Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Deluxe Editions of HEATED RIVALRY Series Plus a New Cover First things first: let me just say that the series isn’t technically called “Heated Rivalry,” it’s actually called Game Changers—Heated Rivalry is the second book
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GO TIME! have the kind of career that rarely gets enough credit in modern rock music. They are not a nostalgia act cashing in on past glory, nor are they chasing trends in a desperate attempt to stay visible. For more than 15 years, the Chicago band has simply kept showing up — writing songs,
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6. Beyoncé Inspired Queen Charlotte’s Look Produced by Shonda Rhimes,the multitalented mastermind behind shows like Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder, Bridgertonhas been celebrated for its diverse casting. For instance, on the show, Guyanese-British actress Golda Rosheuvel playsQueen Charlotte of England, who was a real person. Some historians believe the wife ofKing George
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If you are creatively inclined in any capacity, chances are you have met astruggling actor somewhere along your path. Not the type who is destined to become amegastar one day (à la Mia in La La Land), but rather the ones who will spend their entire lives doing odd jobs until the next gig comes
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[ US Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr has cautioned that vulnerabilities in the fast-growing private credit market could — under certain conditions — trigger broader instability across the financial system, particularly if investor sentiment begins to shift. In an interview with Bloomberg News, Barr stressed that while current direct linkages between banks and private credit
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Outlaw country singer David Allan Coe, known for songs like “The Ride” and his humorously self-described “perfect country and western song,” “You Never Even Called Me by My Name,” has died. He was 86. Coe’s wife, Kimberly Hastings Coe, confirmed his death to Rolling Stone on Wednesday, praising him as one of the greatest singer-songwriters
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When it comes to dogs in movies, cinema has developed its own series of informal rules with regard to what is and is not allowed to happen to the little blighters. Chilean filmmaker Dominga Sotomayor expertly subverts expectations when it comes to these rules in her absorbing and unsentimental new work La Perra, in which
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No one agrees on when, where, or how capitalism began, or whether it had a beginning at all, but everyone agrees that capitalism, the word, first appeared in the 19th century. Capital and capitalist slipped into use, unnoticed and unremarked, in the 13th and 17th centuries. Capitalism burst through the barricades of political argument in
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