The happiest day of an Indian bride’s life can lead to years of debt

Naveena Vanamala sits very still as her makeup artist leans in close, carefully pressing tiny white dots of pigment in an arc ...
The Times Leader

IN FRAME: I’d prefer if we didn’t discount Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Bride!’

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s sophomore outing, “The Bride!” opens in the shadowy afterlife of “Frankenstein” author Mary Shelley, played by recent Oscar-winner Jesse Buckley, who is quite bitter about the way ...
Variety

5 Reasons ‘The Bride!’ Was Dead on Arrival at the Box Office

It’s alive, but it’s not exactly showing signs of life. Set in the 1930s, “The Bride!” follows a very lonely Frankenstein’s monster (Christian Bale) and his undead love interest (Jessie Buckley) as ...
collider

‘The Bride!’ Is a No-Show at the Box Office Altar With Under 1/6 Its Budget

Rohan Naahar is a Weekend News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he'll watch anything once. He has covered everything from Marvel to the Oscars, and Marvel at the Oscars. He ...
Houston Chronicle

Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Bride!' is a lot of fun but is an ultimately empty exercise

About the time Christian Bale’s Frankenstein and Jessie Buckley’s Bride crash an A-list party in 1930s New York and jump-start a full-on musical number set to “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” it is clear that ...
Polygon

The Bride! takes the Frankenstein story on a messy, manic, monstrous ride

In some alternate universe, there’s probably a simpler, more straightforward version of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Frankenstein spin-off movie The Bride! that’s currently getting called a must-see ...
Cinema Blend

Wait, Is The Bride A Musical Or Not? Maggie Gyllenhaal Wants To Put The Debate 'To Bed'

Both musicals and horror are tried and true genres in the film world. The best horror movies are known for their massive box office appeal, while a number of movie musicals have won Best Picture over ...
Yahoo

A Rich Person Says The Anger Toward The Rich Is Mind-Boggling. 'We Aren't Involved In Grinding Down The Poor Or Oppressing Anyone'

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A self-described wealthy Reddit user says the hostility toward rich people online has reached a point that is “mind boggling.” In ...
The Economist

Don’t go after the rich to fix broken budgets

America’s top 1% enjoy a fifth of the economy’s income and pay nearly a third of its federal taxes. Many politicians think they should cough up much more. Zohran Mamdani, New York’s mayor, wants a new ...
CNN

With budgets under strain, states are split on taxing the rich

As state legislatures around the country meet to solidify their budgets for the year ahead, the effects of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and an uncertain economic future are pushing states to take a ...