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Ozzy Osbourne and Jack Osbourne at the 23rd Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party, February 22, 2015, in Los Angeles. Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for EJAF One week after the passing of heavy metal pioneer Ozzy Osbourne, his son Jack Osbourne took to Instagram to express his profound grief, tender reminiscences...
Todd Owyoung/NBC On August 5, Lin-Manuel Miranda resurrected Hamilton in the most playful setting imaginable: a classroom. On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, he joined Fallon and The Roots for a spirited medley of the musical’s defining numbers—performed entirely with toy instruments. To commemorate Hamilton’s tenth anniversary, Miranda donned period attire and, alongside Fallon...
Trae Patton/NBC Avalon Penrose delivered what may go down as the most dramatically messy audition in America’s Got Talent history. On the August 5th episode, Penrose—once a promising child opera vocalist—recounted how panic attacks drove her from the stage at age fourteen. “After fourteen years away, I’m ready to reclaim my voice and show other...
Col Joye, a trailblazing architect of Australian rock & roll and ARIA Hall of Fame inductee, passed away on August 6, 2025, at the age of 89. Born Colin Jacobsen in Sydney in 1936, he embarked on his musical journey in 1957 alongside his brother Kevin’s ensemble, the KJ Quintet. When invited to play at...
Charli XCX performing on The Other Stage during day four of Glastonbury Festival 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 28, 2025, in Glastonbury, England. Harry Durrant/Getty Images With Sweden’s Way Out West festival looming and tickets completely sold out, organizers have introduced a cheeky incentive: free passes for those who register as organ donors....
The latest Team Fortress 2 update is now live and will install automatically when you relaunch the game. Key improvements include: Added a new “No Bullets” visual style for the Heavy Tourism, Combat Casual, Sleeveless in Siberia, and Siberian Tigerstripe items Fixed the point_camera entity failing to transmit its state in multiplayer (thanks to ficool2’s...
Rosé, Jennie Kim and Jisoo of BLACKPINK attend the pink carpet event for the ‘Born Pink’ concert film screening in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, on August 9, 2024. The Chosunilbo JNS/Imazins via Getty Images As daylight gives way to night, Rosé can rest assured knowing that Tuesday’s announcement of the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards nominations brought...
До релиза Mafia: The Old Country остаётся считанное время: на PS5 уже открыта предзагрузка, но некоторые геймеры успели получить физические диски. Это увеличивает шанс встретить спойлеры сюжета в сети. Есть и другие моменты, способные подпортить первый опыт: Журналистам не выслали ключи для превью — первые обзоры появятся только в день релиза; аналогичная ситуация уже случалась...
Rosé, Jennie Kim, Lisa and Jisoo of BLACKPINK attend the pink carpet for BLACKPINK’s concert film “BLACKPINK World Tour ‘Born Pink’ In Cinemas” at Times Square in Yeongdeungpo-gu on August 9, 2024, in Seoul, South Korea. The Chosunilbo JNS/Imazins via Getty Images Each of BLACKPINK’s music videos has sequentially eclipsed one billion views on YouTube,...
As both Laufey and Clairo traverse arenas on their current tours, they’ve shifted their focus to Eras Tour sensation Taylor Swift, debating which of her albums reigns supreme. In the latest episode of Hot Ones Versus, the singers posed increasingly tricky questions to each other—skipping an answer meant taking a bite of one of the...
