Month: January 2023

I’ve been in the unofficial fan club of author and illustrator Maira Kalman for years—along with many of you, no doubt. I can’t pass up the opportunity to applaud her latest work, Women Holding Things, which combines original paintings with both free verse and prose. Women, Kalman notes in this tender and revealing book, must
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Peacock has opted not to move forward with creators Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson’s planned adaptation of the comic book series “Dead Day,” exactly one year to the day after the streaming service announced the project.  Variety reports that despite the streamer’s straight-to-series order last January, Peacock is no longer moving forward with the adaptation. The outlet revealed that “the studio is planning to shop
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There have been many famous faces spotted during Paris Fashion Week 2023, but when Sam Smith shows up … it’s lights out! Put on your warmest pair of pants, come on over to France and see if you’ve got what it takes to master these switch-ups. The singing stud was recently roaming the chilly streets
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View gallery Image Credit: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/MediaPunch/Shutterstock Marc Anthony, 54, and Miss Universe Paraguay Nadia Ferreira, 23, are married! The couple wed in a stunningly lavish ceremony on January 28, 2023 at the Pérez Art Museum Miami in a ceremony officiated by Francis X. Suarez, per Hola magazine. The bride wore a dress by Galia Lahav and the
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Nonfiction books are my jam, and nonfiction science books? Especially so. What I love is how broad the genre is. Science can include things like medicine, nature, ecology, marine biology, conservation, psychology, chemistry, microbiology, and much more. It can also include personal essay and memoir, and may weave in history. For me, that’s the beauty
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It can be fun to speculate about nature versus nurture, to consider which of our quirks might be innate and which might have been shaped by where or with whom we grew up. While we’re at it, we can also ponder that well-known question of Shakespearean origin: What’s in a name?  But Shenanigan Swift, the
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Officially announced this week, Sarah McCabe at McElderry has acquired World English rights to the first two books in Rebekah McKendry and David Ian McKendry‘s young adult graphic novel series Pretty Evil, which is set to be illustrated by Tim Seely (Hack/Slash). In this saucy, adventure-filled romp, Mallori is the ultimate teen star with a
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Tom Verlaine — the frontman and lead guitarist for the band Television — has died. His former partner’s daughter, Jesse Smith, confirmed his death to the New York Times Saturday, saying he’d passed away in Manhattan after a brief illness. No other details were shared. Verlaine and co. were a majorly influential group in the
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Tom Verlaine of Television in 1977, photo by Gus Stewart/Redferns News Television’s Tom Verlaine Dies at 73 The legendary singer-songwriter and guitarist also collaborated with David Bowie, Patti Smith, and Sonic Youth By Nina Corcoran and Matthew Ismael Ruiz January 28, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Tom Verlaine, the iconic frontman of Television, has died
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Jennifer Coolidge is having a huge Hollywood moment right now on the heels of her success from starring in The White Lotus, recently taking home a Golden Globe and starring alongside Jennifer Lopez in the new comedy Shotgun Wedding. However, the real ones remember her hilarious role as the stepmother to Hilary Duff’s Sam in
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One of fashion’s biggest question marks has been answered: On Saturday, Gucci announced that Sabato De Sarno would join the brand as creative director. De Sarno, who was the Fashion Director at Valentino, takes the spot two months after the surprise departure of Alessandro Michele last November, after being plucked from the house’s own atelier
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SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Coming out of this weekend, by mid-week, Disney/20th Century Studios/Lightstorm’s Avatar: The Way of Water will easily surpass The Avengers as the No. 10 highest-grossing movie ever in U.S./Canada with $623.3M. The James Cameron-directed pic is expected to gross between $14M-$16M for a seventh straight No. 1 weekend streak. Avatar 2‘s seven-weekend
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There’s something inherently unsettling about teeth, and the addition of someone prodding at them with sharp instruments is especially invasive. On the other side of that coin, the negative association with dentistry can impact the professionals. Cult filmmaker Brian Yuzna (Return of the Living Dead III, Society) tapped into these fundamental fears with his 1996
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Earlier this week, James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water became the No. 5 highest-grossing movie ever worldwide, and, as expected, has now surfed to the No. 4 position on the all-time chart. In so doing, it leaves Star Wars: The Force Awakens in its wake with nearly $2.075B globally.  Through Friday, the worldwide gross
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Everyone should know the story of Ellen and William Craft, the subjects of Ilyon Woo’s Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey From Slavery to Freedom. In 1848, Ellen, a light-skinned Black woman, disguised herself as a wealthy, young white man in a wheelchair. William, her husband, accompanied Ellen as an enslaved man, tending to
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Matt Reeves set the tone for Miracles, a supernatural and spiritual procedural series that’s full of the director’s trademark touches. “What’s the point of faith if it’s never tested?”“I’m beginning to think that we’re on our own down here…” Matt Reeves has comfortably made a name for himself as not only one of horror and
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