Month: February 2024

Last week, an open letter addressed to PEN America was sent. It contained the signatures of over 600 writers, including Roxane Gay, Marie-Helene Bertino, Saeed Jones,Laura van den Berg, Myriam Gurba, and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. The letter calls on the nonprofit organization to respond to the threat that “Israel’s genocide of Palestinians represents for the
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Warning: This story discusses sexual assault. The YouTube community has lost one of its own. Twomad—born Muudea Sedik—died on Feb. 13, according to Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner. He was 23. He was found unresponsive at his Los Angeles home after a welfare check was requested, law enforcement sources told TMZ. Authorities were called to
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Mark Cuevas and Jessica Batten: Not Together OK, if you thought these two were actually going to end up married at the end of this thing after their many, many struggles (the 10-year age difference, her being attracted to Barnett, Jessica not really being into Mark physically, etc., etc.), well…bless your naive little heart.  Since
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New York rapper MIKE and producer Tony Seltzer have come together for the new song “R&B.” It arrives with a music video directed by Jelani Miller. Watch it below. MIKE and Tony Seltzer connected last year for the single “Red Jacket 6.” Seltzer also produced two songs on MIKE’s 2017 breakthrough May God Bless Your
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This originally appeared in our Today in Books daily newsletter, where each day we round up the most interesting stories, news, essays, and other goings on in the world of books and reading. Sign up here if you want to get it. ___________________________________ Cormac McCarthy’s Valentine Day Candy Hearts “Everywhere the dying groan and the
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Eminem has a hand in a new documentary about superfans, Variety reports. The film’s working title is Stans, named after the obsessive title character of Eminem’s iconic 2000 song. According to Variety, the film is described as a “revealing, edgy, and disarmingly personal journey into the world of superfandom, told through the lens of one
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The third season of USA and SYFY’s “Chucky” isn’t the only returning series this Spring. Season two of Syfy’s “Reginald the Vampire” will officially launch this May, per Deadline. The  Jacob Batalon-starring “Reginald the Vampire” returns to SyFy on May 8 at 10pm. As for what to expect from the second season? “Reginald Andres finally got
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In Olivia Dade’s witty and warm new romance, At First Spite, the incredibly named town of Harlot’s Bay in coastal Maryland is the perfect place to start over. That’s good because jilted, 37-year-old Athena Greydon has two graduate degrees, no job and nowhere else to go. Even before her broken engagement to man-child Dr. Johnny
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Taylor and Travis may not have gotten to spend a romantic Valentine’s Day together, but the couple did get to share some rom-com worthy moments while celebrating Travis’ Super Bowl victory against the San Francisco 49ers on Feb. 11. For one, the couple made the whole place shimmer at a string of Las Vegas after-parties, where, at one point, they were spotted adorably singing
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Dictionary.com has released their updates for winter 2024 and reported that their lexicographers are updating their dictionary “more frequently than ever.” The latest update incorporates words, phrases, and meanings as they are used in the modern lexicon, rather than how some may think they should be used. There are 1,228 revised definitions, 173 new definitions,
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Though we seem to be past the traditional window in which biopics seem to flood the theaters, Bob Marley: One Love’s Valentine’s Day release date is just one of the several ways it distinguishes itself from other projects of this sort. Co-writer/director Reinaldo Marcus Green, best known for the Academy Award nominated King Richard, once
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★ Canadian Boyfriend Jenny Holiday’s Canadian Boyfriend, in which a dance teacher tends to her own emotional wounds while helping a young widower manage his new reality, is a true romance gem. When one of Aurora “Rory” Evans’ students, Olivia, returns to class after losing her mother, Rory is especially attentive to her and Mike
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“Somehow, Palpatine has returned,” is a line of exposition delivered in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, one that’s been turned into countless memes and also received some eye rolls in theaters. That line, and the decision to resurrect Palpatine, is one that a number of moviegoers have taken umbrage with over the years. Actor
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