Month: May 2023

Loretta Lynn (Photo by Jay West/WireImage). News Posthumous Loretta Lynn Book Announced A Song and a Prayer includes lyrics inspired by Lynn’s writing sessions with artist, co-author, and ordained minister Dr. Kim McLean By Madison Bloom May 11, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter A new book by late country legend Loretta Lynn will be published
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The Cure has been my favorite band since I was about 14. This was not too long after Wish came out, and while I enjoyed “Friday I’m in Love,” it was pretty far on the light side of pop for my 8th grade punk-grunge taste; I liked it, but I listened to Nirvana and the
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Rihanna and A$AP Rocky, May 2023 (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) News Rihanna Named Her Son After Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA, A$AP Rocky Confirms on Child’s First Birthday After Rakim Athelaston Mayers’ name was revealed by tabloids, Rocky proudly announced, “‘WU TANG IZ 4 DA CHUREN 🤲’ HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY TO MY 1st BORN . RZA❤️.”
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Author Abdi Nazemian won a Lambda Literary Award for his debut novel for adults, The Walk-In Closet. His debut novel for teens, Like a Love Story, received a Stonewall Honor and was recognized by Time magazine as one of the 100 greatest YA novels of all time. His fifth book, Only This Beautiful Moment, seems
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The 2023 Eurovision Song Contest had a royal surprise! A pre-taped opening sequence for the May 13 show included a musical cameo from Kate Middleton. The Princess of Wales sat at a grand piano and played a 10-second instrumental piece, composed by Joe Price and Kojo Samuel, which was featured in a performance by last year’s Eurovision winner, Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra. “A #Eurovision
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Wendy Stuart will be hosting TriVersity Talk! this Wednesday at 7 PM ET with featured guest Amanda Pauley. 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 Talk! Is part of TriVersity’s
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Researching and reading books for this piece has been an unexpectedly needed experience for me. I may be speaking for myself, but when I think of “Asian horror” my first thoughts are of works in translation and their movie adaptations that make me want to pour bleach on my eyeballs. And I say that as
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The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki did not immediately bring World War II to an end. Bestselling author Evan Thomas (Ike’s Bluff) explains why in his superbly crafted military and diplomatic history Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II. “This book is a narrative of how the
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A beloved ballplayer and an iconic consumer device join a Hollywood satire by Charlie Day, an Emanuele Crialese film with Penelope Cruz and debuts from Sundance and Venice in a potentially strong specialty weekend that will test the appetite for indie film with no new franchise wide releases. Sony Pictures Classics opens Sean Mullin’s Yogi
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Bashar Jackson aka Pop Smoke, January 2020 (Claudio Lavenia/Getty Images) News 18-Year-Old Confesses to Killing Pop Smoke He was one of five people arrested in connection with the 2020 home invasion, and because he was 15 years old at the time, faced juvenile charges By Allison Hussey May 12, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter An
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Refresh for updates...The box office and the industry is in need of counterprogramming working after several non-tentpoles were squashed by Super Mario Bros Movie and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and hopefully that will be Focus Features’ Book Club: The Next Chapter. With $500K in Thursday previews, the movie is looking at a $7M-$10M
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Lily-Rose Depp has a new idol in her life. The actress confirmed her relationship with rapper 070 Shake—whose real name is Danielle Balbuena—on May 12, sharing a photo of the two in a kiss to her Instagram Story. Lily-Rose captioned the snap, “4 MONTHS WITH MY CRUSH.” Romance rumors began circulating around the pair in February,
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Grandaddy, photo by Chugrad McAndrews News Grandaddy Announce Sumday 20th Anniversary Box Set The reissue of the 2003 album features rarities and demos. Listen to Sumday: The Cassette Demos now. By Evan Minsker May 12, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Grandaddy have announced a box set celebrating the 20th anniversary of their breakthrough 2003 album,
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Single of the Year“Heart Like A Truck,” Lainey WilsonProducer: Jay JoyceRecord Company-Label: Broken Bow Records “Never Wanted To Be That Girl,” Carly Pearce & Ashley McBrydeProducers: Josh Osborne, Shane McAnallyRecord Company-Label: Big Machine Records/Warner Music Nashville WINNER: “She Had Me At Heads Carolina,” Cole SwindellProducer: Zach CrowellRecord Company-Label: Warner Music Nashville “Thank God,” Kane Brown
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Kylie Minogue, photo by Edward Cooke News Kylie Minogue Announces New Album Tension The Australian superstar’s first studio LP since 2020 lands in September By Matthew Strauss May 12, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Kylie Minogue has announced a new album: Tension, the follow-up to 2020’s Disco, is out September 22 via BMG. The Australian
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In When You Can Swim, readers explore the joys of swimming in various bodies of water—oceans, ponds, lakes, rivers and more—in a text set primarily in conditional statements (the “when you can swim” of the title), as spoken by a parent to a child. This phrase is a refrain that conveys the abundant possibilities and
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The sequel to the Oscar winning animated hit is looking at an opening between $70M to $80M per two tracking agencies as it heads into its June 2-4 opening. Spider-Man: Across the Universe, while it has its fanboy fandom, doesn’t necessarily comp to a live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe title per distribution sources, despite the audience
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First came Fendi, then came Arnaldo Pomodoro. The famed Italian sculptor was born just a year after the historic Italian fashion house that has taken inspiration from his work over a decade-long relationship. Now Fendi is celebrating the interplay between the two with Arnaldo Pomodoro: The Great Theatre of Civilizations, an exhibition of the artist’s
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