Month: June 2023

Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. This summer, it seems, everyone wants to be rich. We’re idolizing the “stealth wealth” of the characters on Succession, following the fashion statements from Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski trial, aspiring to emulate so-called “old money” style (a designation so malleable, it’s recently
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One of our favourite American authors joins us today to talk about humour in fiction, and if you’ve read any of Joe R Lansdale’s books you’ll know that he’s a writer whose work is made all the more appealing by the fact that it makes you laugh. He has an eye for the stranger things
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After a year plus of tabloid headlines about its star Ezra Miller, Warner Bros./DC’s Covid-delayed $200M Justice League standalone superhero movie, The Flash, finally arrives in theaters. The global opening looks better than domestic, $155M-$165M Global to a $70M+ in U.S./Canada. Despite a very good response out of CinemaCon and DC co-boss James Gunn exclaiming
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Illinois became the first state in the United States to pass legislation to end book bans. Signed by Governor JB Pritzker June 12, House Bill 2789 takes effect January 1, 2024. Introduced by Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, who serves at the State Librarian, the bill received significant support both in the House and
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News Model/Actriz Announce 2023 Fall Tour Plus, they’ve shared a remix of “Amaranth” by Mmph By Nina Corcoran June 12, 2023 Facebook Twitter Model/Actriz, photo by Lily Frances Facebook Twitter Model/Actriz have announced a 2023 fall tour in support of their debut album, Dogsbody, which came out back in February. Beginning late July in California,
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Alan Parks is rapidly setting the benchmark for dark Scottish crime fiction. Last year he won an Edgar with Bobby March Will Live Forever and the McIlvanney Prize for May God Forgive. Now that we’ve arrived in June 2023 and the sixth Harry McCoy has appeared – another murder for the Glasgow detective to solve. It’s
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Tenoch Huerta, famous for playing Namor in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” is denying a recent sexual assault allegation against him. The Marvel star broke his silence Monday after being accused Saturday of sexually assaulting musician María Elena Ríos, who also claimed he was a “sexual predator.” Tenoch says her accusation is “false and completely unsubstantiated.”
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Jack Hill’s 1967 cult classic horror movie Spider Baby is getting a remake from filmmaker Dustin Ferguson (Cocaine Cougar, Mega Ape), and Bloody Disgusting has learned this week that filming has now wrapped on the upcoming remake that’s “set to captivate audiences with a thrilling blend of nostalgia and modern twists.” The team explains, “The
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