1+ week, 2+ day ago (208+ words) Use your imagination to write the opening of a short story or poem inspired by this illustration, or describe a memory from your own life that this image makes you think of. Tell us in the comments, and then read the related book review of a novel set during the time of King Arthur's court [] Use your imagination to write the opening of a short story or poem inspired by this illustration, or describe a memory from your own life that this image makes you think of. Tell us in the comments, and then read the related book review of a novel set during the time of King Arthur's court to learn more. Find more Picture Prompts here. The post To the Castle appeared first on New York Times. Use your imagination to write the opening of a short story…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago (401+ words) Like other popular services like Netflix and Max, Hulu is a streaming service that has exclusive series, current-season episodes, hit Like other popular services like Netflix and Max, Hulu is a streaming service that has exclusive series, current-season episodes, hit movies, Hulu Originals, kids shows, and more. There's also a Hulu plan for nearly every kind of watcher, including streaming content with ads for a service on the cheap, or bundles for additional platforms like Disney+ and ESPN+ to get even more content at reduced prices. I have a Hulu plan to watch some of my favorite shows like critically-acclaimed Atlanta or my current fave wholesome comedy, Abbott Elementary. We at WIRED stay glued to our devices and round up the best movies and the best TV shows currently being streamed on Hulu. Right now, we have outlined various ways…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago (380+ words) We never got any calls from the sheriff; we never saw a fireman," says Lynnanne Hanson Miller, an artist whose home is one of the few still standing on her block. It was really the encouragement of our neighbors that got us to evacuate." How the fire was managed may be considered an original sin that sowed distrust and made the recovery much harder. Lawsuits related to that night abound. And some residents have gone as far as harassing firefighters, the typical heroes of any emergency, on the street. Ahead of Halloween, a diorama on an Altadena property displayed a series of skeletons holding signs like Fire department failed Altadena." Over and over, victims I spoke with kept coming back to the horror of that night'and the government failure'even when our conversation had moved on. Neither the Palisades nor Altadena…...

16+ hour, 40+ min ago (364+ words) The end is nigh. This fall, it feels nigh-er than usual. In the last three months, the drumbeat of end times seems to have grown louder. First, rumors of the Rapture. Second, harbingers " or at least one " of apocalypse. And palpable throughout, a thrumming sense of general unease. This is both nothing new and worthy of note. While end-times predictions are perennial, so far, at least, they have all been wrong. So why do we keep indulging in them? Within the last several decades, Americans have obsessed over potential disaster because of overpopulation (still yet to occur); nuclear war (as yet avoided); system breakdown owing to a computer bug (Y2K remains a blip); societal collapse owing to a global pandemic (not quite); and a still-looming climate crisis (results to be determined). But today, whether it's thanks to the extraordinary chaos of…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago (169+ words) 2025 has seen the glorious return of VICE magazine to print, marking a new golden era of weird and wonderful reportage in a totally messed-up world. The year began with The Rock Bottom Issue, and 2025s third installment'The Be Quiet and Drive Issue'is currently available to buy in select stores internationally. (Tragically, all of the copies that we had to sell direct through VICE.com have sold out.) If, for some reason, you dont want the magazine, you can get an annual digital-only membership for $20 a year'or $2 per month, if youd rather do it that way. The cash we raise through this will be funneled straight back into making more great video and written editorial for you to gorge yourselves silly upon. Its a virtuous cycle, insert yourself into it by browsing the various membership options below. PRICE: $70 PER YEAR PRICE: $20 PER…...

2+ day, 12+ min ago (449+ words) It's that time of year again. With Thanksgiving weekend upon us, WWE Survivor Series is back. The WarGames stipulation makes a return once again for the men and women and there are two titles match filling out the card. On the men's side, reigning champions Cody Rhodes and CM Punk are teaming with The Usos and Roman Reigns for WarGames. They will face Drew McIntyre, The Vision, and Brock Lesnar. With all the power on the baby face team, I expect that will be precisely what leads to them losing. The women's WarGames match is AJ Lee, Alexa Bliss, Charlotte Flair, Iyo Sky and Rhea Ripley vs. The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka & Kairi Sane), Lash Legend, Nia Jax, and Becky Lynch. Flair originally didn't want to take part in the match due to her history with Ripley. Ultimately, she changed her…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago (432+ words) In the fall of 2004, a six-track mash-up EP called Collision Course dropped on an unsuspecting public. Made for the MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups concert show, it featured remixes of Jay-Z and Linkin Park's biggest tracks combined with surgical precision. But they weren't made by simply playing around with the existing tracks. Linkin Park and Jay-Z actually went into the studio and created all-new mixes. MTV gave Jay-Z the power to choose who he wanted to collaborate with on the mash-up project, and he reached out to Linkin Park. Shinoda created three of his own mash-ups from The Black Album and sent them back to Jay-Z. "I didn't just want to say, "Hell, yeah, let's do it' " I wanted to show him what it might sound like if we did it," Shinoda told MTV News in 2004. Jay-Z was thrilled, and the two…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago (340+ words) The Strangest Person I Know is a new VICE column, in which we interview strange people and then ask them who the strangest person they know is so we can interview them too, creating a never-ending daisy chain of spiraling human strangeness in an increasingly square world. You can read the previous edition, about Russia's foremost enema artist in exile, here. VICE phoned them for a chat. VICE: Have you always performed solo?Sol: Pretty much. I respond to things I'm going through, or past trauma that's lived in me the whole time. That's what makes it quite dark and uncomfortable for me and whoever's watching. What have some of the wilder performances involved?Body horror, blood, physical endurance" My solo shows have all been about how much the body can take, physically. Now, it's more about the effect that…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago (343+ words) The most talked-about TV show in the country right now, South Park, is on Paramount+. Don't you want to know what got Trump in such a tizzy? Make sure you take advantage of this Paramount+ Black Friday offer. You can get a plan for $3 per month for the first 2 months if you're a first-time user. It's time to cozy up and get to streaming this winter! There are tiered plans, including Essential, which allows for 3 devices, select Showtime series, NFL games, and can be streamed on up to 3 devices at once, but has ads; and Premium, which includes all that except there are no ads, downloadable content, CBS live, and all of Showtime content. If you're a student now (or have your student ID lying around somewhere), you can get a Paramount+ plan at only $4 a month. All you have…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago (198+ words) YouTube TV customers won't be able to watch games like the Philadelphia Eagles on ESPN's "Monday Night Football" unless Google and Disney reach an agreement soon. Illustration by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images; Ishika Samant/Getty Images Google is giving YouTube TV customers a rebate since the service is going without Disney's networks. However, the $20 [] The Google-owned TV service said Sunday that it's offering customers a $20 bill credit, partially reimbursing them for the sports and shows they've missed on Disney's networks, like ESPN, in the last 11 days. This rebate takes off about a quarter of YouTube TV's $83 a month price tag. There are two key catches with YouTube TV's rebate: it's not automatically applied, and the opt-in bill credit counts toward a customer's next month, not this month. "You must have an active YouTube TV Base subscription to be…...