Month: October 2025

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books. Here’s our the bookish news stories readers were most interested in this week. Barnes & Noble’s Best Books of 2025 You’re not imagining it; Best Books of the Year season is getting earlier
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Nelly Furtado is ready to turn off the stage lights. The “I’m Like a Bird” singer announced a major career shift, revealing her plans to take an indefinite break from live shows and touring. “I have decided to step away from performance for the foreseeable future,” she wrote in a post on Instagram Oct. 23,
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Hailey Bieber is getting blunt about Botox. The Rhode Skin founder denied using the injectable for cosmetic purposes, revealing that she’s given herself a minimum age requirement for seeking it out. “I made a commitment to myself that I wasn’t going to do any Botox until I was in my 30s,” Hailey, 28, told Owen
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French luxury brand LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton has generated revenue of €58.1 billion (~$67.4 billion) in the first nine months (9M) of 2025, marking a 2 per cent organic decline year-over-year (YoY). Despite persistent economic uncertainty and geopolitical disruptions, the luxury group displayed resilience, with the third quarter registering a one per cent organic
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A federal judge in Mississippi on Wednesday struck down a Biden-era rule extending anti-discrimination healthcare protections to transgender people. Judge Louis Guirola Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi – a George W. Bush appointee – ruled in favor of a coalition of 15 GOP-led states that sued to overturn the rule, the Hill reports.
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There are few things more satisfying than a TV show that sets a high bar in its first season and actually keeps it there. Plenty of shows debut with explosive promise – rich characters, tight storytelling, cinematic scope – only to stumble later. The rare ones that maintain that spark prove how consistency can elevate
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The right scent doesn’t just make you smell good—It speaks for you before you say a word.It signals your presence. It amplifies your personality.It’s power… bottled. But with shelves stacked high with colognes, where do you even start? You start with fragrance families. Because every family tells a story.Fresh and clean? That’s daytime confidence.Dark and
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Florence and the Machine have announced the tour in support of their forthcoming album, Everybody Scream. The tour begins in the United Kingdom in February, and, later that month, Florence Welch and her band will head to mainland Europe for more dates. The North American leg begins in April, and support on that leg of
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Hailey Bieber is using her platform to call out online transphobia, and she’s not holding back. In a new episode of the In Your Dreams podcast with her longtime friend Owen Thiele, the 28-year-old model and entrepreneur revealed that she’s often targeted by trolls who make comments questioning her gender identity. Instead of brushing off
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Blumhouse has announced this afternoon plans to adapt James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera’s horror comic book phenomenon Something is Killing the Children into both a feature film and an adult animated series. Series co-creator James Tynion IV will shepherd the development of the TV series. Something is Killing the Children was first published by BOOM! Studios in
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Barnes & Noble’s 2025 Book of the Year Finalists Hot on the heels of their Best Books of
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Imogen Heap has released an experimental, 13-minute video for three of her songs from the past year: “What Have You Done to Me?,” “Noise,” and “Aftercare.” Collectively called I Am ___, the suite is edited to flow continuously alongside visuals by the director and editor Daria Korsak. Heap said, “I hope this song takes you
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The man behind the music, the vision behind the legacy In an industry where stars rise and fade like constellations in constant motion, few names shine with the steady brilliance of John Velasco. For decades, his influence has rippled across the worlds of music, film, publishing, and artist development — shaping not only careers, but
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Author Lyndsay Ely grapples with loyalty, love and divinity in her fantasy novel The Lost Reliquary, the first of the Divine Thrall series. As a divine warrior in service to the only remaining deity, Tempestra-Innara, Lys cannot help but love them. Yet a lifetime of compulsory service to the flame goddess has Lys dreaming of
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Yankees Alum Brett Gardner’s Son Miller Has Preliminary Cause of Death Revealed The Los Angeles Dodgers are missing a teammate. The day before the MLB team is set to return to the 2025 World Series to face off against the Toronto Blue Jays, they announced that their pitcher Alex Vesia is currently absent due to
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ABC News reporter Roberts isn’t always one for chit-chat. “I don’t like the check-in,” she explaind. “If you’re calling just to say, ‘So, what’s up?’ no, I do not like that.” Everyone’s favorite TV weatherman, however, is a phone guy. And after years of chafing against his frequent calls, a pal proposed something that changed her
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FENDI is pleased to announce the appointment of Maria Grazia Chiuri as Chief Creative Officer of the Roman Maison. “Maria Grazia Chiuri is one of the greatest creative talents in fashion today, and I am delighted that she has chosen to return to Fendi to continue expressing her creativity within the LVMH group, after sharing
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