Month: January 2024

Last spring, I had an idea for a recurring segment on First Edition where I would have Rebecca Schinsky help me decide what the “it” book of the month would be. I drew up a list of ten contenders, and then we put them through a knockout round: the first book would be discussed along
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Ariana Grande has announced her new album: Eternal Sunshine will arrive March 8 via Republic. News of the Positions follow-up comes on the heels of this month’s lead single “Yes, And?” and its Paula Abdul–inspired music video. The new album title likely refers to Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman’s beloved 2004 film, Eternal Sunshine of
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From the filmmakers behind Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (and its in-the-works sequel) and the upcoming Bambi: The Reckoning and Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare comes the latest movie in this twisted public domain horror universe, Pinocchio: Unstrung. Jagged Edge Productions has provided Bloody Disgusting with an exclusive first-look tease of Pinocchio: Unstrung this afternoon
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Like her onscreen co-star Jenna Ortega, Jasmin Savoy Brown has become quite the horror genre staple between both Yellowjackets and Scream, but will she be making a return to the latter slasher franchise?  The actress portrayed Mindy Meeks-Martin in the 2022 reboot Scream and its 2023 sequel Scream VI. Yet despite the success of the
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Like his mentor Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis had a dream. Amid the turmoil and violence of a segregated South and a nation embroiled in the struggle for racial reconciliation, Lewis envisioned and championed what he called a “Beloved Community” in America, “a society based on simple justice that values the dignity and the
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Raise a glass because the Vanderpump Rules universe is growing. Former SURvers Jax Taylor, Brittany Cartwright and Kristen Doute are returning to reality TV for The Valley, a new spinoff of the Bravo series. Premiering this spring, the show will follow the trio as they navigate their business ventures and complex personal relationships while living in the famed Los Angeles suburb, the network announced Jan.
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Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker has announced her new solo album: Bright Future is coming March 22 via 4AD. The follow-up to 2020’s Songs and Instrumentals features the previously shared track “Ruined,” and, today, she’s shared the new song “Sadness as a Gift.” Check it out, along with Lenker’s tour dates, below. The new album was
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A new teaser poster unveiled ahead of the Sundance premiere of In a Violent Nature introduces “Johnny,” the undead killer behind the slasher that frames the slayings from his perspective. “Nature is Unforgiving” the tagline reads in the poster, below. Shudder’s upcoming slasher follows “the enigmatic resurrection, rampage, and retribution of an undead monster in
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After the cofounders of Angel City Press — an independent press that publishes books centered on L.A.’s cultural history — announced their retirement, the Los Angeles Public Library acquired the press. The L.A. Public Library is the fifth-largest public library in the country, and joins the Library of Congress and the New York Public Library
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Shygirl has announced a new EP, Club Shy. It’s out digitally February 9 via Because Music; a pink vinyl release will follow on March 29. She’s also released a new song called “Tell Me,” a collaboration with Boys Noize. The new EP features Empress Of, Cosha, and Lolo Zouaï, plus production contributions from Kingdom, SG
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I’m thirty-plus entries into Revenge of the Remakes and have finally reached an original/remake pair where neither is American. Vincenzo Natali’s Cube (1997) is a maple-scented product of Canada’s independent filmmaking scene, while Yasuhiko Shimizu’s 2021 remake hails from Japan. You’re free of rants about stale Americanizations and Hollywood’s sometimes shortsighted approach to horror remakes.
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