Month: January 2020

If it’s true that a man’s outfit is assessed from his shoes up, then it’s their shade that first colours someone’s judgement. Footwear, like everything else in menswear, has grown less rigid recently — these days you can wear Oxfords with jeans and trainers with a suit. But the key to pulling either off is
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Mike Pence has played a quiet role in many of the Trump administration’s anti-LGBT+ policies. (Drew Angerer/Getty) Republicans are planning on running an advert on Fox News, urging senators to impeach Donald Trump so that Mike Pence becomes president. Republican group Defending Democracy is telling GOP senators to vote to remove Trump from office in
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Rally in Copley Square, Boston to celebrate the US Supreme Court decision to strike down a sodomy law in Lawrence v Texas. (Rick Friedman/Corbis) In 2020, there are 16 US states that still have sodomy laws against “perverted sexual practice” and “crimes against nature”. According to ACLU, laws against sodomy were originally designed to prohibit
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The temperature may be freezing, but the celeb sightings at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival are hot, hot, hot!  Taylor Swift was among the first to arrive in Park City, Utah on Thursday evening for the hotly-anticipated premiere of Miss Americana, the Netflix documentary chronicling the pop star’s life away from the spotlight. Other early attendees included Viggo Mortensen, Stanley
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Chromatics have released a new single called “Toy.” It arrives in three different versions: “Toy,” “Toy (On Film),” and “Toy (Instrumental).” Check it out below. In a statement about the track, singer Ruth Radelet said, “It’s a song about trying to forget someone you’re still in love with even though they treat you like an
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Doctor Who season 12 has found a balanced way to respond to fan criticism that other franchises have struggled to achieve. Currently barreling towards its midway point, Doctor Who season 12 is generally considered to be an improvement on Jodie Whittaker’s first season behind the TARDIS controls, although there have been a few wibbly-wobbly ups and
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Former The Bachelorette contestant, Tyler Gwozdz, has died, according to People.  He was 29 years old.  Tyler appeared on The Bachelorette Season 15, aka Hannah Brown’s season.  An autopsy is pending, but the outlet claims that the cause of death is likely to be the result of a drug overdose.  Tyler was admitted to a
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Today’s news that all local film releases scheduled for the highly lucrative Chinese New Year period have been kiboshed has wide-ranging implications. Beyond being a prudent move by authorities and producers to stave off apotential spread of the coronavirus, this is expected to mean a $1B+ blow to global box office for 2020. Says a
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Sponsored by Book Riot’s new literary fiction podcast Novel Gazing. These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get them while they’re hot! Today’s Featured Deals Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman for $3.99. Get it here, or just click on the cover image below. The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
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Lloyd Bishop/NBC Gwyneth Paltrow‘s vagina candle is still the only thing people can talk about. On Wednesday, the Goop founder set the record straight on the brand’s ”This Smells Like My Vagina” candle on Late Night with Seth Meyers, revealing that she didn’t originally intend for the controversial candle’s name to be on the final product.  “It sort of
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Joni Mitchell has announced the reissue of her 2007 album Shine via Craft. The album’s first-ever vinyl release is due out April 3. The record includes an updated version of her 1970 classic “Big Yellow Taxi,” as well as “One Week Last Summer,” which won Best Instrumental Pop Performance at the 2008 Grammys. It is
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