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Ariana DeBose Goes Viral For Her BAFTA Awards Rap
By David T. Valentin As an homage to women empowerment, during the 2023 BAFTA Awards Ariana DeBose performed to congratulate all of the...


Spreading Joy in the Trans Community
By David T. Valentin With the overwhelming amount of harmful legislation against trans people coming out of many states in The United...
We Have a Ghost
By Lori Perkins I love horror comedy. My favorite horror movie is Zombieland, but I’m also very fond of Shaun of the Dead, so I was...

Jaden Smith Confirms Frank Ocean and Him are Dating
By David T. Valentin At Flog Gnaw Carnival Music Festival in Los Angeles, Jaden Smith on stage in front of his audience said, proudly, “I...


Portrait of Emily Bronte as a Young Artist
By Lori Perkins Emily opens today, a feature film about the life of Emily Bronte who we all know wrote Withering Heights and died at 30. ...


Guest Post: Letter to a Newlywed American Man from a Long-Married Frenchman
By Guy Blaise “Les meilleurs mariages se font entre pareils.” “The best marriages are between equals.” A colleague of mine came to me two...

Spoutible vs. Romancelandia, Round 1
By Lori Perkins I guess it was inevitable that the launch of the new Twitter alternative Spoutible, would not go unscathed. My bet was on...

Maude Apatow Set to Star in Little Shop of Horrs
By Aaron Schoepf Recently, a new (and surprising!) actress has joined Little Shop of Horrors off-broadway. Maude Apatow, most known for...


The Courtship and Marriage of George Washington and Martha Custis
By Lori Perkins George Washington married the wealthy widow Martha Custis on January 6, 1759, which was Twelfth Night that year, a...


Book Review: Jay's Gay Agenda
Jay’s Gay Agenda By Jason June Narrated by Mark Sanderlin LGBTQ+ YA ★★★★ Jay’s Gay Agenda follows along a high school student Jay Collier...


The Lincoln Wedding
By Lori Perkins As we celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, I thought RDN should take a look at the wedding of Mary Todd and Abraham...


Game Of Thrones Couple Kit Harrington and Rose Leslie Expecting Second Child
By David T. Valentin When Kit Harrington appeared on The Tonight Show earlier this month, nobody expected him to wow the audience and the...


The New York Times Publishes Article ‘In Defense of J.K. Rowling
By David T. Valentin The internet is abuzz with discussion after The New York Times posted an opinion piece titled “In Defense of J.K....


Tor Books Announces New Romance Imprint Bramble
By Lori Perkins Tor Books, a legacy imprint of Macmillan Publishing known for its genre titles, has announced that beginning in the fall...


I Love Galantine’s Day
By Lori Perkins As many of you know by now, I LOVE Galentine’s Day. What I once thought if as a made-up holiday from Amy Poehler’s...
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