ENTERTAINMENT

The 51st Toronto International Film Festival has wrapped, the culmination of eleven days showcasing hundreds of films, with thousands of patrons experiencing some of the best (and worst) of world cinema in 2026. A half million people came down...

If you were to ask A-list movie stars (and “True Detective” co-stars) Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey, they’re close enough to be brothers. So close, in fact, that they’ve long stoked a theory that they might be biological siblings...

Crooked Lane BooksTest your bravery and heart by stepping into this sapphic Bluebeard retelling from USA Today bestselling author Saratoga Schaefer!Artist Poppy's new marriage to Celia, a wealthy art dealer, is impulsive but she's brimming with excitement when she...

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September 22, 2026View Online | Join All Access | Listen Questions about Book Riot? We’re turning 15 next month, and you’re invited to the party. Ask us anything, reflect on the biggest literary controversies of the last decade-and-a-half, and...

unbfacts:In 1849, Dmitri Mendeleev’s mother took him over 1,000 miles from Siberia to Moscow, hoping he could attend Moscow University. When he was rejected, they travelled to St. Petersburg, where he was accepted into a teacher-training institute in 1850....

There’s an amazing bit of trivia about how there are so many possible shuffles of a deck of cards that it’s almost certain that every single one ever shuffled has been as distinct as a snowflake. I thought of...

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Voting is now in full swing for the TV Times Awards 2026 and excitement is building around brand-new category Favourite TV Detective.Introduced to celebrate the sleuths who light up the small screen, the nominees are DCI John Barnaby (Neil...

Voting is now in full swing for the TV Times Awards 2026 and 10 beloved companions are competing in the Favourite Animal Star category, which returns following its popular debut last year.Leading the nominations this time is BBC1 soap...