The Marvel Cinematic Universe has made over $32 billion at the box office across 37 movies featuring hundreds of characters, but a select few are the franchise’s biggest moneymakers. Superteams like The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy have been focal points of some of the MCU’s highest-grossing movies, giving their members a leg up
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For amedium so indebted to memory in the way it evokes, retains and edits images together, cinema often underestimates the importance of forgetting. Identity is predicated on remembering in the same way that narratives are based on conflict and resolution, but this is not the case for aremarkable feature debut called Familiar Touch. Sarah Friedland’s
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Now Hear This is a monthly A&R column that provides you with exciting new sounds we discovered through the innovative new music discovery platform Groover. Each month, you can expect a varied bouillabaisse of songs from a vast spectrum of artists from all over the globe, regardless of genre or geography. For July, SPIN has
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Victor Willis, the original lead singer for the iconic disco group the Village People, died on Tuesday after “a short but aggressive illness,” according to an announcement posted to the band’s social media. He was 74. Willis was recruited as the group’s lead singer by gay French music producer Jacques Morali, who targeted disco’s massive
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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. PEN America Has Announced Its 2026 Emerging Voices and Mentors Looking at the fellows and mentors chosen for this year’s Emerging Voices Fellowship feels like looking into the future. I say that because I’m sure
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Our friends over at Libby shared which queer romance audiobooks their patrons, which stretch across more than 22,000 public libraries in the US, have been listening to the most. Unsurprisingly, Rachel Reid, author of Heated Rivalry—which was adapted into the mega-popular show—has a few books that made the list. There’s also another sports romance that
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Dinosaur Jr.’s first album in five years will be out later this summer, and, if J Mascis is to be believed, it demonstrates a renewed commitment to sounding like the loudest version of themselves. There Near, the influential trio’s sixth studio album since reuniting in 2005, is due Aug. 28 via Jagjaguwar. Lead single “Several
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Influencer Jen Hamilton confirmed that she is stepping away from her nursing job amid her separation from estranged husband, Brian Hamilton. “I’m taking some time off of work, which is something that I never, ever wanted,” Jen, 37, announced in a vlog on Monday, June 29. “My patients do not deserve the mental state that
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“I thought dating aspace princess would be more… fun,” confesses Kiki (Bernie Van Tiel), the soon-to-be ex-girlfriend of Princess Saira (Shabana Azeez) of the planet Clitopolis. It’s the final straw for Saira, after being voted ​“the most boring royal” in gay space and repeatedly failing to fulfil her lesbian birthright of summoning amagical labrys. This
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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Best American Novels, According to Barnes & Noble With the 250th anniversary of the United States coming up, there have been quite a few ‘Merica-focused book lists. Barnes & Noble is the latest to
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Founding New Order drummer Stephen Morris and keyboardist Gillian Gilbert, who have been married since 1994, will not be touring with the band “for the foreseeable future,” according to an Instagram post referencing New Order’s previously announced appearance at Chile’s Fauna Primavera festival in late November. Morris, 68, and Gilbert, 65, are unable to perform
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 Listen via:Apple Podcasts|Spotify|Amazon Podcasts|More Platforms Romantic comedies are having another moment, and 40 Dates and 40 Nights leans into everything that made the genre a favorite while keeping its feet planted firmly in reality. Director Andy Delaney and star Joel Courtney recently caught up with Kyle Meredith to discuss the new film, which follows
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