Most people mean well when they try to ease the sting of difficult news or tense conversations. They don’t want to sound harsh or start conflict, so they wrap their message in something lighter. The problem is that when we sugarcoat things, we often lose clarity, and in trying to protect someone’s feelings, we might…
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One of the reasons “The Pitt” is so terrific is because it plays out in real time. It’s not the first show to use the immersive storytelling approach, so if you’re craving more real-time rushes like the HBO hit delivers, these shows should fit the bill. Start with the save-the-world spying heroics of Jack Bauer in “24,” binge Netflix’s nail-biting true crime series “Adolescence,” and maybe catch up with a few TV series like “Grey’s Anatomy” that used the ticking clock device in one memorable episode. Kiefer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub in “24” (CREDIT: Fox) 24 “Events take place in real time,” Kiefer Sutherland told us in his trademark rasp at the start of every episode of this action-packed series that played out in one day over each season. (Back when TV seasons used to have 24 episodes.) He played Counter Terrorist Unit Jack Bauer for 9 seasons and the 2008 follow-up film “24: Redemption,” during which he dealt with assassination attempts, an outbreak of a deadly virus, nuclear threats and moles and fo
Greg Kinnear, Aidy Bryant and Shay Rudolph have been tapped to lead Disney+’s “Holes” pilot. Kinnear, Bryant and Rudolph will star in the pilot for the TV series adaptation, alongside additional cast members Flor Delis Alicea, Anire Kim Amoda, Noah Cottrell, Iesha Daniels, Sophie Dieterlen, Alexandra Doke and Maeve Press, according to media reports. Kinnear will play the Warden in the reimagining of Louis Sachar’s 1998 book, which gender swaps the group of campers at a detention camp (named Camp Yucca) who are forced by the ruthless Warden to dig holes for a mysterious purpose, according to the official logline. Kinnear’s Warden is followed wholeheartedly by Bryant’s character, Sissy, who is “overflowing with camp counselor energy,” according to her character description. While she seems to be a trustworthy big sister figure to the girls, her allegiance lies with the Warden. “Holes” centers on Rudolph’s character, Hayley, who arrives at Camp Yucca having been wrongly accused, but her optimistic attitude injec
Elon Musk’s time spent leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will “drop significantly” starting in May, the Tesla boss announced during the company’s first quarter earnings call on Tuesday afternoon. Musk said that he will still work one or two days per week on DOGE and government-related issues beginning next month, but that his primary focus will be on Tesla and the other companies he runs. He added that he will continue working alongside President Donald Trump to cut the federal bureaucracy for as long as the president wants his help. “I’ll have to continue doing [DOGE] probably for the remainder of the president’s term, just to make sure the waste and fraud that we stopped does not come roaring back,” Musk said. Tesla’s stock price jumped 4% in after-hours trading, soon after Musk made his comment on focusing more on his electric car company. Musk has been spearheading DOGE for Trump as the new department has went on a cost-cutting spree within the federal government. He has repeatedly sa
Everyone deals with a toxic relationship at one point or another in their life, but navigating the fallout, stress, and anxiety that erupts in its aftermath is something nobody is ever truly ready to deal with. Of course, we’ve all heard the basic principles of navigating a bad situation — focus on yourself, lean on…
We’ve all been there. Watching horrified as some oblivious parent lets their kid run helter-skelter all over a store, pulling things off shelves, bashing into other customers, and interrupting conversations of other adults, we glare at the kid. We throw dirty looks at the parent.
It seems as if no matter how hard moms try, someone will always gripe about how they are not doing enough for their kids. One parent put a fellow mom on blast after she spotted her using her laptop while sitting among the bleachers at her son’s baseball game. Instead of giving the mom grace,…
Motherhood is often painted in soft, glowing tones with images of unconditional love and quiet fulfillment, but for many women, the reality is far more complicated. Often hidden due to societal pressure, there can be undercurrents of resentment that many parents struggle with. It’s not a lack of love for their children, but about the…
Parents have a responsibility to teach their children how to become good, responsible humans who can function as adults one day. Some take that responsibility more seriously than others, though. One mom seems to be taking raising her son to be a good man very seriously, as she has shown on TikTok.
Starting your first full-time job after college is a milestone worth celebrating, but that doesn’t mean the transition from student to staffer is easy. For one Redditor, the shift into a 9–to–5 job wasn’t just a tough adjustment. It was a full-on identity crisis. From dental appointments to laundry to remembering birthdays, the biggest concern…