Month: February 2025

In Book Forum, Hermione Hoby considers the stuffed shelf that is the contemporary novel/memoir of divorce. And while she doesn’t inspect All Fours directly, much, if not all, of her thinking applies there. She sets up the inquiry I think with welcome clarity: Why, when divorce in the US and the UK is at last
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Before its September 2024 release, the first several singles from Katy Perry’s new album 143 already foreshadowed a new stage in the deconversion-inflected spirituality, informing her brand of inspirational-cum-testimonial pop. Lingeringly chastened by her failed foray into consciousness-raising with 2017’s Witness, Perry now grounds herself in her family, even as she increasingly appreciates her admittedly
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The 2025 NAACP Image Awards kicked off Saturday night at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles and what an extravagant evening highlighting black excellence. Our Fashion Bomb CEO, Claire Sulmers arrived on the purple carpet in an electric blue David Koma dress that showed off her statuesque legs, and feathered sandals. She interviewed a
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Doja Cat, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, LISA of Blackpink, Queen Latifah and RAYE have been announced as musical performers for this year’s 97th Annual Academy Awards. The Academy says they will participate in “showstopping performances celebrating the filmmaking community and some of its legends at the 97th Oscars“.  The show also will feature a special appearance by
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Silkworm, the Missoula, Montana, indie-rock band founded by Andy Cohen, Joel RL Phelps, and Tim Midyett in the 1980s, are reuniting. In a new interview on the Kreative Kontrol podcast with Vish Khanna, Cohen and Midyett revealed that a reconfigured lineup with Phelps, who left in 1994, will reunite to play several shows this September.
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Heading into the big night in television and film, which was hosted by Kristen Bell for the second year in a row, Outstanding Performance by a Lead Female Actor wasn’t the only category to be stacked with impressive nominees.  After all, Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), Daniel Craig (Queer), Colman Domingo
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Maria cinematographer Edward Lachman took the marquee Theatrical Feature Film prize at the 39th annual ASC Awards, which were handed out Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton. It’s the first major award for the Netflix pic starring Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas. See the full winners list below. The ASC’s Theatrical Feature Film prize winner
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Connecticut emo band Anxious throw their whole bodies into their songs, even when they opt for more melodic hooks. On their sophomore album, Bambi, they return not knock-kneed and nervous, but confident and intentional, bridging their post-hardcore, emo, and pop-punk influences. Opener “Never Said” sets the stage with delicate guitar picking and singer Grady Allen’s
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here are the stories Today in Books readers were most interested in this week. Settle into your Sunday and catch up! Say Goodbye to This Kindle Feature The next time someone laughs at me for holding onto my
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The Warner Recordings 1985-1994 David Lee Roth Rhino 21 February 2025 Although the Van Halen brothers gifted the band their energy, heft, and name, singer David Lee Roth implemented the group with joviality, swagger, and soul. Anthemic ballads “Running With the Devil”, “And the Cradle Will Rock”, and “Jump” were an energizing cocktail of anarchic
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SPOILERS: This post contains details about Captain America: Brave New World. With Captain America: Brave New World, Liv Tyler made her long-overdue return to the MCU, sans Bruce Banner. Director Julius Onah recently detailed how he convinced the actress to return for the latest installment in the Marvel franchise, reprising her role as Dr. Betty
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