Written by Simone Buchholz, translated by Rachel Ward — German crime author Simone Buchholz has won numerous awards for her noir thrillers. Her most recent book, an energetic police procedural, is newly translated into English and won the German Crime Fiction Prize in 2019. Like Buchholz’s previous two novels, Mexico Street features public prosecutor Chastity
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Like your clothes, haircuts aren’t one-size-fits-all. But unlike your clothes, you can’t take a crap haircut off after a day of fielding abuse from your colleagues. Which is why – before going under the barber’s scissors – it’s worth knowing which styles best suit your face shape. After all, an extra inch here or a
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Exclusive Ariana Grande urgently needs court-ordered protection from an obsessed fan … we’ve learned she just filed for a restraining order. The “7 Rings” singer filed legal docs Friday seeking a temporary protective order from the man who was arrested Saturday following a disturbing and scary visit to her Los Angeles home. Ariana’s mother is
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Multiple sources have confirmed that Rosario Dawson will play Ahsoka Tano in the upcoming second season of The Mandalorian. The reports were met with excitement as well as frustration from Star Wars fans, who were disappointed that Ahsoka’s voice actor from The Clone Wars, Ashley Eckstein, was not chosen to play Ahsoka in the character’s first live-action role. While there hasn’t
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Birmingham Pride, 2019. (Jim Wood/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty) Birmingham Pride has officially postponed its 2020 festivities because of the coronavirus pandemic, following London Pride which postponed on the same day. The Birmingham celebrations were set to take place on May 23 and 24, with confirmed performers including Cheryl and Kelly Rowland. But organisers said in
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Car Seat Headrest have shared a new track from their forthcoming album Making a Door Less Open. This one’s called “Martin” and it arrives with a band-made lyric video featuring frontman Will Toledo (as his alternate persona Trait) doing dishes. Watch below. Making a Door Less Open is out May 1 (via Matador). The album
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Despite Senate Democrats blocking the near $2 trillion stimulus package intended to rescue the U.S. economy during the coronavirus crisis, the National Association of Theatre Owners chief John Fithian is “hopeful” that a bipartisan compromise will be reached in the near future. “They’re not at an impasse,” Fithian told Deadline Sunday. “This is just part
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The girl next door. The cool girl. The popular girl. The nerdy girl. Most of us have seen a version of these tropes in our favorite romcoms and even the occasional thriller. I mean, who hasn’t taken a guilty pleasure at reading (and watching) Amy Dunn’s infamous “cool girl monologue” from Gone Girl? But the
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Madonna delivered a soapy speech about the coronavirus from a petal-strewn bathtub, because obviously. (Instagram/Madonna) Madonna, the gay icon and sometimes popstar, has created quite the splash with a candlelit, petal-strewn video about the coronavirus. In her soapy sermon, Madonna gets real about what she sees as both a terrible and wonderful thing about the
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Written by Kathy Reichs — We’re at book 19 featuring forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance ‘Tempe’ Brennan, and as A Conspiracy of Bones opens, our heroine is at home in North Carolina recovering from neurosurgery following an aneurysm. It’s the first sign that this novel is a little different from all the rest. Tempe’s brain isn’t
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Diana Zurco made her debut on Televisión Pública in Argentina on Monday (YouTube/Televisión Pública Noticias) Argentina just reached a major milestone for equality with its first ever transgender news anchor Diana Zurco. This week, the 40-year-old journalist became co-anchor for the primetime news programme Televisión Pública, on the national public broadcasting station. She hopes her
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Kenny Rogers, the country music singer and actor, died Friday in Sandy Springs, Georgia at age 81. A statement from his family posted on Twitter read that Rogers “passed away peacefully at home from natural causes under the care of hospice and surrounded by his family.” Known for hits including “The Gambler,” “Lucille,” and “Islands
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Despite the fact that I have lived in several cities that hold yearly book festivals, I have not attended many. On the bright side, I have really enjoyed the few I have made it to. They have also usually involved a serendipitous discovery or two, including discovering more Somali writers. The Texas Book Festival The
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