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The best bandanas are the MacGyver of the menswear world. You can knot one around your neck à la Jonathan Majors, go semi-incognito like Bad Bunny, or stuff it into your suit jacket for later—y’know, just in case. You can use ‘em to tie up your luscious locks, mop up spills, or wrap small gifts. … Read more

Daft Punk have unveiled a previously unreleased track that will appear on the forthcoming 10th anniversary edition of Random Access Memories. ‘The Writing of Fragments of Time’ is a “documentary track” that delves into the making of the group’s Todd Edwards collaboration ‘Fragments of Time’, and it comes with a video directed by Cédric Hervet. … Read more

Shohei Ohtani, whose trophy-clinching strikeout of MLB teammate Mike Trout might go down as one of the most goosebump-heavy sequences in the game’s history, said afterward, “I believe this is the best moment in my life.” Trout, who has played in all of three MLB playoff games, was very open throughout the tournament about it … Read more

The best advice I have for anyone with a patchy beard is this: You first need to accept the fact that your beard is less full than others. If you’re not meant to grow the hair, you’re not going to grow the hair. Sure, it may fill in as you age, but that’s as much … Read more

You don’t so much enter Henry Taylor’s new exhibition, at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia, as get caught up in it, like flotsam or jetsam, drawn into the currents and eddies that seem to wind between the series of sculptures by the artist maybe best known for painting. The long, deep room that makes … Read more

Swans have announced their sixteenth studio album: The Beggar is set to arrive on June 23 via Mute/Young God Records. Today’s announcement comes with the release of the new single ‘Paradise is Mine’. Check it out below, along with the LP’s cover artwork, tracklist, and Swans’ upcoming tour dates. The follow-up to 2019’s leaving meaning. … Read more

Wonder Woods is a deduction game of collecting different mushroom types that all score possibly a different number of points. As the game continues, you might gain more information to try to deduce if a certain type of mushroom is worth more or less points than others. The game is designed by Eli Thomas Wolf … Read more

/ Shows / Encore! Issued on: 22/03/2023 – 15:46 12:30 ENCORE! © FRANCE 24 Oscar-winning actor Tilda Swinton has worked with some of the world’s most gifted directors: Jim Jarmusch, Wes Anderson, Bong Joon-ho and the Coen brothers. Her latest film is her third with her longtime friend and collaborator, British director Joanna Hogg. “The … Read more

Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers for Women Talking. Content Warning: This article addresses themes of abuse. At first glance (to a Mennonite), the film Women Talking is just another depressing media depiction of Mennonites as uneducated women who get raped. Representation matters, we are told (in university, or somewhere), but because conservative Mennonites rarely participate … Read more

The third and purportedly final season of Ted Lasso premiered on Apple TV+ last week. Ever since, there has been a lot of Internet Discourse™ surrounding the once zippy, affable sitcom’s choice to lean into its weightier emotional beats and stretch its episode runtimes to nearly an hour. Thankfully, you’ll find absolutely none of that … Read more