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Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Teen Says Her Sister Skipped Her Graduation Due to a ‘Really Bad Headache' — but She Was Doing This ‘All Day' Instead
A Reddit user admitted that she's upset about her sister skipping her graduation and not congratulating her The teen claimed that the sibling is lying about the reason she bailed last-minute on the graduation ceremony 'My mom said I need to forgive her, and I know I need to, but right now I don't think I can,' the graduate wroteA recent high school graduate is still reeling from her sister pushing her buttons on graduation day and then abruptly skipping out on the ceremony. The teen detailed the drama on Reddit's 'Am I the A------' forum, where she claimed her sister lied about why she skipped the graduation. 'My sister has bad social anxiety and doesn't leave the house often,' she explained. 'She told me all week she was gonna go to my graduation, but then an hour before we were supposed to leave, she canceled.' 'She said she had a really bad headache, but all day she was fine; she was in her room yelling, talking to friends online,' she continued. 'Now I think if you have a headache THAT BAD, you wouldn't be 2 inches from your computer screen playing video games.' The graduate is not only bummed about the sister's absence. 'What makes it worse is she never said sorry, she never came up and said good job — nothing,' she recalled. 'Even at my party afterward, she came in, talked to everyone else but not me and left.' 'I would have maybe forgiven her if she came to me personally afterward and said congratulations, but she never did,' she added. 'My mom said I need to forgive her, and I know I need to, but right now I don't think I can.' is now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! Wondering if she's overreacting, she asked Redditors, 'Am I the a------ for not forgiving my sister for skipping my graduation?' Most readers assured her that she's not in the wrong in this situation. 'Her not even giving you a pat on the back was the icing on the cake,' one person replied. 'You don't need to hold this against her for the rest of your life, and I don't think you will, but nobody should fault you for being upset.' Unlike the graduate's sister, several Redditors congratulated the teen. 'This was a big one for you. Congrats,' one wrote. 'Don't let this crappy behavior sour your moment. Focus on the people who celebrate you.' Read the original article on People
Irish Times
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Dublin Literary Award: The Adversary by Canadian author Michael Crummey wins €100,000 prize
The Adversary, a story of sibling rivalry set in 19th-century Newfoundland, by Canadian author Michael Crummey, has won the 30th annual Dublin Literary Award , worth €100,000. The award, sponsored by Dublin City Council, is the world's largest prize for a single novel published in English. Uniquely, it receives its nominations from public libraries around the world. Emma Blain, Lord Mayor of Dublin and patron of the award, announced the winner at the International Literature Festival Dublin in Merrion Square Park. Richard Shakespeare, chief executive of Dublin City Council, presented the prize to the winning author. 'The Adversary, set in Newfoundland, is an impressive historical novel bringing the reader into a dark, unsettling story about sibling rivalry, power and human resilience,' Ms Blain said. 'I'd like to congratulate Michael Crummey and thank everyone involved in the award – writers, translators, librarians, publishers and the administrative staff of Dublin City Council.' READ MORE Mr Shakespeare said: 'I am delighted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award winner. Michael Crummey's win is all the more significant in this anniversary year considering the Irish links to Newfoundland. The award celebrating 30 years is a source of pride for us in our Unesco City of Literature. It has supported writers, translators and readers over the years, and brings the world closer through the power of imaginative storytelling.' The winning novel, nominated by Newfoundland and Labrador libraries in Canada, was chosen from a shortlist of six novels by writers from Argentina, Ireland, the Netherlands and the United States, including Prophet Song by Paul Lynch. The longlist of 71 titles was nominated by 83 libraries from 34 countries. [ Prophet Song by Paul Lynch review: Totalitarian twists and turns Opens in new window ] 'I am absolutely overjoyed to have received this news,' Crummey said. 'It was an honour to be included on the shortlist with so many exceptional writers. To have won the Dublin Literary Award leaves me thrilled and deeply, deeply grateful. It's something I will carry with me always.' The winner will appear at the International Literature Festival Dublin, for an in-depth conversation about the novel, with Madeleine Keane, tomorrow at 6pm in Merrion Square Park. Book here to attend in person. Copies of the winning title are available to borrow from Dublin City Libraries and from public libraries throughout Ireland. Prof Chris Morash of Trinity College Dublin chaired the judging panel made up of Leonard Cassuto, Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe, Gerbrand Bakker, Martina Devlin and Fiona Sze Lorrain. 'Michael Crummey's The Adversary compellingly and convincingly immerses its readers in a world previously lost to fiction, and almost lost to memory: a Newfoundland outport from the early years of the colony, connected to the world outside only by the occasional supply ship,' the judges said. 'In this vividly imagined, insular world, the narrative is driven by the animosity between two characters – a brother and sister – whose epic hatred for one another gives the novel an almost parable-like quality. Their enmity powers this subtle, darkly powerful tale narrated in poetic language. The Adversary lastingly fills in a hitherto blank corner on our map of imagined past places.' Crummey lives in St John's, Newfoundland. He is the author of the novels The Wreckage, Galore, Sweetland and The Innocents, as well as seven books of poetry and a collection of short stories. Last year's award winner was Solenoid by Mircea Cartarescu. The most recent Irish winner was Anna Burns in 2020 for Milkman.
