Is the Nashville music industry still a boys’ club? My new novel, The Farewell Tour, follows a fierce, ambitious female singer-songwriter named Lillian Waters who is trying to crack the country-music establishment from the 1940s through the 1980s. Lillian balances multiple day jobs, struggles with rejection, and even into her 40s, is categorized as a […]
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My Uber drops me off at 11:03 AM at a nondescript boxy and beige Manhattan Beach medical office park with anxiety pulsating throughout my body. Maybe it’s because my stomach is almost-empty with too much coffee, half a banana, and a spoon of peanut butter that per doctor’s orders, I consumed exactly 4 hours prior. […]
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By Brent Furdyk. Published: 2 hours ago Last updated: 2 hours ago The Toronto Black Film Festival is back for the 11th year of amplifying Black voices in cinema, with this year’s edition featuring 125 movies from 20 different countries. Presented by TD Bank Group in collaboration with Global News, this year’s TBFF is celebrating […]
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Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. When Julia Fox recently posted her apartment tour on TikTok, what was most surprising to everyone was how not aspirational it was. The fashion world darling, who’d previously been seen double-fisting Birkin bags, was suddenly talking about her humble-by-celebrity- standards digs […]
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By Melissa Romualdi. Published: 2 hours ago Angela Basset has been honoured with the first Oscar nomination in an acting category for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Upon Tuesday morning’s 2023 Oscar nominations announcement, the “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” star scored a nod for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Queen Ramonda. READ MORE: Angela […]
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I didn’t think I could have a baby, but then I got pregnant by a fluke. It was my first time in bed with the man I called Frenchie, and maybe I wasn’t being all that cautious, but I’d like to chalk it up to getting lost in translation. Even though I grew up in […]
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When Michelle Yeoh talks, the rest of us listen. She gave us a reminder at the Golden Globes tonight while accepting the award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. As the Everything Everywhere All at Once star gave her acceptance speech, the wrap-up music began playing, but she wasn’t done with […]
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Millie Bobby Brown, the actress we met when she was 12 years old in the first season of Stranger Things is now 17 years old (!) and has been dating boyfriend Jake Bongiovi for over a year. Instead of going on a long tangent about how fast the kids grow, we are instead going to […]
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Ah, yes. The time has come to look forward to the new year. In fashion, that means taking a look at the best 2023 fashion trends to come. I know, I know; with the way the trend cycle is going, it’s getting tough to keep up. Not to worry—you’ve come to the right place. We […]
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By The Associated Press. Published: 9 hours ago Next month’s AFI Awards will honour films including the “Avatar” sequel, “Top Gun: Maverick”, “Elvis” and popular television series like “Abbott Elementary”, “Better Call Saul” and “The White Lotus”. The American Film Institute announced its slate of honorees Friday ahead of its gala luncheon on Jan. 13 […]
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