Welcome to the Q&A with longtime TV critic — also known to some TV fans as their “TV therapist” — Matt Roush, who’ll try to address whatever you love, loathe, are confused or frustrated or thrilled by in today’s vast TV landscape. (We know background music is too loud, it’s the most frequent complaint, but
As the Statue of Liberty finally arrives in full, Peggy Scott’s career gets the spotlight in Season 4 of HBO’s historical drama. In Season 1 of The Gilded Age, the first piece of the Statue of Liberty quietly arrived in America. HBO‘s historical drama faithfully recreated the hand and torch that were displayed in Madison
There’s a fabulously loaded moment in Bouchra when a seductive mother bear confesses to the title character, an anthropomorphic coyote, “I love your chipped tooth, and the way you lick it all the time.” A tight close-up shows us one of Bouchra’s upper canines, which we’ve seen protruding sharply from her jaw in myriad shots
Ahh, the 1970s. It gave us regrettable ubiquity like avocado-green kitchen appliances, the gas-guzzling Oldsmobile Cutlass, the reverse-heeled Earth Shoe, fondue pots, shag carpet, leisure suits, waterbeds, mullets, and a brand of soft-in-the-head and softer-on-the-ears rock music that was a 360-degree turn from the prior decade. It was a laundry list of sins that cultural
Twenty years after Fashion Bomb Daily first started chronicling style, the brand threw the party to prove it: the 6th annual Bomb Fashion Show, presented by Bask & Lather Co., Belo and Co Records, and Beyond the Bleacherz filled the room with star power, fashion, and energy. The evening brought together style, music, and community
Shaun Tan is a bestselling and Academy Award-winning author-artist of The Arrival, among many others. His newest graphic novel is Hometown, out tomorrow from Levine Querido Books. Below, he discusses 20 years of his career creating art about belonging. Twenty years have passed between creating The Arrival and Hometown, and, as in real life, some
Horror has become an increasingly recognisable theme within the Irish online slots market, with developers drawing inspiration from vampires, haunted locations, supernatural legends, zombies and classic gothic imagery. In 2026, there is a wide variety of horror-related titles that have become increasingly available on online casino platforms, differing from one another through both the visuals
May is a month of long-awaited returns. In the month’s best metal, stalwarts of the old-school death metal ethos, Funebrarum, return after 17 years, still radiating the same cryptic and decadent stench. On the genre’s more primal side, Necroccultus also return two decades after their excellent debut, Encircling the Mysterious Necrorevalation, with a frenzied and
When I first set out to compile a list of new books by Latine authors to kick off Latin Heritage Month (September 15-October 15), I had a mind to include a variety of genres. But, being a seasonal reader who is currently reveling in all the spooky and deliciously gothic releases coming out this month,
Time to break out the Kleenex: these are romance books that will make you cry. I stand by the belief that in the bounds of romance, with a Happily Ever After (HEA) guaranteed, sadness is cathartic. Readers know that no matter what characters go through during the novel, by the end, they will be loved
While I’ve spent the last decade writing and reading all things crime books for the Unusual Suspects newsletter, I’ve never stopped reading all the other genres. I love mysteries and thrillers, but my first love will always be stories, and I never want to miss a great one by remaining boxed into only one genre
Intersex. The “I” in LGBTQIA+. How I was born. Intersex is an umbrella term that describes a number of biological variations that place people not neatly in the male or female binary. These variations might be phenotypic, meaning outwardly presenting on the body. They can also be genotypic, meaning that they affect the chromosomes of
Stonefruit Studio, an imprint of Sourcebooks In a world where birth order determines your fate, Firstborn soldier Bryn Ruelle must survive the Long Night by proving she can kill—or face exile. But when she uncovers a plot to kidnap the Lastborn, including her younger sister, Bryn must risk everything to uncover the truth. Forced to
Shaun Tan is a bestselling and Academy Award-winning author-artist of The Arrival, among many others. His newest graphic novel is Hometown, out tomorrow from Levine Querido Books. Below, he discusses 20 years of his career creating art about belonging. Twenty years have passed between creating The Arrival and Hometown, and, as in real life, some
