In 1996, the Tibetan Freedom Concert turned an underreported human rights struggle into a global cultural moment. The brainchild of Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch, the San Francisco benefit featured an enviable lineup of rock and hip-hop heavies, including Rage Against the Machine, Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Björk, A Tribe Called Quest, Foo Fighters, … Read more
After an anti-climactic end to House of the Dragon Season 2, there’s no better way to reintroduce the Game of Thrones spin-off show to audiences than kicking Season 3 off with a major naval battle, complete with pirates, dragons, and tragedy. In the last few years, House of the Dragon has been no stranger to … Read more
World War II movies have long been one of the most popular genres of films, but they have surged back into the spotlight in recent years thanks to new hits like Oppenheimer. Christopher Nolan’s box office smash hit wasn’t his first experience with a WWII movie, though — he worked with Cillian Murphy and Tom … Read more
Cyclops’ X-Men roster have a new name in official Marvel lore, changing their purpose and place in franchise lore. In recent comics, the fall of the mutant nation of Krakoa shattered the X-Men, leaving multiple teams to pick up the pieces and fight for their own individual ideas of homo superior‘s future. Cyclops decided it … Read more
Sonic Adventure 2 is back with a fan-made remake, and it’s got some new playable content you can check out now. Sonic Adventure 2 is basically the platonic ideal of 3D Sonic. It was released in 2001 for the Dreamcast, although, if you’re like me, you didn’t play it until it got a GameCube port … Read more
In early June this year, Phoebe Bridgers announced her first solo tour since 2023. The flyer featured a photograph of the 31-year-old singer-songwriter on a desolate small-town street, behind the wheel of a vintage turquoise vehicle. It’s twilight, the sky a cosmic cotton-candy pattern of blue and pink, while a beam of light shoots out … Read more
Actor André Holland has had one of the more interesting career trajectories in Hollywood in recent years. He is best known for his role in 2016’s Best Picture-winning Moonlight, and in the years since, he’s gone on to prove just how good of an actor he is. Despite being relatively soft-spoken, Holland commands the screen … Read more
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is discontinuing its Deluxe Edition and a good portion of its DLC, meaning that from June 24, players will no longer be able to purchase that content. Interestingly, many of the Dragon’s Dogma 2 DLCs being delisted are microtransactions that caused controversy just prior to the game’s launch in March 2024. Developed … Read more
The White House was eager for Congress to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and a group of lawmakers had already crafted a bipartisan solution that appeared likely to advance ahead of last week’s deadline. There was no guarantee that the proposal would pass, but leaders from both parties seemed to agree … Read more
Amanda Seyfried said she felt like a “bona fide musician” after learning to play the entirety of Joni Mitchell’s masterpiece, Blue, while prepping for a since-shelved project about the iconic singer-songwriter. Seyfried was set to play Mitchell in a biopic about the singer and Elliot Roberts, Mitchell’s manager and co-founder of Asylum Records. (Roberts died … Read more