Month: September 2024

 Listen via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Podcasts | More Platforms Keith Powers and Jan Luis Castellanos join Kyle Meredith to talk about Uglies, the new Joey King-starring Netflix movie that adapts Scott Westerfeld’s best-selling book series. Listen to the interview above or wherever you get your podcasts. Launching into a discussion about the film, which explores a futuristic
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Tuesday, we covered the announcement of the 2024 National Book Awards Longlist for Young People’s Literature. Since then, this year’s National Book Awards Longlist for Translated Literature has also been released. The ten titles on the longlist were translated from six different languages—Danish, Arabic, Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese, and Swedish. They explore everything from “disorienting
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Karla Bustamante, otherwise known as K-Bust, has enjoyed a steady rise in her visibility since the 2012 release of her first full-length album Urban Stories. Releases since then have not arrived at a torrential pace. Seven years passed before her sophomore outing Fearless, and January 2025 brings her new album Rebirth. Those significant gaps between new releases have
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Liberal MPs, including Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, are criticizing the use of public funds for a controversial documentary depicting Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine that has been called “Russian propaganda.” The film, Russians at War, is having its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Tuesday. It was helmed by a Russian Canadian
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Tyrese Gibson HIGHFIVE/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images UPDATE — 9/10/24, 2:30 p.m. ET. The Fulton County Sheriff’s Department told Us Weekly in a statement on Tuesday, September 10, that Gibson was “temporarily detained. He was not arrested.” Original story: Tyrese Gibson was reportedly arrested in Atlanta after attending a court hearing regarding child support of his and ex-wife
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Refused have announced that they are breaking up, but not before playing one final North American tour in early 2025. In addition, the Swedish hardcore legends are releasing a deluxe 25th anniversary edition of their seminal album The Shape of Punk to Come. The tour, which features support from Quicksand, kicks off March 21st in
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Dream Kardashian is already becoming a star. The 7-year-old girl took to Instagram to show off her first-ever walk in New York Fashion Week. Keep reading for all the details. Dream Kardashian takes New York Fashion Week Dream Kardashian has officially made it to model status at just 7 years old. She walked the runway
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For rapper Killer Mike, the ’80s was the most impactful decade of sound. Sitting down with SPIN and Bose as part of our Decades of Sound collaboration, Killer Mike shares his thoughts on the eclectic and rule-breaking era. “In my opinion, the ’80s gave you everything,” Killer Mike says, “from new wave, heavy hardcore redefined
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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. Richard Powers on What We Do to the Earth and What It Does to Us Hua Hsu writing a long profile of Richard Powers in The New Yorker. Happy Monday to me. I’ve read a
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