What To Know No late-night show is scheduled to react live to the 2026 midterm results, ending a streak dating back to 2002. NBC and CBS will preempt their late-night programs with live election news coverage. Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Daily Show will air taped episodes. The hosts of late-night television won’t be reacting
What To Know A fan favorite was eliminated from the competition after struggling with the Pastry Week challenges. The bakers were tasked with baking savory pies and Polish desserts. Another contestant earned their third Star Baker title of the season. The competition is heating up on The Great British Baking Show, with a former Star
What To Know Former NBA star Lamar Odom has launched an OnlyFans account, teasing a variety of content and surprises. His girlfriend, Rachel Bradley, has also joined the platform, and the couple may create content together. Odom played 14 NBA seasons, winning two championships with the Lakers, and remains a pop culture figure partly through
Beyoncé showed her support for husband Jay-Z at his concert in Los Angeles, stepping out in a look from the Roberto Cavalli Spring Summer 2027 Ready-to-Wear collection. Styled by longtime collaborator Ty Hunter, the singer wore the runway ensemble nearly exactly as it was presented. The look paired a plunging orchid print blouse in shades
Everyone has heard the Buddhist kōan about what is the sound of one hand clapping. The paradoxical phrase is unanswerable, though many have tried to rationalize or intellectualize its deeper meaning. Laura Veirs’ Temple Songs is the sound of one person clapping for herself. She wrote, recorded, produced, and provided all the vocals and instrumentation,
Los Angeles, we have arrived! 💣 To celebrate 20 years of Fashion Bomb Daily, The Bomb Fashion Show made its L.A. debut with Cadillac at Nya West in Hollywood for an immersive celebration of fashion, design, and modern luxury. Claire SulmersPhoto Credit: Ryan Hadji for Mirror Digital Presented by Cadillac, the evening featured capsule collections
The highly anticipated indie horror feature Log 15 is now officially available to stream for free on Tubi, bringing a reality-shattering psychological nightmare to genre audiences everywhere. Following its streaming debut, the film is also set to disrupt traditional viewing experiences when it launches on Blood Stream on November 1st in an innovative vertical format
A new annual anthology series from editors Lindy Ryan and Stephanie M. Wytovich will celebrate and preservethe best horror fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by women in contemporary horror. Black Spot Books is proud to announce THE YEAR’S BEST FROM WOMEN IN HORROR,a new annual reprint anthology series dedicated to celebrating, preserving, and building a lasting
If you’ve ever been in a video store, you’ll know the feeling (rows and rows of boxes, loads of cover art and no idea where to start). Online game lobbies can be the same, with lots of tiles and very little in the way of guidance. Jack2Win is a lot easier to get your head
FENIX360 CEO Allan Klepfisz announces that singer-songwriter Lili Caseley will perform at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards after-party on November 18, 2026, at 10:00 p.m. Klepfisz will personally introduce the FENIX360 artist as the evening’s celebrations continue with live music. Caseley brings an expressive voice, contemporary pop sensibility, and a gift for turning personal
As long as humans have looked up at the stars, we have contemplated our place in the universe. Throughout his filmography, Steven Spielberg has returned to the perennial question: Are we alone? In a 2026 interview with CBS, the director recalled watching the Perseids meteor shower as a child, which sparked a fascination with outer
Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month may be over, but that just means it’s time to start looking ahead to the amazing Latine YA books that will be published in 2027. Every year, I love pulling this preview together, as it’s an opportunity to both reflect on the current state of publishing for Latine literature and to see
Is there any season more atmospheric than fall? From pumpkin-spiced everything to sweet potato pancakes and the crisp autumn air, it’s a season full of iconic delights. It’s also the perfect time for romance books, and I’m not just talking about your love life. Fall is a favorite setting for romance, and it’s not hard
It’s difficult to talk about food insecurity with the kids in your life. Whether they’re struggling with hunger or they have friends who are, it’s a big topic to tackle, especially if children are experiencing food insecurity themselves. Kids’ books can help get the conversation started. From celebrating communities coming together to the importance of
As the year comes nearer and nearer to its end, so, too, does the publishing season. The end of October is when we really see things slow down. In the world of YA, we’ll begin to see fewer novels published from here on out, which means that there will be even fewer works of YA
