Month: June 2024

News Kendrick Lamar Announces Ken & Friends Concert The show takes place at Inglewood’s Kia Forum on June 19 By Matthew Strauss June 5, 2024 Facebook X Kendrick Lamar, June 2023 (Gary Miller/WireImage) Facebook X Kendrick Lamar has announced a concert that will take place on Juneteenth (Wednesday, June 19) at the Kia Forum in
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Virginie Viard, who was named artistic director of the house of Chanel following Karl Lagerfeld’s passing in 2019, will be departing her post, according to a report from The Business of Fashion released today. Viard began her first tenure at the house in 1987 and was a longtime protégé of Lagerfeld’s, following him to Chloé
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Sony‘s Bad Boys: Ride or Die hopefully will hit $75M or more in its global debut this weekend, in a marketplace that has suffered from not only lackluster product but lack thereof. Broken out, that’s $40M+ in U.S. and Canada and $35M abroad in a 92% footprint. Presales for the R-rated fourthquel are behind that
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News Neko Case Announces Tour and Memoir Case is touring North America in September and October, and she’ll release her new book, The Harder I Fight The More I Love You: A Memoir, in 2025 By Matthew Strauss June 5, 2024 Facebook X Neko Case, photo by Emily Shur Facebook X Neko Case has announced
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Erica Ezeifedi, Associate Editor, is a transplant from Nashville, TN that has settled in the North East. In addition to being a writer, she has worked as a victim advocate and in public libraries, where she has focused on creating safe spaces for queer teens, mentorship, and providing test prep instruction free to students. Outside
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Bold thief Kierse gets more than she bargained for when she breaks into a terrifying creature’s home in The Wren in the Holly Library, the first in a new series from K.A. Linde. The Wren in the Holly Library takes place in a fantasy version of New York City, and the cityscape is written with so
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The Very Online Afterlife of Franz Kafka A very good piece of literary-cum-internet criticism from Amanda Hess for the New York Times. I have myself stumbled upon Kafka-core social media posting and immediately got the appeal. I think Hess’ read is largely right–the melancholy, literary romanticism is well-suited for a certain kind of internet mode.
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Nara Smith is whipping up the ultimate celebration for her husband. The TikToker—known for her extravagant from-scratch cooking videos—gave fans an inside look at Lucky Blue Smith‘s 26th birthday celebration, sharing the lavish meal she created for the occasion. “My husband’s birthday is coming up,” she said in a June 3 TikTok, “so I decided to surprise him
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News Sean “Diddy” Combs, Facing Several Sexual Assault Lawsuits, Sells Shares in Revolt The Combs-founded media company is now owned by its employees By Matthew Strauss June 4, 2024 Facebook X Sean “Diddy” Combs, October 2019 (Scott Dudelson/Getty Images) Facebook X In November, after being accused of sexual assault in multiple lawsuits, Sean “Diddy” Combs
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