Matt Winkelmeyer/FilmMagic Scott Foley is headed to the Oval Office: The “Scandal” alum will play the President of the United States in the Hulu drama pilot “Young Americans,” Deadline reports. Foley will play President Judd Burchfield, “a principled politician who rose to office by trusting his heartland instincts,” according to the official description. “His steady hand has been shaken by the tragic death of his firstborn daughter. As he struggles to hold his family and the country together, an old political rivalry is about to become deeply personal.” “Young Americans” focuses on the next…
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The Choose Your Own Adventure series is getting an imprint for adults. CYOA Unbound will be the first imprint “dedicated to publishing nonlinear, multiple-ending gamebooks for adults.” The inaugural lineup, out fall 2027, includes: CYOA Unbound will publish titles that span genres and categories like reimagined classics, horror, mysteries, thrillers, and romance. Launched by one of the most well-known makers of gamebooks, Chooseco has 270 million copies in print across 40 languages. “It’s been a long time coming,” Chooseco Publisher & CEO Shannon Gilligan said in a press release. “We have been interested in moving into the adult space since…
Alex Gibney‘s blistering new documentary on Elon Musk has received its first trailer today. The movie preview arrived after the business tycoon’s legal team issued the filmmakers a formal legal notice, and the release date was moved up. Titled Musk, the documentary premiered at the Venice Film Festival and received a four-minute standing ovation, with strong reception. The official synopsis reads, “An incisive look behind the legend of Elon Musk, the world’s most heralded “inventor-entrepreneur” who has enormous influence on the world in which we all live.” Check out the Musk trailer below (watch more trailers): How Musk examines the…
U2 will celebrate their 50th year as a band later this year with their 16th studio album, Carnaval De Luz. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame legends announced details about their first full album of new material in nine years on Thursday (Sept. 24), and dropped the chaotic dancehall video for the LP’s frenetic, urgent second single, “Silencio.” On the thrumming, classic era-sounding “Silencio,” Bono sings, “There’s a quiet where a baby doesn’t cry/ There’s a hush where a mother might sigh/ Oh Mary mama angel offer her a choice,” over rattling drums and a throbbing bass line. The…
Netflix School is back in session at Hillman College. Nearly 40 years after Jasmine Guy’s Whitley Gilbert and Kadeem Hardison’s Dwayne Wayne graced our screens as the leads of the 1987 sitcom “A Different World,” the characters are back with a sequel series (all 10 episodes are now available to stream on Netflix) that both continues the story and breaks new ground. And while some of what’s presented in Netflix’s version 2.0 works well enough, the series’ overly dramatic lean detracts from what could’ve been a livelier run. Representing the…
One could argue that the name of a clothing item isn’t all that important, but I tend to disagree. The new jeans style I got the opportunity to try on is the perfect example of why. Premium denim brand Citizens of Humanity is known for designing jeans that are so popular they’re instantly recognizable by style name (the Miro, Charlotte, and Annina jeans, to name a few). One of its newest styles may have one of the most attention-grabbing names of them all: the 90s French Jeans. That’s right; they named them after two of every fashion person’s favorite things,…
Meta knows you probably have some privacy concerns about its smart glasses.At its annual Meta Connect event today in Menlo Park, California, the company announced plans to incorporate its siloed AI processing scheme known as Private Processing into its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. The feature, designed for WhatsApp last year, allows the glasses’ AI assistant to get to know you and fulfill your requests without Meta accessing any of your data.“Most of the time, glasses are helping you see well, protecting your eyes and complementing your look, and that’s it,” Meta wrote in its press release, perhaps somewhat underselling the…
Llanderado! All That Glitters Is Not Coal by shoeless The clocks may disagree, history may double back, and the perfect word may never arrive on cue, yet Llanderado! reaches a fitting conclusion: home is where the people who know your whole story still understand what you are trying to say. Blaenavon is a town where clocks tell their own time, the dead remain present and coming home can take more than a century. That makes this Welsh mining town fitting territory for Llanderado! All That Glitters Is Not Coal, the final book in shoeless’s Cranehill Saga, a trilogy…
A Pacific cyclone dubbed Polo exploded from a tropical storm into a powerful Category 5 hurricane in less than 24 hours on Tuesday (Sept. 22), with winds reaching speeds of 180 mph (290 km/h). Now drifting off the southwest coast of Mexico, Polo has been downgraded to a Category 4 storm but remains “a very powerful major hurricane,” the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in an update Wednesday (Sept. 23).As Polo moves northwest, it is expected to drive torrential rainfall on parts of Mexico’s southwest coast. Although the storm is not predicted to make direct landfall, the NHC has warned…
