Newbery Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly is having a big year. Following the March publication of her eighth middle grade novel, The First State of Being, she’s releasing a new illustrated chapter book, Felix Powell, Boy Dog. Fans of Kelly’s previous chapter book series featuring Marisol Rainey will instantly recognize Marisol’s friend, Felix Powell, and both
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DJ Randall, the influential UK drum’n’bass DJ and producer, has died, Mixmag reports, citing his representatives. He was 54 years old. Born in east London, Randall became a fixture of the UK dance scene in the late 1980s and early ’90s, helping shepherd acid house towards breakbeat, hardcore, and jungle in warehouse venues and on
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Photo: Screenshot Instagram Gay dad José Rolón, a widower raising three kids on his own, faced a choice. The social media influencer, who covers gay family life and is known as @nycgaydad, was under attack by conservative online provocateur Stew Peters. Peters is an antisemitic conspiracy theorist who “regularly promotes anti-LGBTQ+ and white supremacist beliefs,”
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Actor Wesley Snipes made a surprise appearance in Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine, reprising his role as Eric Brooks, aka Blade, a half-vampire “daywalker” who hunts vampires. In the process, Wesley Snipes’ Blade wound up shattering two Guinness World Records. Snipes appearance in the film means that he’s earned the distinction of “longest career as a live
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If you’ve been asking yourself where all the romantic comedies went, the answer is simple: to streaming services. However, at the end of last year, audiences got the rare opportunity to see a rom-com in theaters with Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell’s Anyone But You, ensuing commercial profit. The movie is an outlier for the
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I had a great interaction at work on Wednesday, where I got to register a first-time voter! In our area, most voters register themselves online, so it’s pretty cool to register someone in person. Hang onto those positive library interactions, though, because this last week hasn’t had the greatest news updates…multiple bomb threats, two disbanded
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Rep. Lauren Boebert, (R-CO) during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center on Saturday, March 4, 2023. Photo: Jack Gruber / USA TODAY NETWORK While conservatives are outraged that Algerian boxer Imane Khelif – who is a cisgender woman – has been allowed to participate in the
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Horror host Joe Bob Briggs is back in action. Shudder has announced an all-new special, The Last Drive-In: Nightmareathon, celebrating the conclusion of The Last Drive-In’s supersized sixth season, which debuted earlier this year.  The special premieres Friday, August 30 at 9pm ET on the Shudder TV and AMC+ TV feeds and will be available on demand on both
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