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Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, and Sven in Frozen 2. | Walt Disney Animation Studios How dresses of velvet and ice are animated. Plus, Anna gets a new hairstyle. When Brittney Lee first signed on to do animated work for Disney’s Frozen more than six years ago, our Queen of Arendelle sported a very different look. “ElsaContinue reading “Costume design for animated movies is ridiculously difficult. The team behind Frozen 2 explains why.”

Police and fire department vehicles at the scene of a shooting in Fresno, California. | Larry Valenzuela/Fresno Bee/Tribune News Service/Getty Images At least four people were killed, and at least six wounded, police said. A shooting in Fresno, California, on Sunday night has left at least four people dead and six people wounded. It occurredContinue reading “Fresno, California shooting: what we know”

Chris Malbon for Vox How a techno-capitalist philosophy morphed into a justification for murder. Blaze Bernstein, age 19 at the time of his murder, loved to cook. Before he traveled back to his home in California for the 2017-’18 winter break, the University of Pennsylvania sophomore had been elected managing editor of a campus cookingContinue reading “Accelerationism: the obscure idea inspiring white supremacist killers around the world”

Former special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker departs following a closed-door deposition led by the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill on October 3, 2019. | Zach Gibson/Getty Images Democrats are probing whether the former special envoy was directed by Trump to squash an investigation in Ukraine. Republicans have a plan to throw him underContinue reading “The wolves are coming for Kurt Volker”

Looking Glass in Watchmen | HBO Watchmen’s fifth episode is about gods, monsters, and a psychic squid. The fifth episode of Watchmen takes us back to the ’80s — the age of hairspray, leather jackets, Howard Jones’s hit “Things Can Only Get Better,” the Cold War, and, in this universe, a psychic squid attack. TheContinue reading “How Watchmen’s giant squid attack changes everything”

Looking Glass seems to have a very full life. | HBO The show delves into Looking Glass’s past — and revisits one of the most memorable moments from the comic. After playing footsie with the original Watchmen comic for four weeks, the new TV show’s fifth episode — “Little Fear of Lightning” — dumps usContinue reading “Watchmen wants us to know one thing: We’re all being used by those with power”

Prince Andrew in Thailand in November 2019 for an ASEAN summit. | Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP/Getty Images Andrew rejected allegations of sexual misconduct in Epstein’s company by arguing a pizza party and an inability to sweat prove his innocence. The United Kingdom’s Prince Andrew sat for an interview with the BBC’s Emily Maitlis that aired Saturday, andContinue reading “A Prince Andrew interview has renewed questions about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein”

Mayor Peter Buttigieg gives a toddler a high five on the campaign trail. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images Pete Buttigieg’s is having a big moment in Iowa. But with support fluid, it remains to be seen if he can remain at the top of the field during the caucuses. The latest poll in Iowa shows SouthContinue reading “Poll: Pete Buttigieg becomes the presidential frontrunner in Iowa”