THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1926, C.S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien meet for the first time.  Lilian Pizzichini searches for the Elsa Schiaparelli dress from Muriel Spark’s The Girls of Slender Means. | Lit Hub Art “In other words, this high drama of winners and losers follows a very, very
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Billy Corgan is bringing his ‘A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness’ live shows to the UK and Europe later this year – celebrating the classic Smashing Pumpkins album. The shows were first announced in March 2025, and kicked off in North America later that year. They see the frontman join up with a
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Monty Brinton/CBS The Neighborhood Mondays will be a lot less amusing after this domestic sitcom says its goodbyes after eight seasons, having shared a comedy block with Bob Hearts Abishola, the short-lived Poppa’s House, and, more recently, DMV, which signs off tonight (8:30/7:30c) after just one season. In the series finale, there’s cause for celebration
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‘The Blair Witch Project’. Photo: Lionsgate. Preview: A reboot of ‘The Blair Witch Project’ is moving forward. Blumhouse and Lionsgate are backing the movie. Rights to the project will be up for sale at the Cannes film market. Cult hit and –– (gulp) since it was released in 1999 –– classic horror movie ‘The Blair
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It’s official: Grammy-winning singer FKA twigs is set to star as Josephine Baker in a feature biopic of the American-French entertainer’s trailblazing life, with French filmmaker Maïmouna Doucouré (Cuties, Hawa) writing and directing. The project will launch international sales at the Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off Tuesday, with shooting scheduled for the fall. StudioCanal
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The CarTrawler leadership team and its owner TowerBrook Capital Partners met at Dublin headquarters last week with Expedia Group and Evercore, one of the banks involved in discussions between the two companies, according to an industry source aware of the meeting. Expedia has an “important” announcement scheduled for Monday morning, although it’s possible it is
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While the weather may still be undecided, with fleeting flashes of sunshine between stretches of grey, my wardrobe has officially moved on from spring. Holidays are booked, linen is back in rotation and I’m firmly in summer-dressing mode. Conveniently, H&M’s latest collection seems to be operating on exactly the same wavelength. Right now, the collection
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Back in 2021, funk/alternative rock icons Red Hot Chili Peppers – who currently have 13 LPs and various EPs, compilations and live collections under their belt – sold their songwriting catalog to Hipgnosis for roughly $140 million. Now, they’re getting more than double that already staggering amount for selling their recorded music catalog to Warner
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Deep Purple have announced their new album ‘Splat!’, with a world tour to follow later in the year. The legendary rock band, led by Ian Gillan, will release their 24th studio record, and their follow-up to 2024’s ‘=1’, on July 3 via earMUSIC, and you can pre-order/pre-save your copy here. ‘Splat!’ sees Deep Purple reuniting with the celebrated producer Bob Ezrin (KISS,
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TV’s most scandalous show with the juiciest drama that we just can’t stop watching returns on May 15 with its second season, but with a series of books by Jilly Cooper that it could follow, what’s the latest on Rivals Season 3? “We’ve already planned Season 3. It’s not officially greenlit yet, but the stories are
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(L to R) Ludi Lin as “Liu Kang”, Karl Urban as “Johnny Cage”, Jessica McNamee as “Sonya Blade”, and Mehcad Brooks as “Jax” in New Line Cinema’s ‘Mortal Kombat 2,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures. Copyright: © 2026 Warner Bros. Ent. All Rights Reserved. Preview: ‘Mortal Kombat II’
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Dua Lipa has filed a $15 million lawsuit against Samsung, accusing the electronics company of using her likeness to sell TVs without her permission or compensating her. In a complaint filed on Friday in the Central District of California, the multi-Grammy winner is accusing the electronics company of “copyright infringement, trademark infringement and violation of
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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Today’s stories include another literary L for the Trump administration, how we best absorb reading, and more. Judge Rules Trump Administration’s Cancellation of Humanities Grants Was Unconstitutional In the last couple of months, numerous cases
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The disruption triggered by the Iran conflict unfolded with a speed and intensity few in the airline industry would have anticipated outside of a global shutdown. Of the 92,000 flights scheduled in and out of the Middle East between February 28 and March 12, more than 49,000 did not operate. That is over half the
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We are officially on the doorstep of shorts season and the coolest of short trends for 2026 are already readily available at all of the best retailers. To get inspired on how to wear any trend, I always refer to outfit ideas I have saved in my inspiration folders. I recently narrowed down six shorts
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