Month: December 2024

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Courtney has been reading and collecting books almost as long as she’s been alive. She holds a B.A. in Theatre and Creative Writing. Courtney has been writing with Book Riot since 2019, and is a Bibliologist with TBR:
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A heartwarming new ad from Hyundai Canada depicts married hockey superstars Brianne Jenner and Hayleigh Cudmore driving with one of their children. The sweet ad, affectionately named “Babies on Board,” shows Jenner driving while utilizing the new Hyundai Tucson’s baby mode feature. Jenner drives slowly and cautiously to keep the baby asleep before revealing a
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Image Credit: Getty Images for pgLang, Amazon Kendrick Lamar is headlining the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show. Joining a long list of past prominent performers — such as Usher, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira and countless more — the “Not Like Us” hitmaker got the highly coveted spot in the upcoming event. Both Kendrick and the NFL
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For many horror fans, Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is the most anticipated movie of 2024, perhaps even of the decade so far. It has had a troubled history with many fits and starts along the way before finally reaching screens after nearly a decade in the making (Bloody Disgusting first reported on an Eggers helmed Nosferatu
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Everyone who celebrates Christmas has their own set of traditions. Some might host a themed gift exchange, while others might hide a Christmas pickle. Many, however, will be watching Ralphie’s holiday escapades over and over and over again with the annual A Christmas Story marathon. Directed by Bob Clark and starring Peter Billingsley, A Christmas Story has become
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Bloom is Off Following a press tour that managed to be more fraught than the rollout of
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President Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act yesterday, which included a provision stripping health care for the trans children of military personnel. The $895 billion bill was primarily focused on funding the military and increasing pay, housing and childcare for military personnel. However, right-wing members of Congress, led by House Speaker Mike Johnson, inserted
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If there’s one person who has a lot to celebrate this year, it’s Nicholas Hoult. The actor has had one of his biggest years yet, starring in three major films with release dates in November and December: Robert Eggers’s Nosferatu, Justin Kurzel’s The Order, and Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2. “It kind of makes sense in
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Alec Baldwin’s criminal case, stemming from the involuntary shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film Rust in October 2021, is officially over after special prosecutor Kari Morrissey withdrew her appeal of a judge’s decision to dismiss the case over the summer. According to Variety, the decision was announced on Monday, December 23rd,
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FashionBeans Editors Meet the collaborative force behind this article. Jamie Millar is a seasoned editor with a passion for investigative journalism. In this collaboration, Jamie played a pivotal role in shaping the article’s investigative aspects, ensuring that every detail was thoroughly examined and presented with clarity. A versatile editor with a knack for storytelling, Paul
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Johannesburg, South Africa – October 2019: Pride Africa banner displayed during South Africa gay pride march In a pointed rebuttal to the growing anti-LGBTQ+ movement spreading across the African continent, leaders championing Africa’s so-called “pink economy” gathered recently in Cape Town to inaugurate the South African arm of the Queer & Allied Chamber of Commerce
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Image Credit: Getty Images Luigi Mangione became a household name overnight after he was charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Brian Thompson, the late CEO of UnitedHealthcare. Karen Friedman Agnifilo is representing Mangione as his defense lawyer. Now that Mangione has been extradited to New York City from Pennsylvania, the Ivy League graduate’s
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The extended play occupies a strange middle ground in the music world. An EP can feel like a glorified single with an A-side and some tacked-on bonus tracks, but they sometimes play as surprisingly substantial mini-albums. Some EPs are leftovers from the artist’s last full-length, while others feel like a tantalizing taste of a new
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