Month: June 2024

News Kendrick Lamar Announces Ken & Friends Concert The show takes place at Inglewood’s Kia Forum on June 19 By Matthew Strauss June 5, 2024 Facebook X Kendrick Lamar, June 2023 (Gary Miller/WireImage) Facebook X Kendrick Lamar has announced a concert that will take place on Juneteenth (Wednesday, June 19) at the Kia Forum in
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It’s mid-year check-in season. This and more in today’s collection of book links. Barnes & Noble Picks the Best Books of the Year…So Far Barnes & Noble continues its recent format for best books list: grouping titles not by genre, but by….other things (books with sprayed edges, modern love, and others). Let me just highlight
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Each section of neuroscientist and corporate coach Nicole Vignola’s Rewire: Break the Cycle, Alter Your Thoughts and Create Lasting Change is titled with phrases that will sound familiar to readers bent on self-improvement: “Ditch the Negative,” “Shift Your Narrative,” “Boost the Positive.” While those imperatives may not be new, the author’s explanations of how one
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NEON has dated their fifth Cannes Palme D’Or winner Anora for Oct. 18 per Comscore in what will be a limited release. October is the traditional launch pad for NEON with their Palme D’Or winning fare including 2019’s ultimate Oscar Best Picture winner Parasite (Oct. 11), 2021’s Titane (Oct 1), 2022’s Triangle of Sadness (Oct.
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Kim Kardashian is keeping up with her studies. Nearly three years after passing California’s “baby bar” exam, the Kardashians star shared an update on her law school journey. Sharing a photo of her stacks of notes, Kim wrote on her Instagram Story June 4, “I can’t deal w all these f–king hearsay exceptions!” She added, “My least favorite subject
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News Sean “Diddy” Combs, Facing Several Sexual Assault Lawsuits, Sells Shares in Revolt The Combs-founded media company is now owned by its employees By Matthew Strauss June 4, 2024 Facebook X Sean “Diddy” Combs, October 2019 (Scott Dudelson/Getty Images) Facebook X In November, after being accused of sexual assault in multiple lawsuits, Sean “Diddy” Combs
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There’s a cool factor inherent to Golden Goose, an unmissable laid-back attitude that runs through all the fashion brand’s pieces. From its artfully distressed sneakers, built to look lived-in and marked by vintage-inspired silhouettes and symbols, to its languid knits and leather jackets with sparkling appliqués, to the label’s new line of handbags: a subversive
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If you’ve spent the past few years craving more antics from Detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett, this is a great week for you, as Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back reprising their roles first introduced in 1995 for the fourth installment of their buddy cop series, Bad Boys: Ride or Die. This time
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Mandisa Hundley’s cause of death has been revealed nearly two months after the American Idol alum and GRAMMY winner died. Per an autopsy report obtained by People, Hundley — who went by “just Mandisa” in her singing career — died of complications of class III obesity at age 47. The report lists the singer’s death as natural, says the star
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The Very Online Afterlife of Franz Kafka A very good piece of literary-cum-internet criticism from Amanda Hess for the New York Times. I have myself stumbled upon Kafka-core social media posting and immediately got the appeal. I think Hess’ read is largely right–the melancholy, literary romanticism is well-suited for a certain kind of internet mode.
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Magdalena Herrera has a lot of responsibilities. On top of trying to finish high school, she works a part-time job and is the sole caregiver for her grandmother. Mags has a lot of secrets as well. She’s hooking up with a girl who has a boyfriend. And every night she disappears down a trapdoor in
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