The Joe Wright-directed Pride and Prejudice has reentered theaters to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
Joe Wright’s Pride and Prejudice has returned to theaters two decades after its debut. The film upended expectations of the period drama when it debuted in 2005 with its youthful cast, restless camerawork, and emotional immediacy. Initially skeptical of adapting a work of Jane Austen’s, Wright approached the adaptation with the eye of a realist, casting an 18-year-old Keira Knightley and setting the story amid the upheaval of the late 18th century. The result—a kinetic, lived-in portrait of desire and class tension—has quietly endured and is now regarded as one of the most emotionally resonant Austen adaptations on screen.
A.I. is spurring China’s military, workforce, and nationalism forward with surveillance tech and robotics.
China is aggressively integrating AI into its military, labor, and surveillance systems, using robotics not just to fill gaps in a shrinking workforce but to assert global tech leadership. Drones deliver food, robot dogs roam city streets, and humanoid machines perform national spectacles—all part of a state-led push to embody artificial intelligence in everyday life. Fueled by breakthroughs like DeepSeek’s homegrown language model, this AI boom signals a strategic pivot in China’s ambitions, where automation meets nationalism at street level.
CJ Hendry’s Keff Joons balloon sculpture park is an Instagram hit—with substantial fine art.
C.J. Hendry’s Keff Joons turns an unassuming Brooklyn warehouse into a cavernous playground of 50 towering, tangled inflatables that double as a climbable spectacle. The installation nods irreverently to Jeff Koons while anchoring a broader exhibition of meticulously fine art drawings and sculptures, all of which have sold. Its blend of pop aesthetics, fine art precision, and Instagram-ready appeal has drawn long lines of visitors eager to experience—and document—the full-immersion fantasy.
An exhibition at the Petite Palais in Paris spotlights the anonymous designers of haute jewelry houses.
Astronomers studying the exoplanet K2-18b, 120 light-years away from Earth, have detected unusually high levels of dimethyl sulfide—a molecule that, on Earth, is produced only by living organisms. This chemical signature, found using the James Webb Space Telescope, has prompted researchers to consider the planet a leading candidate in the search for extraterrestrial life. While some scientists urge caution, others see this as the most compelling biosignature yet spotted beyond our solar system.
Researchers are investigating the “strongest indication yet of extraterrestrial life,” 120 light-years from Earth.
“Jewelry Designs: Secrets of the Creation,” at the Petit Palais in Paris sheds light on the forgotten hands behind France’s most storied jewelry houses, revealing the anonymous designers whose drawings shaped the visual identity of maisons like Cartier and Boucheron. Featuring rarely seen sketches and finished pieces, the show highlights the central role of the design process—where every line reflects not just artistry but the heritage of the house itself.
Today’s attractive distractions:
In Brazil, a skyscraper whose structural integrity is bolstered by an exoskeleton.
A medieval contraption aimed to solve the age-old problem of reading too many books at once.
How Lisa served “popstar of the future” at Coachella, courtesy of fashion designer Asher Levine.
Sorry, everyone, Amelia Dimoldenberg and Andrew Garfield really are just friends!
