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On Feb. 1, Louis Vuitton released a book to pay homage to the elite lineage of creators and ateliers that have made the luxury fashion house the massively successful company it is today. Published by Assouline, Louis Vuitton Manufactures sports a hammer on its cover with the brand’s bronze and brown monogram branding wrapping its exterior. Inside, the book features […]

Whoopi Goldberg expressed her “sincerest apologies” on Twitter Monday after saying that the Holocaust wasn’t “about race” in a recent segment on The View.  Her comments came as the show’s hosts were discussing a Tennessee school district banning Art Spiegelman’s poignant graphic novel about the Holocaust, Maus. After the panelists focused on whether nudity—cited as a reason to cease teaching […]

Britney Spears is calling out her sister Jamie Lynn yet again, as she continues to promote her new book Things I Should Have Said amid what Britney sees as questionable timing.  The pop star took to Instagram on Friday, questioning the memoir’s timing and sharing a clip from The Real of show panelists discussing Jamie Lynn’s decision to release a book around the ending […]

A mayor in Mississippi is being accused of withholding $110,000 in funds from a library over its inclusion of LGBTQ+ reading material, per NBC News.  WLBT reports that Mayor Gene McGee of Ridgeland claimed library goers complained about three children’s books and one book for adults, all of which either referenced the community or featured themes or characters, according to executive […]

In a recent episode of his The Problem podcast, comedian Jon Stewart broached the topic of antisemitic tropes in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Amid his comments, which stem from a December 2021 episode but have since gone viral thanks to the tweet below, the former Daily Show host and current Apple TV+ personality spoke with his […]

HBO is teaming up with Succession’s executive producer Adam McKay to bring to life a limited series about the creation of the COVID-19 vaccine. The First Shots series will be based on the book The First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine by Brendan Borrell. The award-winning journalist based the […]

Blue Ivy is no stranger to award victories after snagging her first Grammy back in March, but now she’s added another to her résumé.  The 9-year-old daughter of Jay-Z and Beyoncé took home the Best Voiceover – Children’s Audiobook award for her work on Matthew A. Cherry’s Hair Love at the 2021 Voice Arts Awards on Saturday. She was among over 100 […]

Anne Rice, the author of gothic horror books such as Interview With the Vampire, died on Saturday due to complications resulting from a stroke. She was 80. The author’s son, Christopher Rice, took to Facebook early Sunday morning to confirm the news. “She left us almost nineteen years to the day my father, her husband Stan, […]

In a new excerpt from his tell-all book Will Smith revealed that after being cheated on by his first serious girlfriend, he ended up having so much sex that orgasming basically repulsed him. Smith describes having “rampant sexual intercourse,” Buzzfeed points out.  “Up until this point in my life, I had only had sex with one woman other than Melanie. […]

ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets Solange and her creative agency Saint Heron have launched season one of their Saint Heron Digital Library that aims […]