Welcome to Today in Books, where we report on literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Let’s Get Critical In advance of the National Book Critics Circle Awards coming up this Thursday, members of the NBCC board have been sharing short reviews of the 30 finalists, and the good folks at LitHub
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Image Source: Getty / GoodLifeStudio When you’re running intervals, you can’t beat the precision and accuracy of a treadmill HIIT workout. If I plug seven miles an hour into the machine, I’m going to be running exactly seven miles an hour — otherwise, I’ll fall off the back. But during the same workout outdoors, I
Indies in moderate-wide release claimed the nos. 6, 8 and 9 spots at the domestic box office led by Love Lies Bleeding. Kristin Steward toplines the Berlin-premiering film by Rose Glass that expanded nationwide, grossing $2.5 million for the weekend on 1,362 screens (up from five theaters opening week). The steamy crime thriller from A24
Dan Schneider has again denied allegations of a toxic workplace while he was at Nickelodeon … including claims that child actors were sexualized on shows he created. A rep for the veteran TV producer — the man behind hit Nickelodeon shows like “The Amanda Show” and “Drake & Josh” — says there’s no truth to
Forgiveness, memory, loss and the vicissitudes of love are among the recurring themes of A Year of Last Things, Michael Ondaatje’s exceptional new collection of poetry. More than a decade has passed since Ondaatje, who shared the 1992 Booker Prize for his novel The English Patient, published a book of poems. The return is welcome,
Grupo Firme is ready for more desmadre. On Monday, the música Mexicana superstar group fronted by Eduin Caz announced that they will bring their La Última Peda Tour to the U.S. this summer. The tour’s title, which roughly translates to The Last Drunken Party, seems to imply a farewell. However, a LiveNation spokesperson confirms to
Photography by Royal GilbertBreaking down Julia Fox’s cover girl glam, and the products you’ll need to recreate it. By Lauren Knowles Date March 18, 2024 Grunge glam icon, internet phenom and fashion provocateur Julia Fox has never been one to shy away from an experimental makeup moment (see: her signature ultra-black “Fox eye”). On FASHION’s
Emily has a PhD in English from the University of Southern Mississippi, MS, and she has an MFA in Creative Writing from GCSU in Milledgeville, GA, home of Flannery O’Connor. She spends her free time reading, watching horror movies and musicals, cuddling cats, Instagramming pictures of cats, and blogging/podcasting about books with the ladies over
A quiet gym is a rare and blessed gift. Less people at the gym means shorter wait times for your favorite machines, fewer eyes on you during your workouts, and (speaking from personal experience) the occasional confidence to venture out into the free weights. That said, knowing the busiest and quietest hours at the gym
In this article UAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT United Airlines president Scott Kirby speaking in Chicago, Illinois, June 5, 2019. Kamil Krzaczynski | Reuters United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby on Monday sought to reassure customers about the carrier’s safety after a series of flight problems in recent weeks. In one incident this month,
With a solid offshore hold, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two is closing in on $500M globally. The overseas weekend brought in $51.2M across 73 markets, a 40% drop versus last session (-37% excluding China). The international box office cume through Sunday is $289.4M, and worldwide the running total is $494.7M. The latter figure means the film
Play video content TMZ.com Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt wants to have a child, but he says he’s a bit too old to adopt … so he’s looking for a Gen-Z’er to carry his baby. We spoke with Zsa Zsa Gabor‘s widow in Bev Hills, and he told us he’s gotten lots of marriage proposals since
In Root Fractures, Diana Khoi Nguyen’s second collection of poems, the speaker is haunted by echoes of the past that reverberate into the present, and by generational, individual and collective traumas. In deft and surprising ways, the forms of the poems interact with their content, both shaping and breaking it. The poems center on the
The Charts The LP marks Grande’s fourth consecutive Number One on the Billboard 200 Ariana Grande is back on top of the Billboard 200 albums chart for the first time in more than three years as Eternal Sunshine debuts at Number One with 227,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S., the publication announced on
During Thursday, March 14, 2024’s Autauga-Prattville Public Library board meeting, library director Andrew Foster, alongside other employees, were fired from their jobs. It was yet another move by the board to not only impose power over the institution, but to also ensure that the library will fail to serve its role as an institution of
Image Source: Getty / Raymond Liu / Contributor “This is gonna keep you smiling and feeling so fine,” Jazzercise founder Judi Sheppard Missett promises in a retro video that’s found its way to YouTube. The idea that working out should be fun was foundational to Jazzercise, a brand that revolutionized how women exercised in the
In this article CRWD NKE BJ Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT In this photo illustration, the CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Investors’ worries about the prospect of higher-for-longer interest rates have made a comeback, pulling the major averages lower
How does an A CinemaScore and 4 1/2 star PostTrak movie with a major star and a dog underdeliver at the box office? The adventure sports charged, doggie-with-a-heart title Arthur the King from Lionsgate had no chance of winning a crown this weekend with an $8M-$10M projection, however, many were expecting this well received movie
Bryan Hearne ha hablado, y ha comparado el trabajo en Nickelodeon con una cámara de torturas, afirmando que fue víctima de racismo. El actor infantil -que apareció en 16 episodios del programa de sketches “All That”, así como otros programas de Nick- trabajó con Investigation Discovery para la docuserie “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side
‘Whole Body’ South African singer’s 14-song track list also includes collaborations with Gunna, Travis Scott, and Kelvin Momo Tyla has tapped Becky G, Tems, Gunna and Skillibeng, Kelvin Momo, and Travis Scott for her upcoming eponymous debut album, which arrives this Friday, March 22. The South African singer shared the full track list on Sunday
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