Now Hear This is a monthly A&R column that provides you with exciting new sounds we discovered through the innovative new music discovery platform Groover. Each month, you can expect a varied bouillabaisse of songs from a vast spectrum of artists from all over the globe, regardless of genre or geography. For July, SPIN has
Month: July 2026
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. PEN America Has Announced Its 2026 Emerging Voices and Mentors Looking at the fellows and mentors chosen for this year’s Emerging Voices Fellowship feels like looking into the future. I say that because I’m sure
“I’m a bit woo-woo,” she warns with a laugh. “I don’t know if it was the universe or a connection to this character, but I knew who she was. I saw a lot of myself in her.” To make her case to the casting directors, Minetree recorded her own version of Elle Woods’s iconic Harvard
This year’s Edinburgh Film Festival will debut 21 feature films, 10 of which will screen in the festival’s official competition strand, which will run from August 13 to 19. Titles competing for the festival’s Sean Connery Prize include Paul Wright’s Mission, starring George MacKay. The film’s official synopsis reads: Mission is a punk exploration of
Critic’s Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 4.5 For the first time yet, I’m on Team Paula. I bet you thought you’d never read that! But Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed Season 1 Episode 8 was one of those rare episodes that put motivations at the forefront, not just for Paula, but for every single character. It was genuinely
Credit: Getty Images Danny Glover has announced he has Alzheimer’s disease. The 79-year-old movie icon, who will turn 80 on July 22, revealed that he was diagnosed in 2022, shortly after receiving an honorary Oscar. 2 About the symptoms he faces, he told the Today show, “I can live with it in a sense. I’m
For a step on from the chrome manicures that have been dominating nail trends for most of the 2020s, cat-eye nails are where it’s at. The light-reflecting design has been steadily building a following over the past few years, thanks to its statement and distinctive multi-dimensional shimmer which gives the illusion of a velvet nail.
One way to tell that no one anticipated Curry Barker’s Obsession becoming a box office phenomenon: The Focus Features horror movie is still in theaters, but is also now available on VOD, with its 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray/DVD release coming to stores in just two weeks. Obsession, which Barker says was inspired by an episode of
Summer is not my favorite season by a long shot, but even I must admit that everything — the bright blue skies, the flourishing trees, the profusion of flowers — looks great at this time of year. And these freshly published graphic novels aren’t too shabby either. This month, you’ll find a lot of books
Blake Lively is seeking over US$8 million in legal costs from Justin Baldoni and Wayfarer Studios despite their agreement to resolve their legal differences in May, according to a legal filing submitted on Tuesday. In the legal filing, obtained by Global News, Lively’s lawyers disclosed the amount of $7,495, 526.87 in lawyer fees from two
Minions & Monsters opens in North America today after a promising $10 million box office kick-off in 10 territories in Europe and Asia this past week. Arriving in cinemas in the wake of Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 5 and its near $600 million gross since June 19, all eyes are on whether Illumination/Universal’s little yellow
Dish DBS, the longtime satellite TV operator that is now a subsidiary of EchoStar, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company took the step Tuesday in federal bankruptcy court in Houston, TX, after its debts mounted and it faced a thicket of litigation. A press release accompanying the court filing said it was
Reading Time: 2 minutes Author, journalist, and former Today Show co-anchor Kathie Lee Gifford has something to share. She was, until very recently, in deep physical agony. Her chronic pain interfered with meeting fans. Worse, it made it hard for her to play with her grandchildren. It reached a point where she wanted to die.
The interesting thing about this pink dress from Zara is that it doesn’t try too hard to draw attention. And that’s exactly what makes it such a hit. While many summer 2026 trends lean toward sheer fabrics, sensual draping, or theatrical details, this design goes in a completely opposite direction. It belongs to the category
Dinosaur Jr.’s first album in five years will be out later this summer, and, if J Mascis is to be believed, it demonstrates a renewed commitment to sounding like the loudest version of themselves. There Near, the influential trio’s sixth studio album since reuniting in 2005, is due Aug. 28 via Jagjaguwar. Lead single “Several
Our friends over at Libby shared which queer romance audiobooks their patrons, which stretch across more than 22,000 public libraries in the US, have been listening to the most. Unsurprisingly, Rachel Reid, author of Heated Rivalry—which was adapted into the mega-popular show—has a few books that made the list. There’s also another sports romance that
Last summer, Politico employees wanted to send Goli Sheikholeslami a message. Their CEO had released a “groundbreaking” AI tool to subscribers that would generate custom reports drawn from Politico articles. But employees found that the tool would hallucinate false information: In one example, the AI did not know Roe v. Wade had been overturned, news
Michael Byrne, the English actor familiar to fans of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Braveheart, and such British TV series as Coronation Street and Casualty, has died. He was 82. UK’s The Guardian announced his June 20 death on Tuesday. Neither a cause nor a specific