Month: February 2023

With the new legislative season in full swing, now is a crucial time to write to your representatives. We’re seeing unbelievable numbers of new proposals to outlaw intellectual freedom, to criminalize library workers and educators for providing queer and/or diverse literature to their communities, to ban drag shows (including drag storytimes), and to make being
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I’m issuing a red alert to all Star Trek fans, especially the Next Generation faithful out there: If you’ve already abandoned ship on Star Trek: Picard, it’s time to beam back onboard. The upcoming third and final season on Paramount+ — premiering Thursday, Feb. 16; I’ve seen the first six episodes — is easily the best
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Both Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith are back for this year’s Saw 10, currently scheduled for release on October 27, 2023, and we’ve learned that filming has now wrapped! Franchise stalwart Kevin Greutert, who directed the highly regarded Saw VI and Saw: The Final Chapter, and edited Saw I through V and Jigsaw, is directing the project. Greutert took to Twitter today to announce that filming has wrapped on what he lovingly calls Saw
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Kelela (Photo by Todd Owyoung/NBC) News Kelela Performs “Enough for Love” on Fallon: Watch Her second album, Raven, is out now  By Rob Arcand February 11, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Less than a full day since the release of her second album, Raven, Kelela brought music from the release to The Tonight Show Starring
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In 1967, the Supreme Court invented a new legal principle called qualified immunity that limited the public’s right to sue certain government employees. Seemingly designed to protect government officials from frivolous lawsuits, in practice, it mostly shields the police from being sued for misconduct, even if they’ve violated someone’s constitutional rights. In effect, it makes
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After nearly three months of striking, the HarperCollins Union, representing about 250 employees across sectors of the publisher, have reached a tentative deal. This happened quickly after the publishing giant agreed to meet with the Union to discuss their demands. It comes on the heels of the publisher also announcing a 5% reduction in its
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Diverse festival notables from Hannah Ha Ha to The Blue Caftan join a spattering of specialty horror titles led by Consecration, and the U.S. theatrical debut of Gaspar Noé’s controversial Irréversible: Straight Cut. The last is presented by Altered Innocence, whose owner Frank Jaffe spoke with Deadline about why he wanted to give Noe’s unusual
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Both Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith are back for this year’s Saw 10, currently scheduled for release on October 27, 2023, and we’ve learned that filming has now wrapped! Franchise stalwart Kevin Greutert, who directed the highly regarded Saw VI and Saw: The Final Chapter, and edited Saw I through V and Jigsaw, is directing the project. Greutert took to Twitter today to announce that filming has wrapped on what he lovingly calls Saw
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Channing Tatum is looking at another opening at No. 1 in his canon of February theatrical releases with Warner Bros’ Steven Soderbergh-directed threequel Magic Mike’s Last Dance, which industry estimates peg at between $9M-$11M at 1,500 theaters. Warner Bros is not reporting numbers. Friday is around $4.3M ,which includes an estimated $1M previews that started
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As #TheSimonettaLeinShow continues its 5th season, the show welcomes a name synonymous with amazing music, Macy Gray! Macy, a renowned artist, actor, activist, and strong woman, is no stranger to speaking her mind and acting on her words. The five-time Grammy nominee broke into the music scene in 1999 with the release of her debut, triple-platinum album, “On How Life Is”, and has
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Christie Tate confronted her eating disorder head-on. She worked through her tendency to date men with alcoholism and even found a healthy relationship with a man she would eventually marry. This meant she’d tackled her issues, right?  Tate recounted this recovery process in the New York Times bestseller Group, but it turns out the work
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Superchunk’s Jon Wurster in 2015 (Suzanne Cordeiro/Corbis via Getty Images) News Superchunk Drummer Jon Wurster Leaves Band “I wish nothing but the best for Mac, Jim, and Jason as they continue producing the high quality, live rock music you have come to know and love” By Rob Arcand February 10, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter
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