Vince McMahon isn’t wasting any time knocking Netflix’s soon-to-be-released docuseries, “Mr. McMahon” … with the former WWE honcho blasting the project just days before its anticipated release. The six-part doc debuts on the streaming giant’s platform later this week — on September 25 — and although 79-year-old McMahon admits he hasn’t yet seen the series,
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In his beguiling debut novel, What I Know About You, Éric Chacour delicately explores the complicated circumstances that create distance between people, and the limits of what anyone can know about those they love. In 1980s Cairo, Tarek, a doctor from a Levantine Christian family, begins a relationship with a young man. Up until this
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Christina Aguilera celebrated the 25th anniversary of her self-titled debut album at the Spotify Music Studios in Los Angeles this week and took the opportunity to collaborate with Sabrina Carpenter and Machine Gun Kelly. During the “Live Spotify Anniversaries” episode, Aguilera brought Carpenter out to perform her hit “What a Girl Wants,” with Carpenter opening
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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Governments are Banning Books at Higher Rates In perhaps unsurprising news to those who have been following book banning coverage, two advocacy groups released data showing that the rate of book banning by state and
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The two experienced Airline Captains, both senior managers, retired at around the same time. 40 years is a long time in any career, let alone one like this that involves so much critical interaction with others, and therefore with lots of opportunity to cement one’s status and reputation. And lock theirs in they did, on
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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
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Here’s to a solid indie weekend with BTS’s Jung Kook: I Am Still, Mubi’s The Substance, Whiplash is back and My Old Ass in limited release. Am I Racist? by conservative podcaster Justin Folk also continued strong in week two. Mubi’s release of Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance opened to $3.1 million on 1,949 screens for the
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Pulitzer Prize-winner Louise Erdrich is adept at creating all-consuming domestic plots that adroitly reveal broader insights about society, power, economics and our natural world. She’s done so again, to great effect, in The Mighty Red. The Mighty Red encompasses so much—a community of wonderful characters and a riveting plot, plus a profound look at our
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Not all big-bet decisions can make or break your organisation, but they are, by definition, significant. They are not for the faint of heart, but they’re essential for driving growth and staying ahead in today’s competitive landscape. So, what separates the visionaries from the also-rans? The answer lies in three secret ingredients that, when combined,
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Refresh for latest…: Paramount/Hasbro Entertainment’s Transformers One is out of the gate with a $39M global start. From just 50 international box office markets (representing only 40% of the overseas footprint), the first animated Transformers movie in close to 40 years grossed $14M. The Josh Cooley-directed origins story came in below projections domestically and international
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