Slates

2022 was a very successful year for actress and comedian Jenny Slate. She was fortunate enough to have roles in two great A24 movies- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On and Everything Everywhere All At Once. While the SNL alum felt like a star that night wearing a dress she loved, she reveals a wild wardrobe malfunction story where that dress was left “half-cracked” at last year’s Oscars.Jenny Slate looked classy at the 95th Annual Academy Awards wearing a jet-black top-corseted Thom Browne dress. But as beautiful as Slate…

Samsung US is running a week-long sales event dubbed “Discover Samsung”. It’s a big company and it makes a lot of things, so if you visit Samsung.com you will find discounts on TVs, washing machines, portable SSDs and gaming monitors. We are more concerned with the smartphones, smartwatches and tablets, of course. Here are the best offers this week. The Samsung Galaxy S23 and S23+ are up to 88% off with enhanced trade-in credit reaching $700 – this is for unlocked units to boot. You can send in old phones (including…

After announcing the best apps of 2022 in the App Store Awards, Apple has now announced its Podcasts Award winner. Slate won “Show of the Year” with Slows Burn, a narrative nonfiction series whose latest season covered Roe v. Wade. The recipient of the Apple Podcasts Award is Slate’s critically acclaimed narrative history series, Slow Burn, for its latest season, Roe v. Wade, hosted by Slate executive editor Susan Matthews. Published throughout June 2022, the four-episode season explores the events leading…

Singles’ Day is not (yet) a traditional shopping holiday in the US, so you can call these early Black Friday deals if you wish. Either way, here are some special offers from Samsung US (note: the deals are available only from the links below and won’t appear if you just visit samsung.com). We’ll start off with the foldables. Right now in the US you can’t get something like the Galaxy Z Fold4 from any of Samsung’s competitors, it’s the only fish in that particular sea. It’s not cheap, but the $350 straight discount and…

Guillermo del Toro went to great lengths to defend legendary director Martin Scorsese after a magazine piece called him an “uneven talent”.The article written by Sean Egan accused the Goodfellas director of “self-indulgence”, saying that “no studio dares utter the word ‘no’ to him” and that he has “debased his talent”.Writing on Twitter, del Toro – who is himself considered one of the great directors of his generation – called The Critic essay “cruel and ill-intentioned”.“I very, very seldom post anything contradictory…

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