Month: September 2022

View gallery Image Credit: Stefan Rousseau/WPA Pool/Shutterstock Kate Middleton paid tribute to her late grandmother-in-law Queen Elizabeth II at a state reception. The newly minted Princess of Wales, 40, wore one of the late monarch’s pearl necklaces as she met with Governor Generals from the commonwealth countries, who serve as the Queen’s representatives in places like
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SNL’s first non-binary cast member Molly Kearney. (FilmMagic for Clusterfest/ Jeff Kravitz) Saturday Night Live (SNL) has announced that it will introduce its first non-binary cast member, comedian and actor Molly Kearney, in its upcoming season. The 48th season of SNL premieres on 1 October, and will see the addition of four new cast members,
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Banned Books Week launches Monday, September 19, 2022, and the American Library Association (ALA) has released the latest numbers on book challenges in a new field report. Pulling from information reported directly to ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom (OIF), news coverage, and public records, the data show a marked increase in censorship and 2022 is
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The man was indicted by a federal court after threatening anti-LGBTQ+ violence towards Merriam-Webster over the publisher’s inclusive definitions. (Getty/Tim Boyle) A man charged with making a bomb threat against Merriam-Webster over the dictionary’s definitions evolving to become more inclusive has pleaded guilty. In May, Jeremy David Hanson, 34, was indicted on two counts of
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Fans have been asking for it and now it’s officially happening. Deadline reports tonight that Warner Bros. is developing a brand new sequel to the 2005 Constantine movie! Keanu Reeves is back as Constantine, with Francis Lawrence back to direct Constantine 2! Deadline also reports, “Akiva Goldsman will write the screenplay and produce the project
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News Taylor Swift Confirms Jack Antonoff Worked on New Album Midnights in New Behind-the-Scenes Video Swift gives a glimpse at the creation of Midnights before its October 21 arrival By Matthew Strauss September 16, 2022 Facebook Twitter Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff, March 2021 (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) Facebook Twitter Taylor Swift
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It’s finally here! Broadcast TV returns with gusto. Frankly, we’re surprised how much attention broadcast still gets despite dwindling numbers, but we’re here to walk you throught it, as usual. Get all of the exciting premiere details below, and find out what we’ll be covering this season, too! Saturday, September 17 8/7c Girl in Room
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King Charles III (left) and a customer at Pleasuredrome (right). (Getty/ WPA Pool/ Jane Barlow and Twitter/ PleasuredromeUK) Pleasuredrome, a gay sauna in London, has announced a truly bizarre tribute to King Charles III and the late Queen Elizabeth II. On Monday (19 September), the Queen’s funeral will take place at Westminster Abbey, prompting supermarkets,
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Kanye West is having an apparent change of heart in the wake of Queen Elizabeth II‘s death, apparently deciding to stop his aggressions toward his most recent enemies. Ye made the announcement late Thursday, hours after the announcement of the British monarch’s death … extending an olive branch to Kid Cudi, Adidas Senior Vice President/General
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It Bags were over in 2008, or so declared trend pieces in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. In the face of the biggest financial collapse since the Great Depression, the very notion of those symbols of turn-of-the-century conspicuous consumption—the Fendi Baguettes, the Chloé Paddingtons, the Dior Saddles, and many others that cost
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Escape, by definition, is rarely easy, and in Uncultured, Daniella Mestyanek Young illustrates just how difficult it can be. Leaving the Children of God, the cult she was born into, and surviving the U.S. Army, a group she chose to enlist in as a young adult, have both left many scars. Lucky for readers, she
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EXCLUSIVE: Keeping in line with Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s business belief that movies are destined for theatrical, not streaming, the originally conceived Steven Soderbergh-directed HBO Max threequel Magic Mike’s Last Dance is heading to theaters on February 10, 2023 — Super Bowl weekend. Warner Bros already had the date set aside on the release
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The Don’t Worry Darling cinematographer is reaffirming that there is nothing to worry about. Matthew Libatique spoke about the rumors of tension on the set of Olivia Wilde‘s psychological thriller and said that the alleged drama is “completely untrue.” Most of the speculation surrounded Wilde and co-star Florence Pugh, who reportedly had a fallout while shooting the movie.
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Sony has made a handful of release date changes and announcements tonight, one of which is for a mysterious horror movie that doesn’t yet have an official title announced. “Untitled True Haunting Movie” will release from Sony’s Screen Gems on January 6, 2023, presumably a supernatural horror movie that’s based on true events. Additionally, Sony’s
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The longlists for the 2022 National Book Awards (NBA) were announced on September 14–16. The awards are divided into five categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature. Among the judges for this year’s awards are Ben Fountain, Brandon Hobson, Pam Houston, Dana Johnson, and Michelle Malonzo for Fiction; Carol Anderson, Melissa Febos,
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In his enlightening Raising Raffi: The First Five Years (6 hours), journalist, translator, professor and novelist Keith Gessen shares how he’s been affected and changed by the process of raising his son. He discusses how his expectations of parenting have compared to the reality, evaluates the evolution of parenting literature and reflects on being a
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A steady flow of specialty films starts this weekend with the return of a key player to cinemas and a broader arthouse slate that will expand steadily into awards season. This is still a weird theatrical landscape but independent distributors and theater owners have agreed for months that there’s no recovery without a brisker pace
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Chrissy Teigen is addressing social media users after sharing that she previously had a life-saving abortion. The model recently discussed her 2020 pregnancy loss, explaining that she had medical help after learning her son Jack would not survive the pregnancy. Chrissy said during a summit on Sept. 15, “It became very clear around halfway through that he would not
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