This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are the most prestigious awards in the American comics industry. This year was the 35th annual Eisner Awards. Several comics won multiple awards, including Ducks by Kate Beaton for Best Graphic Memoir and Best Writer/Artist, The Night Eaters Book 1 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda for Best Graphic Album–New and Best Painter/Multimedia Artist, and Parker: The Martini Edition by Darwyn Cooke and Richard Stark for Best Graphic Album–Reprint and Best Publication Design. Batman comics took home four different awards. Here are…
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After weeks of bad press and controversy, Days of Our Lives is moving forward without Albert Alarr. Alarr is exiting his role as co-executive producer of the Peacock daytime drama, following a Sony Pictures Television misconduct investigation, as Variety reports. Janet Drucker, a producer who has worked on the show since 1984, has taken on Alarr’s duties and is getting a promotion to co-EP. Ken Corday, CEO of Corday Productions and son of Days co-creators Ted and Betty Corday, announced the news in a statement to colleagues late on Friday, Variety adds. He also mentioned that Days employees would have…
Tam Pà Ling cave in northern Laos, where several human fossils dating back tens of thousands of years have been foundFabrice Demeter Fossils from a Laos cave provide the earliest evidence of modern humans in mainland South-East Asia. Uncovered fragments of bone belonging to Homo sapiens may date back 86,000 years, shedding new light on how our species migrated from Africa to Asia. Since 2009, several modern human fossils – dating to between 46,000 and 70,000 years ago – have been discovered in Tam Pà Ling, a cave in north-east Laos. Now, Fabrice Demeter at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark,…
If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably been shopping at Zara for a while now. Whereas you once checked the new-arrivals section of the brand’s app on a twice-weekly basis, you’ve now found yourself slowing down, only scanning it once a week and occasionally stopping inside a nearby store on your lunch break. (That’s what I call progress.) Though most collections remain chic, not to mention shockingly expensive looking, I’ve found that some err a bit too far on the youthful side for my taste. Whenever that happens, I turn my attention to Zara’s older and wiser big sister: Massimo Dutti.The brand was founded in 1985 in Barcelona as a…
Apple iPad models with OLED displays are expected to go official in 2024. Now, the Cupertino giant has reportedly signed up with Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology (SMT), in addition to Samsung and LG, to build panels for the upcoming 12.9-inch iPad Pro and MacBook Pro. With the new supply chain addition, Apple could be preparing for a major iPad upgrade. The iPhone maker already offers OLED displays on the Apple Watch and its recent smartphone models. However, screens available on the new MacBook and iPad devices are expected to come with some improvements over regular OLED displays.As per a report…
Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster may face an antitrust lawsuit from the Department of Justice as early as this fall, Politico reports. According to three people familiar with the matter, the lawsuit would claim that Ticketmaster is abusing its power in the entertainment industry by squashing other ticketing competition. Based on past comments from antitrust head Jonathan Kanter, if the lawsuit is successful, Live Nation and Ticketmaster may be forced to separate lines of business. Kanter has made clear his preference to litigate antitrust violators rather than settle, and would also rather impart structural remedies — like breaking up the…
Paris Memories review – a poignant mediation on personal trauma 3 && args[2] === 2 && typeof args[3] === ‘boolean’ ) { gdprApplies = args[3]; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](‘set’, true); } } } else if (args[0] === ‘ping’) { var retr = { gdprApplies: gdprApplies, cmpLoaded: false, cmpStatus: ‘stub’ }; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](retr); } } else { if(args[0] === ‘init’ && typeof args[3] === ‘object’) { args[3] = { …args[3], tag_version: ‘V2’ }; } queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data === ‘string’; var json = {}; try {…
Microwave pyrolysis system used in the ZnCl2-activated biochar synthesis. The system components are (a) nitrogen gas cylinder; (b) quartz beaker containing biomass of pineapple peel; (c) custom-made pyrolysis chamber; (d) tuner; (e) microwave generator; (f) microwave power controller; (g) condensers; (h) vacuum pump. Credit: Waste Disposal & Sustainable Energy (2023). DOI: 10.1007/s42768-022-00120-4 The agricultural industry produces a significant amount of food globally, but one third of the solid food produced each year goes to waste, resulting in negative environmental impacts and greenhouse gas emissions. To address this issue, researchers focused on converting agricultural waste, particularly pineapple peels, into a valuable…
Courtney has been reading and collecting books almost as long as she’s been alive. She holds a B.A. in Theatre and Creative Writing. Courtney has been writing with Book Riot since 2019, and is a Bibliologist with TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations. She’s currently brainstorming for her next creative project. You can follow her on Instagram. View All posts by Courtney Rodgers Tor BooksReturning to the realm of Terre d’Ange which captured an entire generation of fantasy readers, New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Carey brings us a hero’s journey for a new era.Cassiel’s Servant is a retelling of cult favorite…