Is it fair to describe Will Maclean’s Solace House as an off-campus novel? It arrives as one of the year’s most anticipated works of horror, following on from Maclean’s debut, the widely admired lockdown hit The Apparition Phase (2020). Solace House contains themes that will be familiar to fans of stories centering on young people
Everything must change. That’s a cliché, but it is true. Nothing stays the same. The theme of Teddy Thompson’s latest release, his first full-length album of original material in six years, plays on transformation. Ironically, he doesn’t sound that much different from the way he did on his earlier albums. He still has the same
Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural, today revealed a chilling first look at its highly anticipated Shudder Original film, V.H.S. Mixtape, set to premiere on October 9, 2026. The movie cranks the signature found-footage horror up to eleven with an electrifying new anthology where music and sound become the
Vernon Wells joins an already impressive cast of Hollywood and horror icons in the next chapter of the Witchcraft franchise. The veteran actor, best known for his iconic roles in The Road Warrior, Commando, and Weird Science, is joining Witchcraft: The Lanterne of Light as an Executive Producer and part of the cast. For fans


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Lil Durk was acquitted of all charges Friday after a three-week trial where prosecutors accused him of orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot and defense lawyers attacked the credibility of the government’s cooperating witnesses, calling them admitted killers who implicated the Grammy-winning rapper to avoid life sentences. The musician, born Durk Banks, hung his head and started
Until recently, my personal familiarity with the music of Phillip Golub was limited to two brilliant, unique records he made on Joseph Branciforte’s forward-thinking label, greyfade. Filters (2022) is a hypnotic collection of loops for solo piano, while Loop 7 (2025) is an extended piece created with midi-controlled Disklavier pianos. A move from those concepts
Tonight is The Bomb Fashion Show! I’ve been so busy preparing that I’ve fallen behind with posting myself. But my NYFW officially kicked off with one of my favorites, Christian Siriano. The team was kind enough to sit me next to icons like Brandy, Tiffany Haddish, Whoopi Goldberg, and Billy Porter: For the occasion, I
Radiohead’s Ok Computer was labelled a progressive rock album in certain quarters, a label that likely made frontman Thom Yorke uneasy, who turned to more ambient textures throughout the 21st century. Bandmate Ed O’ Brien’s Blue Morpho, on the other hand, is unapologetically proud of the genre: of the seven tunes here, only three keep
Former First Lady Michelle Obama attended the 25th anniversary commemoration of the September 11 attacks at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum alongside her husband, former President Barack Obama. For the occasion, she wore a brown Ferragamo leather-trim jersey maxi dress. The design featured distinctive leather detailing along the neckline and sleeves. Screenshot The
Cardi B brought the drama to Huda Beauty’s “Ultra Snatched” launch party in New York City, stepping out in a $2,990 purple fringed dress by Loewe. The rapper’s look featured a fitted silhouette with a dramatic fringe hem, styled by Kollin Carter. Screenshot She completed the ensemble with a voluminous updo and statement earrings, striking
Sweet Meats: Troma Blu-ray review by Matt Boiselle If you like your horror mixed with dark comedy, country music, cannibalism, and a healthy dose of Troma-style insanity, SWEET MEATS is one seriously entertaining little meal. Written and directed by Ricky Glore, this 2025 horror-comedy musical follows country music superstar Bobby Sweet and his wife as
Cyclops: Visual Vengeance Collector’s Edition Blu-ray by Matt Boiselle If you’re looking for some obscure Japanese horror that crawled out of the darkest corner of the V-Cinema underground, CYCLOPS is exactly the kind of nasty little discovery that makes physical media worth collecting. Originally released in 1987 and directed by Jōji “George” Iida in his
Reanimator Academy: Blu ray review by Matt Boiselle If you’re going into Reanimator Academy expecting another Re-Animator, stop right there. This is something completely different — and that’s exactly what makes it such a fun little piece of SOV insanity. Originally shot on consumer video in Texas, Reanimator Academy is low-budget, goofy, bizarre, sleazy, and
The witches are gathering, the monsters are waking, and FX has officially blown the internet apart. The highly anticipated first official trailer for American Horror Story: 13 has dropped, confirming a massive, franchise-spanning all-star reunion that promises to turn the horror anthology completely on its head. Stepping into showrunner duties this year are Ned Martel


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