David Adjaye and Kwame Kwei-Armah Talk Basquiat and the “Black Gaze”

David Adjaye and Kwame Kwei-Armah Talk Basquiat and the "Black Gaze"

Photo courtesy of The Manhattan Theater Club The stage at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, where Kwame Kwei-Armah’s production of The Collaboration opened last week after a run earlier this year at London’s Young Vic […]

Nepo babies: what are they and why is Gen Z only just discovering them? | Celebrity

Zoë Kravitz, the daughter of actor Lisa Bonet and musician Lenny Kravitz.

Alyx, I keep seeing TikToks about “nepo babies”. What is a nepo baby and why do we hate them? The answer to your first question is easy: nepo is short for “nepotism”. And a baby, […]

Have we fallen out of love with celebrity memoirs? | Books

Tom Felton.

From actors and musicians to athletes and presenters, there are no shortage of celebrity memoirs on bookshop shelves. This year has seen new books published by a Spice Girl, a couple of Harry Potter stars […]

Melissa Barrera in the Pregnancy Horror Bed Rest

Melissa Barrera in the Pregnancy Horror Bed Rest

Content warning: The following story contains text descriptions of pregnancy loss. We live in a world that doesn’t believe women when we say we’re experiencing pain — whether it’s chronic physical pain or psychological distress. […]

How Filipino sapphic musicians carve out spaces for women who love other women

How Filipino sapphic musicians carve out spaces for women who love other women

There’s a certain softness listening to Pixie Labrador sing about romance — her love songs overflow with poetic metaphors (You are kindness when the world is cruel / You are patience when there’s no time […]

Pusha T on Kanye West, the Grammys and perfecting coke rap

A rapper in all white performs onstage.

The most vicious, masterful street-rap album of the year was written by a 45-year-old Virginia dad who can’t wait to get home to his family after work. Pusha T’s “It’s Almost Dry” is a 12-song […]

Akon Doesn’t Get Qatar World Cup Boycott, Every Culture Is Different

Akon Doesn't Get Qatar World Cup Boycott, Every Culture Is Different

Play video content TMZSports.com The World Cup is just a day away, and the biggest sporting event in the world is already mired in controversy — much stemming from alleged human rights issues — causing […]

Akon Doesn’t Get Qatar World Cup Boycott, Every Culture Is Different

Akon Doesn't Get Qatar World Cup Boycott, Every Culture Is Different

Play video content TMZSports.com The World Cup is just a day away, and the biggest sporting event in the world is already mired in controversy — much stemming from alleged human rights issues — causing […]

Mali Obomsawin: Sweet Tooth review – proud, vital marriage of folk and far-out jazz improv | Music

The artwork for Mali Obomsawin: Sweet Tooth

Mali Obomsawin is a musician from the First Abenaki Nation, growing up on ancestral land in Maine and Quebec, whose debut album asks vital questions about the reception and expression of indigenous and traditional music. […]

Elon Musk attempts ‘hardcore’ culture reset at Twitter. Will employees buy in?

Elon Musk attempts 'hardcore' culture reset at Twitter. Will employees buy in?

Twitter boss Elon Musk issued a staff-wide ultimatum Tuesday evening: Either commit to the new “hardcore culture” of Twitter 2.0 or leave with three months’ severance. Employees have until 5 p.m. ET Thursday to opt […]

‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’: Meet Namor, Tenoch Huerta

A portrait of a man in red lit in a purple swirl

On his first day at work on “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Tenoch Huerta gave an impromptu speech. Hanging above his colleagues on wires in his Namor regalia — pointy ears, piercings, the shortest of short […]

Phoenix: ‘Every political cycle France has an existential crisis’ | Phoenix

Phoenix (clockwise from top left) Christian Mazzalai, Thomas Mars, Deck D'arcy, Laurent Brancowitz

Deck D’Arcy has a theory. The Phoenix bassist thinks that, on the band’s fifth album, 2013’s Bankrupt!, they “lost the groove”. The French four-piece were at the height of their fame: 2009’s Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix […]

Kanye West Anti-Semitic Controversy: College Professor Weighs In

Kanye West Anti-Semitic Controversy: College Professor Weighs In

Are Kanye West’s actions worth studying in college? Yassin Alsalman, a professor and longtime Ye fan, believes so.  Alsalman, commonly known as rapper Narcy, is currently teaching a college course called “Kanye vs. Ye: Genius by […]

Was Kanye West banned from Yu-Gi-Oh? Viral tweet sparks rumors

Was Kanye West banned from Yu-Gi-Oh? Viral tweet sparks rumors

Dylan Horetski   ❘   Published: 2022-10-27T15:46:42   ❘   Updated: 2022-10-27T15:46:50 A viral post on Twitter claims that Kanye West has been banned from the Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Card Game, but is it real? Over […]

After scandal, L.A. band Las Cafeteras sings ode to Oaxaca

A woman wearing white speaks into a microphone

She called them “dark little people,” adding “tan feos” (“they’re ugly”) and claimed she didn’t know where they came from. Former L.A. City Council President Nury Martinez’s recently leaked racist remarks about Oaxacans living in […]