People approach books and their adaptations in different ways. I guess that most book lovers will want to read the book first, and then watch whatever adaptation comes out. Still, I’m sure that there are also people who actually prefer to watch the movie first for several reasons, the most prominent being the fact that
Juneteenth, short for June nineteenth, commemorates the effective end of slavery in the United States. June 19th is the day that federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation that all enslaved people be freed. On June 17th, 2021, it officially became a federal holiday. It has been a long
Sophia Bush’s love of books is well-documented. The actress and activist (and entrepreneur, and podcaster, and… I lose track. Suffice to say that she wears many hats) often takes to her social media channels to recommend books she has read and enjoyed, and she often interviews her favorite authors on her podcast Work in Progress.
It’s June, and many libraries across the country are celebrating Pride month by putting up LGBTQ book displays. They’ve been common for many years, and now you can even see them in university libraries, school libraries, and even law libraries. In the past year, though, libraries have received a sudden increase in challenges and censorship
This is the 34th year of the Lambda Literary Awards, which recognizes excellence in LGBTQ books in a variety of categories, including Bisexual Fiction, Lesbian Romance, Transgender Poetry, LGBTQ Studies, and much more. They are the largest LGBTQ book award, and they are usually presented in a ceremony in New York City. This year, they
Kim Greer will be a featured guest on The Happy Hour Podcast on Friday, June 17th, 2022 7 PM EST / 4 PM PST live on YouTube. Wife, mother, daughter, lover of all things literary, Kim Greer has been a storyteller her entire life. From her early days narrating school plays to penning short stories
Agony In The Garden’s inception occurred on April of 2013 as a one man band with singer/songwriter multi-instrumentalist Mack Perry writing and recording all of Agony’s music. Releasing a debut four song EP, “Where Olympus Dwells,” in May, 2015. In Feb. 2016 Mack and Clint Lowery of Grammy Nominated Sevendust co-wrote 3 tracks. In September
Wendy Stuart and guest co-host Simone Kraus will be hosting TriVersity Talk! This Wednesday at 7 PM ET with featured guest Xavier Francisco Saenz. TriVersity Talk! is a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and pressing issues in the LGBTQ Community. With TriVersity Talk!, the goal is to laugh and learn. TriVersity
Donovan didn’t mean to leave the book on the kitchen table. Gideon hadn’t planned to ask the new boy, Roberto, to be his partner for their school project. And Rick didn’t know that the courage Oliver displayed on their latest adventure would make him realize “just how deeply he loved Oliver.” In acclaimed author David
“The Masked Singer” is making history even before the big season finale … with the cast and crew pulling off a nearly 24-hour day of production. Our ‘MS’ sources say the final day of filming broke the show’s record for the longest production day … starting with a 6 AM call time, and wrapping up
One of the most important rules in Downton Abbey’s universe has always been that the Dowager Countess always gets the last word. Through six seasons, and now two motion pictures, it’s one of the most sacrosanct tenets to this iconic series. That didn’t stop Penelope Wilton, the actor behind the Countess’ frequent sparring partner Lady
The disc jockey wife of “Rookie of the Year” star Thomas Ian Nicholas is pulling the plug on their marriage … because she just filed for divorce. DJ Colette, a house DJ and vocalist, filed divorce docs Thursday after more than 12 years of marriage. Thomas, who was a child actor when he played Chicago
The saga of a new Silent Hill game continues. Per Video Games Chronicle, longtime noted leaker AestheticGamer (who had previously posted under the name Dusk Golem) has revealed a handful of images supposedly from an in-development Silent Hill title, saying that their source is new, but they had been given “more than enough proof to
I’ve never seen a small spin-off game meet my expectations this comprehensively before. Fun, short-lived, slightly repetitive, yet leaving me interested to know more, Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising was exactly how I pictured it. Releasing a companion game before the main game – in this case the upcoming Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, is certainly an unusual
HELSINKI — An orbital launch attempt by Chinese startup iSpace suffered failure early Friday, following on from two failures last year. The fourth Hyperbola-1, a four-stage solid rocket, lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert at 3:09 a.m. Eastern May 13. Apparent launch footage appeared on a Chinese social media
