THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1873, Paul Verlaine shoots and wounds Arthur Rimbaud. Zach St. George explores the wild scams of Australia’s snake venom con men. | Lit Hub History How activists Kevin Tubbs and Jacob Ferguson brought environmental liberation of the fae variety to America. | Lit Hub Climate Change “During his
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My Chemical Romance members DJed at a Wembley fan party last night, with Gerard Way closing his set with an unlikely choice – watch footage below. The event, ‘Battery City Underground: Danger Days A Release Party’, took place at BOXPARK Wembley yesterday (July 9), one day before the release of the deluxe edition of MCR’s 2010 album ‘Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous
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(L to R) Auli’i Cravalho as the voice of Moana and Dwayne Johnson as the voice of Maui in ‘Moana.’ Photo: Walt Disney Studios. Preview: Dwayne Johnson says a third ‘Moana’ is sailing through development. The star claims Jared Bush and Dana Ledoux Miller are writing it. There’s been no official word from Disney yet.
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Actor Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction, Westworld, The Batman) celebrated the importance of “genuine freedom” in the U.S. and beyond during a brief and very warmly received public appearance at the 60th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on Friday. In Wright’s honor, the Czech festival is screening the film Basquiat (1996) about U.S. artist Jean-Michel
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Having written this column since mid-2021, I sometimes forget what I’ve covered. In some ways, I haven’t written anything new in the world of book censorship because the tactics, goals, and outcomes have not changed much at all over the course of this significant era of censorship, even if the trends in how those means are achieved
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Southeast Asian hospitality technology platform RedDoorz is targeting a 2027 IPO listing on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), but Founder and CEO Amit Saberwal is already looking to the U.S. “We think it’s better to get liquidity at Singapore’s stock exchange now, continue to grow the business to a larger scale, and then go to Nasdaq,”
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Just when I thought Matthieu Blazy couldn’t possibly one-up his last shoe collection for Chanel, his second couture offering for the French house debuted this week, proving yet again that there’s no underestimating the designer from Paris. In total, Blazy sent 62 invigorating looks down the runway at Chanel’s fall/winter 2026 couture show, a handful
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Celebrating the Life and Writing of a Literary Giant Today in London a who’s who of the literary world will be observing what may be the inaugural memorial day for the late playwright Tom Stoppard. Celebrations center around the renaming of the Duke of York’s theatre in Stoppard’s honor just as a buzzy revival of
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Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins in ‘Dark Shadows’ (2012). Photo: Warner Bros. Preview: Warner Bros. Animation has a new ‘Dark Shadows’ series in the works. It’ll be an animated show aimed at adults. The original show ran on ABC in the 1960s and early 1970s. If we say the title ‘Dark Shadows,’ chances are the
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Four weeks in, the 2026 World Cup has spurred a number of viral moments: the Tartan Army running Boston bars dry. Norwegian fans’ Viking Row chant. Photos of press box condiments covered in tape due to FIFA’s brand restrictions.  Travel brands were quick to capitalize on the buzzy moments with advertisements and social media posts,
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