Wall Street Journal
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
‘Sirens' Review: An Island's Money and Mystery on Netflix
From 'Game of Thrones' to 'Family Guy,' the problematic sibling is a prime mover of plotlines, and few are a bigger source of headaches than the delinquent Devon DeWitt of 'Sirens.' An alcoholic with many miles on her drink-o-meter, she claims to be sober, steals opioids out of random medicine chests and has lived a lifestyle of the down, out and dissipated. Yet she looks like actress Meghann Fahy and turns out to be the smartest person in the room. So abandon all hope of plausibility, ye who enter this five-episode series, though the experience is hardly hellish: You can almost hear the wind chimes and pan flutes and feel the sea mist caressing Cliff House, the bigger-than-Rhode-Island-size manor reigned over by Michaela Kell (an unnervingly pale and brittle Julianne Moore), a goddess in her own mind. It is here, maybe on Nantucket, that Devon has come to fetch her long-estranged sister, Simone (Milly Alcock, 'House of the Dragon'), who has risen from their lowly shared station in life to become Michaela's executive assistant, gofer, companion and—maybe—friend. Devon doesn't trust the woman. Should we?
Daily Mail
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE 'People always tell me I wish you died instead of him': PETER HITCHENS remembers sibling rivalry with late brother CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS on new Mail podcast
On the latest episode of the Mail's Alas Vine & Hitchens podcast, acclaimed broadcaster Peter Hitchens remembered the sibling rivalry between him and his 'radically left' brother, Christopher Hitchens. The best-selling author also shared some of the cruel comments he has received since Christopher passed from cancer in 2011. Christopher Hitchens, the brother of Alas podcast host, Peter Hitchens, was a prodigious author and journalist, known for his divisive atheism and left-wing politics. Over his long career, Christopher penned 18 books on topics ranging from culture and history to politics and religion. He was also a champion debater, regularly appearing on TV to defend his contrarian views. Peter told the podcast: 'My brother had a very large reputation. He tended to take different views from me – that is to say, I'm a Christian, he was an atheist. I am a person on the socially conservative right; he was a person on the radical left. 'I am not seeking sympathy by saying this but, it happens all the time that people on social media will tell me – I wish you'd been the one that died. 'That got me thinking about the very curious business of brothers and sisters. There does seem to be a problem with certain sets of siblings, where they just don't get on. 'We used to fight a lot as children – which began a war which, in a way, continued all our lives.' Christopher Hitchens died aged 62 from complications of oesophageal cancer. In his memoir, Christopher said the biggest divide between him and his brother was Peter's belief in God. Reminiscing with Mail columnist and podcast co-host Sarah Vine, Peter remembered how the warring siblings used to frighten each other as children. 'There was this one famous occasion where he was supposed to have removed the brakes on my pram. He brought me up on top of a hill with evil intent. 'Another where Christopher claimed to be sitting by a flower bed, which is unlikely for him, and saw a small menacing shadow of a boy with a rake advancing towards him. 'I also remember my brother leading me into a swamp on the edges of Dartmoor. We always used to fight.' As adults, Peter said he and his brother had a distant relationship, particularly after Christopher travelled across the pond, moving permanently to Washington DC. Although Peter admits that 'they never really got along', he also revealed that he 'misses him all the time'. 'I owe so much to having a brother with whom I had an adversarial relationship - you learn a lot', the broadcaster began. 'There was a brief period when we were both living in DC, where we saw more of each other than we otherwise did. Seeing each other again, it became very clear why we were happy being distant – we just didn't get on all that much. 'But it was always nice saying hello. We could finish each other's sentences - we had private languages as children. 'I miss him all the time.'