Sophie Thatcher hasn’t slept properly in weeks. Between wrapping the final season of cult horror series Yellowjackets and being a part of Nicolas Winding Refn’s first feature in a decade, she’s barely had a chance to come up for air. Her Private Hell is the latest in a run that’s established Thatcher as one of horror’s most compelling new faces – from squaring off against Hugh Grant in Heretic to playing a vengeful robot girlfriend in Companion. And yet her performance as Elle – a tortured movie star chasing her missing father through a misty metropolis – is unlike anything she’s done before.LWLies: How are things with you?…
Congrats are in order! The 16-year-old singer-guitarist Nene Royal is the new America’s Got Talent champion and what a night she had.We got our wish Wednesday night (Sept. 23) when America’s Got Talent paired up the teen guitarist and singing prodigy with Linkin Park. Royal got to take the opening verse of “The Emptiness Machine” with co-vocalist Emily Armstrong eventually taking over before they sang together.Royal was lined up between Armstrong and fellow co-vocalist/guitarist Mike Shinoda, showing that she was “truly part of something” as she held her own alongside the veteran hard rock band.Shinoda was beaming after the performance, claiming…
NBC After leaving viewers on a cliffhanger the night before, “The Voice” returned on Wednesday with the conclusion of its three-night Season 30 premiere, revealing who Lexi Stephens chose as her coach. (We know, you really lost sleep over this one.) Feeling the pressure after that four-coach turn, Stephens nervously kicked off the show by announcing that she was joining Team Adam Levine, at which point the Maroon 5 frontman leapt out of his chair and started doing pushups on the stage. In case you couldn’t tell from this subtle…
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Hold on to the edge of your seat as we hunt for clues and solve the case with these exciting new mystery and thriller books for the week! There are so many bestselling authors with new novels for you to dive into this week including Charles Puccia, Valerie Davisson, Olivia Alder, E. S. Daniels, John Grisham, and more. Enjoy your new mystery, thriller, and suspense novels. Happy reading! View Original Source Here
Scientists may have settled a decades-long debate about bat evolution, including controversial questions about when bats began to communicate and fly, a landmark study shows.The new research, published Wednesday (Sept. 23) in the journal Nature, is the biggest bat DNA and fossil study ever conducted. Researchers created new, top-quality genome assemblies for 41 bat species, which they analyzed together with 62 existing sequences, providing a record dataset of 103 bat genomes and 44 bat fossils.”It is extraordinary,” study co-author Emma Teeling, a professor of molecular evolution and mammalian phylogenetics at University College Dublin, told Live Science in an email; “after…
Avengers Endgame: Encore has faced a nationwide ban after theaters were forced to refund tickets. Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, the MCU blockbuster returns to theaters this week. Avengers Endgame: Encore will no longer be released in Kuwait after its planned screenings were canceled. The news went viral after the official Instagram account of VOX Cinemas in Kuwait issued a message while informing fans about the ban. “Avengers: Endgame Encore will no longer be released in Kuwait. We sincerely apologize for any disappointment this may cause.” The message also revealed that customers who had already booked tickets would receive…
As President Donald Trump‘s efforts to put his name on the Kennedy Center have stalled, his staffers are looking for other buildings that might prove easier to alter, including Ford’s Theatre, where President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865. According to MS Now, Ford’s Theatre is one of a number of buildings being considered, and it isn’t clear how far along discussions have gone. The news raised eyebrows because his first choice was associated with John F. Kennedy, his second Lincoln, and both presidents were assassinated in office. I mean what’s next, the Donald J. Trump Train Station Where Garfield…
NBC Every day, TVLine’s What to Watch column spotlights new and returning English-language shows (and select movies) premiering or airing fresh episodes across broadcast, cable and streaming — organized below by release time and alphabetically within each slot. On TV this Wednesday: “America’s Got Talent” declares a winner, “Wonka’s The Golden Ticket” debuts on Netflix, and “Survivor” and “99 to Beat” are back. If you’d like a recommended watchlist delivered to your inbox each morning, you can sign up for TVLine’s free What to Watch newsletter here. PRINTABLE SEPTEMBER…
Ahh, Prada day. It’s a magical 24-hour period that we only get to experience twice a year, and today marks our second and final iteration of 2026. As always, the Italian brand’s spring/summer 2027 show was held at Fondazione Prada, a massive structure on the outskirts of Milan. Outside, the best dressers in Italy (and beyond) gathered for an espresso and a sandwich at Bar Luce, both before and after the show, wearing a collection of old and new Prada. This season, that list of attendees included all the cool girls, from Uma Thurman and her daughter Maya Hawke to…
