Hollywood’s unofficial wake-up call came on February 1, 2013, when Netflix dropped the first season of House of Cards in a single, binge-able chunk. While that distinctive release pattern hasn’t yet become the official norm — many new rivals to Netflix insist on the traditional episode-at-a-time approach — the whole gestalt of the show signaled
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Oh, fanfiction! How I love you, my guilty little pleasure! It is the ultimate outlet for all of my pent-up frustration for What If? and But What About? For Percy Jackson fans, the official Universe is ever-expanding; there are a plethora of opportunities to explore alternate universes or vignettes between books. That’s where the best
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Sitting cross-legged and barefoot in a pristine white, lobster-embroidered Schiaparelli couture skirt-suit in a Paris hotel suite, actor, campaigner and Lancôme ambassador Zendaya is in full activist flow. “There are so many things wrong,” she leans in, throwing up her arms in frustration, “and I want to fix everything – it’s like, what do I
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It’s an exciting start to 2020 for actor Michelle Williams: the Golden Globe-winning star is pregnant and engaged to Hamilton director Thomas Kail, according to a report from People. The 39-year-old Williams, a four-time Oscar-nominated actor, was photographed by People holding hands and looking smitten with Kail, 42, a Tony award-winning director. The photo was captured
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Justin Bieber has announced a new docuseries, Seasons, coming to YouTube. It premieres on January 27, with new episodes arriving on Mondays and Wednesdays. Watch a trailer for the series below. Bieber has a new song, “Yummy,” that’s out this Friday. Last week, Bieber announced an extensive spring-summer tour of the United States with a
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Having reviewed more than 40 crime novels for Crime Fiction Lover this year, I noticed a couple of things. Though my reading year started rather slowly with a lot of OK but not great books, a flurry of excellent ones appeared in the last few months. My best-of list tends toward the innovative, the quirky
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Jack Sheldon, the stand-out jazz trumpeter and affable Merv Griffin sidekick whose gave voice to the Schoolhouse Rock classics I’m Just a Bill and Conjunction Junction, has died. He was 88. Sheldon’s face and name were most recognizable to fans of The Merv Griffin Show thanks to his 16-year sidekick stint (1962-1978) but his trumpeting reached its greatest acclaim
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Teenage activist and Time magazine Person of the Year Greta Thunberg has dedicated her life to fighting climate change, traversing the globe to raise awareness of the dangers posed by the rapidly-warming planet. But Thunberg is a busy person, and she knows that some things just aren’t worth the effort—like, for instance, having a one-on-one
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Gregory Pace/Shutterstock Congratulations are in order! Alex Pettyfer and Toni Garrn are engaged. The happy couple shared the exciting news on Instagram on New Year’s Eve. They both shared the same shot (although Pettyfer’s was a Boomerang) that showed them kissing with Garrn’s dazzling ring taking center stage. The 27-year-old’s caption revealed that her Magic Mike love proposed
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