Month: November 2024

Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email. Gobble, gobble and Happy Belated Thanksgiving, everyone! We’re grateful the holiday is increasingly focused on Indigenous and First Nation People — and we’re also thankful to
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EXCLUSIVE: Xavier Samuel and Sonal Sehgal have been cast to lead The Great Departure. The film, from producer Arvind Reddy’s KVR Productions and directed by the Camera d’Or-nominated Pierre Filmon, is currently in post-production having shot entirely in India. Sehgal wrote the script during lockdown, with the film originally titled Travellers. Plot explores patriarchy in society
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Kesha is following July’s “Joyride” with the new song “Delusional.” She co-produced the new track with Zhone, and she co-wrote it with Zhone and Madison Love. Listen to the single below. “Joyride” and “Delusional” are Kesha’s first two singles on her own Kesha Records. She released her final album with Kemosabe Records, Gag Order, in
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Despite roles in such major franchises as Harry Potter, MCU and most recently, Star Wars, Jude Law is nostalgic for a bygone era of Hollywood. The 2x Oscar nominee, whose Disney+ series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premieres Monday, recently reflected on his early years as an actor making mid-budget films, which he says currently represent
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CANNES, FRANCE – MAY 18: Susan Sarandon attends the ‘Nelyobov (Loveless)’ screening during the 70th Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 18, 2017 in Cannes, France. Susan Sarandon is looking for love — anywhere she can find it. In a feature with The Times of London published over the weekend, Sarandon, 78, revealed
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Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View
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My colleague at PopMatters, Iain Ellis, has embarked on his most ambitious book project. Punk Beyond the Music: Tracing Mutations and Manifestations of the Punk Virus charts how punk has seeped into every crevice of contemporary life, far beyond its familiar associations with safety pins and three-chord songs. As a scholar steeped in punk and
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Focus Features has acquired the sci-fi thriller Hot Spot, the second English-language feature from veteran Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczyńska.  Focus will distribute the film in all territories worldwide, excluding Poland, Greece, and France.  Hot Spot, which wrapped production in Greece on November 22, features an original script from repeat Smoczyńska’s collaborator Robert Bolesto. The film
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When Do Amazon Black Friday Deals Start? Amazon’s Black Friday Deals begin on November 21, launching Amazon’s Black Friday Week event, which runs through November 29. During this time, shoppers can access incredible deals across over 35 categories, including electronics, home goods, apparel, and beauty. Following Black Friday Week, Amazon’s Cyber Monday event will take
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Kendra Winchester is a Contributing Editor for Book Riot where she writes about audiobooks and disability literature. She is also the Founder of Read Appalachia, which celebrates Appalachian literature and writing. Previously, Kendra co-founded and served as Executive
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