Month: December 2024

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. No question that the “story” of the day is that it is *groan* Cyber Monday (is this shopping day the last thing, along with the *double groan* Cyber Truck to use “cyber” as a descriptor?).
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In her third novel, Weike Wang follows married couple Keru and Nate on two vacations: the first on Cape Cod, the second five years later, in the Catskills. Keru, a Chinese American woman, and Nate, a white man who grew up in Appalachia, grapple not only with the usual challenges of marriage and careers, but
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MONDAY UPDATE with Moana 2 actuals: Now that Sunday’s actuals are in, Disney’s Moana 2 has surfed even higher across its launch frame domestically, swelling the global start to $389M. That’s a new milestone as Disney confirmed the phenom has posted the highest ever reported animated opening weekend at the global box office, overtaking the previous
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Megan Fox is saying no to one pregnancy norm.  The Jennifer’s Body star—who is expecting a baby with fiancé Machine Gun Kelly—shared that she will continue wearing her pre-pregnancy wardrobe looks instead of opting for special maternity clothes. “I really don’t dress differently while pregnant,” Megan told People in an interview published Dec. 2. “My maternity style is pretty much the same
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News Kendrick Lamar Lands No. 1 Album With GNX It’s the rapper’s fourth consecutive studio album to debut atop the Billboard 200 By Matthew Strauss December 2, 2024 Kendrick Lamar, February 2023 (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) Save this storySave Save this storySave Kendrick Lamar’s surprise-released new album, GNX, has debuted atop the
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Sophie Okonedo will receive the Richard Harris Award at the 2024 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), organizers unveiled Monday.  The Richard Harris Award recognizes the outstanding contribution of an actor to British film. Previous recipients of the honor include the likes of Samantha Morton, Riz Ahmed, Kristin Scott Thomas, Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave, Daniel Day-Lewis,
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A record-breaking Thanksgiving frame is lifting all boats, tentpoles the most evident, with boom, boom, boom for Moana 2, Wicked and Gladiator II. Some 30 million moviegoers went to see one of these. In the weird post-Covid shift, tentpoles can slay, and indies can disappear. This weekend, however, they didn’t. Audiences showed decent specialty support
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Book bans and best-of lists dominated the literary news during this shortened week in the U.S. Here are the highlights. 📚 NPR Shares Their Books List of Favorite Books of 2024 And for All Access members, here’s a big list of other interesting links from around the bookish internet. Membership Required The comments section is
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Cyber Monday is right around the corner, and there is already a hidden sale section on Zara’s website. At first glance, it’d be easy to miss the Special Prices category because it’s currently overshadowed by the exciting launch of the party collection Kate Moss designed for the high-street brand. But diligent shoppers—like us—who are always
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