You don’t have to have grown up queer in the mid-2000s to connect with Hayley Kiyoko’s coming-of-age drama. Co-written by Stefanie Scott and based on a 2015 song and music video of the same name by Kiyoko, Girls Like Girls captures the exact tension of feeling alone and hurt at a vulnerable young age. With wise
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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Call It a ‘Book-cation’ or a ‘Readaway,’ Literary Travel Is Having a Moment The New York Times dives into the growing interest–and offerings–when it comes to literary tourism. According to the travel website Skyscanner, 55%
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Psychological horror and thriller films provide a medium for exploring how women aren’t believed or taken seriously by the world around them. These films achieve this by using psychological disturbances to make the female characters seem merely hysterical by onlookers. Perfect Blue (1997), directed by Satoshi Kon, is a tremendous animated example of capturing turmoil,
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A collaborative album from Nettspend and OsamaSon may be on the way. In a video interview posted on Saturday, June 13, Nettspend told rap commentator/bowtie aficionado 42CEO, “what y’all should be looking for next is NXO tour—NXO album, NXO tour,” alluding to a rumored joint project between the two rappers. Lending some credence to the
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Sometimes the year’s buzziest book takes a while to show up, but the buzziest 2026 book made waves from the jump, landing a well-deserved Oprah Book Club pick. Collecting praise from critics and the general reader alike, Kin by Tayari Jones is one of few books I expect to see on every Best Books of
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The 2026 World Cup is officially underway, and Joycity and WOORE studio are leaning directly into the global soccer hype. To coincide with the tournament and the launch of Steam Next Fest today, the developers have dropped a massive crossplay demo for FreeStyle Football 2. The game reunites the original FreeStyle series development team to
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Spotify spent the last week teasing a mysterious new project called T.R.M. on billboards across the country. Predictions varied—it’s a Selena Gomez album! No, it’s a Carti project!—but now we have the real answer: It’s a Future album called The Real Me. No other details (release date, artwork, whether Future’s frenemy Drake is involved, etc.)
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