It’s either a masterpiece of Yuletide warmth or the most morbid TV commercial ever. But, either way, the ad for Germany’s Edeka supermarket chain has prompted fascination internationally for its take on holiday season family togetherness and a surprising, perhaps infuriating, plot twist.
Is Pirelli’s latest calendar a sincere effort to celebrate accomplished women? Or a quick publicity gimmick aimed at diffusing a few decades’ worth of sexism?
Romantic breakups always are emotionally painful. Sometimes, they can be pretty painful physically, too.
Consider Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain” reveal last week to be at least one rock ‘n’ roll mystery solved. Here, we offer a few other musical mysteries that, we believe, await definitive resolution.
Fans of the canned soup with the iconic red-and-white label may be detecting disquieting notes in the news that Campbell’s is altering the recipe of a spinoff soup, fearing that the change one day might lead to changes in the original, too.
“Even if it’s completely fictional — say, zombies or aliens or whatever — we’re willing to suspend that disbelief while we’re in the mode of being transported into that world.”
When Troy Little took on the task of creating a graphic novel adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s “Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream,” he was taking on not just a classic, but a favorite book by one of his favorite authors.
This is the first time that the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival’s Extreme Bacon Bite Challenge, scheduled for Nov. 14 at Rain at the Palms, will be held in Las Vegas.
Few Southern Nevadans are as avid fans of the words-and-pictures medium as Pj Perez, who appreciates comic books as a fan, as a comic book writer and illustrator, and as a publisher of comic books and graphic novels through Pop! Goes the Icon, his own publishing house.
Take off a few pounds here and an inch or two there on your latest photograph?
