Sam Shepard, Pulitzer-Winning Playwright and Actor, Is Dead at 73

Mr. Shepard, one of the most important and influential early writers in the Off Broadway movement, specialized in capturing the darker sides of American family life.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/theater/sam-shepard-dead.html?source=Snapzu

15 Book Recommendations from Elon Musk

What books is Elon Musk reading?
Read more: https://blog.parrotread.com/15-book-recommendations-from-elon-musk-ceo-of-tesla-spacex-openai-neuralink-and-the-boring-cb30436564f2?source=Snapzu

Award-winning French actress Jeanne Moreau dies at 89

French actress Jeanne Moreau, a smoky-voiced femme fatale who starred in Francois Truffaut’s love triangle film “Jules and Jim” and whose award-winning, seven-decade career included work with some of the world’s most acclaimed directors, has died. She was 89. The French president’s office announced her death in a statement Monday without providing a cause. An assistant to her agent confirmed the death but would not provide details.
Read more: https://apnews.com/36bffa057c84408b8be550a6e64bf940/Award-winning-French-actress-Jeanne-Moreau-dies-at-89?source=Snapzu

Olympic Games: Los Angeles set to announce it will host in 2028

Los Angeles is set to announce it will host the Olympic Games in 2028, meaning Paris will stage the 2024 edition.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/40783315?source=Snapzu

Netflix is carrying $20 billion in debt. Can it keep borrowing its way to success?

The digital streaming giant plans to continue burning cash to fuel original productions and subscriber growth. When Netflix was founded, the Internet was young, DVDs were popular and no one considered watching a movie streamed online. Twenty years later, Netflix’s transformation from an underdog DVD-by-mail service to Hollywood powerhouse — one that has redefined how TV and movies are produced and consumed — has been remarkable.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-netflix-debt-spending-20170729-story.html?source=Snapzu

Time Warner CEO: ‘Game Of Thrones’ Setting Piracy Records Is ‘Better Than An Emmy’

Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes had his annual earnings call this morning, in which he discussed all sorts of money-related things that are very boring and are only important to people who have stupid things like “stocks” and “investment portfolios” and “retirement strategies.” But he also discussed Game of Thrones and piracy, and in doing so, he said this, which I kind of love.
Read more: http://uproxx.com/tv/time-warner-ceo-game-of-thrones-setting-piracy-records-is-better-than-an-emmy/?source=Snapzu

Asimov's Laws Won't Stop Robots from Harming Humans, So We've Developed a Better Solution

Instead of laws to restrict robot behavior, robots should be empowered to pick the best solution for any given scenario
Read more: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/asimovs-laws-wont-stop-robots-from-harming-humans-so-weve-developed-a-better-solution/?source=Snapzu

Pemberley, Manderley and Howards End: the real buildings behind fictional houses

From Charlotte Brontë’s Norton Conyers to Alan Hollinghurst’s Canford Court – the little known locations that inspired the most famous homes in literature
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/29/pemberley-manderley-howards-end-real-building-fictional-houses?source=Snapzu

HBO declares war on Game of Thrones pirates, but it may be a losing battle

Season seven of Game of Thrones has only just begun, and already HBO is cracking down on people illegally downloading the wildly popular TV series. But it's questionable how successful the TV network's attack will be, especially when many pirates are turning to streaming — a form of piracy that's hard to track but easy to do, even for Luddites.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/hbo-game-of-thrones-piracy-streaming-1.4226959?source=Snapzu

Want Teenage Boys to Read? Easy. Give Them Books About Sex

It’s stupid to pretend that they’re not interested in the thing we all know they’re interested in. By Daniel Handler aka Lemony Snicket.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/opinion/sunday/want-teenage-boys-to-read-easy-give-them-books-about-sex.html?source=Snapzu

‘Stranger Things’ Renewed For Season 3 By Netflix

The premiere season of ‘Stranger Things’ took the world by storm, proving to be one of the biggest players in the industry. Prior to releasing season 2, Netflix is anticipating the continued success of the show and has in-turn, merited the science-fiction drama a third season. That could not be the end either, with the show’s creators, Matt and Ross Duffer stating that they have a 5 season plan in mind for the future.
Read more: https://dragonfeed.net/2017/07/28/stranger-things-renewed-season-3-netflix/?source=Snapzu

Gef! The Strange Tale of an Extra Special Talking Mongoose

For several years in the 1930s the case of a Manx mongoose – who was said to speak in a range of foreign languages including ‘Hindustani’, as well as singing, whistling, coughing ‘in a human manner’, swearing, dancing and attending political meetings – was discussed across Britain. As a fantastical beast, he was a contemporary of Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, who was first supposedly photographed in 1933, although his fame was shorter-lived.
Read more: https://www.lrb.co.uk/v39/n15/bee-wilson/i-am-the-fifth-dimension?source=Snapzu

