Month: November 2020

It’s that time of year for everyone to start releasing their “Best Of” lists. Here at Book Riot, we love seeing what other publications choose for the best books of the year. Yesterday, Amazon released their picks for the best books of 2020. The list, selected by Amazon editors, includes a total of 100 titles
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Steam has announced upgrades for its support of the PS5 DualSense controller on its service. The online PC game distribution platform announced support for the next generation of console controllers about a week ago. The integration of PS5 controller support is a pretty impressive feat, considering how many advanced features the new gamepad contains. And there
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During a virtual audition, an anonymous director insulted Lukas Gage’s ‘tiny’ apartment — without knowing the mic was unmuted! The ‘Euphoria’ star clapped back. This may just be one of the most awkward auditions ever — to have been recorded, at least. Lukas Gage, known for playing Tyler on Euphoria, was getting ready to audition for
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How is this for symbolism — the Season 17 premiere of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, which featured the surprise return of Patrick Demsey as Derek Shepherd, added +3.09 million viewers after three days of playback. That is the show’s largest Live+Same Day to Live+3 increase among total viewers in more than 5½ years – since the
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EXCLUSIVE: A few hours after WGA West executive director David Young allegedly threatened to “kill” WME partner Rick Rosen during a heated phone conversation on August 11, Rosen fired off an email to WME attorney Courtney Braun that memorialized the phone call. Deadline has reviewed the email, which supports Rosen’s claim. “He screamed ‘I AM
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Rock Star Rocky Kramer will be making a highly anticipated appearance in the SohoJohnny “Let Me Help, Inc” / #IAMNOJOKE Virtual Celebrity Benefit Concert taking place on https://www.iconcert.tv from 7 PM ET – 1 AM ET on Tuesday, November 24th, 2020. Hailing from the Scandinavian Peninsula country of Norway, Rocky Kramer is truly a modern
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The people of Northern Ireland thought that The Troubles were behind them, but Brexit might be unravelling all of that. And art imitates life, doesn’t it? Or is it the other way around? Anyway, in our lead book this week a straight-down-the-line Belfast clergyman just wants to do the right thing but finds himself neck
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Amazon is set to find the beat with the upcoming Sound of Metal starring Riz Ahmed which hits select theaters today before moving to Prime Video on December 4. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Darius Marder, who co-wrote the movie with Abraham Marder. Sound of Metal follows punk-metal drummer Ruben (Ahmed) who begins to experience intermittent hearing
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A little over three years ago, right before his first trip to South Africa for the NBA’s Basketball Without Borders exhibition, Michele Roberts, the executive director of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), gave her first and only book recommendation to Brown. “It was Mandela’s autobiography,” Roberts tells me with a laugh. “I said, ‘You
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Boris Johnson has backed Home Secretary Priti Patel in the investigation into her workplace conduct, saying that any bullying was ‘unintentional’. It was found that Priti had not treated civil servants with “consideration and respect” as required by the ministerial code, which relates to “harassing, bullying or other inappropriate or discriminating behaviour”. A spokesman denied
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Distributing the COVID-19 vaccines now being developed is shaping up to be the largest and most complex public health effort in L.A. County’s history, and concerns are growing that officials arealready falling behind, it was reported today. There are two vaccines expected to apply for emergency approval from U.S. regulators. The first, from Pfizer, was
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AMC dropped a bunch of news today about the upcoming extended 10th season of The Walking Dead. The first of the six new episodes is set to debut on Sunday, February 28, while AMC+ will have them earlier starting on February 25 before their linear debut. Each new episode will debut on the streamer on the
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