TV Shows
New Summer I Turned Pretty Trailer Tees Up Series Finale — and Reveals a Letter From Conrad
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Movies
Time for Kick-Off: The 11 Best Football Movies (and Where to Watch Them) | | Roger Ebert
Ask 100 fans to name their favorite football movie, and you’ll probably get at least 30 different responses, from comedy-dramas such as “The Longest Yard” (both Burt Reynolds and Adam Sandler versions), “Semi-Tough” (1977), “Varsity Blues” (1999), and “The...
Books
What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in August
Raymond Antrobus, poetOne of my favourite reads recently has been Childish Literature by Chilean author Alejandro Zambra, translated by Megan McDowell. It’s a mixed-genre book of memoir, short fiction and poetry on the theme of parenting and new fatherhood,...
TV Shows
Big Brother Spoilers: Week 8 HOH Revealed and the Target is Already Set
If you’ve been wanting a big shift on Big Brother Season 27, then this upcoming week might be for you.Thursday’s wild episode saw Kelley win the BB Blockbuster, and a vote of 7-1 subsequently evicted Katherine.The house...
Books
Rebecca F Kuang: ‘A Tale of Two Cities is deeply silly camp – I love it!’
My favourite book growing upBrian Jacques’s Redwall (and all its sequels). All I wanted was to be a squirrel in the Mossflower Woods!The books that changed me as a teenagerI read China Miéville’s Perdido Street Station and The City & the City when...
TV Shows
Peacemaker Season 2 Episode 2 Review: Chris Searches for Meaning in the Wrong Place
Well, that’s one way to follow up a premiere.All of my concerns with Peacemaker Season 2 Episode 1 washed away the second Episode 2 rolled around.In hindsight, HBO Max would have been far better off dropping both hours together...
Comics
AnimeNYC 2025: Beyond Miyazaki: The Directors of Studio Ghibli
By Jeremy Fuscaldo
Having attended and tabled at many conventions and marketplaces, Anime NYC 2025 was my very first time at this particular event. I was pleasantly surprised to see a panel...
Curiosities
Dictionary.com Just Added 1200 New Words—Its Largest Drop Yet
<!--qv q:id=9n q:key=vcaa:As cultural norms and trends evolve year after year, so too does our word usage. Dictionary.com shows how our vocabulary is growing in 2025 by its recent addition of over 1200 terms to its catalogue, from okonomiyaki...
Comics
Aethon & Vault launch new imprint
Aethon Books and Vault Comics are joining forces to launch Aethon & Vault, a new imprint that will introduce breakout ebook and audiobook hits from the science fiction, fantasy, LitRPG, progression...
Books
Barack Obama’s 2025 Summer Reading List
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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.Obama’s Summer Reading List...