I Wanted to Teach My Daughter Bodily Autonomy. Motherhood Taught Me to Value My Own.

In an exclusive excerpt from Amanda Montei’s new memoir Touched Out, a mother considers how talking with her children has taught her about her own body—a healing process she hasn’t always welcomed or wanted. When I gave birth to my first child, whom the doctors swiftly marked “girl,” I had no idea how complex the […]

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In Bridge, Lauren Beukes Explores All the Roads Not Taken

Lauren Beukes is used to living multiple lives. Born in Johannesburg, she’s since worked out of Cape Town, New York, Chicago, and (currently) London. She’s been a journalist, a scriptwriter, a documentarian, and—most famously—an award-winning novelist with a penchant for darkly speculative tales of strange science and distorted cities. In her latest novel, Beukes is […]

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Carmen

Benjamin Millepied’s reimagining of Georges Bizet’s classic opera is beautiful to behold, but lacks musical pizzazz. Paul Mescal is undoubtedly the man of the hour in cinema. Fresh from his Academy Award-nominated performance in Aftersun and still reeling from the success of Normal People in 2020, Mescal is on an upward spiral of success. With […]

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The Boogeyman

A grieving family find themselves terrorised by a supernatural monster in Rob Savage’s jump to big studio horror. Stephen King’s 1975 short story The Boogeyman blurs the psychological and the supernatural. Unfolding entirely within the confines of a psychiatrist’s office, it purports to be the story that distraught patient Lester Billings tells about his three […]

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Succession Season 4, Episode 9 Recap: Roman’s Breakdown

Spoilers below. As Roman Roy haughtily rehearses his eulogy the morning of Logan Roy’s funeral, you can already feel something is going to go awry. After all, if Succession’s past special occasions taught us anything (Shiv’s wedding, Connor’s wedding, last week’s election), the bigger the event, the bigger the disaster. And with Roman feeling mighty […]

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‘Vanderpump Rules’ Star Ariana Madix ‘In Talks’ To Join ‘Dancing With The Stars’

By Leah Sarnoff, ETOnline.com. Published: 1 hour ago Ariana Madix may be dealing with the fallout of her ex-boyfriend Tom Sandoval‘s highly publicized affair with their “Vanderpump Rules” co-star Raquel Leviss, but there is an exciting opportunity on the horizon for the reality star! A source tells ET that Madix is currently “in talks” to join “Dancing With the Stars” for season […]

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Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2: Everything We Know So Far

Spoilers for season 1 ahead. With the first rings forged and the true identity of Galadriel’s boyfriend—er, sorry, mortal enemy—revealed, the Rings of Power is finally ramping up now that its first season has aired. But the fires of Mount Doom will wait for no man (or elf), and you’d better believe Amazon Prime Video […]

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Unwelcome

A young couple reeling from a violent attack play host to strange house guests in Jon Wright’s Irish horror. When Maya (Hannah John-Kamen) learns that she is pregnant, her husband Jamie (Douglas Booth) purchases a celebratory bottle of alcohol-free Prosecco from the corner store, unwittingly picking up a trio of violent thugs who follow him […]

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