It’s officially the holiday season, which means cold temperatures, cozy knitwear, and putting together your holiday wishlist. Ahead of your festive shopping, check out the must-know fashion launches to indulge in some much-needed retail therapy. Below, here’s what you need to know this month, from Michael Kors newest store opening to Bottega’s artisanal showcase. Michael
An army of indies are populating the last few weeks of the year in a fall box office that’s the most buoyant it’s been in years but still picks and chooses among specialty fare which travels from festival standouts to the Odyssey to Y2K. The latter is A24’s dial-up disaster hijinks, the directorial debut
Many of the best vape pens on the market have push buttons. Simple puff-activated vape pens are nice – but if you want to enjoy advanced features like automatic preheating, adjustable voltage and the ability to turn your device on and off on demand, you need a vape pen with a fire button. In addition
Megan Moroney, Sophie Ellis-Bextor will also perform on the annual ball-drop extravaganza Carrie Underwood will take a break from judging American Idol to headline New Year’s Rockin Eve with Ryan Seacrest. On Thursday, ABC announced that she, Megan Moroney, and Sophie Ellis-Bextor will take the stage at the yearly celebration. “I have such fun memories
Can you survive a world dominated by cats? From Executive Director Takashi Miike (Audition), anime series Nyaight of the Living Cat is coming to Crunchyroll in 2025. Claw into the official trailer for Nyaight of the Living Cat below! The series is an adaptation of the manga written by Hawkman and illustrated by Mecha-Roots. Here’s the
Yellowjackets Season 2 left fans with more questions than answers during the season finale in 2023. This Showtime thriller leaves viewers questioning whether there are supernatural elements or if we just want them to ease our consciences about some of the characters’ grave misgivings. There’s no doubt that Yellowjackets is one of the few recent
Internet sleuths believe they have found the jacket worn by the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson … and now it is morbidly flying off the shelves. On Reddit, a user speculated the suspect’s jacket was a Sherpa Lined Two Picket Hooded Trucker Jacket by Levi’s … sold at Macy’s for the retail price
Today, I’m continuing my journey through the queer books in the Best Books of the Year lists with The New York Times picks. I went through the 10 Best Books of 2024 as well as their 100 Notable Books of 2024 and pulled out all the queer books I recognized. As always, I may have
Steve Mensch, the president and manager of general operations at Tyler Perry Studios, was killed in a single-seater plane crash in Florida on Friday night, a source close to the studios told TMZ. Steve was the pilot of a single-seat plane that crashed on a road in Homosassa, Florida. Highway Patrol Troopers told local media
A Woman’s Life is a poignant and thought-provoking stage production that follows the life journey of its protagonist, Xiaoxiao, while examining the delicate balance between identity, societal expectations, and self-realisation faced by women. However, while the play tackles its ambitious themes with sincerity and artistic intent, certain aspects could benefit from further refinement. The narrative
Presented by Steven C. Miller’s Werewolves, Bloody Disgusting is looking to the stars and howling at the moon with WEREWOLVES WEEK. Today, Rachel Reeves takes a bite out of seven under-seen werewolf movies you don’t want to miss. Werewolves have long prowled the shadows of horror cinema, their natural knack for a meaty metaphor and fur-clad
Spoilers for Mr. & Mrs. Smith below. The world was perhaps a little hesitant when word first broke that Donald Glover, the mind behind Atlanta, Swarm, and the musical persona Childish Gambino, was going to recreate Brangelina’s famous action-rom-com Mr. & Mrs. Smith. But now that it’s finally here, we’re hooked. Starring Glover (who’s also
You wake up to find that your bank — the place where you keep all of your hard-earned money — has shut down! Your branch has closed without warning, and you get that icky feeling in your gut. That is what’s really happening for account holders at First National Bank and Trust, as three locations —
Andrew Schulz got even more spicy responding to Kendrick Lamar in his recent podcast … insinuating that if push came to shove, he’d physically push up on K. Dot in a prison cell — and have his way with him. 🤨 Play video content Flagrant Just like his “Flagrant” podcast title suggests, Schulz got extremely
