Month: June 2026

When an ordinary work errand turns into a bloody, nightmarish catastrophe, one man’s ultimate challenge isn’t saving the world—it’s keeping his daughter alive. Deadlocked: Dad of the Dead, the highly anticipated horror-comedy from writer and director Casey Jackson, will begin streaming exclusively onScreamify on July 1, 2026. Trading grand, apocalyptic battlefields for the claustrophobic terror
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North West is not here to blend in. Vendetta Daillly The 11-year-old daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West made a bold appearance at the Vetements show during Paris Men’s Fashion Week, arriving in a fully committed gothic look that turned heads inside and out. North wore an oversized black Vetements logo long-sleeve top with
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The books colleges are reading in 2026, nominees for a literary prize cleared of using AI, the new trailer for Sense and Sensibility, and more. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the stories we covered ourselves on Book Riot
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Some nights you just have to stop and soak it all in. BET Awards weekend kicked off with a beautifully curated evening honoring the legendary music executive Sylvia Rhone. Hosted by Monami Productions and Mona Scott-Young and supported by the Black Music Collective, the night was a love letter to Black music, culture, and the
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Empress Of has announced new album Dream House, the follow-up to 2024’s For Your Consideration. Out Sept 18 via Giant Music, the record reflects on life after the Altadena fires that destroyed Lorely Rodriguez’s home—a topic explored on the single “Wild Storm,” released today with a Mitch deQuilettes-directed video shot in the aftermath. Rodriguez will
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At the Legend Club in Milan, the “Nekromantik Day” marked a historic moment for underground cinema: the first official screening and first Italian home video release of Buttgereit’s film. NAQB was there. After 38 years of circulation exclusively as bootlegs, Nekromantik (1987) by Jörg Buttgereit has arrived in official form in Italy for the first
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Barnes & Noble’s biggest books of fall, a touching library moment from the Obama Presidential Center’s opening ceremony, essential American literature, and more. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the biggest headlines from last week. The Biggest Books of
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To photographer Mel Porter, one of the clearest examples of the Trump administration’s antipathy for the LGBTQ+ community isn’t what it’s done, but what it has stopped doing. “I actually do work for the Veterans Hospital in Buffalo,” Porter said. “And one of the things that’s been noticeable is, the last two years, we haven’t
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The term tropicanibalismo has been circulating within experimental music scenes in Colombia since at least the early 2000s, broadly encompassing new and innovative approaches to coastal popular and folkloric music forms. Cumbión Planetario is Bogotá-based duo Rizomagic’s newest contribution to this tropicanibalismo landscape. Rooted in cumbia (with a particular nod to languid, Monterrey-born cumbia rebajada),
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K. Bhagyaraj, the Indian filmmaker and actor who held a central place in Tamil-language cinema, died today in Chennai following a heart attack. He was 73. India’s Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan confirmed the filmmaker’s passing, writing on X that Bhagyaraj “made an extraordinary contribution to Indian cinema through his memorable films, distinctive storytelling, and
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Heavens to Betsy, the punk duo of Corin Tucker and Tracy Sawyer whose 1994 split led to the formation of Sleater-Kinney, will tour this fall for the first time since the breakup. After launching the reunion with a surprise show in Portland, Oregon, last night, Tucker and Sawyer have lined up an itinerary that includes
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Cineverse, an entertainment technology company and studio, announced today that Pitfall will debut on Digital and Video on Demand on June 30, 2026. The film follows a remote hiking trip turned deadly when a concealed trap leaves a young man severely injured and pursued by an unknown hunter. Pitfall made its debut at Los Angeles’ Screamfest Film Festival in
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