In this week’s Dispatches from The Secret Library, Dr Oliver Tearle explores the origins of a given name in a little-known eighteenth-century poem Here’s a question for you. What connects the girls’ name Vanessa with the classic novel Gulliver’s Travels? The answer: they were both created by the same person. His name was Jonathan Swift
You thought Kayzo was done with 2020 after releasing his The Year The World Stood Still EP? Guess again. Having already released 12 songs this year, he’s back with his newest single with OST, “Liar.” Perhaps coincidentally releasing the same day as Bring Me The Horizon’s newest project, Kayzo leans heavy into his punk roots on
The proliferation of COVID-19-“inspired” art is fast approaching. Returning TV shows are starting to incorporate the pandemic—this week’s season premiere of This Is Us took all of 90 seconds to mention “the virus.” But the real enemy will be the films and series that don’t just reflect these times, but directly fictionalize them. The idea,
Photograph by Alasdair McLellanWe caught up with the Grammy Award-winning artist ahead of the drop of their newest album, Love Goes, today. By Bernadette Morra Date October 30, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter Sam Smith is on their last interview of the day to promote their new album, Love Goes, at a London hotel and has been
James Gunn has confirmed that John Ostrander has a role in The Suicide Squad. Ostrander is probably best-known for creating the second and modern version of the Suicide Squad comics. Director David Ayer first took on the squad in the 2016 movie, but it failed to excite fans and critics, though it was a box
October 30, 2020, 1:33pm On this very day, in 1938, Orson Wells broadcasted an adaptation of H. G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds. It aired over the Columbia Broadcasting System network as a special Halloween episode. It begins like this: “We know now that in the early years of the twentieth century, this world was
Universe’s Most Wanted: Dave Bautista to Star in Sci-Fi Fantasy from Brad Peyton MCU star Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy, Dune, Army of the Dead) is set to star in the big-budget sci-fi fantasy Universe’s Most Wanted, directed by Brad Peyton (Rampage) and scheduled to begin production next spring, according to Deadline. RELATED: Denis
Exclusive “Cake Boss” Buddy Valastro is getting back to work just over a month after impaling his hand in a gnarly freak accident … but he won’t be getting his hands dirty. So here’s the deal, Buddy’s very first event since the horrific bowling injury is scheduled to go down Friday with Goldbelly CEO Joe
The Senate hearing on internet censorship was largely a waste of time, but at least one company is daring to resist the authoritarian tide. Of course it was never going to be otherwise. Give politicians a public forum and they’re always going to prioritise posturing and maximum personal exposure over substance. It’s what they do.
Stabbing Westward have dwelled on the dark side for years and with their recording return in 2020, the band is continuing the fun with a surprise covers EP titled Hallowed Hymns. This four-song set features the band’s cover of The Cure‘s “Burn,” which was famously featured in the ’90s film The Crow, along with a
Following his single “Come To Life” on Gorgon City’s label earlier this year, Christian Nielsen returns to REALM for not one, but two epic tracks to form his fiery new EP ‘Heat’. He’s already established a thriving year for himself, earning support from the likes of Annie Mac, Danny Howard and Pete Tong with previous
There seems to be a sense in the book that, despite all of these differences, we’re all making these little lies together. I think that’s right. Maybe “optimistic” is not quite the right word, but there’s a sense of optimism in this book? I think that there’s a sense of some promise of something. And
Photos courtesy of Imaxtree. Design by Kayleen Dicuangco.This is Texture Talk, a weekly column that celebrates and deep dives into the dynamic world of curly hair, from crowns of curls that are free flowing to strands that are tucked away in a protective style. By Natasha Bruno Date October 29, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter When if
Trouble’s brewing in the travel trade. Stocks pegged to the reopening of the economy — particularly airlines, hotels and cruise lines — have been hit hard this week as rising coronavirus case counts take the wind out of the recovery. The NYSE Arca Airline Index fell by more than 6% on Wednesday and 14% this
With fans of The Addams Family discussing who the perfect Gomez Addams would be in the next live-action adaptation, Oscar Isaac has emerged as another very popular choice. This month, it was revealed that Tim Burton is in the midst of developing a new take on pop culture’s ookiest family with a television series reboot.
Welcome to the virtual book launch of Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Tales of Horror, brought to you by The Antibody Reading Series in collaboration with WORD Bookstore (buy from the bookstore here). Tonight’s guests include editors Lincoln Michel and Nadxieli Nieto, along with contributors Meg Elison, Rachel Heng, Troy L. Wiggins, and Stephen Graham Jones. * [embedded
Jessica Alba has lived at least three different lives: Teen TV star turned blockbuster action heroine; modern domestic goddess and mom of three; and clean beauty pioneer. The founder of Honest Beauty, the clean beauty brand now available in Canada exclusively at Shoppers Drug Mart—is using these Unprecedented COVID Times to focus on the nucleus
Apple One — the subscription bundle that includes Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and iCloud storage — will launch Friday, October 30, Apple CEO Tim Cook has announced. During the iPhone maker’s quarterly earnings call on Thursday local time in the US, Cook said that Apple One would launch “tomorrow”, which means Friday in