Month: January 2024

Anna Sinjari is a Kurdish woman dealing with both office drone existential dread and the lingering trauma of the violence she escaped when she immigrated to America. Ssrin is an alien on the run, who immediately bonds with Anna when they encounter each other in Central Park. As a cosmic crisis looms, the pair’s uncanny
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In the wake of 13 Oscar nominations for Oppenheimer, and to celebrate the upcoming big screen release of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two on March 1, Christopher Nolan decided to make it a big cinema party: He’s having Warner Bros. re-release his pandemic feature Tenet in 70MM Imax, Imax, Imax digital and 70M for one
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News Melanie, Beloved Woodstock Performer and “Brand New Key” Singer, Dies at 76 Melanie Safka was a prolific singer-songwriter and one of only three solo female performers at the original 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair By Madison Bloom January 25, 2024 Facebook X Melanie, 1971 (Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns) Facebook X Melanie, the influential singer-songwriter who
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7. A turning point for the actors came during the film’s iconic lift scene in the lake, Swayze and Grey bonding over the difficult experience. “It was horrifyingly, hypothermically cold in that lake, and we filmed that scene over and over,” Swayze wrote in his autobiography. “And despite the fact that Jennifer was very light, when you’re
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As a 19-year-old undergraduate, Antonia Hylton read an academic paper that mentioned Crownsville State Hospital, known at its founding as the Hospital for the Negro Insane. That reference triggered an obsession with the hospital’s bleak history that has carried her through the 10 years it took to produce Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim
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News The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis Announce New Album for Impulse! Records, Share Song: Listen The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis, featuring former Fugazi members Brendan Canty and Joe Lally, is out in March By Matthew Strauss January 24, 2024 Facebook X The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis, photo by Shervin Lainez Facebook X
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Rest assured, believers in love: Hollywood power couple Zendaya and Tom Holland are still going strong despite the former unfollowing her beau, and everyone else for that matter, on her Instagram.  And if you want further proof of their enduring romance, ironically, you just need to head to that very same social-media platform, as The
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It’s been going on for a while, and it’s been even worse post-pandemic, but the Oscar halo effect for Best Picture nominees has diminished greatly. Even though most of this year’s Best Picture contenders are available in the home, there are three in an exclusive theatrical release which look to make gains by Oscar night,
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News Frank Farian, Boney M. and Milli Vanilli Founder, Dies at 82 The controversial German producer also worked with Meat Loaf and Stevie Wonder By Jazz Monroe January 23, 2024 Facebook X Frank Farian, September 2000 (Becker & Bredel/ullstein bild via Getty Images) Facebook X Frank Farian, the controversial producer, songwriter, and impresario who founded
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Lionsgate’s Kingdom Story Company movie, The Unbreakable Boy, will open on Feb. 21, 2025. The pic, directed and written by Jon Gunn, follows 12-year-old Austin (Jacob Laval), who is the ultimate 90s kid — funny, loves life, loves pancakes, and instantly makes friends with everyone he meets. When his father, Scott (Zachary Levi) learns Austin
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The nominees for the 96th Academy Awards were announced earlier today, and Barbie, the highest-grossing movie of 2023, did quite well for itself, scoring nominations in seven categories. However, in addition to Greta Gerwig getting snubbed from the Best Director category, Margot Robbie was also left out of the Best Actress lineup. Now Ryan Gosling
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Jenn Northington has worked in the publishing industry wearing various hats since 2004, including bookseller and events director, and is currently Director of Editorial Operations at Riot New Media Group. You can hear her on the SFF Yeah! podcast nerding out about sci-fi and fantasy. When she’s not working, she’s most likely gardening, running, or
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A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles As the days become shorter, there’s nothing more comforting than immersing myself in a sweeping historical novel—the bigger, the better! When my book club recently voted to read Amor Towles’ A Gentleman in Moscow (Penguin, $18, 9780143110439), I welcomed the opportunity to escape nightly into the grand halls
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