Month: November 2020

Tuesday is New Books Day, and it’s time for everyone’s favorite gameshow: AHHHHHH MY TBR! Here are today’s contestants: Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur I am so excited this book is finally out! Elle Jones is an astrologer with a popular Twitter account. Darcy Lowell is an actuary with a meddlesome brother who
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Universal Pictures’ Jennifer Lopez music fueled romantic comedy Marry Me is moving from Presidents Day-Valentine’s Day weekend on the theatrical release calendar next year, Feb. 12 and going to May 14, 2021. Marry Me will take the place of DreamWorks Animation’s Untitled Spirit Riding Free movie which has now been title Spirit Untamed. That animated pic will now open on
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Toronto-based writer Souvankham Thammavongsa is the winner of this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize. Thammavongsa received the $100,000 honour Monday night for her fiction debut, How to Pronounce Knife, published by McClelland and Stewart. Thammavongsa smiled as she showed off the trophy to her two friends at her Toronto home. In her acceptance speech, she thanked
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The Geneva office of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung is today publishing the Atlas of the Stateless (French, English). It will be presented in an online conference, in which the authors of the atlas and members of the UN refugee agency will participate. The Atlas of the Stateless, which is now published in three languages (French, English and
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They’re not wrong. Matt Reeves assembled a killer cast to bring The Batman to life. That just happens to include two very notable alumni of the Fantastic Beasts franchise: Colin Farrell and Zoe Kravitz. But with production on both that DC blockbuster and Fantastic Beasts 3 currently under way, it’s certainly possible that Farrell’s schedule
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Eric Schmidt speaks during a National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence conference November 5, 2019, in Washington Alex Wong | Getty Images Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has been approved to become a citizen of Cyprus, according to a report Monday from Recode. An October notice in Alithia, a Cypriot publication, apparently announced Schmidt and
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Moonlight director Barry Jenkins has chopped and screwed Wilco’s breakthrough 2002 LP Yankee Hotel Foxtrot with the help of Houston’s Chopstars. Jenkins shared the project on Twitter, noting the “#YeehawAgenda is alive and well.” Check it out below. Jenkins has previously chopped and screwed the soundtracks to Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk, as
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While the majority of people agree philanthropy makes society better, almost a third of them do not believe philanthropists themselves are good for society, according to a study published today.  The report, Philanthropy Paradox: Public Attitudes and Future Prospects for Planned Giving, produced by Beth Breeze, director of the Centre for Philanthropy at the University of
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Fake *thank you* smiles need not apply You know how it goes: you’re making a list, checking it twice and then realize, uh-oh spaghetti-oh, it’s mid-December and you’ve actually checked off a total of ZERO from your holiday gift-giving listicle. Big yikes. And while the holidays look a little different this year, seasonal last-minute spending
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Historically, when presidential administrations are winding down, either because they’re a few months from completing a second term or because they’re not getting one on account of being booted from office by the American people, low- to mid-level noncareer staffers start looking for new jobs. Why? If you’re so far removed from understanding the number
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The internet can be a scary place. As a writer/journalist, I’ve already had my fair share of the online harassment experience. Since online bullying always happens, it can be a “normal part of the job” for some. In fact, the majority of online harassment cases that involve journalists are never reported. If you’re a journalist,
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As the curtain closes on Supernatural‘s final season, we’re looking back on the past 15 years and everything that made the show so amazing as part of TV Guide’s Winchester Week. But while we reminisce about the best seasons and best episodes, we also want to spotlight the scariest episodes.  In its early years, Supernatural leaned into its
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