Alex Kapranos has celebrated the 20th anniversary of Franz Ferdinand’s debut album today (February 9). The band’s self titled debut album arrived 20 years ago today on February 9 2004 – reaching Number Three in the charts, containing the hit singles ‘Take Me Out’, ‘Michael’, ‘The Dark Of The Matinee’ and ‘This Fire’, and going
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(L to R) Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe in ‘Tokyo Vice’ Season 2. Photo: James Lisle/Max. The popular crime series ‘Tokyo Vice’ returns for a second season on Max beginning February 8th. Based on the book of the same name by Jake Adelstein, the series stars Ansel Elgort (‘Baby Driver’) as Adelstein, an American Journalist
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Queen Camilla offered an update on King Charles III in her first royal appearance since the shocking news of his cancer diagnosis. Camilla on Thursday attended a concert celebrating the work of local charities at Salisbury Cathedral in the U.K. and shared that Charles is doing “extremely well under the circumstances.” She added that His Majesty is “very
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If you asked romance author Tia Williams what her favorite genre is, you might be surprised to learn it is horror. In fact, she once took a yearlong class on Dracula, taking an interest in the mythology of immortality and the fearsome, seductive title character. Williams chuckles as she says, “I’d love to write [a
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Kacen Callender dedicates their first foray into young adult fantasy, Infinity Alchemist, to “the younger me who always wanted to write a YA fantasy.” While this might make one imagine a teenage Callender dreaming of a future as an author, Callender explains it is actually in reference to their early days of their career, when
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Kansas’s Republican attorney general Kris Kobach is accusing several school districts in the state of “socially transitioning” students without their parents’ knowledge, another way of saying that schools are respecting trans students’ identities without outing them to their parents. In a press release Thursday, Kobach’s office said that early last year, the AG sent letters
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It can be hard to follow what states are doing to attack (and sometimes protect) transgender people’s rights. Here are some stories from us and from around the web. Ohio’s governor backs off his attempt to restrict gender-affirming care access for transgender adults and minors. (LGBTQ Nation) West Virginia Republicans want to pass a “Women’s
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