Joanna Newsom’s hometown of Nevada City has declared May 27 “Joanna Newsom Day.” On Wednesday, a City Council meeting was held at Nevada City’s City Hall where mayor Adam Kline, a longtime friend and early supporter of Newsom (who also plays in the band Golden Shoulders), made the announcement. He presented her with the honor,
On a stormy Monday in March, 1827, the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven passed away after a protracted illness. Bedridden since the previous Christmas, he was ravaged by jaundice, his limbs and abdomen swollen, and every breath a struggle. As his associates sorted through personal belongings, they uncovered a document Beethoven had written a quarter
The Xbox Store accidentally revealed that we are getting not only Rayman Legends Retold but we are also getting Rayman Origins Enhanced. A leaker, who has published screenshots of the game in action, has detailed a few of the new additions to the game, which include an easy mode for those struggling with the sublime
Warning! This article contains spoilers for From season 4, episode 6, “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter”. From has always had a storybook feel. Ethan’s vivid imagination and rigid adherence to the “rules” of stories have long been the guiding framework with which the Matthews family understands the Township. Though they’ve recently made a reappearance,
Thirteen people burned to death in a New Jersey apartment fire in the 1970s. So badly burned that nobody could identify them. They just got put in the ground as numbered graves and that was that. If you handed me that as a horror premise I would be excited about it. I was excited about
A US judge has ordered the removal of Donald Trump‘s name from the title of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, triggering a Truth Social tirade from the US President. It comes after a turbulent year for the venue, which has seen a host of artists cancelling their performances and boycotting the arts centre
Of all the objects in the Universe, few are as perplexing as black holes. Over the last decade, gravitational-wave observatories have revealed them in bewildering variety: giant black holes far chunkier than we thought possible, black holes rotating at dizzying speeds, and pairs so mismatched that scientists struggled to explain them. Now, with the latest
Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red revealed that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which launched way back in 2015, is getting a third expansion next year. Despite the expansion love for Geralt’s latest/maybe last adventure, it sounds like you shouldn’t expect expansions for The Witcher IV. That’s because CDPR CEO Michał Nowakowski recently stated in
While there have been many animated shows, comics, and even a previous live-action movie over the last four decades, Masters of the Universe has never been a franchise where mythology is considered sacred. So when it came to adapting Masters of the Universe once again, director Travis Knight didn’t feel beholden to previous takes on
A entity called Intrinsic Entertainment Collaborative, ink barely dry on its certificate of incorporation, is making an ambitious run for Letterboxd, whose private equity owner is exploring a sale of the popular platform for indie film lovers. Social entrepreneur Elizabeth Joyce created Intrinsic as the home of Community Center, a new collaborative marketing engine for
A remake of Alfred Hitchcock‘s The Birds is finally flying into development, only this time as a limited series. The high-profile package, which is being taken out to buyers, has Emmy winner Sarah Snook (Succession, Run Rabbit Run) starring and Tom Spezialy (The Leftovers, Watchmen) writing, reports Deadline. The Birds limited series is described as a visceral, present-day reimagining of Hitchcock’s
Not every crime is solved by a grade A detective or a hotshot sleuth, and in this case, an eclectic and rompy friend group bestows upon themselves the duty to solve the messiest of offences. Nicole is a Black lesbian junior lawyer with big dreams and near-zero social life; Brandon is a gay Jewish hotelier
I must have fallen asleep in 2026 and woken up in 2010; She & Him are performing on Kimmel and Gold Panda just announced a new album. Derwin Dicker has kept plenty busy since then, but the point stands. He’ll share Ton Up, described in an Instagram post as “eight rough-hewn dance tracks and two
WASHINGTON — As investment pours into defense and space startups, the U.S. Space Force is trying to draw more of those companies into the national security market. After hundreds of startup pitches, the head of the Space Force’s commercial office offers a candid assessment of what companies get right — and wrong — when approaching
Image: Square Enix Earlier this week, Square Enix lifted the lid on Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World as part of its 40th anniversary celebrations for the legendary series. The only mention about the game’s release was that it was “coming soon” to all platforms, with creator Yuji Horii also noting how the team was
