In HBO docuseries Bring Me the Beauties, a lesser-known, image-obsessed cult from the 80s is put under the spotlight Documentary film-maker Chris Smith made the seminal 1999 film American Movie, about an indie director’s struggle to complete a horror film, which he hopes will then finance the completion of his dream project. More recently, he’s profiled well-known subjects in projects for Netflix ...
In HBO docuseries Bring Me the Beauties, a lesser-known, image-obsessed cult from the 80s is put under the spotlight Documentary film-maker Chris Smith made the seminal 1999 film American Movie, about an indie director’s struggle to complete a horror film, which he hopes will then finance the completion of his dream project. More recently, he’s profiled well-known subjects in projects for Netflix about Jim Carrey and Andy Kaufman, the bands Devo and Wham!, and the disastrous Fyre festival, among others. His new HBO miniseries Bring Me the Beauties is similarly connected to popular culture, but through a story with far less immediately available background material: the rise and fall of Eternal Values, a cult started in the 80s by the eccentric Frederick von Mierers, consisting largely of models. “What was odd about this story,” Smith said, “is that there was very little about it online.” He met Hoyt Richards, sometimes referred to as the first male supermodel and a former Eternal Values member, on another project, “and as we started talking, hours went by”, Smith said. “It was one of those situations where I just became more and more curious about his life.” Richards became the backbone of the series, sitting for many hours of interviews, but wasn’t sure if Smith and his collaborators would be able to coax anyone else into participation. As seen in the series, not everyone’s account of their experience with Von Mierers is the same; not everyone is even convinced they were involved with a cult in the first place. Continue reading...
Like many first-time pet owners, I was overprotective when we adopted her during the pandemic. But this affectionate creature showed me that love can mean letting go In July 2021, after a few beers on a summer evening, my flatmate, Lew, answered an internet ad. By 5pm the next day, we had a kitten. She was a swirl of tortie-and-white fluff, with a small pink snoot, and huge ears that made her look...
Like many first-time pet owners, I was overprotective when we adopted her during the pandemic. But this affectionate creature showed me that love can mean letting go In July 2021, after a few beers on a summer evening, my flatmate, Lew, answered an internet ad. By 5pm the next day, we had a kitten. She was a swirl of tortie-and-white fluff, with a small pink snoot, and huge ears that made her look more bat than cat. We called her Mush, pronounced like “smush”. From the moment the result of our drunken decision arrived and hid behind the sofa in our south London flat, we were in love. Like many first-time parents in their 20s, Lew and I were fussy and overprotective. Neither of us had ever been responsible for a living creature before. When I held her tiny body against my chest, I felt anxious. Any little thing sent us running to the vet. A crusty eye. A single flea. Was she too small? Was she eating enough? “She’s in perfect physical condition,” the vet assured us during one of her many checkups. Continue reading...
Physical and mental health aren’t easily separated, especially at our age. And the president is showing many concerning signs I do not wish Trump ill. While he hasn’t shown a shred of compassion for anyone other than himself, this doesn’t justify any of us lacking compassion for him. It’s also in the interest of the US and the world that he be physically and mentally able to discharge the duties o...
Physical and mental health aren’t easily separated, especially at our age. And the president is showing many concerning signs I do not wish Trump ill. While he hasn’t shown a shred of compassion for anyone other than himself, this doesn’t justify any of us lacking compassion for him. It’s also in the interest of the US and the world that he be physically and mentally able to discharge the duties of his office. Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy. … I like his brother Louis much better than I like him, because Louis is all MAGA. He gets it, and Leo doesn’t! … Leo should get his act together as Pope, use Common Sense, stop catering to the Radical Left, and focus on being a Great Pope, not a Politician. It’s hurting him very badly and, more importantly, it’s hurting the Catholic Church! Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Guardian US columnist and his newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com . His new book, Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America, is out now in the US and in the UK Continue reading...
