Month: June 2024

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Jewellery is tough to pull off if you don’t make your money spitting bars. Which is a large part of why men obsess over watches. Turn up to a business lunch with inch-thick gold draped around your neck and you’re getting seated by the bathrooms. But if it’s around your wrist? “Please, sir, do follow
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Share Tweet Share Share Email Step aside, Real Housewives! Nicola Coughlan is bringing us the gayest bop of the summer, and it’s all for charity. Nicola Coughlan Drops a New Track Bridgerton’s own Nicola Coughlan, who plays the ever-clever Penelope Featherington, is entering a new spotlight. While dishing on the scandalous third season of the
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View gallery Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Foo Another layer has been brought to light in the Taylor Swift–Dave Grohl “controversy.” Prior to Dave’s comment about playing “live” during the Foo Fighters’ recent show, the band’s guitarist Pat Smear was revealed to have attended the first night of the popstar’s three-night run at Wembley Stadium on Friday,
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AMC’s Anne Rice Immortal Universal is getting set to expand with third series “The Talamasca,” and we’ve learned that “Interview with the Vampire” has also been renewed. Ahead of the Season 2 finale on June 30, “Interview with the Vampire” Season 3 has been officially ordered up by AMC. Deadline details, “In Season 3, the
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John Cale – POPtical Illusion (Domino/Double Six) You never know what to expect from a new John Cale record, whether it be avant-garde experimentation, a reinterpretation of an older release, or simply dirty ass rock ‘n’ roll.  Now, after a decade without new material, the octogenarian composer/songwriter has released POPtical Illusion, his second album in
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Jaime Herndon finished her MFA in nonfiction writing at Columbia, after leaving a life of psychosocial oncology and maternal-child health work. She is a writer, editor, and book reviewer who drinks way too much coffee. She is a
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We all love a good hero(ine) story, and today is all about celebrating them! We’re paying homage to the most iconic heroes, looking at the ordinary everyday heroes, celebrating our queeros, and questioning the hero’s journey. Are you feeling valiant? Gallant? Courageous? Grab your sword, summon up that secret dormant magical power you’ve probably got
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We independently evaluate all recommended products and services. Any products or services put forward appear in no particular order. If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. At the creative helm of Supreme, Mr Brendon Babenzien redefined the notion of hype, creating a near-legendary skatewear brand with an army of frenzied fans
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Share Tweet Share Share Email Actress Louisa Jacobson, the talented daughter of Meryl Streep, chose Pride Month to share her LGBTQ+ identity with the world proudly. In a heartfelt Instagram post, Jacobson declared she is “blessed to be entering the Joyful New Era bb,” accompanied by a pride flag emoji. The 33-year-old actress, known for
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Here’s how to immediately determine the winner of Thursday night’s presidential debate: search “Joe Biden” and “drugs.” If social media mentions are spiking, the current president has out-maneuvered the former president, and the Republican slime machine has revved into top speed, just as it did back in March by suggesting the 81-year-old Democrat must have
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The Notebook director Nick Cassavetes revealed that his mother, legendary actress Gena Rowlands, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Cassavetes, 65, broke the news while chatting with Entertainment Weekly about the 20th anniversary of the movie, which starred Rowlands, 94, as an older version of Rachel McAdams’ Allie Hamilton. The 2004 film follows the love
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Los Angeles punk veterans X are calling it quits. Today (June 25), the band announced plans to release their final album, titled Smoke & Fiction, through Fat Possum Records. The album is out on Aug. 2 and was produced by Rob Schnapf (Beck, Foo Fighters). Today, X released the album’s first single, “Big Black X.”
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R. Nassor may spend more time with books, tea, and ceramic mugs than recommended by professionals but it hasn’t failed her so far. Nassor has a MA in English Literature from Georgetown University, where she looked at the way medieval and early modern literature reappear in fantasy books today. She’s been writing about romance, fantasy,
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Next year marks 50 years of Steven Spielberg’s industry-changing horror classic Jaws, and Deadline reports today that a 50th anniversary documentary is currently in the works. From National Geographic, the documentary’s working title is Jaws @ 50, and what’s particularly exciting about the project is that Spielberg’s company Amblin is producing. Deadline details, “Laurent Bouzereau
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