Month: December 2024

’Tis the season for winter movies. Fa la la la la. Yes, that’s a “real” category — just like horror, comedy, and drama — and not much is required to get in it. Basically, winter movies are anything that make you feel cosy: snowy films, festive movies, anything involving a winter sport, be it skiing
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Bruce Springsteen has long teased the unheard riches in his studio vault, some of which will apparently see the light of day next year. Tucked into the very end of a year-end recap press release from the Boss’ longtime reps Shore Fire Media is the revelation that “upcoming releases in 2025 will include a look
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Hello there, subscribers! It’s that time of year when we pause to assess what was and what might be. We’ve been doing a lot of that recently here at Book Riot, and after thinking out loud about some things we came to the realization that it’s time to refresh the Deep Dive. To give you
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How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies clinched a historic spot on the Oscar shortlist for Best International Feature Film this week, becoming the first Thai feature to ever make the December list. Thailand has submitted 24 films for the international Oscar to date, since 1984, but the country has never scored a nomination nor
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is now in theaters and we already know that a fourth movie is in the works, so fans will be expecting extra footage in the credits to tease the future of the franchise. Fans who are checking out the movie will likely want to know if they should stick around after
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EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 has greenlit 2024: The Year From Space, telling the story of major 2024 events via satellite images. Titled Earth: A Year in Orbit globally and narrated by Sherwood star Robert Lindsay, the show, which is being sold internationally by Fremantle, will present the year’s headlines such as the April solar eclipse, destruction
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Hunting down the best gifts for teenage boys has been one of my most difficult tasks ahead of Christmas. Not only are their personal interests and style choices constantly evolving, but — according to my trusted source, otherwise known as my 19-year-old brother — the things that I thought were cool as an adolescent are
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When rapper/songwriter Kenny Mason released his debut single, “Hit,” in 2019, he was intentionally magnifying a version of Atlanta that many people outside of it probably didn’t think existed. The song and accompanying video were odes to the energy of the era, featuring voices of adolescent scammers plotting on their next “hit,” followed by Mason
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Sean Baker’s Anora and Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist have topped the nominations for the 45th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, making it into seven categories each. Further frontrunners in the nominations, announced today, include Edward Berger’s Conclave and Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance with six nominations each. They are followed by Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez with
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According to a detailed new report from Liz Pelly for Harper’s Magazine, Spotify is supplementing playlists with “ghost artists” as a means of decreasing the amount of royalties to pay and increasing overall profit margins. Known as Perfect Fit Content, this practice allegedly primarily impacts playlists in genres like jazz, classical, ambient, and lo-fi hip-hop.
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Although the involuntary manslaughter case against him was dismissed in July, Alec Baldwin still wants to tell his side of the 2021 Rust on-set shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The Oscar nominee said there’s “another phase” to come in the next couple months as he seeks to “expose what really happened” on the New
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