Since the Winter Olympics is underway, this is the perfect time to post Surya Bonaly doing her back flip on ice. Judges used to underscore her and I loved that she did the backflip in her last performance before retiring as a big FU to the establishment.

Damson Idris, Wunmi Mosaku, Simone Ashley Lead Talent Roster at Newport Beach’s U.K. and Ireland Honors Ceremony (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2026/film/glob…

Hope Eddie Dee is getting a fatter royalty check this year!

listen i can't hear about christian mission trips without thinking about this girl i knew in high school who told me her sister went on a mission to africa to "introduce them to religion" and when i was like "why don't you think they have their own religion???" she got mad at me

“Splurging on rotisserie chicken”

Happy #pubday to "The Burial and Other Short Prose, 1963-1994" by Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine, translated by Conor Bracken! A collection of works by one of twentieth-century Morocco’s greatest writers. upress.virginia.edu/title/10189/ #BookTwitter #readUP

New review of "They Run with Surprising Swiftness" by Peter Radford: Meticulously researched and accessibly and engagingly written, this is a highly valuable contribution to the history of women’s sport idrottsforum.org/taykat_radford… via The Editor

"Paris! You are the homeless poet's true homeland, and also, of course, his grave." --In "Some Kind of Paris," by Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine, as translated by Conor Bracken in "The Burial and Other Short Prose, 1963-1994" for UVA Press! Buy it here: upress.virginia.edu/title/10189/

Corey Hawkins and Kelvin Harrison Jr. are in talks to star in the upcoming film adaptation of Arthur Miller’s ‘DEATH OF A SALESMAN,’ alongside Jeffrey Wright and Octavia Spencer. Directed by Chinonye Chukwu, who also co-wrote the script with Tony Kushner.

i love this genre of pics

Ring says it is terminating its partnership with police tech company Flock Safety following backlash to this commercial: cnbc.com/amp/2026/02/12…

Read an interview with the translator: upress.virginia.edu/author-corner/…

Behind the salacious stories, vicious rumors and leather pants is a vampire. #TheVampireLestat premieres this summer on AMC and AMC+.

Susan Chardy to star in Alex Kayode-Kay’s ‘EATON,’ a historical drama based on the life of Fanny Eaton, a Jamaican woman who became one of the most popular models in Victorian England and featured in many Pre-Raphaelite masterpieces. (deadline.com/2026/02/susan-…)

New look at Robert Pattinson and Zendaya in ‘THE DRAMA’ In theaters April 3.

Robert Pattinson and Zendaya as a future married couple in Kristoffer Borgli’s ‘THE DRAMA’

Whatever you think about book to screen adaptations, they encourage more people to read and I love that

women in GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums)

Happy Presidents' Day to MY president!

Happy #pubday to "The Global Age of Revolutions: A History from 1650 to Today," edited by Bryan Banks and Cindy Ermus! Redrawing the map and resetting the clock of the Age of Revolutions upress.virginia.edu/title/10176/ Age of Revolutions #BookTwitter #readUP