Month: January 2023

As The Winter Bird opens, author Kate Banks cleverly invites young readers to put their inference skills to work as she describes the change in seasons. “It was the time of year when the sun went to bed early,” she writes. “The big brown bear lumbered off to its winter den. . . . And
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He did it before with Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse, and he’s doing it again with Super Castlevania IV. YouTuber Lord Kayoss is back again with another mini-doc/playthrough, this time going over Konami’s 1991 classic for the Super Nintendo. As before with his other videos, Kayoss runs through Super Castlevania IV in a full walkthrough, sprinkling
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News Gangsta Boo, Rapper in Three 6 Mafia, Dies at 43 The Memphis icon was a pioneer of female Southern hip-hop By Nina Corcoran January 1, 2023 Facebook Twitter Gangsta Boo, photo by Chris McKay/Getty Images for Live Nation Facebook Twitter Gangsta Boo, a former member of Memphis hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia and a
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The year 2023 is upon us. With the economy in the doldrums, war in Europe and plenty of uncertainty ahead, if you’re a crime fiction lover at least there will be plenty of opportunity to immerse yourself in a good mystery. Plenty of good books are on the way in this genre, and quite a
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From festivals to pool parties, the best canvas shoes have been the fail-safe footwear choice for many of life’s most joyous occasions. A true summer staple, they’re not only breathable but versatile and pretty damn cool—making them a no-brainer for all of your warm-weather escapades. But with so many options available, finding the shoe of
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Shubeik lubeik translates from the Arabic to “your wish is my command,” an iconic fairy-tale phrase that’s also the title of a brilliantly original graphic novel from Egyptian comics creator Deena Mohamed. Her richly detailed drawings imbue contemporary Cairo—and its all-too-familiar atmosphere of bureaucracy, rigid laws and class-based bias—with the magic of wishes, dragons, flying
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News David Byrne and Miley Cyrus Cover David Bowie at New Year’s Celebration: Watch The two musicians performed Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” and Byrne’s “Everybody’s Coming to My House” as duets By Rob Arcand January 1, 2023 Facebook Twitter David Byrne and Miley Cyrus (Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Miley Cyrus hosted the NBC holiday special Miley’s
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Not every character can be a favorite. Sometimes they aren’t even our favorite love-to-hate characters. Between baffling plot decisions, strange developments, or irritating personality moments, there are the ones who annoy us when they’re on our TV screens. The 2022 TV season was a good year for romantic relationships and juicy character arcs, but this
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If you’ve ever set foot in an occult shop with genuine interest in its offerings, you’ve probably experienced the wooziness of information overload: What is all this stuff, and where do I start? There is no shortage of books on spellwork, tarot, astrology, witchcraft, Wicca, herbalism and more, but we all know it’s hard to
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New Queer’s Eve. It’s been a pretty wild December, with us covering off-kilter films like the much-maligned Batman & Robin, the not-as-bad-as-you-think Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings and the Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins-penned murder mystery The Last of Sheila. Now we’re wrapping up the year with a discussion of Carter Smith‘s (The Ruins, Jamie Marks
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Megan Fox is shooting her shot. Despite being engaged Machine Gun Kelly, the actress is currently on the hunt for a new romantic partner. On Dec. 30, Megan posted two sexy selfies on Instagram with the eyebrow-raising caption, ”Currently seeking a girlfriend. Please submit applications in the DMs.” In the comments, MGK—who proposed to Megan in January 2022 after nearly two
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