With new wonders from Rachel Cusk, Percival Everett, Tommy Orange, and more. Photo-Illustration: Vulture The publishing-world satire is ready to hang it up. To the grad-school roman à clef: You have been denied tenure. This year, the most exciting books avoid these ho-hum recent trends in favor of stranger pleasures, daring memoir, and the ruthless re-zhuzhing of classic American lit. Because you need, and deserve, to be surprised.
January Dead in Long Beach, California, by Venita Blackburn (January 23) $24 $27 now 11% off $24 Blackburn’s first novel, after short-story collections published in 2017 and 2021, is strange and gripping, dancing between sci-fi and family saga. Read More...
Dakota Johnson's new look is giving fifty shades of blonde.
That's right, the actress kissed her signature brunette hair goodbye and debuted a sunny blonde color and blunt bob cut for her latest movie Daddio. And while Dakota underwent a dramatic transformation for the film, she did get to keep her trademark bangs.
In an on-set photo taken by Jessica Kourkounis and shared by Dakota's entertainment company Tea Time Production on Aug. 27, her tresses were done in messy tousled waves and pined in a half-up, half-down hairstyle. Read More...
With 2 million YouTu0be subscribers, Eugenia Cooney made waves on the platform for several years before suddenly disappearing. After January 28, 2019, Cooney stopped uploading content. Her Twitter feed and Instagram profile also went dormant. Several weeks later, she shared a quick update on Twitter to let fans know she was taking a break from social media, and that’s the last we heard from Eugenia Cooney until recently. In an hour-long video, Shane Dawson sat down with the 24-year-old to discuss life, YouTube, and eating disorders, bringing awareness to the very real struggle faced by those battling disordered eating. Read More...