Broadway box office hits record $1.89B in 2024-2025 season
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
5 hours ago
- Yahoo
Crime-solving badger takes centre stage in Steve Nash's debut novel
A crime-solving badger takes centre stage in a new work of fiction. Remington Platypus is the first novel by Steve Nash, an award-winning poet and former lecturer at York St John University. The book will be published on July 31 by Yorkshire indie publisher Northodox Press. Mr Nash said: "York shaped me as a writer and academic. "It's a place I still carry in everything I do creatively." Described as a "genre-blending literary crime novel," Remington Platypus tells the story of a badger detective who investigates the appearance of a grotesque, multi-species body, "a fusion of multiple species, Frankensteined together into something that should never have existed." "Someone is making monsters," and Remington, against the appeals of his boss, delves further into the world of the Murder, the syndicate of crows that controls half the city. Remington Platypus is available for pre-order from Northodox Press at And from Waterstones:
Geek Tyrant
10 hours ago
- Geek Tyrant
James Gunn Says Two Heroes from Superman's Metahuman Mural Will Play a Big Role in the DCU — GeekTyrant
When Superman dropped earlier this month, James Gunn sparked interest when he revealed there was a mural to look out for in the Hall of Justice. It is a massive metahuman mural, a vibrant showcase of DC Comics history packed with obscure heroes, Golden Age legends, and characters we never expected to see referenced on the big screen. In a recent chat with IGN, Gunn revealed that at least two of the characters depicted on that wall will have a significant role in the DCU moving forward: 'Listen, fans have done a pretty good job, I think they've found all of the different characters,' said Gunn. 'But yeah, I will just say that in one of our scripts we're working on two of those characters are kind of important.' That's it. That's all he would say, but for DC fans, that's enough to send the speculation machine into overdrive. The breakdown of the mural confirmed appearances from over two dozen characters spanning centuries of DC lore. Here are some highlights: Madame Xanadu – A founding member of the Demon Knights and former protégé of Merlin. Silent Knight – A medieval superhero from 6th-century England. Exoristos – An exiled Amazon from Themyscira, predating Wonder Woman herself. Black Pirate – A swashbuckling 16th-century vigilante who met his end in Opal City. Miss Liberty – A heroine from the American Revolution. Whip Whirlwind / Max Mercury – A speedster who can't fully access the Speed Force, often bouncing through time. Max has mentored legends like Jay Garrick, Wally West, and Impulse. Super-Chief – A Pre-Columbian Iroquois warrior with meteorite-granted powers. El Diablo – A cursed cowboy who's crossed paths with Jonah Hex and Jason Blood. Iron Munro – A post-Crisis on Infinite Earths Superman stand-in for WWII-era stories. Sandman (Wesley Dodds) – The gas-mask-wearing vigilante with a sleeping gas gun. Amazing Man (Will Everett) – A '60s Olympian turned meta-human. Zatara – Legendary magician and father of Zatanna. Liberty Belle – A WWII-era heroine with speed and strength who later married Johnny Quick. Bulletman & Bulletgirl – Gravity-defying crimefighters from the Golden Age. TNT & Dan the Dyna-mite – A positively charged teacher and his negatively charged sidekick with explosive synergy. Phantom Lady – WWII heroine with invisibility and illusion powers. Atomic Knight – A 1960s hero operating in the 'post-apocalyptic future of 1992.' Freedom Beast – African successor to B'wana Beast with animal-merging powers. Wildcat (Ted Grant) – Heavyweight boxer turned costumed crimefighter. Vibe – '80s breakdancing hero with sonic powers. Gunfire – A '90s hero who turns any object into an energy weapon. Maxwell Lord – Already seen in Superman, holding the Firestorm Matrix in the mural. That's a deep cut DC history lineup right there. Gunn confirmed that these two mystery characters are tied to the same upcoming project, but he didn't say if that project is a movie, a live-action series, or an animated show. Naturally, fans are already piecing together the clues: Exoristos feels like a strong candidate for Paradise Lost, the Amazon-centric prequel series set in Themyscira. As an ancient Amazon warrior, she fits perfectly into that mythological setting. Max Mercury is another standout. Not only does he appear twice on the mural (as both Max Mercury and his alias Whip Whirlwind), but his time-jumping speedster lore could easily tie into The Flash or a Speed Force-focused project. Then there's Maxwell Lord, already played by Sean Gunn in Superman. He's holding the Firestorm Matrix in the mural, which could mean a Justice League International–style project—or even something Firestorm-related. But Gunn isn't giving anything away. He left fans with one final tease: 'In one of our scripts we're working on two of those characters are kind of important.' That's it. Two characters. One script. Endless speculation. What do you think? Which two heroes do you believe will show up first—and in what project? Drop your theories below!
