Animation, like any medium, is worth celebrating. It’s just as worthwhile to point out, criticize, condemn, even the real stinkers that come out of it. Welcome, Labyrinth (2026), a misguided, vaguely obnoxious, clunky, and noisy original anime film that royally outstays its welcome. Directed by a genuine legend, filmmaker Shōji Kawamori (creator of Visions of Escaflowne and
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A Broadway jukebox musical about “Weird Al” Yankovic is in the works, Deadline reports. Titled Dare to Be Stupid, its soundtrack will be comprised of parody songs from throughout Yankovic’s extensive spoof oeuvre, including “White & Nerdy” (his take on “Ridin’” by Chamillionaire), “Amish Paradise” (Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise”), “Eat It” (“Beat It”), “Like a Surgeon”
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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. We’re Getting a FOURTH WING Series Through Amazon Prime And Oscar Winner Michael B. Jordan is producing it! He’s joined by executive producer Lisa Joy (Westworld), executive producer/showrunner Meredith Averill (Wednesday), and Rebecca Yarros herself.
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Netflix ups the ante with Devil May Cry Season 2, with more action, more demons, and more family drama for Dante and Vergil. The adult animated series, based on the hit Capcom video games franchise of the same name, is produced by showrunner Adi Shanker and animated by Studio Mir. The cast features Johnny Yong
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Beloved Disciples by Mario Elías (Queer Guy Fiction) This Is Why I Need You by Alecsandra Kakon (Sapphic Fiction) Love Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Swati Hegde (Bisexual M/F Romance) It’s Never Going to Happen by Sarah G. Levine (F/F Romance) Vile Lady Villains by Danai Christopoulou (F/F Fantasy) The Lost Book of Lancelot by John
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Reporting Highlights Massages in Class: A California teacher was deemed “unfit to teach” after students reported him for touching them in ways that made them uncomfortable, including massaging their shoulders.  License to Teach: Jason Agan is one of 67 teachers whose credentials were not revoked by California after their schools determined they had committed sexual
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One Piece Episode 1160 closed with Loki naming himself the Sun God and promising to end the world. One Piece Episode 1161, “A Dangerous Deal! Loki of the Underworld and Luffy,” picks up that thread and runs with it, giving the Accursed Prince his first real conversation with Luffy while the rest of the Straw
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Rostam Batmanglij produced Clairo’s 2019 debut Immunity, and together they crafted the masterpiece (and third best song of that year) that is “Bags.” Seven years later, the pair has reunited for the latest single from Rostam’s forthcoming album American Stories. Titled after the late French chanteuse Françoise Hardy, “Hardy” is built around a sample of
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