Following in the footsteps of two all-timer Hollywood legends like Robert Mitchum and Robert De Niro would be intimidating for anyone, but taking on a role like stalker-rapist Max Cady already requires a certain amount of quasi-psycho chutzpah. And hot diggity danger, Javier Bardem is truly embodying beast mode in the first trailer for the
Sometimes Netflix’s random movie and TV show recommendations work. Because I started My Korean Boyfriend out of curiosity and my love-hate relationship with Netflix dating shows, the algorithm recommended Made in Korea. It’s an Indian comedy about a woman who dreams of moving to Korea. It’s been her dream for many years. She has romanticized
It takes Bill Callahan just a track or two on My Days of 58 to start a song with the first-person “I”. The song in question, “The Man I’m Supposed Be”, serves as a decent bellwether for the highly autobiographical material that surrounds it. Callahan, who murmured for much of the 1990s and 2000s under
You might think that Mariska Hargitay has already been pretty much everywhere in New York City after nearly three decades as the star of Law & Order: SVU, but the actress is now heading somewhere new: the Broadway stage. Yes, once Season 27 of SVU wraps in the 2026 TV schedule, Hargitay will be found
Arlo Parks’ third album, Ambiguous Desire, bears little resemblance to her previous record, My Soft Machine. My Soft Machine, though, only felt tangentially connected to Parks’ Mercury Prize-winning and Grammy-nominated debut, Collapsed in Sunbeams. Sunbeams, for its part, felt like a sad, confessional R&B album with folk elements, while Machine brought in more downtempo rock
There was a guy who lived in the apartment complex where I grew up who everyone—and by everyone, I mean the six or eight other kids I more or less ran with—said had been on Death Row, but who had been released after he’d survived the electric chair three separate times. The rumor was that
Those who watched the winners get handed out at the 94th Academy Awards in 2022 will not soon forget the sight of Will Smith storming the stage and slapping presenter Chris Rock. It was a shocking and upsetting turn of events that resulted in widespread industry chatter and consequences: Smith was forced to resign his
Less than a year after her luscious solo debut, Pacífico Maravilla, Nidia Góngora returns, this time as the frontwoman of Nuevos Ríos. Alongside her are members of her longtime group, Canalón de Timbiquí, and Toulouse-based Reco Reco, an ensemble that focuses on plugged-in renditions of South American styles. Together, the collective perform lively, electrified versions
Iowa Ohyung Ohyung / Trans Music Archive 6 March 2026 Composer and performer Ohyung (Lia Ouyang Rusli) takes an impressionist approach with real depth on the new experimental album Iowa. Created based on her 11-month stay in the album’s namesake state, Iowa, is an act of counter-cartography. Against the grain of static pastoral heartland narratives,
HGTV viewers have seen lots of shifting content on the network over the past year. Summer 2025 was especially active, as at least seven shows getting canceled during that time, with even more disappointing announcements coming later. (The network even had the gall to joke about it on social media amidst fan complaints.) Anyone wondering
Look, I’m a huge fan of the NWO (Nintendo World Order), and when you’re a fan of the NWO, you’re a fan FOR LIFE! So, that being the case, can I just say that I’m DEEPLY UPSET with Nintendo over the lead-up to The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which comes out April 1st? This annoys
A Ted Lasso renaissance is on the way later in the 2026 TV schedule with the fourth season, although major changes are on the way with Ted now set to coach Richmond’s women’s football team. It remains to be seen how many characters will be back for Season 4 to follow up on the divisive
Severance by Ling Ma A send-up and takedown of corporate drudgery, late-stage capitalism, and adulthood listlessness familiar to so many of us, Ling Ma’s Severance serves up a wry and tense satire featuring an eerily monotonous pandemic. Candace Chen, a millennial publishing drone self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower, is so devoted to routine she
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Our Zero to Well Read episode on “Bartleby, the Scrivener” by Herman Melville got me thinking of the form and how interesting it can be within the book club setting. If you haven’t already explored reading short stories
