archiveJune 2026

Today’s Featured Book Deals $3.99Thick by Tressie McMillan CottomGet This Deal $1.99Audrey Lane Stirs the Pot by Alexis HallGet This Deal $1.99Black Cake by Charmaine WilkersonGet This Deal $1.99Bone of My Bone by Johanna van VeenGet This Deal $1.99The Librarianist by Patrick de WittGet This Deal $1.99Solito by Javier ZamoraGet...

Let me just say, from the start, that I appreciate what The Death of Robin Hood is going for. The latest A24 release from writer and director Michael Sarnoski is a bold take on the legendary figure, going to places never gone before in the many retellings of the outlaw...

Jimmie Allen has been ordered to pay nearly $1.8 million to a woman who accused him of sexual assault and secretly recording a sexual encounter without her consent.A federal judge issued the ruling on Wednesday (June 18), nearly a year after Allen was found liable by default in the civil...

The daughter of Paul and Sheila Avery has confirmed that the couple died in a Tuesday home fire. Paul is best known as an actor who had a 12-year run on the iconic ABC soap opera All My Children. Per Soap Digest, he played the bartender Hughie at the dive...

Bunnie Xo Vows to "Never Speak" to Jelly Roll AgainBut all that free will came with a caveat: "Don’t f--king lie to me," stressed Bunnie, "or ever let me be the last to know something."  And she was certain there was something going on with Jelly Roll and his former...

Some of the LGBTQ+ players who have taken to the Wimbledon court. (Robert Prange/Zhe Ji/Getty) The 2026 Wimbledon Championship is set to kick off this month. Funnily enough, the tennis tournament has a wide-ranging history of LGBTQ+ athletes competing.  The 139th edition of Wimbledon begins on Monday, 29 June. Here...

Alexandra Daddario has been famous for a long time, though she’s been honest about taking some Hollywood roles she probably “shouldn’t” have. She was in her early twenties when she was cast in the Percy Jackson movies. While those ended too soon, they opened up doors for roles in San...

Justin Cary, the bassist for Sixpence None the Richer, died Thursday, days after suffering a stroke. He was 50. The band’s frontwoman Leigh Nash confirmed Cary’s death Thursday, writing on social media, “‘We sure had a great time’ is an understatement. Thank you, Justin. We love you forever. Please keep...

A forgotten throwback CBS show is heading back to the airwaves. While The Flintstones has stayed in regular rotation on cable and network TV stations since its ABC run ended in 1966. However, its sequel series, The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show, has been mostly forgotten by the casual TV watcher....

Olivia Wilde is looking back at where she started from. While the O.C. alum reflected on her time on the iconic ‘00s series as Alex Kelly, she also got candid about who of her love interests on the show was a better kisser: Mischa Barton (Marissa Cooper) or Adam Brody...

Wednesday afternoon, June 17th, the president and his administration released a document they had been teasing for close to a week: a 14-point memo of understanding bringing the war with Iran to a close.  Is that memo of understanding, that MOU, a victory or a defeat for the United States? Is...

As the American Library Association (ALA) reported in its April 2026 State of Libraries Report, the movement to censor materials in American schools and public libraries has shifted. The number of titles targeted in 2025 that were reported to ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom has grown (nearly 2,000 more titles...

Now look, I know we’ve been here before, but I really do believe that Austin Powers is going to come back for a fourth movie. Yeah, baby! Yeah!However, while I know I should pump the brakes and not get too excited, I just can’t help myself. Mike Myers says that...

Billy Ray Cyrus isn't trying to recreate the past anymore.After more than a decade without a new album of original material, the country star has returned with The Hill, a project that finds him reflecting on mistakes, searching for hope, and embracing a version of himself that feels more honest...

The actress who voiced Lilo in the animated classic Lilo & Stitch has passed away. Daveigh Chase was just 35 years old when she died on Tuesday. Per a TMZ report, Chase’s death was the result of a bout with meningitis and a blood infection which then resulted in septic issues which...

