U2’s first new album in nine years would make headlines no matter what, but it’s doubly noteworthy because it includes Dolly Parton’s last-recorded vocal performance before her death. Mark your calendars: Carnaval De Luz is out November 13 vis Island. The record’s lead single, “Silencio,” in which Bono briefly sings in Spanglish again, is out
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The Choose Your Own Adventure series is getting an imprint for adults. CYOA Unbound will be the first imprint “dedicated to publishing nonlinear, multiple-ending gamebooks for adults.” The inaugural lineup, out fall 2027, includes: CYOA Unbound will publish titles that span genres and categories like reimagined classics, horror, mysteries, thrillers, and romance. Launched by one
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Reporting Highlights Too “Woke”? Trump tried to fire one Smithsonian official and, after finding “ideological capture,” plans to install anti-woke warning signs outside the history museum. Is This History? One exhibit speculated that Ben Franklin may have shocked enslaved people in electric experiments. Another displayed a “crotch harness” used for sadomasochistic sex.  A Longstanding Debate:
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It’s a shame that so much of what will be discussed about the otherwise beautiful Goodbye Lara will boil down to the enormous fumble in its finale. Much has already been written about it, but no, this is not the textual yuri ending we all desired. It’s not even the one that the series itself clearly
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Infernal Hulk vs. Wolverine Issue 1 is published by Marvel Comics. Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, art by Jonas Scharf, colors by Alex Guimarães and letters by Cory Petit. In this issue, the Infernal Hulk kidnaps two mutants, and one of his greatest rivals is sent to find them. Infernal Hulk vs. Wolverine Issue 1is the
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Battlestar Galactica stands in an interesting place in the science fiction realm, having evolved from a short-lived late-1970s television series into one of the genre’s most enduring cult franchises. The original show introduced audiences to humanity’s desperate flight from the Cylons, while the acclaimed 2004 reboot dramatically reimagined that premise with a darker tone, a
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Like capri pants and velour tracksuits, it seems that Shakespeare’s tragic tale of teenage love comes back around every 30 years. Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film starring Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey drew raves and included a brief nude scene that prompted “a lot of fuss” at the time and a lawsuit alleging child abuse decades
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