Sophomore seasons are notoriously difficult to navigate. And yet a Hulu comedy serving as dramedy with a stellar cast and strong writing continues to be a critically-acclaimed delight, certified fresh at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, returned arguably better than ever. It’s a series with a healthy dose of family dysfunction, two cousins who are genuinely trying to manage things like their mental health in an authentic way that feels true to form for men, and a working-class element that feels authentic, as the characters grapple with the day to day and their respective life choices. But no, this time, we’re…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain It’s become easy to order items thanks to the miracles of online shopping. But it’s not so simple on the retailer end, especially when more than 16% of those sales are later sent back. In the U.S., that adds up to a staggering $816 billion in lost revenue. Cross-selling can help, say a pair of researchers. Their experiments show that once we’ve chosen to buy something, we tend to consider that money as already spent or gone, also called “loss booking.” If we decide we want to return the item, retailers can take advantage of that…
Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner are now parents of two.The supermodel and her husband have welcomed their second child. Kushner shared the first photo of the baby on Instagram yesterday. In it, the newborn is seen sleeping on a blanket printed with hearts, wearing a light blue beanie and wrapped in a soft white blanket.“Welcome to ️ 7.11.23,” Kushner wrote in the caption.In the comment section, celebrity friends congratulated the couple.Gwyneth Paltrow and Mark Zuckerberg left red heart emojis. Kate Hudson wrote, “ Welcome!!!.” Kim Kardashian commented, “Congrats!!!! ️.”The Project Runway host and Kushner—who married in an intimate ceremony in…
Five months into my eight-month solitary confinement and right before the Persian New Year, Nowruz, the guards put me in a new cell at the other end of the Evin prison high-security facility in Tehran. Measuring 3 by 3 meters, it was much larger than my old cell, which meant I could walk in a figure eight across the corners. In the absence of anything else to do, continuous walks were my sole routine, and they quickly became an addiction.I walked and walked. Remembered and imagined, anticipated and planned for all possible scenarios, and often conversed with myself out loud,…
Ahead of the film’s August 2nd theatrical release, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have unveiled the companion soundtrack to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. Listen to the album below via Apple Music or Spotify. All of the films and television shows about our favorite reptilian crime fighters have a certain childlike quality, but with a team including Jeff Rowe (Gravity Falls), Seth Rogen, and Evan Goldberg, Mutant Mayhem breathes new comic life into the Ninja Turtles franchise. Reznor and Ross’ score follows suit, giving up their refined reputation for song titles like “Dipshits on a Roof,” “Murder the Shreks!,” “Puke Girl,” “Megamind,…
The uplifting, transformative coming-of-age cinema of Greta Gerwig 3 && args[2] === 2 && typeof args[3] === ‘boolean’ ) { gdprApplies = args[3]; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](‘set’, true); } } } else if (args[0] === ‘ping’) { var retr = { gdprApplies: gdprApplies, cmpLoaded: false, cmpStatus: ‘stub’ }; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](retr); } } else { if(args[0] === ‘init’ && typeof args[3] === ‘object’) { args[3] = { …args[3], tag_version: ‘V2’ }; } queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data === ‘string’; var json = {}; try { if (msgIsString)…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. It’s hot outside (at least in the Northern Hemisphere), so why not raise the temperature inside, too? Metaphorically, that is. I’m talking about romance novels, of course! We’ve got nine new releases in romance for August, though, of course, there are loads more than I can keep track of. If you want all the new release info in one place, check out the Book Riot’s New Release Index, curated by and searchable by date, genre, and assorted other filters. For this round-up, I…
Regarding the return of Magnum P.I., it’s a good news-bad news situation for fans. Let’s go with the good news first. Unlike many scripted programs, the second half of the NBC series’ fifth season will return on Oct. 4, earlier than was previously announced. The bad news is that these episodes are likely the end for the Magnum reboot. After saving the show following its cancellation by CBS, NBC managed to run it into the ground before canceling it yet again. Yup, it’s been that kind of season for Magnum. Here’s everything we know about the probable Magnum final ride.…
“There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it’s all dark.” —Pink Floyd With my apologies to Roger Waters, who wrote those lyrics, there is a dark side of the moon. And sometimes it’s not all that dark. You can see that for yourself over the next few nights. Go outside just after sunset, and turn your gaze to the west. You’ll see brilliant Venus setting not far above the horizon and, depending on the exact day you look, the thin crescent moon nearby. If you go out tonight (Friday, July 21, 2023), the moon will…
Gigi Hadid and Leonardo DiCaprio were reportedly dating in November and it supposedly went beyond casual hang outs. Both Hadid and DiCaprio have been in long-term relationships over the past few years with relatively recent breakups. The 27-year-old model split with Zayn Malik in October of 2021 after five years together. The former couple share a daughter together, two-year-old Khai.DiCaprio split from his girlfriend Camila Marrone earlier this summer after four years. The 47-year-old actor and Hadid have known one another for a long time, but this was the first time their potential for romance has come to fruition. Things…
“Barbenheimer”—the collective celebration around the release of the Barbie and Oppenheimer movies—has collided with the wedding industrial complex. That’s not a joke. According to a Variety story this week, people are planning on taking their friends and family, prenuptials, to see the two films as a double feature. People who aren’t getting married are planning similar movie-watching marathons. It’s the kind of viral cultural moment marketing teams dream of. It also feels like a sign of the end times.This sense of dread doesn’t stem from the public’s collective yearning to absorb stories about a Mattel doll and the development of…
