Month: January 2024

G Herbo was sentenced today in Massachusetts federal court after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and making a false statement to a federal official. The Chicago rapper, who faced up to 20 years in prison, is sentenced to three years’ probation and was ordered to pay $139,878 in restitution and a $5,500
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Thankfully for fans, one of Hollywood’s biggest supernatural franchises just won’t die, as the sequel Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is rising up the firepole as one of the most anticipated upcoming 2024 movies. The follow-up to 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife looks like it’ll be a more rambunctious and delightfully evil adventure than its predecessor, and it sounds
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The protagonist of Temim Fruchter’s remarkable debut novel, a queer grad student studying Jewish folklore, describes her work as collecting scraps. In the wake of her father’s death, 30-year-old Shiva decides to get her master’s, hoping to unravel the family mysteries her mother has kept hidden from her all her life. Shiva eventually travels to
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Warning: SPOILERS for 2024’s Mean Girls musical adaptation are in play. If you haven’t made fetch happen yet, you’ve been warned.  Revisiting the past through something like the new Mean Girls musical remake can be tricky. Walking a fine line between making references to the past and making something that the crowd seeking out 2024
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The critics have spoken. One week after the Golden Globes kicked off the 2024 awards season, the Critics Choice Awards honored the best in 2023 film and TV in a Jan. 14 ceremony hosted by Chelsea Handler. Winning actors included Oppenheimer‘s Robert Downey Jr., Poor Things‘ Emma Stone, Beef stars Ali Wong and Steven Yeun, and Kieran Culkin and Sarah Snook for their performances on Succession. The
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Ariana Grande is back: Tonight, she’s released her new song “Yes, And?,” which marks her first solo single since 2020. The song was written and produced by Grande, Max Martin, and Ilya Salmanzadeh. Grande recently revealed in an Instagram story that, while “Yes, And?” isn’t the name of her forthcoming album, the single’s artwork will
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Despite the fervor over “parental rights,” most parents not only trust librarians — school and public librarians rank in the top 5 most trusted professions — but they overwhelmingly believe that their children are safe in libraries. 93% of parents state their child is safe in the school library, with 80% trusting school librarians to
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Royally sealed with a kiss. King Frederik X ascended the Danish throne Jan. 14 to succeeded his mother, Queen Margrethe II, who abdicated after 52 years. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen proclaimed Frederick the new King of Denmark on the balcony of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, where he was joined by his wife Queen Mary and their four children—Crown Prince Christian,
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Jay-Z and D’Angelo have released their new song with filmmaker and musician Jeymes Samuel, which is taken from Samuel’s new movie, The Book of Clarence. “I Want You Forever”—D’Angelo’s first widely available new song since 2019—is “nine minutes and 32 seconds of absolute soulful, biblical bliss,” the director said. Jay-Z co-produced the biblical comedy-drama, having
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