AI is already everywhere, and readers may not be as good at detecting it as we think we are. Using AI-detection tool Pangram, researchers from Stony Brook University found that one in five of the 14,000 randomly selected Kindle ebooks in their data set contained more than 25% AI-generated text. Particularly notable is the finding,
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Dark academia is more than just a subgenre. To some it’s a subculture, playing on the idea that hidden away in the shadows of an ancient university lies the potential for both romance and murder. Crime author RL Heber’s upcoming novel Faculty of Liars pulls on both these threads but unlike many dark academia novels,
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If you’ve been anywhere online, then you’ve seen thousands of videos recommending products that are worth their price tag. Whether it’s politicians, reality TV stars, or viral influencers, everyone is revealing what they’re actually spending money on. We compiled a list of the best-of-the-best thatalsohappen to be on sale for Nordstrom’s Anniversary Sale event. Most
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Motherhood makes for potent storytelling material. Horror fiction about motherhood highlights the vulnerability and physicality of childbearing and childrearing and all its companion terrors. In The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro, motherhood’s many complexities are brought to bear in a story inspired by La Llorona, the haunt of Mexican folklore. After learning the barebones
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In the opening scene of Furious Violet, true crime writer Violet “West” Shelley wakes up in a pool of blood in a hotel in Salt Lake City, where she has been conducting final interviews for her book about a cold case murderer known as the Crying Killer. Sarai Walker certainly knows how to draw readers
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Camille Kostek is tackling the body shamers. The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model called out critics sharing negative comments about her body online, putting the haters on blast. Kostek—who has been in a relationship with former NFL star Rob Gronkowski since 2023—shared a TikTok video of herself sitting in the dark while using the “saxophones getting
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Avengers: Doomsday fans just experienced the biggest promotional week yet for the upcoming Marvel movie, thanks to that gobsmacking trailer reveal dropping and key details being unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con. As it usually goes, Marvel confirming more information leads to more fan theories and rumors getting bandied about. But while a lot of the
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“If you expect me to read it, you better put a murder in it.” This is what Canadian author Nicole Lundrigan’s mother told her, when she said she was going to write a novel. Like all good crime fiction lovers, Nicole followed her mother’s advice and now she’s ten books deep into her career as
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Faith No More have reunited—for real this time, apparently. After a series of ill-omened interviews, Mike Patton and the band have lined up four stadium shows Down Under with System of a Down, their first live dates since 2016. Check out the full itinerary below. Faith No More have been reliably unpredictable since Patton joined
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In her bold debut, Dietland, Sarai Walker took on the beauty industry, gender equality and America’s weight loss obsession, all in one deliciously funny, skewering bite. With her sophomore effort, The Cherry Robbers, Walker put a twisted feminist spin on gothic novels in a story about the lone survivor in a family of six cursed
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A Brooklyn street has a new name courtesy of one of the city’s most esteemed rappers: Wu-Tang Clan’s Ol’ Dirty Bastard. During a ceremony held today (July 26) with the late MCs friends, family, and a group of local officials, Putnam Avenue in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood was co-named ODB Jones Way in honor of the
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Michael Stipe has a new song out today but you won’t find it on major DSPs. The R.E.M. frontman released “Hum Desiderata” exclusively through Joyfully Waiting, a website for multi-disciplinary works that “mutually enrich each other.” Check the song out for yourself here. “Hum Desiderata” pairs an element from Stipe’s 2023 installation at ICA Milan—a
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Newport Folk Festival 2026 kicked off its weekend-long run of folk musicians and figures across rock, hip-hop, and beyond doing stripped-down sets. Friday night’s headliner was billed as Hayley Williams & Friends; sure enough, the Paramore singer-songwriter brought out a star-studded list of pals to warrant that name, including Wednesday’s Karly Hartzman, Jenny Lewis, Jack
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Barely three days after dropping Music, Fashion, Film, her highly anticipated follow-up to Brat, Charli XCX is cutting to the chase by releasing the B-sides to her new LP exclusively on iTunes. There are three songs in total—“I Keep on Thinking Bout You Every Single Day and Night,” “Playboy Bunny,” and “If You Take Away
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Heavily-armed police stand in a garden house colony in Spandau district where they reportedly confronted and shot dead Abdul B (Image: Getty) Berlin police shot dead Abdul Ballout, the main suspect in a van-ramming attack during Berlin’s Christopher Street Day (CSD) Pride celebrations that killed one person and injured 29, after police said he charged
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Tony Romo is facing legal trouble. The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback was arrested and charged with operating while impaired (OWI) after he was pulled over in Milwaukee, Wis., July 23, according to the Milwaukee County arrest report obtained by E! News. After he was stopped by police around 6:18 p.m. local time, Romo “performed poorly”
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The films and TV shows that make up the Marvel Cinematic Universe depict some truly amazing and sometimes otherworldly moments. As cool as they look on screen, those scenes aren’t so glamorous to shoot on a set. Bruce Banner/Hulk actor Mark Ruffalo knows that better than most, considering he does a lot of motion-capture work
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