Like capri pants and velour tracksuits, it seems that Shakespeare’s tragic tale of teenage love comes back around every 30 years. Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film starring Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey drew raves and included a brief nude scene that prompted “a lot of fuss” at the time and a lawsuit alleging child abuse decades
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Hoda Kotb is making space to process her feelings. The Today alum shared how her motherhood journey with kids Haley, 9, and Hope, 7, has evolved ever since adopting an unconventional method recommended by her therapist on how to navigate emotionally-charged situations. “He said, ‘This week, everything that goes wrong is your fault and say
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MANGO, an international leader in the world of fashion, launches MANGO Style Club in six European markets, as it continues the international rollout of its renewed loyalty programme. Designed to offer customers a more personalised relationship with the brand, MANGO Style Club combines loyalty rewards with exclusive services, content and experiences. The programme forms part
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serpentwithfeet is releasing a new EP, Sentinel, on December 4. The record marks the New York-based singer-songwriter’s first as a One Little Independent Records signee, after nearly a decade on Secretly Canadian. The title track, a reverent love song inspired by sea shanties and serpentwithfeet’s gospel roots, is out now. Listen to it below. While
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Madonna and Charli xcx are officially turning a rumored pop feud into a full-blown dance-floor event. The two artists have teamed up for “Danceteria Afterhours,” a new remix of Madonna’s Confessions II track “Danceteria.” The song arrives Thursday, Sept. 24, through Warner Records, marking the first time the pop powerhouses have released music together. So,
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Tananarive Due’s Mazywood is an exceptionally crafted and paced horror novel with superb, surprising twists. The iconic writer and teacher of Black horror and Afrofuturism presents readers with a novel very much in the vein of her Bram Stoker Award-winning The Reformatory, where some of the most terrifying aspects of the plot are steeped in
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Two-thirds of straight women and one-third of straight men are unwilling to date a bisexual person of the opposite sex, according to a YouGov poll published today, during Bisexuality Visibility Week. The poll illustrates how lingering stereotypes negatively affect people’s impressions of bisexual individuals. The poll — which surveyed 5,983 Britons during late March, including
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September 22, 2026 View Online | Join All Access | Listen Questions about Book Riot? We’re turning 15 next month, and you’re invited to the party. Ask us anything, reflect on the biggest literary controversies of the last decade-and-a-half, and celebrate the best of the bookish internet. Spread the word. Share this email with friends.
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“Maybe I’m not there for [season] 100, although I don’t know,” he quipped. “If I had a guy behind me, say I’m in a bit of a walker or wheelchair.” What Probst does know, however, is that he is still up for the challenge of Survivor and the transferrable life lessons he learned while filming
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Outkast, the Grammy-winning, Rock Hall-inducted duo of André 3000 and Big Boi, are suing Ovrkast for trademark infringement, unfair competition, and breach of contract. In a lawsuit filed in Georgia on September 16, High Schoolers LLC—the holding company that handles Outkast’s name and trademark—accused the Oakland rapper-producer born Silas Wilson of “improper, willful, unauthorized, and
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Who hasn’t wondered what it would be like to soar high in the sky, perhaps flapping alongside surprised birds or soaring through fluffy clouds? In the endearing The Fantastic Floating Mr. Finnegan, translated from German by Tammi Reichel, Swiss duo Rebecca Gugger and Simon Röthlisberger (partners in creativity and in life) contemplate that possibility via
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Gap and A.P.C. announced a new collaboration, bringing together two brands that have each defined modern dressing in their own distinct ways. The 37-piece collection connects Gap’s American style with A.P.C.’s Parisian point of view in an assortment that spans men’s, women’s and accessories, creating an essential fall wardrobe through a shared language of timeless
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Gay Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended President Donald Trump’s recent banning of CNN, MS NOW, Politico, The New York Times, and The Washington Post from the White House. Trump revoked the White House credentials and blocked access to the outlets last Friday for allegedly writing “fake” (unflattering and critical) news articles about his administration. On Monday,
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