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This new book, ‘Typewriter Beach,’ explores what it means to be a woman, a writer, a star, and, of course, in love.” ...
Crafting The New York Times Book Review’s annual list involves arguments, politicking and, every once in a while, a rare consensus. Credit...Holly Szczypka Supported by By Megan McCrea Times Insider ...
Pixar’s The Incredibles, notably sans Jack Black, is currently streaming with a Disney+ subscription. As for Jack Black, you ...
Mychal Threets is opening up about book banning in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE for his debut kids book 'I'm So Happy ...
The six books below explore the limitations and hazards of dreaming, even as they push the boundaries and conventions of the ...
Alexandra Jacobs, Jennifer Szalai and Dwight Garner look back at the books that, as Jacobs writes, “bonked me on the head this year.” Credit...Photo illustration by Sebastian Mast Supported by Well, ...
"If we don't get to make 4 and 5, for whatever reason, I'll hold a press conference, and I'll tell you what we were gonna do, ...
Video games might be a staple of most young men's lives, but they are also divisive. But are they all bad? Here, experts ...
Jack Black spent the 1990s working his way up the ladder, so his small role in a since-forgotten HBO Western from that decade ...
This great A24 movie follows a young girl living on an island in the middle of the Black Sea as she meets and befriends an ...
In a rare interview, THR’s Producer of the Year, whose 11 credits in 2025 also include ‘The Long Walk’ and ‘How to Train Your Dragon,’ explains why studios should give fewer notes and how a psychic ...
But real ones are always quick to point out that Metacritic scores are actually more nuanced than you might assume. Rather ...