Alexis

Reddit cofounders Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian spent about eight straight years living together, initially as college room mates, playing World of Warcraft late into the night and later working together on the foundations of the discussion forums service now frequented by nearly 270 million people. But that history was missing from Reddit’s sales pitch to investors published Thursday announcing its plans to go public on the New York Stock Exchange: Reddit’s filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission didn’t…

In a lifetime of writing, Alexis Wright became aware of “how other people were telling stories on behalf of Aboriginal people in Australia”. A national narrative manipulated by the most powerful, she wrote in a 2016 essay, would “constantly be on my mind while trying to tell stories of who we are … The cloud is always present.”That cloud takes tangible form in her fourth novel, Praiseworthy, which follows 2013’s The Swan Book, a climate crisis dystopia, and 2006’s Carpentaria, winner of the Miles Franklin award. Set in…

`Guardians of the Galaxy` star Alexis Rodney will soon be seen in `The Gentlemen`, Guy Ritchie`s Netflix series inspired by his own 2019 Miramax action comedy. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Theo James (The White Lotus), Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul), Kaya Scodelario (Crawl), Daniel Ings (I Hate Suzie), Joely Richardson (Lady Chatterley`s Lover), Peter Serafinowicz (The Tick), and Vinnie Jones round out the ensemble cast, which also includes Rodney, who recently shot the dark comedy Young Gun (Lock, Stock…

So how did you write Over and Over, the greatest song of all time? laurasnapesJoe Goddard Me and Felix lived in an old converted church in Camden. I was trying to copy the bassline from Dance by ESG. Everyone added parts and Alexis wrote the lyrics – “the joy of repetition really is in you” etc – referring to how Felix and I kept playing this bass groove over and over. I remember looking around the church with the estate agent going: “This’ll be perfect for your band practices. Sign here!” Then as soon as we started…