Noah Kahan welcomed fellow acclaimed singer/songwriter Arlo Parks last night (Aug. 2) at Montreal’s Osheaga festival for a surprise, headlining set-closing collaboration on his song “Stick Season,” the title track of his breakthrough 2022 album. The pair had never performed together before. For Kahan, who grew up about three hours away in Strafford, Vt., it
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Start your weekend off right with a round-up of Book Riot’s most popular pieces from the week. In an exclusive four-part podcast series last month, Tortoise Media reported that two women, who were 20 and 23 at the time of the alleged events, had accused Neil Gaiman of sexual assault. The story was picked up in a
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Actor Wesley Snipes made a surprise appearance in Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine, reprising his role as Eric Brooks, aka Blade, a half-vampire “daywalker” who hunts vampires. In the process, Wesley Snipes’ Blade wound up shattering two Guinness World Records. Snipes appearance in the film means that he’s earned the distinction of “longest career as a live
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Aerosmith are retiring from touring effective immediately after concluding that frontman Steven Tyler will not be able to recover from his vocal injury. Previously, Aerosmith postponed their planned farewell tour after Tyler sustained vocal cord damage and fractured his larynx during a concert in September 2023. Although the band had announced rescheduled dates to begin
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I had a great interaction at work on Wednesday, where I got to register a first-time voter! In our area, most voters register themselves online, so it’s pretty cool to register someone in person. Hang onto those positive library interactions, though, because this last week hasn’t had the greatest news updates…multiple bomb threats, two disbanded
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Photo: Screenshot Instagram Gay dad José Rolón, a widower raising three kids on his own, faced a choice. The social media influencer, who covers gay family life and is known as @nycgaydad, was under attack by conservative online provocateur Stew Peters. Peters is an antisemitic conspiracy theorist who “regularly promotes anti-LGBTQ+ and white supremacist beliefs,”
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Universal Pictures will develop a feature film based on Britney Spears‘ hit 2023 memoir The Woman in Me, according to reports. The project will be developed by director Jon M. Chu and producer Marc Platt. Spears alluded to the news on social media, saying Platt has “always made my favorite movies.” The latter is known
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Garbage have canceled all remaining tour dates through 2024 due to an injury sustained by singer Shirley Mason that will “require surgery and rehabilitation to correct.” “This is not a decision that we have taken lightly and we apologise to our amazing fans and supportive promoters,” the band wrote in an Instagram post on Thursday,
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We’re less than 100 days out from a very consequential election, so before we get to the fun stuff, I want to call your attention to Project 2025 and the impact it would have on education, books, and reading. This is extreme, scary stuff, and it’s going to take all of us turning out to
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There are three certainties in life: death, taxes and grey hair. But going grey isn’t the end of the world – and it’s certainly not the end of having a good-looking head of hair. Whether you’ve got a dash of salt ‘n’ pepper or gone full silver fox, there are limitless grey hairstyles that you
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Share Tweet Share Share Email Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD, is under scrutiny following a New York Times investigation into her spending habits. The report, spearheaded by journalist Emily Steel, claimed Ellis’s expenses may be more extravagant than what is typical for a nonprofit leader. Among the findings, Ellis reportedly spent almost
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