Marguerite de la Rocque de Roberval lived in 16th-century France until she set sail with her guardian, who aimed to establish a colony near what is now Quebec. The facts of Marguerite’s true story are tantalizingly few, but, by all accounts, she and her maid, Damienne, traveled to New France along with a man who
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No one is thrilled to get the hiccups — they’re a nuisance and annoyingly disruptive. In some cases, though, hiccups can be wildly uncomfortable. So what’s the deal? Why do your hiccups hurt sometimes? Hiccups are sudden, involuntary contractions of the diaphragm—the muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdomen and plays a crucial
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Jeffrey Gundlach speaking at the 2019 SOHN Conference in New York on May 5, 2019. Adam Jeffery | CNBC DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach believes the Federal Reserve is missing the bigger picture again. “The Fed looks like Mr. Magoo, driving around, bumping into things. Then became systematic, got inflation to come down,” Gundlach said in an
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UPDATED: As it’s early January, we are still largely in holdover mode. But that shouldn’t discount the performance of those movies that released at the end of last year and are still doing solid business. Among them are Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King and Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Also, as previously noted, Moana 2
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But The Actual Setting Is A Major Point of The Series Unintentionally continuing the money vs creatives theme: Apple TV’s adaptation of Carl Hiaasen’s Bad Monkey got renewed for a second season which is actually great news, especially in the current landscape of everything getting cancelled before it can find an audience. The head-scratcher part,
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Korean author Han Kang, winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, returns with We Do Not Part, her poetic, starkly beautiful fifth novel to be translated into English. Kyungha, the book’s narrator, wanders through a bewildering internal dreamscape, haunted by a recurring nightmare of graves inundated by rising water. She has lost or cut
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FashionBeans Editors Meet the collaborative force behind this article. Jamie Millar is a seasoned editor with a passion for investigative journalism. In this collaboration, Jamie played a pivotal role in shaping the article’s investigative aspects, ensuring that every detail was thoroughly examined and presented with clarity. A versatile editor with a knack for storytelling, Paul
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It not a blockbuster MLK weekend but indies are out in force with The Brutalist continuing to surprise, The Substance adding theaters and Nosferatu, A Complete Unknown and Babygirl holding at nos. 7, 8 and 10 at the domestic box office. Robert Eggers’ vampire fest from Focus Features had a $4.3 million weekend with a
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Catch up on the most popular stories from this week’s editions of Today in Books. Details Emerge in Sexual Assault Allegations Against Neil Gaiman 100 Books to Look For in 2025 It’s always a good day when the folks at The Millions drop their winter books preview, and this year’s is no exception. Among the 100 most anticipated
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EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Distribution has taken North American distribution rights to the romantic end-of-days thriller When I’m Ready, starring Andrew Ortenberg, June Schreiner, Thalia Besson, Lauren Cohan, and Dermot Mulroney. Quiver and Briarcliff will jointly oversee theatrical release which is set for Feb. 7, 2025 followed by a digital release on Feb. 14. Quiver will handle
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