Critic’s Rating: 4 / 5.0 4 Colonialism rarely announces itself as such. It begins as exploration, then quietly hardens into ownership, control, and exploitation. That’s exactly where Apple TV’s longest-running sci-fi finds itself in the For All Mankind Season 5 premiere. “First Light” frames Mars not as humanity’s greatest achievement, but as its most familiar
Reading Time: 3 minutes We have another Bachelorette-related scandal to report. And unlike most of the recent controversies, this one has nothing to do with Taylor Frankie Paul’s assault video. But it’s still bizarre and troubling, and Paul is still indirectly involved (it was still her season, after all). Taylor Frankie Pail and Dakota Mortensen
The Platypus Pout is as much about the lips themselves as the attitude they convey. It’s a statement, a beauty trend that blends subtle enhancement, skilled artistry, and social media-ready confidence — proof that even a frown can be aspirational. Hopeless gaze It’s not just the lips that captivate us, it’s the dead-eyed expression. Back
Married couple/songwriting royalty Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan are the subject of a new compilation/tribute album called Where The Willow And The Dogwood Grow. The 19-track LP is set for release on May 29th through Ace Records. The premise of the release is simple: Ace teamed up with Waits and Brennan to assemble 19 covers
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British musician FKA Twigs has filed a new lawsuit against her ex-boyfriend Shia LaBeouf, alleging that he used an “unlawful” non-disclosure agreement (NDA) in an attempt to silence her. The legal dispute follows allegations made in 2020 by FKA Twigs, whose legal name is Tahliah Barnett, who accused LaBeouf of assault, sexual battery and infliction
As new leaders assume power in Hollywood, the town is trying to deal with their operating styles. “Why are you bothering me?” That was Jack Warner’s usual way of opening a meeting in a previous generation. “You have four minutes,” was Lew Wasserman’s opening for a one-on-one session. While Hollywood’s earlier studio chiefs could be
Taylor Sheridan has served up another hit for Paramount. The Madison‘s premiere episode has wrangled 8M streaming views globally in its first 10 days on Paramount+, making it the prolific TV creator’s biggest series launch ever. The series, which premiered with three episodes on March 14, is also Sheridan’s biggest series debut specifically among women
EXCLUSIVE: Production is underway on Phillip Bloch AF: Always Fashionable, a documentary about stylist, fashion designer and author Phillip Bloch, the man who has famously styled Halle Berry, Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Lopez, Will Smith, the late Michael Jackson, the late River Phoenix and more. HenDar Media, an independent production and media management company,
He’ll be played by Dustin Demri-Burns, who you’ll recognise from a string of British comedies including Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, Grimsby, Bridget Jones’s Baby and All My Friends Hate Me. More recently, he had a regular role as Min Harper in Slow Horses. Lenny Henry Best known for his long-running sketch show The Lenny Henry
Paul McCartney is heading back to where it all began. The Beatles legend has set a May 29 release for his first solo LP in more than five years, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, a deeply autobiographical effort inspired by the quieter, formative moments of his Liverpool childhood. Billed as the nearly 84-year-old McCartney’s most
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Finalists for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Nonfiction The shortlist for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Nonfiction, which
President Donald Trump has spent much of his second term in office working to leave his mark on Washington, DC. He’s draped enormous banners of his face over government buildings, plastered his name onto the Carrara walls of the Kennedy Center, and covered the White House in gold accents while demolishing the East Wing to
Damson Idris has signed on to lead and executive produce a new Netflix series titled The Lords’ Day. The series synopsis reads: On the State Opening of Parliament, British spy Harry Jones (Damson Idris) finds himself inside the iconic building amidst a lockdown. As the siege escalates, loyalties are tested and selfless sacrifices are made,
Critic’s Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 4.5 Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen dares you to stay patient, and for three episodes, it barely earns that patience. The title does a lot of work. It promises dread, inevitability, and consequences. You go in expecting something slow, psychological, maybe even a little smart. What you get
Veep remains one of the best comedies of all time! The HBO series – starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, Tony Hale, Reid Scott, Timothy Simons, Matt Walsh, Sufe Bradshaw, Kevin Dunn, Gary Cole, Sam Richardson, Sarah Sutherland, and Clea DuVall – ran for seven seasons from 2012 to 2019. During the show’s run, Veep won
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Jessica Sutta, formerly of the Pussycat Dolls, believes her political beliefs are the reason she was excluded from the group’s upcoming reunion tour. Speaking on an episode of The Maverick Approach podcast, Sutta discussed being blindsided by news of the “PCD Forever Tour,” which was announced earlier this month. “None of us were called,” Sutta shared.
