This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Kingsolver Returns October 6 HarperCollins announced yesterday that Barbara Kingsolver will publish her first novel since 2022’s blockbuster
There are thinkers who explain the world—and then there are the rare few who reframe it. Howard Bloom belongs firmly in the latter category. To encounter Bloom’s work is to feel the ground shift beneath your assumptions about history, human nature, creativity, power, and even the cosmos itself. He is not merely a writer or
Google has given its virtual assistant Gemini the ability to create AI-generated music. The tech giant is testing its “most advanced music generation model yet”, Lyria 3, which is now available via Gemini. READ MORE: Keir Starmer tells us about “protecting creativity” in the UK According to the site, Lyria 3 allows fans to “express, explore,
Scientists at Microsoft Research in the United States have demonstrated a system called Silica for writing and reading information in ordinary pieces of glass, which can store two million books’ worth of data in a thin, palm-sized square. In a paper published today in Nature, the researchers say their tests suggest the data will be
The Pokémon Company has announced that it will hold a Pokémon Presents next week on Friday, February 27, at 6 a.m. PT/9 a.m. ET. As in prior years, a Pokémon Presents is happening on the specific day of February 27 because it’s Pokémon Day, which marks the release of Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green in
Rocket League codes can provide you with new ways to customize your player card and vehicle, in this fan favorite that combines high-octane racing with soccer action. The redeem codes system has been in the game for the best part of a decade, so it’s impressive that there are currently active codes after all this
Mattel, Inc. (Nasdaq: MAT), a leading global play and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world, today announced a bold Masters of the Universe publishing program launching throughout 2026 from Mattel Press, the company’s own publishing platform, and partners. Part of a broader strategic plan to expand the franchise
1987’s Predator, from director John McTiernan, came out at the perfect time for me. I was about 12 years old, and I had the chicken pox about the time it hit video stores for rental. Having the chicken pox, I took advantage of my mother’s sympathy and convinced her to rent this rated-R movie for
Lovers dominate the horror genre. However, those who are in love usually find themselves on the pointy end of the knife. Not this time! It appears for some, killing keeps them together. Here is a list of some of horror’s most demonic duos, doing what they love best! Paddy and Ciara in Speak No Evil
SZA has shared a new song, “Save The Day.” It appears on the soundtrack to the forthcoming Disney-Pixar film Hoppers, which premieres next month. Give it a listen below. Due out March 6, Hoppers takes place in a world where “scientists have discovered how to ‘hop’ human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals” per a synopsis.
WASHINGTON — NASA has classified the flawed Starliner crewed test flight in 2024 as its most serious level of mishap, with the agency’s leadership citing shortfalls in how officials oversaw the program. NASA released Feb. 19 an independent report into the Boeing CST-100 Starliner Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission, which suffered thruster failures during the
Love and Deepspace has kicked off the next big in-game moment and is celebrating Chinese New Year with the arrival of a new 5-Star Memory Series. This year’s spring-themed banner is available now until February 27, and it comes with a host of events. The Mortality’s Tenderness banner features five new limited-time 5-Star Memories, one
James Gunn’s top Green Lantern is officially returning in 2026 with a new series from Deadpool’s team. James Gunn has not hid his love of the Green Lantern mythos, having used Guy Gardner in Superman. Furthermore, Hal Jordan and John Stewart will appear in the upcoming Lanterns show on HBO Max. Just as Green Lantern
Happen to miss last year’s Poohniverse film, Bambi: The Reckoning? Well, we have good news, because the horror film will be exclusively streaming on Peacock this March! Thank you to our friends at Bloody Disgusting for the heads up. The film arrives on the service on March 27th. In Bambi: The Reckoning, “After a mother
Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood has addressed the calls to boycott the band’s tour last year, saying that he believes that music and art should exist above politics. Read More: Radiohead live in London: a generous and visceral hit parade (of sorts) Pro-Palestinian activists, including those in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and the Palestinian Campaign