During the pandemic especially, it’s become overwhelming for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to answer all of their customer service requests. A Freshworks survey found that companies experienced a 71% increase in overall contact volume between February 2020 and January 2021, and expect it to increase further. At the same time, customers — while empathetic
No one is okay, except maybe Amelia, Mer, and Nick. Most of Grey’s Anatomy Season 18 Episode 17 was emotional, messy, and certainly dramatic. Relationships were tested, and in other cases, amends were made. And by the end of the hour, we got the shocking news that Catherine’s cancer had progressed. It’s safe to say
The Brad Pitt original action movie, Bullet Train, is moving from July 29 to Aug. 5. Exhibitors got a look at the David Leitch directed movie’s opening montage at CinemaCon last month. The movie based on the Kôtarô Isaka novel Maria Beetle follows trained assassin Ladybug (Pitt) who wants to give up his career, but is pulled back
News Kendrick Lamar Releases New Album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers: Listen Lamar’s long-awaited follow-up to Damn., and his final album for TDE, has arrived at last By Madison Bloom and Jazz Monroe May 13, 2022 Facebook Twitter Kendrick Lamar, March 2019 (Santiago Bluguermann/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter At long last, Kendrick Lamar has released
Bloody Disgusting’s Firestarter review is spoiler-free. The Stephen King renaissance continues with a modern adaptation of his 1980 novel, Firestarter. Considering the lackluster response to the 1984 adaptation, it’s likely long overdue. But the real question is whether there’s any thematic depth or storytelling to mine amidst superhero cinema’s current oversaturation and popularity. While The Vigil director Keith Thomas does
Techland has given us both good news and bad news today. The good news is that there is a new Dying Light 2: Stay Human update coming next month that will introduce the long-awaited Photo Mode as well as a new game chapter. The bad news is the promised Dying Light 2 story DLC has
Octopuses are doomed to be orphans from a very young age. After a female octopus lays her eggs, she stops eating and begins self-mutilating, tearing off her skin and biting off the tips of her tentacles. By the time a young octopus wriggles out of its egg, its mother is already dead. A few months
Twitter GM of Consumer, Keyvon Beykpour, announced today he will be leaving the company after seven years. Beykpour first joined the social media platform by way of its acquisition of Periscope, which he founded, said in a tweet he was asked to leave by current CEO Parag Agrawal, who wants to take the team in
Daisy Jopling is thrilled and honored to be collaborating with the fantastic teachers of the Peekskill and Hendrick Hudson Middle and High School choirs, Mr. Mitchell Guido, Mr. Kevin Larsen, Mrs. Kimberly Dunkin and Mrs. Erica Denler and their wonderful choir students – come support them as they perform with the Daisy Jopling Band and
Top Gun: Maverick has carried a bunch of questions on its back since first being announced. One of the most important, and most powerful, was whether or not the sequel to one of Val Kilmer’s best movies would see him reprise the role of Iceman. We’ve known for some time that yes, Tom Kazansky will
Play video content TMZ.com Bobby Shmurda can’t wait to unleash his new projects and products onto his adoring fanbase … and he joined us on “TMZ Hip Hop” to reveal what he’s been cooking in the stu’. The newly independent rap star — who’s been heating up with his new song “They Don’t Know” —
After winning the Audience Award for Best Actress at this year’s Panic Fest in Kansas City out of its U.S. Premiere, the apocalyptic, neon-soaked horror movie Revealer has been picked up by Shudder. Even better is that we won’t have to wait long to check out the feature debut from Emmy® Award-winning director Luke Boyce. The popular horror
Evil Dead: The Game serves up some delightfully gruesome violence and over the top moments that make for a bloody fun time, but it’s not all scream and no substance: there are many layers to the game and strategies to keep in mind. Whether you’re playing as the heroic Ash Williams and his friends, or
Every time you take a step, space itself glows with a soft warmth. Called the Fulling–Davies–Unruh effect (or sometimes just Unruh effect if you’re pushed for time), this eerie glow of radiation emerging from the vacuum is akin to the mysterious Hawking radiation that’s thought to surround black holes. Only in this case, it’s the
There’s an open secret in the battery startup world — everyone is pitching their cells as the ones to spur consumers to ditch their gas-guzzling SUVs for sleek, fast-charging electric vehicles with cross-country range, even if they’re really eyeing something else. Sure, some companies will leapfrog the steady 5% annual improvements that lithium-ion batteries have