Month: November 2024

Happy 10th anniversary to this perfect seasonal piece by Book Riot co-founder Jeff O’Neal. Wherever you are this week, we hope the food is good and the company is better. We’ll back in your inbox on Friday. There’s a lot I love about reading. Here are a few things for which I am especially grateful:
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Artist and poet Douglas Florian has created numerous award-winning picture books over the years, including Dinothesaurus and Insectlopedia. A book by Florian is often destined to become part of family lore, lovingly passed down from child to child to grandchild. And that’s certainly true of his newest title, Windsongs: Poems about Weather.  Each poem in
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AMC Theatres, the biggest circuit globally, posted the highest domestic revenue in its 104-year history for a pre-Thanksgiving weekend counting admissions, food and beverage, and merchandise. The past three days, with the debuts of Wicked and Gladiator 2, the circuit also saw the highest domestic admissions revenue on the weekend before Thanksgiving since 2019, and
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The return of Hollywood Squares is right around the corner, and the show has dropped a new teaser, describing the game show as “the funniest celeb dinner party.” In the clip, shared on the official Hollywood Squares Instagram page, viewers are given a glimpse of some of the stars participating in the highly-anticipated reboot. Among
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The Locarno Film Festival‘s Open Doors program, which supports filmmakers from underrepresented regions of the world, has unveiled a new team for its next four-year mission: To focus on supporting and elevating African cinema. The co-production and talent develpment initiative, previously focused on Latin America and the Caribbean, will turn its attention to the African
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As if the great Moana 2 box office news wasn’t enough Wednesday morning, Disney‘s Barry Jenkins- directed Lion King prequel Mufasa and Paramount‘s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 has hit three-week tracking. Currently, the Hedgehog is looking to outrun the Lion, $55 million+ to $50 million, but keep in mind Disney hasn’t screamed out its Mufasa
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Joe Alwyn Addresses Theory That He Inspired Taylor Swift Song “The Black Dog” Sparks may be flying for Joe Alwyn. The 33-year-old showed off his charm during a cheeky interview with Chicken Shop Date host Amelia Dimoldenberg—known for her flirty conversations with celebs—during GQ’s Men of the Year event in London. As Joe approached Amelia
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Jeopardy!’s resident Episcopal priest, Kevin Laskowski, completed a holy trinity of wins on Wednesday, November 27. His third victory was anything but smooth, with a crucial Daily Double setback (and questionable Bible misses and a Biology fail from all three players) culminating in a nail-biting finish. Laskowski, who hails from Falls Church, Virginia, once more
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After writer/director Damien Chazelle made two of the most critically acclaimed movies of the 2010s, it felt like a big-budget follow-up starring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie would be a shoo-in for a box office and critical success. However, that was very much not the case with 2022’s Babylon. The movie earned mixed reviews from
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Josh Duhamel celebrated the launch of Lucchese x Nick Fouquet Collection 2 at Nick Fouquet in Venice, California. Hailey Bieber snapped a mirror selfie in a brown DUCIE Rochelle Shearling Coat. The model also wore the DUCIE Faye Shearling Maxi Coat in Chocolate for the campaign launch of RHODE’s new limited-edition lip tint, cinnamon roll.  Oprah
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News Disclosure and Pa Salieu Share New Song “King Steps”: Listen A UK garage–influenced collaboration between the electronic duo and British Gambian rapper By Walden Green November 27, 2024 Howard Lawrence, Pa Salieu, and Guy Lawrence, photo courtesy of Disorder and Capitol Records Save this storySave Save this storySave Disclosure have shared a new song:
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The worst thing a studio can do on a massive weekend like this is over-project. And if there’s one thing about Thanksgiving forecasts, they always get over-projected. Right now, Disney’s Moana 2 is putting up an estimated $54M first day, inclusive of yesterday’s Walt Disney Animation preview record of $13.8M. This will coast the Dwayne
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Meg (she/her) is the Associate Fashion Commerce Editor at ELLE.com, where she specializes in shopping stories spanning the fashion, home, and lifestyle categories. Over the past three years, she has devoted countless hours to researching brands, testing hundreds (maybe even thousands!) of products, and deep-diving into market and consumer trends. Her favorite job responsibilities consist
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Erica (Kristin Chenoweth) and Leonard (Dan Bucatinsky) deserve applause for dealing with so much chaos during the holidays. When Avery (Lindsay Lohan) comes to her boyfriend Cameron’s (Jon Rudnitsky) home for the holiday in Netflix’s Our Little Secret, she’s not just dealing with her ex, Logan (Ian Harding). She’s also under the same roof as
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