A weekly behind-the-scenes dive into everything interesting, dynamic, strange, and wonderful happening in literary culture—featuring Lit Hub staff, columnists, and special guests! Hosted by Drew Broussard. ‘Twas the episode before Christmas and all through the studioNot a sound could be heard—not even ‘Sussudio’ To close out the year, a new holiday tradition: Jonny Diamond reads
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From 1983 to 1987, guitarist Jake E. Lee was an integral part of Ozzy Osbourne’s band, so naturally, Ozzy (alongside wife/manager Sharon) searched far and wide for a suitable replacement following Lee’s departure. Unsurprisingly, one of the candidates was Impellitteri founder Chris Impellitteri, and in in a new chat with Guitar World, the revered neo-classical
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[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for the Elsbeth Season 2 Episode 8 midseason finale, “Toil and Trouble.”] Elsbeth ended its Season 2 midseason finale on a major cliffhanger that further deepens the new rivalry between Elsbeth (Carrie Preston) and Judge Crawford (Michael Emerson, Preston’s husband). The legal drama’s December 19 episode mostly took place
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(L to R) David Arquette and Courteney Cox in Paramount Pictures “Scream.” Preview: Courteney Cox will be back as Gale Weathers for ‘Scream 7.’ Original writer Kevin Williamson is on board to direct. Neve Campbell is returning to star as Sidney Prescott. It has apparently ‘Scream 7’ Casting Week this week, as several actors have
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Germany’s film industry got an early Christmas present this week when the country’s parliament, the Bundestag, approved a modified version of the country’s new film funding law. The law, which is expected to get approval from the German senate today, Friday, will go into effect on January 1, 2025. It comes just in time. Germany’s
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A new report from Business Insider (titled How rich musicians billed American taxpayers for luxury hotels, shopping sprees, and million-dollar bonuses) has called out several acts across multiple genres, including Alice in Chains and Shinedown, scrutinizing pandemic relief payouts. In some of the other cases highlighted in the report, there were clear misuse of pandemic funds for personal benefit. For
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Charli XCX has announced she and Troye Sivan will reunite for ‘SWEAT PT. 2’ at her Primavera Sound headline slot next year. Earlier this year, Charli – who is headlining Primavera alongside Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter in what she dubbed a “holy trinity” – embarked on the ‘SWEAT’ US tour alongside Sivan, making stops in major cities
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Adrien Brody in ‘The Brutalist’. Photo: A24. Opening in limited theatrical release on December 20th, ‘The Brutalist’ seems sure to challenge notions of how long is too long, even when the writer/director in charge is the prodigiously talented Brady Corbet. Since switching from acting to directing with 2015’s ‘The Childhood of a Leader,’ Brady Corbet
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