Research out this month says you should aim for between 6.4 and 7.8 hours a night. But if you’re getting that granular about shut-eye, you’re overthinking it How did you sleep last night? Did your smartring congratulate you on 8.5 sleepmaxxed hours in a cool, blackout-dark room after two hours’ withdrawal from blue light and “devices” and 480ml (per this month’s Vogue) of tart cherry juice? You fo...
Research out this month says you should aim for between 6.4 and 7.8 hours a night. But if you’re getting that granular about shut-eye, you’re overthinking it How did you sleep last night? Did your smartring congratulate you on 8.5 sleepmaxxed hours in a cool, blackout-dark room after two hours’ withdrawal from blue light and “devices” and 480ml (per this month’s Vogue) of tart cherry juice? You follow all the advice and it works! Good for you, smuggo, but maybe you’re getting too much sleep. Research published in Nature this month suggests we probably need fewer than eight hours, while excess shut-eye is associated with accelerated ageing of your organs, in the same way that getting too little is. Using data from the 500,000-strong volunteer UK Biobank, the study gets granular on how much sleep is optimal: between 6.4 and 7.8 hours. (Women need marginally more than men; maybe patriarchy makes us six minutes wearier.) Continue reading...
James Talarico got the opponent he – and the Democratic party – wanted, but flipping Texas blue means winning blue-collar voters, not blue-blooded donors Texas could become the hottest battleground state in the country, if the results of both Republican and Democratic primaries are anything to go by. Democrat James Talarico, a progressive Presbyterian seminarian, will face off against Trump’s favo...
James Talarico got the opponent he – and the Democratic party – wanted, but flipping Texas blue means winning blue-collar voters, not blue-blooded donors Texas could become the hottest battleground state in the country, if the results of both Republican and Democratic primaries are anything to go by. Democrat James Talarico, a progressive Presbyterian seminarian, will face off against Trump’s favored candidate, the scandal-plagued attorney general, Ken Paxton. The matchup has liberals salivating. Paxton, dogged by corruption charges, impeachment hearings and an affair that left his marriage in tatters, is considered by some in his own party as “the worst possible top-of-the-ticket” candidate. Meanwhile, Talarico, a fresh-faced, clean-cut millennial, who quotes scripture to justify his progressive beliefs, seems like the perfect foil, at least according to Democratic party leaders. Continue reading...
This film may be making a point about Greek myth and modernity, but its visual collages and dense poetic texts render it inert The title of this lyrical but frustrating docu-essay about director Rita Azevedo Gomes’s travels in Greece cuts both ways. Is it expressing impatience with the classical ideals she hopes to discover there; or, borrowed from street graffiti, is it actually critiquing the mo...
This film may be making a point about Greek myth and modernity, but its visual collages and dense poetic texts render it inert The title of this lyrical but frustrating docu-essay about director Rita Azevedo Gomes’s travels in Greece cuts both ways. Is it expressing impatience with the classical ideals she hopes to discover there; or, borrowed from street graffiti, is it actually critiquing the modern society that has betrayed ancient standards of beauty and harmony and, in the words of Albert Camus cited here, “has fed its despair on ugliness and convulsions”? Nostalgic aspirations and the sobering here-and-now vie for supremacy in the texts recited by Gomes and others over travelogue images from Athens and the Cyclades beyond. As if echoing heroic voyagers past, she adds a layer of fictionalisation to her exploits, reading a poem written by João Miguel Fernandes Jorge based on a journey there in 2007; it becomes the story of Irma, who romances a young man, Ion, on the island of Delos, birthplace of Apollo and Artemis. But the affair founders – and there are other reality-checks, such as the incongruous Chinese cargo ships that now traverse the 21st-century Aegean. Continue reading...
