Star Wars is a media empire. Of course, it began with movies in 1977. Now, there are streaming TV shows, video games, more movies, novelizations, and comic books. In fact, there have been Star Wars comic books based on George Lucas’s space opera since 1978, the year after A New Hope first hit theaters. For
November is Native American Heritage Month, the perfect time to stock up on children’s books by Native American and Indigenous authors and to support Native American and Indigenous authors by buying, reading, and recommending their books, though to be clear, it’s always a good time to be reading children’s books by Native American and Indigenous
There’s no other bond quite like the one between sisters. It can be powerful, tense, loving, dramatic — and most of all, complicated. That’s what makes the complex relationship so ripe for exploration and the perfect backdrop for some truly captivating stories, as showcased by these eight thrillers. The literary sisters in these gripping novels
Prepare yourself for an unapologetically diverse book list! All the books on this list are written by authors of color, many are illustrated by artists of color, and most feature characters of color. #sorrynotsorry In all seriousness, creators of color need and deserve our support. The publishing industry is challenging to break into, and that
Finding asexual representation in fiction sometimes feels like looking for a needle in a stack of endless needles. Unlike some other queer representation, asexuality doesn’t always leap off the page. You can’t necessarily tell if a story will include asexual or aromantic representation from the blurb or bio alone, and that’s assuming asexuality is ever
I’ve been a fan of horror films since I was probably too young to watch them. I remember family trips to Blockbuster on Friday nights. Instead of grabbing Disney movies, I worked my way through the Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street movies. I’ve watched a lot of horror movies over the
Don’t check that calendar: it is only October, not the end of the year. Regardless, many outlets seem to be racing to see who can release their best of the year lists fastest. Barnes and Noble already posted their Best Books of the Year list earlier this month, but they have just posted a separate
Drake and 21 Savage have announced a new joint album, Her Loss, which will be released on October 28. The album title and release date and release date were revealed in the new video for ‘Jimmy Cooks’, their collaborative track from Honestly, Nevermind. Check out the Mahfuz-directed clip below. Drake and 21 Savage have teamed
Throughout the week, we update our Best New Songs playlist with the new releases that caught our attention the most, be it a single leading up to the release of an album or a newly unveiled deep cut. And each Monday, we round up the best new songs released over the past week (the eligibility period
In life, nothing is free. Or is it? Certainly, you’ll find some kind citizens and groups who will offload their unwanted goods for free, or even good samaritans who will give you a helping hand with a chore or job to do just for the rewards to the heart. But when it comes to business,
Pilots and crews from more than 15 commercial aircraft say they have encountered unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) in American airspace in recent weeks, according to eyewitness testimony and videos that detail the unusual events. According to witnesses, the rash of incidents occurred over a seven-week period and involved sightings of bright luminous aerial objects in
The real-life mermaids turning fantasy into reality on Britain’s shores For centuries, tales of mermaids have bewitched both sailors and girls. Now fish-tailed women are making those stories come true A tail arcs up, spraying droplets of seawater over the people standing on the pontoon dock. The children rush forwards, enchanted. A mermaid, who has
Are you afraid of ghosts? If so, then you believe in them—which, in many ways, could be good for you. From disembodied screams to Shakespearean specter-kings to white comic-book blobs, the undead have scared the living for millennia. A Babylonian clay tablet whose incised figures are visible only at certain angles is said to be
A 5-year-old boy claims that he was an African American woman killed in a fire and reincarnated. Little Luke Ruehlman spooked his parents as he began incessantly insisting that he used to be a woman named Pam when he was just 2 years old. The young boy’s mother, Erika, told Ohio’s Fox 2 that her
What if we—meaning all of humankind and the entire universe we inhabit—are part of a simulation that some future civilization’s powerful computers built for us? This “simulation theory” is one of the most cutting-edge and provocative ideas on the philosophical side of science today. The concept is simple enough, but it has far-reaching implications. In
If an alien were to look at Earth, many human technologies – from cell towers to fluorescent light bulbs – could be a beacon signifying the presence of life. We are two astronomers who work on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence – or SETI. In our research, we try to characterize and detect signs of
If alien astronomers observed our solar system from a distance 4.5 billion years ago, they would have seen a star surrounded by primordial gas and dust. That material, arranged in a narrow but dense disk, whirled round and round the young star. Over time, its particles collided and formed clumps. Gravity smoothed the jagged edges
Could this town be Brazil’s Roswell? In the words of Fox Mulder, the truth is out there, especially for those UFO diehards determined to prove the existence of extraterrestrial life. Following his 2020 documentary The Phenomenon, director James Fox is back to show us we should believe with his new film, Moment of Contact. Read
This creepy video clip shows the ‘paranormal’ goings on inside a former funeral parlour which has been dubbed ‘Britain’s most haunted shop’. Chilling footage captured on CCTV shows items mysteriously falling from shelves of the building – now an antiques shop – without any apparent reason whatsoever. In one particularly startling clip a bizarre ‘mist’
October 21, 2022 11:31 am By Nadia Vella October is in full swing, and with it comes all the spooky reads. If you’re searching for more seasonal stories, look no further! We have seven books about witches of all kinds to help you finish out the Halloween season in style. The Scapegracers and The Scratch
October 24, 2022 12:00 pm By Nadia Vella A TikTok user has made a video showing a freckle she says “all women have” and sensationally claims it shows “the government makes humans”. In the bizarre clip, she shows off a freckle on her wrist and claims every woman has the same feature – leaving women
Get your pools resurfaced before it hits Netflix. By Grant Rindner October 20, 2022 Adam Sandler, Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie attend the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards on February 08, 2020 in Santa Monica, California.Courtesy of David Crotty and Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Refill your anxiety medication and brew a pot of chamomile
Though he’s used to getting typecast as a sinister presence, the actor says his new role in The Banshees of Inisherin is just a taste of the wide range he has to offer. By Esther Zuckerman October 21, 2022 Barry Keoghan in The Banshees of Inisherin.Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures via Everett Collection Barry Keoghan’s sculpted
The late night host has been banned, un-banned and maybe banned again from popular Soho eatery Balthazar for being rude to the staff. By Grant Rindner October 21, 2022 James Corden on The Late Late Show with James Corden, Monday, October 3, 2022.Courtesy of Terence Patrick for CBS via Getty Images Balthazar, a French brasserie
The promotional Cactus Buddy figurines that accompanied the chain’s limited-run “adult Happy Meals,” sold for $10.79 each, are now being listed for six figures. By Eileen Cartter October 21, 2022 Courtesy of McDonald’s Earlier this month, McDonald’s released a new promotional product that it alluringly referred to as an “adult Happy Meal” in collaboration with
The project is set to drop this Friday. By Frazier Tharpe October 22, 2022 Drake and 21 Savage perform during Wicked (Spelhouse Homecoming Concert) at Forbes Arena at Morehouse College on October 19, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia.Courtesy of Prince Williams via WireImage/Getty Drake is, as ever, always a fan of the sharp left, executing a
When Shooter Jennings saw his friend Brandi Carlile put together a tribute set to Joni Mitchell at this year’s Newport Folk Festival, it got the Grammy-winning producer thinking about, perhaps, organizing a similar project of his own. “I got offered this festival, and I just didn’t want to have it be me coming in to
Katy Perry and Thomas Rhett dive into the dreamy minds of their young artist selves in the new video for “Where We Started,” out Tuesday. The Patrick Tracy-directed video captures the two musicians — Rhett in a denim jacket, Perry in a flowy dress and corset — as they sing to each other from separate