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. A Bunch of Must-Read August Releases Lists August means even more summer new releases and, my oh my,
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Indiana’s Republican lieutenant governor appears interested in attending a service at a hate church that called for murdering LGBTQ+ people. Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith (R) shared a post from Indianapolis Sure Foundation Baptist Church leader Justin Zhong inviting him to a church service, appearing to approve of the invitation. The repost has since been deleted.
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The mushroom cloud above Hiroshima and Nagasaki rewired Western modernity’s cultural circuitry. During the long half-life that followed, filmmakers repeatedly recast the Bomb’s aftershocks in metaphorical ways. Reading those films today, in the glare of ChatGPT, euphoria and panic about Artificial Intelligence (AI) reveals a surprising symmetry: the same anxieties over runaway expertise, invisible contagion, and the frailty
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Erik Wunder, the driving creative force behind the black metal band Cobalt and gothic folk-rock project Man’s Gin, has died. Nachtmystium’s Blake Judd and Abigail Williams’ Ken Sorceron—both of whom toured had previously toured alongside Wunder—confirmed the news on social media. “I’m absolutely devastated, Judd wrote in an Instagram post. “Erik Wunder, rest easy brother.
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Book Deals WICKED, Greek mythology’s baddest girlie gets her own story, a ’70s Indigenous mystery, an award-nominated George Saunders novel, and more of the best book deals of the day. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Originally Posted Here
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The anti-LGBTQ+ hate group, Family Research Council, is so enraged that cosmetics company Ulta Beauty is selling products from nonbinary reality star and hairstylist Jonathan Van Ness that it devoted an 800-word article to expressing this anger on its website. The piece slammed Ulta for its “blatant refusal to back down from their undying support
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Jonathan Kaplan, the five-time Emmy-nominated director/producer of ER and filmmaker behind projects like The Accused, Bad Girls and Unlawful Entry, has died at the age of 77, per multiple media reports. His daughter Molly Kaplan said he died Friday at his home in Los Angeles of advanced liver cancer. Kaplan was born in Paris on
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Settle into Sunday with the stories Book Riot readers were most interested in this week. The 25 Best Dystopian Novels of All Time Do you remember your first dystopian book? My sixth grade teacher read The Giver aloud to my class over the course of a week or two, and I’ve spent the last thirty years trying
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Brown University agrees to Trump’s anti-trans demands as part of deal to restore funding What they agreed to do: Ban trans women from women’s facilities, end gender-affirming care for trans minors in their medical facilities, and ban trans women students from playing school sports. Why it matters: The administration doesn’t have the power to force
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Warning: This article contains spoilers for Netflix’s The Sandman.The Sandman features incredible performances across the board, courtesy of actors expertly tackling the otherworldly characters from the DC Comics series. Primarily, The Sandman follows Tom Sturridge’s Dream and the other Endless, the seven personifications and gods of the tenants of human experience — also including Death,
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Janel Spiegel 08/02/2025 News   https://youtu.be/2EG4SO00YRA?si=KWD7TlNJpNC1GtkS The upcoming horror film WITCHBOARD starring Madison Iseman, Aaron Dominguez, Mel Jarnson, Charlie Tahan, Antonia Desplat and Jamie Campbell Bower is available for review! The film will be in theaters on August 15th. Originally Posted Here
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Erykah Badu has announced a tour to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Mama’s Gun. She’ll kick things off with a special show at the Hollywood Bowl featuring opener Westside Gunn. From there, she’ll play concerts in October, November, and December. See the tour dates below. Before the Mama’s Gun anniversary shows, Badu will go on
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Happy August! Some of July’s most talked-about moments weren’t just about fashion—they were about shock value. From headline-making couples to the stylish evolution of Fashion Bomb Kids, the month delivered plenty of unexpected, wow-worthy content. We sifted through the top posts and pulled together our Top 5 Bomb Moments from July 2025—with a focus on
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Book Deals The bestselling book on tyranny, a multigenerational story of the Vietnam War, Indigenous mythological horror, a diverse Jane Austen retelling, and more of the best book deals of the day This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Originally Posted Here
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Prince Harry Denies Claims He Punched Prince Andrew Over Comments About Meghan Markle Prince Harry is setting the record straight. After a new book, Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, alleged that Harry and Prince Andrew got into a physical altercation at a 2013 family gathering after Andrew made a remark
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