Prepare for a reading odyssey. Before popping over to the movie theaters to see Christopher Nolan’s latest blockbuster in action. After all, fresh off his Oscar wins for Oppenheimer he is bringing to life one of the most iconic stories in history: The Odyssey. Sure, the epic poem—attributed to the...

Is Leviticus the best gay horror of the year? (Neon) Leviticus, an Australian queer supernatural horror-romance film, is being branded the best queer horror film of the year. Writer-director Adrian Chiarella’s feature debut had a triumphant premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Now out in some countries, the film...

Today’s Featured Book Deals $1.99Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-ÍyímídéGet This Deal $1.99On Animals by Susan OrleanGet This Deal $3.99Only for the Week by Natasha BishopGet This Deal $1.99Poverty, by America by Matthew DesmondGet This Deal $1.99What My Bones Know by Stephanie FooGet This Deal $1.99The Sun and the Starmaker...

Jeremy Renner was in a serious snowplow accident in 2023 that was near-fatal. And yet, the actor has since gone back to work on Mayor of Kingstown (which is expected to return on the 2026 TV schedule), done a movie and put out a memoir detailing his rehabilitation after the...

Jelly Roll paused his concert on Thursday evening to address rumors online following news of his divorce from Bunnie Xo after 10 years of marriage. During his Little Ass Shed Tour stop in Saratoga Springs, New York, the country artist said that this would be the only city and time...

Ivory Coast’s Elye Wahi has been denied entry into Canada for Saturday’s World Cup match against Germany. The reason is a recent arrest for alleged spot-fixing, the illegal manipulation of a specific part of a sporting event. Spot-fixing, which does not necessarily affect the outcome of a match, is often...

The Story of How Jelly Rolly & Bunnie Xo MetBunnie Xo and Jelly Roll's love story began in Las Vegas.As she recalled on Bussin' With The Boys, she met the singer in August 2015 when he performed at the Las Vegas Country Saloon. This was before Jelly Roll was famous. At the...

The Federal Trade Commission Building (Getty Images) The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and four US states have sued the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) over “deceptive” claims about gender affirming care for minors. The FTC, along with Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska and Texas, filed the lawsuit in the latest...

Today’s literary headlines include a trailer for the new Spider-Man movie, an experiment with mass-market paperbacks, the return of The Wheel of Time to screens, and more. Watch the Trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day The trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day has dropped, with Tom Holland as a Spider-Man...

If you’re like me, a lifelong Spider-Man fan, you’re probably more than pumped because not only did we get a brand-new trailer for the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day, but we are also inching closer to its release on the 2026 movie schedule. As someone raised on Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man...

Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan are both defendants in a lawsuit filed by Nashville-based development giant GBT Realty Corp over their E3 Chophouse steakhouse, which closed earlier this year.Read More: Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan's E3 Chophouse Pausing OperationsThe company is suing Aldean and Bryan, as well as former MLB player...

Could the NBA Champion New York Knicks add superstar LeBron James to their roster? That’s the question being asked as the Knicks celebrated their first title in 53 years on Thursday, just as James nears unrestricted free agency. James flirted with the Knicks and in the summer of 2010, but,...

"These statements were made by family members who have been estranged from his life since he was 12," she wrote in part. "Collin is not only someone I love dearly but has also been a significant figure in my family's life." "After Jon and I separated, and Jon moved out,...

Will Best said on Hits Radio he ‘secretly wishes he was gay’ (Instagram/iamwillbest) Big Brother host Will Best has confessed he “sometimes wishes he was gay” during a sweat-inducing lie detector test on Hits Radio. The presenter underwent a lie detector on his Hits Radio Breakfast show, which he hosts...

Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Quartet sparked a global phenomenon, and in 2024, the New York Times named My Brilliant Friend—the first book in the series—the best book of the century so far. That’s a big deal! So what does it take to be #1, and what does the selection reveal about...