The Barbie Dream Fest was billed as the ultimate “Barbie fan weekend,” promising attendees “interactive experiences,” “unique programming,” a “star-studded panel,” and other “unforgettable experiences.” But after the first two days of the event at the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, some attendees who paid up to $450 for tickets have likened
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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here’s your weekend round-up of the news readers were most interested in this week. Roxane Gay and Channing Tatum Are Writing a Romance Novel Together Roxane Gay is a writer, editor, professor, and public intellectual,
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This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Friday. If you’re as fascinated by the retail sector as I am, you’ll want to read this exclusive from CNBC’s Melissa Repko. I don’t want to spoil it, so I’ll just say that Target isn’t over its boycott woes. Stock futures
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An inquisitive, courageous little girl narrates Haven Iverson’s Into the Wilderness, wherein she describes her family’s annual hiking trips to “mountains upon mountains, forests that tangle their way up ridges, and rivers that rush to pools of stillness.” An author’s note explains that the book’s terrain is inspired by both Colorado’s Mount Zirkel Wilderness, where
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Beyoncé’s Renaissance or Outkast’s Aquemini? Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion or Interpol’s Turn on the Bright Lights? Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. or Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell!? Yes, we know, music isn’t a competition, but in honor of Pitchfork’s 30th anniversary, we’re throwing a small one just for fun. Over the next few weeks, 32
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