Welcome to Today in Books, where we report on literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Suspense-thriller fans, take note! We’ve got an exclusive excerpt of The Guest by B.A. Paris today on Book Riot. And it’s Tuesday, so you know I’m picking the “it books” of the week. Keep a-scrolling! West Virginia House Passes
Hopper Penn and Dylan Penn “I can see being really pissed that I got this role, as someone else,” Dylan told W after dad Sean Penn directed her in the 2021 drama Flag Day. At the same time, she added, as a working actress “I’ve been auditioning forever. I’ve been rejected forever.” Regarding the kerfuffle
Two men have been charged with murder in connection with a fatal shooting following the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade. A woman was killed and 22 other people were injured in the 14 February shooting, in Kansas City, Missouri. Dominic Miller and Lyndell Mays have been charged with second-degree murder and other gun-related
Petrochemicals billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe has completed the purchase of a 27.7% stake in Manchester United through his INEOS conglomerate – enabling him to take control of football operations from the owning Glazer family. The deal ends a protracted saga that has engulfed United for 15 months without the full sale fans had been demanding
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Few things in the world are guarantees beyond death, taxes, and movies based on Stephen King‘s books. There have been so many adaptations of Stephen King’s work over the years, that several of his most famous works have been adapted multiple times. Our own Eric Eisenberg has an entire Stephen King series that will likely
A former YouTuber who gave parenting advice online has been jailed for up to 30 years after she admitted to physically and emotionally abusing her children. Ruby Franke, a mother of six from Utah who gave parenting tips via a once-popular video blog called “8 Passengers”, convinced her two youngest children that they were evil,
ZUSO, spearheaded by Australian producer Gabriel Cuenca, is carving out an exciting niche in atmospheric house music that has begun to garner him a global fanbase. In October 2023, Gabriel teamed up with the Sydney-based collective LOVE CLVB for the release of his single ‘Hold Me.’ The track quickly garnered widespread acclaim, capturing the ears
“What’s past is prologue,” Shakespeare wrote in The Tempest. Tommy Orange demonstrates the veracity of that line in Wandering Stars, his follow-up to There There, the 2018 debut novel for which he was a Pulitzer finalist. Few literary debuts are as chillingly of-the-moment as There There, which spanned a huge cast of Native American characters
You could say Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. are slaying parenthood. The Buffy the Vampire Slayer star revealed how she and her husband of nearly 22 years place a lot of focus on spending quality time with their Scooby gang, including kids Charlotte, 14, and Rocky, 11. “Dinners for me are really important,”
Three people have been charged with criminal damage after a Greenpeace protest at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s home. A statement from North Yorkshire Police said the man and two women facing the charges were Mathieu Soete, 38, Amy Rugg-Easey, 33, and Alexandra Wilson, 32. It comes after the climate change group carried out a demonstration
The Body Shop has announced it is closing half of its stores in the UK – including seven today and cutting 40% of roles at its London-based head office. It comes after the embattled retailer entered administration last week, putting more than 2,000 jobs at risk. The Body Shop has roughly 200 outlets across the
Labour has called for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza for the first time, saying the situation there is “intolerable”. The party leadership has been under pressure to back an immediate end to the fighting in the strip, with Sir Keir Starmer previously only calling for a “sustainable ceasefire” or “humanitarian pauses”. Shadow foreign secretary David
Washington’s unwavering diplomatic support for Israel at the UN has put the US in an increasingly isolated position as many of the world’s countries have called for an end to the fighting in Gaza. President Biden is also under pressure domestically and within his own party to change the course of the war. As one
Usher has announced that he’ll be performing in London next year. The news follows the R&B star‘s successful Super Bowl half-time show earlier this month, after which he married his partner Jenn Goicoechea in Las Vegas. Image: (L-R) Jenn Goicoechea and Usher in 2020. Pic: Matteo Prandoni/BFA.com/Shutterstock Aside from eight shows in Paris in 2023,
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