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“You don't remember how bad it was, Charlie, the poverty, all the crime. This night saved our country."  — “The Purge.” The sixth movie in the low-budget (but high grossing) “Purge” movie series is coming out on July 2 and for more than eight years this Blumhouse horror franchise has explored the idea of: “What if for night all crime was legal?” The publicized idea is that everyone would release their aggression and anger and all crime would be centralized to one 12-hour period.

Racing across the forbidden desert of Pasaana, Poe, Finn and C-3PO dodge and weave on a stolen skiff, pursued by First Order Stormtroopers. Suddenly, launched from the backs of treadspeeders, the troopers buzz around with jetpacks, firing triple loaded rocket launchers. Shocked, C-3PO exclaims “They fly now!” Finn asks, “They fly now?” Poe confirms “They fly now.” Many a hardcore Star Wars fan wrinkled her nose at the line. From video games to animation to comics to toys, jet packs aren’t new to the Star Wars, especially at the late space in the timeline The Rise of Skywalker occupies.

I’m chewing on the 2021 homicide statistics in Atlanta. As I’ve mentioned before, I think the current wave of violent crime peaked in early October after things took off in May 2020. Atlanta sustained 158 murders in 2021, one more than the previous year and 59 more than 2019. Some of the top-line statistics provide real insight into what’s been driving c… ncG1vNJzZmismJqutbjAp6uap5KfsqTAyK%2BcZ6ull8C1rcKkZZynnWS9cMPHsmStoJWuv6Z5wKWjZpqclrCs

My new favorite pair of shoes came in the mail a few days ago: sporty, perforated-leather slingback Prada kitten heels with a pointed toe (likely from S/S 2000). After watching Mia Goth and Ethel Cain walk down Miu Miu’s FW 2023 runway in sleek, pointy kitten heels, I decided I needed my own pair. There’s something ironically erotic about a Prada shoe, modest Mary Janes or horse girl riding boots set atop a chunky, sculptural piece of rubber or smooth wood—bonus points for butterfly shapes or leaves cut from leather and attached to the shoe like a vine (FW 1999).

Share Despite having been buried for 600 years, the body within the metal capsule was astonishingly well preserved. The skin under the burial shroud,  where it was not stained by boat varnish, was pinkish. His nails were manicured, his fingerprints intact, his organs sound and much of his blood was still a red liquid. On his chest lay a six inch hank of dark hair, clearly not his own. Around his neck wound a cord that led down his body and was tied around his penis.

I finally watched Saltburn last night. I was not surprised that it was bad. After all, it’s been out for a while, and many people have told me that it is bad. I was, however, kind of amazed at the way in which it was bad. Saltburn is, on paper, a movie I should adore. In fact, I actually remember seeing a preview of it months ago, and whispering to my boyfriend that we’d obviously have to go see it.

Interview any woman writer and odds are they will bring up Jo March. Everyone from Nora Ephron to J.K. Rowling to Susan Sontag to Simone de Beauvoir has claimed the bookish and bold heroine of Louisa May Alcott’s 150+ year old classic, Little Women, as a personal inspiration. They cite Jo’s literary prowess, her independence, her adventurous spirit, and her rebellious nature as having a profound impact on their young and impressionable minds.

Sounds like things may not be going so well for the big homie Chuck Liddell. The UFC hall of famer and former champ popped up in the news last year when he was arrested for domestic battery. Liddell later claimed he was the victim and not perpetrator, and no charges were filed. A few days after the incident, he filed for divorce. Now he and his ex-wife Heidi Liddell are in a custody battle for their two children, and during a court-ordered interview and evaluation Ms.

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