李彦\文 “老铺黄金让市场竞争更加激烈。”5月22日，卡地亚母公司瑞士历峰集团发布2026财年报告，公司CEO Nicolas Bos连续第二年在业绩会上谈到老铺黄金。他说，“消费者对创造力和新鲜感非常感兴趣，老铺黄金的成功恰好回应了这种期待。” 同一时间，《纽约时报》也洞察到了这种期待背后更深刻的变革。“几十年来，西方奢侈品品牌一直掌控着高端消费市场的话语权。如今，中国消费者不再仰视西方文化，而...
quantic69 Stock futures edged higher Monday morning to open June, carrying over momentum from last week's closing rally. Equities remained resilient even as new military strikes in the Middle East disrupted investor hopes for an imminent U.S.-Iran ceasefire extension. Here are some of Monday's biggest stock movers: Biggest stock gainers Taylor Morrison Home ( TMHC ) +21% - Shares jumped after Berk...
quantic69 Stock futures edged higher Monday morning to open June, carrying over momentum from last week's closing rally. Equities remained resilient even as new military strikes in the Middle East disrupted investor hopes for an imminent U.S.-Iran ceasefire extension. Here are some of Monday's biggest stock movers: Biggest stock gainers Taylor Morrison Home ( TMHC ) +21% - Shares jumped after Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK.A ) ( BRK.B ) agreed to acquire the homebuilder in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $8.5B. Under the agreement, Berkshire will pay $72.50 per share, representing a 24% premium to Taylor Morrison's May 29 closing price of $58.50. The transaction values the company's equity at roughly $6.8B and is expected to close in the second half of 2026, subject to shareholder approval and customary regulatory clearances. Following completion, Taylor Morrison will become a privately held company and will no longer trade on the NYSE. Salesforce ( CRM ) +5% - Shares climbed after announcing plans to invest $2B in France through 2030, including the launch of a new AI Innovation Hub in Paris and expanded initiatives focused on AI education, workforce development, and customer and partner support. The investment, unveiled at the Choose France Summit, underscores Salesforce's commitment to accelerating AI adoption and agentic AI capabilities across the region. CEO Marc Benioff highlighted France's growing position as a global AI innovation hub, citing its strong research ecosystem and entrepreneurial talent. The new commitment builds on Salesforce's prior $3.5B five-year investment plan in France and signals the company's continued focus on expanding its international AI footprint. XPeng ( XPEV ) +4% - Shares rose after the Chinese EV maker reported May deliveries of 32,158 vehicles, up 4% from April, extending its steady delivery momentum. The company also highlighted its sustainability efforts, estimating that vehicles delivered between January and May 2026 will ...
quantic69 Stock futures edged higher Monday morning to open June, carrying over momentum from last week's closing rally. Equities remained resilient even as new military strikes in the Middle East disrupted investor hopes for an imminent U.S.-Iran ceasefire extension. Here are some of Monday's biggest stock movers: Biggest stock gainers Taylor Morrison Home ( TMHC ) +21% - Shares jumped after Berk...
quantic69 Stock futures edged higher Monday morning to open June, carrying over momentum from last week's closing rally. Equities remained resilient even as new military strikes in the Middle East disrupted investor hopes for an imminent U.S.-Iran ceasefire extension. Here are some of Monday's biggest stock movers: Biggest stock gainers Taylor Morrison Home ( TMHC ) +21% - Shares jumped after Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK.A ) ( BRK.B ) agreed to acquire the homebuilder in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $8.5B. Under the agreement, Berkshire will pay $72.50 per share, representing a 24% premium to Taylor Morrison's May 29 closing price of $58.50. The transaction values the company's equity at roughly $6.8B and is expected to close in the second half of 2026, subject to shareholder approval and customary regulatory clearances. Following completion, Taylor Morrison will become a privately held company and will no longer trade on the NYSE. Salesforce ( CRM ) +5% - Shares climbed after announcing plans to invest $2B in France through 2030, including the launch of a new AI Innovation Hub in Paris and expanded initiatives focused on AI education, workforce development, and customer and partner support. The investment, unveiled at the Choose France Summit, underscores Salesforce's commitment to accelerating AI adoption and agentic AI capabilities across the region. CEO Marc Benioff highlighted France's growing position as a global AI innovation hub, citing its strong research ecosystem and entrepreneurial talent. The new commitment builds on Salesforce's prior $3.5B five-year investment plan in France and signals the company's continued focus on expanding its international AI footprint. XPeng ( XPEV ) +4% - Shares rose after the Chinese EV maker reported May deliveries of 32,158 vehicles, up 4% from April, extending its steady delivery momentum. The company also highlighted its sustainability efforts, estimating that vehicles delivered between January and May 2026 will ...
