Welcome to Today in Books, where we report on literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. WICKED Trailer Airs During Super Bowl I like musicals. And I like Wicked. But I have to admit that there as been this part of me that a) felt like the long-time-coming adaptation might never
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Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. Of all the fashion archetypes to come revving back, the society swan was perhaps the least expected. Mile-high Kenneth updos and double strands of pearls may be relegated to the distant past, but only a few episodes into the FX series
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Middle East distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment is gearing up to release iconic Oscar-nominated Rio de Janeiro gangland drama City of God across the Gulf countries of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for the first time. Co-directed by Brazilian directors Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, the movie made waves
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The 1996 action-adventure blockbuster Twister is getting a big screen sequel from Universal Pictures. It’s titled Twisters, and the official trailer just debuted during the Super Bowl. Twisters is coming to theaters on July 19, 2024. Watch the trailer below. Directed by Lee Isaac Chung, the Oscar® nominated writer-director of Minari, Twisters stars Golden Globe nominee Daisy
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Following her Verizon Super Bowl ad, Beyoncé has announced the second act of her Renaissance trilogy. The country-inspired Act II will be out on March 29, and she’s already shared two songs, ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ and ’16 Carriages’. Check them out along with a teaser video, which features snippets of Chuck Berry’s ‘Maybellene’ and an
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On Super Bowl Sunday, Beyoncé finished her myriad Verizon-encouraged attempts at “breaking the internet” with the announcement of a new album and the drop of two singles, the “real-live hoedown” “Texas Hold ’Em” and the gorgeous ballad “16 Carriages.” The Beyhive is already calling the latter “one of her best tracks ever,” and not coincidentally
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Lucas Maxwell has been working with youth in libraries for over fifteen years. Originally from Nova Scotia, Canada, he’s been a high school librarian in London, UK for over a decade. In 2017 he won the UK’s School Librarian of the Year award and in 2022 he was named the UK Literacy Association’s Reading For
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Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstory of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing their
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Wendy Stuart will be hosting TriVersity Talk! this Wednesday at 7 PM ET with featured guest Andy Tapia. TriVersity Talk! is a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and pressing issues in the LGBTQ Community. With TriVersity Talk!, the goal is to laugh and learn. TriVersity Talk! Is part of TriVersity’s
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Damo Suzuki, the Japanese vocalist who served as the lead singer of German krautrock icons Can from 1970 through 1973, has died at the age of 74. Can’s label, Spoon Records, revealed the news on Instagram, writing, “His boundless creative energy has touched so many over the whole world, not just with Can, but also
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Forget the mob wife trend, Saweetie perfected the look first with her signature “icy girl” branding. Today, the rapper is revealed as the new face of True Religion, starring in the famed denim brand’s spring 2024 campaign. In celebration, she spoke exclusively with ELLE.com. If you’re unfamiliar, an icy girl is, essentially, a bad bitch.
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Steph Auteri is a journalist who has written for the Atlantic, the Washington Post, Pacific Standard, VICE, and elsewhere. Her more creative work has appeared in Creative Nonfiction, under the gum tree, Poets & Writers, and other publications, and she is the Essays Editor for Hippocampus Magazine. Her essay, “The Fear That Lives Next to
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