Book Riot Managing Editor Vanessa Diaz is a writer and former bookseller from San Diego, CA whose Spanish is even faster than her English. When not reading or writing, she enjoys dreaming up travel itineraries and drinking entirely too much tea. She is a regular co-host on the All the Books podcast who especially loves
20th Century Studios/Disney’s Alien: Romulus is gobbling up tickets around the globe, now poised to come in with a $100M worldwide opening — significantly higher than pre-weekend projections. This is notably due to the strength of the Fede Alvarez-directed sci-fi horror at the international box office, and more specifically in China. As Anthony has reported,
Before Amazon Studios announced in 2022 that Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy’s Intrepid Pictures would take on Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, the studio passed on The Dark Tower pilot in 2020 from The Walking Dead’s Glen Mazzara. The showrunner/executive producer has unveiled his script for the unaired pilot on The Stunt List, available to read now.
Post Malone performed a rough-edged rendition of Hank Williams’ “My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It” to an intimate crowd at a Nashville honky-tonk late Saturday night. Malone, who has been teasing his country fandom since 2015, popped up at Nashville’s legendary Robert’s Western World to take the stage with Brandon Birkedahl and the band. In
Michaela Coel is making television again, and her fans are grateful. It was announced in mid-August 2024 that she would be working again with the BBC, HBO, and A24 on a follow-up to her series I May Destroy You with a show titled First Day on Earth. The writer has been busy with other projects—she
It looks like fans of the incredible Apple TV+ series Sunny will finally get some answers! For the entirety of Season 1, there have been questions upon questions piling up. Is Masa really dead? Why was he so secretive about his work? What was his relationship with Hime? How are the yakuza involved in all
Lainey Wilson‘s career is like a train moving at 100MPH, and she’s not slowing down. Next up, find her back on Yellowstone. Wilson played Abby, a country singer, on Season 5 of the hit Taylor Sheridan series, exposing her to a new group of fans. Up until now, Wilson had been very tight-lipped on whether she would
Robert De Niro‘s still looking like a raging bull as he celebrates another birthday … taking a wild leap off a yacht while partying with his family! His daughter Drena De Niro was recording when her pop took the dive for his 81st birthday, and let’s just say his form was not Olympic in its
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
Throughout the week, we update our Best New Songs playlist with the new releases that caught our attention the most, be it a single leading up to the release of an album or a newly unveiled deep cut. And each Monday, we round up the best new songs released over the past week (the eligibility period begins
If you grew up during the golden age of home video, do you remember the good old days when you’d pop in a movie on your VCR? Sure, you’d have to “be kind and rewind” when you were done and worry about the film strip getting all tangled, but it was still all in good
The first film in the Predator franchise in the wake of Disney taking over 20th Century Fox, Prey went direct-to-Hulu back in 2022, but the Alien franchise’s first film under the Disney umbrella is getting a big theatrical release this weekend. But that wasn’t always the case. As you may recall, Alien: Romulus was originally
Midas Man, is an upcoming drama about Brian Epstein, the manager who helped turn the Beatles into the biggest thing in pop culture. It stars Jacob Fortune-Lloyd as Epstein. The film is directed by Joe Stephenson. Midas Man is set against in the backdrop of the 1960s, and explores Epstein’s genius and talent, as well as his ambition
We give you the first look video for Wizards Beyond Waverly Place shows Selena Gomez’s return in the Wizards of Waverly Place sequel series. The Disney series “follows an adult Justin Russo, who has chosen to lead a normal, mortal life with his family, Giada, Roman and Milo. When Justin’s sister Alex brings Billie to
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Rob Lowe‘s frat class is pretty star-studded … ’cause he says he’s forever part of the “Outsiders” fraternity — with all his costars from 1983 flick in the brotherhood. The actor reflected on making the iconic Francis Ford Coppola movie back in the day during an interview with People … touching specifically on turning 18
Author’s note: An earlier version of this essay appeared in Issue #6 of John LeMay’s The Lost Films Fanzine. It has been republished with his permission. “When I see horses running as fast as they can, tears well up in my eyes.” poet Kenji Miyazawa In February 1966, Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa’s exclusive contract
Margaret Kingsbury grew up in a house so crammed with books she couldn’t open a closet door without a book stack tumbling, and she’s brought that same decorative energy to her adult life. Margaret has an MA in English with a concentration in writing and has worked as a bookseller and adjunct English professor. She’s
Doja Cat seems to be following up on a two-year-old dream … cuddling up to Joseph Quinn in London after beefing with Noah Schnapp for outing her crush. The rapper hit old Londontown with the actor … dining in close proximity — chatting animatedly and clearly laughing together at what looks like a low-key restaurant.
Coraline 15th Anniversary notched a nice no. 5 at the domestic box office with $8.63 million for the three-day weekend on 1,603 screens. The cume of $11.6 million including Thursday broke its previous record for Fathom Events. Last year, the stop-motion animated feature by Henry Selick became the distributor’s highest-grossing classic with $7m+ at the
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Critic’s Rating: 3 / 5.0 Were we ready for a filler episode so soon into the third season? SEAL Team Season 7 Episode 3 placed too much focus on Drew, and it’s going to take too long to get to know him for me to care that much about his family issues. At least the
Blockchain has thrown the world for a loop by stepping outside of crypto gambling and online gambling and into polling booths. The need for a transparent electoral processes has never been more important. With so many important issues on the line, it is time to say goodbye to traditional voting systems. Old voting systems face
Brad Paisley‘s wife, actor Kimberly Williams-Paisley, turned to social media on Saturday (Aug. 17) to share that she’d undergone surgery to address a health problem that’s been plaguing her for nearly two years. The Father of the Bride star reveals that she lost her voice while on stage at her annual Alzheimer’s fundraiser in Nashville,
A cool piece of Hollywood history just changed hands … the original contract Al Pacino signed for his iconic role as Michael Corleone in “The Godfather Part II.” The contract — dated May 12, 1972 — locked Pacino into his return as the infamous mob boss for the sequel. It called for him to be
Most horror movies don’t even receive one novelization, yet Friday the 13th Part III somehow ended up with two. In fact, the second sequel in this beloved franchise was the first to be novelized; the original 1980 movie and its immediate follow-up were not adapted until ‘87 and ‘88, respectively. Meanwhile, Michael Avallone’s divisive take
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 Director for Reading Women, a podcast that gained an international following over its six-season run. In her
On Saturday, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry continued with their official tour of Colombia, heading to Cartagena for a tour of Escuela Tambores de Cabildo, a local drum school preserving traditional African drumming. Meghan wore a matching silk crop top and flowing skirt by Johanna Ortiz in black with a delicate white nautical pattern and