Welcome to Today in Books, where we report on literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. And the Nominees Are… Award season rolls on with the recently revealed longlist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The ten nominees range from commercial hits (Emma Cline’s The Guest) to critical darlings (Catherine Lacey’s Biography of X)
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An anti-gay public ordinance mandate was passed in Murfreesboro, Tennessee last June. (Getty) The city of Murfreesboro in Tennessee has been ordered to pay $500,000 (£396,100) in damages after it attempted to ban Pride festivals and drag shows last year. The policy, passed in Murfreesboro in June 2023, prohibited “indecent behaviour” in public and outlawed
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Aisling Franciosi (The Nightingale, Last Voyage of the Demeter) stars in the upcoming horror movie Stopmotion, and we’re serving up an exclusive sneak peek clip this morning. Stopmotion releases in theaters on February 23 before heading to Shudder on May 31, 2024. Begin this macabre descent into madness by watching an exclusive clip below. Directed by Robert Morgan, the film stars Franciosi as
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Sometimes writing the headline for this piece is easy. Sometimes, not so much. The one thing we’ve spotted with this week’s varied collection of crime novels is that the sleuthing in every single one of them is done by a woman – in some cases more than one. So let’s start our journey in Nigeria, head
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Cameron McCoolOn model, right: Trench coat, Burberry, $3,550. Tights, Wolford, $55. Slingbacks, Gucci. Cameron McCoolDress, handbag, watch, $3,125, Hermès. Tights, Wolford, $55. Pumps, Prada, $1,150. Cameron McCoolOn model, left: Blouse, skirt, Dior. Hoop earrings, Jennifer Fisher. Tights, Wolford, $55. Pumps, Marc Jacobs. Right: Jacket, blouse, skirt, Dior. Pumps, Marc Jacobs. Cameron McCoolOn model, left: Top,
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Get ready to visit the Théâtre des Vampires soon. At the Television Critics Association winter press tour, AMC announced that season two of “Interview with the Vampire” will arrive this May. The new season premieres on Sunday, May 12 on AMC and AMC+. Season two will pick up in the year 2022… “The vampire Louis
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Kevin Williamson, the writer of teen horror classics Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, has been a staple in the world of film and television since the 1990s, and Deadline reports today that Williamson’s next venture partners him up with Universal Television. Deadline reports, “Under an overall deal for Williamson and his
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Legendary/Warner Bros.’ Dune: Part Two hit three-week tracking today and everyone is going nuts with projections as it’s been a barren marketplace. The most conservative sees the sequel to the Denis Villeneuve feature adaptation of Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel between $65M+, which is 59%-83% higher than the opening of Dune back in 2021 ($41M); you’ll
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Play video content Taylor Swift hit a speedbump during her Wednesday concert in Japan, but she made a quick recovery and carried on as if nothing happened. The pop star hit the stage at the Tokyo Dome, performing one of her risqué tunes, “Vigilante S—t,” while wearing a sexy blue leotard and black knee-high boots.
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A brand new teaser for mysterious horror film Cuckoo, from NEON and director Tilman Singer (Luz), debuted today, giving us another look at star Hunter Schafer (“Euphoria”) while revealing absolutely nothing. Cuckoo is coming to theaters on May 3, 2024. In Cuckoo: “Reluctantly, 17-year-old Gretchen leaves her American home to live with her father, who has just moved
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