In May, Apple agreed to pay out $250 million as part of a class action lawsuit over claims the company overhyped its Apple Intelligence tools, specifically the long-delayed Siri AI overhaul.Although the revamped Siri AI voice assistant is now available for owners of newer iPhones via iOS 27, you may still be eligible to claim cash back for past purchases. This settlement covers customers in the US who made their purchases from June 10, 2024 to March 29, 2025, and bought certain iPhone 15 or iPhone 16 models from Apple. If you qualify, you might receive up to $95 for…
September 22, 2026View Online | Join All Access | Listen Questions about Book Riot? We’re turning 15 next month, and you’re invited to the party. Ask us anything, reflect on the biggest literary controversies of the last decade-and-a-half, and celebrate the best of the bookish internet. Spread the word. Share this email with friends. THE HEADLINEThe 2026 Booker Prize shortlist The Booker Prize honors the best work of fiction written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland annually. It began in 1969 and has become an honor that can catapult a book and an author’s career. The…
A metal detectorist in the west of Germany has discovered one of the largest hoards of Roman silver coins ever found in that country from the reign of the Emperor Hadrian.The pile includes more than 900 silver denarii — the denarius was the standard coin of the early Roman Empire — and weighs almost 7 pounds (3.1 kilograms).The stash was discovered about a year ago in a field near the small city of Wesseling, a few miles south of Cologne, according to a translated statement from Germany’s Rhineland regional government. It’s now on display at the Rhineland Regional Museum in…
It’s impossible to talk about the new Sense and Sensibility without talking about the old one. Ang Lee’s 1995 adaptation, with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet at its centre, has become something of a modern classic. Even after three decades it remains sumptuous, witty and deeply romantic. Yet enough time has passed to justify filmmaker Georgia Oakley taking on the formidable task of introducing Jane Austen’s Dashwood sisters to a new generation. Thankfully, she’s more than up to the job.This new Sense and Sensibility imbues Austen’s romantic world with a more earthy texture. The film moves between polished interiors and the more rugged realm…
Outkast, the Grammy-winning, Rock Hall-inducted duo of André 3000 and Big Boi, are suing Ovrkast for trademark infringement, unfair competition, and breach of contract. In a lawsuit filed in Georgia on September 16, High Schoolers LLC—the holding company that handles Outkast’s name and trademark—accused the Oakland rapper-producer born Silas Wilson of “improper, willful, unauthorized, and illegal use of the nearly identical name.”“I thought it was love? (yes this is real),” Ovrkast captioned a post on Instagram reacting to the news, tagging both André and Big Boi. Pitchfork has reached out to Outkast’s representatives for comment.In a complaint viewed by Pitchfork,…
NBC “The Voice” continued its Season 30 Blind Auditions on Tuesday, leaving viewers on a frustrating cliffhanger that ensures we’ll all tune back in for the conclusion on Wednesday. After spending the hour watching fellow coaches Kelly Clarkson, Queen Latifah, and Riley Green collect impressive team members, reigning champion Adam Levine was feeling pretty defeated during the second night of the premiere. That’s when 23-year-old Lexi Stephens entered the room, delivering what Levine would dub the best audition he’s ever heard on “The Voice.” It was quite a compliment, and…
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The Chestnut Tree by Mathew Tekulsky “Tekulsky has written a love letter to first love, first courage and the writers and mentors who help us find our own words.” Mathew Tekulsky‘s The Chestnut Tree tackles some of the biggest questions of a generation. Set in the fictional Westchester suburb of Beachmont during the fraught, electric years of 1966 and 1967, the story is narrated by twelve-year-old Adam, a dry cleaner’s son who is a lovestruck kid, budding photographer and aspiring writer. His crush on Sally blossoms into something richer: a story about friendship, mentorship, identity and the awakening…
The ongoing El Niño is breaching the “super” threshold as Earth crosses into unprecedented climate territory.El Niño, officially underway as of June 11, is a climate pattern that’s injecting extra heat into our already-warming world, threatening disruptive weather across the globe and a humanitarian crisis in some regions.While El Niño is part of a natural multiyear climate cycle, scientists have noticed that it has been rapidly strengthening like never before, intensified by human-driven climate change, and putting stressed natural systems under extra strain.In a new update this week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center continues to…
James Gunn has dropped a bombshell message about the recent Batman Easter egg in Lanterns. The Dark Knight’s mention in the DCU series has sparked discussion among fans online. Lanterns Season 1, Episode 6, “Bad Optics,” sparked discussion among DCU fans with an Easter Egg about Batman. At one point during the episode, Guy Gardner installs a Green Lantern beacon in Rushville, a design reminiscent of the iconic Bat-Signal. Noting the similarity, Hal jokes that Guy “ripped off that bat guy over in Gotham.” The line led some fans to question whether Batman is already existing within Gunn’s DCU. However,…