Jamie Lee Curtis took to social media this morning to announce the tragic passing of her sister, Kelly Curtis. In a lengthy post, the actress paid a beautiful tribute to her late sibling. Now, more celebrities, including Sharon Stone and Kenan Thompson, are showing their support for the Curtis family during this tragic time. According
Horror fans, I need you to sit down. Get a snack. Maybe a blanket. Because whoever is in charge of scheduling horror news this week apparently looked at the calendar, saw “last Friday of May,” and said, you know what, let’s just break everyone simultaneously. We got a major theatrical release, a cult sequel that
Genesis Owusu has announced a UK and European tour – check out all the details below. READ MORE: Genesis Owusu: the show-stealing hero banging the drum for musical outsiders The follow-up to his 2023 LP ‘STRUGGLER’, ‘Redstar Wu & The Worldwide Scourge’, arrived earlier this month, featuring the Ghanaian-Australian musician’s previously released singles ‘Pirate Radio’, ‘Death
If you’ve ever tried to overhaul a garden, you know you’re bound to find broken bits of pottery and long-forgotten statuary swallowed by vines. But for one couple, that imitation of archaeological discovery turned into the real thing. At first glance, the marble slab etched in Latin – including the phrase “spirits of the dead”
Asha Shar, the CEO of Xbox, has said on X that the team are discussing whether to show other platform logos at the end of their game trailers as they rethink their overall strategy for the brand going forward. In recent years they have shown the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation logos if the game is
A former Destiny boss and Bungie executive thinks another The Witcher 3 expansion is a great idea because there’s now a whole generation of gamers who weren’t even old enough to play the game a decade ago. CD Projekt Red this week revealed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Songs of the Past, an upcoming
The Legend of Zelda is celebrating a very big birthday as a franchise this year, finally hitting 40 years since those first shaky pixels shuffled onto our screens during the Famicom Disk System/Nintendo Entertainment System era. Since then, things have grown exponentially, and it’s easily one of the most iconic series in the history of
Hard as it might be to believe, it’s been ten years since Yeon Sang-ho stunned the world—and resurrected an entire undead subgenre—with Train to Busan. Quentin Tarantino ranks it among his favorites of the century, and it’s entered the Romero canon as one of the best zombie movies ever made. Genre fans expected a surge
DJ Screw’s catalog is finally making it to streaming platforms this month. Starting today with the digital release of the 56-minute DJ Screw Originals (Volume 1), the DJ Screw Estate will roll out the Houston legend’s classic mixtapes weekly through the end of June. Listen to DJ Screw Originals (Volume 1) below. Up until now,
The Sun is not known for being quiet. It blasts out energy equivalent to 100 billion nuclear bombs every single second, routinely hurls billion tonne clouds of magnetized plasma into space, and occasionally treats us to auroras visible as far south as my home in Norfolk, UK. But even by the Sun’s own extraordinary standards,
After falling in love with Inscryption and, subsequently, Balatro, I’ve enjoyed experiencing how developers experiment with well-established card games by introducing new mechanics and, in the case of Black Jacket, a story. As a soul navigating the afterlife, you progress through Blackjack battle after Blackjack battle, getting your score as close to 21 without going
EXCLUSIVE: We can tell you first that Orion Pictures‘ Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, starring 2x Oscar winner Mahershala Ali, will open in New York and Los Angeles theaters on Sept. 25, followed by expansions on Oct. 2 and Oct 9. Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother is directed, produced, and written by Bassam Tariq.
One of the strangest horror success stories of the modern era officially opens in theaters today. Backrooms, distributed by A24 and directed by a twenty-year-old who was still weighing college applications when his career launched, is in cinemas nationwide as of May 29, 2026. It carries an 88% on Rotten Tomatoes. It stars Chiwetel Ejiofor
Explore even more 2026 Best Books So Far lists and add a bunch of books to your summer reads stacks with novels chosen by the NYT and a selection of books from Oprah Daily. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The
Becky Hill has spoken to NME about Jack Whitehall calling her ‘Wetherspoons Whitney’ at last year’s BRIT Awards, asking: “How fucking dare he punch down?” The incident happened last year when the comedian and actor took aim at the singer while hosting the 2025 BRIT Awards – calling her ‘Wetherspoons Whitney’ and insinuating that she
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