Initiative aims to eradicate book deserts in communities

Thousands of children who live in San Antonio public housing now have plenty of new books to read, thanks to an initiative that aims to eradicate book deserts and promote literacy.
Read more: https://www.ksat.com/consumer/saha-children-get-thousands-of-books?source=Snapzu

New SIMPSONS Documentary Explores THE PROBLEM WITH APU

For nearly 30 years, The Simpsons has chronicled the lives and misadventures of the title characters and their fellow residents of Springfield, USA. The Kwik-E-Mart owner, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, has been among the show’s most popular supporting characters during its run. In the early seasons of the show, Apu was largely a one-note stereotype figure, who was fleshed out in later seasons as a family man with a life outside of his Simpsons interactions. But that doesn’t necessarily change some of the problematic aspects of Apu’s portrayal, which persist to this day.
Read more: http://nerdist.com/new-simpsons-documentary-explores-the-problem-with-apu/?source=Snapzu

Circa Waves - Fire That Burns

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What it’s like to do comedy when your dad is a legend

Rain Pryor, Kelly Carlin, Camilla Cleese and others on the struggle to cut their own path.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/what-its-like-to-do-comedy-when-your-dad-is-a-legend/2017/07/26/e240609e-6d6e-11e7-96ab-5f38140b38cc_story.html?source=Snapzu

Lukas Graham - 7 Years

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The Strange Wonders of Cactuses, the Plant of Our Times

A new book collects historical images of cactuses and succulents that were tracked down in the wild by devoted photographer-explorers.
Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-strange-wonders-of-cactuses-the-plant-of-our-times?source=Snapzu

Always a Critic

We all know that a book can change the shape of history. Think "The Communist Manifesto" and "Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis," not to mention the Bible and the Koran. But a book review? How much influence could a book review possibly have? Judging from the political consequences of Norman Mailer’s review of Norman Podhoretz’s 1967 memoir, "Making It," a lot.
Read more: https://thesmartset.com/always-a-critic/?source=Snapzu

OJ Simpson is One-Man Book Industry

Everyone who knows the man seems to think they have a book in them.
Read more: http://lithub.com/oj-simpson-is-one-man-book-industry/?source=Snapzu

Is Trump Ruining Book Sales?

Authors and publishers alike are finding that it's hard to sell books in a political climate where truth is stranger than fiction.
Read more: https://newrepublic.com/article/144029/trump-ruining-book-sales?source=Snapzu

MAD magazine skewers Trumpcare with this scathing Al Jaffee ‘fold-in’

At 96, the "longest-working cartoonist" spoofs the president on health care.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/07/27/mad-magazine-skewers-trumpcare-with-this-scathing-al-jaffee-fold-in/?tid=pm_entertainment_pop?source=Snapzu

Millennials are the ones keeping libraries alive

Long live the public library! It’s not dead yet. The internet hasn’t rendered physical reference centers obsolete, thanks to millennials.
Read more: https://qz.com/1039294/millennials-are-the-ones-keeping-libraries-alive/?source=Snapzu

What happens when you have a concussion?

Each year in the United States, players of sports and recreational activities receive between 2.5 and 4 million concussions. How dangerous are all those concussions? The answer is complicated and lies in how the brain responds when something strikes it. Clifford Robbins explains the science behind concussions.
Read more: https://snapzu.com/gladsdotter/what-happens-when-you-have-a-concussion?source=Snapzu

The Surprising Things Statistics Tell Us About Fiction

In “Nabokov’s Favorite Word Is Mauve,” Ben Blatt uses data to probe the body of conventional wisdom around creative writing.
Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-surprising-things-statistics-tell-us-about-fiction?source=Snapzu

In the Face of Constant Censorship, Bulgakov Kept Writing

On the Tragic Life and Death of the Master and Margarita Author. By Julie Lekstrom Himes. (Jan 23, 2017)
Read more: http://lithub.com/in-the-face-of-constant-censorship-bulgakov-kept-writing/?source=Snapzu

Why the Trump dynasty will last sixteen years

Could a Trump dynasty in the White House survive for three more elections? Post-electoral stress disorder has generated a hysteria still amply manifest. By Edward Luttwak.
Read more: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/trump-dynasty-luttwak/?source=Snapzu

'The Simpsons' turned down Trump guest appearance on show: producer

“The Simpsons” turned down President Trump for a guest appearance on the series, the show's executive producer said at Comic-Con on Saturday. When asked if the show had ever turned down a celebrity guest appearance, Al Jean said, “Let’s just say he’s the president of the United States,” The Wrap reported.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/343367-the-simpsons-turned-down-trump-guest-appearance-on-show?rnd=1500830491?source=Snapzu

The World Without Us

What kind of books do you write when you believe civilization is doomed? By Laura Miller.
Read more: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2017/07/paul_kingsnorth_s_beast_and_confessions_of_a_recovering_environmentalist.html?source=Snapzu

Meet the Men Who Literally Dance With Scissors

Forget running with scissors; this competitive Quechua dance takes danger to the next level. (Don’t try this at home.)
Read more: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/south-america/peru/peruvian-scissors-dance/?source=Snapzu

The Right (and Wrong) Way to Bounce Back From Disaster

A city is a complicated, self-organizing system. In recovery efforts, there’s no one body in charge.
Read more: https://www.citylab.com/environment/2017/07/bouncing-back-from-natural-disasters-is-all-about-balance/534354/?source=Snapzu

Kendrick Lamar - LOYALTY. ft. Rihanna

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Top 10 female detectives in fiction

From a Copenhagen scientist to a hardbitten single mother in New York, these are singular sleuths contending with problems that all women will recognise
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/26/top-10-female-detectives-in-fiction?source=Snapzu

Is the world really better than ever?

