Month: January 2026

It’s safe to say that Namwali Serpell—award-winning novelist, acclaimed critic and Harvard professor—is brilliant, and yet she has one thing in common with the rest of us (or perhaps just with me): The first time she picked up Toni Morrison’s Beloved, she was baffled. “What is this book?” she remembers asking herself after plucking it
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Ella Mai Shares Rare Insight Into Life With Her and Jayson Tatum’s “Musical Baby” Ella Mai is deep in her feelings when it comes to her and Jayson Tatum’s son Dylan. Indeed, the “Boo’d Up” singer—who welcomed her first baby in 2024 with the Boston Celtics player—opened up about how excited she is that her
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Red Hot Chili Peppers have authorized an original Netflix documentary documenting the band’s ascent as childhood friends in 1980s Los Angeles, Variety reports. Directed by Ben Feldman, with input from Anthony Kiedis and Flea, The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers will premiere on March 20. In announcing the doc, Feldman thanked the family
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Jessie Ware is ready to open the doors to her next chapter. The British pop artist announced her new album, Superbloom, arriving April 10 via Interscope Records, marking the latest evolution of an era rooted in dancefloor fantasy and emotional honesty. The album is available for pre-order now. Described as the crescendo of Ware’s recent
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The Saw franchise is now in the hands of Blumhouse, bringing franchise creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell back for the eleventh installment. The contemporary horror masters have recently gone on record with promises to steer this IP back to its roots, even prompting unconfirmed speculation that they may return to direct at the Q&A for
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Today’s Featured Book Deals $1.99 Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams Get This Deal $1.99 The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County by Claire Swinarski Get This Deal $1.99 Perma Red by Debra Magpie Earling Get This Deal $1.99 The Awkward Black Man: Stories by Walter Mosley Get This Deal $1.99 A Sharp Endless Need by Marisa Crane
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Hayley Williams has debuted a new band called Power Snatch with Daniel James, the producer of her 2025 album, Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party. They debuted a new song called “Assignment” on Apple Music 1 on Thursday, January 29, but fans have since pieced together that the duo began teasing the project since in
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Results of a new study published in the American Medical Journal confirm what many transmasculine people already know: testosterone can cause acne. It’s common enough that there’s a nickname for it: T acne. Related But the research also revealed that transfeminine individuals on estradiol therapy experience a higher incidence of acne than their cisgender peers,
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