The Monday Edition - Jan 1, 2024
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TV, Disney+, Hide From Homepage, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, SEO

Who Is Hermes and Why Is Lin-Manuel Miranda Perfect To Play Him?

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Percy Jackson and the Olympians still

'Percy Jackson’ briefly introduced us to yet another Greek god, Hermes, played by the perfectly cast Lin-Manuel Miranda.

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Books, fantasy, Mexico, retellings, The Mary Sue Book Club, young adult fiction

The Mary Sue Book Club, January 2024: New Books We Can’t Wait To Start the Year With

"Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix" by Gabe Cole Novoa; "So Let Them Burn" by Kamilah Cole; and "The Bullet Swallower" by Elizabeth Gonzalez James.

Picks that are sure to make some of your start of the year reads memorable as hell.

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Movies, Flora and Son, Gary Clark

Gary Clark Knows the Power of His Work With John Carney

Eve Hewson and Joseph Gordon Levitt standing together in Flora and Son

Flora and Son is on Apple TV+ now.

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Movies, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Hide From Homepage, release date, streaming

When Will ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ Be Available to Stream on Max?

Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom premiered in theaters on December 22, 2023.

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Movies, Hayao Miyazaki, Hide From Homepage, Studio Ghibli, The Boy and the Heron

Where Will ‘The Boy and the Heron’ Land?

The Boy and the Heron

Renowned Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron breaks the filmmaker’s ten-year hiatus since The Wind Rises.

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Science, cats, Lasers, NASA

Important Science Alert! NASA Just Sent a Cat Video From Space!

An orange cat chases a laser on a couch with technical graphics superimposed on the image.

NASA recently sent a very important message 19 million miles into space.

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TV, Hide From Homepage, Wolf Like Me

We’re Howling for a Third Season of ‘Wolf Like Me’

A disheveled red head looks pleadingly at a conversation partner in "Wolf Like Me"

The werewolves want to know.

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Movies, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Kang the Conqueror, Loki, Ravonna Renslayer

This Underused MCU Character Should Replace Kang the Conqueror

Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Ravonna Renslayer in 'Loki'

This would be an elegant solution to Marvel's Kang problem.

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TV, Disney, marvel studios, Marvel's What If...?

Marvel Releases First Look at ‘What If…?’ Season 3

Bucky glares at the Red Guardian in a car, with a desert landscape behind him.

Marvel's 'What If...?' season 2 just ended, and season 3's already in the works! Here's what we know.

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Movies, 2024, box office

A Lack of Movies in 2024 Has the Box Office Poised To Lose Billions

Two women sit in an empty movie theater

The 2024 box office is predicted to lose at least $1 billion due to a fairly bare blockbuster release slate.

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Movies, Interviews, May December, Samy Burch

Samy Burch Talks Bringing a Broken Man to Life in ‘May December’

Charles Melton as Joe Yoo and Julianne Moore as Gracie Atherton-Yoo in May December

May December is streaming on Netflix now.

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Big on the Internet, New Year's Eve

Watch the Ball Drop Live on These New Year’s Eve TV Specials

A massive crowd gathers in Times Square on New Year's Eve.

Are you a Ryan Seacrest loyalist or an Anderson Cooper devotee?

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Big on the Internet, RIP, Tom Wilkinson

Tom Wilkinson, Star of ‘Batman Begins’ and ‘The Full Monty’, Dead at 75

Tom Wilkinson in a blue shirt and tan coat at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The British actor earned two Oscar nominations over the course of his long career.

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TV, Loki, loki series, Marvel's What If...?, What If

We Finally Got Yggdrasil in Marvel’s ‘What If…?’, and I Have Questions

Loki as the Tree of Life

Are Loki and the Watcher buddies? I have questions!

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