A tradition can be sustained out of unbridled love or deadening obligation. The responsibilities required can summon gratitude or stir up dread, leave you energized or enervated. Like the holidays, a critic's top 10 list and other end-of-year features are a personal matter, like their approach to the medium they devour. It's a labor of love, straight-up labor or both. The lucky find joy in the aggravation.
In the 5th grade, I remember making a drawing of something in art class. What ended up on paper was exactly what I had seen it in my head. Something cognitive manifested into something physical, and I had felt creativity for the first time. As a young teen, I had been listening to bands like The Decendents, Face to Face, and The Gorilla Biscuits.
According to new court documents, obtained by TMZ, Wolff says Melania "deliberately and maliciously" interfered with his publishing contract and defamed him in public statements tied to his forthcoming book, "The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump (Redux)." Wolff also says Melania and her team delivered false and damaging claims he fabricated interviews, intimidated sources, and "manufactured lies for profit," scaring off international distributors that caused him to lose a multi million dollar book deal.
As a child, McKinnon had loved books about slightly oddball characters, like those found in Roald Dahl books. Her favorite heroine was Pippi Longstocking, whom she played in a kindergarten performance. She loved the character so much that she would show up at school for years in a full-on Pippi costume, complete with pipe cleaners in her hair to mimic the heroine's iconic protruding red pigtails.
Thirty years ago, the PlayStation console kicked off a new gaming era with its launch in the US and Europe. To celebrate this milestone, Sony has announced that it'll be exploring the history of the console with PlayStation: The First 30 Years. Scheduled to ship out in 2026, you can now preorder the book for $125. PlayStation: The First 30 Years Deluxe Edition