Saying more about the tragedy would spoil the reading experience, but suffice it to say that it fits perfectly with the story Anderson-Wheeler wants to tell — about a young woman with extraordinary means who is awakening to the inequities of the 1920s America she inhabits.
“Original Sin” premieres Sunday on Showtime and streams on Paramount+ with Showtime.returns this month with cast changes for its ninth season. Home design expert Jeremiah Brent replaces Bobby Berk to round out the Fab Five. Fans may remember Brent from Bravo’s “The Rachel Zoe Project” or his design shows with husband Nate Berkus. “Queer Eye” dropped Wednesday on Netflix.
— Two sitcom favorites, Ray Romano and Lisa Kudrow, team up for a dark comedy inalso coming to Netflix. The pair play Paul and Lydia, a married couple at odds over whether to sell their LA home, which has some tragic family history. The listing draws a range of eclectic prospective buyers played by Linda Cardellini, Luke Wilson, O-T Fagbenle, Teyonah Parris and more. Paul and Lydia are quickly in over their head.— “Raiders of the Lost Ark” has inspired dozens of video games, from Tomb Raider to Uncharted to Spelunky, but it’s been a while since Indiana Jones himself has taken center stage. The hiatus ends with Bethesda Softworks’
, in which the intrepid archaeologist once again puts on his fedora and sets off in search of a stolen cat mummy. The quest bounces from the Vatican to the pyramids of Egypt to the temples of Thailand, mixing exploration, puzzle-solving and flashy action set pieces. Developer MachineGames is best known for its Wolfenstein series — experience that will no doubt come in handy when it’s time to punch some Nazis. Crack that whip on Xbox X/S and PC.“Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.” (Bethesda Softworks via AP)
“Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.” (Bethesda Softworks via AP)
— Monument Valley and its sequel were landmarks during the golden age of mobile gaming in the 2010s. Fans have been craving more of their M.C. Escheresque 3-D mazes, and London-based developer Ustwo Games is finally ready to deliver“In some ways, it was only after I lost my voice that I learned to speak my mind,” he writes.
In his memoir, McNally charts his unlikely success story from a working-class teen actor raised in Bethnal Green, London, to being dubbed “The Restaurateur Who Invented Downtown” in his heyday of the 1980s and ’90s.His exacting eye for lighting and ambiance and charming touches in his restaurants — he sends a gratis glass of champagne to solo diners at Balthazar, and often filled the “cheap” $15 carafe of wine at the now-defunct Schiller’s with his finest bottles — have turned countless customers into regulars at his establishments.
McNally’s memoir lets readers sidle up to the bar and feel like regulars in his life, too.Sophie Gilbert, a London-based staff writer for the Atlantic magazine, has taken a survey of the Anglo-American pop culture landscape, and her findings aren’t pretty. In a new book, “Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves” she concludes that after decades of social and political progress for women, the patriarchy has come roaring back in the 21st century with the new-old belief that women’s proper place is in the kitchen and bedroom, not the boardroom or the military.