Music might soothe your soul — but could it also stop you from hurling on the highway? A new study suggests that the right tunes might help fight off motion sickness, while others could leave you queasy, sweaty and reaching for a barf bag. That’s no small thing: about 1 in 3 Americans are highly … Read more
But throughout his career Mr. Jewison was repeatedly drawn to more serious fare, in movies like “F.I.S.T.” (1978), a labor-union drama that starred Sylvester Stallone; “In Country” (1989), about the daughter of a Vietnam War casualty; and his last film, “The Statement” (2003), the story of a former Nazi collaborator, played by Michael Caine. Well … Read more
It takes the average person 36 minutes and 29 pages to get lost in a book they’re reading. A survey of 2,000 U.S. adults who regularly read found the easiest book genres to lose yourself in are fantasy (49%), romance (42%), history (39%) and sci-fi (36%). Nearly half (48%) have also purchased a book based … Read more