As the year soon comes to an end, I’ve been catching up on 2024 movies I didn’t have the chance to see in theaters, including Twisters now that it is streaming for those with a Peacock subscription. I’ll admit, I didn’t have high expectations for the sequel to the ‘90s classic over the summer, but
Gun Interactive’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is getting a massive new update for the holidays, with IGN revealing a new Map, new Survivor, and new Family member coming soon. On December 12, horror icon – and Chainsaw franchise star – Bill Moseley joins the game as Family member Bones, with Scream icon Skeet Ulrich as
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Lists Keep Coming and They Don’t Stop Coming Gone are the days when a publication could release one best-of-the-year list to rule them all. Algorithms and the increasingly fragmented media landscape they’ve wrought mean
The week is coming to a close and it’s safe to say it was an action-packed one for Hollywood’s biggest stars … as several fan-favorites hit the town for various industry events. For starters, actor Evan Ross turned the Los Angeles premiere for “The Fire Inside” into a father-daughter date night … bringing his and
Along with a new photo recently released, Quiver Distribution has set a US release date for the Daisy Ridley-led action movie Cleaner. The film set in present-day London, will follow Ridley’s ex-soldier Joey Locke, who now works in one of the UK’s tallest buildings as a window cleaner. The upcoming film will be hitting theaters on February
“After his latest film flops harder than a boiled peanut, Kevin’s search for dramatic acclaim leads him to legendary filmmaker Jackson Pepper,” reads the synopsis. “Kevin would do just about anything to get a golden statue on his shelf, but Pepper’s idea of role research is a bit more hands-on, and soon Kevin is living
Earl of Cardigan blah blah blah 19th century snooze… We’ll skip the history lesson and just tell you that cardigans are back. Thank the oversized silhouettes of designer Raf Simons, or A$AP Rocky in Gucci, or the ghost of Kurt Cobain, whose grungy, thrifted aesthetic has circled back into fashion. Despite the endorsement of such
Play video content DJ Akademiks’ allegiance to Drake has long been established … but according to his Spotify Wrapped results, he spent the most time streaming Kendrick Lamar this year!!! Kendrick’s record-breaking diss “Not Like Us” topped Ak’s Spotify Wrapped and one of Dot’s other Drake disses, “Euphoria,” ranked at No. 3 — ahead of
FRIDAY PM: For all the chatter in years past about people getting distracted by holiday stuff, if there’s one thing that’s on their list this weekend, it’s going to the movies. Disney’s Moana 2 will see a second weekend of $55M-$60M, the most any No. 1 movie has seen during the historically ratcheted down post-Thanksgiving
Two songs from the soundtrack to A Complete Unknown, the upcoming biopic starring Timothée Chalamet as a young Bob Dylan, have been released. Chalamet does his own singing in the film, and we now get to hear him and Monica Barbaro, who plays Joan Baez, singing ‘The Girl From The North Country’, as well as
For the past several years, country music’s streaming boom has been one of the biggest stories in the industry, as superstars like Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs, and Zach Bryan have helped turn country into music’s hottest genre. That dominance was once again reflected on the charts this year. By the first week of December, country
Welcome back to DEAD Time. This month I talked with haunted travel blogger and paranormal investigator Courtney Eastman, who you might know as The Ghoul Guide. Courtney and her team travel all over the country to haunted and forgotten locations and she has acquired over 100,000 followers on Instagram in the process by sharing short
The late 1960s was a time of seismic cultural shifts. The Civil Rights Movement was in full force, demanding change in institutions that had long upheld systemic racism, including the entertainment industry. Television, often dubbed a mirror of society, lagged in this transformation. (NBC/Screenshot) Black characters were mostly absent or relegated to roles of subservience,
The Fashion Awards, held annually at London’s Royal Albert Hall and presented by Pandora since 2023, are legendary for several reasons. First, the star-studded guest list, all wearing cutting-edge red-carpet looks, of course. Then there’s the awards ceremony itself, in which fashion’s up-and-comers are recognized alongside titans of the industry. And last but certainly not
Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View