Eddington gets the pandemic right but still isn’t a great movie

The Verge · July 17, 2025

A24 is known for its prestige arthouse films, but in its early days as a distributor, it made most of its money from elevated horror films like Ari Aster’s Hereditary and Midsommar. Over a decade in, the ambitions of A24 and Aster have expanded...

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San Mateo Daily Journal · July 18, 2025

Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' canceled by CBS, ends May 2026 CBS is axing “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in May 2026. The announcement on live air Thursday came two days after Colbert spoke out against Paramount Global settling with...

Jakes Creek Trail blooms with Rosebay Rhododendron

Knox TN Today - Tennessee · July 18, 2025

Rosebay Rhododendron (photo by Tom Harrington) I hiked Jakes Creek Trail this week for my wildflower report. The trail starts in Elkmont. At the end of Elkmont Road turn left just before the campground. Follow the road almost a mile. Drive past...

Infosys, Adobe Drive AI-Powered Marketing with Infosys Aster Suite

The Fast Mode · June 19, 2025

Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, and Adobe announced a strategic collaboration to jointly transform the marketing life cycle of global brands with AI. Together, they will bring capabilities from Infosys...

'Eddington' was an utterly miserable movie to sit through

AZ Central - Arizona ·

Certain things make me uncomfortable, like contentious interviews (weirdly, I’m more comfortable conducting them than watching them), watching people eat rapturously in TV commercials and Ari Aster movies. Especially Ari Aster movies. “Eddington”...

COVID-set 'Eddington' takes us back to a nation at a breaking point

WBUR - Massachusetts ·

A bad acid trip down a memory lane that a lot of folks would probably rather not revisit, writer-director Ari Aster’s pungent, fiendishly funny “Eddington” takes us back to the stir crazy quarantine summer of 2020 with a well-off New Mexico...

Doomscrolling is a disease in 'Eddington,' a fever dream about COVID conspiracies

Los Angeles Times · July 17, 2025

Ari Aster’s “Eddington” is such a superb social satire about contemporary America that I want to bury it in the desert for 20 years. More distance will make it easier to laugh. It’s a modern western set in New Mexico — Aster’s home state — where...

“Eddington” and the American Berserk

The New Yorker · July 17, 2025

Download a transcript. Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Wherever You Listen Sign up to receive our weekly cultural-recommendations newsletter. Ari Aster’s wildly divisive new movie “Eddington” drops audiences back into the chaos of May,...

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Imperial Valley Press - California ·

Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' canceled by CBS, ends May 2026 CBS is axing “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in May 2026. The announcement on live air Thursday came two days after Colbert spoke out against Paramount Global settling with...

'Eddington' review: Doomscrolling through COVID and our 2020 nightmare

The Detroit News - Michigan ·

In "Eddington," Ari Aster's unpleasant and explosive neo-western black comedy, the writer-director plunges viewers into a world of COVID, cult leaders, mask mandates, social justice, online radicalization, hashtag activism and other pleasantries...

Buhari’s Death In London Hospital: Addressing Nigeria’s Quest For Reverse Medical Tourism

Daily Independent · July 18, 2025

2 The death of former President Muhammadu Buhari in a London Clinic on July 13, 2025, has again brought to the fore the need to build and upgrade the nation’s health infrastructure across the country. The hope of a better healthcare service in the...

AP Entertainment SummaryBrief at 8:58 p.m. EDT

The Porterville Recorder - California ·

Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' canceled by CBS, ends May 2026 CBS is axing “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in May 2026. The announcement on live air Thursday came two days after Colbert spoke out against Paramount Global settling with...

CRÍTICAS. Una secuela de miedo, un neo western pandémico y otros estrenos de cine

Los Angeles Times · July 18, 2025

La mitad del mes de julio llega a la cartelera local cargada de películas de interés que, en varios casos, cuentan con presencia latina, lo que nos lleva en esta ocasión a ofrecer un listado más extenso del habitual. I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST...

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The Porterville Recorder - California ·

Stephen Colbert says CBS is ending his 'Late Show' in May 2026 NEW YORK (AP) — CBS is axing “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in May 2026. The announcement on live air Thursday came two days after Colbert spoke out against CBS Global settling...

A24 Creates ‘Eddington’ Bobbleheads of Joaquin Phoenix & Pedro Pascal

Bloody Disgusting - California · July 17, 2025

The Eddington mayoral race went straight to the heads of Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix) and Ted Garcia (Pedro Pascal). Cast your vote with A24‘s political-style bobbleheads. Each limited edition, resin collectible stands 8″ tall. Available...

Eddington Review: The New American Origin Story

Pitchfork · July 17, 2025

As Joe and Ted’s rivalry grows more fraught and petty, news of George Floyd’s murder mobilizes a small but enraged band of local protestors, some of whom have self-serving intentions. A white teenage boy named Brian (Cameron Mann) hastily brushes...

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Santa Maria Times - California ·

Connie Francis' 'Pretty Little Baby' became an unexpected TikTok hit — 63 years after its release The 1950s and ’60s pop singer Connie Francis died Thursday at 87. Her career was marked with international hits. In the month leading up to her...

Freaky Fantasies From the ’80s and the ’00s on the Big Screen This Week

Racket - Minneapolis · July 17, 2025

Jeez, remind me not to say anything mildly negative about a CGI dog ever again. My Superman review last week, in which I posited that a little less Krypto would have helped the movie, had mutt-smitten Bluesky randos questioning my virility,...

Now Playing in Theaters: July 16-22

Seven Days - Vermont · July 16, 2025

new in theaters EDDINGTON: The latest from Ari Aster is not a horror movie but a dark small-town political comedy, set early in the pandemic and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal and Emma Stone. (148 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Savoy) I KNOW...

New Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS’s Biggest Mysteries Explained

Yahoo News ·

Earlier this month astronomers were thrilled to discover only the third known interstellar object ever seen in our solar system. Now dubbed 3I/ATLAS, the suspected comet has just zoomed past the orbit of Jupiter, traveling so fast that it’s bound...