Month: December 2025

County commissioners in Randolph County, North Carolina, voted earlier this month to dissolve the county’s entire library board in response to trustees’ earlier vote against banning a trans-inclusive children’s book. According to the Randolph Hub, a local news outlet, in October, the Randolph County Public Library Board of Trustees denied a patron’s request to remove the
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Joe is a TV addict with a background in Film Studies. He co-created TV/Film Fest blog QueerHorrorMovies and writes for Bloody Disgusting, Anatomy of a Scream, That Shelf, The Spool and Grim Magazine. He enjoys graphic novels, dark beer and plays multiple sports (adequately, never exceptionally). While he loves all horror, if given a choice,
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For many actors who grow up inside a massive film franchise, that first breakout role can loom over their careers for years. Some embrace it, while others spend a long time trying to move past it. That’s why it’s refreshing to hear a former Wizarding World Universe star speak so candidly about his relationship with
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Nearly a century after debuting in Hermann Hesse’s Steppenwolf, the character Harry Haller has reemerged, still on the prowl, as a famous Norwegian photographer in London. Well, not exactly. To be sure, Kristian Hadeland, the protagonist of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s The School of Night, is something of a lone wolf. Like Haller, he has didactic
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John and Amy’s commitment to speak out about family’s devastating tragedy, in the hopes it prevents similar incidents from occurring in the future, really spoke to Camilla.  “When the subject about domestic abuse came up, and suddenly you hear a story like John and Amy’s,” she told them, “it’s something that I feel very strongly about.” For her part, Amy commended
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Songs streamed on YouTube will no longer count towards the Billboard charts, the platform announced in a blog yesterday (December 17). The change will take effect on January 16, 2026, according to Lyor Cohen, YouTube’s global head of music. Cohen blamed a long-running dispute over Billboard’s decision to weight subscriber streams more favorably than ad-supported
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Sexual identity and desire are shedding rigid labels faster than ever, according to Feeld Raw 2025, the dating app’s annual snapshot of how people explored intimacy over the past year. The report points to a cultural moment where curiosity isn’t whispered about, it’s logged, shared, and increasingly embraced. Among the most striking findings: heteroflexible is
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Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg is set to close after nearly two decades. In an internal memo published by Variety, Bowery Presents co-partners Jim Glancy and John Moore confirmed that the owners of 66 North Sixth Street will not renew the venue’s lease at the end of 2026, forcing it to relocate or shut down.
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Dr. Demetre Daskalakis – who was among several employees who publicly resigned from a leadership position at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in August – is returning to the local health sector. He has been appointed Chief Medical Officer for the historic NYC health organization, Callen-Lorde Community Health Center. “My career has taken me
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Anna and the Apocalypse held its world premiere at Fantastic Fest in 2017, and it immediately made its mark as a rather unique piece of entertainment. A Scottish horror/comedy – a zom-com, to be more specific – that’s also a musical and a coming-of-age tale? A difficult combination in the wrong hands, but the filmmakers
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Sourdough What if a loaf of bread could change your life? For Lois Clary, an exhausted software engineer at a robotics company, her favorite hole-in-the-wall’s sourdough and spicy soup takeout are what gets her through coding all day, week after week, while still limiting human interaction. But when the restaurant has to shut down spontaneously,
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Jones was best known as the son of Jon Cryer‘s sadsack divorcé (and nephew of Charlie Sheen‘s playboy songwriter) on the ’00s hit sitcom Two and a Half Men. In 2012, a video of Jones trashing the comedy, calling it “filth,” surfaced online. The footage was from a 15-minute religious testimonial for Forerunner Chronicles, an Alabama-based Seventh-day Adventist ministry. Jones later apologized for
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You don’t have to look like the Michelin Man this winter… Let’s be honest—most guys don’t wear puffer jackets for fashion. They wear them because it’s cold, and the thing is warm. Makes sense. But there’s a problem: too many men end up looking like a marshmallow with legs. I get it. You’re layering up
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I’ve never been a fan of warm weather, but when it gets so cold that you need four layers of clothing just to be able to cross the street and buy yourself a sandwich, even I start to feel nostalgic about Summer. However, while not everyone can afford to physically get away for the holidays,
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Weekly Shonen Jump is still the dominant brand in all things manga out of Japan, with a storied history of sagas, heroes, and anime that have exploded out of its pages. However, with its recent hits from the pandemic era starting to bow out including Blue Box and The Elusive Samurai, people might fear for
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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. The Best-Selling Backlist Books of 2025 We will eventually get a list of the best-selling books of 2025,
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Now that you’ve treated all of your loved ones to holiday gifts we know they’re enjoying, ’tis the season to treat yourself!  If you’ve got gift cards and holiday cash burning a hole in your pocket, lucky you! The real question is, what are you going to buy with them? Our advice is to enjoy
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