The long read: The headlines have never been worse. But an increasingly influential group of thinkers insists that humankind has never had it so good – and only our pessimism is holding us back.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/jul/28/is-the-world-really-better-than-ever-the-new-optimists?source=Snapzu

Woodstock

Joni Mitchell
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Leonardo da Vinci’s Visionary Notebooks Now Online

Browse 570 Digitized Pages. By Josh Jones.
Read more: http://www.openculture.com/2017/07/leonardo-da-vincis-visionary-notebooks-now-online-browse-570-digitized-pages.html?source=Snapzu

Joni Mitchell Interview

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Donald Trump and the Coming Fall of American Empire

Famed historian Alfred McCoy predicts that China is set to surpass the influence of the U.S. globally, both militarily and economically, by the year 2030. By Jeremy Scahill.
Read more: https://theintercept.com/2017/07/22/donald-trump-and-the-coming-fall-of-american-empire/?source=Snapzu

Kesha - Learn To Let Go

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Cooking in the American south

Two new books tackle race and American history around the table.
Read more: https://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21725549-two-new-books-tackle-race-and-american-history-around-table-cooking-american?source=Snapzu

Orange Crush

R.E.M.
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IT - Official Trailer 1

When children begin to disappear in the town of Derry, Maine, a group of young kids are faced with their biggest fears when they square off against an evil clown named Pennywise, whose history of murder and violence dates back for centuries.
Read more: https://snapzu.com/baron778/it-official-trailer-1?source=Snapzu

IMAX Is Moving Away From 3-D: 'Consumers Have Shown a Strong Preference'

The giant screen company says fans want two-dimensional films instead
Read more: http://www.thewrap.com/imax-moving-away-3d-consumers-shown-strong-preference/?source=Snapzu

June Foray, Voice of ‘Bullwinkle Show’s’ Natasha and Rocky, Dies at 99

June Foray, the voice of “The Rocky and  Bullwinkle Show’s” Rocky the Flying Squirrel and his nemesis Natasha Fatale of Boris and Natasha fame in the early 1960s.
Read more: http://variety.com/2017/tv/people-news/june-foray-dead-dies-rocky-natasha-bullwinkle-1202508180/amp/?source=Snapzu

Wood Brothers Racing and Paul Menard Team Up Beginning in 2018

        STUART, VA (July 26, 2017) – Wood Brothers Racing, the oldest active NASCAR team and one of the winningest teams in series history, and veteran driver Paul Menard, will join forces for the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENSC) season, the two parties announced today. The new partnership will see …
Read more: http://woodbrothersracing.com/uncategorized/wood-brothers-racing-paul-menard-team-beginning-2018/?source=Snapzu

The Real Reason Why Valerian Flopped At The Box Office

Things are not looking good for Luc Besson's sci-fi epic Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. The expensive film was obliterated at the domestic box office in its opening weekend, falling in fifth place with only $17 million against a reported $180 million production budget.
Read more: https://snapzu.com/kxh/the-real-reason-why-valerian-flopped-at-the-box-office?source=Snapzu

Avengers: Infinity War will be the final chapter for several characters

Avengers: Infinity War will be a major turning point in the MCU, make no mistake. In a way, it's a farewell to the old guard and an ushering in of the new class - the Black Panthers and Captain Marvels - though whether that actually involved a concrete farewell to any of the franchise's beloved characters was yet to be determined. That is until JoBlo breached the topic with Marvel Studio head Kevin Feige, who responded with a simple: "Yes".
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/avengers-infinity-war-marvel-characters-died-last-film-captain-america-iron-man-black-widow-a7809961.html?source=Snapzu

A New History of the Right Has Become an Intellectual Flashpoint

Nancy MacLean, a professor of history and public policy at Duke U., has riled libertarians with her new book, "Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America." By Marc Parry.
Read more: http://www.chronicle.com/article/A-New-History-of-the-Right-Has/240700?source=Snapzu

Essayism is ultimately about how literature can make a difference

Brian Dillon’s study of the essay is a beautiful and elegiac volume – having read it, I re-read it. By Stuart Kelly.
Read more: http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2017/07/essayism-ultimately-about-how-literature-can-make-difference?source=Snapzu

Time To Pretend

MGMT
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