L.A. Theatre Works, the world’s leading producer of audio theater, has commissioned and recorded an audio adaptation by the BBC’s Kate McAll of The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway.

Believe it or not, The “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” comic strip newspaper has been around since 1918. That is over 100 years of illustrated fun facts. In that time frame, many artists have contributed to the strip. Honestly, I did not know they were cranking out new material. A few months ago the strip added Orlando artist Kieran Castaño to the daily chore of educating us more cool educational tidbits.

J-Pop singer-songwriter and music producer Kenshi Yonezu, released a new single “M87,” a theme song to the new Shin Ultraman (New Ultraman) film, on May 18 (Wed.). Ranked #1 on the Billboard JAPAN HOT 100, #69 on the Billboard Global 200, and #16 on Billboard Global Excl. US on May 25.

Screenwriter and director Miklós Jancsó (pronounced “yon-cho,” rhyming with “poncho”) was the creator of a unique film language centered around his mastery of the tracking shot. The first internationally recognized representative of modern Hungarian filmmaking, his extraordinary works examined oppressive authority and the mechanics of power. Kino Lorber is proud to present six of his classic features restored in 4K from their original camera negatives by the National Film Institute Hungary – Film Archive. 

Now I know why Cleveland rocks. I recently discovered editorial cartoonist Ron Hill from Solon, Ohio who parodies Dr. Seuss in his new collection of editorial cartoons. His fourth book is cleverly titled, One Bird Two Birds Red Bird BluesBird from publisher Act 3. You will have to order this one online if you are not from the Cleveland area.

Jurrasic League from DC Comics just might be the sleeper hit of the year. The six-issue limited series is co-written by Daniel Warren Johnson and Juan Gedeon and illustrated by Gedeon. Get ready for mindless fun like never before. Simple on every level but beautiful eye candy. How come nobody thought of this before? Superhero dinosaurs! This is every kid’s fantasy. What a combo! Get ready for the toy lines to explode this Christmas. I love this compact 6-book mini-series. It is just the right size to collect for paperback. This will be a hit! My inner 8-year-old child wants more.

The good folks of Korero Press are at it again. Their newest book, Rayguns and Rocketships: Vintage Science Fiction Book Cover Art, promises thrills to the eyes. The compiled collection of vintage sci-fi artwork will inspire futurists at heart. The future that was and never to be. Get ready to blast off into the further outskirts of your imagination. Korero Press has your ticket punched for the greatest visual adventure from the comfort of your reading outpost. Keep an eye on Rayguns and Rocketships: Vintage Science Fiction Book Cover Art, it lands in your favorite book store in early December 2022.

Cave Things is a shop that sells playful, mysterious, subversive things that are designed, drawn, written, or recorded by Nick Cave. It’s a store to buy beautiful objects and strange gifts; from jewelry to tea sets, from t-shirts to stationery. It’s a home for books and recordings that sit in a place entirely of their own.  

Their first record since 2015’s Def Leppard, Diamond Star Halos is the band’s 12th studio long-player was recorded in the last two years with Ronan McHugh co-producing. The 15-track album includes singles new single ‘Kick’, future single ‘Fire It Up’ and features guest vocals from Alison Krauss on two tracks: ‘This Guitar’ and ‘Lifeless’.

There was a time, it was hard to get The Six Million Dollar Man in collected form. Now you can get the whole 5-year series and 3 reunion films under one box. Shout! Factory unleashes the greatest Six Million Dollar Man collection ever! The box set is scheduled to arrive on the market on July 12.

Johnny’s in the basement 60 years later and still mixin’ up the medicine with the help of Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Noel Fielding, Jim Jarmusch, John Squire, Bobby Gillespie, Julian House, Zep, Cey Adams, Francis Cabrel, Wim Wenders, Anthony Burrill, Naoki Urasawa, Michael Joo and Azazel Jacobs.

Madonna made history once again when she topped the Dance Club Songs chart for the 50th time back in February with I Don’t Search I Find, making her the first and only recording artist to have 50 No 1 hits on any single Billboard chart. To celebrate this milestone, she has curated two new collections, to be released 19 August: Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones, a new 50-track collection that includes her favourite remixes of those chart-topping dance hits that have filled clubs worldwide for four decades, and an abridged 16-track version, simply titled Finally Enough Love.