A Chinese PhD dropout who has become a viral influencer exposing academic misconduct is building a growing army of followers eager to reveal ethical malpractice among scientific researchers. The former PhD candidate in bioscience at the prestigious Beihang University, Geng Hongwei, dropped out in 2025, and became a full-time whistle-blower with over two million followers on an online platform. Gen...
A Chinese PhD dropout who has become a viral influencer exposing academic misconduct is building a growing army of followers eager to reveal ethical malpractice among scientific researchers. The former PhD candidate in bioscience at the prestigious Beihang University, Geng Hongwei, dropped out in 2025, and became a full-time whistle-blower with over two million followers on an online platform. Geng attracted public attention for a video in April, in which he questioned a paper from the team of...
The Xbox Ally X20, and the glasses you’ll have to buy with it. | Image: Asus If you asked me what I'd change about the Xbox Ally X handheld - aside from fixing Windows , I mean - I'd tell you two key things. First, give me a bigger, better screen. Even a little bit bigger, so games feel less claustrophobic and with less ugly bezel. Second, get rid of the "Library" button. I am so tired of an accid...
The Xbox Ally X20, and the glasses you’ll have to buy with it. | Image: Asus If you asked me what I'd change about the Xbox Ally X handheld - aside from fixing Windows , I mean - I'd tell you two key things. First, give me a bigger, better screen. Even a little bit bigger, so games feel less claustrophobic and with less ugly bezel. Second, get rid of the "Library" button. I am so tired of an accidental press booting me out of my game and into the Xbox library without a simple way to get back. With the just-announced ROG Xbox Ally X20, Asus did both - and then some. It's now a slick translucent handheld with drift-resistant GuliKit TMR joysticks, a transforming D-pad that goes from 8-way to 4-way by dropping its cor … Read the full story at The Verge.
This week, tech investors will be watching chip and cybersecurity earnings, the impact of AI on labor market data, and the Computex annual chip summit.
This week, tech investors will be watching chip and cybersecurity earnings, the impact of AI on labor market data, and the Computex annual chip summit.
Lanvin Group (NYSE: LANV), a global luxury fashion group, today announced the appointment of Mr. Xi Luo as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company, effective June 1, 2026. In this role, Mr. Luo will oversee the Company's financial affairs, including financial planning and analysis, accounting and controllership, financial management, treasury, investment and financing projects, and investor r...
Lanvin Group (NYSE: LANV), a global luxury fashion group, today announced the appointment of Mr. Xi Luo as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company, effective June 1, 2026. In this role, Mr. Luo will oversee the Company's financial affairs, including financial planning and analysis, accounting and controllership, financial management, treasury, investment and financing projects, and investor relations.
SAN CARLOS, Calif., June 01, 2026--BeOne Medicines Ltd. ("BeOne") (Nasdaq: ONC; HKEX: 06160; SSE: 688235), a global oncology company, today announced new data from its solid tumor pipeline being presented at the 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting (May 29–June 2, Chicago). These data underscore the significant acceleration across the Company’s high-priority breast, gyn...
SAN CARLOS, Calif., June 01, 2026--BeOne Medicines Ltd. ("BeOne") (Nasdaq: ONC; HKEX: 06160; SSE: 688235), a global oncology company, today announced new data from its solid tumor pipeline being presented at the 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting (May 29–June 2, Chicago). These data underscore the significant acceleration across the Company’s high-priority breast, gynecologic and gastrointestinal (GI) cancer development programs.