November 20, 2024, 2:29pm Yesterday in Toronto, the Writers’ Trust of Canada recognized the country’s best books and authors with the distribution of seven annually-given prizes. For his second novel, Batshit Seven, the novelist Sheung-King received the highly coveted Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction prize. The $60,000 award recognizes the year’s best novel or story
Oceano singer Adam Warren has responded to criticism over the band’s recently-announced tour with Attila and Dealer. The tour, dubbed the America’s Rejects Tour, was just announced earlier this week, with tickets going on sale this Friday (Nov. 22). Headlined by Attila, the trek also features Oceano, Dealer and Nathan James, and will run from
Waxahatchee has announced a new UK tour to take place in June 2025, including her biggest ever headline date in the country. The Kansas City-based indie singer-songwriter, real name Katie Crutchfield, will bring her show across the Atlantic, kicking off in Glasgow’s Barrowland on June 8, before heading to Manchester and Bristol. The final show
This holiday gift guide is for folks who love classic TV. If you know someone who celebrates the oldies but goodies by watching TV the “old fashioned” way (aka they appreciate a good DVD box set), there are some great shows below that aren’t available on mainstream streaming platforms. Or maybe you have a pal
(Left) Rosemarie DeWitt in ‘Smile 2’. Photo: Paramount Pictures. (Right) Director Parker Finn on the set of ‘Smile 2’. Photo: Paramount Pictures. Available on digital beginning November 19th is the box office hit ‘Smile 2’, which is a sequel to 2022’s ‘Smile’ and was once again written and directed by Parker Finn. The movie stars
Zendaya is feeling the love from the Gotham Awards. The mononymic megastar will receive the Gothams’ Spotlight Tribute for her performance in Challengers. Zendaya plays Tashi Donaldson, a tennis phenom-turned-coach in a complicated relationship with two male tennis players in Luca Guadagnino’s time-jumping spring hit. She also was a producer on the film. The Spotlight
Augusta Britt was just 16 when she met a 42-year-old Cormac McCarthy at a Tuscon motel pool. At the time, she was in and out of foster care—where she encountered a lot of abuse and inappropriate attention from men—and saw in McCarthy some sense of security. In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, she recounts
2025 is set to become a landmark year for luxury hotels, and we continue our global New Hotel and Resort Openings series in North and South America. Poised to redefine luxury and architectural grandeur and combine with sustainability and unique offerings, here is a look at 26 properties that have been confirmed to open next
Vivo S20 series will launch in China by the end of November. The lineup will include the Vivo S20 and the Vivo S20 Pro. The company had previously teased the design of the upcoming handsets. Now, a senior executive has shown off the rear panel of the handsets, revealing the design of the Vivo S20
Skift Take Croatia is just the latest destination to tackle short-term rentals, but the long-term impact of the government’s proposal is uncertain Rashaad Jorden Croatia is taking steps to clamp down on short-term rentals as part of its efforts to alleviate a shortage of affordable housing. The Croatian Parliament approved a package of draft laws
Derek Guy on what he’s excited to wear this fall, how Paul Mescal got into Gladiator shape and how to bring romance back to dating. View original source here
November 19, 2024, 5:15pm Out of an impressive shortlist, Richard Flanagan’s Question 7 has won 2024’s Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. Flanagan’s wide-ranging memoir and history weaves together H.G. Wells and Rebecca West’s affair, pre-war nuclear physics, his father’s imprisonment near Hiroshima when the American atom bomb falls, and Flanagan’s own life-or-death experience on a
A group of metalheads named the “wildest” concert crowds they’ve been in on Reddit. The post, shared on the In Metal We Trust Reddit page, asked fellow metalheads to recall the shows they’ve been to with the “sickest pits,” most crowdsurfers and “ballsiest off-the-wall shenanigans.” They noted that the post wasn’t to debate the heaviest
Kasabian have announced an Australian headline tour for 2025. See all dates and ticket information below. Following the release of their eighth studio album ‘Happenings’ earlier this year, Sergio Pizzorno and co have shared they’ll be heading Down Under for three shows next March. They’ll kick off the tour, which will feature support from Blossoms,
[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for Night Court Season 3 Episode 1, “The Judge’s Boyfriend’s Dad.”] The truth has a funny way of coming out. After Abby (Melissa Rauch) spent the entire Night Court Season 3 premiere trying to shield Dan Fielding (John Larroquette) and new boyfriend Jake (Ryan Hansen) from catching wind of the possibility
(Left) Javier Bardem stars as Hector P. Valenti in Columbia Pictures ‘Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile.’ (Right) 1991’s ‘Cape Fear’. Photo: Universal Pictures. Preview: Javier Bardem will star in and produce a new ‘Cape Fear’ series for Apple TV+ Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg are executive producers. Nick Antosca is running the show. Fun movie fact: back
Denzel Washington is recalling his reaction to losing the best actor Oscar to Kevin Spacey in 2000. The Gladiator II actor, who had already won one Oscar and scored three other nominations before that year’s ceremony, received another nomination for his role as Rubin Carter in 1999’s The Hurricane. He was up against Spacey for
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The Giller Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in Canada, and it has the largest cash prize: $100,000 for the winner and $10,000 for shortlisted authors. It recognizes outstanding fiction by a Canadian author published
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