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Today in Books Let the Best of 2025 come to you. Rebecca Joines Schinsky Nov 30, 2025 This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Grab your coffee, settle into Sunday, and let the lists come to you. Here’s a holiday...

The nominees for the 2025 edition of The Horror Game Awards have been revealed, as as expected, Konami’s Silent Hill f is a standout with 6 nominations. However, it has plenty of company, as it’s one of six titles with 6 nominations this year, with five of those six titles...

Not many people, even if they’re actors, will have the experience of being the lead in a hit movie, and I’m guessing that fewer still can say they were able to do that while working with famed film producer Jerry Bruckenheimer. However, two of our biggest actors for several decades...

The multilingual pop star has been reinterpreting classic songs as she makes her way through Spain and Latin America Every night of Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism Tour has come with a sweet surprise: The singer has covered a song tied to the city or country she’s isiting. On the United...

The estate of late country legend Johnny Cash has filed a lawsuit against The Coca-Cola Company, claiming they "unlawfully exploited" the singer's voice in a television commercial released this fall.Fox 11 reports that the complaint was filed in Tennessee on Nov. 25, and centers around the use of a singer and original song...

One Disney+ star will not be returning to her show due to poor pay. Deadline confirms that Claudia Black will not be reprising her role as Nightsister Klothow in the upcoming second season of Ahsoka. She said she “had to bow out” of Season 2 since the pay wasn’t enough...

Cyber Week is wrapping up with some of the best Cyber Monday tech deals of the year, featuring must-have gadgets like Apple MacBooks, AirPods, AirTags, Oura Rings, under-$100 TVs, portable chargers, Kindle e-readers, and so much more. If you're looking to upgrade your tech, refresh your home office, or score...

Its all about that bass (Marvel Games) Its all about that bass (Marvel Games) Marvel Rivals players have been reacting en masse to a candy-themed, tutu-wearing version of Spider-man villain Venom twerking his (generously proportioned) ass in an in-game celebration dance. On 26 November, the official Marvel Rivals account posted...

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On Saturday, June 23, 2018, twelve young members of the “Wild Boars” soccer team and their coach became trapped in the rapidly flooding Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand. As part of a global rescue mission, a team of elite cave rescue divers was able to locate the stranded team...

Robert Pattinson’s acting career has diverged far from Twilight in the nearly two decades since the modern-day vampire romance was first released. Yes, you heard that right, it has been 20 years since Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight book hit shelves and had Tumblr in a chokehold. Three years after the book...

Tom Stoppard, the Academy and Tony Award-winning British playwright and screenwriter, has died at the age of 88. Stoppard’s agents confirmed his death to the BBC, noting in a statement that he “died peacefully at home in Dorset, surrounded by his family.” No cause of death was provided. “He will...

Short N Sweet Tour Forever! "This show really was everything I’ve dreamt of making since i was young," singer writes after 14-month trek concluded earlier this week After 14 months and over 70 shows, Sabrina Carpenter finally closed out her Short n’ Sweet Tour earlier this week with a six-night...

Jonathan Pienaar has died. News24 reports that the South African actor known for Blood Diamond passed away in his sleep on Nov. 10 at his home in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, his ex-wife, Rosana Maya, shared. He was 63. Maya attributed his death to “heart failure,” revealing Pienaar had previously suffered...

Vanessa Hudgens Gives Birth, Welcomes Baby No. 2 With Cole TuckerIt’s the start of something new for Vanessa Hudgens.  The Disney alum is now enjoying life as a family of four after giving birth and welcoming her second baby with husband Cole Tucker, 29, she confirmed in a social media post...

Miriam Margolyes (centre, red and white scarf) is appearing on The Graham Nortom Show tonight (BBC) Miriam Margolyes (centre, red and white scarf) is appearing on The Graham Nortom Show tonight (BBC) National treasure Miriam Margolyes is an excellent teller of hilarious anecdotes, but her latest, about being naked in...

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. My search for the queer books on the Best Books of the Year lists continues! This time, I combed through NPR’s staggering 384-title “Books We Love” list. I found about 30 queer books...

Killer Collectibles highlights the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more. Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week! Silent Hill Apparel from Rucking Fotten Rucking Fotten has a collection of Silent Hill apparel available through...

Despite so many people having problems with Materialists, Celine Song’s anti-romantic comedy about a New York matchmaker trying to find love in the Big Apple, I’ve always stood by it. So, when I remembered that one of my favorite releases from the 2025 movie schedule was streaming with an HBO...

By the time Whispering Bill Anderson asked a crowd full of Grand Ole Opry members to raise their glasses for a toast Friday night, the country music institution was working on a quick turnaround. The early show — the first of two on the night celebrating the Opry’s official 100th...

Kellie Pickler has scored a legal victory in the latest round of an ongoing court dispute with her late husband's parents.Us Weekly reports that a judge in Tennessee sided with Pickler in the most recent ruling in an ongoing dispute over property her late husband — hit Nashville songwriter Kyle Jacobs —...

Love Actually actress Jill Freud has died. Her daughter, Emma, announced the news on Instagram on Monday. She was 98. “My beautiful 98 year old mum has taken her final bow,” Emma wrote. After a loving evening – where we knew she was on her way – surrounded by children,...

The show must go on for JoJo Siwa. Hours before the “Karma” singer took the stage for a Black Friday performance at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., Nov. 28, she was hospitalized due to... Original Source...

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK has crowned another winner and the UK’s Next Drag Superstar has already said she’d be up for an All Stars All Winners season. Warning! Spoiler alert for RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season seven On Thursday (27 November) Drag Race UK season seven came to a close after...

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We already have a horror game involving a bike with Vicious Cycle, but that’s not stopping developer Goodwin Games and their own pedal powered survival horror game, Quite a Ride. The devteam has announced an agreement with publisher Silver Lining Interactive to distribute the game, which is currently in development...

Into your starry eyes, baby. Patti Smith has been on tour all year, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Horses, her classic punk debut, released in November 1975. She brought the show to New York last week, and ripped it up at the Beacon Theater. She was having so much fun,...

To this point, Austin Meade’s career has been the sort of old-school grind that Texas artists once accepted as just the way things work in independent music. He’s steadily growing and has been since he released his debut album in 2014, but that doesn’t make the slow nights any easier....

HBO Max’s current rotation of hits continue to stay steady. Three of the top four titles are returning favorites. And the fourth entry there is an animated show returning for its new season. Continue on to see the HBO Max top TV show list as it currently stands on Sunday...

Worried you missed your big chance to shop Black Friday? While you may have missed out on one or two Friday-only doorbusters, there's enough sales to go around this weekend. And you don't have to wait until Cyber Monday to get them, either.  There's still amazing, insane discounts and deals...