Alyssa Christian

A famous actress goes incognito to seek treatment for a medical issue. While staying at the hospital, she meets three unique and remarkable women — an aging rocker, a young mother, and a forever single retired schoolteacher. Together, they help her face adversity with humor and camaraderie while coaching her for the most challenging role she’s ever played — herself.

As punishment for his troublesome behavior, a teenager (George Ferrier) is forced to help take care of his alcoholic, feisty grandmother (Charlotte Rampling) – who he has never met – who used to be a war photographer. Ruth, the grandmother, is currently wheelchair-bound, and the grandson, Sam, is grieving the recent loss of his mother. Slowly but surely, Sam and Ruth connect and find that they have more in common than they’d thought.

THE STORY – Shriver, a down-on-his-luck handyman who has never read a book in his life, gets mistaken for a famous writer whose been in hiding for more than 20 years. With nothing to lose, he accepts an invitation to a college literary festival and soon finds himself surrounded by adoring fans and an English professor who captures his heart.

There are a number of songs written and/or performed by animal activists that are, at times, overt with their animal rights intentions, while other songs may be a little more subtle. Many of these activists were vegetarian or vegan at the time of the recording and/or writing, or perhaps they adopted more plant-based diets as a result of their participation in these songs.

It’s no surprise that empathy for our fellow humans is linked to our empathy for non-human animals, which is why it makes sense — according to a new study — that human empathy can increase our ability to understand animal sounds/noises. That can, in turn, improve animal welfare in various industries — most notably, farmed animal welfare.

In Blackfeet Country — home to four different Native American tribes — dogs have been put to work in hopes of determining what’s behind recent mysterious diseases in the area. Working Dogs for Conservation (WD4C) has been leading the charge in determining the reason behind unfamiliar and unknown thyroid issues and cancers in the area. Souta Calling Last, who is a member of the Blood Tribe and is also a researcher, has enlisted the services of WD4C, in hopes of solving this mystery.

It’s not hard to understand that Americans’ opinions regarding climate change and the environment are as vast as their religious beliefs, or lack thereof, in some cases. So, how do religion and the environment intersect, in terms of Americans’ beliefs? Well, according to a recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center (PRC), results vary; many United States citizens who are Christians promote responsibility for the Earth and all its inhabitants.

On a trip to her hometown, workaholic TV producer Ally reminisces with her ex Sean and starts questioning everything about her life. Things only become more confusing when she learns Sean is getting married to Cassidy, who reminds her of the person she used to be.

The romantic comedy “You People” marks “Blackish” creator Kenya Barris’ feature directorial debut and is a modern reinvention of the classic comedy “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.”

Emmy-winning comedian and actress Kirstie Alley, who died in December 2022 after a brief battle with colon cancer, was known for being an animal lover. In addition to her dogs, she had several other pets who most would say were rather unconventional. In her expansive, 1930s-set home in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles, she housed a flock of wild birds (for which she held a special license), monkeys, and 14 lemurs.

This year’s mid-term elections for the United States House of Representatives and the Senate saw several important victories for climate advocates, many of whom were LGBTQ+ individuals and/or other minorities. Democrats kept the Senate, whereas Republicans took the House by a slim margin. This year, an estimated 340 individuals who identified as LBTQ+ were elected.

Climate change continues to cause glaciers to melt at a rapid pace, and, what’s worse, this melting could release tons of bacteria, which could leak into bodies of water like lakes and rivers. According to a study completed by researchers from Aberystwyth University, an estimated 100,000 tons (or more) of microbes — namely, bacteria, — could be “released into the environment over the next 80 years.” This tonnage is essentially equivalent to the number of cells in every single human on Earth.

With the decline of paper and the increase in demand for electric vehicles (EVs), scientists are trying to find other ways to be more sustainable; and, when searching for eco-friendly methods of making batteries, they looked to trees. As automotive companies continue making EVs and the general public embraces them, battery demand has risen substantially. Stora Enso, a major paper producer in Finland, discovered that things were changing in the paper-producing world.

Shockingly, trillions of insects are killed per year, for food and for animal feed. But, perhaps what is even more surprising is the fact that, according to recent studies, insects can apparently feel pain, contrary to what many people had thought. And, with the increase in demand for insect-based alternatives to traditional animal agriculture, insect farming is at an all-time high.

In Blackfeet Country — home to four different Native American tribes — dogs have been put to work in hopes of determining what’s behind recent mysterious diseases in the area. Working Dogs for Conservation (WD4C) has been leading the charge in determining the reason behind unfamiliar and unknown thyroid issues and cancers in the area.