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“I don’t know when I read men any more”, the writer Zadie Smith told a literary festival audience on Sunday.“It does happen sometimes, but it’s completely flipped compared to the reading I did when I was young,” she continued.Smith – the author of novels including White Teeth and On Beauty – was speaking at the Arts theatre, Cambridge, about her latest book, the essay collection Dead and Alive, in which she discusses a number of female artists, among other subjects.Asked whether the author was referring to the “much-discussed ‘death of the male novelist’” by host and Observer literary editor Tom…
The small Gulf country of Oman is now poised to become a pioneer in the development of AI-powered tourism as Visit Oman introduces an AI digital hub that will revolutionize the travel and tourism industry all over the world. AI-Based Digital Tourism Platform Transforms Travel Experiences One of the key features of the new platform is the AI digital hub designed to deliver a fully automated travel experience for the travelers from around the world who choose to visit Oman. The platform will connect tourists with more than 200 tourism providers, over 350+ experiences, and more than 140 hotels in…
By Bloomberg Published April 27, 2026 The Swatch Group AG is facing renewed investor pressure after a key proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services recommended shareholders support a board candidate backed by a US activist.A Swatch watch – SwatchSteven Wood, founder of Greenwood Investors, is pushing to be nominated as the representative of bearer shareholders on the board at the annual general meeting next month. ISS urged investors to vote for Wood, citing weak long-term performance and governance shortcomings, including a lack of board independence and the continued influence of the Hayek family on Swatch.The endorsement follows a similar stance from…
Mariclare Costello, a lifetime member of The Actors Studio who recurred as the schoolteacher Rosemary Hunter on The Waltons and played a hippie vampire in the cult horror film Let’s Scare Jessica to Death, died April 17 in Brooklyn, her family announced. She was 90. A native of Illinois, Costello was an original member of the Lincoln Center Repertory Company, and she appeared four times on Broadway, including in a 1970 revival of Harvey that starred Jimmy Stewart and Helen Hayes. In 1974, she portrayed the wife of Martin Sheen’s title character in the Emmy-winning ABC telefilm The Execution of…
Nostalgic Trailer for ‘Jackass: Best and Last’ Extra Dumb Comedy Finale by Alex Billington April 27, 2026Source: YouTube “This is what Jackass looks like at 50!” The boys (and a girl) are back again! For one last ride into the world of pointless mayhem and ridiculous antics and the dumbest comedy known to man. Strap in! Paramount has revealed the official trailer for Jackass: Best and Last, also called Jackass 5, the fifth and final Jackass movie they will ever make. Maybe. The original reality series first aired on MTV from 2000 to 2001. Then came the movies with Jackass:…
A fascinating new paper by economist and YouTube analyst-celebrity Jeffrey Sachs for Saudi’s FII Institute on AI and emerging economies caught my attention last week. As the old labor-intensive manufacturing path narrows, he argues, employment growth in many developing markets will increasingly land in services: construction, healthcare, education, tourism, public administration, and the creative economy. He treats tourism and the creative economy as neighboring sectors in the same development story. That is true as far as it goes. But in travel, the relationship is becoming more consequential than that. The creative economy is increasingly what generates tourism demand in the…
A construction worker who was helping set up for singer Shakira‘s upcoming Brazil concert died in a stage accident on Sunday, concert organizers announced in a statement. Translated from Portuguese, the statement from the Todo Mundo No Rio concert said, “The event organizers confirm that an accident this Sunday afternoon (April 26th) tragically claimed the life of a professional who was working on assembling the structures for the show. First responders provided initial care at the scene, and the Fire Department was immediately called to transport the patient. Unfortunately, the professional passed away at the hospital. At this time, we…
Oprah Winfrey, the “Queen of Talk,” is bringing her podcast, book club and old episodes of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” to Amazon under an exclusive multiyear deal. Under the deal with Winfrey’s Harpo Productions, Amazon’s Wondery podcast network will have video and audio distribution and ad-sales rights to “The Oprah Podcast” across all channels. The deal also gives Amazon rights to her “Oprah’s Book Club” and “Oprah’s Favorite Things” franchises, and the back catalog of the original “The Oprah Winfrey Show” — amounting to 25 seasons. Financial terms of the deal aren’t being disclosed. As part of the new agreement,…
“House of the Dragon” Season 3 has an official premiere date at HBO. The third season of the “Game of Thrones” prequel will launch on June 21 at 9 p.m. ET and streaming at the same time on HBO Max. The eight-episode season will air new episodes weekly until the season finale on August 9. HBO had previously said the new season would begin in June, though an exact date was not known until now. HBO has also released a new teaser trailer, which can be seen below. Based on the George R.R. Martin book “Fire & Blood,” the series…
