Month: December 2021

Year two of an ongoing pandemic made for another fascinating year in horror. Last year’s delayed theatrical titles finally saw release in 2021, many of which experimented with day-and-date release strategies. Streaming services and VOD markets continued to bring an insane selection, and more film festivals joined the virtual space. All of which felt like
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Chances are if you’ve purchased a pair of gold hoops in the past 10 years, you were influenced by Jennifer Fisher. The jewelry designer is one of the main forces behind the accessory’s resurgence, thanks in part to her dedicated celebrity following. She counts Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Selena Gomez, and Hailey Bieber as fans, which
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Russian president Vladimir Putin. (Natalya Zamboska/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Russian president Vladimir Putin devoted part of his end-of-year news conference to comparing trans people to the coronavirus pandemic. Sounding a hateful note to cap off a truly dispiriting year for queer Russians, Putin on Thursday (23 December) delivered his annual wide-ranging, four-hour-long marathon speech
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The Silent Night, Deadly Night franchise is one of horror’s strangest and boldest. It is wildly uneven in tone and quality, whiplashing between deadly serious and high camp, dizzying heights and the lowest depths often within the same movie. But from its notorious original to its bonkers direct-to-video finale, the series is without a doubt
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Brielle Biermann is living it up on a pre-Christmas vacation, and she showed off her fun in the sun while rocking a bikini from mom, Kim Zolciak’s, collection on Instagram. Kim Zolciak’s daughter, Brielle Biermann, is the perfect walking advertisement for the reality star’s swimsuit line! Brielle took a new series of photos in one of
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This roundup of under-the-radar 2021 mysteries was originally published in our mystery/thriller newsletter, Unusual Suspects. Sign up for it here to get news and recommendations for mystery/thriller/crime readers. Hello mystery fans! I am here to tell you that the ratings number on Goodreads and/or a book’s popularity is not indicative of the quality of the
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Nicole Byer roasted JK Rowling. (Netflix/Getty) Nicole Byer takes aim at JK Rowling in her new Netflix stand-up special. In Nicole Byer: BBW (Big Beautiful Weirdo), the Emmy-nominated actor and comedian criticises Rowling and jokes that she may have taken the plot for Harry Potter from the KKK (Ku Klux Klan). “I think JK-KKK Rowling was sitting in that coffee
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We’re celebrating the 25th anniversary of Wes Craven‘s Scream this month, while of course also looking ahead to *next* month, which will bring the franchise back to movie theaters. Next year’s franchise relaunch/legacy sequel is coming exclusively to movie theaters on January 14, 2022, and you can secure your tickets through Fandango right now! Today is Day 11 of “12 Screams
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News Nas and Hit-Boy Release New Project Magic: Listen The Christmas Eve release includes a song with A$AP Rocky and DJ Premier By Matthew Strauss December 24, 2021 Facebook Twitter Nas and Hit-Boy, May 2021 (Johnny Nunez/WireImage) Facebook Twitter On short notice, Nas has released a new project called Magic, produced by Hit-Boy. The nine-track
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“Deliver a good entertainment, and the audience will come.” That’s what the venerable director Robert Wise told me after defying Hollywood doubters with his hit musical West Side Story (yes, the 1961 version). Courtly and gracious, Wise also was a tough realist who, following his success, decided to turn to disaster movies like The Hindenburg and
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Trans people and supporters protest outside Downing Street calling on the UK government to urgently reform the Gender Recognition Act on 6 August 2021. (Wiktor Szymanowicz/Barcroft Media via Getty) University College London (UCL) has been criticised for disregarding the viewpoints of LGBT+ groups after it decided to cut ties with Stonewall. UCL announced this week that it
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