Month: April 2026

A 197-page report released Thursday by the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias said that pro-LGBTQ+ policies pursued by former President Joe Biden are anti-Christian. Biden is Roman Catholic, and numerous Christian groups support LGBTQ+-inclusive social policies. “The Biden administration’s policies regularly clashed with a Christian worldview and burdened traditional religious
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The fantastical meets the personal in Sunyi Dean’s highly anticipated second novel, The Girl With a Thousand Faces. Dean’s worldbuilding remains as rich and vivid as in her debut, The Book Eaters, but this time she takes readers to 20th-century Hong Kong, and into an alternate reality where ghosts walk among the living. In the
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According to curator Andrew Bolton, the exhibition connects fashion across every museum department, reinforcing the idea that the “dressed body” is a universal thread in visual culture. On the red carpet, that philosophy could translate into sculptural gowns, sheer “naked” dresses, and looks inspired by classical art, from marble-like draping to anatomy-driven design. But the
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There’s a new way to procure the extraordinarily exclusive Hermès Birkin bag, without being one of the brand’s VIP clients. On Thursday, designer handbag rental platform Vivrelle launched Privée, a new membership tier that expands its borrowing model into the ultra-luxury space. The invite-only tier allows members to borrow items that have historically been reserved
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Jpegmafia is back with a bruising new single called “Babygirl,” the first offering from the rapper’s forthcoming album Experimental Rap. You can check out the song’s music video and album cover art below, alongside dates for a fall North American tour. The solo LP, his sixth, drops May 21 on AWAL. Experimental Rap—which an accompanying
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. It’s Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, so let’s take a look at some of the best new science fiction and fantasy (SFF) books by people whose ancestors hail from East, Southeast, and South Asia, as
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15. Fey famously never considered writing a sequel to the hit film, a decision she’s gone on record as regretting. “At the time we did want to start the conversation about the sequel, and for whatever reason I was like, ‘No!!! We shouldn’t do that!'” she told EW in 2014. “Now I look back and I’m
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Gay Saturday Night Live writer Jimmy Fowlie wrote on Wednesday that his sister Christina Lynn Downer, who has been missing for the last four months, is no longer alive, according to investigators at the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). “The case has officially transitioned from a missing person to a homicide investigation,” Fowlie wrote via
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Dakota Johnson and Anne Hathaway lead the upcoming romantic thriller Verity, based on the Colleen Hoover bestselling novel. Longtime readers have dubbed Verity one of Hoover’s darkest and most chaotic books, and the first trailer leans fully into that unsettling energy. In Verity, Dakota Johnson plays Lowen Ashleigh, a financially struggling writer who is pulled
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Cornelius, the project of Japanese composer Keigo Oyamada, is launching a new phase. Off the back of a burst of TikTok virality, Oyamada has signed to Eat Your Own Ears and released a cover of a Japanese Balearic classic: Yosui Inoue’s 1990 song “Yumenemi” (or “Yume Ne Mi”). Check it out below. The new music
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Diane Malloy didn’t just perform at the Talent Fest—she delivered a moment of spiritual resonance wrapped in melody, poetry, and pure intention. Rooted in gospel tradition yet elevated by a contemporary neo-soul sensibility, her artistry feels both timeless and strikingly current, a rare balance that immediately commands attention. Drawing from a deep musical foundation shaped
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U.S. House Republicans introduced two bills on April 3 that would require schools nationwide to out transgender students to their parents and ban schools from acknowledging the existence of trans people. An official from the Human Rights Campaign called the bills “cruel.” House Bill 2616, known as the Parental Rights Over the Education and Care
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