Happy Friday! You’ve almost made it through Dry January! Okay, that’s a lie. But at least it’s Friday, right?
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In this week’s Stream It, Stephanie fell for the internet hype and finally checked out (and liked!) The Expanse.
And Mandy W. recapped the latest episode of Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
In book reviews:
- Regina developed a healthy respect for The Atlas of Us by Kristin Dwyer, a story of grief set amongst hiking trails.
- Mandy C. loved the newest installment of the sci-fi adventure Defiant (Skyward #4) by Brandon Sanderson.
Book-Related Things
A common origin story.
Five books about regretting that cult you joined. And culty book reviews by us.
Goodreads’ list of the most anticipated fantasy, science fiction, and horror books of 2024.
Keanu Reeves and China Miéville to release collaborative novel The Book of Elsewhere.
It’s so we don’t go, “Damn, I wish I brought a book.”
Gross. Scammy AI-Generated book rewrites are flooding Amazon.
And really hoping this isn’t legit.
Onscreen Things
Mega White Lotus casting news!
And even more!
Nick Offerman’s The Last of Us character was the greatest, but do we really need a spin-off?
Meanwhile, Kaitlyn Dever, Young Mazino, and Isabela Merced are joining The Last of Us season two!
Star Wars announces new movie The Mandalorian & Grogu from director Jon Favreau.
The official Mr. & Mrs. Smith trailer!
Our Flag Means Death canceled at cancel-happy HBO.
Echo star Alaqua Cox on Marvel bringing deaf and Indigenous representation to the forefront.
Robbie Amell singlehandedly keeping rom-coms alive. Bless him.
A movie relevant to Shadowhunters and Teen Wolf fans.
Annie Award Nominations: Disney, Pixar shut out of best feature category for first time.
Social Media Things
How football writers made peace with covering Travis Kelce’s love life.
Victoria Beckham has designed Mel B’s wedding dress. Friendship truly never ends!
Vulture on The 50 Greatest Awards-Show Speeches of the Last 55 Years. Rue McClanahan’s speech is deliciously catty and we love her for it.
Variety on How Kristen Stewart Became a Queer Trailblazer, including her thoughts on how gay Twilight was.
Miscellaneous Things
Minnesota has done some awesomely progressive stuff lately. Related: Do we think that I (a lifelong Texas girl) could handle Minnesota winters?
This ’80s mall commercial is truly a masterpiece.
This about sums up the current cup trend.
ColourPop Twilight is coming! Annnd it’s already sold out! Better luck when it comes to Ulta?
Mean Girls merch you can put your “popcorn” in.
