Alice

In 2008 a stash of human bones was discovered in a ditch running under St John’s College, Oxford. They dated from the Anglo-Saxon period and, once reassembled, revealed themselves as the remains of 35 young adult males. The fact that these men had been thrown into a mass grave, with none of the usual pieties, suggested that they were outlaws of one kind or other. At the time England was engaged in a war of attrition with “the Danes” (a generic description that encompassed people from across Scandinavia), so the most…

It’s time to face your fears with Blumhouse and Lionsgate’s Imaginary. The film directed and co-written by Jeff Wadlow (Truth or Dare) stars DeWanda Wise (Jurassic World Dominion) as Jessica, who moves her family into her childhood home. While tension-filled domestic dynamics are at play, Chauncey Bear, her tattered old teddy and imaginary friend, seeks out her new stepdaughter Alice—which is where things get real creepy really fast.Grace Byers on Horror and Comedy in The Blackeningio9 recently spoke to Wise about…

Rock icon and Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee, Alice Cooper, is gearing up to ignite the UK with his electrifying presence once again. Set to embark on the Too Close For Comfort tour this October, Alice and his acclaimed band will be storming arenas across the country, including stops in Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, and a return to London’s Eventim Apollo for a series of up close and personal shows. Renowned for his legendary stage theatrics, fans can expect a jaw-dropping spectacle featuring snakes,…

Image: Nico Delort & Suzanna Collins/ScholasticSuzanne Collins’ first Hunger Games novel released in 2008, and went onto become a massive franchise. In the wake of last year’s successful prequel film, Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Scholastic is building upon that momentum by bringing the first book to life again with an illustrated edition. Inspiration Behind the Reality-TV Style for The Hunger GamesThis new version will feature over 30 pages of black-and-white illustrations by French artist Nico…

There are certain stories that seem to be fundamentally ill-suited for reinvention as a musical, and Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, with its themes of incestuous rape, spousal abuse, racism, inequality and poverty, is arguably one such story. And yet here we are. After the multi-Oscar-nominated 1985 adaptation directed by Steven Spielberg and a Broadway musical version, Walker’s epic novel returns to the big screen, in this incarnation a tonally jarring song and dance spectacle, directed by Blitz Bazawule (co-director…

A House for Alice takes forward the narratives of the characters from Ordinary People. Did you always plan on writing a continuation of your earlier novel following its success or was it something that you came back to later? Author Diana Evans (Courtesy Jaipur Literature Festival) I did not plan to write a continuation. In fact I thought, when I finished Ordinary People, which took seven years, that I would never revisit those characters as I had already spent so much time with them. But I began to hear their…

Jason Momoa hypes up the chance he might play DC’s Lobo. Get a new look at Lionsgate’s creepy killer teddy bear movie Imaginary. Monarch: Legacy of Monsters showrunner Chris Black has high hopes the show will return for season 2. Plus, Netflix teases a new German sci-fi series. Spoilers get!Netflix Passwords, ChatGPT Can’t Detect AI, and No More CoTweets | Editor PicksThe Chronicles of NarniaIn conversation with BBC Radio 4 Today, Greta Gerwig admitted she’s “intimidated” and “in the place of terror” by the thought of…

The first season of the new year brings a fairytale theme to Call of Duty Mobile. Call of Duty's latest blog post details what players can expect for Season 1, including folklore-themed operator skins and weapon blueprints, a brand-new battle pass, and more.Call of Duty Mobile Season 1: Soldier's Tale arrives on January 10 at 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET. This new season includes a brand-new battle pass with 50 tiers of free and premium items, including new operator skins, weapon blueprints, CoD Points, and various…

It was a turning point for one particular island – and, arguably, for the whole world. In 1609, an English ship, the Sea Venture, foundered on reefs 600 miles off the coast of America, and its passengers, who were on their way to bolster the colony of Virginia, set up temporary camp on the island of Bermuda. The shipwreck could have ended in disaster for the colonisers, but over 10 months on the island, they feasted on so many turtles that an act of parliament had to be passed to condemn their example, and they decimated…

The latest instalment of Alice Oseman’s LGBTQ+ young adult Heartstopper series has become the UK’s fastest-selling graphic novel ever.Heartstopper Volume 5 sold 60,012 copies in the first three days since its release on 7 December. This made it the overall best-selling book of the week in the UK across all categories including adult and children’s fiction and non-fiction.Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman. Photograph: HachetteThe Heartstopper series follows the love story of two fictional British schoolboys, Nick…