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Photo: Jonathan Hession/Netflix Wednesday season 2 has wrapped, and regrettably, a large portion of the show’s charm evaporated with it. I entered the latter half of this season cautiously optimistic — but many narrative choices left me feeling misled rather than delighted. Between baffling plot turns and moments that felt engineered for virality more than...
Image: Warner Bros. Pictures Weapons, the new unsettling thriller from Barbarian writer-director Zach Cregger, proved a major box-office draw as viewers packed theaters to experience its tense blend of dread and dark humor. The film, which follows a town reeling after the baffling disappearance of 17 children, is now available on VOD for the first...
Selena Gomez Says She’ll Make Her Future Children Watch Inside Out 2 By Billboard • Photo: Aeon/GC Images • Sept. 9, 2025 Selena Gomez in Midtown on Sept. 9, 2025. Aeon/GC Images With her wedding to Benny Blanco on the horizon, Selena Gomez stopped by Amy Poehler’s podcast this week and talked about the kinds...
Sharon Osbourne Shares Heartfelt Thanks After Ozzy Osbourne’s Passing Published Sept. 12, 2025 Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne at the Pre‑Grammy Gala at The Beverly Hilton, Jan. 25, 2020. — Axelle/Bauer‑Griffin/FilmMagic Sharon Osbourne says she still finds it difficult to put her feelings into words following the death of her husband, Ozzy Osbourne, earlier this summer....
Foo Fighters Announce Intimate San Luis Obispo Show — First Performance with Ilan Rubin Published Sep. 12, 2025 Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl guesting with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Coachella (April 19, 2025). — Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for Coachella The Foo Fighters have revealed plans for a surprise, all-ages show that will serve as...
Image: Don’t Nod A television take on the time-bending adventure Life is Strange has circulated in rumors since 2016, but Prime Video confirmed on Sept. 5 that it has ordered a series based on the franchise. Charlie Covell — known for KAOS and The End of the F***ing World — will serve as executive producer...
Image: Magnolia Pictures Nicolas Cage, a prolific and unpredictable screen presence, leads the cast of the forthcoming religious-horror film The Carpenter’s Son — a dark, unsettling take on episodes from Jesus’ childhood. As someone who admires Cage’s recent work in films like Pig and his classic turn in Face/Off, I found the premise intriguingly strange...
Farm Aid 40 Will Go On in Minneapolis After Labor Agreement Published Sep 13, 2025 Willie Nelson performing at Farm Aid. Gary Miller/Getty Images Organizers confirmed that Farm Aid 40 will proceed as scheduled at the University of Minnesota after the university and striking workers reached a settlement. The announcement came on Saturday, September 13,...
We return with a new episode of SCS On The Road, following colleagues Mark, Cenda, and Alex Kopytko as they traveled through the United States and into Ontario, Canada for fieldwork. Collecting vehicle scans and authentic audio to enhance realism in our projects. Their primary mission was professional: scanning vehicles and recording genuine engine and...
Image: Sony Classics Mark Hamill has lately been appearing in Stephen King adaptations in distinctly different registers. In The Long Walk, he dons sunglasses and an unsettling charm as The Major — an orchestrator of a brutal, vaguely fascistic spectacle in which young men must outpace one another or face death. By contrast, in The...
