Piper Grant

My boyfriend approached me this evening, asking me if we could use my Netflix login to watch the 2025 film, Train Dreams. After much deliberation and reluctance (I had my hopes set on watching Sex and the City , a comfort show), I yielded, and for two hours, we were both encapsulated by the beauty, grief, and a strikingly human portrayal of life. Train Dreams , directed by Clint Bentley and based on the 2011 novella by Denis Johnson, has received a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 4/5 on...

Two weeks ago, actor Timothée Chalamet sat down with Matthew McConaughey for a conversation facilitated by CNN Town Hall and Variety, and a 16-second portion from that full video was clipped, went viral, and began to catapult Chalamet's acting career towards cancellation. In the video, Chalamet critically remarks on opera and ballet, saying, "I don't want to be working in ballet or opera, or you know, things where it's like, 'Hey, keep this thing alive,' even though it's like, no one cares...

With global cosmetic procedures increasing in demand by 40% over the last four years, it appears as though the days of embracing natural beauty are coming to an end. Less invasive procedures, such as Botox and fillers, have risen consistently in popularity as influencers and models openly admit to having work d one . As s omeone who has met people as young as seventeen choosing to begin getting filler and Botox, I have a few questions: What contributed to the rise in aesthetic enhancements?...