Don’t look now, but summer is coming! It’s time to nail down those vacation plans, plan long weekend getaways, and refresh your wardrobe. And let’s be real: There’s always a surprising summer shoe trend that creeps up until it’s nearly ubiquitous. Last summer, the mesh flat reigned supreme, proving weird shoes—although polarizing—can find their way
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As album titles go, Future Nostalgia served to encapsulate the particular aesthetic Dua Lipa was aiming for, one encompassing “a future of infinite possibilities while tapping into the sound and mood of some older music.” The philosophy of Radical Optimism, on the other hand, is broader and distinctly less musical. “Radical optimism in the way
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Patricia Elzie-Tuttle is a writer, podcaster, librarian, and information fanatic who appreciates potatoes in every single one of their beautiful iterations. Patricia earned a B.A. in Creative Writing and Musical Theatre from the University of Southern California and an MLIS from San Jose State University. Her weekly newsletter, Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice offers self-improvement
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“In the series, Queenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in south London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. After a messy breakup with her long-term boyfriend, Queenie seeks comfort in all the wrong places and begins to realize she has to face the past head-on before she can rebuild. The
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Brandon Miguel Valdivia, the Nicaraguan-Canadian percussionist and composer who records as Mas Aya, has announced a new LP. Coming and Going, the follow-up to 2021’s Màscaras, lands on July 12 via Telephone Explosion Records. The lead single, ‘Tú Y Yo’, is a collaboration with his partner, the Colombian-Canadian singer-songwriter Lido Pimienta. (Valdivia and Pimienta’s daughter,
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Rachel is a writer from Arkansas, most at home surrounded by forests and animals much like a Disney Princess. She spends most of her time writing stories and playing around in imaginary worlds. You can follow her writing at rachelbrittain.com. Twitter and Instagram: @rachelsbrittain View All posts by Rachel Brittain Translated fiction provides a window
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Universal and Illumination‘s smash The Super Mario Bros Movie finishes No. 1 to make it a wrap on Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament for 2023. While the industry is still coming out of Covid and the aftermath of the strikes, there’s no question about the major motion picture studios’ embrace of the theatrical downstream model; steamers
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