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Jay-Z is breaking his silence on the now-dismissed sexual assault lawsuit filed against him in 2024. In an interview with GQ, the 56-year-old rapper reflected on the lawsuit, filed by a woman who accused Jay-Z, whose legal name is Shawn Carter, and Sean “Diddy” Combs of drugging and raping her at a party hosted by
Ray Nutt, the chief executive of alternative theatrical distributor Fathom Entertainment for the past nine years, plans to step down and retire this fall. He will actively assist the board in a search for his replacement and seek to ensure a smooth leadership transition for the company he said “stands at the precipice of a
The A Different World family reunion continues to grow with the addition of Dawnn Lewis and Glynn Turman, who originally played Jaleesa Vinson-Taylor and Col. Bradford Taylor, respectively, on the original series. As we reported last month, the sequel series is currently in production in Atlanta. The guest cast will also include Tichina Arnold (The
Reading Time: 3 minutes Taylor Frankie Paul’s disastrous year might soon get even worse. Just one week after ABC canceled Paul’s season of The Bachelorette, Paul is now facing yet another setback stemming from her alleged violent tendencies. Multiple outlets have now confirmed that Taylor’s former boyfriend Dakota Mortensen contacted police in West Jordan, Utah
Channel 5’s brand-new drama series Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards portrays a fictionalised account of the events surrounding BBC newsreader Huw Edwards in 2023 and his subsequent conviction for possession of indecent images of children. Across the two-part series, viewers are shown the double life of one of the country’s most recognisable newsreaders, as
Sublime are officially back in album mode for the first time in nearly three decades. The Long Beach ska-punk icons will release Until the Sun Explodes on June 12 via Atlantic Records, marking their first full-length project with Jakob Nowell — son of late frontman Bradley Nowell — stepping into the lead role. If the
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. What It’s Like to Be a Romance Cover Model File this under: we all contain multitudes. In 2019, Andrew Flanagan was a welder living in Franklin County, Alabama. Now, he’s the cover model on dozens
In his portrayal, Ferguson wants to find the balance between Capote’s larger-than-life personality and the tragic circumstances we see in Tru. Even in his darkest moments, Capote was “living very out loud” as a gay man, and Ferguson wants to celebrate that part of him. “I’m exploring him as a 50-year-old man who’s lived a
James Marsden is set to reprise his role of Cyclops in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday, and recently teased his appearance in the Marvel film. The Jury Duty actor was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! where he talked about suiting up as the X-Men once again, but this time in the comic-faithful costume design. “The
Critic’s Rating: 3 / 5.0 3 It says a lot for Jeff Daniels as an actor that I dislike Randy Laird as much as I do. On Shrinking Season 3 Episode 9, “Daddy Issues,” he swans into Jimmy and Alice’s life with the oblivious entitlement of a retired middle-class white man and blows all of
EXCLUSIVE: Star Wars star John Boyega will speak for the first time about being one of the last people to see Damilola Taylor alive in a BBC documentary about the tragic death of the 10-year-old. Taylor was fatally stabbed in 2000 in a stairwell in Peckham, South East London, just metres from his home. Boyega,
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