The Independent
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Peppa Pig is now a big sister to Evie – and it's going to ruin her life
Poor Peppa Pig. One minute you're the beloved daughter of the house – ruler of puddles, queen of the treehouse, absolute sociopath when it comes to insulting your dad ('Silly Daddy, your tummy is too big') – the next, there's a new piglet in town. And even worse: she's cute, too. Now that Evie's joined the Pig family (is 'Pig' their given family name? Unfortunate), Peppa's going to have to grow up – fast. The announcement that Mummy gave birth this morning, at 5.34am, to a baby girl named Evie, in honour of Mummy Pig's aunt, is the first time a major new character has been introduced to the cartoon in decades. It comes after the bombshell that she was pregnant dropped in February. Cue a million beleaguered parents left facing that heinous and distressing question: 'Where do baby pigs come from?' and muttering cringey comments about 'daddy's seed' and 'special cuddles' and – in one friend's case – 'daddy wrestled mummy like in WWE'. It's a steep learning curve, becoming a big sister – and I should know. When my brother was born, I wanted to exchange him for a chocolate bar. When my daughter learned she was about to welcome a new baby brother into the house, she sobbed hysterically and asked if we could 'take it back if we didn't like it'. (Spoiler: sometimes parents don't like it, but that's called 'unconditional love'.) Of course, Peppa should already be au fait with all things sibling rivalry: she's been berating George for years – 20 of them, in fact, which is pretty weird, when you think about it. I mean, does George take his toy dinosaur to uni? Why is he always two? But there is something different about a third baby coming years after you've got used to the family dynamic – when you've all bumped heads and sharpened elbows and, on one unpleasant occasion, even used an actual fork to work out where everyone's favourite sofa seat is, who wins in the pecking order of the bathroom, and who gets the best Easter egg and why it will always be Mummy. Sorry, did I make it about me? If I did, that's because I was used to being the only child – and enjoying myself perfectly well, thanks, right until my baby brother came along in 1984. I still remember the sense of excitement when my dad told me he had a 'surprise' for me and led me to the hospital (strange, but OK, perhaps that's where Santa makes presents out of season) to visit my mum. I was over the moon because I knew – with every fibre of my four-year-old being – that they'd got me the Jem doll with flashing earrings. Actual red, light-up, flashing studs! Except... it wasn't Jem – it was just a baby that cried a lot and didn't do much of anything really, except gurgle and vomit and wet its heavy cloth nappy (this was the eighties). And I wasn't even allowed to pick it up in case I dropped it. Boring. Such crushing, vivid disappointment. I remember the time my little brother hid behind a chest of drawers in my bedroom and accidentally got stuck there while I did some dramatic flouncing in floods of tears, shouted 'I hate you', slammed the door and flung myself on my bed like a Brontë heroine. After enduring several hours of weeping, he had to sheepishly reveal himself and pretended that he'd 'accidentally fallen asleep back there'. Then, there was the time I was charged with 'looking after' my sibling with a friend, because we were 14 and supposedly 'responsible' – but by the time my parents came home there were two broken lamps and a fractured skull. There was, of course, also the time he was having his first sleepover with his friends and I wanted to listen in to all their secrets, so hid a voice-activated dictaphone in his bedroom. I did all the usual, awful, big-sister things: refused to play with him because I wanted to hang out with my friends, hit the roof when he read my diary, tortured him by sitting on his back and making him 'tap out', forced him to let me give him makeovers and also take pictures. Ah, Peppa. It's hard being the oldest, and you're going to have to grow up now – but, then, you are about 25, so it was inevitable. Here's the upside: just think about how you can blame Evie for all that mess from the muddy puddles. And the real secret to being a big sister? By the time you don't live together anymore, you actually miss them. Trust me. My 'baby brother' is now my best friend. It just took us a while to get there.
