Kim Gordon didn’t invent SoundCloud rap, but she sounds like she just sort of stumbled onto a whole new sound. The Collective, the former Sonic Youth bassist’s second solo record, carries the fearlessly innovative spirit that has marked her nearly 50-year career, and though she knew early on she wanted it to be beat-driven, how much
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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
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Universal Pictures and DreamWorks have unveiled the first trailer for their upcoming animation called The Wild Robot. It features the voice of actress Lupita Nyong’o as Roz, the film is scheduled for release on September 20.  The official synopsis for The Wild Robot reads: “The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot—ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” for
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“A young woman’s fateful decision in 1960s China reverberates across space and time into the present day,” reads the series’ official synopsis. “When the laws of nature inexplicably unravel before their eyes, a close-knit group of brilliant scientists join forces with an unorthodox detective to confront the greatest threat in humanity’s history.” Based on Liu
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Writer/Director Damian Mc Carthy‘s sophomore effort, Oddity, serves as a welcome extension of his feature debut, Caveat, in many ways. Aside from the brief return of at least one familiar face and a nightmare bunny, Oddity continues the filmmaker’s exploration of supernatural karma and retribution with offbeat characters and a unique vision for scares. Armed with a tighter narrative, a
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The statistics are alarming: One in three women will be the victim of physical, psychological, or economic abuse at some point in their lives. Furthermore, children who grow up in violent situations are more likely to become violent or suffer violence as adults. Every year, Pomellato CEO Sabina Belli asks notable individuals to reflect on
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Akira Toriyama was one of the most influential mangaka: he created Dragon Ball in 1984, which would later become the hit series Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Super. This action fantasy comedy franchise inspired many other series, like One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach. On March 7th, the official Dragon Ball Twitter/X account shared that
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Nikki Haley will be living in style when she returns home to South Carolina after dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. The former Republican hopeful owns a 4-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom, 5,699-square-foot mansion on an island that looks like a private paradise. Haley, 52, and husband, Michael, purchased the luxurious residence for $2.4 million in 2019,
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Awards season campaigning is a notoriously competitive and fickle thing, a calculated mix of schmoozing at industry parties, charming audiences at late-night talk shows and being not too publicly thirsty to take home the gold (sorry, Bradley Cooper). And apparently one Icarian hero flew too close to the sun this year: Messi, the Border Collie
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The 23-year-old Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and guitarist Mei Semones has released a new single, ‘Tegami’. Check it out along with a live version of the track below. “‘Tegami’ was my first time experimenting with Bossa Nova style music in odd meters,” Semones explained in a statement. “It’s a love song. My partner likes to write me
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The early days of the pandemic were like living in some unholy vortex. Stores were indefinitely shuttered. The streets were eerily abandoned. And the threat of COVID lurked around every corner. While it has been four years since those rudimentary times, and we’ve returned to some normalcy, the danger still exists in hushed whispers and
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