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Month: July 2026
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Djrum has a new EP on the way. I Wander, the British producer’s follow-up to Under Tangled Silence, is due August 14, via Houndstooth. The record, says Felix Manuel in a press release, “can be digested in bitesize chunks, or taken as a whole. Each track tells a different story on their own, but taken
Timothée Chalamet, Mariska Hargitay & More Celebs Celebrating at Knicks Championship Parade The New York Knicks are taking to the streets of the city. After the team won their first NBA championship in 53 years, they came home to celebrate with another milestone moment. To commemorate their win, Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, Karl-Anthony Towns, Mikal
Sony has dated the Tom Hanks movie baseball movie The Comebacker for July 30, 2027. The pic, as Deadline first told you, reteams the 2x Oscar winner with filmmaker Marielle Heller who directed the actor in the Mister Rogers movie A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. Hanks received an Oscar nomination in the supporting actor
The Sheldon family is in mourning. Judith “Judy” Sheldon, 84, the daughter of Oscar-winning director William Wyler and Margaret “Talli” Tallichet, and her husband Wylie Sheldon, 86, were found dead inside a car in northern California June 15. The California Highway Patrol stopped to investigate a Jeep Compass parked on the shoulder of a highway
Amazon MGM Studios’ hit film Project Hail Mary is premiering on Prime Video on Friday, July 3, repping a 105-day theatrical window to streaming. As we previously told you, the feature take on the Andy Weir novel directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller directed hit MGM+ first in homes on June 18, a 90-day
If anyone knows Curry Barker‘s success wasn’t built overnight, it’s Anthony Pavone. Years before Obsession became one of 2026’s biggest success stories, the 29-year-old actor was collaborating with writer-director Barker and his creative partner, Cooper Tomlinson. While Barker and Tomlinson were best known as the duo behind the sketch comedy YouTube channel That’s a Bad
The 2026 BET Awards brought out some of the biggest names in entertainment, and Fashion Bomb Daily was on the scene capturing exclusive interviews with celebrities, influencers, and style stars. From Ari Fletcher and Yung Miami to Eva Marcille and more, our red carpet conversations covered fashion, career milestones, and what Fashion Bomb Daily means
EXCLUSIVE: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is getting into the distribution business with their new labelAlamo Exclusives,which will offer limited run theatrical engagements to unreleased film fest titles on the exhibitor’s screens. The move by Alamo Drafthouse comes at a time when it has been increasingly challenged for independently financed film festival movies to find nationwide theatrical
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Victor Willis, who co-founded the Village People and co-wrote their biggest hits, died Tuesday, June 30, after a “short but aggressive illness,”according to a post on the singer’s and the Village People’s Facebook pages. Willis was 74 years old. Formed in 1977, the Village People were effectively the concept band of producer/composer Jacques Morali and
Maggie Rogers had a bad date in a past life. That’s what she told Rosalía during the “La Perla” singer’s concert at Madison Square Garden on June 16. In a confession during the performance, the 32-year-old detailed her encounter with the reporter, admitting the date was magical at first. The Heard It in a Past
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Summer is not my favorite season by a long shot, but even I must admit that everything — the bright blue skies, the flourishing trees, the profusion of flowers — looks great at this time of year. And these freshly published graphic novels aren’t too shabby either. This month, you’ll find a lot of books
Astronaut! by Oana Aristide Release date: July 14, 2026 In 1989 Romania, at the twilight of Nicolae Ceaușescu’s dictatorship, when even family, friends, and neighbors can’t be trusted, rumors of a man-eating bear set a police detective and a young schoolgirl on a collision course for disaster. Police detective Constantin is tasked with solving a
July means sunny with slices of watermelon and cookouts on the grill. There’s lightning bugs, bubble machines, and long walks on the beach. It’s peak American summer. We might be in a bit of a lull before peak book season starts up again for the fall, but there are still plenty of must-read nonfiction releases
Jez Cajiao and AETHON: Vault – the best in science fiction, fantasy, and horror! Dark fantasy meets Grimdark Dungeon Core LitRPG! An Epic Dungeon Adventure. A post-apocalyptic event. In all the games Matt has played, dungeons are places to raid and conquer, but when the world’s stripped of electricity, and the first mana-twisted beasts start
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