Boston Globe
14 hours ago
- Boston Globe
How Gen Z made Fleetwood Mac the hottest band in America
Advertisement Gen Z has discovered what generations before them recognized — the raw melodrama and polished pop of Fleetwood Mac. And they can't get enough. Get The Gavel A weekly SCOTUS explainer newsletter by columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr. Enter Email Sign Up 'I just know that 'Silver Springs' is an actual spell that Stevie cast on Lindsey so he would never truly be over her,' one woman posted on Instagram. Numerous women are making videos of themselves showing Nicks's performance to their boyfriends or husbands and schooling them on the song's history. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, which inducted Fleetwood Mac in 1998, recently called that song 'The performance that .' Capitalizing on their newfound audience, Buckingham, 75, and Nicks, 77 — who met in high school — recently announced that on Sept. 19, Buckingham Nicks, their pre-Fleetwood Mac duo, will reissue a remastered version of their eponymous 1973 album, which has long been out of print and isn't available on music streaming platforms. Advertisement On social media they teased fans into a frenzy with a line from their song ' 'Buckingham Nicks' flopped when it was released, although it did catch Fleetwood's ear, which changed music history. But it's now one of the year's most anticipated releases. Rolling Stone once called Fleetwood Mac 'the lovingest, fightingest, druggingest band of the '70s.' They were also one of the best when Buckingham and Nicks joined the British band in 1974. The couple's unraveling relationship and creatively fruitful aftermath made the band pop music's most enduring soap opera. As Buckingham and Nicks were breaking up, so were the McVies, and then Nicks had an affair with Fleetwood — all while recording the monumental 'Rumours.' Released in 1977, that album is a diary of anger, fragile hope, and the irreparably frayed bonds of love flung open to the world. Unlike today's artists who create vexing guessing games around which romantic partner is being referenced, with Nicks and Buckingham there was nothing to decipher. Pretty much every song they wrote was a message to the other. ('Silver Springs' was cut from that album, surfacing only as a B-side to Buckingham's biting hit, ' Like the band itself for decades, Buckingham and Nicks broke up, but never fully broke apart. And the authenticity of their tribulations keeps finding new, eager audiences. Advertisement It's a necessary contrast on social media, where so much is manufactured and manipulated. The unchecked infiltration of artificial intelligence — 'Is it real or AI?' — has only made the search for genuine human connection even more elusive. Enter a viral flood of Fleetwood Mac clips with two legendary musicians letting their emotions spill out. That realness is missing from so much music these days, in which gaudy spectacle is more important than artistry. There are exceptions, of course, but those artists struggle to be heard in a fractured industry. In the 1970s, you couldn't turn on pop radio without hearing Fleetwood Mac, and it was the same on MTV in the 1980s. Now it's the province of social media to spread the gospel of pop greats. For those who watched the foibles of the Mac in real time — I was 15 when 'Rumours' was released — there's a kind of vindication here. As much as social media likes to mock 'the olds,' it's our music that keeps captivating younger generations. Like the best musicians, Fleetwood Mac didn't make music for their time. They made timeless songs that will always find broken and bitter hearts. Fleetwood Mac effectively Renée Graham is a Globe columnist. She can be reached at
