Ellison’s Paramount

from Bloomberg Larry Ellison Will Control Paramount After Deal, Filing Says Story by Christopher Palmeri Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Paramount Global, the parent of CBS, will be controlled by software billionaire Larry Ellison after a...

Across The Worst

from Observer Hemingway’s Worst Novel Gets Worse: ‘Across the River’ Is a Dull, Pointless Misfire Liev Schreiber and Venice can’t save this lifeless adaptation of Hemingway’s least beloved work. By Rex Reed Matilda de Angelis and Liev Schreiber star in...

Revisiting The Silk Road

from The Wall Street Journal China Reaches Back in Time to Challenge the West. Way, Way Back. The country’s archaeologists are striking out along the Silk Road to trace the reach of ancient Chinese civilization, disputing long-held beliefs By Sha Hua The Chinortepa...

Read The Classics!

from The Atlantic WHAT THE FRESHMAN CLASS NEEDS TO READ It is no small part of a liberal education to show students the broad range of meaningful lives they might aspire to lead. By Niall Ferguson and Jacob Howland Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani You’re...

Laura Dern Dissed

from NME Laura Dern was forced to quit college over ‘Blue Velvet’: “You are no longer welcome” “Pisses me off” By Chris Edwards Laura Dern has revealed she was forced to drop out of college after landing the role of Sandy Williams in David Lynch’s 1986...

Avoid Bad People

from The Washington Post World’s oldest person, Maria Branyas Morera, dies at 117 in Spain Story by Adela Suliman © Residencia Santa Maria del Tura/Reuters She was dubbed a “supercentenarian” and the world’s oldest person. She celebrated her 117th birthday...