Month: February 2024

It’s common practice among many publishers to leave translators’ bylines off book covers—an act of erasure that reinforces the widely held belief that original texts are sacred and thus superior to any translation. Jennifer Croft, who is best known for her translations of Nobel Prize-winning Polish author Olga Tokarczuk’s books, is challenging readers and critics
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The only televised awards show dedicated entirely to actors, the SAG Awards 2024 aired Saturday for the first time on Netflix, and made their mark on an awards season that’s just about ready to come to an end. Oppenheimer continued its significant recent winning streak, with victories for lead actor Cillian Murphy and supporting actor
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Refresh for latest…: Paramount’s Bob Marley: One Love continued to sing sweet tunes in its sophomore session, adding $15M from 59 international box office markets for a drop of 37% from its above-expectations stellar opening. The overseas cume is now $49.4M for $120.6M worldwide. We’ll dig into more about the reggae icon below, but for
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The Royal Mint has released a collection of coins featuring George Michael. (Getty) The Royal Mint has released a commemorative coin dedicated to the memory of George Michael. The UK’s official coin manufacturer unveiled the limited-edition coins, which pay tribute to the singer-songwriter’s hit single Faith, on Monday (26 February). Designed by artist Sandra Deiana,
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With no new bust-out limited releases, repertory continues to do its part for the specialty box office, the latest a 4k restoration of Nostalghia. Kino Lorber said the Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1983 film, which opened Wednesday, will gross an estimated $22.87k at Film Forum in NYC for the five days. It’s currently the top performer at the
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Rumors are circulating pointing to two of the best horror movies of all time could be getting remade, with Stephen King‘s The Dead Zone and American Psycho both allegedly set for on-the-horizon reimaginings. While genre purists might be sharpening their pitchforks over such news, possibly understandably, I’m over here already drafting a wishlist of what
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Taylor Swift granted the little girl’s wish. (Natalie Oliver/Facebook/Getty) Taylor Swift helped a little girl with terminal cancer to be granted her wish when she met the singer on the opening night of The Eras Tour, Sydney.  The nine-year-old girl, Scarlett, was diagnosed with brain cancer and was given a prognosis of just 12-18 months
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