The combination of your writing and Florence’s performance makes your interpretation of Cathy particularly hard to pin down, because she is so mercurial by nature, especially toward the final years of her life as this madam of a brothel. How did you think about scripting Cathy’s descent into madness? Steinbeck kept a journal while he
Android Central, a blog focused on the Android ecosystem, laid off its staff yesterday, but owner Future confirms to The Verge that the site will continue publishing. Yesterday, four of the six staffers on Android Central’s staff page posted publicly about the layoffs, including Shruti Shekar, Derrek Lee, Harish Jonnalagadda, and Nicholas Sutrich, and former
Saudi Arabia warned of a “hostile aerial threat” and issued a string of emergency alerts across the kingdom overnight, including the first alert in its capital since an escalation in fighting with Iran-backed rebels in neighboring Yemen. Meanwhile, Iran’s state TV said a man was executed after being convicted on charges of spying for Israel. Israeli strikes killed
After a long hangover, “Drunk History” is back. The Emmy-winning comedy show is returning with three new short-form episodes, seven years after it last aired on Comedy Central. From Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner, “Drunk History” pairs inebriated storytellers with scrappy historical reenactments. (The facts and dates are true, but the dialogue definitely isn’t.) The
Surprisingly healthy employment data has tipped expectations for a rate hike at the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) meeting higher this week, with interest rate traders now placing the likelihood at 58.4%. According to CME’s FedWatch, nearly 60% of investors are betting on a 25bps hike to 3.75% to 4%, with the remainder of bettors
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller said Thursday that an inflation report next week will largely determine whether he supports an interest rate hike later this month or not. The government will release August inflation figures Sept. 11, and if that report shows inflation continues to cool, then Waller said he would be willing
