To begin In preparation for these lectures, I made a list of projects, drawings, films, installations and performances I could use as the spine of these talks—each lecture having a project, to be used both as a reference to what I was talking about, and also as raw material with which to think. Thinking in
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Jack Douglas, the producer who worked with Aerosmith, Cheap Trick and John Lennon throughout his career, has died. He was 80. According to a post on his Facebook page from his family, Douglas “passed away peacefully on Monday night. As many of you who follow him know, he produced great music and lived a colorful life. … He
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Mystery Jets have returned after a six-year absence with the raucous single ‘Black Sage’ – check it out below. The Twickenham band last released a studio album in 2020 in the form of ‘A Billion Heartbeats’, their seventh LP, but it appears that they are embarking on a new era. ‘Black Sage’ is out now, via Fiction Records, and it has been made in
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Paul Dano stars in ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’. Opening in theaters on May 15th is the new film ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’, which was directed by Olivier Assayas (‘Bergman Island‘) and is based on the novel of the same name by Giuliano da Empoli. “Power was the plan. Putin was the consequence.” Release Date:
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Talking to SAG-AFTRA chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland and president Sean Astin in 2026, it’s easy to forget that their union waged a painful, prolonged strike just three years earlier. After emerging from a months-long negotiation with studios and streamers, the pair are complimentary of the studios’ approach under new president Greg Hessinger. Astin asserts that
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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. We’re Getting a FOURTH WING Series Through Amazon Prime And Oscar Winner Michael B. Jordan is producing it! He’s joined by executive producer Lisa Joy (Westworld), executive producer/showrunner Meredith Averill (Wednesday), and Rebecca Yarros herself.
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THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1828, poet, painter, and translator Dante Gabriel Rossetti is born.  “The waxing and waning fortunes of languages are inevitably historical and political questions, and these questions are likewise delirium-inducing if we sit with them honestly.” The benefits of being a polyglot (as a fiction writer). | Lit
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Anthrax will release their long-awaited 12th album, Cursum Perficio, on Sept. 18, marking their first full-length studio effort in over a decade. They’ll preview the album with lead single “It’s for the Kids,” which arrives this Friday. You can pre-save the song now. READ MORE: Photos – 20 Rock and Metal Stars in 1986 Vs. Now What to
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Courtesy of Netflix © 2026 Marty, Life Is Short “Marty is good at life,” says comedian John Mulaney, one of many admirers interviewed for director/friend Lawrence Kasdan‘s intimate and revealing biographical profile of the Emmy and Tony-winning Martin Short. Life hasn’t always been easy for the agelessly impish Canada-born entertainer, who suffered family tragedies at
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Sally Field, Oscar®-nominee for Actress in a Supporting Role arrives for The Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre in Hollywood, CA February 24, 2013. Credit/Provider: Matt Petit / ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S. We like her … we really like her! Since her TV debut in the 1960s as ‘Gidget‘ and ‘The Flying Nun,’ actress Sally Field has
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On the eve of the Cannes Film Festival, some 600 French film professionals, including acclaimed actors Juliette Binoche, Adèle Haenel, Swann Arlaud and Damien Bonnard, have signed an open letter opposing plans by right-wing billionaire Vincent Bolloré to take full control of UGC, France’s third-largest cinema chain. The letter, published in left-leaning French newspaper Libération,
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Beloved Disciples by Mario Elías (Queer Guy Fiction) This Is Why I Need You by Alecsandra Kakon (Sapphic Fiction) Love Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Swati Hegde (Bisexual M/F Romance) It’s Never Going to Happen by Sarah G. Levine (F/F Romance) Vile Lady Villains by Danai Christopoulou (F/F Fantasy) The Lost Book of Lancelot by John
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If your summer moodboard leans more sleek minimalist than eclectic grandpa, then you might want to bookmark Daisy Edgar-Jones’s latest look. Skipping over the bubble hem dresses and attention-grabbing shades that have dominated this spring, the actor instead built her outfit around an eternally chic little black dress. Clean, simple and completely unfussy, it served
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