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fromThe Independent
18 hours ago

Obsession director reveals unlikely inspiration from The Simpsons episode

A cursed wish object idea for Obsession was sparked by a Simpsons Treehouse of Horror II episode about a monkey paw causing backfiring chaos.
#horror
fromInverse
11 months ago
San Jose Sharks

The Most Outrageous Survival Thriller Of The Year Is A Wild Remix Of The Shark Movie

Film
fromVulture
1 week ago

The 13 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend

Obsession runs through new films and shows, from crush-driven horror to relationship therapy and family revenge stories.
fromInverse
11 months ago
San Jose Sharks

The Most Outrageous Survival Thriller Of The Year Is A Wild Remix Of The Shark Movie

Film
fromThe Independent
1 month ago

Jodie Foster and the stalker who shot the president 'to win her heart'

Jodie Foster's role in Taxi Driver led to an obsessive stalker, culminating in an assassination attempt on the president by John Hinckley Jr.
#love
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Tom Brady Says Obsession Is Key. Science Says Otherwise

Obsession can drive success, but passion is crucial for sustainable motivation and discipline in achieving goals.
Books
fromAnOther
1 month ago

A Gripping Debut Novel with an Intense Female Friendship at Its Centre

Friendship and obsession shape the narrative of Stephanie Wambugu's debut novel, Lonely Crowds, focusing on Ruth and Maria's evolving relationship.
fromBustle
1 month ago

My Therapist, My Fantasy Lover, My God

You've created a character you can control, because you can't control me.
Writing
#literature
fromSFGATE
1 month ago
Books

'I was just riveted': Plane crashes, dark tech inspire SF book of the year

Kate Folk's novel 'Sky Daddy' explores a woman's obsession with planes and her struggle for connection in a modern, isolating world.
fromDefector
11 months ago
Bicycling

Tim Krabbe's 'The Rider' Won Us Over By Losing | Defector

The book presents a multifaceted metaphor about love, obsession, and the extremes of human emotion through the lens of competitiveness.
Books
fromSFGATE
1 month ago

'I was just riveted': Plane crashes, dark tech inspire SF book of the year

Kate Folk's novel 'Sky Daddy' explores a woman's obsession with planes and her struggle for connection in a modern, isolating world.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

My Lover, the Rabbi by Wayne Koestenbaum review as fierce and strange as anything you'll read this year

Wayne Koestenbaum's novel explores obsession and desire through a modernist lens, intertwining characters in a narrative reminiscent of 19th-century literature.
Music production
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
1 month ago

Silver Otto Channels Urgency and Obsession in "I Really Need To Know" - KALTBLUT Magazine

Silver Otto's 'I Really Need To Know' embodies emotional urgency, exploring desire and obsession through intense lyrics and a contrasting production.
fromVulture
2 months ago

The Gay Romance Novel You Should Actually Read

Sigmund Freud believed that every crush has a strand of disgust, that people are attracted to what repulses them. The enchantment of an infatuation always counterbalances the reality that our lovers - irksome, confusing, and unflaggingly human - depart from whatever ideal archetype we have stored in our heads.
Writing
fromVulture
4 months ago

Tell Me Lies Recap: Being a Woman Is a Prison

You know who I'm shipping right now? Pippa and Diana. You know who I'm no longer shipping? Bree and Evan. Wrigley is the one man left in the Tell Me Lies universe who doesn't deserve immediate jail, and the big reveal at the end of "Fix Me Up, Girl" is that he's the one blowing up Bree's phone on her wedding day because they've been having an affair.
Television
Books
fromThe Nation
4 months ago

The Dislocations of Shuang Xuetao

Obsessions reveal intimate social and personal transformations in post–Cultural Revolution China through downwardly mobile urban characters.
#psychological-thriller
Media industry
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Joyride by Susan Orlean review an extraordinary, curious life

Susan Orlean pursues curiosity and obsession through attentive, empathetic reporting across diverse, often overlooked subjects, finding meaning in 'hiding in plain sight.'
fromInverse
5 months ago

