Emma Ruth Rundle’s latest album, These Killing Times, marks the integration of the artist’s divergent leanings (metal, folk, ambient). Distorted, doom-laden soundscapes à la 2016’s Marked for Death (and Rundle’s subsequent collaborations with Thou) are crossed with airier acoustic settings reminiscent of 2021’s Engine of Hell. Well-vetted adornments, informed by 2022’s EG2: Dowsing Voice, enhance
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Duncan Sheik, the Tony-winning composer of Broadway’s Spring Awakening and singer behind the 1996 hit “Barely Breathing,” has died in Manhattan, reports the New York Times. He was 56. According to Sheik’s mother, the cause of death was cardiac arrest. Earlier this week, the musician was reported to be in critical but stable condition following
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Tickets are now on sale for LAIKA’s Wildwood, the studio’s epic new stop-motion fantasy opening exclusively in theatres October 23. To mark the occasion, LAIKA today debuted the film’s final trailer. The trailer showcases LAIKA’s signature handcrafted filmmaking and offers the biggest look yet at Prue McKeel’s journey into the hidden world of Wildwood and the
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NYFW might be about the runways, but the parties are where fashion, music and culture collide—and ESSENCE Fashion House brought all three. Held at Jean’s in New York City, the celebration drew a fashionable crowd including Coi Leray, Daniel Kaluuya, Leon Thomas, Claressa Shields, Key Glock, Sydney Colson, Brandon Blackwood, Bernard James, Tia Adeola, Fe
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Anger Is Only a Shadow by Elizabeth Acevedo She’s back! After a several-year hiatus, Acevedo returns to YA, and it’s a good one. Lil always seeks freedom, and she’s not afraid to admit to being a little rebellious. Currently on probation through a DC juvenile detention facility and wearing an ankle monitor, Lil feels the
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Pro-LGBTQ+ protestors were tear-gassed, detained, and arrested in Turkey this week as they demonstrated against the government’s recent raids. Last weekend, raids picked up activists, journalists, and attendees at LGBTQ+ spaces, all under the propaganda of “keeping families safe.” “This is the widest crackdown on LGBTQ+ people in recent years,” said Human Rights Watch’s associate
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The NBA has lost a beloved alum. Michael Sweetney—the Georgetown University student who went on to play four seasons in the NBA—has died at age 43, as first announced by his wife India Sweetney.   “With the heaviest hearts, we are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our beloved Michael,” India wrote in a
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There are all sorts of interesting and unusual Pokémon that have released over the years, particularly as we head into more recent generations, where The Pokemon Company and Game Freak have to think of ever more outlandish designs. Of the original 151, however, it does feel like Lapras is one of the most interesting. Everything
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Troye Sivan has dropped his new She’s the Best single, “Party.” Built around a prominent sample of Madonna’s Y2K single “Music,” the track comes with a risqué, baroque video directed by Gordon von Steiner. Sivan plays a Medieval knight in the clip, which also features a voiceover courtesy of Sir Ian McKellen. That’s right: Gandalf
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Award-winning filmmaker Robert W. Filion has officially unveiled the haunting key art poster for his highly anticipated supernatural horror anthology, Echoes from the Void, celebrating its worldwide release on Amazon Prime. The poster captures the psychological dread of the film, which follows a psychiatrist interviewing a mysterious prisoner. As their sessions progress, the line between
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Awards season is upon us, and all week long, the National Book Award judges will be releasing their 2026 longlists across five categories. These are among the most prestigious honors bestowed upon books in a given year. The National Book Award began in 1936 by the American Booksellers Association, took a break during World War
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Anthony Kazmierczak, a 56-year-old Trump-loving right-winger, unsuccessfully attacked Somali-American Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) in January by using a syringe to shoot an unknown liquid at her during a public event. He was quickly tackled by security officers and arrested after his attempt. Omar survived the attack unharmed, but Kazmierczak was recently sentenced to 14 months in
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Patrick Clancy Says Lindsay Clancy Told Him She Thought About Suicide and Harming Their Kids Lindsay Clancy‘s now-ex-husband was the first witness called to testify during her murder trial, which began July 27 in Plymouth Superior Court.  The 35-year-old former nurse has not denied killing daughter Cora, 5, and sons Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8
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EXCLUSIVE: Cameras are officially rolling in the Dominican Republic on René “Residente” Pérez Joglar’s feature film screenwriting and directing debut, Porto Rico. As previously announced, the cast is led by Benito “Bad Bunny” Martínez Ocasio, who stars alongside Viggo Mortensen and Edward Norton. Javier Bardem, who was earlier announced as part of the cast, has
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AREA closed out another electric season with its Spring/Summer 2027 runway show, and the brand’s signature maximalism was on full display. Think sculptural fringe in molded plastic tubing, liquid metal wrapped bodies, and hand-cut mirrored paillettes that moved like water with every step. Standouts included a striking orange-and-white checkerboard fringe mini dress built from interlocking
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The first ten minutes of Don’t Look Back in Anger are a perfect barrage of archive moments catching the audience up on the disastrous end to Oasis back in 2009. There’s no sugarcoating here about how stupid, unprofessional, and downright disrespectful it was, with an announcer at Paris’ Rock En Seine festival having the thankless
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2026 is a monumental year for Star Trek, as the franchise hits its 60th anniversary since Star Trek: The Original Series first aired back in 1966. What began as a relatively short-lived science fiction series ultimately became one of the most influential franchises in television history, establishing a universe that has continued expanding across television,
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