Jenn Northington has worked in the publishing industry wearing various hats since 2004, including bookseller and events director, and is currently Director of Editorial Operations at Riot New Media Group. You can hear her on the SFF Yeah! podcast nerding out about sci-fi and fantasy. When she’s not working, she’s most likely gardening, running, or
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Chris Young was arrested on disorderly conduct charges on Monday night (Jan. 22) in Nashville. The “Young Love & Saturday Nights” singer allegedly assaulted an agent of the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Multiple media outlets report that Young was arrested at the Dawg House on Demonbreun Street in downtown Nashville at about 8:30PM. TABC agents
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You better believe I was yelling “Hell yeah!” when Danielle Brooks was included on the list of 2024 Oscar nominees. However, you also better believe that I was, in the words of her character Sofia, saying “Hell No!” when the 2023 musical remake of The Color Purple only got one nomination from The Academy.  This
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Erica Ezeifedi, Associate Editor, is a transplant from Nashville, TN that has settled in the North East. In addition to being a writer, she has worked as a victim advocate and in public libraries, where she has focused on creating safe spaces for queer teens, mentorship, and providing test prep instruction free to students. Outside
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EXCLUSIVE: Sony, which kicked off CinemaCon last year, is skipping this year’s exhibitor-studio conference in Las Vegas, NV which runs April 8-11 at Caesar’s Palace. This happens from time to time when a major studio will sit out, and it’s not a diss to theater owners. The last time Sony didn’t attend CinemaCon was back
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Whenever Jodie Foster’s prickly Chief Liz Danvers scolds her colleagues for “not asking the right questions” during the early episodes of HBO’s eerie, enticing True Detective: Night Country, her advice seems intended to address the audience, too. After only a couple hours of this Issa López-led season, it’s already difficult to separate the vital information
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Read Harder isn’t the only reading challenge happening in 2024, of course! That’s why I’m highlighting some of the other challenges you might want to add to your reading goals this year. Fellow Book Rioter Laura Sackton is hosting Queer Your Year 2024: a yearlong reading challenge that celebrates queer list. There are 48 challenges
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Julia Roberts has starred in some of the best romantic comedies of all time, from Pretty Woman to Notting Hill. In each one, she’s played a variety roles, which one would think she has varying levels of affection for. However, the actress recently revealed that she has a newfound perspective the character she played in
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During Green Day’s performance at Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest, Billie Joe Armstrong changed the lyrics to ‘American Idiot’ to declare that he’s “not a part of the MAGA agenda.” He must have expected the backlash from right-wingers, who were quick to decry the band for “going woke,” as if it
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