Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Today’s stories include another literary L for the Trump administration, how we best absorb reading, and more. Judge Rules Trump Administration’s Cancellation of Humanities Grants Was Unconstitutional In the last couple of months, numerous cases
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At first glance, The Terror: Devil in Silver sounds like a fairly straightforward descent into horror. Pepper (Dan Stevens), a working-class man in Queens, is wrongfully committed to a crumbling psychiatric facility called New Hyde, where patients are overmedicated, overlooked, and largely forgotten. But it doesn’t take long for something even more unsettling to emerge
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Although “IT: Welcome to Derry” has not received an official renewal from HBO, Season 2 remains in active development. It will explore another subplot planted in Stephen King’s 1986 novel that delves into Pennywise’s backstory. “It’s 1935 – we’re now working on it, and it’s so much fun,” co-creator Andy Muschietti said during Deadline’s Contenders
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The livestream schedule for the 2026 edition of Stagecoach is here. Footage from the Indio, California, country festival kicks off today at 3:05 p.m. Pacific, streaming on Prime Video, the Amazon Music app, and Twitch. Find out when to catch headliners Post Malone, Lainey Wilson, and Cody Johnson, along with the rest of the country-ish
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We are still waiting to find out the premiere date for Peacock’supcomingFriday the 13thprequel television series “Crystal Lake,” but the wait is almost over. ShowrunnerBrad Caleb Kane (“IT: Welcome to Derry”) is promising some big news early next week… Brad Caleb Kane writes on Instagram, “News coming. Monday. We’re all doomed.” While you wait, check
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Kezia Dugdale (Getty Images) Stonewall’s new chair, Kezia Dugdale, has apologised for comments she made about JK Rowling earlier this week following scrutiny from the LGBTQ+ community. Dugdale, the former leader of Scottish Labour, was announced as the new Chair of Stonewall on 19 April and will take up the role in September. Her appointment
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Most of us born after World War II knew Katharine Hepburn—if we knew her at all—as the warble-throated septuagenarian invited by Henry Fonda to “suck face” in 1981’s On Golden Pond. Sure, it won her an Oscar (a record-setting fourth), but it didn’t even hint that half a century earlier, she was Hollywood’s “It” girl.
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Chadwick Boseman firmly solidified his place within the pantheon of superhero movies through his role of King T’Challa a.k.a. the Black Panther. His performance as the Marvel Cinematic Universe character has been praised, and it’s arguably been valued even more since Boseman’s death in 2020. More recently, there have been rumors about T’Challa being recast
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If you’ve been frustrated over the lack of news regarding the still-in-development fourth BioShock title, you’re not alone. After over a decade since the release of BioShock Infinite, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has now weighed in, expressing his own frustration over the fourth entry in the series being seemingly stuck in development hell. In
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