'Marty Supreme' Review: A Whirlwind American Odyssey At Its Most Spectacular

And from the first opening sequence that breathlessly follows Marty from the cramped shoe store in 1952 New York City, where he is the best (and most irritating) salesman, into the dark stockroom where he and his married girlfriend Rachel (Odessa A'zion) have sweaty, hurried sex, it's crystal clear that the signature frantic energy that has characterized the Safdies' movies like Good Time and Uncut Gems all comes from Josh.
Film
Television
fromIndieWire
5 months ago

'The Chair Company' Finale Is on Another Level

Ron’s obsession with the Tecca conspiracy drives him to reject a simple life, turning investigation into compulsion that may be cure or disease.
fromFortune
6 months ago

The uncomfortable secret of successful people: Forget work-life balance, you have to be 'obsessed,' ex-Wall Streeter and business coach says | Fortune

She's the founder and CEO of Contrarian Thinking, a media and finance education company with millions of followers and subscribers, aimed at empowering people to take control of their financial future through unconventional paths like small-business ownership. She also runs venture fund Contrarian Thinking Capital, earned her MBA from Georgetown University, and is a New York Times bestselling author. Her estimated net worth is about $17 million.
Venture
Television
fromRoger Ebert
7 months ago

Tim Robinson Sits in a World of Paranoid Conspiracies in HBO's "The Chair Company" | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert

The Chair Company examines how suburban masculinity, paranoia, conspiracies, and inadequacy merge into dangerous obsession, blending dark comedy with a mystery about a man unraveling.
Books
fromThe Atlantic
7 months ago

My Own Private Frankenstein

Frankenstein centers on grief and the obsessive human desire to conquer death, showing how rejection and loss produce monstrous consequences.
fromESPN.com
8 months ago

Dalvin Cook meets Caleb Williams? How Tyriq Withers brought Cameron Cade to life

"HIM," a sports-horror thriller directed by Justin Tipping and produced by Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw Productions, uses football as a vehicle to explore themes of power, obsession and mentorship gone wrong. Marlon Wayans stars as the fictional, legendary quarterback Isaiah White and former Florida State Seminole walk-on wideout Tyriq Withers brings authentic football experience to the role of his protégé, Cameron Cade. The movie pushes beyond jump scares to ask a deeper question: What happens when the pursuit of greatness turns terrifying?
Film
History
fromNature
8 months ago

Heroes or hoarders? The strange brains of people who collect

Obsessive collecting often stems from curiosity and compulsion, transforming artifacts into relics and fueling both scientific inquiry and grotesque hoarding.
Arts
fromMission Local
8 months ago

'HOLE:' A play about digging a hole at the beach. Yes, literally.

San Francisco Neo-Futurists turned a communal hole-digging activity into HOLE, a 75-minute outdoor play exploring collective obsession, exhaustion, community and solidarity.
London music
fromPitchfork
8 months ago

The xx's Oliver Sim Shares Video for New Song "Obsession"

Oliver Sim released "Obsession," his first solo song in three years, with a video starring Erin O'Connor; the xx are reportedly working on a new album.
Soccer (FIFA)
fromwww.theguardian.com
9 months ago

Triumph and disaster for you, soft power for the Premier League: fantasy football is back | Jonathan Liew

Fantasy Premier League generates a cultural divide between dismissal of its triviality and deep obsession in its community.
Wearables
fromThe Verge
9 months ago

RFK Jr. wants a wearable on every American - that future's not as healthy as he thinks

Wearable technology cannot universally guarantee health improvements for everyone.
Video games
fromPolygon
10 months ago

Donkey Kong Bananza fans are spending hours destroying everything

Players are deeply engaged with destructible terrain in Donkey Kong Bananza, often spending significant time removing every voxel.
Mental health
fromFuturism
10 months ago

People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis"

ChatGPT can trigger severe mental health crises, with users experiencing delusions and paranoia, impacting relationships and livelihoods.
fromwww.theguardian.com
11 months ago

Publishing is a dream, but this has also been one of the hardest years of my life ': Palestinian author Yasmin Zaher

"The great majority of people are refused a Birkin, they get told that there aren't any available in the store... It's a side quest in my life."
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