Venting when angry seems sensible. Conventional wisdom suggests that expressing anger can help us quell it, like releasing steam from a pressure cooker. But this common metaphor is misleading, according to a 2024 meta-analytic review. Researchers at Ohio State University analyzed 154 studies on anger and found little evidence that venting helps. In some cases,
Image: Nintendo / Nintendo Life Sometimes, I don’t realise how much I’m missing out of something until it’s right in front of me. That’s not to say I never wanted or expected a 60fps upgrade for Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition — it was apparently right there in the code, after all — but I’ve
Geralt actor Doug Cockle is clearly a fan of the RPGs he’s appeared in, and he’s putting that fandom to good use by putting down arbitrary rankings of his favorite things in The Witcher. In fairness, he’s only doing it because he was asked to, but if you agree to weigh in on the great
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EXCLUSIVE: A24‘s big buy out of this year’s Sundance, the Olivia Wilde directed and starring sexy relationship comedy, The Invite, will be opening limited on June 26, Deadline has learned. As we first told you, The Invite, which received big laughs at its premiere on the Eccles last month in Park City, UT, sold after
Found footage refuses to die. And honestly? That’s fine. The format works when filmmakers remember it’s a tool, not a gimmick. Shudder just dropped the trailer for Bodycam, Brandon Christensen’s latest horror venture, and it’s doing something the genre hasn’t fully exploited yet: shooting the entire thing from police body camera perspective. Two cops respond
In her introduction, Sri Lankan marine biologist Asha de Vos calls Ocean: From the Shore to the Abyss a love letter to the ocean and “an attempt to shine a light on some of the most exciting aspects of the deep blue, from tiny creatures to marine giants, dark trenches to colourful corals, rusting shipwrecks
Foo Fighters will release a new album, Your Favorite Toy, on April 24 via Roswell/RCA. The title track of the follow-up to 2023’s But Here We Are is out now; check that out below, along with the album tracklist. Foo Fighters co-produced the home-recorded LP with Oliver Roman. Grohl said of the single in a
A burst of X-rays from 8 billion years ago may be the first clear evidence of a white dwarf torn apart by a black hole. The study, coordinated by Dongyue Li and Wenda Zhang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, describes the event as “unprecedented”. The analysis suggests the sudden flare – among the brightest
Following on from the news yesterday that The Duskbloods has now popped up on the Nintendo eShop under the new releases section and a Finnish retailer listing the game with a 27th March release date, multiple adverts have appeared across the web including on Reddit. This all seems to suggest that something is set to
The horror genre has been thriving for years now, resulting in some of the best horror movies getting new sequels. Case in point: Nia DaCosta’s 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, which was filmed right after the last movie (which is streaming with a Netflix subscription). That sequel is now available to rent or buy
ITN Distribution, the company behind the Twisted Child Universe (aka the Poohniverse), is next turning the cartoon classic “Betty Boop” into a slasher with Betty’s Revenge, featuring V/H/S star Hannah Fierman in the lead role that brings the 1930s character to life. In the film: “When three college friends pay a visit to an abandoned cabaret named ‘Dizzy Dishes’, they
Behemoth have been forced to cancel their upcoming show in India amidst safety fears and “threats” from “religious Christian groups”. The show, which was due to take place on March 3, was cancelled following what the band described as “credible threats stemming from religious Christian groups.” In a statement on social media, the band explained:
It’s difficult to forget standing in front of a glacier that is advancing towards you, towering ice pillars constantly cracking as they inch forward. The motion is too slow to see in real time, but obvious from one day to the next. One of us (Harold) experienced this during fieldwork in 2012 at Nathorstbreen on
Sonic the Hedgehog is one of the most beloved characters in video games, and the success of his recent trilogy of live-action movies has only further proved that fact. As the franchise has continued, each movie has introduced more characters from Sonic’s lore, with a post-credits scene in the latest movie announcing the arrival of
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