January 6, 2023, 9:07am Wow. Fay Weldon, who died earlier this week at 91, did not mince words. As chair of the 1983 Booker Prize committee (which awarded top honors to JM Coetzee’s sublimely bleak Life and Times of Michael K) Weldon was given the mic at the awards ceremony, and took the opportunity to
Month: January 2023
The mastermind and architect behind the college admissions scandal is going to end up like Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman … by spending time behind bars. Rick Singer was sentenced to 42 months — 3.5 years — in federal prison for his role in the Varsity Blues scandal. Play video content 3/12/19 Remember … the
‘Life Doesn’t Frighten Me’ is a well-known poem by Maya Angelou (1928-2014). It is the title poem from Angelou’s 1993 collection Life Doesn’t Frighten Me, which was marketed as a children’s book although Angelou did not originally conceive the poems as being specifically for children. A brave, defiant poem about the power that can be
It’s been a hell of a week for Skrillex, starting things off Sunday with a huge teaser showing off around a dozen unreleased tracks and teasing what is more than likely two albums coming in 2023. Just a couple days later, he finally released the highly-anticipated “Rumble” with Fred again.. and Flowdan. In the same
This past Wednesday (Jan. 4), Loudwire reported on outspoken Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider’s claim that Ronnie James Dio and Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant and aren’t “real performers.” In response to Queensrÿche vocalist Todd La Torre openly disagreeing with him, Snider tweeted – with characteristically concise derision – that he’s not even sure who La Torre is.
January 6, 2023, 10:56am This week, at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Todd Field’s Tár was awarded Best Picture, and Cate Blanchett took home Best Actress for her performance. During her remarks, as Sam Adams reported on Twitter, she told the crowd, “When I was making Tár, I read a lot of Rebecca
I’ve never been a fan of many card-based games, after succumbing to the wiles of Magic: the Gathering back in high school, I swore them off. The genre never quite pulled me in easily, but apparently, the trick to getting myself and a lot of others to reconsider is to pair card mechanics with an
Play video content BACKGRID Erika Jayne says Lisa Rinna simply can’t be replaced on “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” … because Lisa’s the greatest ‘Housewives’ star of all time. The ‘RHOBH’ star was out shopping Friday when cameras asked her about Lisa’s recent announcement about leaving the Bravo reality TV series. Erika says producers can
Apple Books, the company’s application that allows users to read Ebooks on their devices, has announced support for an AI-enabled feature to turn titles into audiobooks. The “digital narration” feature will make the production of audiobooks more accessible by reducing costs for publishers and authors, according to Apple. The company will use AI-enabled voice synthesis
Peacock has dropped the Sick trailer for the forthcoming pandemic-theme slasher horror. The movie follows two best friends whose quarantine vacation at the lake gets interrupted by the appearance of a masked killer. The film will be available for streaming next week on Friday, January 13, exclusively on Peacock. The video shows leading stars Gideon
Last year, ACRAZE finally dropped “Believe” with Goodboys, his anticipated follow-up to the global smash hit, “Do It To It.” As we wrote in our review when it finally released, we were pleased that he avoided the “replicated lightning in a bottle” route and went a bit more melodic rather than club-focused. Luckily, if you
Photography courtesy of Louis VuittonPlus, Gucci and Wuxly want you to elevate your winter gear. By Annika Lautens Date January 6, 2023 Facebook Twitter Louis Vuitton is dripping with dots thanks to Yayoi Kusama Are you seeing spots? We’d be concerned if you weren’t considering the high dosage of dots decorating these products. Louis Vuitton
UPDATE (Jan. 7, 2023): Legendary thrashers Megadeth are now the 52nd act officially announced for this year’s Blue Ridge Rock Festival! They’re currently supporting their chart-topping newest record, ’The Sick, The Dying… And the Dead!’ which made Loudwire’s list of the 50 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2022. UPDATE: You can add the Pantera celebration to the massive
TODAY: In 1986, Mexican author Juan Rulfo dies at 67. “I raised four children, wrote five more novels—and finally got old enough to think about being young.” Allegra Goodman on writing about youth. | Lit Hub Standing under Mussolini’s balcony: Andrea Bajani considers fascism and family in modern Italy (tr. by Minna Zallman Proctor). | Lit
Play video content TMZSports.com Former “Bachelorette” Hannah Brown says her time on the “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test” was a total nightmare … but it wasn’t due to the crazy physical challenges she had to go through — it’s ’cause Dwight Howard wouldn’t stop ripping ass!! The former Miss Alabama USA is one of 16
Britney Spears and Jamie Lynn are battling it out for bragging rights over who had a rougher life … and it’s getting ugly. Britney fired back at her younger sister with a social media rant Friday, after Jamie Lynn complained on TV about growing up with a super famous older sister. The sisterly beef reignited
Let’s begin our exploration of Churchill’s famous ‘fight them on the beaches’ speech with a few problematic statements: In June 1940, Winston Churchill gave a speech which roused and inspired the whole of Britain. He pledged to ‘fight on the beaches’ and never surrender. When he read the words out on the radio, his wartime
German DJ/producer G+UNENBERG, one half of electro-pop duo GLASPERLENSPIEL, releases “My Love” in collaboration with Mousse T and WLZN, a fresh modern disco-house heater to lead us into the new year. “My Love” comes as the follow up to “Diamond” which sold more than 1Million copies, and from that G+UNENBERG has played thousands of shows
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