"You pressed a magic button inside of me and I fell into a galaxy of unrealized dreams," singer writes of her longtime collaborator following his death at the age of 69
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RSS →Mookie Betts on Keeping His Pregame Routine Simple and Why He Doesn’t Worry About Rivalries and more — today's style signal.
The Dodgers shortstop discusses how his clean routine led to a campaign with Native, why he's not superstitious, and the story behind his signature jewelry
“The Odyssey” has crossed $1 billion in global ticket sales at a mind-boggling pace. After just three weeks of release, Christopher Nolan’s epic, starring Matt Damon as the Greek king Odysseus, has generated $429.65 million domestically and $578.8 million internationally for a gr
Now that the sequel series has ended its three-season run, “Wizards of Waverly Place” star Jake T. Austin has finally opened up about not being included in “Wizards Beyond Waverly Place.” Austin, who played youngest sibling Max Russo on all four seasons of the hit Disney Channel
‘The Last House’ Review: Wagner Moura and Greta Lee Bring Conviction to a Suitably Stifling Stay-at-Home Thriller and more — today's style signal.
A decade or so ago, the premise of apocalyptic thriller “The Last House” might have sounded a little more out there than it does now: A middle-class Seattle family wakes up one morning to find themselves sealed inside their house with no means of escape, a mysterious enforced hou
Roku kept its streaming engines blazing in the second quarter of 2026 with earnings that blew past Wall Street estimates. The company reported Q2 revenue of $1.35 billion, up 22%, topping Wall Street estimates of $1.3 billion. Net income came in at a quarterly record high of $164
Trailmark Games and the Coolabi Group announced “Warrior Cats: Clans of the Forest,” a turn-based RPG inspired by the “Warrior Cats” novel series. Players hunt prey, hone skills and defend their home against rival warriors to rise through the ranks of their Clan and discover the
The latest headphones are up for preorder on Aug. 8, and feature improved noise-canceling, as well as better audio and call quality
‘Mustache’ Review: A Delightfully Anxious Pakistani American Coming-of-Age Comedy and more — today's style signal.
American coming-of-age comedies rarely beat with such uncomfortable verisimilitude. In the bilingual “Mustache” — the first feature from writer-director Imran J. Khan — 13-year-old Pakistani American high schooler Ilyas (Atharv Verma) undergoes an awkward adjustment from a privat
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JSON →Tucker Pillsbury, a.k.a. Role Model, talks about bringing back heartland rock with Chuck Timely and the Hourglass, avoiding pop stardom, acting with Natalie Portman, and more
Duane "Keffe D" Davis is charged with one count of murder with a deadly weapon for allegedly orchestrating the drive-by shooting of Shakur in 1996. He has pleaded not guilty
Locarno became the latest film festival to see protests at the continuing situation in Gaza and Palestine’s Occupied Territories. While music from the Campari Lounge boomed into the evening, approximately 100 demonstrators unwound a shroud bearing the names of 60,000 people who h
There’s no question that David Ellison, the doggedly ambitious CEO of Paramount Skydance, loves movies and filmmaking. In making his case for Paramount’s eye-poppingly pricey megadeal to merge with Warner Bros., he has repeatedly pledged that the combined company will release a l
Fresh off their album sales battle — "She won. She won by a lot," Julian Casablancas quipped — Friday night's headliner at San Francisco fest makes surprise appearance during band's Saturday set
Umair Bilal spent months in Sehwan, Pakistan, trying to direct a documentary. Then he gave up. “Every time I tried to impose that logic onto Sehwan, it felt like I was working against the place rather than with it,” the Pakistani filmmaker tells Variety of his debut feature, “As
The legendary filmmaker and composer talks about his newest work, a joint graphic novel and album called Cathedral, and reflects on his long career in horror
His incendiary clips about Israel have brought flak from both sides of the aisle. But what he wants, he says, is to make people listen
Elements of “Oliver Twist” are given a West African update in “Our Time Will Come,” an atmospheric and emotionally absorbing feature debut from writer-director Amartei Armar, who thankfully cares too much for his orphaned characters to torture them (and us) with unending miserabi
Inside the rapper’s wild ride of a livestream, featuring Lena the Plug, an Hermès giveaway, and apparent subliminals about rap beef.
President Trump's new athletic event features 120 students — aged 14 to 17 — competing in dodgeball, kickball, and other classic secondary school contests
Chilean duo Cristobal León and Joaquín Cociña made a dream nightmare debut with “The Wolf House,” a stop-motion fantasy that turned heads both with its wholly original design — incorporating claymation, puppetry and papier-mâché to palpably handmade but immersively surreal effect
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