Month: September 2024

Netflix is back this Halloween season with a packed “Netflix and Chills” lineup this year, packing in the horror offerings to maximize your spooky season. While you can expect the arrival of horror favorites getting added to the library, the stream has unveiled its original “Netflix and Chills” programming this morning. Embrace your fears and
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[Greetings, loyal King Beat readers! In the wake of the TIFF world premiere of Mike Flanagan’s The Life Of Chuck, this week’s column is taking a different form than normal, but I hope you nonetheless enjoy.] When people acknowledge that writer/director Mike Flanagan’s The Life Of Chuck is an atypical Stephen King movie, that’s a
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An ibex stands on a mountain, peacefully grazing, until they are challenged for “the top spot.” In response, the ibex asks, “But what are we even fighting for?” When the ibex receives an attack instead of an answer, they flee from the challenge. Fleeing does not solve problems, however—and it certainly doesn’t get them the
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In July, Michael Kiwanuka returned with “Floating Parade,” and the British musician has now shared two more new songs. The tracks—“Lowdown (Part I)” and “Lowdown (Part II)”—arrive with a tranquil video directed by Blackwall. Watch the new video below. “Floating Parade” and both parts of “Lowdown” will appear on Kiwanuka’s newly announced album Small Changes.
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Share Tweet Share Share Email Will Ferrell is stepping away from his usual comedic roles in movies like Anchorman and Elf to bring us something entirely different: a touching new documentary titled Will and Harper. The film follows Ferrell and his best friend, Harper Steele, on a transformative journey across America that showcases a friendship
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Audiences hungry for David Cronenberg’s infamous brand of body horror may have hoped that 2022’s Crimes of the Future marked his return to the genre. That film, which formed an unofficial trilogy that began with 1983’s Videodrome and continued in 1999’s eXistenZ, featured several callbacks to the Canadian director’s recurring visual and thematic interests. The
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While the future of the main John Wick film series remains shrouded in uncertainty considering the way John Wick: Chapter 4 ended, the franchise as a whole isn’t going anywhere. Next up is Ballerina, the Ana de Armas-led spinoff that takes place between the third and fourth John Wick movies, and will be one of
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Tuesday, we covered the announcement of the 2024 National Book Awards Longlist for Young People’s Literature. Since then, this year’s National Book Awards Longlist for Translated Literature has also been released. The ten titles on the longlist were translated from six different languages—Danish, Arabic, Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese, and Swedish. They explore everything from “disorienting
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Co-designed by fashion legend and globetrotter Naomi Campbell, Naomi x BOSS marks the second chapter in this iconic collaboration, tailored for those who never compromise on comfort or elegance. The new Fall/Winter 2024 capsule continues to seamlessly merge luxury statement pieces that epitomize visionary style with the high performance of tech-savvy fabrics while introducing bold
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The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards were on September 11 at Long Island’s UBS Arena. Hosting the show was Megan Thee Stallion, and she was also among the many performers. Others who took the stage included Sabrina Carpenter, Katy Perry, Chappell Roan, Eminem, Karol G, and Glorilla. Below, check out all of the performances from
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The following is an excerpt from Arielle Egozi’s memoir, Being Bad. The book uses frameworks cultivated from years of writing, speaking, and educating on sex, relationships, and identity through a queer and decolonizing lens. Egozi offers questions, practices, and tools to help readers dream far beyond what family, society, or capitalist culture expects. It’s about being “bad”
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