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The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: On March 16, 1950, publishers, editors, writers, and critics gathered at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City to celebrate the first annual National Book Awards.   Naomi Klein, Isabella Hammad, Maaza Mengiste and others have withdrawn from the PEN World Voices Festival—read the open letter that
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A number of famous musicians have tragically been the victim of murder. In many cases, their killer was a complete stranger. That’s what happened to John Lennon, the beloved former-Beatle who was infamously gunned down by a deranged fan outside of his apartment building in New York. Likewise, Pantera’s “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott was killed by
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Cameron Diaz in ‘Bad Teacher.’ Photo: Sony Pictures Releasing. Preview: Cameron Diaz is in talks to join the movie ‘Outcome’. Keanu Reeves is starring, with Jonah Hill directing. Apple is backing the new movie. Given that she seemed to be done with acting after completing work on 2014’s musical remake ‘Annie’, it’s reassuring to know
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The Avengers assemble for each other when they’re in need. In a conversation with People, celebrating Robert Downey Jr.’s first Oscar win, Jeremy Renner opened up about how his co-star was there for him following his near-death experience after being run over by a snowplow. In the weeks after his horrible accident, he spent some
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Skift Take The expectation is for an increase in Sonder’s overall net loss for 2022 and 2023. Dennis Schaal It’s another setback for short-term rental firm Sonder: The company delayed the release of its fourth-quarter earnings report and said it will have to restate earnings for 2022 and 2023 because of accounting errors. “The Company
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There’s nothing particularly wrong with having a go-to cologne. After all, the heart (and the nose) wants what it wants, right? And there’s something to be said for having a signature scent. One that you can rely on or that people associate with you. But then again, there is a phenomenon known as “nose blindness,”
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Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica in Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ action adventure ‘Dune: Part Two,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Copyright: © 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Preview: Rebecca Ferguson is joining Chris Pratt in ‘Mercy’. Timur Bekmambetov will direct the movie. Amazon
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Rebecca Joines Schinsky Chief of Staff Rebecca Joines Schinsky is the executive director of product and ecommerce at Riot New Media Group. She co-hosts All the Books! and the Book Riot Podcast. Follow her on Twitter: @rebeccaschinsky. View All posts by Rebecca Joines Schinsky It’s been a newsy week in the world of books and
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