Month: April 2023

On April 4, the international book community went in mourning when Book Depository announced that it was closing at the end of the month. Readers have until midday, April 26, 2023 to buy any books from them before it shuts down. For international readers, this news is far from welcome: for over 20 years, a
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While streamers typically get by on thrifty marketing budgets, pushing content largely on their menus, most motion picture studios, like Universal, still have all the superpowers in the world to blast a movie out of a canon. But here’s something to keep in mind as we detail Universal’s promo playbook below in propelling Illumination/Nintendo’s Super
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Thomas Bangalter, portrait illustration by Stéphane Manel News 9 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter, Yaeji, Wednesday, and More Also stream new releases from Rae Sremmurd, Tim Hecker, Brandee Younger, Calvin Johnson, Blondshell, and Nathan Fake By Allison Hussey and Jazz Monroe April 7, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter With
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Michael Lerner — famous for roles in ‘Elf,’ ‘Barton Fink,’ ‘Godzilla’ and tons of other shows and movies — has died … this according to his family. The actor’s nephew, Sam Lerner, broke the sad news Sunday — taking to IG with a lengthy caption about his uncle, writing … “We lost a legend last
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Oscilloscope Laboratories’ Cannes Jury Prize Winner and Independent Spirit international film winner Joyland led New York’s Film Forum to one of its biggest opening weekends for a foreign language film in nearly a decade, taking in north of $21k on one screen, the distributor said. Buoyed by strong reviews and strategic marketing, the film by Saim Sadiq sold out nine showtimes,
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Video games may be filled with mutant enemies and extraterrestrial terrors, but there’s something to be said about games that rely on existing creatures to scare unwitting players. While real world animals might seem tame compared to the imagined beasts of fiction, an evening watching Animal Planet will likely convince you that there’s nothing scarier
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David Paton, Ian Bairnson, and Stuart Tosh of Pilot (Photo by Gems/Redferns). News Pilot’s Ian Bairnson, Guitarist on Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights,” Dies at 69 Bairnson, who was also a member of the Alan Parsons Project, had been living with dementia By Madison Bloom April 9, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Ian Bairnson—the Scottish guitarist
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With Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened arriving later this week, Frogwares has released the game’s launch trailer, which as you might expect, contains plenty of Lovecraft vibes to get Cthulhu fans excited. Touted as a “full remake and substantial rewrite” of their 2006 title, Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened pits the titular Holmes and his faithful sidekick
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Noname photo via Scott Dudelson/Getty Images News Noname Says New Album Sundial Is Out in July The Chicago rapper has given an update on her long-awaited follow-up to Room 25 By Allison Hussey and Madison Bloom April 9, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Noname has announced her next album, titled Sundial. The Chicago rapper revealed
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We need better ways to describe romance novels — particularly in terms of sexual content. In terms of genres, sub-genres, and tropes, I think we’re set. Of course, there is sometimes some overlap or cross-genre mingling. But in general, if I pick up an enemies-to-lovers contemporary romance or a marriage of convenience historical romance, I
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Seventeen-year-old Alonda is a straight-A student who never gets in trouble and does whatever her strict, overprotective guardian, Teresa, asks of her—all while keeping her dreams locked up tight inside. But when the sweltering June heat has her fleeing to the window of her Coney Island apartment in search of a cool breeze, Alonda spots
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