Month: April 2025

Activists at the Texas state capitol protest a school voucher plan promoted by Gov. Greg Abbott that funds charter, including religious, schools with state taxes. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on whether Oklahoma can force taxpayers to fund the state’s first-ever Catholic charter school. Opponents say the school violates the Constitution’s First Amendment,
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. 25th Anniversary Edition of Stephen King’s On Writing A U.K. publisher will release a 25th anniversary hardcover edition
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Evan Marlowe‘s latest feature film Abruptio is ambitious to say the least, primarily because it’s the first puppet-only horror movie out there. Plus, it’s stacked with voice talent, including horror legend Robert Englund, Mr. Freddy Krueger himself, who stars in our exclusive clip from the film! But first, read the full synopsis: Les Hackel hates
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Beyoncé is back and bigger than ever. The global icon kicked off her highly anticipated Cowboy Carter Tour with a family affair that turned the stage and the front row into a high-fashion spectacle. Queen Bey was joined by daughters Blue Ivy and Rumi Carter, who proved that style runs deep in the Carter bloodline.
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It’s been a very long time since I’ve been hit with a film that tests my own moral compass. However, Michael Pierro’s smartly written sleeper Self Driver will challenge anyone’s value system, especially when money is added to the mix. Along the lines of ABC’s “What Would You Do?” we are introduced to an everyday
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It’s Ciara time and the ‘Ecstasy’ singer (who has everyone dancing on chairs) was recently captured attending an Uber X Delta event in ATL donning an Alexander Wang ensemble that was relatively simple, yet well curated. Styled by Marni Sentofonte, CiCi looked ultra chic in a white T-shirt dress, that was layered with a black
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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. How THE GREAT GATSBY Took Over High School This year is the 100-year anniversary of the publication of The Great Gatsby, so you are going to be hearing about it consistently through the year (including
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Mos Def – Black on Both Sides [Rawkus] – 12 October 1999 As the cornerstone of the once-mighty underground hip-hop empire that was Rawkus Records, Mos Def‘s wildly diverse yet smoothly cohesive full-length debut truly lived up to the Brooklyn-born MC’s immense build-up in the hip-hop underground. Expectations ran high following his formidable cameos on tracks
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Priscilla Pointer, the co-founder of the San Francisco Actor’s Workshop and a theater, TV and film actress who often played memorable mothers – especially to her daughter Amy Irving – died in her sleep on Monday at the age of 100, according to family. Pointer’s most prominent work over her eight-decade career includes roles in
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Ten years after the far-right Law and Justice Party was elected to power in Poland, and two years after their defeat in national elections, a last vestige of the party’s state-sanctioned anti-LGBTQ+ policies has finally been eliminated. On Thursday, a council in the southeastern Polish town of Łańcut officially abolished the country’s last remaining ‘LGBT-free’
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OsamaSon has shared a new music video for his Jump Out song “Ref.” The album highlight now gets a surrealist action visual courtesy of director Walker Andrews. In it, the SoundCloud rapper brings his song, and album cover, to life with red-lit women crawling towards him on a bed, and other shots of OsamaSon rapping
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