Posts by Sophie Clearwater
Taylor Sheridan and the Streaming Boom That Brought Westerns Back
Taylor Sheridan at the “1923” Las Vegas premiere in December 2022. Getty Images for Paramount+ The Western genre is often viewed the same way we think of newspapers and dial-up internet: fossils from a bygone era best left behind. But audience behavior suggests otherwise. Nielsen named Gunsmoke the most-binged series of 2025, averaging a whopping…
Read MoreIranian Rial Hits Record Low as the U.S. Unveils New Sanctions
Trump last week threatened that the U.S. would target Oman next if it cooperated with Iran on this matter, telling Fox News: “We’ll bomb the s— out of them.” Experts have said, however, that this is an idle threat and that bombing Oman would be a mistake. Continuing to enforce its blockade on the Strait…
Read MoreBreaking Down the Ending of Netflix K-Drama ‘Spooky in Love’
Park Eun-bin and Yang Se-jong in Spooky in Love —Courtesy of TvN Extraordinary Attorney Woo’s Park Eun-bin and Doona!’s Yang Se-jong star as ghost-whispering hotel heiress Cheon Yeo-ri and ace prosecutor Ma Gang-uk, respectively, in the supernatural romance series Spooky in Love. In the Korean drama, which broadcast domestically on tvN and was distributed globally…
Read MoreNew Collectors Seeking Old Stories About America Are Reshaping the Market for Western Art
Howard Terpning’s Coffee Coolers Meet the Hostiles, painted in 1982, achieved nearly $1.4 million at Bonhams in 2019, more than doubling its presale estimate. Courtesy Bonhams When one says ‘Western,’ John Wayne and Roy Rogers shoot-em-up films, painted and sculpted images of cowboys and Indians and beach-reading by Zane Grey, Larry Mcmurtry and Louis L’Amour…
Read MoreDwyane Wade Unveils His Closest Shave in Years in Major Beard Transformation
Dwyane Wade is turning back the clock with his new look. The former NBA player shocked fans by unveiling his new clean-shaven look—which sees him without his signature beard for the first time in years—on social media. “How many years did I take off!?” Wade captioned his Aug. 23 Instagram post. “The Beard needed a…
Read MoreDisney Store Unveils Spooky Nightmare Before Christmas Drop
Calling all wannabe residents of Halloween Town! Disney Store's new The Nightmare Before Christmas collection is live now, filled with frightful delights. Bursting with tricks and treats, it… Source link
Read MoreMartha Stewart Is Returning to Netflix: All the Details in a Nutshell
Highest-Paid Podcasters of 2026 Revealed: How Much Travis Kelce, Alex Cooper and More Make Martha Stewart is serving up her latest ventures on a new platform. Nearly two years after the lifestyle expert’s documentary Martha premiered on Netflix, she’s working with the streaming service once again, launching full-length videos of her Martha Stewart Podcast and…
Read MoreOnce the Solar System’s Ninth Planet, Pluto Was Reclassified 20 Years Ago. Here’s Why Planetary Scientists and the Public Alike Love the Small Icy Body
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Pluto is now the most well known of the outer worlds beyond Neptune—and the darling of the solar system Kayla Randall | Digital Editor, Museums August 24, 2026 1:00 p.m. A view of Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft shows the planet’s signature heart-shaped feature. NASA / APL / SwRI via Getty Images A 24-year-old…
Read MoreFor 10 Years, Desert X Has Let the Rift Valley Landscape Do the Curating
Nicholas Galanin, Never Forget, Desert X 2021. Photo: Lance Gerber Curating an art exhibition in the desert requires radical site- and context-specific thinking—one that can align art-making with the rhythms of nature and harmoniously and sustainably integrate those interventions within the existing ecosystem. In its nine editions so far, Desert X has mastered this approach,…
Read More‘We Don’t Need Canada’: Trump Escalates Trade War With Threat of 50% Auto Tariffs
“Last spring, I warned that America is trying to break us so that they can own us. And promised: “That will never, ever happen.” We are keeping that promise. Canada is becoming stronger and less dependent on America.” Both sides have since blamed the other for making unreasonable demands late in the negotiating process. “While…
Read MoreFosters needed as some Austin Animal Center kennels lose air conditioning, animal services says
Austin Animal Service said in a Monday social media post that two of the facility’s six dog runs lost AC. Source link
Read MoreInside I Dream of Jeannie Star Barbara Eden’s Magical Private World
And having written her 2012 biography Jeannie Out of the Bottle: A Memoir in 2012 and kid’s book Barbara and the Djinn in 2021, “I would like to do another children’s book,” she told People. “That would be fun. As a child, I was always encouraged to read, and I find that it is a…
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