Where No Shadow Stays by Sara Hashem Seventeen-year-old Mina has always just kept her eyes on the prize. Asking her father to tell her anything about her Egyptian heritage or her mother’s mysterious death leads to silence. So when Mina is invited by her aunt to visit her mom’s childhood home, Haikal mansion, in El
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. There are so many excellent queer books out this year, and that’s a comfort in these trying times. Today, I’ve rounded up ten to have on your radar, but that just scratches the surface. There’s queer and trans
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Libraries and bookstores are magical places—full stop. So it’s no wonder that these repositories of stories have inspired countless tales of magic and wonder. After all, what better backdrop for a work of speculative fiction than the very
It is finally, officially Spring! Huzzah! With that comes the onset of awards season for some of the fiction world, particularly in regards to short fiction and science fiction/fantasy. I’ve covered short fiction and genre fiction awards eligibility before for Book Riot, and I always try to squeeze in roundups of the latest gems in
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. When did I first feel the allure of outer space, that tug to look up at night and never stop? Was it when my dad got my brothers and me a telescope? When my friend added David Bowie’s
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Aimee Nezhukumatathil is a poet and nonfiction author (World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments). Her newest book is Night Owl: Poems, out today from Ecco. Below, she shares the connection between poetry
“No child should be locked in an immigration detention center,” reads an open letter signed by a growing list of Hollywood stars, physicians, policy experts, and organizations demanding the “immediate closure” of the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas. Hundreds of young children, teenagers, and their parents have been held at the remote facility that
The jazz world lost some fine drummers in the last year. Roy Haynes was still playing in his 90s before he passed in November of 2024, and Jack DeJohnette left a giant hole in the music when he died this past October. Al Foster will also be sorely missed. Though he died in May of
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A drifter’s search for Kentucky gold turns into a nightmare in this atmospheric descent into madness, arriving on digital platforms April 7, 2026. Deskpop Entertainment is proud to announce the April 7, 2026, VOD release of SOUL CHAPEL, a haunting new thriller produced by MTS Pictures. Directed by Jake C. Young and written by David
Céline Dion is making her official comeback. On Monday, the singer announced a series of shows in Paris this fall, marking her first headlining concerts since 2020. The news arrives days after posters began popping up in Paris, igniting rumors of her return. She made the announcement in a video on Monday, her 58th birthday.
James Blake has asked for his production credit to be removed from Kanye West’s new album, Bully, but not for the reasons you’d expect when someone asks to be uncoupled from anything Ye-related these days. Blake is credited on Bully’s final track, “This One Here,” and it’s a song he definitely worked on; Blake confirmed
In August 1977, Dennis Wilson released Pacific Ocean Blue, the late Beach Boys’ first — and only — solo album. Now, nearly 50 years later, one of the songs is getting its due. The Pacific Ocean Blue highlight “Rainbows” has been featured in two releases this month: the sci-fi blockbuster Project Hail Mary and the
Love, fashion, and star power collided at the premiere of The Return of Arinzo as Priscilla Ojo and her husband, Tanzanian music star Juma Jux, made a striking entrance that instantly commanded attention. Priscilla Ojo—widely known as @its.priscy—is a Nigerian actress, model, and influencer, and the daughter of Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo. She has built
Cardi B surprised fans at her sold-out New York show by bringing out Lil’ Kim for a special performance of “Quiet Storm,” creating a moment that blended nostalgia with high-impact stage style. Lil’ Kim took the stage in a dramatic metallic ensemble that leaned into futuristic, armor-like design. She wore a sculptural gray coat with
British soul band the James Hunter Six are well known for their smooth, gritty style of music based on American Soul of the 1960s, but they do more than mimic the tropes. Lead singer Hunter infectiously inhabits the deep emotional roots of the past and brings it to the present through his storytelling chops and
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