This five-episode show centers on Leo, who runs a bar in the city’s gay district. He and his neighbor, Clive, have been next-door neighbors for around 15 years, but new challenges and changes in their lives create friction between them.
I’m really excited about the new drama coming to Channel 4! They’re saying it’s going to be a super important and captivating show that really tackles what the LGBTQ+ community is going through right now. And I saw the trailer for that revenge thriller coming back to Netflix, and wow – it looks intense! Definitely going to be a good watch.
Kane Parsons turned his popular YouTube series into a huge movie hit. The film version of Backrooms broke records for A24, earning a remarkable $38 million on its first day in theaters. Experts predict the horror movie will make between $85 and $90 million by the end of the weekend. This is a significant jump from the $25.5 million opening weekend of Alex Garland’s Civil War, making it the biggest opening ever for the independent studio.
Santiment dropped some tea: XRP saw its biggest exchange inflow of the year on Thursday, with 22.80 million coins rushing in like they were late for a sale. But then, plot twist-25.24 million coins dipped out faster than you can say “capitulation selling.”
The show features Lie to Me’s Dr. Cal Lightman, a highly skilled expert in reading body language. He heads a team who work as consultants for law enforcement, helping to crack cases by analyzing people’s behavior.
The Federal Reserve dramatically increased interest rates between March 2022 and July 2023, marking its most significant tightening in 40 years. They raised rates eleven times, moving them from almost zero to a range of 5.25–5.50%. This had a major impact on all financial markets.
Schwartz raised these points while talking about the resilience of blockchains against oppressive governments. The conversation centered on how a blockchain might fare if authorities began shutting down its servers or pressuring those who run them.
Bitcoin’s price, a fickle thing, showed the asset trading near $73,713, up a modest 0.28% over 24 hours. Yet, it remained down 4.18% over seven days, with 24-hour trading volume lingering near $16.09 billion. A performance, one might say, as inconsistent as a Turgenev protagonist’s resolve.
Okay, so I’m a bit of a retro gamer and collector, and this new KM5 CP2 player is seriously cool. It’s basically a modern CD player, but it’s designed to show off your album art, not hide it. Most players just treat the case like an afterthought, but this thing actually frames the artwork so you can display it. It’s super minimalist and looks great as part of my setup. It’s really thin – only 27mm – and weighs about a pound, so it’s easy to move around the house. It’s like a sleek little book, and honestly, it’s a much better way to enjoy physical music than just tossing the case in a drawer.
The movie centers on Ben, a shy 12-year-old, who spends the summer at a camp led by his dad. He becomes friends with Eli, a boy who has a skin condition that the other kids unkindly refer to as “the plague.”