January 24, 2019 2:16 PM EST
In the wake of Weezer’s recent cover of Toto’s 1981 hit “Africa” turning into their highest-charting song in nearly a decade, the band has dropped a surprise new album consisting entirely of covers.
Dubbed The Teal Album—in the band’s tradition of nicknaming albums for colors—the 10-track record features covers of a number of throwback hits, including Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean,” Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me,” Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” and The Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This).
When I first visited Sofie for three days in October, 2017, I just wanted to make one portrait together with her mother. But after I met her, and I got into the world at her family’s farm in Eilenstedt, Germany, it became clear that I wanted to make a series about her, her family and living with Down syndrome.
Sofie at work on her family's farm, Ellenstedt, Germany, Autumn 2017
Some regard these things as very noble acts, while others see them as unnatural things created to undermine God’s work. Interesting, right? It is this contrast among people of different beliefs that we are exploring today. Here is how different religious denominations see blood and organ donations. ADVERTISEMENT
Anglican: These two things are accepted by the church. According to Blood banker, this denomination believes in sacrificing for others.
“If you boil the pact down to one rule, it’s do not say you want to go outside, or you will go outside.”
According to Holston (David Oyelowo), the sheriff of the Silo in Apple TV+’s aptly-named new sci-fi series Silo, that’s the secret to staying alive in the mysterious subterranean city where he and his fellow community members exist: never get too curious about what’s going on in the world above.
As the national anthem played, gold medal around her neck, Brittney Griner placed her hand on her heart, while tears streamed down her face. The United States had just defeated France, 67-66, at Bercy Arena in the Olympic final on Sunday, the last sporting event of the Paris Olympics. The game was a thriller, with France nearly ending Team USA’s 60-game Olympic winning streak that went back to 1992. Griner played less than five minutes in the gold medal game, scoring just four points.