This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Kendra Winchester is a Contributing Editor for Book Riot where she writes about audiobooks and disability literature. She is also the Founder of Read Appalachia, which celebrates Appalachian literature and writing. Previously, Kendra co-founded and served as Executive
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Australia approved on Thursday a social media ban for children aged under 16 after an emotive debate that has gripped the nation, setting a benchmark for jurisdictions around the world with one of the toughest regulations targeting Big Tech. The law forces tech giants from Instagram and Facebook owner Meta to TikTok to stop minors
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The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1895, Alexandre Dumas dies.  2024 MacArthur Fellows Jericho Brown, Ling Ma, Jason Reynolds, and Juan Felipe Herrera, talk writing, book recommendations, and more. | Lit Hub In Conversation “Why are aspiring writers convinced that ‘real’ writers don’t struggle?” Samina Ali provides some advice for confronting
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Creed guitarist Mark Tremonti reveals he had one demand from the now viral Thanksgiving Day Dallas Cowboys halftime performance and it’s a good thing he made it. The over-the-top performance of “Higher” typically circulates around this time of year. Given the broad viewing stage, it turned into a full-on production complete with the Dallas Cowboys
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A course dedicated to Beyoncé is coming to Yale University. READ MORE: Beyoncé – ‘Cowboy Carter’ review: country reinvention strikes gold The course is named Beyoncé Makes History: Black Radical Tradition History, Culture, Theory & Politics through Music, and will examine Beyoncé’s work from her 2013 self-titled album to 2024’s ‘Cowboy Carter‘, as a lens to
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When it comes to the surgeons of Grey’s Anatomy, heed the refrain of the show’s theme song: Nobody knows where they might end up. Season 21’s midseason finale on November 21 left two characters in mortal peril and two others in romantic uncertainty. And those characters’ fates aren’t the only questions that will have us
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1995’s ‘Home for the Holidays’. Photo: Paramount Pictures. Everyone has a favorite Christmas movie, right? Whether it’s ‘A Christmas Story,’ ‘Elf’ or even ‘Die Hard,’ Christmas movies play ad nauseam on television throughout the month of December. But where are all the Thanksgiving Day films? In honor of the annual holiday, Moviefone is counting down the
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The Super Bowl will take place in New Orleans and pre-show performers will represent the Big Easy, including Grammy-winning musician Jon Batiste. The NFL and Roc Nation announced on Thursday that Batiste will perform the national anthem on Feb. 9 at the Caesars Superdome. Christian singer Lauren Daigle and jazz musician Trombone Shorty will join
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ChatGPT for iOS and iPadOS has received a new shortcut that will make it easier for users to access SearchGPT functionality. OpenAI introduced the SearchGPT or ChatGPT Search feature last month and it prompts the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot to use information sourced from the Internet to find responses to user queries. The feature is
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A group advocating “neutral search,” including more than 40 online travel and tour companies, drafted a letter to the European Commission blasting Google’s recent search changes as designed to create conflict between online travel companies and suppliers, and to generate political backlash against the Digital Markets Act. Earlier this week, Google began a “short test”
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In this fifth episode of Season 2 of Paranormal Prison, Shadows Fall get seriously spooked on a ghost hunt. The full band joins the crew, hosts Josh Bernstein (The Power Hour) and Jose “Metal Ambassador” Mangin (Sirius XM) and equipment techs Cyrus Entezam and Morgan Rondinella to search for spirits still trapped inside the walls of the Paranormal Prison. “Yeah. Yeah I do.
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Pras has said he’s “done” with his former group, Fugees. The rapper is currently facing 20 years in prison after he was found guilty of being involved in a billion-dollar Malaysian money laundering scheme. He was convicted on 10 counts including campaign finance violations, illegal lobbying, witness tampering, and lying to banks. Now, as he awaits
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Jeopardy!’s resident Episcopal priest, Kevin Laskowski, completed a holy trinity of wins on Wednesday, November 27. His third victory was anything but smooth, with a crucial Daily Double setback (and questionable Bible misses and a Biology fail from all three players) culminating in a nail-biting finish. Laskowski, who hails from Falls Church, Virginia, once more
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