All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. College merch usually falls into two categories: the sweatshirt you wear because it’s freezing in the library and the sweatshirt you
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Sister duo Aly & AJ have unexpectedly canceled their November and December tour dates after Aly Michalka landed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: her Broadway debut. In a statement shared Wednesday (Aug. 26) on Instagram, Aly announced that they will no longer be able to play their scheduled dates beginning Nov. 28 in Cincinnati through Dec. 19
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Ravyn Lenae has postponed her upcoming North American tour for undisclosed reasons. The R&B singer was set to hit the road this September and October in support of her latest album, Blue Island. “After talking with my team, I’ve made the difficult decision to postpone touring this fall,” Lenae wrote in an Instagram Story viewed
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A wave of what is known uninspiringly as ​“hopecore” is sweeping through theatres. At surface level these films inspire hope, turning often apocalyptic worlds on their head – Project Hail Mary, Mickey 17, Disclosure Day, to name afew. If you dig alittle deeper, you usually only find some half-baked ideas about how being nice to
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The maestro of melodrama, Pedro Almodóvar, is currently making some of the finest films of his storied career – during his run from 2016’s Julieta onwards the Spanish icon has applied astrict ​“bangers only” policy to his creative output, and his scintillating new one, Bitter Christmas, abides by that self-set edict. Like all autofiction worth
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“You’re doing alot of hearing and understanding, but Ijust don’t know if you do,” an embittered helpline caller complains of the staid young adviser at the end of the phone. The understanding ear, Izzy (Avalon Fast), lacks the experiences that led the speaker to dial. She simply says the words she thinks the other woman
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Any book could potentially be a book club book, especially when it comes to book clubs that are focused on specific topics or genres. But then there is that category of books that fits what everyone thinks when they think of book club books. These books tend to have lots of character development, explore themes
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The Last Prophet of Palestine by Noor Al-Ahmad (Queer Fiction) Sea, Mothers, Swallow, Tongues by Kim de l’Horizon, translated by Jamie Lee Searle (Nonbinary Fiction) Fierceland by Omar Musa (Gay Fiction) (Reprint) Love Me Like a Rock Song by Shelly Jay Shore (Queer Speculative Fiction) I Kissed Her First by Betty Cayouette (F/F Romance) The
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Minor characters take center stage in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard’s Hamlet send-up, marking its 60th anniversary this year. Set in the wings and around the action of Shakespeare’s play, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern imagines the shenanigans Hamlet’s buddies-turned-betrayers get up to while they’re figuring out how to figure out why he’s so bummed.
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There are so many wonderful books hitting the shelves these days, so it can be hard to decide what to pick up. That’s why I’ve rounded up a wide variety of new releases due out this fall. Autumn is hands down my favorite book season. It may not snow where I live (and I sure
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How a Bear Became a Book, written by Annette Bay Pimentel and illustrated by Faith Pray hide caption toggle caption 100 years ago, Edward Bear — also known as Winnie-the-Pooh — also known as Pooh — went bump, bump, bump down the stairs for the first time. Though he made an earlier appearance in the
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Have a good joke about Phoebe Bridgers’ planetarium listening parties but nowhere to tell it? Looking to weigh in on our scene report about corporate raving? Now you can. Eight months after launching Pitchfork’s first subscription service—which gave anyone who signed up the ability to comment on reviews—our commenting system is operational on all stories.
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Valeisha Butterfield has been appointed as CEO and executive director of Guitar Center Music Foundation. Butterfield previously served as co-president of The Recording Academy alongside Harvey Mason jr.. She first joined The Recording Academy in 2020 as its first chief officer of diversity and inclusion, coming in from Google where she served as the company’s
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[ Riuh Merdeka What’s moreMalaysian than food, music, and good energy?With a vibrant schedule filled with talented artists such as Dametrill, Kien Lim, Sophia Liana, and many more, you are set to experience authenticMalaysian melodies and performancesalongside a spot of shopping and eating. Date: 2 pm to 4 am, 30–31st August Location: Monumen Alaf Baru
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Michael-Christopher Koji Fox remembers spending roughly a week worrying over two words: Final Fantasy. Certainly, he’s been worrying about Final Fantasy for 23 years. He has been an English translator for the celebrated games since the 11th title and now supervises the team that “localizes” them for English speakers. But this was different. He had
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