Month: December 2020

It’s always hard to pick favorite books from the 40-some crime, mystery, and thriller books I review for Crime Fiction Lover each year. They’re all so different, it’s hard to compare them. Some authors are consistently strong, and you know who they are. What excites me more is when an author I’ve never read before
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Are ‘toxic’ beauty products really to blame for everything from skin rashes to deforestation? Anita Bhagwandas finds out… It has two billion hashtags on Instagram, over a billion Google results and everyone’s talking about it. No, this isn’t a piece about the climate crisis. We’re talking about ‘clean beauty’. This ambiguous term has become the
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SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details about tonight’s His Dark Materials Season 2 finale “Æsahættr” on HBO.  His Dark Materials wrapped up its second season, rife exciting alliances and the return of original characters, with a dramatic buildup to the final installment of Phililp Pullman’s fantasy trilogy. Taking directly from the events of Pullman’s The Subtle
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Cast has been set and shoot scheduled for the Arabic-language remake of Italian box office smash hit Perfect Strangers. Lebanese actress and filmmaker Nadine Labaki (Capernaum) has been cast alongside Egyptian star Mona Zaki (30 Years Ago), Adel Karam (The Insult), Eyad Nassar (The Looming Tower), Diamand Bou Abboud (The Insult) and George Khabbaz (Under
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The global coronavirus pandemic made it an especially difficult year for celebrity deaths in 2020, adding to the annual tally of losses caused by time, illness and personal tragedy. From the shocking accidental deaths of Kobe Bryant and Naya Rivera to the secret cancer that claimed Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman, there were plenty of
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Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna have worked out a new custody arrangement for daughter Dream. The paternity agreement filed on Dec. 8 establishes that the former couple will share physical custody of 4-year-old Dream through an alternating weekly schedule, along with spending equal time with their child during vacations and holidays, E! News has confirmed.  “Commencing
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Six years ago, Makela Saint Fort was eating just one orange a day and having suicidal thoughts about her body. Now she’s a plus-size model. This is her journey from self-loathing to self-love… When I was 16, I would watch the Victoria’s Secret fashion show five times a week. The host called the models the
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A high school English instructor and creative writing teacher in North Carolina has filed a lawsuit against Netflix’s Outer Banks citing copyright infringement. The North Carolina teacher, named Kevin Wooten, accuses Outer Banks creators Jonas Pate and Joshua Pate of stealing the plot of his 2016 young adult novel, Pennywise: The Hunt For Blackbeard’s Treasure!. Both
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“Does She Know” – by Lecretia Ann, from – Better Thangs, is not the average country song because there is a story to it that will unfold here to describe why and help shed more light on this terrific singer and songwriter from South Carolina with some attitude to go with her down home country
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Invites You to Celebrate the First Night of Hanukkah with an Early Look at Written and Directed by Keith Thomas Starring Dave Davis, Menashe Lustig and Lynn Cohen Opens in Select Theaters, on Digital Platformsand VOD on February 26th “The Vigil is proof that bible-thumping priests and haunted converts can’t have all the spooky fun.
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Grimes has announced a new album of Miss Anthropocene remixes. The record, called Miss Anthropocene Rave Edition, is out on January 1 and includes contributions from Channel Tres, Modeselektor, BloodPop®, and more. The collection also features two remixes that Grimes recently premiered in a DJ mix for Apple Music. Check out the tracklist and cover
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