The Audie Awards, presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association, described itself as the “premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment.” Each year, they recognize audiobooks in several categories, and they’ve just released their list of finalists. Here are the finalists in just a few of the Audie
Alex Dietrich (Ret.) served as one of the nation’s first female strike-fighter aviators as a F/A-18 pilot from 2001-2020. Yesterday, the President held a press conference on the issue of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) due to a flurry of recent activity. The nation was captivated by a suspected Chinese reconnaissance balloon floated across the continental
Play video content TikTok / @selenagomez Selena Gomez isn’t here for all the Internet jabs being thrown by her fans and Kylie Jenner‘s … so, she’s getting off social media amid all the heat over Kylie, her and their eyebrows. Selena hopped on TikTok Live Thursday to let her fans know she’s a-okay after rumors
Play video content Instagram / @jlo Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are highlighting their modern family as they celebrate her 2 kids turning 15 with a bunch of pics … some showing Ben in full stepdad mode. J Lo posted a video Wednesday for her twins Max and Emme‘s birthday, and the reel has a
When we call country music an American art form, that includes all of America. Country music has a long history of sharing musical elements with music from South of the border — and Veronique Medrano reminds us of those influences in the bombastic “Running on Empty.” Medrano, a self-described Tex-Mex country artist, hails from Brownsville, Texas. Her new song
Alec Baldwin just pled not guilty in the fateful “Rust” shooting that killed Halyna Hutchins. The actor submitted his plea Thursday, a day before he was supposed to be arraigned. As for the conditions of his release — the court ordered Baldwin not be allowed to drink, possess a gun or talk to potential witnesses
Play video content The Eli Manning Show Move over OBJ … Eli Manning has a new favorite acronym — MBJ, as in Michael B. Jordan!!! The New York legend welcomed the movie star to MetLife Stadium in a new episode of “The Eli Manning Show” this week … and Jordan — a die hard Big
Spoilers for House of the Dragon below. House of the Dragon has been renewed for a second season on HBO, which comes as no surprise following the show’s record-breaking premiere on Aug. 21. Given its predecessor, Game of Thrones, dominated TV for eight seasons, this could be the beginning of another years-long reign for the
Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires are two of Nashville’s most celebrated musicians — and a married couple whose relationship is widely revered. In a Rolling Stone interview, Isbell recalls that he first saw Shires when she was playing with Billy Joe Shaver at the 2003 Austin City Limits Festival. They officially met a year later,
Imax said today it expects to return to its pre-pandemic gross box office level of $1.1 billion in 2023, even as it reported revenue of $98 million for last year’s fourth quarter, down 10% from the year before. Earnings per share fell to 19 cents from 31 cents. CEO Rich Gelfond attributed the dip to the Chinese
“The story follows a young and fiercely independent woman who is forced to flee her home in the Mexican desert following the brutal murder of her mother, another strong and mysterious woman,” reads the synopsis. “Carmen survives a terrifying and dangerous illegal border crossing into the US, only to be confronted by a lawless volunteer
Nathaniel Martello-White’s feature debut The Strays is a social thriller that lacks bite, discipline, and a third act. When the film abruptly ended, I waited for Ashton Kutcher to pop from behind my sofa to announce a film critic Punk’d spin-off, where they cut to a movie’s credits twenty minutes too early. It’s an incomplete
Scribd vs. Audible: What’s the best audiobook service? These two are, undoubtedly, the best ones out there. They have the largest catalogs of audiobooks in the English-speaking market, and each has irresistible perks. With Audible, you get a huge library of audiobooks, from the obscure and the best-selling to classics and contemporary titles. You name
Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily have announced a new collaborative album titled Love in Exile. It’s set for release on March 24 via Verve. To mark the announcement, they’ve shared the lead single ‘To Remain/To Return’, which you can check out below, along with the album artwork (by Curry Hackett), tracklist, and the
Did the team manange to find Burgess and Ruzek? On Chicago PD Season 10 Episode 14, the pair were trapped aboard the busy “L” subway train after a brutal shooting. As they used the little evidence they could find to learn the truth about what happened, Burgess had painful memories of being shot. Elsewhere, Voight
Loungewear is having its moment right now and men’s sweatpants are flying off shelves around the world. Gone are the days when sweats are confined to the couch, gym, and sporadic errand running. The best sweatpants for men are everywhere now, from the (home) office to the pub and beyond. It may sound silly to
Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick is up for Best Picture at the 2023 Academy Awards.Courtesy of Paramount via Everett Collection Start your binging before it’s too late. By Nathaniel Houston February 21, 2023 Awards season is finally drawing to a close, and the grand finale is right around the corner: the 95th Academy Awards. The
Since late December Emma Løv has been teasing fans with a new track, which finally dropped today called ‘Only Human’. One half of pop group Loote, Emma Løv is currently gearing up to release a solo project, and ‘Only Human’ is the latest sure fire hit from that record. It follows the infectious single ‘Homesick’.