Milo Aukerman, frontman for Southern California pop punks Descendents, is recovering from “a mild heart attack,” as his bandmates revealed in statement on Instagram today (July 28). They assured fans that Aukerman is doing fine, and that he is “expected to make a full recovery from surgery” following the incident, which occurred last night. The band also announced that they have canceled their upcoming European tour dates to allow time for Aukerman to heal. Find Descendents’ full remarks below.Descendents are currently scheduled to embark on a North American tour in August following their European trek. It is unclear whether or…
The trailer for Failure! previews the one-take movie led by Ted Raimi, a psychological thriller that will have its wrld premiere at FrightFest on August 28th. The film is directed by Alex Kahuam, who shot the thriller in a single 87-minute take. Check out the Failure! trailer below (watch other trailers): What to Know About Failure! The official synopsis reads: “Failure! follows business tycoon James (Raimi – The Quarry, Ash v Evil Dead, Creepshow), a loving family man who has a crushing bank debt which he must resolve within an hour or lose his business. Greedy associates, back-stabbing friends and even ghosts from…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Susie (she/her) is a queer writer originally from Little Rock, now living in Washington, DC. She is the author of QUEERLY BELOVED and the forthcoming LOOKING FOR A SIGN from Dial Press/Random House. You can find her on Instagram @susiedoom. View All posts by Susie Dumond Susie (she/her) is a queer writer originally from Little Rock, now living in Washington, DC. She is the author of QUEERLY BELOVED and the forthcoming LOOKING FOR A SIGN from Dial Press/Random House. You can find her…
Discovery+ has a hit on its hands with Survive the Raft, a new reality series that puts nine people from different walks of life on a raft for 21 days. There, they must live and work in close contact as they come against adverse weather, differing opinions, and much more. It’s the perfect social experiment with some strategy thrown in for good measure. TV Fanatic got the chance to speak with host Nate Boyer about being a part of the project. The project enticed him on the concept alone. “The idea of these very diverse people being thrust into this…
The Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower will peak this weekend, but it’s just the first act of a multiweek “shooting star” season, with the best show still a few weeks away.Known for faint shooting stars, the Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower will peak overnight on Sunday, July 30 through Monday, July 31, with about 20 meteors per hour expected, according to the American Meteor Society. The precise peak will be at 11 p.m. EDT on Sunday (0300 GMT on Monday). However, the Southern Delta Aquariids produce good meteor rates for a week, centered on the peak night. Though they’re popularly called…
That said, this summer I’ve noticed the street style trends coming out of Paris’s Couture Fashion Week are more, for lack of a better word, wearable than ever. Wearable as in you could throw them on to go out for dinner without the risk of tripping up your waiter with a gargantuan train. Instead, I’ve been impressed at the simpler but no-less stylish outfits showgoers have been sporting, and I think you will be, too.First things first, there’s a lot of pink which, let’s face it, really shouldn’t come as a surprise at this point. There’s also a focus on a…
Fruit flies are sensitive to the sight of dead fliesMauritius images GmbH/Alamy Fruit flies exposed to dead flies of their species age faster, and researchers have identified the precise brain cells that respond to the sight of corpses and trigger this rapid ageing, ultimately leading to an early death. Christi Gendron and Scott Pletcher at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and their colleagues have been studying how experiences produce physiological changes that affect lifespan. They originally set out to discover if fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) respond to other flies being ill. “We didn’t see a response until the infection…
Last month, a court in Kenya issued a landmark ruling against Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram. The US tech giant was, the court ruled, the “true employer” of the hundreds of people employed in Nairobi as moderators on its platforms, trawling through posts and images to filter out violence, hate speech and other shocking content. That means Meta can be sued in Kenya for labor rights violations, even though moderators are technically employed by a third party contractor.Social media giant TikTok was watching the case closely. The company also uses outsourced moderators in Kenya, and in other countries in…
Congrats are in order for one of rock’s longtime couples, as guitar great Nita Strauss and her drummer Josh Villalta (aka Josh V.) are now officially engaged. Villalta dropped to one knee and did the proposing in front of the audience during the record release party for Strauss’ new album The Call of The Void Thursday night (July 6) in Los Angeles.Photos and video of the happy moment, both onstage and backstage at the legendary Whisky-a-go-go, were shared on Facebook through Sumerian Records’ Vice President & Radio Promotions honcho Mike Jakubow, who noted, “Nita Strauss Record Release Party …. more…
What started as an extremely elaborate joke on a TV show has now, somehow, become an actual stage show — not to mention the first musical from Marvel — playing at one of the biggest theme parks in the world.It’s called Rogers: The Musical and it’s an expansion of the show of the same name that was briefly seen in the opening episode of Marvel’s Hawkeye TV series. In that show, Clint Barton takes his family to see a Broadway musical — which turns out to be a deeply ridiculous show based on the events of the first Avengers movie. While viewers only got a…