Author: kumbhorg

Looking at photos of Ted Bundy now, it’s hard to see what unsuspecting people saw in the 1970s. Which, according to so many, was a handsome, charming man. That’s been the forever-buzz on Bundy, the serial killer who was executed 37 years ago and, when his story is being told onscreen, has historically been played by really good-looking men, including Mark Harmon, Cary Elwes, Billy Campbell, James Marsters, Adam Long, Zac Efron and Chad Michael Murray—all ways of illustrating how he was a guy who had no problem getting women to let their guard down around him thanks to his appearance. “Bundy…

In a Valentine’s Day season where Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” seems the go-to date night movie for most couples, along comes A24 with some curiously fitting counterprogramming: Writer/director Harry Lighton‘s brazen, thorny, but deceptively sweet kink romance “Pillion.” Described as a “dom-com” in most of the studio’s marketing materials, “Pillion” charts the furtive romance between a leather-clad dominant, played with smoldering Tom-of-Finland assertiveness by Alexander Skarsgård, and a timid, inexperienced submissive played by Harry Melling, in modern-day London. It’s tempting to reduce “Pillion” simply to its raunchier, more transgressive sexual elements: More than lurid scenes of Melling’s Colin kneeling in…

For My Sunday Song #471, we are going to discuss “Who’s The One” by Winger from their 1993 album ‘Pull’. An often overlooked album. By 1993, the music landscaped had completely changed for the 80’s glam metal scene. Gone were the bands I’d had grown up loving and replaced by Grunge, but that didn’t stop bands from putting out albums. In fact, for one band, Winger, it might have produced its best album to date. The band was down to three members with Kip Winger, Rob Morgenstein and Reb Beach. Released on May 18, 1993, ‘Pull” showcased a very mature Winger…

In January 2026 the AIER Everyday Price Index (EPI) rose 0.33 percent to 298.0, starting the year with its largest increase since June 2025. Seventeen of its 24 constituents rose in price in January, with five declining and two unchanged. Pets and pet products, gardening and lawncare services, and housing fuels and utilities saw the largest monthly price increases, while alcoholic beverages at home, personal care products, and intercity transportation saw the largest declines.  AIER Everyday Price Index vs. US Consumer Price Index (NSA, 1987 = 100) (Source: Bloomberg Finance, LP) Also on February 13, 2026, the US Bureau of…

Former BCCI selector Kris Srikkanth has suggested a change in India’s playing XI for the upcoming match against Pakistan during the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. Srikkanth stated that spin-bowling all-rounder Washington Sundar should come into the side in place of Rinku Singh, citing conditions and balance.Rinku has scored just seven runs from two games in the tournament at an average of 3.50 and a strike rate of 35. Sundar is returning from an injury picked up during the ODI series against New Zealand last month. The Tamil Nadu cricketer offers India an extra bowling option without weakening the batting.I’ll…

Aiden Markram scored an unbeaten 86 off 44 balls and Marco Jansen took 4-40 as South Africa beat New Zealand by seven wickets in their ICC T20 World Cup 2026 showdown at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium. Mark Chapman hit 48 off 26 deliveries as the Black Caps posted 175-7, only for the Proteas to extend their perfect record in style, including 50 off 19 balls from Markram. South Africa are now on the verge of reaching the Super 8, while New Zealand remain in a strong position to advance. T20 World Cup: Why Markram lauds Jansen for South Africa Markram…

How much selling could the Toronto Maple Leafs be looking at? Sportsnet: James Mirtle on the JD Bunkis Podcast on the Toronto Maple Leafs and why they should they be sellers at the trade deadline, but the level of selling may depend on how they do in the six games before the trade deadline. ** NHLRumors.com transcription Bunkis: “I think, from my standpoint, we have a good enough sample that they are not a contender. And that the idea that they could make the postseason is not impossible to me. But the idea that a group that has as many…

The restaurant industry says it is facing a double whammy – rising costs and customers with less money.

Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, discussed the ongoing push for the crypto legislation and the federal government’s management of Bitcoin during a Yahoo Finance interview earlier today, stressing the need for regulatory clarity and institutional engagement. Witt explained that the House passed its version of the Clarity Act last year, and the Senate is drafting its own amendments.  Sections of the bill addressing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have cleared the Agriculture Committee, while portions covering the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) remain in the Senate Banking Committee. A markup scheduled…

Margot Robbie has redefined method acting in the wildest way possible for Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of ‘Wuthering Heights’. The actress’s own skin, veins, and freckles were photographed and printed onto silk to create the wallpaper in her character Catherine ‘Cathy’ Earnshaw’s bedroom, turning a gothic classic into something viscerally personal.Director Emerald Fennell shared this bold production secret at a ‘Wuthering Heights’ screening at the BFI Southbank in London, as reported by Variety. Emerald Fennell said, “We asked her to send us all her veins and her freckles, and then we printed it on silk and stuffed it and put latex…