Kelsea Ballerini hinted strongly at the marital troubles leading to her divorce in the new EP Rolling Up the Welcome Mat, but now she’s talking specifics. In the new episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast, Ballerini opened up to host Alex Cooper about the factors that led to her split from singer-songwriter Morgan Evans
Thirty-three years ago today, on Feb. 22, 1990, Travis Tritt released his debut album, Country Club. The record was a long time coming: According to Country Music: The Encyclopedia, the Marietta, Ga., native signed a record deal with Warner Bros. Nashville in 1987 for three singles. The first tune under that contract, “Country Club” —
Actor Ray Buffer is officially going up against prosecutors for his comic book theft debacle … which includes surveillance video of him allegedly swiping merch. A rep for the San Diego City Attorney tells TMZ … Ray’s been charged with one count of misdemeanor petty theft over the October 2022 incident. We’re told the actor
Nipsey Hussle‘s killer, Eric Holder, was sentenced to 60 years to life behind bars, a sentence that came months after a Los Angeles jury found him guilty of 1st-degree murder. Play video content 4/1/19 Remember … Holder gunned down Nipsey in broad daylight back in 2019, and the brutal details were outlined at trial, with
Bratmobile have announced their first public performance in over 20 years. The legendary feminist punk band will headline Oakland’s Mosswood Meltdown on July 2. “It’s been more than 20 years since our last tour, and life has changed and grown in many ways,” Batmobile’s Molly Neuman and Allison Wolfe said in a statement. “In 2019,
Prepare to be in your bag this fall. No, not in an emotional way—in the literal sense. Fall 2023 bag trends are shaping up to be total dopamine dressing, and I’m here for it. Based on New York Fashion Week’s runways and street style, times are a-changing when it comes to what’s hot and what’s
Clarkesworld Magazine is one of the largest and most well-known sci-fi/fantasy magazines, publishing respected SFF authors like Catherynne Valente, Jeff VanderMeer, and Caitlin R. Kiernan. They have recently had to close submissions after being flooded with story submissions created with chatbots like ChatGPT. The irony is not lost on them. But while Clarkesworld has received
Upon his arrival at a Māori village in the lush North Island forests of Aotearoa New Zealand sometime in the late 1830s, Cornish missionary William Colenso noticed something curious. It was a momentous occasion—Colenso was reportedly the first European to visit the community—but he was distracted by a pot. According to his account, Māori women
Over the past fifteen years, Record Store Day has become an unofficial holiday for music lovers worldwide. The annual event draws thousands of eager shoppers to their local record stores in hopes of snagging limited releases from their favorite artists. On Saturday, April 22, Record Store Day 2023 will usher in the release of rare, expanded and
Imax chief executive Rich Gelfond said blockbuster titles will probably be back on Imax screens later this year, as per Top Gun: Maverick last year and, more recently, Titanic’s 25th anniversary re-release. “Yes, I think they do. Especially seeing what happens at the Academy Awards, and what wins,” said Gelfond when asked on a conference
“Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the human race, allowed to man is felt to be so divine. It brings us nearer to the infinite.”….Thomas Carlyle Kylie Marshall is the 14 year old angel who has besieged the music industry like a dazzling star dancing on the