Janasha Prabhu is the author of Monster in the Mirror, out now from Sourcebooks Landmark. Below, she recommends three more thrillers about female rage. If you’re anything like me, you love books where women finally have enough and just snap. Gone Girl is your bread and butter. And every time the final girl in a
There is a distinct, intoxicating tension running straight through the spine of Ebbb’s debut album, Shallow Hits. On paper, the South London trio consisting of vocalist Will Rowland, producer Lev Ceylan, and drummer Scott MacDonald occupy an intriguing middle ground in the modern electronic landscape. Across these 11 tracks, they establish their signature dynamic, textured
Acclaimed poster designer Colm Geoghegan brings his genre expertise to the next chapter of the long-running horror franchise, featuring a cast of horror icons and familiar faces from film and television. A dark forest. A mysterious blue glow. A lantern illuminating the shadows as a paranormal investigation team ventures into the unknown. The newly unveiled
Different Day Pictures is thrilled to announce the upcoming horror comedy Stoned Inn, a uniquely regional, homegrown independent production built on the true DIY spirit of genre filmmaking. Directed by the filmmaking duo of Key Tawn Toothman and Naythan Smith, the film promises a wild, hilarious, and terrifying ride that turns the traditional haunted house
Jane Austen lovers rejoice! A new six-part adaptation of one of the author’s most popular novels is coming out on Netflix. The cast is stacked, with Emma Corrin as Elizabeth Bennet, Jack Lowden as Mr. Darcy, and Olivia Colman as Mrs. Bennet. Not only that, but the creator and writer of the period series is


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This Halloween, the ultimate holiday horror crossover arrives on screen as the acclaimed indie slasher Axes and O’s officially slashes its way onto Tubi. Delivering 78 minutes of high-octane terror, the pulse-pounding American nightmare combines classic campfire slasher elements with a jarring, supernatural twist that breathes fresh blood into the genre just in time for
In 1960, Nagisa Ōshima made three radical films for Japan’s Shochiku Studio, and they fired him. One of those three,Cruel Story of Youth(Seishun Zankoku Monogatari) is now on Criterion. In a bonus as important as the main feature, and in some ways more satisfying, Ōshima’s one-hour debut is thrown in:A Town of Love and Hope(Ai
Horror has always been a low-budget genre with big imagination. Creature designs, haunted locations and poster ideas usually start as sketches, and when money is tight, a picture that shows the vision can matter as much as a script. A growing number of indie creators are now using AI image tools to produce those visuals
Michael Myers appears at a window. Elsewhere, he lurks behind a clothesline. In a licensed slot adaptation of John Carpenter’s Halloween, released in 2017, the killer occupies the scenery around the reels, giving anyone familiar with the film a reason to watch the edges of the screen. That placement shows how horror filmmaking can shape
Macklemore‘s Free Palestine Tour is now underway, more than a month after the rapper was removed as an opener on Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour making onstage comments in support of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank and called for a “free Palestine.” The charity run kicked off in Dublin today with special guest appearances
Taylor Swift got nostalgic during her acceptance speech at the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. The superstar became the youngest member of the institution after she was inducted by Brad Paisley during a ceremony tonight in Nashville. Swift thanked Lainey Wilson for her stripped-down performance of “Love Story” and even poked fun at Paisley, her
Josaleigh Pollett thrives on collaboration. After the Salt Lake City-based songwriter and musician released their debut album Strangers in 2017, they met future creative partner and best friend Jordan Watko (Crowd Shy). They worked on two records together: No Woman Is the Sea (2019) and In the Garden, By the Weeds (2023), the latter a
“Rock & roll can never die,” Neil Young sang deep in the 20th century. Guess what: Neil wasn’t lying. Nearly 50 years later, rock is thriving the way it always has — by mutating, diversifying, evolving into the future. Now that we’re deep into the 21st century, it’s a perfect time to celebrate the songs
Jack Antonoff said Ed Sheeran should have just canceled “the whole fucking tour” instead of caving to pressure to boot Macklemore over the rapper’s comments on the Israel-Gaza war. Sheeran “missed a massive, beautiful opportunity there,” Antonoff told The Guardian in a new interview. “Just cancel the whole fucking tour, then play for free outside