Queen Elizabeth Has Tea with Paddington Bear
This past Saturday, Queen Elizabeth and Paddington Bear had tea together in Buckingham Palace for Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebration. Unsurprisingly, the queen and the famous literary bear shared marmalade sandwiches. When it was time for the celebrations to begin, Paddington said to the queen, “Happy Jubilee, ma’am. And thank you, for everything.”
Mike Flanagan’s Latest Project Midnight Club Releases Teaser Trailer
Netflix released the teaser trailer for Mike Flanagan’s latest project Midnight Club, based on the Christopher Pike novel of the same name. The 10-episode show follows a group of seven teenagers at the Rotterdam Home, a hospice for terminally ill young adults. The group shares scary stories at midnight, and so they call themselves the “Midnight Club.” The Midnight Club makes a pact that the first one of them to die will communicate with the rest of the group from beyond the grave. So when one of them does die, strange things start happening in the Rotterdam Home. The series stars Adia, Igby Rigney, Ruth Codd, Aya Furukawa, Annarah Shephard, William Chris Sumpter, and Sauriyan Sapkota. It’s set to release this fall.
Oprah Winfrey Picks Leila Mottley’s Nightcrawling for Book Club
Oprah Winfrey has chosen 19-year-old Leila Mottley’s debut novel Nightcrawling for her next book club pick. The novel follows the story of a young Black woman from East Oakland as she struggles against poverty, racism, and the police. Mottley is the youngest author to ever be selected for Oprah’s Book Club, which was founded in 1996. “It brings me great joy to introduce readers to new authors, and this young poet Leila Mottley wrote a soul-searching portrait of survival and hope,” Winfrey said in a statement.
Barnes & Noble Announces Their Best Books of 2022 So Far
At the halfway point of the year, Barnes & Noble has announced their picks for the best books of 2022 so far.